Infrastructure Management

& Monitoring for

Business-Critical Continuity

Liebert SiteScan Web System

Adaptable, Proactive Monitoring Hardware And Software

Emerson Network Power, a division of Emerson, is a global company that combines technology
with design to supply innovative solutions for the benefit of its customers.
Emerson Network Power is the leader in the business-critical continuity field, thanks to the
companys products and services.
Emerson Network Powers broad technology base and global expertise support a full spectrum of
enterprise-wide solutions for todays vital business needs.

Regardless of your size,

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More standardization,
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If you dont know what is happening inside

your critical facilities, the end result will be
loss of availability

When Systems Are Critical...

Monitoring Is Not An Option
What You Dont Know
Can Hurt You
The reliability of your computing
and communications systems
is a direct result of the reliability
of the power and environmental
systems that help maintain their
proper operation.
Monitoring and control must be
an integral part of your air and
power infrastructure.
This is the key to assuring high
availability and maximizing
your investment in these critical
facilities.

You have invested thousands

of Euros in precision
equipment and controls to
protect your critical facility
from the threats of heat,
humidity and power problems.
But stopping there can
leave you vulnerable to the
biggest threat of allnot
knowing when an event that
can detrimentally affect the
performance of your site is
taking place.
Site monitoring is a critical
element of maintaining
maximum availability for your
critical operations.
Hundreds of facilities around the
country count on the
peace-of-mind they receive
knowing that a Liebert
SiteScan system is constantly
on the job watching over the
operation of these critical sites.
Simply putLiebert SiteScan

delivers the information you

need to protect and manage
your facilities more efficiently
and effectively.
With Liebert SiteScan Web
you can utilize todays Web
technology to oversee and
control critical support
systems from just about
anywhere.

SITE MONITORING WITH

LIEBERT SITESCAN WEB
All systems are operating
in a normal fashion.

Utility power fails. The UPS system switches

the load to battery back-up.

WITHOUT LIEBERT SITESCAN

WEB MONITORING

12:00 AM - Saturday

1:00 AM - Saturday

The diesel generator starts as a power source

for the load, but then fails on overload.

All systems are operating

in a normal fashion.

Utility power fails. The UPS system switches

the load to battery back-up.

The diesel generator starts as a power source

for the load, but then fails on overload.

1:01 AM - Saturday

Liebert SiteScan Web system immediately notifies

key facility personnel of the problem.
Having received the Generator failed on
overload alarm, the operator can shed
non-critical loads from the generator and is
then able to start the generator. Emergency
power is available to the operation before the
batteries are depleted. Utility power is restored
after several hours and the data center has
never gone off-line.

1:02 AM - Saturday

The facility is unmanned over the weekend and

no one is aware of the problem. The data
center completely shuts down when the UPS
battery is depleted after about
30 minutes.

All systems are up and running for the start

of the workweek. Data center personnel
can determine why the generator failed to
start using Liebert SiteScan Webs historical
trending and analysis. (The maintenance staff
had already replaced a dead battery detected
by Liebert SiteScan Web earlier, so they knew
the battery was not the problem.)

8:00 AM - Monday

No one knows the system is completely down

until they arrive Monday morning for work.
Hundreds of employees are idle until the
data center can be brought back on line.

As a result of Liebert SiteScan Webs trending

and analysis capabilities, the operator
discovers that the kilowatt reading of the
system control cabinet exceeded the generator
by 20%, causing the overload condition.

9:00 AM - Monday

Data center personnel think theyve solved

the problem by replacing a dead battery
on the generator, but the real probleman overload condition on the
generator - is still undetected.

The operator implements load shedding

procedures to prevent the problem
with the generator from happening again.

10:00 AM - Monday

Now the actual problem lurks

to cause another disaster. They have
no way of going back to review the
sequence of events. If this facility had
been using the Liebert SiteScan Web
site monitoring system, they would
have known that the battery was
not the real problem.

EUROS AT RISK
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You Have To Know There Is A Problem

Before You Can Correct The Problem
There are any number of points within a critical facility where an unseen small problem can
develop - and lead to much larger and costlier disasters. These examples show the types of
occurrences that can develop - and what can happen if they are not responded to in a timely manner.
What Exactly Do You Need To Know?
You need enough information to guard against anything that can keep your critical support systems from
being able to protect the operation of your computing and communications systems. Knowing where and
what the problem is - thats the first step to keeping it from becoming a disaster. No matter what you need
to know about the operation of your facility and the essential systems inside, Liebert has a product that will
enable you to do it.

