General information

DCImanager is a control panel for data center management. DCImanager allows you to manage servers, VLAN, and all the necessary components from a single point of access, automate server deployment and server provisioning, inventorize active servers and those on stand-by, keep track of electricity consumption and traffic, automatically add new equipment, as well as reboot servers remotely. Receive full information about your DC as a whole and every server in particular.

Main features

DCImanager delivers the following functionality:

• Server management; 
• Equipment management (switch, IPMI, PDU, etc.); 
• VLAN management;
• Data center map;
• Automatic server search; 
• OS installation on a dedicated server;
• Server diagnostics and recovery mode;
• Resource consumption reports (power, traffic, etc.)

Versions

There are two versions:

• DCImanager — this version can be used for most service providers as it has all the functionality they may need;

• DCImanager Enterprise — has a specially designed module for inventory management, and allows collecting information about electric power supply and work with the data center map.  

The main benefits of DCImanager Enterprise

Inventory

• Server and spare parts accounting and tracking;
• Equipment delivery tracking;
• "Decomposing" servers into spare parts;
• Replacing server components with spare parts;
• Keeping track of such replacements;

Data center map

• Racks map;
• Racks temperature map;
• Keeping track of available and occupied spaces in racks;
• Racks and equipment map;
• Heat map;

Power consumption statistics

• Total power consumption per data center;
• Power consumption per server;

UPS management

• Support of uninterrupted power supply ;
• UPS change notification (switch to battery);
• Take the reading of UPS;

Switch management

• Support of SNMP switches;
• Take the reading of switches.