For many IT managers, getting a handle on power and cooling issues, day-to-day operations, and long-term planning often is both difficult and frustrating. At the root of this challenge is the need to switch back and forth between disparate software management systems from multiple companies. And planning usually is based on simulated models instead of real-time data.
Now there actually is a way to run a more efficient operation while making smarter long-term business decisions. Introducing InfraStruxure Central, the industry's IT infrastructure software that gives your customers integrated, end-to-end monitoring across the electrical system, building automation, IT racks, rows and room, and the IT environment side - by side. This innovative tool lets you plan better and more accurately-in the here-and-now and long term. It helps you answer questions easily such as: Where should I place the next server? How much power and cooling should I plan for during the next year? How many replacement batteries will I need to budget for? Which chillers are overloaded?
An exclusive single-pane view across the DCPI
This advanced software gives your customer visibility and interoperability across the extended data center physical infrastructure (DCPI) in order to maintain the highest availability. As your team faces heightened demands for energy-efficient operations and maximum uptime, this holistic capability is absolutely essential. Without it, rigid management "silos" feed monitoring and management gaps that constantly threaten efficiency and availability while driving up costs.
In fact, APC by Schneider Electric is the leading company to let customers monitor and manage the data center from rack to row to room to building. Specifically, InfraStruxure Central enables real-time monitoring and management of power, cooling, security, rack systems, and services, helping you and your team to run a more efficient operation at all times.
Real-time monitoring and management through the IT lens InfraStruxure Central is where all domains come together. Through integrations to Enterprise Management Systems such as IBM/Tivoli and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), you get the single-console, total DCPI view you need to monitor and manage your data center and IT environment intelligently. And now, with InfraStruxure Central, your customers can use real-time data for accurate analysis, planning, and management-all of which lead to greater operational and energy efficiency and better planning and budgeting.
Proactive monitoring and management for greater availability
InfraStruxure Central features multi-vendor support for networked SNMP and MODBUS-enabled devices, empowering intelligent monitoring and decision-making across the DCPI. For example, if InfraStruxure Central sends an alert that a UPS went on battery to the Enterprise Management System, IT managers can quickly make an informed decision to avoid downtime. Where is there enough power to move the load to? Is there sufficient cooling? And all via a single monitoring console.
With its across-the-DCPI capabilities, the software allows you to set thresholds and alarms, generate reports to trend problems, and proactively maintain availability. Now data center managers and IT executives have the ability to take a holistic view of data center physical infrastructure service quality, end-to-end energy use, and the various costs associated with it. The result? Energy-efficient, cost-effective data center operations.
Better daily and long-term planning
InfraStruxure Central has the following benefits:
- The ability to log, trend, and manage energy
- and demand usage
- Open integration into an existing system
- Monitoring and improvement of power quality and reliability
- Greater interoperability and openness to
- third-party systems
- The ability to minimize waste and human
- error through predicable software monitoring, sensing, and environmental management
- The ability to minimize service calls to resolve problems in remote locations
- Customizable device alarms for maintenance mode, thresholds, and nuisance
Open, standards-based platform enables maximum functionality
- Software Developers Kit (SDK)
- SNMP
- ModBus TCP
InfraStruxure Central integrates with the following Schneider offers:
- PowerLogic ION-E power management
- TAC Continuum building management
- TAC Vista building management
- Pelco IP Cameras
InfraStruxure Central integrates with the following Enterprise software:
- IBM/Tivoli
- Microsoft System Center
- Operations Manager
For more information contact us on sales@westcon.co.za or alternatively on 011 233 3333.