Critical Mechanical Systems

The good news is that you had a
redundant pump so that when your
primary pump failed your cooling
system stayed on-line. The bad news is
that you are down to one pump and you
never know it.

Enclosure Systems
Racks and cabinets are a great way to
consolidate and protect equipment.
But by nature of a cabinet, problems
developed inside can be concealed.

Breaker and Power Distribution

Several circuits are on the verge of
overload. If one of these breakers
trips, servers will crash. Too bad you
are not aware of the situation.

Water Leaks
Your data cabling is lying in a growing
puddle of water under the raised floor
because of a plumbing leak. It is just a
matter of time before that affects your
operation. Who knows how long it
will take to track down the cause
of the problem.

Static Transfer Switches

A transfer switch fails to transfer when
your primary power feed goes down in
the middle of the night. You wont
know about it, though, until tomorrow
morning when there are no sales
reports, no e-mails and certainly no one
conducting normal business.

Power Conditioning Units

A grounding problem in your
power conditioning system causes
small voltage disturbances. You
may not even realize there is
corrupt data or damage to other
systems until bigger problems
occur months later.

UPS Systems
Yesterday the UPS failed its
automatic battery self test.
Today the UPS failed to carry the
load during a momentary power
interruption, halting a critical
process. The problem isnt the
UPS or the weak battery. The
real problem is that you didnt
know that the UPS failed a selfdiagnostic test.

Environmental HVAC Systems

High head pressure, compressor
short cycling, dirty filters,
pump or fan failure-these are
just a few of the problems that
can cause mission-critical air
conditioning systems and other
HVAC equipment to go down and
temperatures to go up. One more
problem? Not knowing that these
troubles are developing in the first
place.

DC Power Systems
An overvoltage condition in an
essential DC power system causes
an alarm to sound. Problem is, no
one is there to hear it.

Generator Operation
The good news is your emergency
generator came on-line during a
power failure last night and kept
things running for several hours.
The bad news is that the fuel tank
is now almost empty-and no one
realizes it, leaving you unprotected
for the next outage.

Surge Protection
Thank goodness you installed
that surge protector. It has
protected your site through many
thunderstorms. Too bad it selfdestructed protecting you from
that last surge and you dont know
that it needs to be replaced.

Intrusion Alarm
The entrance of unauthorized
personnel into a remote shelter is
a big problem. The real problem is
that the person who needs to know
this is happening is unaware and
possibly isnt in the same buildingor even the same state.

UPS Systems
Your UPS has an internal fault and
has been on bypass since Sunday.
No one knows about it now- but
they will if you lose utility power.

Battery System
You have a weak cell in your
battery string. Too bad you wont
find out about it until it fails five
minutes into the next power
outage.

Automatic Transfer Switches

You have a utility power outage.
Your UPS is supplying battery
power to your computer
equipment and your back-up
generator just came on-line. Life is
good, right? Wrong! If the ATS does
not transfer the load to generator
power, then your network is still
going to go down when you run
out of battery power. Too little
knowledge can be a dangerous
thing.

Liebert SiteScan Web

Everyone, Everywhere, Every Time
Important information can be
right in front of you... but its
probably buried in a mountain
of data. Liebert SiteScan Web
can provide trend and
historical analysis in a graphic
format: easy-to-read charts
and comparative analysis of
multiple parameters at one
time. Its easier to compare
and differences can be
spotted more quickly.
Problems can be solved in
many ways, but the best
solutions usually start with
good information delivered
quickly. Liebert SiteScan Web
gives you both.

