Abstract: A method of network management data synchronization includes instantiating a local instance of a network management platform on an edge device and instantiating a remote instance of the network management platform on a remote server. The edge device is directly connected to a local network and to a wide area network, and the local instance of the network management platform maintains a first instance of network management data. The remote server is directly connected to the wide area network and not to the first local network, and the remote instance of the network management platform maintains a second instance of the network management data. The method further includes modifying the first instance of the network management data, providing an indication of at least one modification made to the first instance of the network management data to the remote server, and modifying the second instance of the network management data.

Abstract: A method of automated network documentation includes receiving a first network address for a first device connected to a local network, sending a first simple network management protocol (SNMP) request to the first network address for the first device, receiving a first SNMP response from the first device in response to the first SNMP request, and extracting first device identity information from the first SNMP request. The first network address is received by, the first SNMP request is sent by, the first SNMP response is received by, and the device identity information is extracted by a server configured to operate a network documentation platform, the network documentation platform comprising a network documentation database. The method further includes providing the first device identity information to the network documentation platform and modifying the network documentation database to create first device documentation data based on the first device identity information.

Abstract: A method of automated network documentation includes receiving a first network address for a first device connected to a local network, sending a first simple network management protocol (SNMP) request to the first network address for the first device, receiving a first SNMP response from the first device in response to the first SNMP request, and extracting first device identity information from the first SNMP request. The first network address is received by, the first SNMP request is sent by, the first SNMP response is received by, and the device identity information is extracted by a server configured to operate a network documentation platform, the network documentation platform comprising a network documentation database. The method further includes providing the first device identity information to the network documentation platform and modifying the network documentation database to create first device documentation data based on the first device identity information.