Installation guide

74 AlterPath OnBoard Installation Guide
authorized to perform on that server’s service processor. Accessed by
administrators by typing/usr/bin/onbdshell on the OnBoard’s
command line; the administrators’ version of the menu lists all configured
devices.
OOBI (Out-of-band Infrastructure)
An integrated systems approach to remote administration. Consists of
components that provide secure, out of band access to connect to and manage
an organization’s production network. Components can include console
servers, KVM and KVM over IP switches, power control appliances,
centralized management devices (to control the entire out-of-band
infrastructure), and service-processor managers to manage access to multiple
vendor's service processors. Allows administrators to remotely connect to
disconnected IT assets and to quickly return them to normal operation.
Cyclades AlterPath products are designed as building blocks for an OOBI,
including AlterPath ACS console servers, AlterPath KVM and KVM over P
switches, AlterPath OnSite with consolidated console and KVM ports,
AlterPath PM IPDUs, the AlterPath OnBoard service- processor manager, and
the AlterPath Manager for centralized control of and access through multiple
AlterPath devices to up to 5000 connected devices, and for access to servers
that have IPMI controllers.
OTP (one-time passwords)
An authentication system that requires the user to generate and use a new
password for every connection. The OTP can only be used once, which
ensures that a discovered password is useless. Originally developed at
Bellcore (now Telcordia), it started as a freely available program called S/Key
that was trademarked. A newer freeware OTP program is OPIE (one time
passwords in everything).
out of band
Access to IT assets that is either separate from or independent of the normal
production network. A term that originated in the telecommunications
industry to refer to communications used to control a phone call that are made
on a dedicated channel, which is separate from the channel over which the call
is made. Allows remote monitoring and control even when a managed IT asset
loses connection to the production network. Typically, out-of-band access is
through a console or management port (typically an RS-232 or Ethernet port),