nlyte Software enhanced its Data Center Performance Management (DCPM) suite with chassis management, workflow management and capacity trending and analysis functions.
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The nlyte Discover Module can automatically scan the data center network to discover physical assets and their properties, and automatically populates the nlyte DCPM Database.
Devices and properties captured include: manufacturer, model, serial number, operating system, IP addresses, MAC addresses, number of processors, memory installed, disk installed, network interface cards, processor information, users, software.
Enhancements include: chassis management - support for chassis assets with slots on both front and back, blade servers can be mounted in either side of the chassis and multiple assets can be mounted in chassis slots (half-length blade servers); workflow management - improved business process management, which includes defining and controlling the execution of service request processes, using graphical workflow and automated execution; capacity trending & analysis - enhanced ability to forecast and predict the impact of future change on the data center's capacities (power, cooling and space) based on historical data.
"We are moving into an era in which real-time, intelligent monitoring and resource management will not be an added value from specific vendors, but a fundamental part of the data center manager's arsenal to continually improve efficiencies, especially regarding energy consumption," said David Cappuccio, Chief of Research - Infrastructures at analyst firm Gartner.