Agentless Out-of-Band Monitoring forPhysical Infrastructure
DCOS is Sensaka's agentless out-of-band monitoring platform for physical data center infrastructure — detecting hardware faults in 9 seconds by connecting directly to the BMC layer (IPMI, Redfish, iDRAC, iLO, iBMC) across Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco, Huawei, and Supermicro. Because it never relies on an OS agent, it keeps watching server health, power, and cooling even when a host crashes, overheats, or loses power — including GPU chassis and bare-metal AI nodes.
Every major monitoring platform has the same blind spot.
Datadog, Dynatrace, Zabbix — they all rely on agents running inside the OS. Which means when a server crashes, overheats, or loses power, they go silent at exactly the moment you need them most.
Five Modules. Complete Coverage.
Every layer of your physical infrastructure, unified in a single pane of glass.
Traditional Monitoring vs. DCOS
See where legacy tools fall short — and where DCOS picks up.
| Capability | Traditional Tools | DCOS |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility layer | ✕ OS and above | ✓ BMC / hardware layer |
| Works when OS is down | ✕ No | ✓ Native OOB access |
| OOB access (IPMI/iDRAC/iLO) | ✕ Partial or none | ✓ Native |
| Root cause analysis | ✕ Hours | ✓ Seconds |
| EU EED compliance support | ✕ Manual / none | ✓ Built-in |
| Deployment automation | ✕ Separate tool | ✓ Included |
| Full-stack DCIM + Network + Energy | ✕ No | ✓ Yes |
Battle-Tested at Enterprise Scale
Built for Teams Managing Physical Infrastructure
Whether you run a single colo cage or a multi-site enterprise DC fleet, DCOS adapts to your team's workflow.
Transparent From Day One
No hidden per-asset fees. No surprise overages. No forced enterprise contracts.
Common Questions About DCOS
What is DCOS?+
DCOS (Data Center Operating System) is Sensaka's agentless out-of-band monitoring platform for physical data center infrastructure. It connects directly to each server's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) using IPMI, Redfish, iDRAC, iLO, or iBMC — bypassing the OS entirely — to monitor hardware health, power, and thermal status across multi-vendor estates including Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Cisco, Huawei, and Supermicro.
How is out-of-band monitoring different from agent-based monitoring?+
Agent-based monitoring tools like Datadog, Dynatrace, and Zabbix rely on software running inside the OS. When a server crashes or loses power, these agents go offline — creating an average 8-hour blind spot. DCOS uses out-of-band monitoring via the BMC layer, which operates independently of the OS, detecting and alerting on hardware faults within 9 seconds even when the server is completely unresponsive.
Does DCOS require installing agents on monitored servers?+
No. DCOS is fully agentless. It communicates directly with each server's BMC over the out-of-band management network. There is no software to install on the monitored host, no OS-level credentials required, and no agent to maintain.
What protocols does DCOS support?+
DCOS supports IPMI, Redfish, iDRAC (Dell), iLO (HPE), iBMC (Huawei), and SNMP for server-level out-of-band monitoring. For facility infrastructure — UPS, cooling units, and PDUs — it connects via Modbus, BACnet, and SNMP.
How much does DCOS cost?+
Pricing starts at $130 per node per year for the DCIM layer and $210 per node per year for the full ITOM Hardware Monitoring tier, which includes out-of-band server monitoring via BMC, IPMI, iDRAC, iLO, and Redfish. Volume pricing is available for large multi-site deployments.
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Related: multi-vendor BMC monitoring, out-of-band monitoring, hardware monitoring, GPU infrastructure monitoring, and the iDCOS platform. References: out-of-band management and Redfish.