Avocent EVR1500-AM - Manual (Page 8)

Chapter 1: Product Overview 3
Chapter 1: Product Overview
Features and Benefits
The Avocent EVR1500 environmental monitor and control appliance manages
environmental conditions within a rack and/or data center through a standard
web browser or the Avocent DSView ® software. By combining analog and
digital technology, the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance collects data
from internal and external sensors, compares it to pre-configured parameters,
issues alarms, generates reports and acts on conditions and events. Multiple
users can access the appliance locally or remotely.
Access via network connection
Users can access the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance remotely over
Ethernet from a web browser or a PC running DSView software. User PCs can
be located anywhere a valid network connection exists. No special software or
drivers are required on the attached, or host, computers. The EVR1500
environmental monitor appliance can be configured on a separate network
from your data network, allowing you to view and report your environmental
conditions even if your applications network is down. This feature is important
because loss of access to the data network could be due to adverse
environmental or security conditions.
Web-based GUI
The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides an easy-to-use web-
based GUI (Graphical User Interface) that enables you to configure the
network, digital and analog sensors, thresholds and alarm reports. The
software is a Java™ applet uploaded from the EVR1500 environmental monitor
appliance to a computer.
User-configurable environmental conditions
Environmental thresholds set through the web GUI trigger alarms that can be
automatically reported on the application screen, emailed, sent to a pager or sent
to an NMS (Network Management System) using SNMP (Simple Network
Management Protocol).
Internal and external sensors
The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides four internal sensors:
Temperature, Humidity, Air Flow and Audio. The EVR1500 environmental
monitor appliance also supports up to eight external analog sensors, six
external digital sensors and two digital outputs. The external sensors enable
you to monitor precise locations within the rack or data center. See Figure 1.1
and the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Features table for details.