The T1 RTU: A Revolutionary Monitoring Device That Saves Budget and Rackspace

A T1 RTU is a remote monitoring device that can communicate over a T1 connection instead of being completely reliant on Ethernet availability. This capability has the potential to radically improve your visibility of remote sites that are outside of existing LAN.

A T1 RTU protects your uptime by alerting you to problems before they become major outages.

Historically, you were forced to use dedicated point-to-point units to provide LAN to your remote sites. With a finite amount of rack space and a limited budget, it just isn't feasible to create visibility at small sites outside of your LAN with traditional equipment. With a T1 RTU, however, you get this capability (along with monitoring and routing) in a single box. This saves space and eliminates the headache of dealing with multiple vendors and multiple support teams.

You do need to be careful, though, before making a purchase decision. To avoid a very costly mistake, use the following list:

Important Questions to Ask T1 RTU Vendors:

• Does your product support my T1 WAN protocol (for example, Frame Relay)?
• Will your T1 RTU withstand the extreme temperatures inside of my enclosures?
• Can I also use the RTU to bring LAN to other site devices? If so, how many?
• Can I gain remote access to serial equipment?
• Can I send SNMP traps to my SNMP manager over the T1 connection?
• When my network grows to reach my monitored sites, will my T1 RTU have native support for Ethernet as well?
• Can I specify how much bandwidth I want to allocate to my WAN?

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Related Topics:
Frame Relay RTU
Frame Relay/T1 RTU