Design The System

Around Your FacilityAnd Your Needs
Liebert SiteScan Webs
operation can be tailored to
the specific requirements of
your critical support
infrastructure and the needs
of different people in your
organization, giving you a
powerful tool to manage
your enterprise.
Real-Time Monitoring And
Control
With Liebert SiteScan Web
you can get a real-time status
snapshot.It allows the operator
not only to access current databut to interact with graphic
programming logic in real-time
for full control functionality.
During an alarm, the system can
provide instant information-a
view of actual performance.
This allows for quick equipment
assessment and the ability to
take corrective action

based on current, factual

information.
Event Management And
Reporting
Liebert SiteScan Web will show
you exactly where the
problem is-not some cryptic
message that will leave you
guessing. Events and alarms
associated with a specific
system, area or equipment
selected in the navigation
tree are displayed. This view
allows you to monitor
alarm or event information
geographically, as well as
to acknowledge events, sort
events by category, actions
and verify reporting actions.
Data Analysis And Trend
Reporting
With Liebert SiteScan Web you
get powerful tools to analyze
data and use it to prevent specific
problems from occurring
again. The operator can view

Liebert SiteScan Web provides comprehensive

monitoring and control of your critical facility
support systems-and lets you do it from virtually
anywhere in the world.

trends by using the navigation

tree and selecting the trends
button in the graphic window.
Users can create custom trend
data that consist of one or more
multiple data points.
Enhanced Trend Reporting
With Liebert SiteScan Web you
get a comprehensive report
writing tool to create customized
reports.
System Features And Functions
Make The Difference
Liebert SiteScan Web offers a
number of unique operational
features that make it
comprehensive yet easy-to
use. These involve the areas
of security, accessibility,
internationalization, operating
features, subsystems, open
standards, ease-oflearning,
system configuration and
reliability.
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Event Management And Reporting

The Information You Need-Every Time You Need It
Comprehensive alarm
management includes
notification plus the ability to
see the information necessary
to making the right decisions.
Getting The Right Information
To The Right People
Liebert SiteScan Webs alarm
management features give you
automatic notification of alarms
including graphical display
and audible alarm annunciation,
pager and fax interfaces

and can even notify Lieberts

Remote Monitoring Service.
Alarm management and event
notification insures that alarms
are detected and acted upon,
which allows problems to be
quickly resolved.
During an alarm, Liebert SiteScan
can provide instant status
information. This allows for quick
equipment assessment and the
ability to take corrective action
based on current, factual
information.

Available Reporting Actions

Event Notification:
Getting the right information to the right people.
Data Delivery:
Proactive management through: Trends, Graphs, Report
Generation and Dashboards.
BMS Integration:
Making the most of your investments and infrastructure;
build redundancy through dual monitoring.
NMS Notification:
Provide notification to your already installed network
monitoring systems; again, building reliability and redundancy.
24 x 7 Remote Management Services:
For lights out, event escalation or vendor management
solutions.

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Data Analysis And Trend Reporting

Trending And Analysis Help Prevent Problems
In The First Place
Track Changes To Plan The Future
Liebert SiteScan Web provides trend and historical analysis including
easy-to-read graphs and the ability to export data to Microsoft
Excel for in-depth analysis of data. With Liebert SiteScan Web you get
powerful tools to prevent specific problems from occurring again.
Accessing Data Has Never Been This Easy
One of the most powerful features within Liebert SiteScan Web is the
ability to easily export current and historical data to external sources
that create reports to help gain an understanding of the Data Centers
efficiency, redundancy and overall capacity.

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Third Party Integration

The Liebert Monitoring Group
can provide multiple paths for
integrating Liebert equipment
into your existing Building or
Network Management system.
Through strict conformance to
Open Protocols like Modbus,
BACnet, SNMP, Liebert can
provide robust and effective
integrated solutions.
Building Management System
Interfaces
Building Management Systems
maintain a vital role on overall
operations or facilities and
buildings. Simply stated, Building
Management Systems (BMS)
create and maintain controlled,
energy-efficient environments
for all types of premises. This
includes the management and
monitoring of core aspects
of each facility, from power
supply, temperature, and
humidity, to fire, access and
security.
Generally speaking, most BMS
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systems contain the ability to

communicate to Modbus and or
BACnet devices. These languages
or protocols are considered
Open from the standpoint that
they do not require special
tools in order to integrate these
devices into a BMS system.
SiteLink modules integrate 2,4
or 12 Liebert units into a single
device. The SiteLink has the
ability to stand alone and act as
a Modbus or BACnet slave
through either a EIA-232 or
EIA-485 (2-wire or 4-wire)
configurable port. In addition,
the module supports BACnet
over IP.
The Site TPI-E product can
be used to intelligently
communicate to non- Liebert
units within your infrastructure.
This allows you to effectively
monitor critical equipment with
Liebert SiteScan Web.

