Infrastructure Management Avocent DSView 3 Management Software
DSView® 3 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. By consolidating all data center management functionality into a single interface, DSView 3 software delivers the complete data center control necessary for the 24/7 data center. When used in conjunction with any DS Series, MergePoint® service processor manager or Cyclades® console server branded products, DSView 3 software allows IT administrators to remotely access, monitor and control target devices on multiple platforms at numerous locations – anywhere, anytime.
Quick links: Overview, Features and Benefits, Specifications, Other Photos, Ordering Details
Overview
Avocent DSView® 3 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, DSView 3 software makes data center management and remote offices more accessible, extensible and secure.
DSView 3 software provides a single, secure, browser-based interface to manage your entire data center environment, including the following:
- Citrix® XenServer™ and virtual machines
- VMware Virtual Infrastructure, including Virtual Centers, 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
Data centers evolve. Whether migrating to blades, experimenting with SANs or testing a new router, DSView 3 software helps data center managers maintain control by by integrating with new technologies and providing a consistent interface. DSView 3 software offers deep pre-built integration with HP Software, NetClarity, Uptime Devices, VMware, Citrix and others, and provides an API to enable integration with other applications.
DSView 3 software also provides custom views for each user, graphical report building and task automation tools, and enables a holistic view of network assets. The DS Zones feature offers greater administration control for improved asset accountability and remote office and departmental autonomy.
The "hub and spoke" architecture of DSView 3 software allows for high availability and distributed access across locations. Out-of-band features allow administrators to diagnose and repair problems even when gateways, routers, or other IP connectivity is down.
DSView 3 software easily integrates with existing security infrastructure, authenticating against 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. Remote management capabilities allow physical lock down of 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 centers and remote locations.
DSView 3 Management Software Quick Facts- Secure, centralized management of 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 a 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 security policies
- Authentication against existing services (LDAP, Active Directory, NT Domain, RADIUS, TACACS+, and RSA SecurID)
- IPv6 capable
Features and Benefits
| Feature | Benefit |
| User | |
| Secure, remote, centralized data center management | Access and control your entire IT assets –physical and virtual–from a single screen |
| Multi-device support | Click and connect centralized management for blades, VMware virtual infrastructure, DSR KVM over IP, MergePoint service processor managers, Cyclades ACS advanced console servers, PM intelligent power distribution units (IPDUs), Select 3rd party KVM and IPDUs |
| Virtual Media support | DSView 3 management software provides Virtual Media support. Use it to map CAC/Smart Card readers, CD-ROMs and other media to a remote server to pass credentials, transfer files, apply application and OS patches and CD-ROM diagnostics. |
| Integrated solution for KVM and power control | Integrates BIOS-level access and power control in one solution. Also provides external modem support when the network is down. |
| Simple, fast and reliable user interface | Browser based, customizable with usability features including keyboard pass-through, scaling and custom viewer toolbar |
| Management | |
| DS Zones | Segregate assets for departmental and remote office autonomy. |
| Access service processors | Using DSView 3 management software, administrators can manage power and system health on individual IPMI-enabled servers through the MergePoint service processors. |
| Notifications | DSView 3 software sends SNMP traps and email notification for defined system events. |
| Scheduling | DSView 3 management software simplifies management of routine tasks, updates and file loading including automation of task schedules and updates. |
| Multi-platform support | Supports Wintel, Linux, Sun Solaris and SuSE platforms |
| Security | |
| Failover authentication | DSView 3 management software, with hub and spoke architecture, provides failover access authentication, ensuring system reliability and security. |
| Flexible authentication/Access controls | Authenticate user permission against your existing internal or external authentication service, such as LDAP, Active Directory, NT Domain, TACACS+, RADIUS and RSA SecurID. |
| System/User logs | DSView 3 software security features include system and user log management and event notification to help facilitate auditing and compliance. |
| Selectable encryption modes | You gain enhanced security as selectable encryption modes can support your security policy (AES, DES, 3DES, 128bit SSL). |
| Exit macros | Exit macros log out each user when a session window is closed. |
| DS Zones | Restrict user access by zones for easier tracking and auditing. |
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 or 2008 Standard, Enterprise and Web Edition
- Windows 2003 or 2008 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
Minimum client requirements
- 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
- Adobe Flash Player version 9.0 or later
Browser Support
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later (Windows operating systems only)
Firefox version 1.0 or later (version 1.5 required for Mac OS)
Mozilla version 1.7.3 or later
Note: If your are using Mozilla or Firefox, the Video Viewer and the Telnet Viewer clients require Java; see Java Installation.
VMware Requirements
VMware VirtualCenter version 2.01 or later
VMware ESX server version 3.01 or later
Xen Requirements
Xen Express, Standard, Enterprise or Platinum versions 4.1 or later; only the Enterprise and Platinum versions support resource pool, which is required for XenMotion.
Blades Supported:
IBM blade chassis: BladeCenter, BladeCenter T, BladeCenter H, BladeCenter HT
Dell blade chassis: PowerEdge 1855, PowerEdge 1955
HP blade chassis: BladeSystem c-Class, BladeSystem p-Class
FSC BX600
Generic blade chassis
Avocent managed appliance support
KVM over IP switches
DS1800 digital switches
DSR switch models: 800, 1010, 1020,* 1021,* 1022,* 1024,* 1030,* 1031,* 1161, 2010, 2020,* 2030,* 2035,* 2161, 4010, 4020,* 4030,* 4160, 8020,* 8030,* 8035*
*These models contain a modem port for use with the DSR switch remote operations software.
