A/C Controller

A/C Controller is FreeBSD based appliance which monitors environmental temperature and automatically power on/off Air Conditioning units to achieve required temperature. It's distributed as 2GB (204MB zip) pre-installed FreeBSD image.

Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/accontrol/
Author: David Pasek

Force10 Open Automation Guide - Configuration and Command Line Reference

This document describes the components and uses of the Open Automation Framework designed to run on the Force10 Operating System (FTOS), including:
• Smart Scripting
• Virtual Server Networking (VSN)
• Programmatic Management
• Web graphic user interface (GUI) and HTTP Server

http://www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/KnowledgeBase/DOCUMENTATION/CLIConfig/FTOS/Automation_2.2.0_4-Mar-2013.pdf

PuppetLabs | Razor: Next-Generation Provisioning

System administrators require the same agility and productivity from their hardware infrastructure that they get from the cloud. In response, Puppet Labs and EMC collaboratively developed Razor, a next-generation physical and virtual hardware provisioning solution. Razor provides you with unique capabilities for managing your hardware infrastructure, including:

• Auto-Discovered Real-Time Inventory Data
• Dynamic Image Selection
• Model-Based Provisioning
• Open APIs and Plug-in Architecture
• Metal-to-Cloud Application Lifecycle Management

Together, Razor and Puppet enable system administrators to automate every phase of the IT infrastructure lifecycle, from bare metal to fully deployed cloud applications.

More at ... https://puppetlabs.com/solutions/next-generation-provisioning/

ControlByWeb Ethernet I/O

http://www.controlbyweb.com/

ControlByWeb Ethernet I/O products provide an easy and reliable way to monitor & control devices over a network.

PowerGUI

PowerGUI is an extensible graphical administrative console for managing systems based on Windows PowerShell. These include Windows OS (XP, 2003, Vista), Exchange 2007, Operations Manager 2007 and other new systems from Microsoft. The tool allows to use the rich capabilities of Windows PowerShell in a familiar and intuitive GUI console.

Introduction to PowerGUI demo
http://www.powergui.org/shares/powergui/sbin/docs/PowerGUI_Overview/PowerGUI_Overview.html

PowerGUI Library » Virtualization
http://powergui.org/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=290

PowerGUI and VMware vCenter Virtual Machine attributes
http://vcommunity.vizioncore.com/monitoring/vfoglight/b/weblog/archive/2011/02/07/easily-create-vfoglight-services-based-on-vcenter-custom-attributes.aspx

Automating vSphere ESX4 host installations

http://blog.laspina.ca/ubiquitous/tag/esx-4-0