Dell NNM SE 1.2 manual

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    ________ ______ ______ Inf or mation in this document is subject to c hange wi thout notice. © 1998 Dell Comput er Corpor ation. All r ights r eserved. Reproduction in an y manner whats oever without the writ ten permission of Dell Com puter Corpor ation is strictly forbidden. T rademarks us ed in this text: Dell , the DEL L logo, OptiPle x , and [...]

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    v 3 UHIDFH $ERXW7KL V*XLGH Thi s guide is intended f or an yone who uses HP OpenV ie w Network Node Manager Specia l Edition (NNM SE) and v ersion 2.2 o r later of th e Dell OpenM anage Hard ware Instr umentation P ac kage (HIP ) ser ver managemen t applic ation. It can be used b y both new and ex perience d users who want to learn ab out [...]

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    x Upgradin g a Dell Managed Node for Window s NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 If a Prev ious Version of De ll HIP Is Insta lled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 If a Curren t Version of Del l HIP Is Instal led . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 To Uninst all Hardware Com ponents[...]

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    xii Table 1 -4. Dell PowerEdge S ystem Out-o f-Band Manage ment Features for DRAC Versi on 2.0-Capable S ystems (2300, 6 300) . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Table 2 -1. Modem Sw itch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18 Table 3 -1. NNM SE Icon s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Intro ductio n 1-1 &+$37(5 ,QWURGXF WLRQ H P Open View Net work N ode Mana ger S pecia l Ed itio n (NN M SE) enha nces your c apa- bility to mon itor and m anage Del l ® P ow erEdge ® se r vers r unnin g Nov ell ® NetW are ® and Micros of t ® Wind ows NT ® operatin g syst ems with D ell OpenMan age TM Hard- wa re Instr umentation P [...]

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    1-2 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide 0DQDJH G1RGHV A manage d node is manag ed b y a manag ement s tation and is v ie w ed from a man age- ment co nsole. The Dell OpenMa nage man aged node is a s er ver that r uns the D ell HIP . Dell enha ncements to the HP OpenV ie w NNM SE managem ent station and ma[...]

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    1-4 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide  APC P owerNe t Console — Ma nages the UPS syst em installed on the managed node.  MobileCh oice P aging — Al lows s ending of pages on c onfigurab le OpenV iew ev ents. 5 HPRWH&RQ VROHIRU:L QGRZV 17 The re mot e console is i den tical to the l o[...]

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    1-6 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide ) LJXUH'HO O2SHQ0 DQDJH0DQDJHP HQW'DWD)OR ZLQ1 HWZRUN +32SHQ9LHZ1106( :LWK'HOO 2SHQ0DQDJH+,3)HDWXUHV  HP Op enVie w NNM S E with Dell OpenManag e HIP has f e atur es that appl y to a[...]

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    Intro ductio n 1-7  Support f or the f ollo wing operati ng sys tems on man aged ser ve r nodes: — No vell NetW are 4.1 0 and 4. 1 1 — Microso f t Windows NT Ser ver 3 .51 and 4.0 — Microso f t Window s NT W orkstatio n 3.51 and 4. 0 NO TE : Ref er to y our sy stem User ’ s Guide and y our opera ting sy stem docu mentation.  Embedde d[...]

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    1-8 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide  Dell Inspe ctor , which enabl es net work ad mini strat ors t o do t he followin g t asks : — R emotely man age desktop , wo rkst ation, and por table computers in a Dell DMI client net work — View and mo dify a loca l system’ s hardware co nfig ura tion s et ti[...]

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    1-1 2 HP Open Vie w NNM SE 1 .2 With Del l Open Manage H IP 3.2 User’ s G uide +32SHQ9LH Z1106(&''HPRQVWUDWLRQ DQG&RPSX WHU%DVHG 7 UDLQ LQJ T he nnm_cbt director y on the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Special Edition CD contains a general-purpose multimedia demonstration o f NNM’ s f eat ures a[...]

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    Intro ductio n 1-1 3 *HWWLQJ+HOS  If y ou receiv e an er ror mess age, see “Me ssages” i n the online Dell NNM SE T ools Help and pe rform th e correctiv e actio ns recommen ded. If the prob lem persists , see “Contactin g Dell” in the online Dell NNM SE T ools Help for instructi ons on obt a in ing tec h[...]

