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Fast Growing University of Illinois Data Center Taps Opengear Open Source Console Server for Out-of-Band Access
| Source: Opengear
SANDY, UT--(Marketwire - August 19, 2009) - Opengear (www.opengear.com), a leading provider
of next-generation console
server and KVM over IP solutions, today announced that the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Campus Information Technology and
Educational Services (CITES), is using the Opengear CM4148 to manage all of
the equipment in its data center.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was founded in 1867 and was
one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions created after
President Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862. It has over 41,000
students, 16 Colleges and instructional units and one of the largest public
library collections in the world. The campus network has 70,000 computer
connections in over 130 buildings and 76% of the classrooms offer wireless
connections. As the campus network grew, so did the data center and the
number of servers that required an out-of-band management solution. The
prerequisite for the console server was that it had to be economical,
reliable, secure and provide high-density serial connectivity in 1U.
"The University of Illinois was an early adopter of the CM4148 and has
benefited from a high-density console server at a low cost per port, with
the benefits of a broad feature set and a flexible open source platform,"
said Todd Rychecky, vice president of sales at Opengear. "Universities
expect maximum up-time and reliability when they are implementing an
out-of-band access solution for their students and faculty, Opengear
understands this and aims to advance the console server market to provide
the best in reliability for mission critical applications."
About the CM4148
The Opengear CM4000 is the most efficient console server at the lowest cost
available today. In one secure package, Opengear offers out of band
management solution for serial console ports, servers, virtual servers,
service processors, UPS & PDUs, environmental monitoring and more. The
CM4000 family of advanced console servers enables system administrators to
securely access and control their data centers and networks from anywhere
in the world.
About Opengear
Opengear (http://www.opengear.com) designs and manufactures next-generation
console server and kVM over IP solutions for secure remote access and
control of network devices such as routers, switches, servers, firewalls,
uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units and environmental
monitoring devices in distributed networks. Opengear's open source platform
gives network managers and system integrators the most flexible,
extensible, console server solution on the market today for serial console
ports, service processors, power solutions and environmental monitoring.