# Manageability of IPS engines and Layer 2 Engines

IPS engines and Layer 2 Engines provide network administrators the tools to save time, reduce mistakes, and get a network overview.

While ease-of-use is one of the main goals for the product, IPS engines and Layer 2 Engines do not achieve it by cutting the available features. The system provides extensive inspection process tuning possibilities, detailed information for monitoring, advanced automation, and tools for complete remote management (including all software upgrades). The distributed architecture allows components to be on separate computers and in different networks. Components can even be in different countries and continents – and still be easily managed as a single system.

An easy-to-use system helps the administrators concentrate on investigating the security threats instead of configuring the security systems.