HP ProLiant BL465c Server Blade - Manual (Page 6)

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Overview
About this guide
This guide is designed for system administrators who use the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for
Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007 and other HP tools to manage the operations of HP BladeSystem
c-Class Enclosures within a System Center Essentials environment.
You should be familiar with the configuration and operation of Microsoft® Windows®, Microsoft®
System Center Essentials, and the HP BladeSystem c-Class Onboard Administrator. Because of the
potential risk of data loss, only individuals who are experienced with using this software should implement
the procedures described in this guide.
HP assumes that this level of expertise is available to customers using the HP BladeSystem Management
Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 User Guide. HP recommends reviewing your
Microsoft® product documentation for assistance in understanding this guide.
Introduction
HP delivers a new management pack that complements and extends System Center Essentials, integrates
alert processing, state monitoring, and hardware resource lifecycle management for HP BladeSystem c-
Class enclosures.
Designed specifically for System Center Essentials, the HP BladeSystem Management Pack provides user-
initiated discovery of the c-Class enclosures, predefined views, monitors, event processing rules, and
tasks. These features enable administrators to proactively streamline IT operations and ensure increased
systems availability by monitoring HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure hardware platforms through a
common System Center Essentials console.
The HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 allows for user-
initiated configuration, monitoring, and the automatic grouping of the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
into a common view. Default monitoring highlights the state of HP BladeSystem hardware subsystems and
components, and presents a consolidated view of the enclosure status. Predefined event processing rules
build on the functionality of events from the Onboard Administrator. The HP BladeSystem c-Class
enclosure hardware events are submitted to the Windows® Event Log and are displayed as alerts in the
System Center Essentials Console, including real-time and prefailure event definitions.
For advanced hardware lifecycle management and remote administration of HP BladeSystem c-Class
enclosures, the HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007
includes tasks that launch the HP Onboard Administrator and advanced remote server administration
through the HP Integrated Lights-Out Management Processor when installed.
Features
The HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 supports the
following new features: