Belkin F1DP116S rack console

OmniView® Serial Console Server Belkin OmniView Serial Console Servers (SCSes) provide IT professionals with the tools to proactively monitor, manage, and repair today's mission-critical IT infrastructure hardware. Designed to offer out-of-band access to CLI (Command Line Interface) devices, the OmniView SCS (also referred to as a Terminal Server) allows direct, local-console access to network switches, routers, firewalls, VPN equipment, and other platforms managed via command line or VT100 interface. Belkin OmniView Serial Console Servers, available in a 16-port form-factor, provide HTTPS, SSH, and Telnet access to any high-availability assets within the IT infrastructure.

Providing user-level access control, IT managers, and administrators can deploy these devices across their IT landscape and provide team members with granular port access and security management. Utilizing direct Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), users can connect directly to specific attached devices for immediate response and access to problematic hardware. OmniView Serial Console Servers are utilized to maintain critical systems, perform routine console-level maintenance, and reduce MTTR (Mean Time to Recovery).