Server Management Guide

Server Management Software and Utilities
Intel
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Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide 61
Figure 26. Intel
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Multi-Server Manager
4.5.2 Intel
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Active System Console
The Intel
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Active System Console is a simple, lightweight web application console that gives you a
dashboard view of the Server hardware on which it is running. It helps you proactively monitor the
health of your Server, allows remote configuration of Server, tracking of assets, alerting of any issues
and generation of asset reports.
The Intel
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Active System Console is a product offering from the Intel
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System Management Software -
a suite of software products designed to reduce the cost and time of managing servers and keep
businesses running 24/7.
IASC is included with almost all Intel
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server products at no additional charge giving your customer
peace of mind that servers are healthy.
IASC offers the following:
 Proactive alerting allows the server administrator to plan routine maintenance activities and avoid
unplanned downtime
 Asset Inventory tells you what components are installed in the server without having to shut down
and open the system
 Remote debug isolates problems quickly saving hours and even days in the time it takes to debug
and fix the issue.