| Serial Port Access |
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| Connect directly using Telnet / SSH by port and IP address |
| Connect with EasyPort menu by Telnet / SSH |
| Use an internet browser to access with HTTP or secure HTTPS via EasyPort Web menu |
| Java-free browser access to remote serial console ports via Telnet and SSH |
| Ports can be assigned a specific IP address ( aliasing ) |
| Multisession capability enables multiple users to access ports simultaneously |
| Multihost access enables multiple hosts/servers to share serial ports |
| Accessibility |
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| In-band ( Ethernet ) and out-of-band ( dial-up modem ) support |
| Dynamic DNS enables users to find a console server from anywhere on the Internet |
| Domain name control through DHCP option 81 |
| IPV6 and IPV4 addressing support |
| Availability |
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| Primary/Backup host functionality enables automatic connections to alternate host(s) |
| Security |
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| SSH v1 and v2 |
| SSL V3.0/TLS V1.0, SSL V2.0 |
| SSL Server and SSL client mode capability |
| SSL Peer authentication |
| IPSec VPN : NAT Traversal, ESP authentication protocol |
| Encryption: AES (256/192/128), 3DES, DES, Blowfish, CAST128, ARCFOUR(RC4), ARCTWO(RC2) |
| Hashing Algorithms: MD5, SHA-1, RIPEMD160, SHA1-96, and MD5-96 |
| Key exchange: RSA, EDH-RSA, EDH-DSS, ADH |
| X.509 Certificate verification: RSA, DSA |
| Certificate authority (CA) list |
| Local database |
| RADIUS Authentication, Authorization and Accounting |
| TACACS+ Authentication, Authorization and Accounting |
| LDAP, NIS, Kerberos Authentication |
| RSA SecureID-agent or via RADIUS Authentication |
| SNMP v3 Authentication and Encryption support |
| IP Address filtering |
| Disable unused daemons |
| Active Directory via LDAP |
| Terminal Server |
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| Telnet |
| SSH v1 and v2 |
| Rlogin |
| Auto session login |
| LPD, RCP printer |
| MOTD - Message of the day |
| Serial machine to Ethernet |
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| Tunnel raw serial data across Ethernet - clear or encrypted |
| Raw serial data over TCP/IP |
| Raw serial data over UDP |
| Serial data control of packetized data |
| Share serial ports with multiple hosts/servers |
| Virtual modem simulates a modem connection - assign IP address by AT phone number |
| Virtual modem data can be sent over the Ethernet link with or without SSL encryption |
| TruePort com/tty redirector for serial based applications on Windows, Linux, Solaris, SCO, HP UX, NCR UNIX and AIX. For a complete list of all the latest drivers click here |
| TrueSerial packet technology provides the most authentic serial connections across Ethernet ensuring serial protocol integrity |
| RFC 2217 standard for transport of serial data and RS232 control signals |
| Customizable or fixed serial baud rates |
| Plug-ins allow customer or Perle provided plug-ins for special applications |
| Software Development Kit ( SDK ) available |
| Serial encapsulation of industrial protocols such as ModBus, DNP3 and IEC-870-5-101 |
| ModBus TCP gateway enables serial Modbus ASCII/RTU device connection to ModBus TCP |
| Data logging will store serial data received when no active TCP session and forward to network peer once session re-established - 32K bytes circular per port |
| Console Management |
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| Sun / Oracle Solaris Break Safe |
| Local port buffer viewing - 256K bytes per port |
| External port buffering via NFS, encrypted NFS and Syslog |
| Event notification |
| Manage AC power of external equipment using Perle RPS power management products |
| Clustering - central console server enables access ports across multiple console servers |
| Windows Server 2003/2008 EMS - SAC support GUI access to text-based Special Administrative Console |
| Ping watchdog probes enable customers to power cycle equipment with attached Perle RPS power switches in the event of an unresponsive networking gear |
| Remote Access |
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| Dial, direct serial | PPP, PAP/CHAP, SLIP |
| | HTTP tunneling enables firewall-safe access to remote serial devices across the internet |
| Automatic DNS Update | Utilize DHCP Opt 81 to set IOLAN domain name for easy name management and with Dynamic DNS support , users on the Internet can access the device server by name without having to know its IP address. See Automatic DNS update support for details |
| IPSEC VPN client/servers | Microsoft L2TP/IPSEC VPN client ( native to Windows XP) |
| Microsoft IPSEC VPN Client ( native to Windows Vista ) |
| Cisco routers with IPSEC VPN feature set |
| Perle IOLAN SDS/STS and SCS models |
| OA&M ( Operations, Administration and Management ) |
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| SNMP V3 - read and write, Perle MIB |
| Syslog |
| Perle Device Manager - Windows based utility for large scale deployments |
| Configurable default configuration |
| Installation Wizard |
| Set a Personalized Factory Default for your IOLANs |
| Protocols |
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| IPv6, IPv4, TCP/IP, Reverse SSH, SSH, SSL, IPSec/IPv4, IPSec/IPv6, L2TP/IPSec, CIDR, RIPV2/MD5, ARP, RARP, UDP, UDP Multicast, ICMP, BOOTP, DHCP, TFTP, SFTP, SNTP, Telnet, raw, reverse Telnet, LPD, RCP, DNS, Dynamic DNS, WINS, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMPV3, PPP, PAP/CHAP, SLIP, CSLIP, RFC2217, MSCHAP |