Output to Building Management Systems using Modbus and BACnet MSTP.

Input from non-Liebert units that

use Modbus, BACnet, LonTalk and other
non-standard protocols.

Liebert SiteScan Web

The Step-By-Step Method To Configuring Your Liebert SiteScan Web System

Selecting the appropriate hardware to use with your Liebert SiteScan Web software is key to creating
the optimum monitoring and control system for your critical facility.

1st
Server Software And Client License
Choose the software and software components that complement your
vision of the system. SSWEB - the base software package that includes 2
concurrent user.

SiteScan Web Server

SiteScan Web Client

SiteScan Web Client

2nd
IGM Interface Control Modules
Choose the type and number of SiteLink modules that will
communicate to Liebert units, otherwise known as IGMs.
Models are available to allow communication to 2, 4 or 12
Liebert units.
SiteLink-2E connects up to 2 Liebert units.
SiteLink-4E connects up to 4 Liebert units.
SiteLink-12E connects up to 12 Liebert units.

SiteLink-12e

3rd
Input/Output Control Modules
Choose the number of I/O modules necessary to monitor your digital and
analog points. Next, choose your sensors if necessary.
*Site I/O 10/0 The model number follows the number of inputs
*Site I/O 32/0 and outputs of a module. For example, Site I/O 10/0
*Site I/O 16/16 equals 10 inputs, 0 outputs.
*Site I/O x/8 Digital = Dry contact
Sensors
Analog = 0-5 VDC, 4-20mA and thermistor sensors
Site I/O 10E 10 input module, dry contacts and thermistor

compatible. For distributed applications.

Site I/O 10/0

Site I/O 32/0
Site I/O 16/16
Site I/O x/8

*SiteGate required

4th
Third-Party Interfaces
Decide whether or not it will be necessary to intelligently
communicate to third-party equipment such as fire alarm panels,
chiller plants, generators and non-Liebert equipment.
Site TPI-E will integrate to third-party equipment. Contact Lieberts
AE Group for a quotation on interfacing to third-party equipment.

Site TPI-E

5th
Contact Us
Contact your local representative to assist with your
site-specific applications.
Online Demo
http://sitescandemo.liebert.com
Logon: LiebertRep
No Password Required

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Unique Features And Functions

That Make Liebert SiteScan Web Different
Liebert SiteScan Web combines open standards technology with the limitless
potential of the Internet. The result is the best of botha system that provides utility,
connectivity and speed. But Liebert SiteScan Web is more than just technology
its our most intuitive, feature-rich and easy-to-use product to date. Some of the
important areas that distinguish Liebert SiteScan Web from other monitoring
systems include:
The Use Of Open Technologies
Proprietary systems are history. Todays open standards have introduced new levels of
operational efficiency, flexibility and cost-effectiveness for critical monitoring. With open
architecture, users can install integrated, easily-modified systems utilizing innovative
combinations of familiar components such as Java, Microsoft FrontPage, Internet Explorer
and interoperable databases. Liebert SiteScan Web was built from the ground up around
open web technology. It is not a browser enabled bolt on to an existing proprietary
software package where functionality through the browser is limited. Any device with
the appropriate web standards support becomes a full-featured operator interface with
the system. This is an important distinction because full-featured includes navigation,
viewing, event management, data analysis in real time-in other words, all the capabilities
you would want in a high-quality front-end monitoring package.
Powerful And Intuitive Operation
Since 1990, Liebert SiteScan critical monitoring systems have led the way with dynamic,
custom color graphics that set the industry standard in quality, convenience and ease of use.
The systems graphical user interface provided status and control at a glance, while alarm
management and comprehensive trend history functions captured critical data and aided in
diagnostics.
Now, all of this functionality is available through a standard web browser with Liebert
SiteScan Web. With it, users can access their system from any type of webenabled device,
such as a standard PC, cell phone or personal digital assistant (PDA)-and maintain the same
functionality without any special software or additional plug-ins.
Overall Reliability
The distributed hardware architecture of Liebert SiteScan Web allows you to achieve
the high nines reliability you require. Each component of the system includes high
performance microprocessor and memory to ensure that data integrity is established at the
hardware level, unlike systems that require extensive polling to achieve data transfer. Liebert
SiteScan Web hardware provides delivery of data, even when communications is lost and
then restored. The system does this by accumulating data at the module level so that loss of
system communications does not mean lost data.

