As I always say, you can’t have too many adapters or good IT stuff around and the new Digi Passport from Digi International is one powerful data center management device combining console management, IPMI and remote KVM functionality in one box. It allows users to establish a secure connection end-to-end from the administrator's workstation to the connected system.
Its freeKVM provides a network-based graphical connection that consumes less network bandwidth and is free of distracting mouse synchronization delays. The integration of this functionality in a single device reduces the hardware management costs of a data centre by as much as 75 per cent when compared to traditional hardware-based KVM over IP solutions.
Designed to reduce workload on data center managers, the Digi Passport provides advanced automation tools and operating reliability. Perl language support enables customised log searching and event notification and allows users to automate many device management tasks. The automation and analysis capabilities as well as the broad redundancy options give administrators added tools to support regulatory compliance in the data center.
Other features of the Digi Passport include support for IPv6, a USB port, a PC Card slot and options of 8, 16, 32 and 48 ports as well as a smaller 4 port model.
The device, to be available from end July 2006, allows users to access and control any system using Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Virtual Network Computing (VNC) or XManager for Unix as well as other user-defined methods.
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