Avocent DSView 4 - Secure, Remote Infrastructure Management Software
Overview
By consolidating all data center management functionality into a single interface, Avocent DSViewª management software delivers the complete data center control necessary for the 24/7 data center. The Avocent DSView management software enables secure, out-of-band, centralized management of all connected IT and network devices in today's often complex and geographically dispersed data centers. When used in conjunction with KVM appliances, serial console appliances, service processor gateways and PDUs, the hardware and software combine to allow IT administrators to remotely access, monitor and control target devices on multiple platforms at numerous locations-anywhere, anytime. The Avocent DSView management software provides data centers with secure, centralized management for physical and virtual IT assets. By allowing administrators to remotely diagnose and modify any managed device, regardless of the health or status of the OS or network connection, Avocent DSView management software makes data center management and remote offices more accessible, extensible and secure.
DSView 4.5 Install Guide (PDF)
Features
- Unified, secure "hands-on" control of remote infrastructure
- Location independence activity:
- Triage, diagnostics and root cause analysis
- Disaster recovery
- SLA Management
- Application usage
- Control blade and virtual servers and service processors
- Native host KVM web interface
- Telnet/Putty serial interfaces
- Session log, report and archive
- Data Center Zone definitions
- Schedule and on-demand firmware management
- Logically bridges virtual media to remote infrastructure
- Shares the Avocent
- Rack Power Manager data center model
- Hub-and-spoke architecture
- Out of box authentication with LDAP, active directory, NT domain, TACACS+, RADIUS or RSA SecureID;
- Web secure 2048 SSL certificate
- Two factor authentication (RADIUS and RSA)
- PCI Compliance
Benefits
- Enables IT and data center professionals to flexibly manage operations from any location
- Single point of data center infrastructure management
- Activity logging for full operational accountability
- Zone granularity access control
- Flexibly restore and reimage devices from virtual media
- Instantly add power manager (Avocent Rack Power Manager) exploiting the DSViewª software model
- Architected business continuity
- Secured via site authentication and web certificates
- Consistent appliance firmware management
DSView 4 System Requirements and Specs
Minimum requirements for DSView Management Software
The following are the minimum OS requirement for installing DSView software on a
dedicated hub or spoke server.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x64), 2012 (x64)
- SuSe Linux Enterprise Server 11(x64) , OpenSuse 12.1 (x64)
- RedHat Enterprise Server 6.4 (x64), 6.5 (x64) , 7 (3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64 ),
CentOS 6.5 (x64) , CentOS 7 (x64) - Sun Solaris SPARC 10
Browser Support
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11
- Mozilla Firefox¨ 38.4 ESR (32 bit)
- Google Chrome 47
Note: If you are using Firefox in Linux or Google Chrome, the Video Viewer and the
Telnet Viewer clients require JRE 6 or 7.
DSView 4 Hardware Requirements | ||
| Large: > 7000 Target Devices | Medium: 1000-7000 Target Devices | Small: < 1000 Target Devices |
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| Windows/Linux Dedicated Physical Server or Virtual Machine priority 2+ Ghz |
| Sun Server 1 Ghz UltraSparc III 4+ GB RAM 40+ GB HDD | Sun Server 1 Ghz UltraSparc III 4+ GB RAM 40+ GB HDD | Sun Server 1 Ghz UltraSparc III 4+ GB RAM 40+ GB HDD |
| 1 gbps/10 gbps Lan | 10 mbps/1000 mbps/1gbps (recommended) LAN | 10 mbps/1000 mbps LAN |
| Local or remote database | Local or remote database | Local Database |
DSView 4 Ordering Information and Part Numbers
Software Part Numbers | |
| Description | Part Number |
| DSView 4.5 software 60-day Demo | DSV4.5-DEMO60 |
| DSView 4.5 software Starter Pack - 1 hub, 1 spoke, 250 managed devices | DSV4.5-START |
| DSView 4.5 software Standard Pack - 1 hub, 2 spokes, 500 managed devices | DSV4.5-STND |
| DSView 4.5 software Plus Pack - 1 hub, 4 spokes, 2,000 managed devices | DSV4.5-PLUS |
| DSView 4.5 software Premium Pack - 1 hub, 8 spokes, 5,000 managed devices | DSV4.5-PREM |
| DSView 4.5 software MAX Pack - 1 hub, 15 spokes, unlimited managed devices | DSV4.5-MAX |
| Important Note: Minimum of 1 year Silver software upgrade protection required on all DSView 4 software & add-on licenses | |
System Add-On Part Numbers | |
| Description | Part Number |
| DSView 4.5 software Spoke Server add-on license | DSV4.5-SPOKE |
| DSView 4.5 software single Zone add-on license - 1 pack | DSV4.5-ZONE |
| DSView 4.5 software managed device license - 10-pack | DSV4.5-DEV10 |
| DSView 4.5 software managed device license - 50-pack | DSV4.5-DEV50 |
| DSView 4.5 software managed device license - 100-pack | DSV4.5-DEV100 |
| DSView 4.5 software managed device license - 500-pack | DSV4.5-DEV500 |
| DSView 4.5 software managed device license - 1,000-pack | DSV4.5-DEV1000 |
| DSView 4.5 software managed device license - 10,000-pack | DSV4.5-DEV10000 |
Feature Add-On Part Numbers | |
| Description | Part Number |
| DSView 4.5 software add-on - DCP integration-DCP | DSV4.5-DCP |
| DSView 4.5 software Web Services API kit | DSV4.5-WSK |
