HP DL740 HP Server Management Packs for Microsoft System Center Essentials Use - Page 6
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The HP Server Management Packs for System Center Essentials discover and group HP ProLiant servers by hardware platform type. Default discoveries and monitors highlight the state of HP hardware and management software components and present a consolidated view of system status. Predefined event processing rules build on the functionality of the HP Insight Management Agents to display Windows® Event Log entries for HP server hardware as alerts in the System Center Essentials Console, including realtime and prefailure event definitions. For advanced hardware lifecycle management and remote administration of HP ProLiant servers, the HP Server Management Packs for System Center Essentials include tasks that launch HP Systems Insight Manager for group systems administration, the HP System Management Homepage for single system health and configuration monitoring, and advanced remote server administration through the HP Integrated Lights-Out Management Processor when installed. Features The HP Server Management Packs for System Center Essentials support the following new features: • Integration with Microsoft® System Center Essentials • New capability for User Defined Custom Data • New Icons for System Center Essentials Diagram View • Streamlined procedure for HP Server Management Packs for System Center Essentials installation • Improved management of events by eliminating multiple alerts in Rules • Fully scripted installation that imports management pack data into the System Center Essentials database automatically • Automatic discovery and grouping of HP ProLiant servers by server family and platform type • State monitoring for HP hardware subsystems and management software components • Predefined rules to process and display Windows® Event Log entries for HP server hardware alerts in the System Center Essentials Console • Policies to present consolidated views of key HP server attributes for rapid system analysis, which include CPU type, total memory, available hard drive storage, firmware revisions, and the version of installed Insight Management Agents • HP servers represented in the Diagram View • Console Tasks to launch HP SIM, the HP System Management Homepage and HP Integrated Lights- Out Management Processors from the System Center Essentials Console • Access to HP BladeSystem and other HP ProLiant Essentials value-added software for hardware performance management, vulnerability assessment, and advanced lifecycle administration of blade servers and virtual systems through HP SIM Benefits The HP Server Management Packs for System Center Essentials provide the following benefits: • Hardware resource management for HP ProLiant servers with augmented System Center Essentials • Simplified and proactive monitoring of the Microsoft® Windows® and HP hardware resources using a common System Center Essentials console Overview 6