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NetBotz® monitoring appliances
connect to existing IP networks
allowing for easy deployment.
Sensors and cameras may be
attached to provide additional		Sensor Pod
monitoring capabilities.	NetBotz 320
Centralized management allows all
aspects of the NetBotz appliances
to be monitored and managed.
	NetBotz 500

Sensor Pod

Temperature sensor

NetBotz 420

IP Network

Camera Pod

Fluid sensor

NetBotz 500

Centralized Management Server

Security & Environmental Solutions for Racks

Security & Environmental Solutions for Rooms

Keeping the racks and enclosures in your data center safe and secure should incorporate more than the latest digital security solutions. Physical security and environmental monitoring are key to protecting the resources in your racks and enclosures.

APC environmental solutions monitor conditions in each rack such as temperature, humidity, and airflow. The scalable solutions easily expand to monitor large numbers of racks, and can be customized with the appropriate sensors deployed in strategic locations for optimal monitoring. The advanced policy engine which resides on each monitoring appliance accommodates multiple thresholds per sensor, sophisticated alert mechanisms, and built-in alert escalation, enabling you to receive immediate notification when issues occur.

APC physical security solutions for racks include access control and IP-based video surveillance appliances. Access control

solutions manage entry to individual racks, ensuring that only authorized personnel reach important equipment and resources. Apply a strict access schedule to specific doors on individual enclosures, providing even greater security. IP-based video surveillance appliances allow you to know who- did-what-when on a rack-by-rack basis. Couple NetBotz camera pods or third-party closed-circuit TV cameras with advanced motion detection capabilities to create a comprehensive video monitoring solution. Recorded video can be centrally accessed, searched, and tagged for quick retrieval with the NetBotz centralized management platform, allowing for a scalable solution and easy administration for your enterprise deployments.

As the IP environment expands to touch all aspects of your business, important systems and resources are often kept in sub-optimal rooms and closets that are usually unmanned. This combination of distributed resources and unoccupied spaces is an ideal situation for the introduction of physical threats.

APC environmental solutions monitor conditions such as temperature, humidity, and water leaks in closets and rooms. Rack- and wall-mount environmental monitoring appliances and low-profile sensors are

easily installed for seamless incorporation into your rooms. Deploying door sensors allows for notification when doors to remote and unmanned locales are opened.

In addition to monitoring the environmental conditions of rooms, physical security solutions for rooms includes video monitoring, which captures a visual record each time a

person accesses a remote room. The video monitoring solution is fully customizable, allowing for configuration of specific days and times when motion detection and alarming is enabled or disabled. Monitoring appliances include an advanced policy engine that can be configured to provide multiple types of notifications when thresholds are reached. The APC physical security solution can easily scale from a small number of rooms to a large number of rooms

via an intelligent centralized management platform.

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