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    1-1 4 HP Open Vie w NNM SE 1 .2 With Del l Open Manage H IP 3.2 User’ s G uide[...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-1 &+$37(5 ,QVWDOODWLRQDQG8 SJUDGH 3U R F H G XU H V T his c hapter provi des the sof t ware installation an d upgrade proced ures for th e HP OpenVie w Network Nod e Manager Spec ial Edition (NNM SE) with the Dell OpenMa nage Hardw are Inst rumentat ion P ac kage (H IP). It addres ses th[...]

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    2-2 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide 2SH UDWLQJ 6VWH P5HTX LUHPH QWV The following ar e oper atin g system requi reme nts for a ma nage d no de ser ver:  One of th e follo wing ope rating sy stems: — Microso f t Windows NT 3.51 with T rans mission Con trol Pro tocol/Internet P rotocol (TCP/IP [...]

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    2-4 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide If y ou are ins talling LDSM 2. 52 with Del l HIP 2.2 on a Dell P ow erEdge 61 0 0 server with the HP OpenV iew N NM SE agents previo usly installed, y ou must fi rst uninstall the HP Op enVie w NNM S E agents. R ef er to “In st alling L DSM Age nts With a Pre vi- ously[...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-5 8. Clic k Ye s to accept the new directory or No to sele ct another directo r y . The Se lec t Program Fold e r w indow ap pears . 9. Clic k Next to a ccept the default n ame or type in another name . The n clic k Ne xt . Y our system begins cop ying fil es to the direct or y you ha ve c hosen. 1 0. Sele[...]

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    2-6 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide In this command line, public is th e SNMP trap community name configured for the SNMP s er vice (the com munity name i s case-sensi tive) . NO TES: Y ou mus t en sur e that snmp.nlm is not automatic ally loaded b y an other .nlm file bec ause the parameters m ust be sp ec[...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-7 8. Select a de stination directory . Clic k Browse to find th e drive mapped to the Net- W are driv e. Af ter you ha ve se le cte d the NetW a r e driv e, yo u mus t type system in the dri ve path. If y ou c hoose the defa ult dire ctor y an d i t d oes n ot ex is t, a d ia log bo x appe ars a sk - ing i[...]

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    2-8 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide ,ID3 UHYLRX V9 HUVLR QRI' HOO+ ,3,V, QVWDOO HG Afte r yo u have c li cked Ye s to co nti n ue t he ins t alla t ion (ste p 5 of t he pr oced ure describ ed in “Installin g a Dell Mana ged Node f or NetW are”), perform the foll owing steps:[...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-9 NO TE: If yo u want to install both a D ell mana ged node a nd a manag ement wo rkstation on the s ame ser ve r , ma ke sure to reboot the se r ver betw een the two inst al lati ons. ,ID&XUUH QW9 HUVLR QRI'HOO +,3,V ,QVWDO OHG Af ter y ou ha v e selec ted a Windo ws NT or[...]

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    2-1 0 HP Open Vie w NNM SE 1 .2 With Del l Open Manage H IP 3.2 User’ s G uide The hard ware co mpone nt i nstrume nt ati on is as follows:  DRA C v ers ion 2.0 NO TE: If yo u do not ha ve a DRA C v ersion 2 .0 card, y ou sho uld not instal l DRA C ve rsion 2.0 instrum entation (fo r examp le, if y ou hav e a P owe rEdge 2200 sy stem with DRA [...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-1 1 4. Select Micr osoft P eer W eb Services or Micr osoft Int er net Info rm ation Service from th e list. 5. Insert th e W indows NT Workst ation or W indows NT Ser ver CD in to your CD-R OM drive. A windo w appea rs prompting you f or the locat ion driv e and directo r y . 6. Enter the corre ct drive an[...]

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    2-1 2 HP Open Vie w NNM SE 1 .2 With Del l Open Manage H IP 3.2 User’ s G uide 3. Select a de stination directory . Clic k Browse to find th e directory you w ant, or clic k Next to accept the d efault, c :openview . The Setu p Option windo w appe ars with two set up options:  T ypical — Installs OpenVi ew man agement statio n and remote c [...]

