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Given the powerful remote access capabilities that are provided by a console server (http://www.wti.com/c-4-console-server.aspx), it’s absolutely vital that console server products include adequate security measures to protect sensitive command functions from unauthorized access. Typically, a console server product will support standard security features such as password protection and data encryption, as well as popular authentication/validation [...]

Posted on March 24th, 2011 under Console Server. Tags: authentication, Console Server, invalid access alarm, out of band management, remote network management, security. Comments: None

In many remote network management applications, a console terminal server does more than merely providing remote access to console port command functions. Often, the console terminal server also helps network administrators to keep better track of events and conditions at remote sites without the need to constantly send technicians out to check on the site [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2011 under console terminal server. Tags: Console Server, console terminal server, event log, out of band management, remote network management, temperature log, user activity log. Comments: None

In most out of band management applications, a console server management unit is employed to provide remote access to console ports on critical network devices. This provides network administrators with a valuable tool for invoking diagnostic, troubleshooting and configuration commands at remote devices without actually traveling to the remote equipment site in person. Out of [...]

Posted on March 22nd, 2011 under console server management. Tags: console server management, out of band management, ping response monitor, ping-no-answer, remote network management. Comments: None

Given the powerful remote access capabilities that a terminal switch (http://www.wti.com/c-56-terminal-switch.aspx) provides in an out of band management application, it’s absolutely vital to ensure that a terminal switch includes adequate security features to protect critical console port command functions from unauthorized access. Almost all terminal switch units include basic security features such as password protection, [...]

Posted on March 18th, 2011 under terminal switch. Tags: authentication, console port, encryption, HTTPS, out of band management, remote network management, SSL, terminal switch. Comments: None

In many out of band management applications, either the location of the equipment site or economical considerations make it impractical to include a secondary/maintenance network for out of band access. In cases like this, communication via dial-up modem often provides the only available means to access remote network devices. Although dial-up communication provides a viable [...]

Posted on March 11th, 2011 under out of band management. Tags: authentication, callback security, console port, Console Server, out of band management, remote network management. Comments: None

The purpose of a Console Server is to provide out of band access to console port command functions on remote network elements. This capability can be absolutely vital for any network administrator who’s responsible for keeping remote network equipment sites up and running 24/7, but it also prevents somewhat of a challenge, security-wise, due to [...]

Posted on March 10th, 2011 under Console Server. Tags: console port, Console Server, invalid access alarm, out of band management, remote network management, security. Comments: None

When network administrators need to establish an out of band connection to a console port on a remote network device, they often rely on a console terminal server (http://www.wti.com/c-50-console-terminal-servers.aspx). When normal network communication is down or unavailable, a console terminal server provides a reliable, secure means to communicate with remote network elements without relying on [...]

Posted on March 9th, 2011 under console terminal server. Tags: authentication, console port, Console Server, console terminal server, IP Address Filter, remote network management, security. Comments: None

An out of band management solution that includes a console access server allows network administrators to access console port command functions on remote network elements, monitor critical events and environmental conditions at remote sites, and establish outbound SSH connections to other devices at the remote site. If the console access server also supports SNMP control, [...]

Posted on March 7th, 2011 under console access server. Tags: console access server, console port, MIB objects, out of band management, remote network equipment, remote network management, SNMP, snmp trap. Comments: None

When choosing a terminal switch (http://www.wti.com/c-56-terminal-switch.aspx) for a remote, out of band management application, it’s important to make certain that the terminal switch can support environmental and event monitoring functions … but it’s even more important that the terminal switch also includes alarm notification functions that can let you know when critical conditions are detected [...]

Posted on March 4th, 2011 under terminal switch. Tags: alarm notification, event alarm, out of band management, remote network management, temperature alarm, terminal switch. Comments: None