Smart Management Fabric (SMF):

Taking Out-of-Band Management to the Next Level for Streamlined IT Operations

Smart Management Fabric (SMF) takes Opengear’s Smart Out of Band™ solution to the next level by delivering an overlay network that simplifies your overall IT operations. With seamless access to IP endpoints, SMF breaks down traditional IT silos, empowering the entire IT organization.

Benefits:

• Expand your networking capabilities: Elevate your Smart Out-of-Band solution with an overlay network, enhancing value and functionality.
• Keep sensitive info safe: Secure access and provision your connected resources while safeguarding sensitive information.
• Scale effortlessly: Enable seamless connectivity between users, machines, and third-party resources, allowing for effortless scalability.

Connected Resource Gateway (CRG):

Bringing simplicity, flexibility, and scalability to your IT infrastructure

Connected Resource Gateway (CRG) expands Opengear’s network resilience platform beyond serial connectivity, providing a secure gateway function that acts as a critical entry and exit point between network management tools, users, and third-party endpoints.

Benefits:

• Streamline access: Simplified access to your connected resources, serial or IP.
• Precise Security: Minimize unauthorized access risk and potential access-based security breaches with precise and flexible access management.
• Boost Productivity: Save time with clientless access, eliminating the need to update or manage software and reducing admin overhead.

Lighthouse Service Portal (LSP):

Day 0/1 Made Easy with Zero Touch Provisioning

Zero-touch provisioning helps you move from smart hands and manual processes to smarter, automated capabilities.

The Lighthouse Service Portal (LSP) offers zero-touch provisioning to automate the initial set up of Opengear appliances and establish an out of band management network, bringing connected network resources online, ready to function.

Customers can then leverage configuration management tools and API integrations to push configurations through the Lighthouse SmartManagement Fabric and Connected Resource Gateway, completing the provisioning of Opengear appliances and connected network resources.

Benefits:

• Time and Cost Savings: LSP simplifies the provisioning of Opengear appliances at scale, reducing the time and effort required during initial setup and minimizing the need for manual intervention.
• Improved Scalability: As your IT deployments grow, LSP provides a scalable zero-touch provisioning solution that accelerates setup without increasing administrative overhead, ensuring your equipment is ready for use faster.
• Secure Deployments: Config files contain sensitive information, and using USB sticks with third-party engineers can be risky. With LSP, you get an end-to-end secure deployment process that keeps your critical data safe.