WTI – Western Telematic Inc.
When your primary means of communication with remote network equipment fails, it’s always good to have other options for contacting various devices in the remote network equipment rack. As long as you can communicate with the devices in the remote equipment rack, then you still have a chance of solving the communication problem without an [...]
When a vital network device at a remote network equipment site malfunctions or refuses to communicate, an out of band management solution provides administrators with a handy way to diagnose and correct problems at the remote site without the expense and inconvenience of a time-consuming service call. As a general rule, the more distant, remote [...]
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, [...]
Not too many years ago, the sole purpose of a console management solution was to provide out of band access to console port command functions on remote network elements. Although that function is still important, these days most full featured console management units are expected to provide additional capabilities that are intended to help network [...]
When managing network devices located at off-site data centers or in remote equipment cabinets, it isn’t always easy to tell when power to the remote network equipment has been interrupted and restored. Sure, you could always wait for users to complain that a server or router at the remote site didn’t recover correctly, but in [...]
When an important network element located at an off-site data center or remote equipment rack suddenly locks up and refuses to communicate, the last thing you want to do is send a tech team off on a service call, merely to reboot the uncooperative network device or change a few communication parameters. A service call [...]
Security and authentication are two vital elements for any out of band management strategy. The reason for this is simple: given the powerful remote access capabilities provided by an out of band management solution, it’s extremely important that access to console port command functions on remote network elements is adequately protected from unauthorized users. While [...]
There are plenty of remote power control solutions on the market that can monitor and control power switching for 120 and 240 VAC applications, but what if you need to employ these same remote control and monitoring functions to open or close a relay on a high amp device? WTI’s CCM Series remote relay controllers [...]
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 [...]
Not too many years ago, it was rare to find a network power switch in a remote network equipment cabinet. Prior to the popularity of out of band management, many network administrators relied on an expensive service call whenever a network element at a remote site needed to be rebooted. But as the concept of [...]
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