Managing Your Server; Oracle System Assistant - Oracle Sun Server X4-4 Installation Manual

Managing Your Server

After you have installed your server, you have several different options for system management
depending on your situation.
Managing many servers.
Your server can be managed with a wide variety of system management tools. For more
information on system management tools, refer to:
http://www.oracle.com/goto/system-management
The following is an overview of some of the system management tools for multiple systems:
If you want to manage your server from a single interface, provision firmware, an operating
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system, or operating system updates to multiple servers, you can use the Oracle Enterprise
Manager Ops Center. For more details, refer to:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/oem/ops-center/index.html
If you want to monitor your enterprise servers, you can take advantage of Sun Management
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Center. For more details, refer to:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/patches/sysmgmt/smc-jsp-138444.
html
If you already have third-party system management tools, the servers can integrate with
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many third-party tools. For more details, refer to:
http://www.oracle.com/goto/system-management
Managing a single server.
The following sections contain information on single server management tools.
"Oracle System Assistant" on page 19
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"Oracle ILOM" on page 21
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"Oracle Hardware Management Pack" on page 23
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"UEFI BIOS" on page 24
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Oracle System Assistant

The Oracle System Assistant application is a task-based server provisioning tool that allows you
to perform initial server setup and maintenance for Oracle x86 servers. Using Oracle System
Managing Your Server
Server Features and Components 19