A scalable data concentrator with advanced features
 
 

When mission critical connectivity is of paramount importance, you need a solution that can deliver the data.  With configurations of one (1) to 512 input and output ports, the Connection Manager is the ultimate software solution for TCP/IP based data stream connectivity management and data stream multiplexing.  The Connection Manager is a scalable software solution designed to expand, concentrate, filter, package, and maintain connectivity between the host and data sources.  It performs the functions of several products all in one easy to configure solution. 

 
 
 
 
 

The Connection Manager is a flexible software solution that can be used in many applications:

  • Front end to Element Management Systems - compliant to many popular network standards 
  • Data concentrator - combine many data streams into a single output stream 
  • Inexpensive port expansion for any subsystem or hardware platform that uses TCP/IP sockets for connectivity
  • Buffered Data Broadcast Unit
  • Data Loggers
  • Data "Nail-up"
  • Data Demultiplexer 
  • TCP/IP Crossconnect
  • Data filtering and packaging
  • Converting SNMP Traps into XML, TL-1, or ASCII data messages for upstream processing
  • Converting SysLog Traps into XML, TL-1, or ASCII data messages for upstream processing

Some of the core features found in the ArTrac G4 Connection Manager are:

  • Each port supports the following capabilities:
    • TCP/IP & UDP/IP Originator (connector)
    • TCP/IP & UDP/IP Listener
    • ICMP Polling for network elements with auto discovery
    • Secure Shell (SSH) Telnet protocol with authentication 
    • SNMP trap receiver - Receives SNMP traps and forwards them as MIB translated human readable text
    • Raw socket connectivity
    • Telnet protocol
    • Support for SysLog protocol
    • File Monitor - a file tail functionality for the the windows server environment 
    • Adds-Viewpoint, VT52, VT100, VT101, VT220, VT320, Hazeltine 1420, IBM-1050, IBM-3278-2, Teletype, Televideo,  and Wyse terminal negotiations
    • Full support for managed extensions (for native and 3rd Party protocol providers and network services) 
    • Sanity checking and recovery - detects when data is not rational and takes recovery action
    • Data loss detection and recovery - detects when a port remains connected but stops communicating
    • Connection scripts
    • KeepAlive - sends periodic messages required by some hosts to keep a connection up
    • Beginning of Record and End of Record recognition - buffers and forwards complete data packages
    • Custom data delimiters
    • Field stripping
    • Message filtering
    • On-the-fly data search and replace
    • Data trimming options
    • Data prefixing and suffixing
    • Time synchronization - Synchronizes to the host's clock
    • Data logging to file - Archive all of your data in managed files
    • Data routing options
    • Adjustable buffering
    • Telnet bridging (live monitoring of the data stream)
    • Demultiplexing of multiplexed data streams 
    • User defined port names
    • User defined data labels
    • Auto connection recovery
    • Auto login to hosts
  • Master connectors support the following features:
    • Output as XML
    • Output as Tagged Records
    • Output as Tagged Fields
    • Output as a raw data stream
  • 100% browser based configuration and management
  • Connection state monitoring
  • Industry standard SQL database with ADO and ODBC support for SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000, MySQL, and Oracle
  • Multithreaded software architecture supports multiple processors and hyperthreading hardware configurations
  • Self healing software design delivers the industry's highest up-time performance
  • Compliant to TMN standards
  • Meets HIPPA regulatory security requirements 
  • Highly scalable
  • Cost effective in small to large applications