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Lighthouse appliances are Opengear’s out-of-band management (OOBM) solutions for data center and branch deployments. Lighthouse refers to the on-premises software application used to monitor and control Opengear-connected infrastructure devices.
Opengear Lighthouse appliances are good second-generation solutions, but they suffer from a few major limitations that prevent organizations from fully automating and securing the control plane. This guide explains why you might consider Lighthouse alternatives before providing third-generation OOBM options from ZPE Systems that improve upon the four most popular Opengear models.
Why consider Lighthouse alternatives?
Lighthouse appliances are second-generation (or Gen 2) out-of-band management solutions that suffer from three major limitations:
Much of their automation capabilities, such as Docker container hosting and Python scripts, are locked behind an upgraded version of Lighthouse. They do not support two-factor authentication (2FA) or SAML 2.0 authentication. Lighthouse appliances are not truly vendor-neutral, only supporting certain integrations and requiring software license upgrades for some capabilities.
These factors prevent teams from fully automating and securing their control plane. A lack of automation, security, and the ability to host third-party tools on the OOB network also limits an organization’s network resilience.
The Nodegrid platform from ZPE Systems fills these gaps with an open,
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