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    2-1 4 HP Open Vie w NNM SE 1 .2 With Del l Open Manage H IP 3.2 User’ s G uide T o uninstall the Dell Open Manage Server Console, use the follo win g procedur e: 1 . Double -cli c k t he Uninstall Del l OpenManag e Server C onsole icon in the HP OpenView NNM /NT fold er . 2. R emove th e followi ng lin e fro m the  trapd.conf file in th e <[...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-1 5 3. Select a de stination directory . Clic k Browse to find th e directory you w ant, or clic k Next to accept the d efault, c:ope nview . If th is is not a Dell ser ver , a r emo te con sol e is ass ume d. Ski p thi s st ep an d go to step 4. The Setu p Option windo w appe ars with two set up options:[...]

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    2-1 6 HP Open Vie w NNM SE 1 .2 With Del l Open Manage H IP 3.2 User’ s G uide T o r emove HP Open View NNM SE f r om a s yste m, use the foll owing pr ocedu re: 1 . Clic k the Uninstall HP O V NNM SE ic on. A windo w appea rs with the f ollo wing messa ge: Uninstall NNM SE and all add-in compon ents? 2. Clic k OK . A windo w appea rs displa ying[...]

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    2-1 8 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Open Manage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide 3 RZHU(GJH6HUYHUV (TXLSSHG:LWK'5$&9 HUVLRQ R efe r to y our DRA C v ersion 2.0 docu mentation for co nfiguration inf ormation regardi ng the card an d optional PC Card mo dem. )RU' HOO5 HPRW H$VVLV WDQW6 HUYHU6HU Y[...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-1 9  Dell Ope nManage Remote A ssistant a nd Dell Re mote As sistant Server s er vice  Dell P owerEd ge Expandable RAID Console  A daptec CI/O Ar ray -Base d Managemen t  A daptec Durali nk Ser ver Ma nager  America n P ow er Conv ersion (APC) P o werNet Consol e  MobileCh oice P a ging I[...]

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    2-20 HP Ope nView NNM SE 1 .2 W i th Dell OpenM anag e H I P 3.2 Use r ’ s Gu ide The Remo te Assi stant allow s you to vie w the fo llowing info rmation:  Health of the sy s tem  POST logs  Event lo gs  Console redirection o n ser ver s equipped w ith DRA C v ersion 2.0  Control res et and pow er to the re mote ser ver . The Remo [...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-21 The web bro wser starts and po ints to the f ollowin g URL: ht tp://< systemna me >/Ad aptecW eb/Applets/Serv erAnim.html.har dwar e componen t T o monitor the Adap tec Duralink S er ver Ma nager utility , use the f ollo wing proce dure: 1 . Clic k the URL. T he Ad aptecW eb We b site a ppears. 2.[...]

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    2-22 HP Ope nView NNM SE 1 .2 W i th Dell OpenM anag e H I P 3.2 Use r ’ s Gu ide F or more inf ormation, ref er to the Mobi leChoice P agin g for HP OpenV iew help. T o acce ss the help file , foll ow th ese s teps: 1 . Start the M obile Choi ce Paging a ppl icati on. 2. Clic k the Help but to n to launc h the help fil e. ,QWHJUDWLQJ606 :L[...]

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    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-23 1 3. Edit t he na me of t h e MI F bein g sen t fr om default .mi f in the dialog box, if nece ssary . 14 . C l i ck OK . T o send the M IF from the Dell ma naged node to the manage ment station, pe rform the f ollo wing steps: 1 . Map a d rive to the manage ment station ’ s sms_sh r  directory (i.[...]

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    2-24 HP Ope nView NNM SE 1 .2 W i th Dell OpenM anag e H I P 3.2 Use r ’ s Gu ide ,QVWDOOLQJ /'60$JH QWV:LWK1R3UHY LRXVO,QVWDOOHG 'HOO +,30DQ DJHG1RGH T o install the LDSM agents with no pre viously ins t alled De ll HIP 3.2 manage d node, f oll o w the instr uc tion s in the Dell Hard ware In [...]

  • Page 49

    In stallati on and Upgrad e Pro cedur es 2-25 c:smm3 2 director y to the pa th environmen t variab le. Y o u can ma ke this modif icati on to the en vironmen t variable s in the Sys tem Pr oper ties En viro nment t ab, wh ic h is access ibl e thr ough t h e Control P anel Sys tem op tion. Af ter ma king these c hanges, reboot y our sy stem. R efe [...]

