All ZEN systems include a user-friendly and powerful browser-based interface for ZEN product components
as well as the following set of core network management functions:
- Single sign-on for all ZEN components
- Simultaneous displays from multiple ZEN components
- z/OS system console includes support for SyslogD messages with command entry and
powerful filtering and display features
- Centralized exception handling and sophisticated alerting for all ZEN components
- Centralized Reporting for all ZEN components
- A set of general network management tools (including Ping, Trace Route and
NS Lookup)
- USS, CSM & ECSA usage and activity displays
- Comprehensive context-sensitive product help
- Built-in knowledge base with glossary of network terms
- Customizable HTML help for site-specific tutorials, routines and help procedures
Two-tier architecture
ZEN's browser-interface is based upon an innovative two-tier architecture, which
has no dependencies on third-party hardware, software, additional web servers, browser
plug-ins or anything else.
ZEN 'serves' its web pages directly, negating the need for a separate web server.
This approach allows ZEN to avoid the pitfalls of the traditional 'three-tier' approach,
which add complexity, cost, overhead and introduces an additional point of failure.
Proving that less really is more, this innovative two-tier approach has a number
of benefits over three tier systems as it:
- Reduces costs without the need for additional hardware or software
- Simplifies implementation since client software is not required
- Deploys rapidly from any web browser
- Necessitates little or no processor overhead because all graphical formatting is
performed inside the browser
- Provides a single interface for all your network management needs
- Is System Modification Program/Extended (SMP/E) maintainable, enabling rapid application
of new features and services