New distributed KVM remote management tool

Spider is a cable-friendly, single-port device that is small enough to fit in one hand. It is suitable for environments with limited space and locations with isolated or widely distributed servers, such as test-labs, campuses, branch offices and multi-floored facilities. Spider provides cost-effective scalability, allowing administrators to easily add incremental ports as required. Users have one-to-one remote access to a single server providing guaranteed access. This effectively lowers the price per remote server, which is said to be considerably lower than standard IP-enabled KVM switch offerings.

Spider's innovative dual-Ethernet port design, coupled with Lantronix SwitchPort+ technology, provides flexible and cost-effective 'add as you grow' scalability. The Spider can be cable-supported from the back of the server and its low-power design allows it to be server-powered. The Spider supports remote management of Windows-based and Linux/Unix servers, without requiring additional client software. A comprehensive range of software and security features – such as RADIUS, LDAP, Active Directory remote authentication support and secure data encryption – is included as standard.

In addition to the keyboard, video, mouse, and primary Ethernet ports, the Spider also includes a serial interface and second Ethernet port, allowing a hardware connection to all commonly used out-of-band (OOB) management interfaces. As part of the award-winning SecureLinx family available from Alpha Micro, Spider can be easily integrated into a total remote OOB management strategy. These include: serial console management (SecureLinx SLC); remote power management (SecureLinx SLP); and consolidated management access including auto-discovery, consolidated logging and logical device grouping (SecureLinx SLM).

Christos Papakyriacou, Managing Director of Alpha Micro Components, comments: "Lantronix has a long tradition of designing inventive IT management products and the revolutionary SecureLinx Spider is no exception. The Spider is a flexible, scalable and affordable CAT5-based remote KVM solution designed to provide IT managers just what they need for secure, real-time control of the remote server. With the large number of remote offices spread around the world, Spider has addressed the growing need of geographically dispersed applications with a new category of remote management equipment."