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Incorporating Chipcom's enterprise-wide systems approach to designing network products, ONsemble StackSystem hubs provide exceptional reliability, are highly manageable and offer a clear growth path to protect your investment. Each ONsemble StackSystem component is part of a carefully conceived system-solution where not only the initial cost of the product is considered, but also the total cost of ownership throughout the product's life. Total cost of ownership includes: installation, ongoing management, maintenance and, most importantly, the cost of downtime. For ONsemble StackSystem components, which often support remote sites, this means: the engineering is exceptionally reliable, the installation is easy and sophisticated remote management and analysis tools are supported. This also means the hubs are upgradable when new software features are loaded over the network.
The ONsemble StackSystem family of network products is designed to meet the needs of two important parts of the enterprise network: remote sites and facility wiring closets.
The trend is clear: organizations are bringing services and information closer to their customers. This means connecting branch offices, retail stores, medical clinics, insurance offices and field service operations to the enterprise network. A single network may extend to hundreds of sites supporting vital day-to-day operations. Unless you plan to have a network specialist available for every office, reliability and sophisticated remote management are key requirements for supporting networks at remote sites.
In the wiring closet, ONsemble StackSystem components meet the constantly changing network requirements of the enterprise because they are easy to install, easy to configure and easy to move. ONsemble StackSystem Hubs are ideal for supporting a new workgroup or project team and offer a low-cost alternative to modular hubs.
The StackSystem Management Hub and Expansion Hubs are linked with the StackWay Cable that provides four independent Ethernet segments (as well as management communications). Under software control, any hub in the stack can be switched to any of the four Ethernet segments, providing unprecedented configuration flexibility for a stackable hub. The StackSystem Management Hub manages the expansion units and the four StackWay Ethernet segments. This switching capability, until now found only in leading-edge chassis-based hubs, allows you to improve network throughput within the stack by balancing traffic between the four StackWay segments. Unit-switching also allows you to work around network failures and isolate problems.
A Chipcom StarBridge Turbo Ethernet switch is an ideal way to interconnect the four StackWay segments (as well as four additional Ethernet segments). Remotely, under software control, you can move user groups dynamically to eliminate network congestion, improve network security or create fault-tolerant configurations.
With a few, hundreds or even thousands of remote sites to support, network management and troubleshooting can become an overwhelming task if your remote networking hubs do not support comprehensive network management.
ONsemble StackSystem Ethernet Hubs are supported by Chipcom's Enterprise Network Management Architecture, a comprehensive set of integrated device management and analysis tools that simplify and automate network configuration and troubleshooting. Chipcom StackSystem Hubs use the same Management Information Base (MIB) as the Chipcom ONcore Switching System and ONline System Concentrator, providing a consistent user interface to network personnel. ONsemble StackSystem Ethernet, ONline and ONcore hubs are all supported by the same device management and configuration applications. Chipcom ONdemand management and analysis applications are available for HP Openview (Windows and UNIX), Netview 6000 and SunNet (TM) Manager network management platforms. A low-cost version of the ONdemand management application running on Windows is ideal for laptop computers and can be used by field personnel to test and configure StackSystem hubs (as well as Chipcom ONcore and ONline hubs). A StackSystem Hub also can be managed by any SNMP-compliant network management application, or with an ASCII terminal using the hub's full character-based management and reporting software.
The ONsemble StackSystem Ethernet Hub provides multiple paths for management applications to access the hub: in-band SNMP and Telnet, as well as out-of-band access using a modem and dialup line.
ONsemble StackSystem Ethernet Hubs use Chipcom Signature Memory, a feature that automates network inventory by storing hub serial number, model number, and software version level in nonvolatile memory. Chipcom network management applications can automatically maintain a complete inventory of ONsemble StackSystem components for every location on your network without a physical inspection. The Signature Memory feature can save countless hours of record keeping and simplify network maintenance and troubleshooting.
Easy-to-Install Uplink Modules ONsemble StackSystem Hubs support easy-to-install Uplink Modules that let you tailor your StackSystem Hub to your unique requirements. Field personnel without technical training can change a hub's uplink interface easily and inexpensively. Uplink Modules are available for 10Base-FL (fiber), IOBase-2 (BNC), 10Base-T (twisted pair) and 10Base-5 (AUI) cable.
Before the ONsemble StackSystem Hubs, choosing a stackable hub meant sacrificing manageability, reliability, and software controlled switching. Now you don't have to sacrifice anything for the convenience and flexibility of a stackable hub.