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Kiwi CatTools is a freeware application that provides automated device configuration management on routers, switches and firewalls.

Some of the many tasks Kiwi CatTools perform to make your life easier are: perform configuration backups and have any differences instantly e-mailed to you, issue commands via Telnet or SSH to many devices at once, change the configuration at scheduled times, change all your network device passwords in one go.

Features of Kiwi CatTools 3.3.14:

· Standard version runs on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
· Service version runs on Windows NT4 / 2000 / XP / 2003 Server
· Schedule based operation with "Run Now" option
· Encrypted device database
· Optional password protection for program and device database access
Telnet, SSH1, SSH1.5 (Cisco), SSH2 connectivity
· "Connect via" intermediary devices. Telnet and SSH supported on Cisco, HP, Enterasys, CatalystCatOS, CatalystIOS, Linux devices and more.
· Bulk import/export of devices via tab delimited text files
· Built-in report viewing window
· Multi-threaded operation for faster backups and data gathering
· Fully scriptable. Write your own custom activities and reports using VBscript
· Built in multithreaded TFTP Server

• CatTools is freeware for up to 5 devices. If you need to test it with more devices than this then you can request a Trial License which will allow you to operate CatTools unrestricted for 30 days.

What's New in Kiwi CatTools 3.3.14:

• Adds
· Added Nortel.Switch.NoCLI device script to support Nortel 450 switches and other Menu only switches
· Added Riverbed.Steelhead device script
· Added Report.ARP table activity support to Linux.RedHat.Bash device script
· Added 'SSH1-3DES' connection Method to the Dell.Switch.CLI device type
· Added 'Telnet-132col' and 'SSH2-132col' connection Methods to the Juniper.App.Accelerator-DX device type to increase the terminal emulator width to 132 columns. This fixes the truncation of data which occurs with the default width of 80 columns
• Changes
· Modified Cisco.Switch.IOS device script to now include version data for switch stacks within the Report.Version Table activity
· Modified Cisco.Wireless.Lan device script for Device.Backup.Running config activity to try 'show running-config' command first. If this fails, then try the 'show run-config' instead
· Modified Cisco.Router.General device script to raise an Error (Level-1) infolog message instead of a Warning (Level-2) message, for the 'Password required, but none set' device response
· Modified Cisco.Router.NoEnable device script to raise an Error (Level-1) infolog message instead of a Warning (Level-2) message, for the 'Password required, but none set' device response
· Modified Cisco.Switch.IOS device script to raise an Error (Level-1) infolog message instead of a Warning (Level-2) message, for the 'Password required, but none set' device response
· Modified Brocade.Switch device script removing the 'Stepping past...' infolog messages from appearing if a paging prompt is encountered
· Ignore text '! Last configuration change at' added to Cisco.Wireless.Lan device script for Device.Backup.Running Config activity
• Fixes
· Fixed 'Telnet' button issue for Windows x64 operating systems
· Modified Cisco.Router.General device script for Device.Update.Banner activity to handle hostname truncation issue for devices with long hostnames
· Modified Cisco.Router.General device script for Device.CLI.Send commands activity to handle 'reload' command
· Fixed Brocade.Switch device script to handle a bug in the Brocade O/S where the first character of the device hostname is intermittently truncated after displaying the configuration
· Fixed Brocade.Switch device script to remove the trailing 'ESC' & '>' characters from the end of the configuration output
· Modified Checkpoint.VPN device script for SSH login to check for "terminal type?" device response and send a 'CR' to continue
· Modified Linux.RedHat.Bash device script for Device.CLI.Send Commands activity to handle '(y/n)' confirmation prompt
· Modified Nortel.Application.Switch device script to handle 'Press any key to continue' prompt