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2/26/2007
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724-746-5500
blackbox.com
FEATURES
• This fully-integrated environmental
monitoring system includes environ-
mental sensors and a security camera.
• Easy network integration.
• Monitors temperature, humidity, water,
and more.
• Sensor Hubs feature two or four sensor
ports. Some hubs also have serial ports
that act as Serial Device Controllers.
• Serial Device Controllers offer access to
your network devices’ console ports as
well as serial devices such as printers.
• Manage the system through a Web
browser using the Sensor Hubs’ integral
Web servers.
• Or manage the system through SNMP,
using any standard SNMP Management
software such as HP OpenView.
• Network Sensor Hub Manager Software
makes it easy to manage multiple hubs.
• Use the IP Network Camera for a bird’s-
eye view of trouble spots.
OVERVIEW
You back up your servers, you install the latest virus
protection, you keep your firewall up to date. But do you
also guard against physical threats to your data center?
Do you have hot spots in those racks? If the air conditioning
breaks down, how long before you get the message that
temperatures are climbing out of control? If a sprinkler system
goes off, will you know? Has someone been in your cabinets?
Temperature, humidity, water, and even vandalism are real
threats to any data center and can shut you down faster than
the latest virus making the rounds on the Internet.
AlertWerks is an IP-based environmental monitoring
system that alerts you when conditions in your data center—
or anywhere else you need to protect— exceed pre-defined
limits. So when things go wrong, you’re the first to know.
Environmental monitoring helps minimize downtime by
alerting you to conditions that cause damage to servers and
other network devices.
This fully integrated system is based on “smart” managed
Sensor Hubs that work with sensors to track conditions such as
temperature, humidity, water, airflow, and more. Most sensors
enable you to set minimum and maximum thresholds for
triggering an alarm, so you can customize the system to your
particular demands. The Security Sensor acts as a burglar
alarm by alerting you when the doors to your server room,
cabinets, or other secure area are opened.
But there’s more to this system than just sensors — a
network camera provides a real-time view of what’s going
on in your data center. Combine it with the utility software
for incredible versatility in programming photos or video,
in storing and managing images, and in controlling pan
and zoom features.
Serial ports on the Sensor Hubs and the freestanding
Serial Device Controllers function as full-featured serial
console servers that enable you to also use the system to
access the serial console ports on your network devices.
Plus, you can use them to access other serial devices such
as printers.
The entire AlertWerks system is fully manageable through
any standard Web browser or an SNMP management pro-
gram such as HP OpenView. You can set it to automatically
notify you by e-mail, page, or SNMP traps whenever con-
ditions in your data center exceed limits that you determine.
Sensor Hubs even include a modem port, so you can dial in
remotely to access management features even if your
network goes down.
One system protects network devices as well as other nearby equipment such as PBXs.
Security Sensor
(S104-SC-60)
Temperature Sensor
(S100-T-60)
Humidity Sensor
(S101-H-60)
Humidity Sensor
(S101-H-60)
Dry-Contact Closure Sensor
(S107-CC-60)
Temperature/
Humidity Sensor
(S102-TH-60)
Water Sensor
(S103-W-15)
4-Port Sensor Hub
(SH124A)
4-Port Sensor Hub
(SH124A)
IP Network Camera
(SC100A)
Wireless Smoke Detector
(SD100A)
Wireless Smoke Detector
(SD100A)
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