SyAM Software System Area Manager is the product of choice for SMBs who want an affordable, easy to use, easy to learn systems management tool for managing servers, PCI RAID storage systems, desktops, and notebooks.

Affordable:

At SyAM Software, we recognize that SMBs simply cannot afford systems management tools that have a hefty initial price tag and require expensive training and support. That’s why we’ve created a solution that works within the budget of SMBs. System Area Manager costs only $179 per server license. Best of all, it is so intuitive to use that most administrators do not require expensive and time-consuming training to become proficient on System Area Manager. This product will pay for itself in just weeks through reduced energy costs, reduced maintenance costs, and increased administrator productivity.

Power Management:

System Area Manager has built-in Power Management capabilities that can help reduce a company’s power consumption by as much as 40% or more. System Area Manager allows administrators to create power policies for desktops and notebooks and enforce them without any intervention by end-users. Each system connected to a network can be configured by IP address for a scheduled graceful shutdown. We define a graceful shutdown as comprised of three phases: applications, OS, hardware. Administrators configure once and shutdowns are then automatic. In the morning, users can reboot their machines or they can be configured for “Wake-On-LAN”.

Storage Management:

System Area Manager has built-in storage management capabilities that can help reduce complexity in two key ways. First, many manufacturers’ management consoles can be very difficult to use. It is not uncommon to find PCI RAID systems where the management consoles have never or rarely been utilized. System Area Manager, by comparison, offers management capabilities that are very easy to use and understand. Administrators can begin to manage storage systems in just minutes because of our intuitive integrated system and user interface. Second, if an environment contains PCI RAID systems from multiple manufacturers, administrators would have to learn how to manage the systems in different ways, which can be very time consuming, because of proprietary interfaces. System Area Manager eliminates this waste of time by allowing all PCI RAID systems to be managed through one console. One system to learn saves a great deal of time. For more information on our compatibility with various storage systems, please visit RAID Compatibility.

System Area Manager also helps manage storage systems with other convenient features. It monitors disk capacity and utilization and can be programmed to send alerts based on reaching certain configurable thresholds. This allows administrators to control disk capacity based on their requirements. It also monitors and notifies administrators of the presence of removable devices.

Monitoring:

Proactive monitoring, alerting, and resolution can add years of life to a system and increase the productivity of end-users tremendously. System Area Manager has very powerful monitoring capabilities.

Systems level monitoring tracks fan speeds, temperature, voltage, power redundancy, single-bit and multi-bit memory module errors, network connectivity, and physical intrusions.

Centralized monitoring tracks system absence, Platform Event Traps, and asset changes for both software and hardware assets. This allows administrators to know if users are adding applications or hardware devices that may be causing issues. Please note that software monitoring for Linux systems is not available.

Alerting:

Alerts allow administrators to choose the best course of action to resolve issues. System Area Manager has very powerful and wide-ranging alerting capabilities. While the monitoring features noted above track system parameters, the alerting functions notify administrators when operations exceed given thresholds. Ongoing alerts can be configured for sample and reset periods that allow time to pass before alerts are resent. Alerts at the system level can be sent to email, SMS/pager, the Central Event Log, SNMP, and system event log (MOM).

Centralize alerting can also be configured for email, SMS/pager, and SNMP. Best of all, centralized alerts can be configured for different users so that administrators assigned to different departments or functions can be alerted on issues that directly concern them.

Remote Resolution:

One of the biggest drains on the productivity of administrators is making multiple trips to fix a problem: one trip to diagnose, one trip to install new hardware or software, and one follow-up trip to ensure everything is working properly. SyAM Software’s System Area Manager greatly impacts the productivity of administrators by reducing or eliminating the need for desk-side visits. Our products empower administrators to drill down to the root cause of problems, whether they are hardware or software based. For hardware-based issues, administrators can identify the cause of the problem and bring the correct components on the first visit, reducing desk-side service to one trip. Follow up monitoring can then occur remotely. Software issues can often be resolved remotely. Without having to leave their desks, administrators can literally “take over” a machine at the keyboard, video, mouse level and reconfigure systems properly.

Asset Management:

Asset management is an issue for nearly every organization. Technology systems need to be monitored for their physical whereabouts, their hardware configuration, and their software versions and approved applications. However, tracking down all of this information can be a real nightmare and drain on administrator’s productivity. Fortunately, System Area Manager virtually eliminates the need for manual asset tracking. The agents in Desktop and Notebook Monitor gather asset information dynamically and report it to the central management console. Administrators can then run reports at both a summary level, which includes basic hardware and software information, and at a detailed level, which includes highly detailed information such as the serial numbers on disks, memory modules and other components.

Vendor Neutrality:

System Area Manager has been tested to support virtually any popular brand of hardware. For a complete list of supported systems, please see Server Compatibility.

Intel AMTTM Support:

System Area Manager has built in features that allow AMT information to report directly to the central management console. This feature enables servers, desktops, and notebooks to be monitored and managed for both SyAM Software features and AMT features in one centrally managed console.

Common Interface:

System Area Manager provides a user interface that is common to all brands of hardware it manages. This eliminates dependence on proprietary interfaces that OEMs sometimes ship with their products. One interface to learn to manage multiple systems saves a great deal of time. Best of all, the interface is web-based. This allows administrators to log-in from any machine with a web-browser, freeing them to work from home or on the road.

Deployment Simplicity:

One of the best features of System Area Manager is its speed of deployment, easy integration into the infrastructure, and ease of use once installed. This product can be made operational within minutes. Simply download the software, follow the simple installation instructions, and you’re done. Best of all, with a simple to use and understand interface, there is virtually no additional training required for administrators.

Technical Features:

System Level Alerting

Centralized Alerting

Centralized Monitoring

Remote Management

Storage Management

Software Management

Power Management

Event Logging

Asset / Inventory Reporting

Monitoring Features