Out-of-band management
Access to your infrastructure in the event of network failures
Out-of-band management (OOB) offers alternative access to your network devices from an external location, even if the primary network has failed. Regardless of the production network, administrators can securely monitor, access and manage all devices without affecting normal operations. The console servers can be seamlessly integrated into existing IT networks and management systems and minimize the risk of no longer being able to access the infrastructure in the event of disruptions through a permanently established connection.
In order to guarantee even more continuity and up-time for business-critical applications, companies use intelligent automatisms of the Smart Out-of-Band ( Smart OOB ™) solutions.
First Day, Worst Day, and Everyday
Is it smart to rely on the Production network to manage your network every day? With secure remote access to your devices via the console servers, Out-of-Band (OOB) management creates an always-on independent management plane, giving you reliable access to monitor and manage your IT infrastructure. Lock down the most critical functions on the Production network, and use the more secure OOB network to configure and manage your devices. Out-of-Band is the Network Engineer’s Network.
An investment in Out-of-Band Management is an investment that pays off every day.
- Secure Day One provisioning is now possible, using an OM2200 or OM1200 with embedded physical security, capable of running Docker containers and Python scripts.
- Every Day management and monitoring of your IT infrastructure is more secure and more resilient over the independent management plane, separate from the Production network
- Global cellular modules and centralized management software ensures access to your critical devices to fix the issue, when the primary network goes down
IM7200
Alternative access to data centers and decentralized company locations
The Opengear IM7200 console server optimizes the remote management of network, server and power infrastructures in data centers and decentralized company locations, thus ensuring business continuity and secure, reliable access. The IM7200 combines Smart OOB ™ out-of-band management with Failover to Cellular ™, ensuring proactive monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Console server with 8 to 48 serial ports (RJ45)
- Alternatively available with 16 serial ports plus 24 USB 2.0 console ports or 16 serial ports plus integrated 24 port Gigabit Ethernet switch
- Dual network access with integrated SFP fiber optic and GbE copper ports
- Serial pin assignment configurable via software
- PSTN and optional 4G – LTE cellular modem for remote access to Smart OOB ™ during a primary network failure
- Failover to Cellular ™ for out-of-band access to temporarily support the WAN of your remote location
- Integrated 802.11a / b / g / n WLAN
- Integrated RESTful API engine
Resilience Gateway
Increased availability for your remote locations
The ACM7000-L Resilience Gateway ensures availability in branch offices, retail stores, points of sale and other remote locations. Access via the 4G – LTE cellular modem offers a constantly active gateway to your external network devices, even if the primary network has failed.
With Smart OOB ™ you can identify and fix problems in remote locations before failures occur there. Increase your WAN availability and stability through Failover to Cellular ™ via 4G LTE networks and integrated multi-carrier options.
- 4 – 8 serial ports (RJ45), out-of-band management of network devices, servers, PDUs, etc.
- 4 USB 2.0 console ports for out-of-band management serial over USB
- Gigabit Ethernet switch with 4 ports integrated in the 4-port model
- CISCO-straight pin assignment
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for the detection, identification and verification of connected devices in your local network.
- 4 GB internal memory
Lighthouse Software Solution
Centralized and Secure Access Portal
Lighthouse serves as the centralized and secure portal for the Opengear platform. As the starting point, Lighthouse provides a unified display to deploy, manage, and remediate Opengear appliances and other physical and virtual connected resources. It simplifies remote access. Configuration entities are available in the API
Lighthouse Enhances the Opengear Solution
For network professionals who are looking to gain efficiencies and effortlessly manage network and out of band infrastructure, Lighthouse delivers simplified deployment, streamlined management, and expedited access.
Unlike manual methods that can result in data integrity and efficiency issues, Lighthouse enables centralized provisioning, delivers source of truth, and provides scale.
CM8100 Console Server
The CM8100 is Opengear’s newest console manager for data centers and enterprise networks, available in 1GbE and 10GbE models. The CM8100 Console Manager provides up to 96* serial ports, enterprise-grade security using TPM 2.0 module, and independent monitoring using dual power supplies.
Connect 16, 32, 48 or 96* serial console ports with simple straight-through cabling to Cisco®-style serial consoles reliably regardless of the state of your production network.
Host containerized applications to run across any platform or automation tools providing more agility and efficiency. Manage at scale through Opengear’s Lighthouse Software.