Data Center Management
Perle underpins Information Technology
 Running
an effective IT infrastructure today often depends on accessing, monitoring,
and managing IT equipment remotely. Although some equipment may be
installed in the data centre, the need to support remote offices, factory
floors or other unattended locations, is always important.
While specialist management software can be used for in-band remote monitoring,
some tasks may seemingly be impossible unless the equipment can be physically
accessed. Many devices have a serial port for making configuration changes or
uploading new firmware. Visiting remote equipment cabinets with a serial cable
and laptop
is often a time-consuming task.
By connecting such IT equipment to the network or providing point-to-point serial
connections, IT managers can help reduce costs and cut downtime by allowing staff
remote access. This anywhere, anytime management strategy enables IT managers
to look after the IT infrastructure pro-actively.
Perle technology bridges the distance between remote IT equipment and technical
support staff. Any device with serial connections can now be networked and managed
remotely - even across the internet. Through Perle Serial Cards, terminal
and console servers, IT managers now have a cost-effective solution to remote
systems management.
- Data centres
- Remote equipment cabinets
- Telemetry
- Environmental controls
- Building access security
| Customer Stories/Application
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Access Control for Personnel Entrances
Challenge: Eliminate multiple
access control computers.
Solution: Connecting the card
readers over an Ethernet network using a serial
device server..
Results: A more secure system
and reduced costs through increased efficiencies
in employee database management.
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Console Management solves
Elsag server farm complexities
Challenge: Reduce the number of
console used to monitor and manage over two hundred
computers in a server room.
Solution: Access servers locally
or remotely via the server console port connected to
a Perle Console Server.
Benefit: The system administrator
can monitor and restore servers from remote locations.
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Environmental Monitoring Technology in the Data Centre
Challenge: The physical environment of the ever-growing
data center is of the utmost importance. The precise
conditions must be closely monitored to avoid disasters
that could cause network failure causing the company
huge losses for even a couple of minutes of downtime.
Solution: The IOLAN I/O Device Server, has the ability
to monitor environmental alarms, intrusion detection,
relay contact closures or other pre-defined threshold
levels that could lead to failure and then send alert
notification such as an email.
Benefit: As these alarm notifications are passed
along instantly they pre-empt a failure thereby
saving costs, the administrator’s time and
ultimately the dangers of a data centre outage.
This decreases downtime and maintains business
continuity.
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Perle
helps International Herald Tribune handle over
three million words a day
Challenge: Network 152 users to
access central computer
Solution: Connect each user to the
network via Perle Terminal Servers
Benefit: A price and performance
solution that exceeded IHT's expectations
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Wireless
Information Network upgrades network to ensure
24/7 uptime within moble phone netwrok
Challenge: Access, monitor and
manage a growing number of GSM modem banks to ensure
they never go down.
Solution: Connect the COM port of
each GSM modem to a Perle Terminal Server to poll and
operate the modems.
Benefit: Via the Perle Terminal Server
a single PC can access, monitor and manage up to 48
GSM modems and keep them up and running 24/7.
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Solving
the Critical Problems of Remote Management with Console
Server Technology (PDF)
Challenge: Managing enterprise
networks with multiple locations remotely effectively.
Solution: Using a Console Server to securely manage
all remote systems via a dial-in or internet access.
Benefit: System Administrators can manage networks
systems remotely regardless of the location which
is more cost effective and increases response times.
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