Overview

HP Rack and Power Manager Architecture

HP Rack and Power Manager leverages a distributed architecture that consists of three major components:

•Management Server

•System Agent

•Serial Relay Agent

Figure 1-1: HP Rack and Power Manager architecture

Item Description

1HP Rack and Power Management Server*

2A remote workstation browsing in to the Management Server over the network

3A management application, such as HP Systems Insight Manager or HP OpenView, on a remote workstation that is receiving SNMP traps from the Management Server over the network

4A UPS that is powering multiple servers and communicating with a Management Server through a serial connection to one of the servers

5Servers on the network that are running HP Rack and Power Management Agents receive custom commands from the Management Server

6A UPS that is providing power to multiple servers and communicating directly with the Management Server over the network

7CMCs that are attached to the network are managed by the Management Server

*A dedicated Management Server is not required.

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HP Rack and Power Manager User Guide