WAN Traffic Failover Elevates Expectations for What’s Possible with Out-of-band Technology in Latest Software Release
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) June 08, 2015 -- Uplogix announced today at the CiscoLive Conference in San Diego details of the upcoming June software release of LMS v5.2. The update includes new functionality that pairs high-speed LTE modems with the network-independent monitoring and device automation of the Uplogix platform to failover WAN traffic during an outage. This keeps users up and running while providing admins in the NOC with remote visibility and tools for resolving issues.
As more business applications move to the Cloud, network uptime is increasingly critical. WAN Traffic Failover (WTF) from Uplogix ensures that if the wide area network goes down, users aren’t left sitting idle.
An Uplogix Local Manager (LM) will detect the outage and bring up an LTE connection to pass the router traffic, allowing services at the site to continue working. In parallel, the LM can push an alert to the NOC that automatically creates a trouble ticket, cutting the time to awareness of the issue. Staff at the NOC can utilize the LM’s local connections to devices to monitor the situation remotely, including service levels, and take other remote actions if needed. If the primary path returns, Uplogix can automatically restore the infrastructure to its initial configuration and notify the NOC.
“By coupling the network automation of an Uplogix Local Manager with the ability to use the existing out-of-band link as a failover for primary traffic, our customers get an affordable backup path without deploying redundant gear,” said Lisa Frankovitch, Uplogix CEO. “Uplogix now not only provides automated recovery capabilities, but sites stay up and running as issues are being resolved.”
The v5.2 release also introduces support for high-speed LTE cellular modems certified for both the AT&T and Verizon networks. With the new release, multiple LMs in the same facility can share a single out-of-band channel, reducing costs and simplifying deployments that require multiple LMs.
A new out-of-band wizard simplifies the initial configuration of an OOB connection whether that link is over cellular, a POTS line, fiber or satellite. The release includes numerous usability improvements to the Uplogix Control Center including a more graphical, device-centric representation of an Uplogix deployment. From the Control Center, users can see all of their LMs and the devices they are managing over both physical and virtual console connections.
The new features will be previewed at the Uplogix booth (#1336) at CiscoLive in San Diego from June 7-11, 2015. The v5.2 software will ship later in the month on all new Local Managers and the Uplogix Control Center. For more information and customers wishing to upgrade, visit Uplogix support at http://www.uplogix.com/support.
About Uplogix
Uplogix provides the first fully integrated local management solution. Our co-located management appliances automate routine administration, maintenance and recovery tasks—securely and regardless of network availability. In comparison, traditional network and systems management depends on the network, uses multiple tools, and remains labor intensive. Uplogix puts the power of your most trusted IT administrator everywhere, all the time.
Uplogix is privately held and headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, please visit http://www.uplogix.com.
Billy Moran, Uplogix, http://www.uplogix.com, +1 (512) 857-7080, [email protected]
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