Centralized management of data centers also requires the combination of hardware and software

From the earliest mainframe era, to the subsequent information centers of various branches, to the current centralized and integrated data centers, we can see that with the development of IT technology, enterprise-level data centers have gone through the evolution of "Centralization-decentralization-Centralization. There are two driving force behind this evolutionary process: one is the change in user needs and the other is the upgrade of IT technology.

However, no matter how the data center develops, users' demands for centralized management of the data center have never changed, that is, they need to ensure the stability and reliability of the data center through management.

At this stage, the user's data center is going through the process of integrating the data centers of local branches into the data centers of the company's headquarters. In this process, many users are still operating in the data centers of each branch, and the data centers of the headquarters of the company are becoming larger and more complex to replace the data centers of branches distributed across different regions. In this case, it is very difficult to ensure the stability and reliability of the data center.
There are several challenges facing IT administrators. On the one hand, because the data center has experienced a certain development process, there are a large number of network devices in the data center, such as servers, exchange routes, and so on. The brand model is complicated, and the platform is also diverse. On the other hand, IT management personnel are insufficient, and it is difficult to manage it in a timely manner. Furthermore, some organizations lack effective rules and regulations for data center management, which makes the assignment of duties and rights of management personnel unscientific and unreasonable, leading to repeated incidents. Finally, because the data centers of many organizations are not in the company's headquarters, once a data center failure occurs, the management staff will travel repeatedly, resulting in a large amount of travel costs, the problem is not handled in a timely manner.

Therefore, IT managers need convenient and centralized management methods to make the data center more stable and reliable. Such management means are centralized management of the data center. In addition, with such a background in user requirements, management tools such as KVM have been greatly increased both in the market and in the technical level.

Recently, macro technology, a global digital information sharing vendor, has released a series of remote computer management solutions. In addition to the traditional KVM product KN4140v series and other related products, this solution also works with the KVM product's software management system-CC2000Control Center Over the Net ).

We are familiar with KVM products. It is short for Keyboard/Video/Mouse. With KVM products, we can centrally manage multiple servers. The KVM product KN4140v released by hongzheng technology can manage up to 40 servers at the same time, and access up to 640 servers through two-layer stack connections. In addition, KN4140 can manage and maintain network devices such as exchange routes.

The CC2000 Management Platform launched with KN4140v is also one of the highlights of this macro solution. This management platform software is used to authenticate and authorize IT managers. Through CC2000, IT managers can be more targeted in management.

The CC2000 management platform adopts the B/S structure. IT administrators can use any computer with a browser to log on to CC2000 anywhere. Users can regard CC2000 as an operating platform for KVM products such as KN4140v. The difference is that as long as there is a KN4140v KVM product in the network and a CC2000 platform in the network, you can perform operations on KVM through CC2000 to remotely manage network devices. The super administrator sets permissions for different managers, different IT managers can manage the security and settings of network devices such as data center servers and exchange routes within their own permissions.

The advantage of doing so is obvious. When the number of servers and switches in the network reaches a certain order of magnitude, a single KVM cannot be managed at the same time. At this time, multiple KVM products may appear in the network. Without a management platform such as CC2000, IT administrators must be clear about the management devices of each KVM. Once the management obfuscated the correspondence between KVM and the managed network devices, this will cause great inconvenience to network management. However, CC2000 is the overall control platform for all KVM products, serial port management products, and power management products, managers can directly manage any network device through CC2000, without having to care about the correspondence between KVM and network devices.

Let's move the topic back to the beginning of the article. After the data center goes through the process of centralization, decentralization, and centralization, both the scale and complexity have greatly improved. Under such circumstances, it is difficult for a simple KVM product to adapt to the management needs of many enterprises, especially medium and large enterprises. At this time, A management platform like CC2000 is required to assist administrators in network management. However, if only CC2000 and KVM products are available, CC2000 intelligence is an empty shell and cannot implement management. Therefore, centralized management of data centers requires a combination of hardware and software.

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