Sensors And Indicators; Insight Manager 7; Lights-Out Technology - HP ProLiant DL560 Technology Brief

Sensors and indicators

System health LEDs and the Unit Identification Lights on the front and back of the ProLiant DL560
server make pinpointing system issues easier than ever. Inside the server, thermal sensors on the Intel
Xeon processor MP enable the system to actively monitor and manage thermal conditions and reduce
the chance of system failure. The processor also includes Error Correction Code (ECC) on the
integrated three-level cache architecture to maintain the integrity of mission-critical data. The Intel
Xeon processor MP also comes with a System Manageability Bus (SMBus) that enables efficient
communications between components and allows for easy access to system manageability
information stored in the Processor Information ROM. These features of the Intel Xeon processor MP
provide platform-level manageability for reliable, robust server operation and ease of management.

Insight Manager 7

Insight Manager 7, the core of the ProLiant Essentials Foundation Pack, is a comprehensive
management tool designed specifically to monitor and control the operation of HP servers, clusters,
desktops, workstations, and portables. It also manages devices from other vendors, if those devices
are instrumented to the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) or the Distributed
Management Interface (DMI).
Insight Manager 7 consists of two components: server-based or client-based management agents and
a Windows-based console application. The agents for Microsoft Windows, NetWare, and Linux
operating systems are web-enabled. Insight Manager 7 is accessible through a standard web browser
and provides seamless access to the HP Insight Management Agents, the Integrated Lights-Out, and
Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition. Insight Manager 7 makes critical management information
available from any location accessible via a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), or
secure remote connection.
Insight Manager 7 automatically discovers devices in the network and enables remote management
from anywhere. Key subsystems in HP devices make health, configuration, and performance data
available to the agent software. The management agents monitor more than 1,000 operating
parameters, provide updated management information such as network interface or storage
subsystem performance statistics, and initiate alarms in the event of faults.
Insight Manager 7 identifies, isolates, and proactively notifies IT staff via email or pager of potential
problems before they result in costly downtime or reduced productivity. Moreover, Insight Manager 7
Version Control and Inventory Reporting functionality enables system administrators to update server
BIOS, drivers, and agents, as well as create detailed inventory reports, without leaving their desks.
More information about Insight Manager 7 is available online at www.hp.com/servers/im7.

Lights-out technology

The ProLiant DL560 server includes an iLO application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The iLO
device is an autonomous management processor that resides on the system board. It contains its own
processor, memory, and network interface, which allow it to operate independently from the state of
the OS or other server hardware.
iLO provides remote browser access to ProLiant servers through a seamless, hardware-based,
OS-independent Remote Console. Insight Manager 7 and the management agents are tightly
integrated with iLO, allowing administrators to view subsystem and status information from a web
browser. Furthermore, an administrator can use the query mechanism of Insight Manager 7 to
discover each iLO device and store it on a device list. The device list provides direct hyperlink access
to each iLO device, giving the administrator a single location for accessing all Lights-Out management
devices (including Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition II).
Using iLO, IT administrators can manage a ProLiant server remotely through its entire life cycle (initial
deployment, operation, and redeployment), with the ability to respond quickly to downtime events,
diagnose OS or server problems remotely, increase uptime, and reduce the loss of business revenue.
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