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Overview
Benefits
y Scale without increasing
costs: Support more than a
The rapid growth of enterprise and edge compute resources is straining data center
hundred simultaneous users on management processes. Manual processes don’t scale and can increase the possibility
a single, non-blocking, all- of staff making network administration errors. Similarly, using myriad vendor tools
digital rack manager platform. increases complexity and could cause security issues.
Simultaneously, data center managers want to provide IT teams with remote access
y Reduce IP management costs:
capabilities, to increase business responsiveness and continuity. They know it often isn’t
Use the Avocent ADX Rack
Manager to consolidate IP
feasible or desirable to deploy IT talent to edge sites to address local device issues.
addresses seamlessly, The Avocent ADX Rack Manager enables data center teams to scale and streamline
decreasing costs. Reduce your management processes. It can be used to control large server ecosystems in complex
overall network total cost of enterprise environments, as well as high-density edge sites. The Avocent ADX Rack
ownership by easily integrating
Manager physically connects to interface modules providing the connectivity for keyboard
the rack manager into your
existing architecture.
video and mouse (KVM) over IP and service processors. The Vertiv™ Avocent® ADX
ecosystem is based on open standards and platforms that can easily scale from Enterprise
y Decrease power costs: Use to Edge. As such, it provides connectivity and power, leveraging power over ethernet (PoE),
the Avocent ADX Rack IP consolidation and network translation to connect to – and manage – target devices.
Manager’s power over ethernet The Avocent ADX Rack Manager can be used alone or integrated into the Vertiv™ ADX
(PoE) to reduce your cable and
Avocent® Ecosystem to enable comprehensive IT monitoring and management.
power management costs on
an ongoing basis.
Features include:
y Improve operational
efficiency: Speed deployments y Remote Management: Access your IT devices via KVM wherever/whenever.
by automating configuration
and user onboarding with
y Service Processor Management: Use common access point to manage and control
all your service processors.
RESTful APIs. Increase your
network administration team’s y Consolidate IP addresses: Reduce IP costs by physically aggregating your IT
efficiency. devices on fewer IP addresses.
y Automate key processes: Leverage our RESTful APIs to simplify and automate
manual tasks.
y Improve operational security: Provide secure access to devices at remote sites
protected by your firewalls.
y Access an open platform: The solution is based on open standards and platforms
that can easily scale from Enterprise to Edge.
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Vertiv™ Avocent® ADX Rack Manager
*The Vertiv™ Avocent® ADX Management Platform is not required in all situations. PoE IEEE 802.3at
Typically used for site aggregation. Fan Units 3 Fans
Power Supplies Redundant/Dual Power
Feature Vertiv™ Avocent® ADX Rack Manager Size (W x D x H) 17.24 x 17.40 x 1.72 in (438 x 442 x 43.7 mm)
Service Processor Connectivity Direct BMC connections, via IPUHD Weight 16.91 lb (7.67 kg)
Service Processor Protocols Redfish Power Usage 1800 Watts maximum
View Service Processor Metrics ✓ Input Voltage 100 to 240 VAC at 50-60 Hz
Service Processor Control ✓
Modify Boot Order ✓ Environmental
Control LED Lights ✓ Operating Temperature 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F)
SP Firmware Management ✓ Storage Temperature -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
Remote KVM Sessions HTML5 KVM viewer Operating Humidity 5% to 90% non-condensing
Virtual Media Local and remote
Warranty and Maintenance (Options)
NAT ✓
Standard Limited 2 Years
AD/LDAP, Permissions ✓
Silver and Gold 1, 2 or 4 Years
Secure Boot ✓
Event Logs ✓
User Interface New HTML5 Web UI
Vertiv™ Avocent® ADX Ecosystem
APIs RESTful APIs
Standards Management
EMI: Platform
EN55032 Class A Rack
EN55024 Manager
EN55035
EN61000-3-2 0U Mounting
EN61000-3-3
Swing Gate
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