APC InfraStruxure Central - Computer Room Design

A vendor-neutral, scalable monitoring system which collects, organizes, and distributes critical alerts, surveillance video and key information, providing a unified view of complex physical infrastructure environments from anywhere on the network.

APC-infrastruxure-central-02 Centralized management of critical physical infrastructure InfraStruxure Central provides an efficient way for organizations to monitor their company-wide multi-vendor physical infrastructure: power, cooling, security, and environment. Real-time monitoring, user-defined reports and graphs, and instant fault notification and escalation enable quick assessment and resolution of critical infrastructure events that can adversely affect IT system availability. This centralized repository of critical information can be accessed by multiple users from anywhere on the network, creating a consolidated view of the physical infrastructure. This open and flexible architecture expands with changing business needs through additional device licenses, add-on surveillance, capacity management and change management modules, and through integration with enterprise and building management systems.

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Features & Benefits

FEATURES	BENEFITS
Manageability
Centralized management	Simplify management of the physical infrastructure using a centralized repository accessible from anywhere on the network through a powerful and easy-to-use console application.
Real-time monitoring	Immediate visibility to your entire physical infrastructure through centralized, real-time device monitoring and notification enabling quick assessment of events as they occur.
Fault notification	Real-time event notification minimizes response times to critical physical infrastructure situations. Enables IT Administrators to reduce mean time to repair, improve efficiency, and maximize uptime.
Multi-vendor device support	Extensive multi-vendor support for monitoring networked SNMP devices. Enable visibility of existing SNMP devices through threshold alert notifications, data trending and reporting.
Unified console	Customizable Windows and Linux client application enables instant access to InfraStruxure Central application from anywhere on the network.
NMS Integration	Integrate SNMP traps into an Enterprise Management System, allowing users to view alerts generated by devices managed by InfraStruxure Central
Free text search	Quickly locate devices and alerts through the free search field.
Alarm filters	Customize the user interface to display devices in critical, warning or normal device statuses.
Agility
Auto-discovery	Reduces the time needed to install and deploy physical infrastructure devices by automatically detecting manageable devices on your network.
Mass Configuration	Provides a comprehensive mass configuration capability, allowing users to create, save, and push configurations or specific device settings to similar APC devices with a Network Management Card.
Mass firmware update	Decrease set-up time and complexity of managed devices by simultaneously upgrading firmware for multiple APC devices.
Custom mapping	Custom backgrounds, unique user-assignable icons, and drag-and-drop device placement make it easy to identify problem devices at a glance, minimizing downtime, errors, and cost.
Private networking	Reduce IP addresses needed on the public network to manage devices, by placing them on an isolated secure network.
Advanced device grouping	Define user access and viewing capabilities to individual groups. Control access to devices by administrator-defined user accounts. Additional user access can be managed by using the built-in LDAP and Active Directory Support.
Availability
Graphical trending analysis	Access current and historic data for any device or group of devices. Plot and graph multiple data points in a logical correlation to visualize potential hazardous trends.
Custom reporting	Create, save and schedule user-defined reports for ease of data collection, distribution and analysis.
Centralized Alert Repository	Access historical alerts from several appliances through one central database. Sort alerts by type, date, appliance, and/or device group.
Integrated data storage	InfraStruxure Central ships with internal storage for data and video collection. Additional storage can easily be made available using the built-in Network Attached Storage server support for long-term storage and archiving.
Localized user interface	Provides a localized user interface including alerts and alert descriptions in 10 local languages.
Adaptability
Extendable architecture	Available node and application license keys extend the capabilities of the platform allowing it to grow to meet changing business needs.
Web services API	Provides the ability to integrate InfraStruxure Central data and events into existing IT applications and tools capable of making web services calls.
Surveillance add-on application	Enhance visibility of your critical assets with physical threat management to monitor and record all activity in secured areas. A centralized repository allows the user to review, search and tag surveillance events for future needs.
Add-on modbus TCP output module	Integrates data and select events from devices managed by InfraStruxure Central into an existing Building Management Systems through ethernet transmission.
Integrates with InfraStruxure Management applications	Achieve integrated energy efficiency, predictive planning and real-time data center operations through the add-on InfraStruxure Management applications; InfraStruxure Operations, InfraStruxure Capacity, InfraStruxure Change, InfraStruxure Energy Efficiency, InfraStruxure Energy Cost & InfraStruxure Mobile.
Protection
Customizable user access	Define user access and viewing capabilities to individual groups. Control access to devices by administrator-defined user accounts. Additional user access can be managed by using the built-in LDAP and Active Directory Support.
Encrypted communications	128 Bit, SSL encrypted communications between client and server, as well as encrypted user IDs and passwords stored on the server to help protect your resources
Remote monitoring support	Web-based service that serves as a second set of eyes into the health of a company’s physical infrastructure. Experienced professionals work non-stop to provide 24-hour monitoring and to help diagnose problems before they become critical

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InfraStruxure Central Options

Technical Specifications	InfraStruxure Central Basic	InfraStruxure Central Standard	InfraStruxure Central Enterprise
Device Support (1 node = 1 IP address)	Up to 525 devices	Up to 2,025 devices	Up to 4,025 devices
NetBotz Appliance Surveillance Support	Up to 15 appliances	Up to 125 appliances	Up to 250 appliances
InfraStruxure Operations InfraStruxure Capacity InfraStruxure Mobile InfraStruxure Energy Efficiency InfraStruxure Change InfraStruxure Energy Cost	Up to 20 racks	Up to 200 racks	Up to 1,000 racks
Building Management System Integration	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-vendor SNMP and ModBus Support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power	Single supply	Single supply	Dual supply
Supported Device Types
All: UPS Models, Chillers, Power Distribution Units (PDU), Rack PDU’s, Computer Room Air Conditioners, Environmental Sensors, Power Metering Equipment, Surveillance Appliances, Static Transfer Switches, Standby Generators	Yes	Yes	Yes
Client System & Web Browser Prerequisites
Operating System	Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2, Server 2003, Vista or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (32-bit platforms only)	Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2, Server 2003, Vista or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (32-bit platforms only)	Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2, Server 2003, Vista or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (32-bit platforms only)
CPU Speed	1 GHz or better AMD/Intel processor	1 GHz or better AMD/Intel processor	1 GHz or better AMD/Intel processor
System Memory	1GB RAM	1GB RAM	1GB RAM
Screen Resolution	1024 x 768	1024 x 768	1024 x 768
Browser Requirements	The browser must be JavaScript® enabled, Mozilla Firefox® version 3.0.8 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 6.0 or higher	The browser must be JavaScript® enabled, Mozilla Firefox® version 3.0.8 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 6.0 or higher	The browser must be JavaScript® enabled, Mozilla Firefox® version 3.0.8 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer® version 6.0 or higher
Communications & Storage
On-board RAM & Data Storage	1GB/160GB available for data storage	2GB/250GB available for data storage	4GB/1TB available for data storage
Protocols	DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, SMS, SMTP, SSL, TCP/IP, SNMP, Modbus TCP	DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, SMS, SMTP, SSL, TCP/IP, SNMP, Modbus TCP	DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, SMS, SMTP, SSL, TCP/IP, SNMP, Modbus TCP
Network Interface Connections	RJ-45 10/100/1000 Base-T	RJ-45 10/100/1000 Base-T	RJ-45 10/100/1000 Base-T