Emerson Network Power Introduces the Avocent Universal Management Gateway Appliance as part of the Trellis™ Platform

Announced at Gartner Data Centre Conference 2011, best-in-class appliance delivers unmatched industry performance in service processor management, monitoring, access & control across IT and facilities systems

Columbus, Ohio [December 6, 2011] – Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and a global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure, today introduced the Avocent Universal Management Gateway, the first data centre appliance that enables true real-time, integrated monitoring, access and control across IT and facilities systems in the data centre. The Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance is an integral part of the Trellis™ platform and serves as the real-time data processing hardware link between the management software and the IT and facilities systems in the data centre. When combined with data centre infrastructure management software this multi-functional device delivers comprehensive real-time infrastructure management capabilities for the data centre including the first and only solution in the industry for embedded service processor management across multiple heterogeneous server environments.

Delivering unprecedented insight and control to data centre professionals, the Trellis™ platform will enable smarter, faster decisions that maximize data centre availability, efficiency, and capacity.

“As a premier sponsor of the 30th Annual Gartner Data Centre Conference, Emerson is excited to showcase the Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance along with the Avocent DSView 4 software upgrade at this leading industry event,” said Steve Hassell, president of the Avocent business of Emerson Network Power. “The Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance combines the new, revolutionary Trellis™ platform designed to deliver real-time data collection and monitoring with our industry leading IT infrastructure management technologies (KVM over IP, serial console, and service processor management) to enable more effective and comprehensive data centre infrastructure management. In addition to allowing customers to manage the embedded service processors from any brand of server in their datacentre without having to buy additional management software, this device also integrates capabilities delivered traditionally through multiple, disparate IT and facilities devices into a single 1U product with four times the functionality in 25 percent of the size enhancing data centre resource and space utilization by as much as 50 percent.

Available February 2012, the Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance, on display at the Gartner Data Centre Conference (Booth H), is a powerful and scalable 1U device that can collect real-time data from thousands of devices and sensors across IT and facilities systems. The Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance efficiently and intelligently stores, processes and translates the huge volumes of real-time data generated by these systems enabling rapid, accurate problem identification, escalation and resolution. The Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance also provides remote access to and controls data centre systems that are central to the future of DCIM.

“More and more organizations are seeking to eliminate the inefficiencies created when IT and facilities systems are managed separately,” explained David Cappuccio, Vice President and Chief of Research – Infrastructures, Gartner. “DCIM solutions that integrate IT and facilities systems into a single management platform will be essential to optimizing the performance of the data centre in the future.”

Avocent DSView 4 Software, also introduced today, is the first data centre infrastructure management software to use the Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance to deliver 24/7 centralized data centre management. This hardware and software combination enables data centre administrators to remotely access, monitor and control target devices on multiple heterogeneous platforms across numerous locations. Avocent DSView 4 also offers new features including HyperV support, FIPS 140-2 support, and the addition of an open architecture database to allow administrators to design custom reports, and utilize third-party reporting systems.

As part of Emerson Network Power’s participation at Gartner Data Centre Conference, Hassell and a Blue Cross Blue Shield executive will speak on December 6, 2011 at 1:45 pm at Augustus 5, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on “Reducing Costs and Improving Performance with Data Centre Infrastructure Management.”

To learn more about the Avocent Universal Management Gateway appliance, Avocent DSView 4 Software, the Trellis™ platform or Emerson Network Power’s DCIM solutions/strategy, please visit www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/DCIM.


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About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™ from grid to chip for telecommunication networks, data centres, health care and industrial facilities. Emerson Network Power provides innovative solutions and expertise in areas including AC and DC power and precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, infrastructure management, and connectivity. All solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. Aperture and Avocent solutions from Emerson Network Power simplify data centre infrastructure management by maximizing computing capacity and lowering costs while enabling the data centre to operate at peak performance. For more information, visit www.Aperture.com, www.Avocent.com or www.EmersonNetworkPower.com.

About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and tools and storage businesses. Sales in fiscal 2010 were $21 billion. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.