topic Re: Free Management Software in ICX Switches

Free Management Software

ericbord — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:39:41 GMT

Just took over for network admin that was managing a campus design with several sites using Brocade ICX switches (7250's and 7450's). Don't have any experience with Brocade switches. Currently we administer them through the web interface or the cli. Is there server management/monitoring software offered by Ruckus that comes with owning these switches? I was looking at BNA, but it says it's end of lifed. Is there any other software that took it's place?

Re: Free Management Software

Chandini — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 13:58:37 GMT

Hi Ericbord

If you are looking to manage the network using a centralized tool for monitoring and management. We have below options available. But you might have to run through the details in the links below and chose to see what works for you network.

Ruckus Unleashed

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/product_families/19-ruckus-unleashed

RUCKUS One

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/product_families/34-ruckus-one

SmartZone (SZ)

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/product_families/11-smartzone-sz

Virtual SmartZone (vSZ)

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/product_families/18-virtual-smartzone-vsz

Also for more details on the ICX family switches you can refer the below link

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/product_families/21-ruckus-icx-switches

I hope the above details help you.

Thanks

Re: Free Management Software

Geinzosk — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:05:43 GMT

I'd lean on SmartZone or even a simple SNMP monitor like LibreNMS to keep an eye on ICX stacks across sites. I once built a small internal dashboard using ideas I picked up during an mvp software development project, which helped me centralise switch status, firmware, and alerts without overcomplicating things. Even a lightweight setup like that can save you from hopping between CLIs all day.