ATEN International - World’s First LCD KVM with Fingerprint Recognition

Store this angel in big sizeATEN’s CL5708 / CL5716 Slideaway™ LCD KVMP™ Switch offers added abstracts centre aegis and a space-saving, automated access to KVM about-face technology

Taipei, Taiwan, February 25, 2009. With the CL5708, 8-Port PS/2-USB LCD KVMP™ Switch and the 16-port adaptation CL5716, ATEN International, arch artist and architect of beat connectivity solutions, today presents the world’s aboriginal LCD KVM about-face to affection alternative fingerprint recognition. In accession to added abstracts centre security, the CL5708 and CL5716 accommodate the latest in KVM about-face technology with acute scalability, compatibility, user-friendliness and a cutting-edge design.

A individual CL5708 or CL5716 Slideaway™ LCD KVMP™ (P acceptation peripheral) Switch with two consoles (one bus) can ascendancy eight or 16 servers. By daisy-chaining as abounding as 31 added KVM switches, up to 512 servers can be controlled from a individual KVM console. For added security, the alternative fingerprint identification arrangement can be acclimated to ascendancy acceptance to the CL5708 / CL5716, and all accessories beneath its command. For this feature, an agent and up to four user accounts can use any one of the recorded fingerprints to log in.

”The fingerprint clairvoyant affection in our new CL5708 and CL5716 adds aegis and user-friendliness to the server management. The agent can accept to use either the recorded fingerprint or a countersign to acceptance the KVM switch. The fingerprint is an alternative, added alone agency for logging into the switch, and complements the aegis appearance of the accessory in an accomplished way,” says Kevin Chen, President of ATEN International.

As the CL5708 / CL5716 provides bifold interface functionality with auto PS/2 and USB interface detection, it seamlessly supports computers and animate with PS/2 or USB keyboards and mice. An added USB anchorage amid beneath the LCD console will affix borderline accessories (e.g. beam drive, CD-ROM drive) which can be acclimated to install software, OS patches, or accomplish arrangement backups to computers affiliated to the installation. In addition, a hot-pluggable USB abrasion anchorage is provided for users who adopt to use an alien mouse.

The CL5708 / CL5716 offers a space-saving, automated access to KVM about-face technology by amalgam a 17-inch or 19-inch high-resolution LCD adviser (resolution of up to 1280 x 1024 @ 75 Hz), a abounding keyboard and a touchpad in a 1U rack-mountable sliding housing. With top adaptability design, the LCD adviser can rotates up to 115 degrees for a adequate examination angle.
For installation, the CL5708 / CL5716 does not crave any software, and servers can be added or removed after accepting to ability down the switch. As able band-aid for multiplatform environments, the about-face supports all above operating systems (Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux, Mac, and Sun).

Other Highlights of the CL5708 / CL5716
•Keyboard and abrasion appetite (PS/2 and USB) for bland switching and accompanying booting of assorted computers even if the animate focus is elsewhere
•Convenient computer alternative via foreground console pushbuttons, hotkeys and OSD menu
•Auto-senses its position on daisy-chained installations; foreground console LEDs announce the position of the units
•Port names automatically reconfigured if base arrangement is changed
•Auto Scan approach enables connected ecology of user-selected computers
•Broadcast abutment allows commands to be advertisement to all computers on the installation
•Firmware upgrades to all chained KVM switches at the aforementioned time via daisy-chain cable

Pricing & Availability
Available now, the new CL5708 and CL5716 Slideaway™ LCD KVMP Switches with fingerprint identification clairvoyant are competitively priced at GBP £1,925, and GBP £2,125 respectively, excluding VAT. The MSRP for CL5708 and CL5716 after the fingerprint identification are competitively priced at GBP £1,765, and GBP £1,965 respectively, excluding VAT. For added advice amuse acquaintance ATEN U.K. Limited (phone: +44 (0) 1753-539121, fax: +44 (0) 1753-215253, email: sales@aten.co.uk, www.aten.co.uk) or your bounded ATEN sales assembly or distributor.

About KVM Switches – An Essential Server Management Device
A KVM (Keyboard, Video and Mouse) about-face is an advanced, hardware-based band-aid that allows centralized acceptance to assorted computers calmly and calmly from a individual keyboard, monitor, and mouse. A KVM about-face is advantageous in an all-encompassing ambit of environments, acceptable for SOHO users, baby and average businesses, and ample corporations. Fundamentally, a KVM about-face allows server apartment and abstracts centers to optimize arbor amplitude in the IT environment, abbreviation costs and the ataxia of keyboards, monitors and mice. Additional allowances cover accumulation in activity consumption, server racks, cabinets, and attic space. Since a KVM about-face provides acceptance to a amount of computers from a axial location, IT professionals are no best active from one server to the next, thereby streamlining workflow and accretion productivity. To accommodated the ever-developing needs of the globalized abridgement and the Internet, KVM solutions now accept over-IP functionality for limited administration adequacy that bigger fulfills the demands of corporations who charge to administer assorted server apartment worldwide.

About ATEN
ATEN International Co., Ltd. is specialized in connectivity solutions in advice technology. Established in 1979, ATEN is today advised the arch architect of KVM Switches worldwide. This arresting position was accomplished by continuously top investment in analysis and development, consistent in abundant patents and exemplified by the adult ASIC, developed in the ATEN labs and bogus by ATEN. The artefact ambit today covers hundreds of connectivity products, accouterment complete KVM solutions from access akin to the action market. Among the barter of ATEN are ample companies with all-around operations, midrange and baby businesses, as able-bodied as aggressive clandestine users. For added information, amuse appointment www.aten.com.

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