Compaq ProLiant 8500 Evaluating and Implementing Compaq Data Center Solutions - Page 16

Evaluating and Implementing Compaq Data Center Solutions for Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server 16 Software The Compaq Data Center Solution includes a large variety of software products, Compaq support software and third-party software, to meet your data center needs. Third-party Software The Compaq Data Center Solution supports all third-party software containing the Windows 2000 Datacenter logo. Passing applications are included in the Microsoft Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp) and listed on the Compaq Data Center website (http://www.compaq.com/datacenter). Compaq Support Software Compaq provides value-added software products to manage and optimize your data center environment as discussed in the following sections. Compaq Support Paq for Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server The Compaq Support Paq for Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, an advanced software delivery tool, includes an installer that analyzes system requirements and automatically installs applicable drivers, utilities, agents, and services based on this analysis. Compaq Intelligent Manageability Software Systems configured with Compaq Management Agents are more reliable than the same systems Compaq Intelligent Manageability software offers IT professionals reliability and stability with their Compaq hardware so it was only natural that Intelligent Manageability play a key role in the new Compaq without them. Data Center Solution. The Compaq Data Center Solution includes the Compaq Management Agents, provided in the Compaq Support Paq for Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, and Compaq Insight Manager XE. Compaq Insight Manager XE leverages the power of the Internet to provide web-based systems management, and is the essential enabler for the Compaq vision of virtual presence. Compaq Insight Manager XE reduces systems management cost, improves operational efficiency and effectiveness, and minimizes systems downtime. It provides device management capabilities that consolidate and integrate management data from Compaq and third-party devices using SNMP, DMI, and HTTP. With Compaq Insight Manager XE, you can monitor and manage groups of servers, clients, clusters and networking products anywhere, anytime from a standard web browser. Additionally, the Remote Insight Board Lights-Out Edition, a standard option with the ProLiant 8500 Data Center model, provides IT administrators with full graphical access to Compaq servers through a client browser, providing total control of servers in all of their operational states. Designed and priced to provide remote server management in corporate data centers and remote sites, Compaq Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition allows browser access to Compaq servers through a seamless, hardware-based, OS-independent graphical remote console. Since it is hardware-based, it does not require any additional software or use any host server CPU cycles. Other features include a virtual power button, DNS/DHCP IP auto-configuration, and ROMbased configuration capability. 13PS-0501B-WWEN