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The task of managing remote network equipment can often be quite a challenge. When vital network devices are located at a remote, off-site installation, even relatively simple maintenance tasks such as accessing console port command functions or checking rack temperature and power conditions suddenly become much more difficult to achieve; especially when network communication with [...]
A serial console server provides network administrators with many valuable capabilities that can help simplify the process of managing remote network equipment and monitoring conditions at remote network installation sites. When paired with a secondary/maintenance network or modem, a serial console server also provides an out of band management solution that allows access to remote [...]
A serial console server (http://www.wti.com/c-48-serial-console-servers.aspx) can perform a lot of different tasks in addition to providing an out of band management solution. In some applications, a serial console server is used to collect data, status messages and error messages that some network devices send out via console port.
When planning a remote network equipment installation or off-site data center, one of the most important considerations is to make certain that network administrators in your central office have some means for out of band management of remote network elements. The reason for this is fairly obvious: service calls to remote network sites are both [...]
When network administrators need to access command functions on remote network elements, they usually rely on a serial console server (http://www.wti.com/c-48-serial-console-servers.aspx) and an out of band management solution. The reason for this is simple: the remote command access provided by the serial console server allows administrators to diagnose and troubleshoot problems with remote devices without [...]
It’s hard to find two serial console server applications that are exactly the same; some applications rely on AC power, while others rely on DC power … some applications only require connection to one or two console ports, while others require connections for many console ports … some applications use DB9 cables, while others use [...]
Sometimes, network equipment sites are located in extremely remote, far-away locations. Depending on the nature of the network application, equipment sites might be located on top of a mountain or deep in the middle of a forest. Remote network equipment always provides a challenge to network administrators who need secure, reliable access to command functions [...]
When most network administrators hear the term “serial console server”, they immediately thing of a data center, equipment cabinets and some guy sitting behind a desk monitoring network equipment. For the most part, this stereotype rings true, but there are also many other applications for serial console server products that even the most experienced network [...]
Sometimes, it’s nice to have as many alternatives as possible; especially when you’re talking about a console server. When your network is down, a console server with an out of band management solution often provides the only way to access command functions on remote network devices, without a long, expensive trip to a remote network [...]
Generally, when we think of a console server, we usually think of a data center application that involves IT support personnel who need access to command functions on remote network equipment. For the most part, that stereotype rings true, but there are also plenty of other, more unusual applications that rely on the secure, remote [...]
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