Chapter 8
Management Software
BladeSymphony 1000 delivers an exceptional range of choices and
Operating System Support
With support for Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Linux Enterprise, BladeSymphony 1000 gives companies the option of running two of the most popular operating systems — at the same time and in the same chassis for multiple applications.
For example, in a virtualized environment on a single active server blade, customers could allocate 50 percent of CPU resources to Windows, 50 percent to Linux applications — and change the allocation dynamically as workload requirements shift. This provides an
BladeSymphony Management Suite
BladeSymphony 1000 can be configured to operate across multiple chassis and racks, and this extended system can be managed centrally with BladeSymphony Management Suite software (shown in Figure 30. BladeSymphony Management Suite allows the various system components to be managed through a unified dashboard. For example, when rack management is used, an overview of all BladeSymphony 1000 racks — including which servers, storage, and network devices are mounted
—can be quickly and easily obtained. In the event of any system malfunction, the faulty part can be located at a glance.
Operation | Remote | Asset | |
Management | Management | Management | |
Deployment | N+1 / N+M | Network | Rack |
Management Management | Management | Management | |
Figure 30. BladeSymphony Management Suite
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