Marketing description

InfraStruXure Central provides an efficient way for organizations to manage their company-wide physical infrastructure devices. InfraStruXure Central acts as a centralized repository for critical power, cooling, and environmental data, as well as surveillance image data. Real-time device monitoring, custom reporting capabilities, private networking, advanced security and instant event notification enable quick assessment and resolution of critical situations.

Key selling points

• Centralized management
• Fault notification
• Unified console
• NMS integration
• Auto-discovery
• Mass configuration
• Custom mapping
• Private networking
• Advanced device grouping
• Integrated data storage
• Localized user interface
• Extendable architecture
• Web services API
• Change Manager add-on application
• Capacity Manager add-on application
• Surveillance add-on application
• Add-on modbus TCP output module
• Customizable user access

Product features

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
  It provides localized alerts, alert descriptions and recommended actions for APC devices in 10 local languages.
• 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
• Change Manager add-on application
  Easily track and execute moves, adds and changes of equipment in the data center via the shared data center model.
• Capacity Manager add-on application
  Planning and optimizing actual power, cooling and rack capacities via shared data center model, enabling efficient equipment provisioning and right-sizing of your data center.
• 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
• 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.