Opengear Extends Console Server Product Line to Include Comprehensive Power and Environmental Management
Dec 4th, 18:50 UTC
SANDY, UT - December 2, 2008 - Opengear (www.Opengear.com), a leading
provider of next-generation out-of-band management solutions, today
announced the expansion of its product line making Opengear the first
console server on the market to offer a new range of power management software for managing power distribution units in data center racks. Opengear also announced the Opengear EMD 5000, a new environmental management solution.
"The increasing power demands of today's higher-density computing
environments have created a need for a new generation of power management
solutions," said Bob Waldie, founder and CEO of Opengear. "Opengear console
servers leverage the best open source software to offer customers a choice
in how they remotely manage all the infrastructure - including power control
devices and distributed power controls - in data centers, colocations and
remote branch offices."
The new power management software for the Opengear line of console servers
helps system administrators and facilities managers improve uptime and
efficiency so they can save power and money as they move towards green
computing.
The software is based on the open source PowerMan software, a mature open
source tool developed through Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to
manage remote power control devices (PDUs and IPMI devices) from a central
location. Opengear has added a front end GUI to make management easy through Opengear's management console.
The new power management software is shipping in Version 2.6 firmware,
current Opengear customers can upgrade their existing products from the
website at no additional charge.
Opengear's complete line of power management products can be found at
http://www.Opengear.com/power-management.html
The latest versions of the open source PowerMan are available at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/powerman and for more information on
PowerMan, go to http://computing.llnl.gov/linux/powerman.html
Launch of EMD 5000
Along with the expansion of power management controls, Opengear is also
launching the Opengear Environmental Monitor Device (EMD 5000), a new
environmental monitoring solution to provide IT and facilities managers with
around-the-clock monitoring of environmental conditions at the rack level.
The EMD 5000 protects critical data center assets from heat, humidity, smoke,
Water leaks, cabinet intrusion and other environmental conditions by arming the
facilities manager with extensive logging and alert facilities.
Facility managers can view the ambient temperature and humidity of the
remote environment and set the EMD to automatically send alarms progressively from warning levels to critical alerts. The EMD also monitors the status of two external dry contacts that can be connected to a smoke detector, water detector, vibration or open-door sensor.
The EMD 5000 environmental sensors are currently available in North America. List prices start at $195. More information on these products is available at http://www.opengear.com/product-emd.html
Opengear Continues To Expand Choices for End Users
Earlier this year, Opengear partnered with Eaton to deliver secure,
distributed power management with Network UPS Tools (NUT). This partnership
made Opengear the only infrastructure management vendor to harness the power of open source solutions - offering embedded open source PDU, UPS and IPMI managed power devices from Eaton, TrippLite, Baytech and dozens of other vendors. Opengear continually adds value to their product lines and
increases their customers' ROI as part of their commitment to high-quality,
low-cost IT solutions.
About Opengear
Opengear (www.opengear.com) designs and manufactures next-generation
infrastructure management solutions for secure remote access and control of
network devices such as routers, switches, servers, firewalls,
uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units and environmental
monitoring devices in distributed networks. Opengear's open source platform
gives network managers and system integrators the most flexible, extensible,
infrastructure management solution on the market today with integrated
console server and management software, for serial console ports, service
processors, power solutions and environmentals. Opengear provides network
managers the virtual hands to access networking equipment in remote offices,
data centers and colocations all over the world. Equipment can be remotely
configured, rebooted and power cycled. Opengear's extensive support for
out-of-band management solutions ensures our customer access and control
even when the main network is down. The result is a drastic reduction in the
need for expensive on-site technical staff, on-site visits and an
accompanying acceleration to problem resolution and critical network
availability.
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