Hitachi 9900 manual HiCommand, Powerful and Open Systems Management Philosophy

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Management Framework and

Hitachi Resource Manager™ System Management Software

A Powerful and Open Systems Management Philosophy

The Hitachi Freedom Storage™ Software Solutions support an enterprise’s strategic goal of helping customers focus on their business issues, instead of on deploying enabling technologies, by providing powerful centralized management capabilities. The many advanced functions available on Hitachi Freedom Storage hardware are initiated, managed, and controlled through the powerful HiCommand™ Management Framework.

The Hitachi Freedom Storage Software Solutions also deliver enterprise-wide coverage of online data copy/relocation, data access/protection, and storage system resource management. Customers have the freedom to choose the precise solution – or combination of solutions – appropriate for their environment.

HiCommand Management Framework Allows Systems Management of Hitachi Freedom Storage and Software through the Enterprise’s Vendor of Choice

Hitachi Freedom Storage software and hardware solutions are managed through the powerful HiCommand Management Framework, which was created to reduce operations expense and increase business agility while enabling operational excellence. Through use of standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs), Hitachi has ensured that any independent software or hardware vendor (ISV or IHV) can develop products that seamlessly integrate into the framework. The HiCommand Management Framework encompasses storage resource management, configuration management and automation, automated data replication and recovery, performance management and optimization, and related functionality. Beginning with the HiCommand Device Manager and HiCommand Tuning Manager modules, the framework will expand to provide a full suite of storage management applications.

HiCommand Device Manager, the first module of the HiCommand Management Framework, consists of three components: the Device Manager server, a Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) browser, and Device Manager host agents that access software management functionality. Most importantly, Device Manager software can plug into other management frameworks. This feature provides the utmost in an open architecture and leverages an enterprise's existing investments in software and skills.

HiCommand Tuning Manager software maps, monitors, analyzes, and reviews an

entire storage network’s resources, all from a consolidated single screen. Intuitive and Web- based, Tuning Manager software provides the necessary data to improve the administration- to-storage resource ratio, maintain IT service- and operating-level agreements, employ predictive trending to forecast future storage requirements, generate storage reports for current usage analysis, and set real-time capacity and performance metrics. The ability of Device Manager software and Tuning Manager software to globally manage all Hitachi Freedom Storage hardware and software is shown in Figure 25.

HiCommand Management Framework Provides an Open Framework for Storage Management

With the advent of SAN and NAS, customers have greater flexibility and control over

The many advanced functions available on Hitachi Freedom Storage hardware are initiated, managed, and controlled through the powerful HiCommand Management Framework software.

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