HP BL460c Managing the HP BladeSystem c-Class systems, 2nd edition - Page 2

Abstract The HP BladeSystem c-Class consolidates power, cooling, connectivity, redundancy, and security into a modular, self-tuning, flexible infrastructure. Embedded management capabilities provide simple control interfaces. Management software monitors the infrastructure to streamline operations and increase productivity. The complete solution manages all components of the infrastructure as one system, saving administrators' time and ensuring high quality service levels. This technology brief describes the HP management technologies and how they work within the HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure to deliver an adaptive infrastructure for next-generation data centers. Specifically, the brief describes the following technologies: • HP Onboard Administrator for BladeSystem c-Class simplifies enclosure setup and provides integrated enclosure management, including power and cooling. • Virtual Connect simplifies server connectivity to LANs and SANs, enables server workload mobility, reduces infrastructure costs and helps IT administrators work smarter. Virtual Connect also provides an infrastructure foundation for Insight Dynamics--VSE • HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem leverages HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and ProLiant Essentials software, the same tools used to manage HP ProLiant servers. • HP Insight Control Environment for Linux provides Linux-optimized management and deployment capabilities for HP BladeSystem c-Class. • HP Insight Dynamics-VSE further extends Insight Control for advanced planning and optimizing the BladeSystem environment. • HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) provides remote administration with virtual keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) access. The iLO Select Pack provides enhanced remote management with shared remote console, record/playback options, power usage capping, and virtual folders. Introduction As demands for IT efficiency and responsiveness increase, simplifying system management becomes increasingly critical. The complexity, high costs, and inflexibility of a conventional IT infrastructure are the direct result of the static and hardwired way it is built, the silos it creates, and the increasingly sluggish management processes behind it. With increasing complexity and manual coordination between the server, Local Area Network (LAN), and Storage Area Network (SAN), what should be a simple, 30-minute process for administrators-such as deploying a new server-can turn into a weeklong ordeal. HP continues to aggressively develop powerful new management technologies that give system administrators access and control of ProLiant servers and ProLiant server clusters located anywhere. This paper describes HP BladeSystem c-Class management technologies. HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure HP offers two versatile c-Class enclosure models: the HP BladeSystem c70001 and the HP BladeSystem c30002. The c7000 (Figure 1) provides sixteen device bays and eight interconnect modules in a 10U rack-mount configuration. The c3000 (Figure 2) provides eight device bays and 1 More information about the BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure is available in the paper "HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00816246/c00816246.pdf. 2 More information about the BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure is available in the paper" HP BladeSystem c3000 Enclosure technologies" at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01508406/c01508406.pdf. 2