Users Guide

Introduction 13
Instrumentation Service
The Instrumentation Service provides rapid access to detailed fault and
performance information gathered by industry-standard systems management
agents and allows remote administration of monitored systems, including
shutdown, startup, and security.
Remote Access Controller
NOTE: The Remote Access Controller is not available on modular systems. You
must directly connect to the Dell Embedded Remote Access/Modular Chassis
Controller (ERA/MC) on a modular system. See the Dell Embedded Remote
Access/MC User's Guide for more information.
The Remote Access Controller provides a complete, remote system management
solution for systems equipped with a Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC)
solution. The Remote Access Controller provides remote access to an
inoperable system, allowing you to get the system up and running as quickly
as possible. The Remote Access Controller also provides alert notification
when a system is down and allows you to remotely restart a system.
Additionally, the Remote Access Controller logs the probable cause of system
crashes and saves the most recent crash screen.
Storage Management Service
The Storage Management Service provides storage management information
in an integrated graphical view.
The Storage Management Service of Server Administrator:
• Enables you to view the status of local and remote storage attached to
a monitored system
• Supports SCSI, SATA, ATA, and SAS. Does not support Fibre
Channel
• Allows you to perform controller and enclosure functions for all
supported RAID and non-RAID controllers and enclosures from a
single graphical or command line interface without the use of the
controller BIOS utilities
• Protects your data by configuring data redundancy, assigning hot
spares, or rebuilding failed drives
• Provides features for configuring storage
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