Novell PlateSpin Recon* on Microsoft Windows Server* 2003 - Intel® Server Board S3420GP

Novell PlateSpin Recon* provides intelligence, visual analysis and forecasting for optimizing the data center by collecting hardware, software and services inventory for all server workloads with no manual effort. PlateSpin Recon remotely gathers workload utilization statistics for a clear and concise picture of the server workloads running in the data center and how their resources are being used. PlateSpin Recon also provides powerful virtual infrastructure management features to help organizations monitor and manage the growth of virtual machines, avoid virtual infrastructure sprawl and automate IT chargeback for virtual resources. PlateSpin Recon works in tandem with PlateSpin Migrate* to provide organizations with a cohesive solution that simplifies planning, execution and ongoing management for physical and virtual data center initiatives.

The Intel® Server Board S3420GP is an entry server board with essential server-class features. Growing businesses need a reliable server solution for web servers, file and print servers, e-mail servers, storage servers and vertical-specific business applications. A general-purpose entry server platform plays a fundamental role in the success of a workgroup, department, small- to medium- sized business or high performance computing (HPC). The Intel® Server Board S3420GP provides server-class performance without sacrificing cost-effectiveness or reliability.