Remote Management

IPMI defines common interfaces to the intelligent hardware that is used to monitor server physical health characteristics,such as temperature, voltage, fans, power supplies, and chasis intrusion. In addition to health monitoring, IPMI includes other system management capabilities that help drive down the total cost of ownership (TCO) including automatic alerting, automatic system shutdown and restart, remote start and power control capabilities, and asset tracking.

California Digital’s powerful remote management suite incorporates an integrated, scalable distributed monitoring system for high-performance Linux-based computing systems via the Web. It is based on an hierarchical design targeted at groupings of clusters, and relies on a multicast-based listen/announce protocol to monitor state within clusters. It also uses a tree of point-to-point connections amongst representative cluster nodes to group clusters and aggregate their state. Our open source solution integrates key capabilities of OSCAR, Ganglia, and WebAdmin HPC computing tools for Web-based centralized asset management and performance monitoring.

Benefits from our license-free model include avoiding costly licensing and compatibility issues of proprietary management solutions, and scalability to handle clusters with up to 2000 nodes. More importantly, our professional services team will ensure that you receive a customized interface tailored to meet your specific cluster management needs. Our total Linux approach ensures a robust and scalable platform to meet all your current and future computing needs.