LANDesk® Server Manager by Avocent provides a single console for multi-vendor enviroments to monitor and manage server availability and reduce operational costs.
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| The Avocent LANDesk Server Manager solution provides all of the tools you need to plan, deploy and manage your server infrastructure throughout its life cycle. It combines systems management features such as provisioning, patch management, inventory, monitoring and alerting with remote management capabilities including KVM, Virtual Media, power control, service processors and serial console through integration with Avocent DSView® 3 management software. The solution ensures you have all of the tools required to provide reliable services and respond to incidents quickly, enabling 24/7 service delivery.
LANDesk Server Manager triggers a lifestyle change in the way you manage your data center allowing server operations to move from a reactive mode, where servers are managed in a one by one fashion, to a proactive and controlled mode, where deployments and changes are planned and tested once before being deployed many times using reusable modular configuration templates. The consistency and conformity that this approach brings creates a solid foundation or baseline so that configuration changes can be planned and deployed in a controlled and reliable manner. This leads to higher levels of operational efficiency and highly reliable systems that remain secure and compliant with corporate server policy.
LANDesk Server Manager allows for heterogeneous server environments to be managed in a more homogeneous way by allowing standard configurations of servers to be managed and deployed in the data center across multiple physical and virtual server platforms. The “design once” and “deploy many” methodology provides a high degree of control and allows for automation of major operational tasks such as provisioning, patching and software distribution.
When used in combination with Avocent DSView 3 software, the scope of server operations is extended to include a complete out-of-band management solution. This approach complements the systems management functionality of LANDesk Server Manager by allowing for 24/7 remote access to server hardware, a requirement of lights out data centers to deliver true remote management.
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| Features and Benefits |
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Discovery and Inventory
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Scans local and remote networks to discover unmanaged servers in the environment and then collects complete hardware and software inventory of all managed servers. |
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Server Provisioning
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Scans for vulnerabilities in all managed servers using LANDesk patch management service and allows for testing, deployment and verification of patches in production. |
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Patch Management
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The health dashboard console provides system health and status summary with the tools required for incident resolution including in-band and out-of-band remote control and network based diagnostic tools. |
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Security and Performance Monitoring
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Security, performance monitoring and alerting provides features such as predictive failure analysis, threshold based alarms and
security/compliance features such as removable media detection. |
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DSView 3 Software Integration
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Integration with Avocent DSView 3 software provides a unique solution for server management by combining systems management features of LANDesk Server Manager with complete out-of-band management and virtual media functionality from DSView 3 software ensuring an always on server management solution. |
Technical Specifications
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Platform Support
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LANDesk Server Manager 8.8
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Small Business Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1/R2 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1Standard Edition x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1/R2 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 Small Business Server
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 3 U 6 (ES/AS)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U 4 (ES/AS)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE® Linux Enterprise 9.1 – 9.3 (WS)
SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise 9 EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 EM64T
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (WS)
IBM AIX 5.1/5.2
Hewlett Packard HP-UX 11/11i
VMWare® ESX Server 3.x |
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LANDesk Server Manager minimum requirements
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The core server should be dedicated to hosting LANDesk Server Manager, and must not function as a domain controller or Active Directory controller.
Supported Windows server OS using NTFS
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8
Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1. or newer, or ASP .NET 1.1 or newer
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x SP1
Access to supported database
Access to supported Web server
Static IP address
Internet access (for activation and access to LANDESK patch database) |
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Supported core server operating systems
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2003 SP1, Standard or Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard or Enterprise Edition |
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Supported databases
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Microsoft MSDE 2000 SP4
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4
Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Oracle 91 (9.2.0.4)
Oracle 10G |
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Supported web servers
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Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0
Microsoft Internet Information Server 6.0 |
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| Server Provisioning and Configuration |
LANDesk Server Manager is also integrated with Avocent DSView 3 software, which provides complete out-of-band management to allow for pre-boot operations such as resetting of BIOS boot order and also provides Virtual Media capabilities to allow for remote provisioning of servers from bare metal without the need for DHCP and PXE environments.
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This integrated technology provides a unique solution for remote provisioning where security and regulatory compliance is an issue or for remote environments where DHCP and PXE environments may not be available.
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Server provisioning is not limited to bare metal deployment of servers and the reusable templates can be used to store and execute standard management scripts. This provides a complete provisioning history showing all of the configuration actions that have been conducted on the server throughout its history.
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| Health Monitoring and Problem Resolution |
Unique to Avocent, the LANDesk Server Manager is integrated with Avocent DSView 3 software. This allows for complete out-of-band management through KVM, serial console, service processors and power control to provide complete access and control even when a server has crashed or is in a pre-boot state.
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| Software Updates |
LANDesk Server Manager software updates ensure that systems are maintained in a secure and reliable state and provide a controlled and automated methodology to deploy and verify patches.
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| Discovery and Inventory |
LANDesk Server Manager asset and inventory database and query tools provide a complete view of your server and software assets in the data center. It is the primary source of server information that enables effective strategic planning and tactical operations to take place in the data center.
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