Cyclades KVM/net KVM over IP switch
Cyclades KVM/netPlus KVM over IP switch
Console management appliances
Cyclades ACS advanced console server
All CCM console management appliances
CPS810 and 1610 serial over IP network appliances
Power devices
Power devices are supported on ACS, CPS and CCM appliances and on all
DSR switches that contain one or more SPC ports.
- Avocent SPC power control devices
- APC AP71xx, AP78xx, and AP79xx series IPDUs
- 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)*
- Avocent PM IPDUs: PM8i-10A, PM10-15A, PM10-20A,
PM10i-16A, PM10i-20A, PM10i-L30A,
PM10i-32A, PM10i-32Au, PM20-20A, PM20-L20A,
PM20-L30A, PM20i-16A, PM20i-20A,
PM20i-30A, PM20i-30Au, PM20i-L30A, PM20i-32A,
PM20i-32Au
*CPS appliances do not support.
*APC IPDUs only supported through Ethernet.
Service processor managers
MergePoint 5200 series of service processor managers
Generic appliances
Data center devices such as UPS, HVAC and environmental monitoring devices may be managed with DSView 3 software by launching a standard Web browser to the device URL or opening a Telnet session.
Supported modems
The following modems and serial PCI cards are supported by the DSView 3 software, provided the modems are supported on the DSView 3 server operating
system.
- 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
NOTE: The modems listed are not supported on Sun Solaris SPARC operating systems.
Other Photos
Ordering Details
| Base P/N | Description | Maintenance and Support- Silver 1 year |
|
DSV3-HUB |
DSView 3 hub – 1 hub, 100 devices |
SCNT-1YSLV-HUB |
|
DSV3-STND |
DSView 3 Standard Pack – 1 hub, 1 spoke, 500 devices |
SCNT-1YSLV-STND |
|
DSV3-PLUS |
DSView 3 Plus Pack – 1 hub, 4 spokes, 2,000 devices |
SCNT-1YSLV-PLUS |
|
DSV3-PREM |
DSView 3 Premium Pack – 1 hub, 8 spokes, 5,000 devices |
SCNT-1YSLV-PREM |
|
DSV3-MAX |
DSView 3 Max Pack – 1 hub, 15 spokes, unlimited devices |
SCNT-1YSLV-MAX |
| System Add-ons | ||
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DSV3-SPOKE |
DSView 3 spoke add-on license |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-SPOKE |
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DSV3-DEV1 |
DSView 3 device license – 1-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-1PK |
|
DSV3-DEV10 |
DSView 3 device license – 10-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-10PK |
|
DSV3-DEV50 |
DSView 3 device license – 50-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-50PK |
|
DSV3-DEV100 |
DSView 3 device license – 100-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-100PK |
|
DSV3-DEV500 |
DSView 3 device license – 500-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-500PK |
|
DSV3-DEV1000 |
DSView 3 device license – 1,000-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-1KPK |
|
DSV3-DEV10000 |
DSView 3 device license – 10,000-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-10KPK |
| Feature Add-ons | ||
|
DSV3-HP |
DSView 3 HP Connector plug-in |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-HP |
|
DSV3-WSK |
DSView 3 Web Services API |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-WSK |
|
DSV3-ZONE |
DSView 3 zone license |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-ZONE |
|
DSV3-PMGT |
DSView 3 Power Manager |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-PMGT |
| 3rd party Device Add-ons | ||
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DSV3-AVP16 |
DSView 3 3rd party digital KVM switch license |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-AVP16 |
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DSV3-PWR1 |
DSView 3 3rd party IPDU license - 1-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-PWR1 |
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DSV3-PWR5 |
DSView 3 3rd party IPDU license - 5-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-PWR5 |
|
DSV3-PWR10 |
DSView 3 3rd party IPDU license - 10-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-PWR10 |
|
DSV3-PWR25 |
DSView 3 3rd party IPDU license - 25-pack |
SCNT-1YSLV-A-PWR25 |
Important Notes
- sold separately- part numbers for 1 year Silver Maintenance and Support packages shown above. (Minimum of 1 year Silver required)
- Multiple year Silver and Gold Support options are available and based on a % of the list price of the software components.
- Service Value Packs are also available which include maintenance and support, professional training, and installation services and at a significant savings.
Maintenance and Support options
| Silver Maintenance and Support for DSView 3 | Coverage period | Price (% of MSRP) |
|
Avocent Priority Support (12x5) and Software Upgrade Protection |
1-year |
15% |
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Avocent Priority Support (12x5) and Software Upgrade Protection |
2-years |
23% |
|
Avocent Priority Support (12x5) and Software Upgrade Protection |
3-years |
27% |
| Gold Maintenance and Support for DSView 3 | Coverage period | Price (% of MSRP) |
|
Avocent Priority Support (24x7) and Software Upgrade Protection |
1-year |
20% |
|
Avocent Priority Support (24x7) and Software Upgrade Protection |
2-years |
30% |
|
Avocent Priority Support (24x7) and Software Upgrade Protection |
3-years |
36% |
