KVM Management Software /Tools

KVM Management Software /Tools

Cutting-edge management tools, which are software- or web-based or embedded into a hardware application, offer the centralised local or remote management of all IT infrastructure components such as physical or virtual servers, firewalls, switches, storage equipment and telecommunication systems. They integrate and consolidate the remote (BIOS level) access to serial ports of Linux/Unix systems and KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) interfaces of PS/2, USB or SUN servers. Further they allow to monitor and control the power supply of all servers, PDUs (power distribution units) and other serial IT devices in the data centre. Depending on model, individual user access rights can be assigned and device and security profiles can be implemented by simply utilising existing LDAP-, TACAS+, Radius, or Active Directory data bases. Leading manufacturers offer for their KVM management tool the integration into third-party DCIM or BMS solutions. In this way IT professionals are able to monitor, analyse, visualise and optimise the power usage, hardware cooling and energy efficiency in their data centre environment.