HP OneView manual Isolated management network, Automatic configuration for monitoring

Isolated management network

The appliance architecture is designed to separate the management traffic from the production network, which increases reliability of the overall solution. For example, your data center resources remain operational even in the unlikely event of an appliance outage.

Automatic configuration for monitoring

When you add resources to the appliance, they are automatically configured for monitoring, and the appliance is automatically registered to receive SNMP traps. You can monitor resources immediately without performing additional configuration or discovery steps.

Agentless and out-of-band management

All monitoring and management of HP ProLiant Gen8 (or later) servers is agentless and out-of-band for increased security and reliability. For these servers:

•There are no agents to monitor or update.

•The appliance does not require open SNMP ports on the host operating system.

•The appliance does not require an operating system on the host, which frees memory and processor resources on the host for use by server applications, and enables you to manage servers that have no host operating system installed.

Management from other platforms using the REST APIs and the SCMB

The REST APIs and the SCMB (State-Change Message Bus) also enable you to monitor the HP OneView environment from other management platforms. For more information about the SCMB, see “Using the State-Change Message Bus (SCMB)” (page 185).

Monitoring the environment and responding to issues

Features for monitoring the environment and responding to issues include the following:

•The “Dashboard screen” (page 176), which displays a summary view of data center capacity and health information

•The “Activity screen” (page 173), which displays and allows you to filter all system tasks and alerts

•Data center environmental management (page 22)

•Resource utilization monitoring (page 22)

•Alert and health management (page 22)

•Hardware and firmware inventory information (page 23)

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