NEC NovaScale R630 User Manual page 128

Monitoring (Management) of Fault Tolerant Server series
Fault Tolerant Server series is a fault tolerant system. It can continue the operation even if a major component fails.
Fault Tolerant Server series improves the system availability with the hardware, NEC ESMPRO, and system software
functions.
If a major component fails, the NEC ESMPRO fault report function can notify the system Administrator of the
occurrence of the fault. In addition, the data viewer of NEC ESMPRO Manager can monitor the system status and also
identify the failed component.
NEC ESMPRO provides several maintenance functions such as the update of F/W and BIOS in the Fault Tolerant
Server series in the online state (in which the system continues the operation but the components used to update F/W or
BIOS is suspended) and the suspension of a specific component.
The table below lists the Fault Tolerant Server series management tasks using NEC ESMPRO and system functions.
Fault Tolerant Server series
management task
Monitoring of major
component states
Diagnosis and start/stop of
major components and F/W
update
Confirmation of alert or
confirmation of fault
occurrence event
information
* When the administration manager is also the managed Fault Tolerant Server series (or NEC ESMPRO Manager is
installed on the managed Fault Tolerant Server series), all functions of the administration manager can be used on the
managed Fault Tolerant Server series.
The report of a fault occurrence in the Fault Tolerant Server series (alert) is immediately sent to the NEC ESMPRO
Manager. When the NEC ESMPRO Manager receives the alert, a popup message appears.
NEC ESMPRO function or tool
(on managed Fault Tolerant
Server series)*
–
NEC ESMPRO Agent
ft server utility
Event Viewer
NEC ESMPRO function or tool
(on management manager)
NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
NEC ESMPRO Manager
Alert Viewer
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