2: Overview
SLB™ Branch Office Manager User Guide 13
Meets Needs of Branch Offices
Designed to meet the specific needs of the remote branch office, the SLB branch office
manager conserves rack space and reduces costs by enabling system administrators at
a main corporate facility to manage the IT equipment distributed among branch offices
simply and cost-effectively.
Branch offices are facilities that are typically remote or “distributed IT” locations, likely
located off-site of corporate headquarters or large-scale enterprise facilities. These
distributed facilities typically do not have an on-site maintenance staff or IT System
Administrator.
Typically, the branch office environment has some of the following characteristics:
Space is limited to 1U rack space or shelf mounted desktop unit
Closet-mounted or wall-attached rack
Limited air and power conditioning
Limited number of network devices and servers
No on-site maintenance staff
Ethernet or dial-up modem access is required