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Figure 25 - HiCommand™ allows management of virtually all Hitachi hardware and software from the customer’s platform of choice.

HiCommand™ enables an enterprise to manage Hitachi storage products and software solutions.

HiCommand™ is an important Hitachi management tool in that it provides a comprehensive storage management software framework that enables an enterprise to manage all supported Hitachi storage products and many Hitachi software solutions:

1.HiCommand™ for storage management including alerts, configuration parameters, LUN mapping.

2.HiCommand™ for SAN management including WWN Discovery and Display.

3.HiCommand™ for storage configuration automation of the Lightning 9900 and Thunder 9200 Configuration Wizard.

4.HiCommand™ for data archive with both event and time-based backup.

5.HiCommand™ for performance management and optimization that allows correlation of client applications, RDBMS servers, storage capacity, and performance.

HiCommand™ functionality is available as a standalone product from Hitachi and through the Hitachi Data System® independent software vendor partners. Hitachi has long recognized the importance of the ISV vendors and is working with vendors whose offerings are complementary. This is accomplished through both joint development and engineering, joint certification and, where appropriate, marketing agreements. Both Hitachi and their software alliance partners believe this open architecture will best benefit customers by allowing them to manage their Hitachi storage through the enterprise’s vendor of choice.

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