Modular Chassis Systems

Perle Modular Chassis’ provide housing for any combination of Perle Fiber Media Converter or Ethernet Copper Extender slide-in cards. This mix and match flexibility enables the chassis to support a wide variety of network structures where copper extenders and/or fiber converters need to be quickly implemented. An end-to-end copper to copper, copper to fiber, multimode to single mode, or multimode to multimode solution can be achieved by pairing modules in a chassis with another Perle chassis, standalone media converters, or standalone Ethernet extenders.

When equipped with an MCR-MGT management module, the Chassis provides a securely managed solution for Enterprise and Service Provider networks. Perle supports all authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) security services used in corporate networks, including TACACS+, RADIUS, LDAP, Kerberos, NIS, and RSA. To further protect ID’s and passwords from someone ‘snooping’ on the network, Perle provide secure management sessions by supporting SSH, SNMPv3, Telnet, and HTTPS. And, advanced features enable users to optimize network traffic and resource allocation.

For those environments requiring a medium to large-scale deployment of Media Converters or Ethernet Extenders, a centralized platform that simplifies the configuration, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of this gear is recommended. PerleVIEW Device Management software is a multi-user, Windows server-based application that delivers this level of Enterprise-grade solution.