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BIOS – Basic Input
Output System
SNMP – Simple Network
Management Protocol
DMI – Desktop
Management Interface
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Insight Manager 7.
Insight Manager 7 maximizes system uptime, simplifies system software
maintenance, and provides powerful monitoring and control of adaptive infrastructures.
Insight Manager 7 delivers pre-failure alerting for ProLiant servers ensuring that potential
server failures are detected before they result in unplanned system downtime. Through
integration with the Version Control Repository Manager and Version Control Agent, Insight
Manager 7 enables version control and remote update of BIOS, drivers, and agents across
groups of servers. This enhances system stability, reduces troubleshooting complexity, and
reduces the cost associated with maintaining system software configurations. Insight Manger
7 integrates with Windows security for streamlined user administration and strong
authentication, and it encrypts management communications using industry-standard Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL). Insight Manager 7 is also an effective tool for managing desktops and
notebooks as well as other devices instrumented to SNMP or DMI. For more information, go
to
www.compaq.com/products/servers/management/cim7-description.html
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The ProLiant DL590/64 server ships standard with additional management technologies that
reduce downtime and increase productivity even more. Remote Flash Redundant ROM allows
administrators to update the read-only memory (ROM) remotely, and the ROM-based Setup
(RBSU) saves time during initial server configuration. The Integrated Management Display
(IMD) provides essential information at a glance.
ROM-Based Setup
RBSU is a set of installation tools that use embedded ROM-based configuration tools to save time
during initial deployment and enable virtual presence anywhere on the network. These tools use
SmartStart technology to build the reliable and consistent server configurations that ProLiant
customers rely on. SmartStart will not be supported on the ProLiant DL590/64 server.
With RBSU, initial configuration is fast and easy and the server is always available. RBSU
includes a look and feel familiar to ProLiant customers. Additionally, RBSU is compatible with
SmartStart Scripting Toolkit and automatic system configuration ROM code.
Remote Flash Redundant ROM
The ProLiant DL590/64 server is equipped with a Remote Flash Redundant ROM that improves
manageability. Using the Remote ROM Flash Utility, administrators can flash the system ROMs
for a wide range of ProLiant servers, locally or across the network. The Remote ROM Flash
Utility is a combination of components that allows administrators to upgrade the system ROMs on
servers from a single point of execution. The ROM upgrades can either be flashed individually or
batched together to perform multiple ROM upgrades in a single step.
Remote Flash Redundant ROM provides a unique redundancy feature that helps ensure system
availability and avoid system downtime due to a failure in the ROM flash process. This
redundancy feature uses two ROM images and gives the system the ability to recover the last
known good system ROM in the event that the current system ROM is corrupted.
When a ProLiant DL590/64 server leaves the factory, both ROM images are identical. Through
subsequent boots of the server, if integrity errors are detected by the boot block, the system will
automatically launch the redundant image and continue the POST process. If the redundant ROM
is launched, the user will see an error message identifying the faulty system ROM.
For more information, refer to the technology brief
Compaq Remote-Flash Redundant ROM
Technology
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TC020702TB