  • Page 50

    2-26 HP Ope nView NNM SE 1 .2 W i th Dell OpenM anag e H I P 3.2 Use r ’ s Gu ide[...]

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    Using NNM SE 3-1 &+$37(5 8VLQJ1106( N etwo rk Node Man ager Special Ed ition (NNM SE) deliv ers f ault, co nfiguration , and perf ormance man agement. NNM SE can be used to perf orm the fo llow ing tasks:  Disco ve r your ne t wo rk en vironmen t and monitor i ts statu s.  Draw Internet P rotocol (IP) or Internetwork P ac ka g[...]

  • Page 52

    3-2 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide +RZWR8VH 1106( T o use NNM S E, you m ust be able to perfo rm the f ollowing t asks :  Nav igating through s ubmaps  Usin g the t ool bar  P erforming actions on o bjects, i ncluding fi nding and se lecting o bjects and using the sele ction lis t ?[...]

  • Page 53

    Using NNM SE 3-3 item that de scri b es th e acti on. T o se e the expa nde d-nod e subm ap, do ubl e-cli c k th e node. 110 6(,FRQ V HP Op enVie w NNM S E uses the ic ons sho wn in T able 3-1 to represent the syst ems. 7 DEOH 1106(,FRQV ,FRQ 'HVFULSW LRQ Dell server/Windo ws NT Dell de sktop computer /Windo[...]

  • Page 54

    3-4 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide 6HUYHU &RQVR OH,FRQV  The Ser ver Co nsole, laun c hed from the N NM SE manage d node submap window , prov ides a u ser i nterf ace to th e emb edded hardw a re fun ctions throu gh whic h y ou c an monitor a nd manage components i n Dell servers. Se r ver Con[...]

  • Page 55

    Using NNM SE 3-5 'LVFRY HU 0RQLWRU  The Disco very Monitor i s a bac k ground proc ess that runs on a sy stem mana gement station alon g with the Op enV ie w ba c k g round p rocess ( netmon , ovcapsd , and so on ). It listen s to ev ents fr om the OpenV iew bac kg round proc esses relat ing to the disco v- ery of managed nod es . F or [...]

  • Page 56

    3-6 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide 7 UDS)RUZDUGHU The T rap F or war der applica tion lets you f or ward certain traps the manage ment station receiv es to othe r managemen t stations. T rap F or warde r consists of a user inte rface and a b ac k ground proces s. All traps sent to the management station[...]

  • Page 57

    Using NNM SE 3-7 &RQILJXULQJWKH'H VWLQDWLRQIRU )RUZDUGHG7 UDSV T o configure the SN MP s ervice on a manag eme nt s tation to f o rward traps to anot her manage ment station, y ou mus t configure the SNMP trap de stination (s) on the send- ing station a s fo llows. NO TE: Do no t use the SNMP Ema nate A gent T rap D estinati[...]

  • Page 58

    3-8 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide 'HOO2S HQ0DQD JH5HPRWH$VVLVWD QW$OH UW$ FWLRQV  Y ou can configur e a particular a ction to take place when a n alert or e vent a ssociated with a Dell e nterpris e occ urs. S elect Ev ent C onfigur ation from the Options menu of the NNM S E m[...]

  • Page 59

    F requentl y Asked Qu est i ons A-1 $33(1',;$ ) UHTXHQ WO$ VNHG4XHVW LRQV Wh y don’t the Ev ent and POS T log tabs of the version 1 .0 Serve r Console cor- r ectly displa y data whe n monito ring a Dell P ow erEdg e 2300 or 630 0 server? V ersion 1 .2 of the Server Cons ole is required to corr ectly displa y this data . Wh y is som[...]

  • Page 60

    A-2 HP O penV iew NNM SE 1 .2 With Dell Op enMana ge HIP 3 .2 User’ s Guide What light-emi ttin g diode (LED) flashes when the A daptec Co mpre hensive Input/Output (CI/ O) Blink Har d-Disk Dr ive Ligh t f eatur e is used? The hard- d isk d rive acti vit y LE D fl ashe s at 1 -second inter vals. If there is any hard- d isk driv e activity , it ma[...]

