HP Direct-Connect External SAS Storage for HP BladeSystem Solutions Depoyment Guide

HP Systems Insight Manager
HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM) is the foundation for the HP unified server-storage management
strategy. SIM is a hardware-level management product that provides basic management features
through a single management view. SIM provides device management capabilities that consolidate
and integrate management data from HP and third-party devices. SIM reports hardware fault
conditions (both failure and pre-failure) and collects data for reporting and graphing. SIM also
provides base-level management of HP clients, printers, and selected storage.
HP recommends using HP SIM to monitor the performance of your systems.
NOTE: You must install and use SIM to benefit from the Pre-Failure Warranty for processors,
SAS, SCSI, and SATA drives, and memory modules.
Key SIM benefits include:
• System discovery and identification
• Fault management and event handling
• Inventory data collection
• Data collection and inventory reports on system devices
For more information, see the SIM website http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim.
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