Hp Toptools Remote Control Card; Hp Toptools And Agents; Managex - HP NetServer AA 4000 Reference Manual

HP TopTools Remote Control Card

HP TopTools and Agents

ManageX

Network Server Division
HP NetServer AA Solutions have powerful and intelligent
management tools. HP TopTools Remote Control Card, which
comes standard in enterprise-class HP NetServers and as an option
for most other HP NetServers, conducts efficient remote
management and transmits basic device information to HP TopTools,
through Microsoft Internet Explorer. Currently, this tool is
supported on the CEs and IOPs in the array. However, functionality
is very limited for the CE's. The Remote Control Card operating in
the compute element will be helpful in collecting data on the system
environmentals (fan speed and temperatures), but little else. For the
IOP, the Remote Control Card should have full functionality.
HP TopTools and TopTools agents are not currently supported in the
Compute Elements. The CE's are running in lockstep and the two
systems could report information such as temperature back to
Marathon software that would not be the same for the two systems.
This may cause one of the systems to fail out.
NOTE
TopTools agents should not be loaded on the Compute Element,
as it will cause failures.
For the IOPs, the full version of HP TopTools and the agents are
supported. However, an additional network card is needed to access
the HP TopTools information on the IOP considering that the
remaining network cards are "redirected" and owned by the CEs.
The NIC used for accessing TopTools Management information
would not be redirected and need to have a separate IP address
accessible by a client running a Internet browser and the TopTools
client software. This network card dedicated for TopTools
management on the IOP can also be used as the path for a netowkr
backup (this is covered in more detail in Chapter Seven).
HP OpenView ManageX provides the complementary capability,
orchestrating advanced NT system administration and application
management. With ManageX administrators create policies which
set thresholds to take action on specified events. For the HPAA
System, ManageX can capture the events reported to the NT Event
log of the CE's or IOP's and forward those events as defined in the
ManageX notification pages.
Ch 3: AA 4000 and HP management Tools
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