I'm not trying to suggest out-of-band functions are required for all environments/implementations.
Some (many?) ASG/UTM/SGs units have never, and may never, in their deployed lives require keyboard/monitor/USB/CDROM intervention - but I don't think that means nobody could/should ever make considerations, or provisions, to reduce some of the pains that can come with needing such interventions for their own environments/implementations.
I've used all of the above (including nothing) in the past - depending on the requirements and budget of the operations/projects.
Out-of-Band access can help with: Limited/restricted physical access environments Business location/hours and IT staff location/skill/hours distribution disparities Risk management: time-to-identify/recover/repair
I'm not trying to suggest out-of-band functions are required for all environments/implementations.
Some (many?) ASG/UTM/SGs units have never, and may never, in their deployed lives require keyboard/monitor/USB/CDROM intervention - but I don't think that means nobody could/should ever make considerations, or provisions, to reduce some of the pains that can come with needing such interventions for their own environments/implementations.
I've used all of the above (including nothing) in the past - depending on the requirements and budget of the operations/projects.
Out-of-Band access can help with: Limited/restricted physical access environments Business location/hours and IT staff location/skill/hours distribution disparities Risk management: time-to-identify/recover/repair
