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Flexible Deployment to Align Your IT Infrastructure with Your Strategic ATEN Data Center /
Needs
• At ATEN, we look beyond creating IT infrastructure management solutions to what those
solutions are actually needed for. This is why we are focused on providing flexible solutions that
enable our customers to do business and to do business well.
• For any data center or server room scenario, ATEN solutions can be utilized to build an intelligent
management system with real-time and accurate access to mission-critical systems. Our extensive
line of over IP hardware, including over IP KVM switches, serial consoles and PDUs, coupled
with our management software tools, provide flexible solutions that are future-proof, scalable
and implementable across the board to help any business align their data center infrastructure
with their strategic needs.
• What’s more, our solutions actually support the continual re-evaluation of your business requirements;
ATEN data center solutions are designed to support change and to expand with you.
Intuitive, Convenient Control for the Strategic Delivery of IT Services
• ATEN wants your business to grow, and we want to enable you to keep up with the demands of
a growing, global enterprise by providing not only the best way to keep your data center or
server room operational 24/7, but also the most convenient way to view all required procedures,
infrastructure assets, maintenance activities, and operational issues at once, and from a single
source.
• Making data center management intuitive and convenient, ATEN’s CC2000 Centralized Management
Software consolidates the management of all devices – servers, switches, PDUs – through a
single, tree-view, easy-to-use interface, with a Panel DynaArray function that displays the
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output of multiple ports in individual panels on the administrator’s screen, while our KVM over
IP switches support an intuitive Magic Panel GUI with multi-language support.
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• ATEN data center KVM solutions make it easier for administrators to get the insights they need
to achieve maximum efficiency with increased security from all their IT resources.
Proven Commitment to Smart Energy Solutions for Data Center Power
Management
• As a company committed to pursuing sustainable development, allowing humanity and the
natural environment to co-exist, ATEN is therefore also dedicated to providing smart energy
solutions for data centers. Our wide range of eco PDUs take intelligence to the next level by
providing real-time energy management, control and energy-saving efficiency.
• Developed to support ISO 50001, ATEN NRGence PDUs allow you to easily upgrade IT resources
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quickly and effectively. Providing the tools to remotely control the power of any server in a data
center and remotely access individual outlets and outlet groups, as well as generate power
analysis for optimizing data center management and energy usage, ATEN PDUs allow you to
save energy without harming IT reliability.
• Fully integrable with ATEN’s KVM over IP switches and serial consoles as part of a total data
center and power management solution, ATEN PDUs are the smart choice for deployment in
any data center or server room to turn your IT infrastructure into an IT ecosystem.
Server Room
Solutions in Action
Government
The government sector is important around the world for sales of KVM switches and serial consoles, as security
requirements for government institutions' IT systems have developed in tandem with increased digitization. Information
and security control are an over-riding consideration in a vertical industry where national security can be compromised
by the leakage of confidential information. Currently, the U.S. government is especially important as the largest
purchaser of secure KVM switches. However, different government departments do also use other types of KVM
switch and serial console products for data center management applications, such as in-rack analog KVM switches
and, increasingly, KVM over IP solutions that feature high levels of encryption. Serial console solutions for government
use also require the highest security features.
State Government Secure Data Center
A government IT department with data centers in several states was setting up a central data center requiring
flexible, central and remote regional access to up to 48 servers. They were looking for a remote management solution
that that would not only operate effectively with their current infrastructure but also provide the means for the
efficient consolidation of IT resources. Plus, given the importance of the government data, remote access to the servers
in the data center had to be completely secure, while further accommodating two levels of access security (classified
and non-classified) by also incorporating non-remote access components.
Challenges:
• A highly secure over IP solution for management and remote control of up to 48 servers
• Save on manpower by having fewer administrators to manage servers from any location
• Offer space saving and efficiency benefits without unnecessary expenses
• Flexibility to work with different platforms and interfaces
ATEN Solution
The ATEN solution provided secure and centralized management through a single interface which included
remote BIOS-level access and control of any server that enabled a faster response to critical server room
emergencies. It also allowed for a high degree of platform and interface integration as well as versatility of
access by providing two levels of access security.
KN2124VA – 24-Port Cat 5 KVM over IP Switch with Virtual Media
KH1508A – 8-Port Cat 5 KVM Switch with Daisy-Chain Port
CL1000 – PS/2 VGA LCD Console
CC2000 – Centralized Management Software
KA7170 – KVM Adapter Cable
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