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Avocent Care Services

Avocent Care services overview

 
Welcome to the Avocent Care® services program. Professional services are rapidly becoming a key component of the IT infrastructure environment. Purchasing professional services as a support system for your mission-critical IT infrastructure ensures that you can support and comply with the IT requirements and expectations of your business. You will also have the tools to meet the ever increasing needs and expectations placed on IT departments in today’s demanding environment.

At Avocent Corporation, we have over two decades of experience in the IT industry. We provide and support solutions for thousands of companies, including Fortune 1000 companies; and we offer a comprehensive range of professional services designed to support your needs. The range of Avocent Care services can be selected from a simple menu. You can pick and choose the most appropriate service to support your business environment.

The Avocent Care services program includes:

  • Warranty and maintenance programs
  • Installation and on-site services
  • Training

The Avocent Care services program helps you protect your investment over the life cycle of your solution. The program offers access to knowledge resources, and experienced technical support resources. 

Warranty and Maintenance Programs

 
The Avocent Care® services warranty and maintenance program offers you a complete range of hardware and software support solutions including advanced replacement, 24/7 technical support and software maintenance.

These programs give you major benefits such the ability to:

  • Forecast and plan your maintenance costs
  • Maximize your system performance
  • Purchase a service plan that best suits your particular requirements
  • Protect your investment
  • Access new software releases over the term of the software maintenance agreement

Standard Warranty and Maintenance Options:

Standard Warranty - Hardware
  • Free with purchase of Avocent products
  • Free replacement of “Dead On Arrival” units
  • Free repair on defective units for 2 years
 
Standard Warranty - Software
  • 1 year of free maintenance included with all purchases
  • Receive new releases on software during the term of the software maintenance agreement

Avocent Care Warranty and Maintenance Programs:
 
Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program.
This program offers advance replacement on all hardware/appliances covered by the Avocent Care program and is available in 3, 4 and 5 years pre-paid options.

3 year pre-paid Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program, 15% of RRP
4 year pre-paid Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program, 17% of RRP
5 year pre-paid Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program, 20% of RRP

Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program.
This program offers advanced replacement plus 24 x 7 telephone support covered by the Avocent Care program and is available in 3, 4 and 5 years pre-paid options.

3 year pre-paid Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program, 24% of RRP
4 year pre-paid Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program, 30% of RRP
5 year pre-paid Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program, 35% of RRP

Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Program
This program offers technical support, product updates and upgrades on Avocent software covered by the Avocent Care program. This program is available in 1and 2 year pre-paid options, and a 1 year anytime option.

1 year pre-paid Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Maintenance Program, 17% of RRP
2 year pre-paid Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Program, 30% of RRP
1 year anytime Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Maintenance Program, 20% of RRP

Installation and On-Site Services


Customer Service Consulting Programs

Our technical experts are available for on-site consulting to ensure that you receive quality support for your Avocent investment.

Program  Service and Support
Design On-site inspection and equipment layout
Installation Our factory-trained technicians will install and configure your KVM solution.
Troubleshooting On-site diagnostic testing and repair.

For more information on this program, or to contact an Avocent representative, please click here. 

Training at Avocent


Training is a critical component of the Avocent Care® services program. Avocent offers customers in depth training on the DS Series products. This training focuses on best practices and the most effective way to use Avocent products.

Current Offerings:
Course 350: Using & administering DSView® 3 management software

Training is available in the following formats:

  • Scheduled courses at Avocent facilities
  • Scheduled courses arranged in IT training facilities in major cities
  • On-site training programs customized to Avocent customer requirements

These courses are available in 1-day and 2-day options and the current offering can be found by clicking the training schedule tab above.

Scheduled training programs at Avocent facilities
Avocent also runs courses for groups of Avocent customers at our corporate and international headquarters:
  • Corporate headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
  • International headquarters in Shannon, Ireland

Scheduled course in IT training facilities
The Avocent training department partners with some of the leading IT specialist training companies around the world. This enables Avocent to leverage state of the art IT facilities to bring our training programs out into the marketplace, close to our customers. These scheduled courses can accommodate up to 12 people per course.

On-site training
Avocent will deliver these courses on-site.

To enquire about an on-site training program please click here 

Training Schedule


Course
Date
Location
Duration
Price
Register
Integrating Active Directory
Authentication for DSView 3 Users
February 6th, 2008
Online-Live Meeting
90 minutes
No charge
Register here
351: DSView 3 Management Software and Supported Appliances Fundamentals
February 12th, 2008
Shannon, Ireland
1 Day
€280
Register here
KVM over IP Basics Using 
DSView 3 Software
February 13th, 2008
Online-Live Meeting
90 minutes
No charge
Register here
351: DSView 3 Management Software and Supported Appliances Fundamentals
February 14th, 2008
Rome, Italy
1 Day
€280
Register here
DSView 3 Software Navigation and 
Architecture for Users
February 20th, 2008
Online-Live Meeting
90 minutes
No charge
Register here
Integrating Active Directory
Authentication for DSView 3 Users
February 27th, 2008
Online-Live Meeting
90 minutes
No charge
Register here
351: DSView 3 Management Software and Supported Appliances Fundamentals
February 28th, 2008
Prague, Czech Republic
1 Day
€280
Register here
KVM over IP Basics Using 
DSView 3 Software
March 5th, 2008
Online-Live Meeting
90 minutes
No charge
Register here
DSView 3 Software Navigation and 
Architecture for Users
March 12th, 2008
Online-Live Meeting
90 minutes
No charge
Register here
Integrating Active Directory
Authentication for DSView 3 Users
March 19th, 2008
Online-Live Meeting
90 minutes
No charge
Register here
351: DSView 3 Management Software and Supported Appliances Fundamentals
March 26th, 2008
Reading, UK
1 day
£195
Register here
351: DSView 3 Management Software and Supported Appliances Fundamentals
March 27th, 2008
Reading, UK
1 day
£195
Register here
351: DSView 3 Management Software and Supported Appliances Fundamentals
April 3rd, 2008
Warsaw, Poland
1 Day
€280
Register here

Current Programs
To enquire about Avocent training programs please click here

Avocent Care Pricing

For specific quotes call the Avocent Call Center at (866) 277-1924

Description
Program
Price
(% of RRP)
Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program
3-year, Pre-Paid
15%
Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program
4-year, Pre-Paid
17%
Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program
5-year, Pre-Paid
20%
Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program
3-year, Pre-Paid
24%
Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program
4-year, Pre-Paid
30%
Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program
5-year, Pre-Paid
35%

Description
Program
Price
(% of RRP)
Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Program
1-year, Pre-Paid
17%
Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Program
2-year, Pre-Paid
30%
Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Program
1-year, Anytime
20%
 
Descriptions

Avocent Care Warranty Plus Program.
This program offers advance replacement on all hardware/appliances covered by the Avocent Care program and is available in 3, 4 and 5 years pre-paid options.

Avocent Care Warranty Premium Program.
This program offers advanced replacement plus 24 x 7 telephone support covered by the Avocent Care program and is available in 3, 4 and 5 years pre-paid options.

Avocent Care Maintenance Premium Program
This program offers technical support, product updates and upgrades on Avocent software covered by the Avocent Care program. This program is available in 1and 2 year pre-paid options, and a 1 year anytime option.
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