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Integration with Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007
New HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure icons for System Center Essentials Diagram View
Improved management of events by eliminating multiple alerts in Rules
Fully scripted installation that imports management pack data into the System Center Essentials
database automatically
New HP Enclosure Monitor Manager to allow users to enter Enclosure Onboard Administrator
credentials and configuration required for monitoring of HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
New HP Enclosure Monitor Service for monitoring the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, its
subsystems and components via the Onboard Administrator
Predefined rules to process and display Windows® Event Log entries for HP BladeSystem c-Class
enclosure hardware alerts in the System Center Essentials Console
Policies to present consolidated views of key HP BladeSystem c-Class attributes for rapid system
analysis
HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures represented in the Diagram View
Console Tasks to launch HP Onboard Administrator, HP Enclosure Monitor Manager, and HP
Integrated Lights-Out Management Processors from the System Center Essentials Console
Access to HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure and other HP ProLiant Essentials value-added software
for hardware performance management, vulnerability assessment, and advanced lifecycle
administration of blade servers and virtual systems through HP SIM

Benefits

The HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 provides the
following benefits:
Hardware resource management for HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures with augmented System
Center Essentials
Streamlined IT administration and increased systems availability

Product architecture

The HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 integration is
designed to perform the following major functions:
Identify, group and display HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures within the System Center Essentials
Console
Populate System Center Essentials with enclosure attributes and configuration data for HP hardware
and software components
Monitor and display the state of HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure hardware and the associated
management services
Proactively identify, translate, and display HP hardware events written to the Windows® Event Log
as System Center Essentials alerts
Provide browser-based links to HP management tools for hardware resource management and
advanced remote administration from within System Center Essentials
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