5-18 Installing and Using Utilities
Monitoring 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 firmware 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 firmware 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 server)*
NEC ESMPRO function or tool
(on management manager)
Monitoring of major
component states
–
NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
Diagnostics and start/stop
of major components and
firmware update
NEC ESMPRO Agent
Server Maintenance Utility
NEC ESMPRO Manager
data viewer
BMC firmware 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 hardware
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.
Summary of Contents for Express5800/320Fa-L
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Page 89: ...Windows Setup and Operation 3 15 7 Configure the mirror of the extended volume...
Page 107: ...Windows Setup and Operation 3 33 4 The confirmation dialog box appears Click Yes button...
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Page 141: ...System Configuration 4 27 Exit Move the cursor onto Exit to display the Exit menu...
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