22.5.3.1 License types.............................................................................................

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22.5.3.2 License delivery.........................................................................................

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22.5.3.3 License reporting.......................................................................................

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22.5.3.4 View license status....................................................................................

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22.5.4 Server hardware licensing..................................................................................

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22.5.4.1 Server blade licensing at the enclosure level..................................................

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22.5.4.2 Rack mount server licensing........................................................................

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22.5.4.3 Licensing and utilization statistics.................................................................

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22.5.4.4 Licensing scenarios....................................................................................

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22.6 Updating the appliance............................................................................................

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22.6.1 Roles...............................................................................................................

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22.6.2 Tasks..............................................................................................................

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22.6.3 Learning more..................................................................................................

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23 About unsupported and unmanaged hardware.....................................

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23.1 How the appliance handles unsupported hardware.......................................................

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23.2 About unmanaged devices........................................................................................

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V Monitoring............................................................................................

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24 Monitoring data center status, health, and performance.........................

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24.1 Daily monitoring.......................................................................................................

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24.1.1 Initial check: the Dashboard................................................................................

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24.1.2 Activities...........................................................................................................

169

24.1.3 Utilization graphs..............................................................................................

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24.1.4 Monitor data center temperature.........................................................................

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24.2 Best practices for monitoring data centers....................................................................

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24.2.1 Best practices for monitoring health with the appliance UI......................................

170

24.2.2 Best practices for monitoring health using REST APIs..............................................

171

24.3 Managing activities..................................................................................................

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24.3.1 About activities.................................................................................................

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24.3.1.1 Activity types: alerts and tasks......................................................................

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24.3.1.2 Activity states.............................................................................................

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24.3.1.3 Activity statuses..........................................................................................

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24.4 Using the Dashboard screen......................................................................................

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24.4.1 About the Dashboard........................................................................................

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24.4.2 Dashboard screen details..................................................................................

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24.4.3 How to interpret the Dashboard graphs...............................................................

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25 Monitoring power and temperature.....................................................

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25.1 UI power and temperature monitoring.........................................................................

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25.1.1 Monitoring data center temperature......................................................................

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25.1.1.1 Manipulating the view of the data center visualization......................................

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25.1.2 Monitoring power and temperature utilization.......................................................

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25.1.2.1 About the Utilization panel..........................................................................

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25.1.2.2 About utilization graphs..............................................................................

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25.2 REST API power and temperature monitoring................................................................

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25.2.1 Update enclosure power capacity settings............................................................

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25.2.2 Update server hardware power capacity settings..................................................

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