American Megatrends Releases Low Cost, Simplified Remote Server Management Card; Ideal for Headless or Embedded Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Computex NOTE TO EDITORS: The MegaRAC G2 Lite will be on display at Computex this week in Taiwan. ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2003 Editorial Summary -- The MegaRAC G2 Lite is ideal for any server or system that requires maximum availability and manageability -- The card can be integrated into headless or embedded applications, including network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) devices -- Computex attendees can visit AMI's booth (B734, B736, B833 and B835) Sept. 22-26, at the Taipei World Trade Center Taipei World Trade Center, TWTC, was started in January, 1986 by Taiwan's foremost trade promotion organization, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), to provide a single, modern venue that would combine exhibition space, conference facilities, offices, and hotel Exhibition Hall in Taiwan American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), a leading provider of storage and computing innovations worldwide, today announced the MegaRAC(TM) G2 Lite remote management card - ideal for headless or embedded applications such as network attached storage (NAS) - is available for evaluation shipments. The card's MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) is $249. The MegaRAC G2 Lite is a simplified version of AMI's award winning MegaRAC G2 management card and is ideal for customers who do not want or need modem, video redirection or optional battery backup support. The MegaRAC G2 Lite's custom half-size PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). form factor design is a perfect solution for customers who do not have additional PCI slots available in their system. "The low-cost MegaRAC G2 Lite can be used in a variety of markets, including storage, embedded, telecommunications, medical and industrial," said Michael Patellis, AMI national sales manager. "When compared to MegaRAC G2, the MegaRAC G2 Lite offers increased flexibility for design-in, costs 50 percent less and is more flexible. These are great benefits to customers seeking a remote management solution at an affordable price." Key features include: -- Ideal for headless or embedded applications, including NAS devices -- Custom design allows use in systems with or without a free PCI slot -- Completely system independent -- Reduces downtime for any mission-critical, headless server -- Custom-designed MegaRAC G2 Management Station software -- Windows NT/2000/XP based, centralized event and trap database -- OS independent operation and BIOS independent The MegaRAC G2 Lite works with standard PC/AT See AT. architecture hardware and monitors hardware environmental parameters through industry standard interfaces like I2C I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit I2C Intelligent Interface Controller I2C Intelligent Controller and protocols like IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) A protocol for monitoring server hardware for temperature, voltage, chassis intrusion, etc. Introduced in 1998 by Intel, HP, NEC and Dell, IPMI defines a standard set of messages for the characteristics of hardware . In addition to monitoring, remote management features include the ability to perform power control and text-based redirection, which allows users to modify settings like BIOS, RAID, etc. About AMI Founded in 1985, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has dedicated its resources to providing OEMs, resellers and systems integrators with leading edge computer technologies. Privately held, AMI is best known for its BIOS, but also supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software and utilities to today's high-tech manufacturers. AMI offers high-density motherboards, disk subsystems and innovative storage solutions and is a voting member of the Storage Networking Industry Association An association of producers and consumers of storage networking products, whose goal is to further storage networking technology and applications. The Storage Networking Industry Association, or SNIA (SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association, San Francisco, CA, www.snia.org) An organization devoted to the advancement of mission critical storage systems. Founded in 1997, its goal is to determine the standards that must be developed to allow hosts and storage systems to interact via ). Headquartered in Atlanta, AMI has locations in the U.S. and throughout the world including Chennai, Munich, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo to better serve its customers. For more information on AMI, call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or visit www.ami.com. |
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