Cyclades AlterPath Manager 5000 Enables High-End, Large-Scale Out-of-Band Management for the Enterprise; AlterPath(TM) Manager 5000 Offers Secure, Consolidated Management with Higher Availability, Greater Scalability and Increased Efficiency.FREMONT, Calif. -- Cyclades Corporation, the leader in next-generation IT infrastructure management, today introduced the AlterPath(TM) Manager 5000, the newest out-of-band infrastructure This article is about telecommunications infrastructure. For the children's television program, see Oobi. The concept of out-of-band infrastructure (OOBI) has been used throughout the telecom industry for voice (OOBI OOBI Out of Band Infrastructure OOBI Out-Of-Band Interference ) manager for the AlterPath System of OOBI products. Designed for high-end, large-scale enterprises, the AlterPath Manager 5000 offers higher availability, greater scalability and increased efficiency with its enhanced feature set and latest 1.4.0 firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. upgrade. With greater scalability to manage more than 32,000 console ports through up to 2,048 connected OOBI devices, the AlterPath Manager 5000 increases availability while boosting IT asset efficiency and productivity. The AlterPath Manager 5000's new features provide seamless and transparent access to critical IT assets when assets become disconnected from the production network or the production network itself fails. Failovers occur without data loss and with real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. for configuration, data logging (data) data logging - (data acquisition) Storing a series of measurements over time, usually from a sensor that converts a physical quantity such as temperature, pressure, relative humidity, light, resistance, current, power, speed, vibration into a voltage that is then converted and alarms. The AlterPath Manager 5000's industry-leading, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. data logging capability captures and consolidates log information from all managed consoles. Availability is increased with its fault-tolerant design This article is about general fault-tolerant design theory. For specific implementations, see fault-tolerant system. Fault-tolerant design refers to a method for designing a system so it will continue to operate, possibly at a reduced level (also known as graceful degradation), . Its new feature activation functionality also allows enterprises to seamlessly deploy future technologies across IT assets without overhauling the entire infrastructure. "Enterprises cannot afford to reinvent the wheel (jargon) reinvent the wheel - To design or implement a tool equivalent to an existing one or part of one, with the implication that doing so is silly or a waste of time. This is often a valid criticism. to meet evolving security, compliance and service-level requirements. Establishing cost-effective, dependable and secure access to critical IT assets has become a strategic initiative," said Mark Harris, Cyclades vice president of product marketing. "By deploying an out-of-band infrastructure managed by Cyclades AlterPath Manager 5000, enterprises can now count on a separate, reliable and scalable infrastructure that improves IT operations and performance." Because the OOBI provides a secure, alternate path into the production infrastructure to remotely access, diagnose and restore disconnected IT assets, OOBI deployments have become critical to an enterprise's strategic roadmap. By enabling enterprises to manage their IT assets (either locally or remotely) with an OOBI from a single access point and through one external IP address, the AlterPath Manager 5000 brings significant business benefits and cost savings to the enterprise. Pricing and Availability The AlterPath Manager 5000 will be available December 15, 2005, with pricing from $13,000 to $30,000 based on customer requirements for scalability. About the Out-of-Band Infrastructure (OOBI) The Out-of-Band Infrastructure (OOBI) provides secure alternate paths into the production infrastructure so that disconnected assets can be reconnected and subsequently returned to normal operation. This infrastructure includes serial console servers A console server (also console access server or console management server or serial console server) is a device or service that provides access to the system console of a computing device via networking technologies. , KVM (K Virtual Machine) A version of the Java Virtual Machine for small devices with limited memory. See J2ME. See also KVM switch. KVM - Keyboard Video Mouse analog and KVM over IP switches, intelligent power distribution units, service processor managers, and blade managers, all controlled by an OOBI manager like Cyclades AlterPath Manager. About Cyclades Cyclades, the leader in next-generation IT infrastructure management, offers a comprehensive system of products that reduce IT operational costs and risks, while increasing the productivity of IT assets and personnel. Cyclades AlterPath System provides secure alternate paths into the production IT infrastructure, enabling administrators to remotely access, diagnose and restore disconnected assets to normal operation. Designed to seamlessly integrate and deploy into the enterprise, Cyclades AlterPath solutions include console servers, KVM and KVM over IP switches, power control appliances, service processor managers, blade managers and a manager to control the entire out-of-band infrastructure. More than 8,000 organizations, including 85 percent of the FORTUNE 100, depend on Cyclades products. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Cyclades is a global company with 19 offices worldwide. Additional information is available at www.cyclades.com or by calling (888) 292-5233. |
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