ENS-4 & ENS-8 - The Emergency Network Sentinel

Improving Productivity While Reducing Costs Do More With Less

Businesses increasingly rely on computers, and when the network is down, your business is down. OutPost Sentinel's ENS-8 is a Secure Remote Emergency Network Administration (SRENA) solution designed for improving network up-time and business productivity. The Emergency Network Sentinel (ENS-8) gives your business or branch offices access to a dedicated network specialist, monitoring your network equipment twenty-four by seven. Get immediate notification and secure access to address potential computer related issues before they become a business problem. ENS-8 takes you directly to the problem source at Any Time, from Any Where! The ENS-8 manages devices through the TCP/IP network, and more importantly, the ENS-8 provides a secondary emergency access path, allowing you to manage devices without going through the network. Often, a network element will go down and bring all network traffic and communication to a halt. The ENS-8 provides Out-of-Band Management (OBM) and access to network devices — even when the network is down

Maximize IT Coverage and Minimize IT Costs

For offices with a resident or onsite MIS professional, the ENS-8 provides manageability, improving network up-time and efficiency. ENS-8 is always on, watching your network every minute of every day. In the event of a problem, it alerts you and immediately directs you to the device in question — eliminating guesswork. Technicians can now monitor multiple networks from a central site or remote location, increasing the technical expertise available to remote sites. Often even trained individuals lack the skills to address many network related issues. For example, a network router failure will render the network and in-band management devices useless. However, if connected to the ENS-8, the failed router could be repaired, reconfigured and rebooted remotely. In the event of a hardware failure, the ENS-8 can still be used to take the impedance off the network and reroute the traffic. Get the Right Expert, to the Right Location, Right Now!

Optimize Network Resources

The ENS-8 is ideal for smaller network installations and will manage 8 mission critical devices via serial console and 16 via IP or SNMP.
Eliminate network problems without going onsite, reducing downtime, travel costs and improving the efficiency of scarce network resources.

Securely Manage Network Devices

The ENS-8 provides simple and robust Secure Remote Emergency Network Administration with a comprehensive suite of software and management tools. Makes managing ports and devices easy from anywhere. Allows secure access and administration with built-in comprehensive security options, including full SSHv3 128 bit encryption, dial back, IP packet filtering NAT and DNAT. Monitor mission critical devices and automatically take action and notify administrators about specific events.

Maximize Productivity and Eliminate Downtime

The ENS-8 high performance SRENA servers are designed with the most comprehensive suite of OBM features available. Allows remote or centralized control of servers and intelligent network devices. Both in-band, public network access and an emergency alternate access path through a serial route to manage devices. The ENS-8 gives administrators the power to securely administer, troubleshoot or reconfigure devices such as routers, switches or servers.

Summary

The OPS ENS-8 enables IT managers to troubleshoot, reboot and reconfigure intelligent devices through the network or out-of-band through the console port. Allows you to email yourself event logs, giving you a more indepth review of port traffic.

Audit Trail

The ENS-8 buffers console history for viewing problem identification and error codes. Rather than being limited to addressing symptoms, the IT manager is taken right to the heart of the problem. Get the expert to the emergency site; where and when needed.

Benefits

Troubleshoot and power up/down your intelligent devices remotely. Continue to securely monitor and capture events and alarms and provide secure access even when the network and other NMS tools fail. Reduce your IT costs while improving your IT coverage, service and productivity. Eliminate downtime and maximize the profit potential of your business.