WTI – Western Telematic Inc.
SNMP compatibility is one of the most common features that network administrators look for when selecting network devices. Due to its low cost, widespread availability and ease of use, SNMP has become largely accepted as the industry standard for managing both large and small network applications. The popularity of SNMP as a management tool for [...]
Although there are plenty of different security and authentication options available for IP communication with a console server, security and authentication options are much more limited for those who need to establish a dial-up out-of-band connection with a console server. Popular authentication protocols such as LDAP, Kerberos and TACACS+ work fine when communicating via IP, [...]
A console server can provide network administrators with many convenient tools that simplify the task of managing network elements located at off-site data centers and remote equipment racks. When a device at a distant network equipment site suddenly crashes and takes your network down with it, a console server allows out of band access to [...]
Out of band management is a vital capability for any network application that includes communication with remote network equipment, such as is often found at off-site data centers and in distant network equipment racks. When normal network communication with remote network devices is interrupted or not available, an out of band management solution provides an [...]
When used properly, a console server can provide network administrators with a broad array of powerful tools that can be used to manage remote network elements, monitor conditions and events at remote network equipment sites and access console port command functions on remote network equipment. As is often the case though, these powerful tools also [...]
Given the important role that a console server (http://www.wti.com/c-4-console-server.aspx) plays in out of band management, and the powerful command functions that can be accessed using a console server, it’s fairly obvious that security is an extremely important consideration for any console server application. Since a console server provides remote access to console port command functions [...]
Recently, our sales staff was meeting with an existing customer in order to discuss upcoming features that we intend to add to our console server products. In the course of the discussion, our sales people mentioned the over temperature alarm on our console server and remote power control products. Immediately after the words “temperature alarm” [...]
When a minor problem with network element brings down your main network, often all it takes to correct the situation is a few diagnostic and troubleshooting commands issued via the console port on the device that caused the problem. If the troublesome network element is located nearby, then it’s no problem to simply walk over [...]
The biggest problem with managing remote network equipment sites is fairly obvious; due to the “remote” nature of these sites, it’s usually pretty difficult for an administrator to know exactly what’s going on at a remote site and if anything does go wrong, then the only way to fix it is an expensive, time consuming [...]
When managing network devices at extremely remote installation sites, it’s not always possible to establish a connection with a console server unit via network cable. In cases like this, network administrators often rely on an old fashioned dial-up modem connection in order to communicate with the console server and other devices at the remote site. [...]
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