The Most Comprehensive DCIM Solution

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1 The Most Comprehensive DCIM Solution NetZoomDC TM is the complete, enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software which Models, Manages, Monitors and Maximizes data center assets, space, power and cooling. NetZoomDC empowers users with insight into the management of the Data Center by answering the core questions: What is in your datacenter?, How is your datacenter operating?, What can be optimized?, Where is your data center heading? in real-time. Highlights IT & Facility Infrastructure Asset Management 0RU Asset Tracking Real-Time Power & Thermal Capacity Management Connectivity Management Cable Management Change Management Reports & Diagrams Dashboards Trends & Forecasting Filters & Tenants Discovery of Physical & Virtual Servers Monitoring & Instant Alerts Inventory Tracking & Audit Role Based Security Browser Based Works on All Browsers Available as On-Premises Software Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Mobile App Out-of-Box Integration with Popular CMDB s Hypervisors and RFID

2 NetZoomDC Value Proposition NetZoomDC is data center infrastructure management software designed to meet the challenges of the ever changing data center, and enabling all levels of personnel by providing high level performance metrics and analytics for C-level executives, as well as detailed day to day device level management information needed by data center managers, operators, engineers, planners, IT and facility specialists. NetZoomDC helps you Do more with less money, power, and personnel training. Optimal use and re-use of your data center resources, coupled with effectively managing capacity factors, helps reduce costly downtime, increase operational efficiencies, increase productivity and improve the overall user experience. NetZoomDC enables data center professionals to: Reduce the risk of a costly downtime Reduce operational costs by optimizing power consumption Improve operational efficiency by effectively managing power, thermal and space capacity Prevent unnecessary data center build-outs by identifying and controlling Space fragmentation and Rack density Resolve problems through the use of advanced dashboards, analytics, monitoring and powerful alert management Visualize and collaborate resources and information between IT and facility infrastructure personnel Maximize data center investments and leverage unused devices Reduce costs and improve the user experience through common task automation Utilize comprehensive, composite dashboards to provide insight into capacity planning and impact analysis using What If analysis Align IT and facility infrastructure to meet energy consumption mandates and green initiatives Identify servers for virtualization Easily locate assets and interdependencies in the data center to reduce the mean time to resolution NetZoomDC SaaS Start using NetZoomDC today! NetZoomDC is now available as a service for those customers who do not want to host the application on premises. The benefits of NetZoomDC SaaS include: Minimal upfront investment in infrastructure & associated maintenance costs Reduced IT support cost Simplified and faster deployment Improved continuity of DCIM services Robust yet competitively priced application Valuable for Colocation Providers who want to offer visibility to clients Data security assurance Unlimited scalability NetZoomDC SaaS appeals to small and medium size customers, but is suitable for companies of all sizes. Licensing NetZoomDC offers flexible and scalable licensing models to fit specific customer needs. Unlimited Racks & Cabinets Get unlimited number of sites, racks, cabinets and devices. Pay by the number of users. Available as named Read-Write and Read-Only licenses. Unlimited Users Get unlimited number of users, pay per number of racks and cabinets.

3 Model What is in your Data Center? NetZoomDC models data centers of any size and visually presents a hierarchical view of all data center devices from high end IT servers to facility infrastructure and their interdependencies. Model IT & Facility Infrastructure Model and visualize the data center at any level including site, location, floor, room, zone, pod, row, rack, device, card, port and all port-to-port connectivity. Represent the entire physical inventory, including IT and facility infrastructure, in a single repository. Automatic Assets Import Implementation through Automation In NetZoomDC almost every aspect of implementing a data center can be automated. Using your existing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets you can import the entire data center hierarchy, rack elevations, configured devices, properties and connectivity. Create Standard Builds Create standard builds for devices and racks to maintain consistency across your enterprise. You can create device templates using related devices or populate racks with standard rack-mountable equipment. Port-to-Port Connectivity Connectivity Modeling Track power and data connections and their cabling throughout the entire data center. Cabling can be planned and executed as part of the build-out process. Whether importing or manually creating connectivity you can generate detailed port-to-port connectivity reports and data or power trace diagrams for reporting, installation or troubleshooting. Find and Manage Assets in the Data Center With the advanced Find feature, you can easily locate any asset in the current data center or at another site. Planning for a technical refresh is more efficient as NetZoomDC can automate the process of Finding and Replacing one device with another. Filters There are dozens of predefined filters available in NetZoomDC to allow the Data Center Explorer to present a filtered and focused view of the data. Filter your data center to show IT assets, facility assets, or both. Users may create customized views based on property data. Filtered Views

