Celestix E3400 Cloud Edge Security
A comprehensive solution for enabling secure remote access and cloud connectivity

Overview:

Today, with the rise of cloud computing, we have a redefined vision of IT. Organizations are increasingly diversifying their IT infrastructure and moving from physical to a mix of physical, virtual, and cloud environments. This transformation in the datacenter is bringing new challenges in getting secure and consistent connectivity across different IT systems, cloud services, and plethora of devices. In virtualized and cloud computing environments, legacy perimeter security solutions are not fully equipped to provide seamless connectivity, critical for utilizing the benefits from scalable, agile, and cost effective cloud infrastructure.

The Celestix Edge E Series provide secure access to on-premises as well as private, public and hybrid cloud environments. Both versions support traditional VPN, DirectAccess, web application proxy, Remote Desktop Gateway, site-to-site VPN, as well as Hyper-V Virtual Network Gateway from a single command center. Ultimately, this empowers IT adminstrators to efficiently handle datacenter and cloud workloads, while supporting employees with trasparent connections from any location aand from any device.

Celestix Edge E and VE Series bring the power of the Microsoft Cloud OS into your datacenter and tightly integrate with the Microsoft and Amazon cloud platforms. Our dedicated hardware and management software extends the best of Microsoft’s battle-tested Cloud OS software, based on Windows Server 2012 R2, into a rapidly deployed, secure platform.

Celestix Edge Series manages the Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Access platform from a proprietary simplified web interface – Comet. Comet delivers functionality like centralized configuration, enhanced reporting, and remote monitoring to simplify Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Access deployments.

Comet Management Interface

• One click to install a major service (ADFS/Device Registration Service, NPS, DirectAccess/ VPN, Web Application Proxy, Remote Desktop Gateway, Remote Desktop Web, Work Folders)
• Quick access to service status and client usage information
• Enhanced reporting for monitoring and compliance requirements
• Efficient troubleshooting for DirectAccess client connections
• Streamlined connection to Remote Access advanced management

Enhanced and Mobile-Friendly Management Interface

The Comet web-based management console has been written using HTML5, making it cross-platform friendly and enabling remote management using any browser on any device. It provides administrators with a highly intuitive and easy-to-navigate management interface that will streamline configuration and management.

New Remote Access Dashboard

The main dashboard features at-a-glance system information and vital statistics, such as appliance version, current memory utilization, system uptime, and more. You can also quickly and easily shutdown or restart the appliance right from the main screen. Links on the dashboard provide instant access to appliance configuration, system settings, and status information. Convenient drop-down menus provide easy navigation from anywhere in the Comet interface.

Remote Access ‘Kill Switch’

The Remote Access Dashboard has been updated to provide an instant view of current DirectAccess and VPN connections. The ‘kill switch’ feature allows an administrator to proactively terminate a remote access session at any time. This feature includes the following options:

• Reset Connection – A connection can be reset at any time, forcing the connected client to reestablish the connection. This is useful in troubleshooting scenarios.
• Disable Connection – When a connection is disabled, the client’s computer account in Active Directory is disabled at the same time, preventing the client from reestablishing a connection. This is useful for scenarios in which a client has become infected with malware. Once the client has been remediated, the Active Directory account can be enabled and the client can reestablish remote network connectivity.
• Remove Connection – When a connection is removed, the client’s computer account in Active Directory is deleted, permanently preventing the client from establishing a connection. This is useful for scenarios in which a client is lost, stolen or compromised.