Hitachi 1000 manual Remote Management, Network Management, Rack Management, Asset Management

–Setting a failover schedule for cluster groups, based on specific dates or at specified times on a weekly schedule. The user can achieve more detailed cluster management by combining this feature with a power control schedule.

–Using alerts to predict future server shutdown and implementing automatic failover in the event of specific alerts

•Power Scheduling — Power control schedules can be set to turn the power on or off on specific dates or at specified times on a weekly schedule.

Remote Management

The BladeSymphony 1000 can be operated from a remote management console. Chat sessions can be used between a local operator and a remote system administrator to quickly resolve and recover from problems.

•IP KVM for Intel Xeon Server Blades — keyboard mouse emulator that displays the current window from the consoles.

•Shell Console for Intel Itanium Server Blades — standard shell interface.

•BSMS Chat feature — enables a chat session between a Windows server and the management console.

•Power control — the power supply can be controlled remotely to turn power on and off.

Network Management

The BladeSymphony Management Suite Network Management function provides one-point management of network switch VLAN configuration information. Configuration information related to VLANs is obtained from the switches on the network and then managed from one port. The management GUI can be used to set up and manage configuration information regardless of the command specifications for each type of switch.

Rack Management

In the BladeSymphony 1000, networks, server blades, and storage devices are installed as modules in a single rack. Rack Management provides graphical displays of the information about the devices, such as layout, amount of available free space, and error locations. It can also display detailed information about each device (such as type, IP address, and size) and alert information in the event of failure.

Asset Management

The Asset Management functionality enables server resources and asset information (inventory information) to be checked on screen. Servers matching particular inventory information conditions can be searched and the search results can be distributed periodically through email. For example, Asset Management can be used to discover the amount of memory in a server blade, to search for servers that have old version of firmware, or to search to periodically check the status of service pack installations.

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