Overview; About This Guide; Introduction; Features - HP Rx2620-2 - Integrity - 0 MB RAM User Manual

Overview

About this guide

This guide is designed for system administrators who use the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for
Microsoft® Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 (Operations Manager), Insight Management
Agents, Insight Management WBEM Providers and other HP applications and tools to manage the
operations of HP ProLiant servers within an Operations Manager 2007 environment.
You should be familiar with the configuration and operation of Microsoft® Windows®, Microsoft®
Systems Center Operations Manager 2007, HP Insight Management WBEM Providers and the HP Insight
Management Agents. Because of the potential risk of data loss, only individuals who are experienced
with using this software should implement the procedures described in this guide.

Introduction

HP delivers management packs that complement and extend Operations Manager 2007, integrating alert
processing, state monitoring, and hardware resource lifecycle management for HP ProLiant servers.
Designed specifically for Operations Manager 2007, the HP ProLiant Server Management Packs provide
predefined discoveries, views, monitors, event processing rules, and tasks which enable administrators to
proactively streamline IT operations and ensure increased systems availability by monitoring Microsoft®
Windows® environments and HP ProLiant server hardware platforms through a common Operations
Manager console.
The HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 automatically discover and
group HP ProLiant servers by hardware platform type. Default discoveries and monitors highlight the state
of HP hardware and management software components and present a consolidated view of system status.
The HP ProLiant Server Management Packs support two sources of instrumentation:
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Predefined event processing rules build on the functionality of the HP Insight Management Agents to
display Windows® Event Log entries for HP ProLiant server hardware as alerts in the Operations
Manager 2007 Console, including real-time and prefailure event definitions.
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Predefined event processing rules build on the functionality of the HP Insight Management WBEM
Providers to display Windows® Event Log entries for HP ProLiant server hardware as alerts in the
Operations Manager 2007 Console, including real-time and prefailure event definitions.
For advanced hardware lifecycle management and remote administration of HP ProLiant servers, the HP
ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager include tasks that launch HP Systems Insight
Manager for group systems administration, the HP System Management Homepage for single system
health and configuration monitoring, and advanced remote server administration through the HP
Integrated Lights-Out Management Processor when installed.

Features

The HP ProLiant Server Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 support the following features:
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