Chapter 2 Hp Netserver Aa Overview; Overview - HP NetServer AA 4000 Administrator's Manual

Chapter 2

Overview

The server is a fully redundant, fault tolerant server that provides continuous computing and
redundant I/O devices for your Windows NT server and its applications.
You can monitor and manage your server using Endurance Manager, a GUI-based management
application. Using Endurance Manager, you can:
• View the status of a server and its components. This includes the CEs, IOPs, MICs,
interconnects, and all redirected devices.
• Issue commands to manage the server and its components, including enabling and
disabling components.
• Access statistics about the server, including Ethernet counters.
• Determine the status of the server's mirrored disks, including the direction of any pending
mirror copies, and if a mirror copy is in progress, the percentage of completion.
• Access the Endurance Configuration Utility and Windows NT administration tools.
• View certain messages that display as they occur in a window on the GUI. Messages
displayed on the GUI pertain only to the monitoring of the server; messages related to
changes in the state of the server do not display on the GUI.
• Administer your server from a remote workstation using either a local area network
connection or Microsoft's Remote Access Server (RAS).
Note: You can also install the online manuals on a remote workstation.
For detailed information about the Endurance Manager, refer to
A fully operational server uses four licensed copies of the Windows NT operating system. Refer
to HP NetServer AA 6200 Solution Release Notes (Release 3.0 Service Pack 1)
the versions of Windows NT that are supported by this release of the software. The requirements
for copies of the Windows NT operating system follow.
• Each CE requires a separate licensed copy of the Windows NT operating system. The CE
operating system offers access to redirected I/O devices, including mirrored (redundant)
disks. As a result, you need to use the CE operating system to run all server applications
and to perform all Windows NT administrative tasks.
• Each IOP requires a separate licensed copy of the Windows NT operating system that
should be accessed only to perform maintenance procedures.
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