In systems management, **out-of-band management** involves the use of [[management interfaces]] (or serial ports) for managing networking equipment. Out-of-band (_OOB_) management is a [[networking]] term which refers to accessing and managing [[network infrastructure]] at remote locations, and doing it through a separate management plane from the production network.^[[Out-of-band management - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-band_management)]