4 Manage Where is the Data Center Heading? NetZoomDC can help you with everyday tasks like deploying and decommissioning hardware, staying on top of all your projects, estimating the current overall efficiency, and predicting the future requirements with trending reports. NetZoomDC can discover and monitor physical devices and virtual servers, automate notification of alert conditions, manage complex capacity factors and plan effective Moves, Adds and Changes. Manage Data Center Assets NetZoomDC lets you visually manage all types of IT and facility devices including racks, servers, patch panels, UPSs, generators, air conditioners, etc. Once a device is implemented in NetZoomDC, it is tracked throughout its entire life span in the data center. Decommissioned devices are tracked and can be reassigned to other sites. Planning, Change Management and Work Orders NetZoomDC implements structured Change Management so that all Moves, Adds and Changes are performed visually in a plan. When in Plan Mode, the user s actions are automatically recorded and these actions are scheduled to be executed on the plan s due date. Plans can build upon other previously defined planned projects so you can visualize the state of the data center at any time in the future. Work Orders stating action items, like adding and cabling servers, can be generated on demand and Conflict detection helps indicate issues between plans prior to execution. Capacity Management Using NetZoomDC, you can easily manage Power, Thermal, Weight and Space capacity to ensure optimal use of your resources. When analyzing capacity, you can use real-time metrics, historical values, lab values, manufacturer rated values or complex calculations generated with our integrated Formula Builder. Trending reports help you stay on top of capacity usage. Manage Tenants and Generate Chargeback Reports NetZoomDC implements the concept of Tenants to indicate ownership and generate chargeback reports. Any device can be assigned to a Tenant, such as a department or a client. NetZoomDC offers a filtered view showing devices by Tenant. Structured Change Management Capacity Control Capacity Trends & Forecast Tenants & Chargeback Reporting Inventory & Audit NetZoomDC now comes with a mobile app which allows you to perform an inventory of assets by simply scanning the barcodes of devices. NetZoomDC audits assets to automatically classify them as New, Moved, Missing or Matching devices.

5 Monitor How is the Data Center Operating? NetZoomDC can help monitor critical devices, receive real-time actionable alarms, and review real-time power and thermal values to identify potential problems, like Hot Spots, before issues arise. Agentless Discovery and Monitoring Use NetZoomDC discovery to locate assets in your data center and identify their attributes such as IP address, host name, CPU, memory, disk and installed software. Critical devices can be monitored in real-time, without the use of agents, for key performance indicators such as power usage, inlet temperature, CPU, memory, disk utilization and heartbeat to ensure that they are functioning properly and to help optimize the usage of resources. Real-Time Power & Thermal Management Powered by Intel Data Center Manager NetZoomDC harnesses the power of Intel DCM for real-time power and thermal monitoring of critical IT and facility devices using agentless protocols such as IPMI and SNMP. Real-time monitoring helps reduce operating costs by identifying underutilized servers and hot spots in the data center. Alert Management Users can create and subscribe to any criteria-based alerts and be notified when an alert condition is encountered, i.e. a value exceeds its threshold. When an alert is triggered, the alert message can be delivered in real time by or text message and by raising alert indicators within NetZoomDC. Real-Time Monitoring Real-Time Alerts Underutilized Servers Virtual Servers Let your data center go lean and reduce power consumption by strategically turning the underutilized servers into virtual machines. NetZoomDC Capacity Analysis helps you to identify servers for virtualization. NetZoomDC also helps you discover and monitor virtual servers hosted on VMWare and Hyper-V. Mobile App NetZoomDC Mobile is a valuable companion app which allows you to navigate into the data center and monitor devices on the go, while also alerting you of potential issues. Mobile App Dashboard Management Dozens of dashboards are available at any level of the data center to provide insight into the management of the selected node. A Dashboard Wizard allows you to create customized dashboards for managing your data center.

