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As network admins, we know that routers are the lifeblood of any network. They’re the unsung heroes, routing data from your internal systems to external destinations like the Internet. When routers are performing at their best, everything flows smoothly. But when they’re overloaded, misconfigured, or simply not up to snuff, your network’s performance and security are at risk.

Every connected device, cable, and transmission path contributes to how data flows across an IT environment. These physical and logical arrangements define what is known as topology in a computer network. For IT teams managing increasingly complex infrastructures, understanding how devices are arranged and how they communicate is critical.

In growing organizations, network requests pile up and so does the risk of delays, miscommunication, or misconfigurations. Whether a developer needs a static IP for a staging server or a project team is scaling infrastructure, manual processes don’t scale with you. LightMesh Requestor Workflow gives your users a secure, controlled way to request static IP addresses — without granting access to your entire IP address management (IPAM) platform. Admins stay in control. IT team stays productive.

There’s a certain comfort in the glow of your network operations center (NOC) dashboards. For some time, the sign of a well-run NOC was that sprawling bank of screens, each dedicated to a different domain. One for the WAN, showing link status. Another for the data center, tracking backbone health. A third for cloud consumption, pulling metrics from your provider. Each screen is a neatly bordered kingdom, diligently monitored by its own set of tools. As long as the lights are green, all is well.

We are pleased to announce the general availability of SystemEDGE 6.5. For customers using DX NetOps, SystemEDGE is a key component for gaining a comprehensive view of server infrastructure health. It functions as an agent that resides on systems like physical servers or virtual machines. SystemEDGE collects fundamental performance and status information and delivers reports via SNMP.