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Education

Keeping pace with the changing nature of educational technology is both a challenge and an opportunity. In line with
collaborative solutions that are revolutionizing education in the classroom and lecture hall, an increasing movement
towards digitizing not only educational records but also learning resources is driving new solutions for data center
management across campuses. The education realm is one where KVM over IP solutions are especially useful when
dealing with such distributed IT assets. Furthermore, often due to extra resources via state funding or private donations ATEN Solution
from philanthropists, universities are also leading the way when it comes to initiating green data center solutions,
ones that provide real-time visibility into a data center’s overall power capacity. The ATEN solution facilitated the construction of a centrally-controlled
green server room that offered safety and energy conservation while
assisting administration staff with remote monitoring and management
University Campus High-density Green Server Room of all IT equipment via centralized control, and achieving effective security by reducing the frequency of
administrators entering the server room while recording all operations.
A state-funded university was planning to establish a second campus and needed a new server room to store
all the additional student administration details as well as host a huge amount of education and research information KN2132VA – 32-Port Cat 5 KVM over IP Switch with Virtual Media
for the benefit of lecturers and students. A colllocation room was also needed for other departments and students. KH1516AI – 16-Port Cat 5 KVM over IP Switch with Daisy-Chain Port
The university hoped to build a large-scale, high-density green server room that offered effective central monitoring KH1516A – 16-Port Cat 5 KVM Switch with Daisy-Chain Port
and energy conservation while upgrading their education and research facilities. PE8108B –15A/10A 8-Outlet 1U Outlet-Metered & Switched eco PDU
PE8324B –30A/32A 24-Outlet Outlet-Metered & Switched eco PDU
CC2000 – Centralized Management Software
Challenges: CCVSR – Video Session Recording Software
• Provide centralized control for every server to enable remote operation and problem solving
• Provide remote control on power outlet switches to enable quick restart of the servers in the event of abnormalities
• Reduce frequency of entry into the server and record operations performed by those staff on servers
• Monitor in real time the environmental data for the server room to effectively save on energy resources

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