At large enterprises, keeping user software patched across multiple locations is labor-intensive and costly. The BMC Patch Manager system is the best answer for keeping large numbers of endpoint software updated and patched. Yet, provisioning, integrating, configuring, testing, and rolling out whiteboxes as repeaters for the BMC system at numerous branch locations is costly in terms of time and labor. Managing whitebox deployments is also highly burdensome.

Celestix BMC appliances lower the tangible costs of procuring, configuration, and maintaining repeaters. Each BMC is a full-featured appliance that allows turnkey deployments for BMC Configuration Automation for Clients. Besides hardware, each appliance includes Celestix’ Linux-based COSMOS appliance engine.

Consider these benefits:

• Procurement – With BMC appliances you purchase integrated solutions from one source that are ready to use straight from the box. Otherwise, you purchase separate hardware, operating system, and BMC components—with each part requiring multiple levels of approval.

• Scorpio-X™ Hardware - Scorpio-X appliance hardware is purpose-built to optimize BMC Configuration Automation for Clients. Devoid of unnecessary components, Scorpio-X eliminates points of vulnerability and failure inherent in whitebox hardware.

• COSMOS Appliance Engine – Based on a Linux kernel, the COSMOS engine provides several unique features for ease of use:

  • Jog Dial and LCD display enables headless communication with the network to set up, manage, and monitor the appliance on site.

  • Web UI to manage each BMC2500 for: simple setup, remote configuration of network settings, options to view logs/reboot/receive alerts/updating software, and others.

  • Disaster Recovery – Each BMC2500 appliance includes Last Good Version (LGV) functionality. LGV allows administrators to backup and restore units to predefined recovery points. You can also reset BMC2500 appliances to factory default settings using Celestix’ one button rollback feature.

  • Software Update System – receive pre-screened updates and patches to all appliance software layers—OS, Appliance Engine, and BMC application—from one convenient management interface.

• Optimization and Security – Celestix preconfigures each BMC2500 with a transmitter that extends the BMC Configuration Automation for Clients implementation. Celestix has optimized and hardened the operating-system and configuration options specifically for the BMC Configuration Automation for Clients solution.

• Time – With the BMC2500 there is no need to dedicate long hours of staff time to configure individual whiteboxes to act as repeaters for BMC Configuration Automation for Clients. Celestix has completed the packaging to minimize the burden on IT staff.

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