NEC Express 5800/320Lc, User Manual

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Installing and Using Utilities 5-15
Monitoring (Management) 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 F/W 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 F/W 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
NEC ESMPRO function or tool
(on managed NEC
Express5800/ft series)*
NEC ESMPRO function or tool
(on management manager)
Monitoring of major
component states – NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
Diagnosis and start/stop of
major components and F/W
update NEC ESMPRO Agent
ft server utility NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
BMC F/W update NEC ESMPRO Agent
BMC F/W update utility NEC ESMPRO Manager
BMC F/W update utility
Confirmation of alert or
confirmation of fault
occurrence event
information Event Viewer NEC ESMPRO Manager
Alert Viewer
Confirmation of H/W error
log NEC ESMPRO Agent NEC ESMPRO Manager
* 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.