Avocent DSView 3
Management Software
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The Avocent DSView 3 Management Software allow administrators
to remotely diagnose and modify any managed device, regardless of the health
or status of the OS or network connection, provides data centers with a
secure, centralized management solution for all of your networked hardware
and softwarephysical and virtual.
DSView 3 Software provides a single, secure, browser-based
interface to manage your entire data center environment, including the following:
VMware Virtual
Infrastructure, including Virtual Centers, ESX Servers and Virtual Machines
Blade servers and enclosures
Embedded service processors
Rack-mounted servers
Cyclades ACS advanced console servers
DSR KVM over IP switches
Cyclades PM Intelligent Power Distribution
Units (IPDUs)
MergePoint service processor management
devices
DSView 3 Software offers deep pre-built integration with HP Software,
NetClarity, Uptime Devices, VMware and others, and provides an API to
enable integration with other applications.
DSView 3 Software also provides custom views for each user, graphical
report building and task automation tools, and enables a holistic view
of network assets. The DS Zones feature offers greater administration
control for improved asset accountability and remote office and departmental
autonomy.
The “hub and spoke” architecture of DSView
3 software allows for high availability and distributed access across
locations.
DSView 3 Software Quick Facts
Secure, centralized management of infrastructure
via a single interface
Auto discovery of appliances
Hub and spoke architecture for redundancy,
real-time updates and load balancing across multiple sites
Diagnostic testing from a desktop –
across the hall or around the globe
Detailed audit logs and reporting
Automated updates, file loading and
scheduling
Simultaneous firmware updates
Selectable encryption modes (AES, DES,
3DES, 128bit SSL) to support security policies
Authentication against existing services
(LDAP, Active Directory, NT Domain, RADIUS, TACACS+, and RSA SecurID)
IPv6 capable
DSView 3 Software Features & Benefits
User
Secure, remote, centralized data center
management
Multi-device support
Virtual Media support
Integrates BIOS-level access and power
control in one solution.
Also provides external modem support
when the network is down.
Browser based, customizable with usability
features.
Management
• DS Zones Segregate assets for departmental and remote office autonomy.
• Access service processors
• DSView 3 software sends SNMP traps and email notification for
defined system events.
• Multi-platform support Supports Wintel, Linux, Sun Solaris and
SuSE platforms
Security
• Failover authentication
• Authenticate user permission against your existing internal or
external authentication service
• System/User logs
• Selectable encryption modes (AES, DES, 3DES, 128bit SSL).
• Exit macros Exit macros log out each user when a session window
is closed.
• DS Zones Restrict user access by zones for easier tracking and
auditing.
DSView 3 Software Technical Specifications
DSView 3 software (hub/spoke) minimum requirements
For supported Windows and Linux systems: 2 GHz Pentium or equivalent processor
For supported Solaris systems: 1GHz UltraSparc III processor
4 GB RAM – additional memory may be needed depending on the number
of plug-ins installed and appliances supported
100BT NIC (1 GB LAN recommended)
10 GB of free disk space – additional disk space may be required
for data logging and plug-ins
One of the following operating systems:
• Microsoft® Windows 2000 Server
or Advanced Server with the latest service pack
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise and Web Edition
• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition
• Windows Vista™ Ultimate or Business
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 4 (AS, ES and WS products)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 5
• Sun Solaris SPARC 9 and 10
• Novell SUSE Linux (x86) Enterprise Server 9 and 10
Minimum client requirements
• 1 GHz Pentium or equivalent processor
• 512 MB of RAM
• 10 or 100BaseT NIC (100 recommended)
• XGA video with graphics accelerator
• Desktop size setting of at least 800 x 600
• Color palette of at least 256 colors
One of the following operating systems:
• Windows 2000 Workstation, Server or
Advanced Server with the latest service package
• Windows XP Home Edition or Professional
• Windows 2003 Server Standard, Enterprise or Web Edition
• Windows Vista Ultimate or Business
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 4 (AS, ES and WS products)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Version 5
• Sun Solaris SPARC 9 and 10
• Novell SUSE Linux (x86) Enterprise Server 9 or 10
• Macintosh OS X version 10.4 and later
• Adobe Flash Player version 9.0 or later
Browser Support
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later (Windows
operating systems only)
Firefox version 1.0 or later (version 1.5 required for Mac OS)
Mozilla version 1.7.3 or later
Note: If your are using Mozilla or Firefox, the Video Viewer and the Telnet
Viewer clients require Java; see Java Installation.
VMware Requirements
VMware VirtualCenter version 2.01 or later
VMware ESX server version 3.01 or later
Blades Supported:
IBM blade chassis: BladeCenter, BladeCenter
T, BladeCenter H, BladeCenter HT
Dell blade chassis: PowerEdge 1855, PowerEdge 1955
HP blade chassis: BladeSystem c-Class, BladeSystem p-Class
Generic blade chassis
Avocent managed appliance support
KVM over IP Switches
DS1800 digital switches
DSR switch models: 800, 1010, 1020,* 1021,* 1022,* 1024,* 1030,* 1031,*
1161, 2010, 2020,* 2030,* 2035,* 2161, 4010, 4020,* 4030,* 4160, 8020,*
8030,* 8035*
*These models contain a modem port for use with the DSR switch remote
operations software.
Cyclades KVM/net KVM over IP switch
Cyclades KVM/netPlus KVM over IP switch
Console management appliances
Cyclades ACS advanced console server
All CCM console management appliances
CPS810 and 1610 serial over IP network appliances
Power devices
Power devices are supported on Cyclades
ACS, CPS and CCM appliances and on all DSR switches that contain one or
more SPC ports.
* Avocent SPC power control devices
* Server Technologies Sentry Switched CDU:
CW-8H1, CW-8H2, CW-16V1, CW-16V2, CW-24V2, CW-24V3, CW-32VD1 AND CW-32VD2
(supported models may change; contact Avocent Technical Support for current
information)*
* Cyclades PM IPDUs:
PM8i-10A, PM10-15A, PM10-20A,
PM10-L20A, PM10-L30A, PM10i-10A, PM10i-15A,
PM10i-16A, PM10i-20A, PM10i-L30A,
PM10i-32A, PM10i-32Au, PM20-20A, PM20-L20A,
PM20-L30A, PM20i-16A, PM20i-20A,
PM20i-30A, PM20i-30Au, PM20i-L30A, PM20i-32A,
PM20i-32Au
*CPS appliances do not support.
Service processor managers
MergePoint 5200 series of service processor
managers
Generic appliances
Data center devices such as UPS, HVAC and environmental
monitoring devices may be managed with DSView 3 software by launching
a standard Web browser to the device URL or opening a Telnet session.
Supported modems
The following modems and serial PCI cards are
supported by the DSView 3 software, provided the modems are supported
on the DSView 3 server operating
system.
* Perle PCI-RAS 4 and PCI-RAS 8, which are backwards
compatible with Perle V90 Modem
* Equinox SST MM 4p Modem
* Equinox SST 4p Serial
* Eicon DS series ISDN BRI-2M
* Eicon DS series ISDN 4BRI-8M
DSView 3 software also supports the USR3453B - Courier
56k external modem.
NOTE: The modems listed are not supported on Sun Solaris
SPARC operating systems. |
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