Secure Remote Administration - Stand Alone Approach...
 


The Tracker 2750 by Data Track Technologies, Plc. incorporates a design that is unique to the industry to provide greater flexibility in terms of the unit’s inputs and outputs.  I/O is provided by interchangeable plug-in cards that can be slotted into a motherboard.  It has an RJ45 serial console port that is fitted on all units.  There are 9 expansion slots available for the addition of a variety of I/O cards containing serial ports, modems, Ethernet ports, or digital I/O ports.  Memory is provided using compact flash cards. This enables much larger memory options (currently up to 3 Gbytes) ... more than any other manufacturer.

 
   

Single and dual 10 /100MB Ethernet card

 

 

  

Single and dual V.92  PSTN modem card

 

Single and dual RS-232 serial card with RJ-45 interface

 

Contact closure card for 8 devices with detachable terminal block



Features:

  • Secure Remote Access - provides connectivity to voice and data communication devices across local area, wide area, Internet and dial-up networks using proven Authorization, Authentication, and Auditing mechanisms. This provides a solid and secure foundation for keeping critical voice and data network infrastructure functioning reliably.

  • No Central Server - the Tracker 2750 has sufficient memory to store its own access lists, thus eliminating the need to check for authorization from a central server.  This can be important if connectivity to your central networking management center has been severed. Synchronization of Tracker access lists can be done through your own programs.

  • Device Alarm Monitoring - is a maintenance tool that can provide an operational overview of system or equipment performance, 24 hours a day, and informs you of any alarm conditions that may occur. This ensures maximum equipment availability, minimum system downtime and consequently, improved customer service levels.  Output can be sent simultaneous to any number of standard network monitoring tools.  You can even have the Tracker 2750 store the alarms and only send them once some pre-determined threshold has been reached.

  • Open Operating System - the Tracker 2750 is based upon the Linux operating system instead of proprietary systems like other devices.

  • Available SDK - because of its large addressable flash memory, you can develop and run your own custom applications directly from the Tracker 2750.  Many conditions can be monitored and immediate action taken without having to wait for the condition to be observed by your central networking management center.  The Tracker 2750 makes use of Python scripting, an easy-to-learn and use industry standard language.

  • Two Factor Authentication - When a stronger access method is needed to further protect dial-up access on the Tracker 2750, there are two different challenge response mechanisms available within the system. The first is a token-based, two-factor authentication mechanism. The second is a hardware-based, two-factor authentication mechanism. In this configuration, a Tracker 2720, which acts as a secure modem, is attached to a serial port of a system administrator or support engineer’s PC. The user runs a terminal program on the PC to access the Tracker 2720 as an outbound modem. A phone number is selected within the terminal program and a dial-up connection is established with a Tracker 2700 at the remote node where maintenance services are to be performed. The Tracker systems attempt to authenticate with each other based on a standards-based, two-factor authentication mechanism.

  • Remote Backup and Remote Restore - because of its extended memory capacity, the Tracker 2750 can easily store configurations of local devices (routers, switches, etc.) so that they can be quickly restored and even re-booted remotely.

  • VPN - support for VPN tunnels for secure connections across TCP/IP local and wide area networks comes standard with the Tracker 2750.



Benefits:

  • Cost reductions from a decrease in technician dispatches to remote locations through:
    • Local storage/access enabling remote restoration of device configurations.
    • Ability to power cycle remote devices.
  • Superior service levels resulting in improved Customer Satisfaction through
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    • Quicker response to problems.
    • Shortening or circumventing of outages.
  • Improved management of system administration activity by adding the following to your environment:
    • Consistent, secure access for remote and local network devices.
    • Session auditing of administration activity.
  • Benefit of improved network infrastructure protection from compromise or failure.
  • Future-proofs the environment because platform is extensible and programmable.