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P75598- Belkin OmniView Serial Console
Simple ASCII or VT100 terminal emulation is not sufficient to manage these
wide-ranging device types. Today's data centers contain a broad mix of Unix, Linux,
RISC, mainframe, and Windows servers, as well as other serially managed devices
such as router, gateway, firewall, PBX, UPS, SAN and NAS devices, and intelligent
power strips.
 Proactive monitoring and warning to assist system diagnosis
Applications, and even operating systems, send messages to the system console.
These messages contain error and panic information that often precedes a system
crash. Unlike terminal servers, console port servers buffer these messages in real time
and allow administrators to page through and search this data at a later time, and
spontaneously send an e-mail to alert IT administrator of the critical event.
 Remote and Secure Power Controller
Via serial port, this device acts as control master for controlling power strip. Since it
supports RS-485 serial interface, it can control multiple power strips (up to 15).
 Provides Serial-to-Serial function
To incorporate with Terminal Converter to provide VGA and keyboard ports locally, or
connect the VGA/keyboard ports to KVM switch to consolidate the administration.
 Access Port Lists for Users
Thanks to the Access Control List (ACL) of user account administration, all users
except root account are authorized a set of serial ports. Users can access, make
configuration change to those authorized serial ports assigned by root account.
1.4 Equipment Requirements
 Universal Connectivity Kit (Included)
 RJ45-RJ45 CAT5 Cable (included)
1.5 System Requirements
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