Brightlayer DCIM vs CONTEG Aegis DCIM

Brightlayer DCIM monitors, manages, and controls data center power, space, cooling, and operational resources, including servers, UPSs, PDUs, and computer room air conditioners. Eaton describes it for enterprise, colocation, hyperscale, and edge environments. It tracks power use, space allocation, and cooling performance, with real-time data and automated alerts. Dashboards show near-real-time KPIs such as power usage effectiveness and capacity utilization. Users can create 2D and 3D visualizations, floor plans, rack elevations, charts, and reports. The software also tracks IT and OT assets through their lifecycle, including service history, warranty, and compliance. Eaton lists integrations with VMware, building management, asset management or CMDB, and service desk or ITSM systems. Its device library has more than 30,000 models from hundreds of manufacturers; custom models for unlisted devices are available using SNMP, Modbus, or BACnet with annual support. Deployment commonly uses a virtual-environment server, with traditional server and cloud options also listed. Pricing is on request through an Eaton reseller.

CONTEG Aegis DCIM is web software for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data-center operating information in real time. It monitors equipment status, malfunctions, temperature, and humidity, while dashboards show PUE, EUE, and EER metrics. Energy views cover facility, row, rack, or outlet levels and electrical-breaker loads using actual and daily peak values. Capacity features address electrical and cooling resources, overbooking, and fail-over management. The datasheet describes AI-Digital Twin technology for hourly CFD creation and what-if scenarios. Integrations include SNMP v1, v2, and v3, BACnet, Modbus, OPC, XML/SOAP, database-to-database connections, and supplied Kepware OPC protocols. One server can handle up to 100,000 data points and approximately 3,000 devices; servers can expand without limit. CONTEG individually designs deployments, with editions for server rooms, enterprise data centers, and larger environments.