DSView 3 Management Software

DSView 3 management software: Secure, centralized access and control

Avocent's DSView® 3 management software provides data centres with a secure, centralized management solution for all of your IT assets-physical and virtual. DSView 3 software allows administrators to access, diagnose, and modify any managed device from any point on the globe, regardless of the health or status of the OS or the network connection to those devices. DSView 3 software makes your data centre and remote offices more manageable, accessible, extensible, and secure.

DSView 3 software provides a single, secure, browser-based interface to manage your entire data centre environment, including the following:

• Citrix® XenServer™ and virtual machines
• VMware Virtual Infrastructure, including Virtual Centres, 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
• PM Intelligent Power Distribution Units (IPDUs)
• MergePoint® service processor management devices
• Select 3rd party KVM and IPDUs

DSView 3 software also provides custom views for each user, graphical report building and task automation tools, and a holistic view of your network assets no other system can equal. The DS Zones feature offers even greater administration control by user, units or groups for better asset accountability and remote office and departmental autonomy.

DSView 3 software's "hub and spoke" architecture allows for high availability and distributed access across locations. DSView 3 software's out-of-band features allow admins to diagnose and repair problems even when gateways, routers, or other IP connectivity is down.

Data centres evolve. Whether you're migrating to blades, experimenting with SANs, or simply trying out a new router, DSView 3 software can help you maintain control by integrating with new technologies and providing a consistent interface, regardless of your underlying infrastructure. 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 easily integrates with your existing security infrastructure, authenticating against your internal or external standards-based services. All traffic is encrypted and the detailed activity logs provide a critical audit trail for issue resolution and regulatory compliance. By minimizing the need for local access in the data centre the remote management capabilities allow you to physically lock down sensitive machines for greater peace of mind.

The DSView 3 Power Manager extends the capability of the DSView 3 software by also giving companies the ability to monitor and measure IT energy consumption, costs, and trends across all levels within their data centres and remote locations. Click here to learn more about managing data centre power.
 

Secure, centralized management of your entire 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 your 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 your security policy Authentication against existing services (LDAP, Active Directory, NT Domain, RADIUS, TACACS+, and RSA SecurID) IPv6 capable

Features and Benefits

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

• 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

• 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

• 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,

• 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

Screen Shots

VirtualCentres federated view DSView 3 software provides a federated view across multiple VirtualCentres.

Virtual machines ESX servers DSView 3 software discovers and inventories the ESX servers and virtual machines.

VirtualCentre information DSView 3 software displays VirtualCentre information.

ESX server information DSView 3 software displays ESX server information.

Virtual machines summary Display summary, configuration and resource usage of virtual machines for monitoring and diagnostic purposes.

Remote console tools Ability to launch remote console tools to access virtual machines such as RDP, VNC and VMware remote web console.

Virtual machines target device Unified Console: Target device view showing physical servers and virtual machines.

Virtual Infrastructure tasks Display Virtual Infrastructure tasks in DSView 3 software.

Blade view Blade access and control in DSView 3 software.

Blade appliance/unit Blade appliance/unit view via DSView 3 software.

Blade target device Blade target device view via DSView 3 software.

Uptime Devices Environmental Monitoring  Uptime Sensor Hub enables monitoring of humidity, voltage and temperature from the DSView 3 software interface.

NetClarity Auditor Integrate NetClarity Auditor Enterprise with DSView 3 software for proactive network security.

HPOpenView With HP Software Network Node Manager (NNM) and Operations for Windows (OVOW) support, joint Hewlett Packard and Avocent customers can easily launch a DSView 3 software session through a node in HP Software.

Data Logger   Data logging enables tracking, auditing and troubleshooting of all access to ACS/Onboard

Data Logging Data logging is enabled by port

Data Logging Archiving Logs can be archived by day, week, month, or size.

Data Log Report Example of DSView 3 software data log

Appliances DSView 3 software can manage a variety of target devices, including KVM over IP, serial over IP, IPMI, and external power devices.

Authentication Support for TACACS+ and RADIUS authentication for users.

DELL DRAC 4 Support for DELL DRAC 4, IBM ASM RSAII, HP/Compaq ILO and NEC IPF embedded devices.

Telnet applications Configure and launch third party telnet applications.

Audit enable events Run detailed event logs for auditing and compliance reports.

Audit sessions DSView 3 software provides an easy to manage interface that lets you customize anything and everything, including email notifications.

Autodetect1 Auto discovery appliances for initial setup, backup/restore.

Autodetect2 Auto discovery appliances for initial setup, backup/restore.

Email_notify Assign email notifications to keep informed of data centre activity.

Encryption Secure systems with selectable encryption modes, including video.

Macros Exit macros log out each user when a session window is closed to maintain secure access.

SNMP traps Configure SNMP traps for activity and alerts.

VM pulldown Virtual Media provides the ability to remotely load software and diagnostic information, with or without a working OS, from devices that are centrally located.

VM session map Virtual Media provides the ability to remotely load software and diagnostic information, with or without a working OS, from devices that are centrally located.

VM Windows Virtual Media Control Panel without any mappings. Shows mappable devices. Drive E: is a USB flash drive.

CCM session   DSView 3 software manages CCM console management devices as well as KVM over IP, IPMI and power devices.

CCM topology DSView 3 software manages CCM console management devices as well as KVM over IP, IPMI and power devices.