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Advanced Operating Features

System Security
Web-based systems have an advantage
over their conventional counterparts
because they can take advantage of
security features that have been
developed to protect bank transactions,
personal information and other sensitive
data routinely transmitted over the
Internet. Liebert SiteScan Web
can utilize secure sockets layer (SSL)
and secure HTTP (https:) as well as
most other administrative policies that
are established for your environment
such as Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
For added security, operators are
assigned specific roles and privileges in
addition to initial log-on and password
protection.
Internationalization
In addition to English, Liebert SiteScan
Web is designed to simultaneously
support Italian, Korean, Chinese,
Spanish, French, German and Dutch,
allowing multiple operators to access
the same information at the same time
in their respective languages.

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A Comprehensive Package
Of Mission-Critical Services
With Liebert Services as your
availability partner, you can
rest easy. We take care of the
technology, so you can take
care of your business.

Finto Testo

Remote Monitoring:
Remote Monitoring from
Liebert Services alerts you to
problems that otherwise go
unnoticed. It reduces the
time it takes to identify the
alarm source, trends and
alarm types. Having the right
information together with a
defined escalation procedure,
helps diagnose the true source of
a problem.
Ntegrated Monitoring:
With advanced monitoring and
network security capabilities,
integrating remote monitoring
with field service for your UPS,
Cooling and Battery systems,
provide the ultimate peace-ofmind. Liebert Services Ntegrated
Monitoring service provides
remote monitoring, diagnostics,
trending, and service dispatch

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with remote and on-site

preventive maintenance.
Remote Monitoring With
Service Dispatch:
Combining remote monitoring
and Ntegrated monitoring at the
site level for all critical power
equipment with service dispatch
provides the ultimate protection.
Whether you are a Liebert
SiteScan user, lights-out facility
or simply require the expertise
from Liebert Services, we can
provide assurance that you will
be notified when a technician is
required on-site.

High Heat Density

And Precision Cooling

Liebert: The World Leader In MissionCritical Power And Cooling Technologies

Monitoring Solutions From Liebert - The Smart Decision To Make
Liebert is the only source that supplies the protection infrastructure and all the
tools you need to know how it is operating every minute of every day. From one-onone supervision of a single piece of equipment to full-scale monitoring and control
of several far-flung facilities, no one knows more about what it takes to keep you in
the know about your critical systems than Liebert.

Power Availability And Protection

Power Conversion And Distribution

Integrated Racks And Cabinets

A Complete Line Of Environmental Control Systems

From high-capacity mission-critical cooling systems - to compact and above-ceiling
units-to our targeted cooling products designed for the demanding requirements
of high density electronic installations there is a Liebert solution designed to cool
and protect your critical computing and communications equipment. We make
the industrys widest range of mission-critical environmental control, including
air conditioners, fluid chillers and heat rejection systems from 1.0 to more than 60
tons, in a variety of configurations and cooling technologies.
Liebert Offers A Full Range Of Power Protection Solutions
A steady flow of power, and the means to get it to each piece of equipment in a
critical facility, is a key to systems reliability. The proper functioning of these systems
depends on the quality of power and the ability to ride through outages of any
duration.
Only Liebert offers the breadth of power supply products to meet any of these needs.
Power availability solutions include uninterruptible power
supply (UPS) systems from 300 VA to over 1000 kVA.
Power protection products include surge protection and power
conditioning systems up to 300 kVA.
Power conversion and distribution systems for both AC
and DC power applications range from 15 kVA to 225 kVA.
Liebert Integrated Racks And Cabinets -Protection Wherever Its Needed
Rack-based equipment has formed the foundation of todays IT network. To house
and protect these systems, Liebert offers a complete line of rack, cabinets and
integrated protection enclosures for rack-mounted components. From open racks
employed in large data centers to self-contained, integrated enclosures with cooling
and power protection used in remote locations, there is a Liebert rack solution for
every application.

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Of Mission-Critical Data And Applications.

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the

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