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SolarWinds IT Management Glossary

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What is Media Access Control

Media Access Control refers to technology that controls access to physical media, such as multiple virtual machines accessing a single shared physical disk. Media access control algorithms aim to prevent conflicts by ensuring that objects or users can only reach physical media if they have current access rights. Media access control tools can help administrators maximize utilization of physical resources in virtual environments.

SolarWinds FREE Tools Related to Media Access Control

VM Console

What do you do when a virtual machine is running amuck—or not running at all—and you just want to restart it without slogging through vCenter™ or vSphere™? With our free VM Console you can bounce that blue-screened troublemaker, track up/down status, take snapshots of all your VMs, and more!

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SAN Monitor

Quickly and easily monitor EMC®, Dell®, IBM®, and Sun® StorageTek™ storage arrays! Our free SAN Monitor delivers the real-time visibility you need to stay steps ahead of infrastructure evils that threaten to slow storage performance.

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SolarWinds Products Related to Media Access Control

Storage Profiler

Storage Profiler makes it easy to manage the performance and growth of your multi-vendor storage environment. With end-to-end mapping of your physical and virtual infrastructure, Storage Profiler delivers the comprehensive view into storage health that you need to troubleshoot problems quickly. Learn More »

Hyper9

Hyper9 Virtualization Manager makes it easy to manage all the aspects of your virtual infrastructure by providing the tools to control VM sprawl, eliminate bottlenecks, optimize performance, track configuration changes, manage capacity, and track and showback departmental and business unit usage and costs. Learn More »