Trade Up to Lantronix: Modernize Your Out-of-Band Management
Replace EOL Cisco, Opengear, and Raritan Console Servers with Autonomous Out-of-Band Management
Legacy console servers like the Cisco 4000-series ISRs, Opengear CM7100/IM7200, ZPE Systems Nodegrid Serial Plus, and Raritan Dominion SXII are reaching end-of-life. It’s time to trade up to a platform built for how network engineers work today.
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Why Trade Up from Repurposed Cisco ISRs
Routers like the Cisco 4000-series were never designed for console management. They’re complex, expensive, and lack independence from the production network.
Lantronix SLC 9000 + Percepxion Advantages:
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Zero-Touch Provisioning: Devices auto-enroll via DHCP or cellular on power-on. No manual config, no field admin.
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OpenAPI 3.01 REST: Every management action is callable from Ansible, ServiceNow, Terraform… and more
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Percepxion SaaS: Failover is built in and tested before you need it. Not a bolted-on modem to manage.
- Integrated 4G/5G Cellular: Fleet visibility, firmware compliance, config drift tracking, & audit logs. No server to manage.
Why Trade Up from Opengear & Raritan
Traditional console servers focus on remote access — not automation. Opengear has no REST API. SLC9000 + Percepxion ships with a full OpenAPI 3.01 spec with every management action callable from Ansible, Terraform, ServiceNow, or any tool your team already runs. Your OOB platform stops being a silo and serves as a resilient collector and executor of your network automation framework.
Lantronix SLC 9000 + Percepxion Benefits:
- Full REST API — OpenAPI 3.01: Every management action callable via a documented REST API. Plug into Ansible, Terraform, ServiceNow, or any custom toolchain with no custom connectors needed.
- True Zero-Touch Provisioning: Self-provisions on arrival with no manual config, no on-site engineer required. Scales from one device to thousands without linear headcount growth.
- Automatic Device Discovery: Identifies and inventories every connected device automatically which eliminates blind spots and removes manual discovery work from outage response.
- Percepxion SaaS Dashboard: Cloud-managed visibility and control accessible from anywhere, including when the primary network is unavailable. Managed OOB without on-prem infrastructure.
- Resilient Automation Executor: Acts as a resilient collector and executor within your existing automation framework and not a parallel silo that must be managed separately.
- Ask Your Network in Plain English: With the Percepxion MCP server connected to Claude, a network admin can type a plain-English question about their infrastructure and get an answer in seconds including raw data to dig deeper. No UI navigation, no exports, no query syntax.
The Lantronix Advantage
Lantronix brings 20+ years of innovation in secure out-of-band management — delivering automation, resilience, and visibility your legacy solutions can’t match.