6 Maximize What can be Optimized? NetZoomDC analytics help you identify areas of potential savings in terms of power, space and cooling to optimally use your resources, and plan for future capacity requirements. What-If Analysis What-If analysis improves capacity planning by determining the infrastructure and capacity requirements of the data center at a future date based on planned and unplanned projects. What-If Analysis allows you to perform impact analysis of proposed Moves, Adds and Changes to ensure adequate power, thermal and space capacity exist before implementing the changes. Evaluate the impact of virtualizing servers or replacing current servers with newer models before spending time and money! Real-Time Data Helps Generate Critical Alerts and Reduce Overprovisioning NetZoomDC is powered by Intel DCM to collect, filter and process real-time power and thermal data across the data center. These real-time data metrics help align the requirements of IT with facility infrastructure to reduce the need for overprovisioning and maximize the usage of available capacity for a greener data center. Capacity Impact Analysis: What If? Optimize Power, Temperature & Space Redeploying Unused and Decommissioned Devices NetZoomDC helps you save money by reallocating devices that are no longer in use. Decommissioned devices are easily identified and available for new projects in the current data center or in other sites. Locate Available Rack Space for New Devices Increase your productivity by finding racks with available power and space for new equipment without walking the data center floor. Customize your search to find the racks that best match the operational requirements of your data center. Space Fragmentation Control Controlling Space Fragmentation Space is a valuable resource in any data center and controlling space fragmentation lets you do more with fewer racks and postpone costly data center build-outs. NetZoomDC delivers vital insight into the space utilization of any location within the data center so that the Rack Density can be aligned with the Power, Heat, Cooling and Weight metrics. Moves, Adds and Changes can be evaluated to reduce fragmentation and maximize space continuity.

7 Other Features Web Client for Popular Browsers NetZoomDC works on all major web browsers including Internet Explorer TM, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Opera. Customizable Reports Generate automatic reports of your data center using customizable built-in templates, or create your own using Microsoft Excel or SQL reporting. Capacity trend reports are available for all levels of the data center: site, location, rack, device, connectivity and cables. Over 100 Customizable Reports What assets do you have in your data center? How is your data center operating currently and historically? What Alerts need to be addressed? Where are the Hot Spots? Where is your data center heading in terms of Power, Space and Thermal utilization? Where are the underutilized or Ghost Servers that can be considered for virtualization? Microsoft Visio Diagramming Create data-driven diagrams of: floor layouts, rack elevations with front and rear views, rows of racks, cabling, data or power trace all with drill down capabilities. Diagrams are template-based for easy customization. 0RU Mounting Visually model and manage Zero RU devices just like you manage your rack-mountable devices and increase your rack density by using Zero RU devices. Virtual Storerooms Organize and automatically track New Arrivals from other sites, decommissioned devices, unused devices as well as both planned and unplanned devices for use in the production data center. Authentication & Authorization Authentication is done with Active Directory or OpenSSO. Authorization of application features uses NetZoomDC s powerful hierarchical Role-Based security. Customizable Watermarks A watermark on a device instantly identifies the device, its state and its purpose. You can choose from dozens of predefined watermarks or create your own. Automation for Improved Efficiency NetZoomDC automates many tasks and processes associated with DCIM. Data on monitored devices is collected and analyzed in real-time to determine if Alert conditions exist. Actionable alert messages are generated and delivered by SMS, or mobile app. Routine Reports can be scheduled to run periodically and delivered automatically. Custom Computation of Property Values Property values can be static, real-time or formulabased computations. Customize property values or the aggregation of values of your Sites, Locations, Racks and Devices using data center specific Excel -type formulas in the Formula Builder. Zero RU Mount Formula Builder

8 Integration with Existing Applications NetZoomDC seamlessly integrates into many popular business applications to help provide a single pane for managing data center assets. Out-of-Box Professional Services Free Device Library Updates Each NetZoomDC subscription comes with free device library updates. If the device shape you need is not in our library, you can submit a request and it will be created for you. Dedicated Technical Support We have a knowledgeable technical support ready to assist you with any technical support questions. Third-Party Integration Our professional services team provides SDK assistance and integration services for third-party applications including ServiceNow and Remedy. and more Complete Implementation We provide implementation services to install and configure NetZoomDC, if needed, and implement your entire data center infrastructure, user roles, rack elevations, asset inventory, connections, data properties and much more. Report & Diagram Customization Our experienced implementation specialists can assist you with professional report and diagram customization services. On-Site or Off-Site Training We offer a comprehensive NetZoomDC software training program. Contact us to learn more. About Us Founded in 1995, Altima Technologies, Inc. is an Illinois corporation with headquarters in the Chicago area. Altima has pioneered revolutionary solutions in the area of data center infrastructure management. NetZoom solutions are popular among data centers professionals worldwide to more effectively model, manage, monitor and maximize data centers. Altima Technologies, Inc Cabot Drive, Suite 535 Lisle, IL USA +1 (630) NetZoom.com Info@NetZoom.com Copyright 2015 by Altima Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Altima Technologies, NetZoom and NetZoomDC are all registered trademarks or trademarks of Altima Technologies, Inc. All others are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor.