Out of Band Solutions
Out of band management or lights out management involves an alternative path to target devices in your infrastructure, separate from the production/primary network.
It is your back door to access, monitor, manage, and recover servers and networking equipment, regardless of network availability or if devices are non-responsive due to OS problems.
In daily management of your IT assets, in-band tools such as VNC, RDP, telnet or other remote management software works great, but these in-band tools rely on the operating system being available and the network being operational and properly configured.
Some instances where out of band solutions may be required:
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Having an out of band infrastructure saves time and money. In a lab environment, out of band infrastructure such as console servers can speed up the development cycle of new products and facilitate cooperation among different geographic areas. |
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Out of band management or lights out management involves an alternative path to target devices in your infrastructure, separate from the production/primary network. |
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