Avocent AdminWorks 1.2 User
’
s Manual
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July 2005
What is Avocent AdminWorks management suite?
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What is Avocent AdminWorks management
suite?
Avocent AdminWorks
™
management suite (also referred to simply as
“
AdminWorks
”
in this
document) is a simple-to-use and yet powerful application that provides a complete physical
blueprint of desktop hardware and software to facilitate centralized asset management. It
allows System Administrators to perform many of their daily tasks from their Console screen,
rather than physically visiting individual workstations. Your everyday desktop or laptop PC is all
that it takes to put IT management at your fingertips, such as keeping track of inventory,
diagnosing faulty hardware, generating analytical reports, being alerted to unexpected
hardware changes, remote power off/restart, and preventing a system remotely from
performing certain operations such as using a diskette drive or downloading files.
In order for the Console to be able to remotely manage systems, the Avocent AdminWorks
Agent program must first be installed on each of the desired systems. The Avocent
AdminWorks Console program will then be able to
“
discover
”
those systems. This includes
UDP broadcast discovery and polling of nodes (systems) within the Local Area Network; and,
for cross-router discovery, systems for which IP address ranges have been set for scanning
capability.
Information polled from the systems is stored in a database. Therefore, if there is more than
one Administrator in the same organization, they can all share the same database information.
In the Task Group topology, you can view and manipulate your Managed Systems. In the
Organization topology, you can switch between Managed Systems and UnManaged Systems.
Summary of Features
Without leaving your own desk, you can simultaneously manage the desktop PCs, NoteBook
PCs, and Servers of the organization. Among other things, Avocent AdminWorks allows you to:
Manage systems
Un-manage/remove systems from groups
Know at a glance what the status of each system is
On-line, off-line, absent for various periods of time, being managed by another
Administrator, restricted usage, or
“
pending
”
(a state when an action is in progress or
waiting in queue).
View system information, both hardware and software
Asset tracking management automatically captures detailed configuration and
logs/monitors any asset changes. If hardware is found to be changed or missing, you
will receive an alert in the Console window and an entry will be made in the Hardware
Change Log.
Search for and display only systems meeting your specified constraints and criteria.
