• Secure connectivity and access to any serial device and equipment port
• Real-time visibility of remote site and equipment status
• Immediate response to any remote condition or event in an automated or manual fashion

By extending serial and port access and facilitating alarm and power management capabilities over IP networks, the In-Reach gives you visibility and control from virtually anywhere.  Unlike any other general terminal server or console management solution, the In-Reach is optimized to provide a secure and converged remote site presence solution, offering serial connectivity, console, power, and alarm management capabilities all in a single solution. With In-Reach, carriers and real-time enterprises can increase network and system uptime and decrease operational costs.


The Need For Remote Presence
Today’s market conditions dictate that any business no matter how big or small must develop and implement electronically driven processes to compete.  Real-time electronic business processes are a necessity across all markets, including the financial, healthcare, telecommunications, retail, transportation, manufacturing, and utilities industries.

When applications and networks stop, business stops. No enterprise can afford the economic or business consequences of operational downtime.  This, coupled with the demand that businesses do more with less, puts network, operations and systems managers in a very precarious position.

How do the people responsible for these applications, networks and systems cost effectively manage them and their countless remote elements?  The answer is Console Server for Remote Presence. MRV's In-Reach Remote Presence solutions make logistically difficult, skilled manpower-intensive tasks easy and cost-effective to manage. In-Reach Remote Presence solutions allow centrally located personnel and applications to monitor, manage and respond to globally distributed networks and systems.


Key Features

• Serial to IP Conversion
• Industry-leading Security
• Remote Console Access
• Ease of Use
• Scripting & Menus
• IROS scalable operation system
• Sun Break Compatible
• Virtual Management Ports
• Out-of-Band Access
• Console, Alarm, Sensor & Power (CASP)
• Instant Event Messaging
• Intelligent Self-healing
• Robust security protocol support
• Software Upgradeable
• Scalability (4-40 port standalone units, 6/15 slot chassis)

Benefits

• Access and acquire data from virtually anywhere
• Grant flexible access without compromising security
• Minimize downtime & lower operations costs
• Non-disruptive to install, simple to manage and maintain
• Automated and guided processes save time and money
• Reliable and easily extensible software foundation
• Prevents inadvertent shut downs of Sun Servers
• Simultaneous multiple user access with individual rights
• Secure, guaranteed access
• A single solution for all remote management needs
• Instant event notification anywhere – quicker responses
• A corrective response without human intervention saves time and money
• Non-disruptive to implemented operations procedures
• Investment protection with cost-effective migration path
• Scale to meet you individual site port density needs