Many companies are grappling with console management challenges in their Mainframe and Midrange Environments. Business and economic drivers demand the mainframe datacenter be responsive to this new environment in many ways. Data center consolidations, mergers and acquisitions, and outsourcing are forces fueling the trend towards increased consolidation of mainframe complexes and datacenters.
As an answer to these growing issues, Visara International offers the SCON and ICON product families. The Visara SCON and ICON solutions were created to provide the data center long-term reliable connectivity options, prudent asset management of existing equipment, seamless integration, effortless routing of traffic, reduced floor space requirements and secure remote access to meet a wide variety of host environments.

Visara SCON
Visara International’s SCON solution for mainframe master console consolidation and networking is the industry’s most complete, most versatile, and most migration-friendly console solution available to companies looking to address the console issues of the New Mainframe Environment. SCON goes beyond the capabilities of the two IBM console roadmap solutions, z/OS SMCS and the 2074 controller, to provide a complete console implementation that delivers the benefits of console consolidation and networking with total migration flexibility. In addition, of the third party offerings on the market, only Visara’s SCON solution is based on a platform with mainframe class reliability and security and comes with a mainframe-class support program.

Visara 3074
With the discontinuation of IBM’s 2074 Console Support Controller, you may be faced with what to replace it with going forward. Your search is much shorter than you think! Visara International offers a direct replacement, the SCON-3074. With its expanded feature set, the SCON-3074 offers direct replacement for all models of the IBM 2074.
The SCON-3074 comes standard with a single ESCON and two Ethernet interfaces, capable of supporting 48 LPARs and 128 sessions. By adding a second ESCON interface, up to 96 LPARs and 256 console sessions are supported.
Using the unique Hot Session capability of the SCON it is possible to configure a console session to remain active with the host whether a real console is connected or not, making it available for occasional use by programmers and remote administrators, a perfect solution for disaster recovery sites. Access is accomplished without the need to vary the console active when you connect. Also, with the flexibility of local and remote access, you can roam within the campus, or simply shut off your console and then reconnect it when you get home without the need for operator intervention of any kind.

Visara ICON
Visara International has created a unique console consolidation solution, Visara ICON, that provides a flexible and full featured console environment for midrange installations and gives users remote control of twinax displays from any Windows or Linux desktop.
The Visara ICON offers power, performance, and native twinax connectivity. The ICON provides console access to midrange hosts as well as the Internet, Intranets. Its resident Linux operating system and Netscape browser provides the console operator with instant host control and simultaneous access to important online documentation, such as IBM Red Books and company procedures.