High Availability

• AC or DC power supplies (single input)
• 10/100 Ethernet with auto failover
• Heartbeat monitor with auto dial-out option (external modem required)
• Multiple local boot images stored locally for roll back

Security and Authentication

• Secure Shell (SSH V2 and V3)
• TACACS+ , RADIUS and LDAP authentication
• PAP/CHAP authentication (dial up)
• Dial back support
• Local authentication
• System event syslog
• SSH port and IP forwarding support
• IP packet filtering
• Unlimited user accounts

Serial Console Port Management

• Free COM Port Redirector software
• SSH tunneled serial bridging
• Windows 2003 Server ACS and EMS support
• SUN / Solaris ready (no inadvertent breaks)
• Break over SSH support
• Port triggers with SMNP and email alerts
• Offline data logging (Syslog, NFS, CIFS)
• Online data buffering and logging
• Multiple users per port (with port sniffing)
• Access by TCP port
• Telnet / Unauthenticated Telnet SSH/Raw TCP connect
• RFC 2217 – Port Redirection
• Windows Remote Desktop or VNC over serial support
• Clustering – single IP for multiple IM4200 and CM4000 devices
• Per serial port user access lists

LAN Console Port Management

• Secure SSH tunneling (TCP/UDP applications)
• Secure Remote Desktop access to Windows XP/2003
• Secure VNC access to Sun/Windows /Linux computers
• Secure HTTP(S) access to browser controlled appliances
• Native IPMI 1.5 and 2.0 (RMCP/RMCP+) support for BMC and service processor access and control
• Secure SOL (Serial over LAN) access to BIOS, EMS and ACS
• Service processor access (IPMI, ILO, LOM and more)
• Access to KVM built in to service processors (DRAC, RSA)
• Secure Telnet access
• Limit user access by LAN device and SDT service for that device
• Port triggers with SMNP and email alerts for all tunnel traffic
• Each gateway can port forward to an unlimited number of locally networked hosts (computers, routers)
• No limit on number of clients who can access the one gateway
• Embedded DHCP server for management LAN devices

Power Management

• Network UPS Tools for UPS Monitoring and Management
• PowerMan for PDU and RPS Management
• Hotkey for in session power menu

System Management

• Secure web management (HTTPS)
• Local browser management (HTTP)
• Command Line interface (Linux Shell)
• Nagios distributed monitoring
• ARP-Ping (IP address assignment)
• SNMP

Accessibility

• In-band (local Ethernet or secure tunnel over Internet)
• Out-of-band (dial-up modem access) included
• Additional Ethernet for broadband out-of-band connection
• Local serial console access

Other Protocols Supported

• DHCP client for dynamic IP assignment
• NTP for time synchronization
• PPP for dial up access
• NAT port redirection

Upgrades

• Flash upgradeable
• Free upgrades from online FTP site
• HTTP, FTP, TFTP client for file transfer

Operating System

• Linux with source code access
• Custom development kit