Console management can help IT leaders handle private cloud challenges

Once finished, the private cloud gives IT managers a tightly interconnected, efficient and fast-moving setup that can deliver incredible results when everything works well. When things do not go quite right, the management burden can be staggering.

Managing the private cloud
A private cloud will run like a well-oiled machine when left to its own devices because it is built on automation and orchestration. However, this operational method also leads to a situation in which different systems are highly dependent on one another. A malfunction in one part of the private cloud, therefore, has a retroactive impact on the rest of the configuration and must be dealt with as quickly as possible.

Console management can pay major dividends in this area. A console server system gives IT leaders the ability to control and alter various aspects of the data center remotely. This means that, for example, if a system administrator is traveling to a branch office when a problem with the private cloud arises, that individual does not need to travel back to the data center to solve the issue. The rapid-response capabilities enabled by console servers make the solution an ideal fit for organizations using the private cloud.

Perle's wide range of 1 to 48 port Perle Console Servers provide data center managers and network administrators with secure remote management of any device with a serial console port. Plus, they are the only truly fault tolerant Console Servers on the market with the advanced security functionality needed to easily perform secure remote data center management and out-of-band management of IT assets from anywhere in the world.