Open Gear Console Servers

Console servers use a cellular SIM card to provide Http/SSH connections for system admins to recover your critical IT infrastructure in case of network/system collapses, including routers, switches, servers, PDUs, UPSes, etc via serial connections to console ports on those devices.

Enterprise level out-of-band management servers priced $1K+~$3k+.

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CM7100 Console Server

Features and Benefits

Comprehensive console management of rack infrastructure

Purpose-built for out-of-band access to routers, switches, firewalls, servers, PDUs and more. Minimize mean-time-to-recovery (MTTR) during outage incidents, maintain complete control with simple, secure console access via your preferred SSH client or built-in HTTPS AJAX web terminal. Increase ops team efficiency and mitigate the risk of infrastructure fault and failure by enabling remote provisioning, maintenance and repair. Equip every rack in your lights-out data center and colocation cages with virtual remote hands.

Advanced monitoring and alerts

Monitor availability, power status, console cable connectivity and error messages, as well as rack temperature, humidity, cabinet open/close and much more with EMD5000-02 accessory. View the built-in dashboard UI or receive notifications via direct email or your NMS, with support for Nagios NSCA and NRPE, and status and trap MIBs for SolarWinds and other SNMP-based systems. Increase mean-time-between-faults (MTBF) with proactive detection and alerting of infrastructure fault before they cause downtime.

Strong encryption, authentication and audit trail

Lock down management interfaces with local and remote AAA including Active Directory, OpenLDAP, Kerberos, RADIUS and TACACS+ support. Comprehensive session logging can record each console keystroke for compliance and audit trail. Encrypt sensitive management traffic with IPsec and OpenVPN. Lock down ports per-user or per-user-group. Bolster security by reducing complexity with a single point of authentication and policy enforcement. FIPS 140-2 certified for government and military applications.

Vendor-neutral power management

Monitor and log power equipment status, control PDU outlets via serial, USB and Ethernet. Enforce remote power permissions and map managed consoles to outlets — power cycle managed devices with console in-session hotkey or easy-to-use UI. Uniquely supports over 100 power vendors’ equipment.

Flexible and open

Customize CM7100 functionality to suit your IT environment with an extensible, event-driven Auto-Response framework, custom root-level scripting and complete access to Linux source code. Easily integrates with existing management tools and workflow. Optional Lighthouse centralized management provides a unified point of access to scale your install to 10s or 1000s of console servers and consoles. Gain access to all these features at a very competitive per-port price point.