NEC N8800-096F User Manual page 241

5-16 Installing and Using Utilities
Monitoring of NEC Express5800/ft series
NEC Express5800/ft series is a fault tolerant system. It can continue the operation even if a major
component fails. NEC Express5800/ft series improves the system availability with the hardware,
NEC ESMPRO, and system software functions.
If a major component fails, the NEC ESMPRO fault report function can notify the system
Administrator of the occurrence of the fault. In addition, the data viewer of NEC ESMPRO
Manager can monitor the system status and also identify the failed component.
NEC ESMPRO provides several maintenance functions such as the update of firmware and BIOS in
the NEC Express5800/ft series in the online state (in which the system continues the operation but
the components used to update firmware or BIOS is suspended) and the suspension of a specific
component.
The table below lists the NEC Express5800/ft series management tasks using NEC ESMPRO and
system functions.
NEC Express5800/ft
series management task
Monitoring of major
component states
Diagnostics and start/stop
of major components and
firmware update
BMC firmware update
Confirmation of alert or
confirmation of fault
occurrence event
information
Confirmation of hardware
error log
* When the administration manager is also the managed NEC Express5800/ft series (or NEC
ESMPRO Manager is installed on the managed NEC Express5800/ft series), all functions of the
administration manager can be used on the managed NEC Express5800/ft series.
The report of a fault occurrence in the NEC Express5800/ft series (alert) is immediately sent to the
NEC ESMPRO Manager. When the NEC ESMPRO Manager receives the alert, a popup message
appears.
The alert contains the detailed information of the fault and the proper countermeasures. You can
take the appropriate action for the alert.
NEC ESMPRO function or
tool
(on managed server)*
–
NEC ESMPRO Agent
Server Maintenance Utility
NEC ESMPRO Agent
BMC F/W update utility
Event Viewer
NEC ESMPRO Agent
NEC ESMPRO function or tool
(on management manager)
NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
NEC ESMPRO Manager
BMC F/W update utility
NEC ESMPRO Manager
Alert Viewer
NEC ESMPRO Manager