Emerson Avocent MergePoint Embedded Management Software (EMS) Brochures and Data Sheets
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1.2. Monitoring for Business Critical Continuity e Web Server Web UI e IPMI 2 0 e WS Man e vMedia e SMASH CLP e AIM e CIMOM e Flash Update e DCMI e vKVM SECURITY Kerberos IPMI Authentication O ZE C e SPI e PMBus e Event e KCS Handshake e USB e PECI e UART e e DVC e Timers e e DPT e Fan Tach e Future Drivers Manageability Controller ASICs Figure 1 MergePoint EMS Architecture Specifications KVM e System independent video and text console redirection including keyboard and mouse Independent from server s graphics subsystem Full remote administration with seamless ac cess from BIOS POST through to OS load OS independent no drivers or OS agents required Up to 30 frames per second Fast hardware based video capturing and compression Multiple resolutions independent of local video 1600x1200 at 72Hz max 1280x1024 at 72Hz max 1024x768 at 85Hz max 800x600 at 85Hz max 640x480 at 100HzZ max e 15 bit color configurable down to 7 bit and gray scale for low bandwidth connections e Supports four remote users simultaneously Emerson Network Power CFO The global leader in enabling Business Critical Continuity DC Power Embedded Computing Connectivity Web based management features e Embedded Linux Web Server supporting four users concurrently e Display overall server health and status peak and cumulative power usage hardware assets and their configur
3. Infrastructure Management amp MergePoint Embedded Monitoring for Business Critical Continuity Management Software EMS Key Technical Features High Performance KVM Capture compress encrypt and transmit keyboard video and mouse KVM streams Compliant with Industry Standards e SMASH 2 0 e WS Man e DCMI 1 0 e PMBus 1 1 e IPMI 2 0 e Pv6 e NGSI 1 0 Seamless KVM and Virtual Media Sessions are maintained during power cycling or when the server is turned off with no requirement to restart sessions Silicon Independence Easy to extend and port to multiple silicon cores with ports for various ASICs and operating system support that includes Linux Powerful Integrated Console Embedded Web server simplifies administration Fast Time to Revenue An off the shelf design that includes robust development tools for easy integration and extension Take Advantage of Intelligent Management Designs With its innovative products and services Avocent OEM services can help reduce your overall engineering and build BOM costs while accelerating time to revenue You can start with extensible firmware and software then grow by adding appliances and management consoles that are fully integrated By incorporating the Avocent three tiered intelligent management design into your business you are able to differentiate to increase revenues while future proofing your customers environments Hig
4. ation and system events and alerts e Configure users and privilege levels IPMI SNMP email events and alerts and to turn on off event logging and alerting for sensors components e Controls server power power on off reset the server e Runs diagnostics e Failsafe firmware updates using Web GUI TFTP USB vMedia IPMI e Download KVM and vMedia client applets for remote users e Supports Internet Explorer 8 0 or later Firefox 3 6 or later e Supports Telnet and Secure Shell SSH v2 IPMI development tools Tablemaker BMC configuration utilities SDR generator and editor FRU SDR loader firmware download utility DMTF Conforms to all base profiles and guidelines for SMASH 2 0 Extensive profile support Virtual media e USB 2 0 compliant w 14x CD ROM speed e Allows use of up to four simultaneously mounted remote floppy hard disk CD DVD USB flash drives or IDE image devices e Optional encryption AES RC4 on connections e Requires Java Run Time Environment JRE 1 4 2 or higher e Supported platforms Windows Red Hat and SUSE Security features e Supports up to 12 user profiles w credentials e Optional per KVM vMedia session SSL 128 Bit RC4 AES or Triple DES encryption Embedded Power Infrastructure Management amp Monitoring Outside Plant Power Switching amp Controls Supported silicon platforms e ASPEED 2xxx e Nuvoton Hermon e Server Engines Pilot 2 Easy customization and l
5. h Performance Remote Presence Software for Embedded Applications The MergePoint EMS allows OEM and ODM customers to implement powerful remote access and device management functionality on platforms designed to support baseboard service processors The MergePoint EMS supports the latest industry standards such as IPMI 2 0 SMASH 2 0 DCMI PMBus and the Avocent widely adopted embedded KVM and virtual media technologies Customers benefit from a mature solution that can be quickly integrated with their platform portfolio reducing bill of material BOM costs and time to market TTM while increasing product differentiation High performance secure enterprise grade KVM redirection MergePoint EMS supports the Avocent Dambrackas Video Compression DVC algorithm the industry s most widely used video compression algorithm It delivers high quality interactive video that is optimized for server management interactions The DVC algorithm reduces the round trip latency from keyboard and mouse commands to the video response It also minimizes the impact on the network through efficient data management and compression Optional encryption secures session data Virtual media for effortless remote storage The Avocent virtual media allows administrators to easily transfer data to and from the managed system from a remotely located drive This feature is especially useful in enterprise data centers that are typically secured The remote storage dri
6. ocalization GUI and viewer applets fully customizable e Change vendor name product name logo splash screen e Modify Web pages to customize for any URLs or references Industry standards support IPMI e Conforms to IPMI 2 0 and includes latest compliant errata e PET PEF up to 40 filters and four policies and firmware firewall e Supports vendor specific IPMI commands e IPMI Security AAA support Authentication RAKP HMAGSHAT1 RAKP HMACMD5 Integrity HMACSHA1 96 HMAGCMD5 128 MD5 128 Encryption AES CBC1 28 XRC4 128 XRC4 40 Command line shell IPMItool for scripting management tasks Serial over LAN SOLProxy for access to BIOS and OS Console Figure 2 MergePoint EMS Web Based Management F Removable Disk Exit J A Floppy Add Image Details Il I Details Target Drive Mapped To Read Bytes WriteB cDDvD amp D CDDVD 0 0 Removable Disk amp JF Removable Disk 0 0 Floppy E A Floppy 0 0 4 il I Bi Figure 3 MergePoint EMS Virtual Media Mapping Precision Cooling Racks amp Integrated Cabinets Services Surge Protection Emerson Network Power Avocent Corporation www avocent com EmersonNetworkPower com Emerson Business Critical Continuity and Emerson Network Power are trademarks of Emerson Electric Co or one of its affiliated companies 2010 Emerson Electric Co 1010 MPEMS DS EN
7. ves are easy to use as they appear to the user as local server drives This provides the administrator with the ability to perform file transfer application and OS patches and diagnostic testing from remote media Extensible and portable architecture to meet hardware needs MergePoint EMS architecture is a modular design that provides various levels of abstraction This enables portability across platforms and extensibility for OEM specific functionalities As shown in Figure 1 the architecture is comprised of multiple layers The Applications layer handles user space applications such as security Web services KVM IPMI DCMI WS Management SMASH IPC and virtual media The Kernel layer offers OS level services and is based on Linux 2 6 30 Finally the Driver layer controls various hardware components using virtual and physical device drivers which reduces TTM and BOM costs Design flexibility and fast TTM Featuring a highly integrated design the MergePoint EMS speeds TTM for OEMs and ODMs by being easily incorporated within the latest hardware platforms For companies that want to support proprietary or advanced features predefined service offerings and advanced development packages are available This allows you to create differentiated products without having to access or modify the original firmware S EMERSON Network Power s Avocent SwitchView Multimedia DVI Desktop KVM Switches Infrastructure Management amp
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