HP Server Automation complements HP Insight Control to manage HP BladeSystem servers (487616-001, February 2008)

Control
HP Integrated Lights
-
Out Remote Management and
VCEM
enable you to make
changes remotely to
the HP BladeSystem infrastructure.
HP Integrated Lights
-
Out Remote Management
HP Integrated Lights Out tech
nology (iLO) enables control of remote servers from a central location
—
restart servers, control power settings, connect virtual media, update software
,
and interact with the
operating system
remotely
—
reducing IT staff travel budgets while correcting server
issues and
improving system recovery times.
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
VCEM
simplifies the management of BladeSystem environments that use Virtual Connect to control
server connectivity to
LAN and SAN
infrastructures
, helping organizations increa
se productivity,
respond more quickly to business demands, and significantly reduce operating costs. Built on HP
Virtual Connect technology, VCEM provides a central console to manage and control
the connection
of multiple BladeSystem enclosures to LANs and
SANs,
a single
database
to administer
LAN and
SAN address
es
, and
enclosure
grouping capabilities that
increase configuration consistency, simplify
change
,
and
enable
the
rapid
deployment
, recovery
,
and movement
of server resources
across the
data
center.
Administrators can add, replace
,
and recover servers in minutes,
without the need to
involve LAN and SAN administrators after the initial installation.
Protect
A
key
IT
function is to minimize risk to servers.
HP
Service Essentials Remote Support Pack
(RS
P)
analyzes hardware faults and initiates support calls as necessary to avoid unplanned downtime.
Service Essentials Remote Support Pack
If a predictive failure indication is found, c
ustomers with support contracts or systems under warranty
use the Service
Essentials RSP to proactively analyze hardware faults and initiate a service call with
HP.
RSP also contains reports to show the current state of warranty or contract coverage for each
system.
Vulnerability and Patch Management Pack
Vulnerability and Patc
h Management Pack (VPM)
automates
the
detection of security vulnerabilities
and provides actionable advice for problem resolution.
VPM
also facilitates automated patch
deployment, selecting the appropriate
operating system
patches based on the results of s
ecurity scans.
VPM is useful in smaller IT environments where HP Server Automation has not been implemented.
Optimize
Insight Control optimizes the operation of the data center by enabling centralized management of
virtual machines, power
,
and cooling.
HP
Insight Power Manager
IPM
is an integrated power monitoring and management application
integrated with HP SIM
that
provides centralized control of server power consumption and thermal output at the data
center level.
IPM
extends the capacity of data
cente
rs by
allowing flexibility in
the amount of power and cooling
required for ProLiant servers. Incorporating Power Regulator for ProLiant
1
technology,
IPM
quantifies
the power savings achieved from usage
of flexible policy management.
1
For more informati
on on Power Regulator Technology:
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/power
-
regulator.html