Lantronix, Inc. has announced the worldwide availability of the USB I/O module for the Lantronix SLC 8000 — the industry's first modular console manager. The USB I/O module leverages the modular design of the Lantronix SLC 8000, allowing IT professionals to easily support a variety of interface combinations including RS-232 and USB for secure out-of-band management.

"With its high density USB console support in a first-of-its-kind modular form factor, Lantronix' SLC 8000 console manager has proven to be an ideal solution for enhancing our test lab and engineering efforts," said Bill Yang, manager of software development engineering for Cisco Systems. "The Lantronix SLC 8000 was easy to deploy, and provided a flexible solution to our test set-ups — enabling our geographically-distributed test labs to collaborate more efficiently and effectively."