Example 2: Solving A Cooling Problem; Bladesystem Visualization - HP BL685c - ProLiant - 4 GB RAM Introduction Manual

problem, a higher level of database logging was manually turned on overnight and accidentally left
on. The system administrator clicks Remediate to change the settings back to those established in the
Software Policy for the application.
Figure 6: HP Server Automation Compliance Dashboard
As a final step, the system administrator looks at the PMP performance graph to verify that the CPU is
returning to expected levels.

Example 2: Solving a cooling problem

In this example, a system administrator receives a page generated by HP SIM that is used for routine
monitoring in the data center and discovers that several server blades in a particular enclosure have
exceeded a predefined temperature threshold. One server blade is running a performance sensitive,
mission-critical Oracle RAC database. The administrator uses VCEM to rapidly assign a predefined
profile, containing one of the additional database instances, to an available server blade in another
enclosure. Before putting the server into production, the administrator uses the Server Automation
Compliance Dashboard to quickly verify that the configuration is in compliance with current operating
system, application, and security policies. Now that the performance and redundancy of the
database cluster is assured, the administrator proceeds to investigate the underlying problem.

BladeSystem visualization

When HP SIM sends a pager alert, the administrator uses HP SIM to investigate an alert on several
server blades within a particular enclosure. The administrator discovers an ambient temperature
threshold is being exceeded. The BladeSystem Integrated Manager view (Figure 7) within HP SIM
gives additional information about server blades within the enclosure. Not only is there a photo-
realistic view of the front and back of the enclosure, showing each component overlaid by health
status icons, but additional information on the same page about power and cooling is provided. To
display a popup window with additional information about the component, mouse-over a component
within the picture. The Events tab shows the set of events that have not been cleared for the
components of this enclosure.
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