Introduction

Data Center Expert: 25 Node Infrastructure License Key

Features

Agility

• Mass Configuration Provides a comprehensive mass configuration capability, allowing users to create, save, and push configurations or specific device settings to similar APC devices with a Network Management Card.
• Mass firmware update Decrease set-up time and complexity of managed devices by simultaneously upgrading firmware for multiple APC devices.
• Auto-discovery Reduces the time needed to install and deploy physical infrastructure devices by automatically detecting manageable devices on your network.
• Advanced device grouping Define user access and viewing capabilities to individual groups. Control access to devices by administrator-defined user accounts. Additional user access can be managed by using the built-in LDAP and Active Directory Support.
• Custom mapping Custom backgrounds, unique user-assignable icons, and drag-and-drop device placement make it easy to identify problem devices at a glance, minimizing downtime, errors, and cost.
• Private networking Reduce IP addresses needed on the public network to manage devices, by placing them on an isolated secure network.

Manageability

• Centralized management Simplify data center infrastructure management by using a centralized repository accessible from anywhere on the network through a powerful and easy-to-use console application.
• Real-time monitoring Immediate visibility to your entire physical infrastructure through centralized, real-time device monitoring and notification enabling quick assessment of events as they occur.
• Fault notification Real-time event notification minimizes response times to critical physical infrastructure situations. Enables IT Administrators to reduce mean time to repair, improve efficiency, and maximize uptime.
• Alarm filters Customize the user interface to display devices in critical, warning or normal device statuses.
• Multi-vendor device support Extensive multi-vendor support for monitoring networked SNMP devices. Enable visibility of existing SNMP devices through threshold alert notifications, data trending and reporting.
• NMS Integration Integrate SNMP traps into an Enterprise Management System, allowing users to view alerts generated by devices managed by StruxureWare Data Center Expert.
• Free text search Quickly locate devices and alerts through the free search field.
• Unified console Customizable Windows and Linux client application enables instant access to StruxureWare Data Center Expert application from anywhere on the network.

Availability

• Localized user interface Provides a localized user interface including alerts and alert descriptions in 10 local languages
• Graphical trending analysis Access current and historic data for any device or group of devices. Plot and graph multiple data points in a logical correlation to visualize potential hazardous trends.
• Custom reporting Create, save and schedule user-defined reports for ease of data collection, distribution and analysis.
• Centralized Alert Repository Access historical alerts from several appliances through one central database. Sort alerts by type, date, appliance, and/or device group.
• Integrated data storage StruxureWare Data Center Expert ships with internal storage for data and video collection. Additional storage can easily be made available using the built-in Network Attached Storage server support for long-term storage and archiving.

Adaptability

• Extendable architecture Available node and application license keys extend the capabilities of the platform allowing it to grow to meet changing business needs.
• Web services API Provides the ability to integrate StruxureWare Data Center Expert data and events into existing IT applications and tools capable of making web services calls.
• Surveillance add-on application Enhance visibility of your critical assets with physical threat management to monitor and record all activity in secured areas. A centralized repository allows the user to review, search and tag surveillance events for future needs.
• Add-on modbus TCP output module Integrates data and select events from devices managed by StruxureWare Data Center Expert into an existing Building Management Systems through ethernet transmission.
• Integrates with StruxureWare Management applications Achieve integrated energy efficiency, predictive planning and real-time data center operations through the add-on StruxureWare Data Center Operation applications.

Protection

• Remote monitoring support Web-based service that serves as a second set of eyes into the health of a company's physical infrastructure. Experienced professionals work non-stop to provide 24-hour monitoring and to help diagnose problems before they become critical.
• Encrypted communications 128 Bit, SSL encrypted communications between client and server, as well as encrypted user IDs and passwords stored on the server to help protect your resources
• Customizable user access Define user access and viewing capabilities to individual groups. Control access to devices by administrator-defined user accounts. Additional user access can be managed by using the built-in LDAP and Active Directory Support.