Hitachi 9960 manual Centralized and Open, Systems Management, Software Simplifies IT Operations

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Systems Management

Software Simplifies IT

Operations

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 capability. 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 deliver enterprise-wide coverage of on-line 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™ allows systems management of Hitachi storage and software through the enterprise’s vendor of choice

Hitachi Data Systems® software and hardware solutions are managed through the powerful HiCommand™ management framework. This powerful management tool reduces operations expense and increases business agility while enabling operational excellence. HiCommand™ includes a GUI-based browser, open APIs, Command Line Interface (CLI), server, and host agents that access HDS software management functionality. The program encompasses storage resource management, configuration management and automation, automated data replication and recovery, performance management and optimization, and related functionality. Most importantly HiCommand™ 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. The HiCommand™ architecture is shown in Figure 25.

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

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