  • Page 61

    F requentl y Asked Qu est i ons A-3 Wher e ar e aler t ev ents logg ed by the Dell Remot e Assist ant Serve r? The ev ents are l ogged into th e Windows NT Ap plication l og on the m anagement station whe re the Dell R emote A ssistant Ser ver Ser vice is r unning. Wh y doesn ’ t the Dell OpenM anage Rem ote Ass istant console applica tion con- n[...]

  • Page 62

    A-4 HP O penV iew NNM SE 1 .2 With Dell Op enMana ge HIP 3 .2 User’ s Guide[...]

  • Page 63

    Tiv oli /Enter pris e Conso le R equir ement s and I nstall ation B -1 $33(1',;% 7LYROL(QWHUSULVH& RQVROH 5 HTXLUHPH QWVDQG,QVWDOODWLRQ Thi s product su pports Dell Hardware Ins trum entation Pa c kage (HI P) 2.2 or later integrati on with T ivoli/Enterp rise Console versio n 2.6 and Tivoli/ Enterprise Cons ole Windows NT[...]

  • Page 64

    B-2 HP O penV iew NNM SE 1 .2 With Dell Op enMana ge HIP 3 .2 User’ s Guide ,QVWDO ODWLRQ RI5$,' &RQWUROO HU(YHQW V:LWK 7LYRO L(QWHUSUL VH&RQ VROH T o install the RAID controll er ev ents with the T ivoli/E nterprise Console , perfo rm the f ollowi ng steps on the Window s NT sy stem to be m onitored: 1 . Stop[...]

  • Page 65

    Tiv oli /Enter pris e Conso le R equir ement s and I nstall ation B -3 7 . Loa d the ne w r ule base by usin g the f ollowi ng comma nd: wloadrb My_rb 8. Restart the e ven t ser ver b y usin g the foll owing command: wstartesvr ,QVWDO ODWLRQR I'HOO+ ,3(YHQW V:LWK7LYR OL (QWHUSU LVH&RQVRO H T o install th e Dell HIP [...]

  • Page 66

    B-4 HP O penV iew NNM SE 1 .2 With Dell Op enMana ge HIP 3 .2 User’ s Guide 3. Copy the c urr ent r ule ba se to the ne w r ule bas e b y using the f ollo wi ng comm and: wcprb <current rule base> My_rb NO TE: Thi s rule b ase must already in clude the cl asses f rom the t ecad_nt.bar oc file. 4. Import t he De ll Event clas ses by us ing t[...]

  • Page 67

    Glossary 1 *ORVVDU The following li st def ines or i denti f ies tec hnic al terms, abbre viations, and acro- ny ms used in D ell ® user doc uments. AC Abbrevia tion for alternati ng current. APC Abbrevia tion for American Power Conversi on. bac kup A copy of a program or data fi le. As a prec aution, you sh ould back u p your com- puter’s ha r[...]

  • Page 68

    2 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide the disk- cache utility can retrieve the data from R AM faster than from the dis k drive. CBT Abbrevia tion for computer-ba sed training. CD-ROM Abbrevia tion for compact di sc read-only memory. CD-ROM drive s use optic al technol ogy to read data from CDs. CDs are read-o n[...]

  • Page 69

    Glossary 3 en t erp ris e A systems-management s oftw are product that is e ither a source or a receiver o f SNMP traps. ESM Abbrevia tion for embed ded server manage ment. FA T Abbrevia tion for file allo cation table. FTP Abbrevia tion for file trans port protocol. GB Abbrevia tion for gigabyte. A g igabyte equals 1024 MB or 1,0 73,741,824 bytes.[...]

  • Page 70

    4 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide term is o ften rounded to mea n 1,00 0,0 00 bytes . 0 + ]  ?[...]

  • Page 71

    Glossary 5 RAID 0 RAID 0 is commonly called striping . T hi s was not o riginally defi ned as a RAID le vel but has since come in to popular us e. In this array configuration, d ata is written sequen tially a cross the available disks and no redund ancy is provided. RAID 0 c onfig- urati ons provide very high pe rformance but relat ively low reli a[...]

  • Page 72

    6 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide subsy stem us es a meth od of data stor- age calle d stri ping . With this me thod, dat a is divi ded in to a serie s of pi ece s call e d bloc k s and ea c h data bloc k is stor ed on a d i f ferent physical drive. When eac h driv e contains a b loc k of data, the proc ess[...]

  • Page 73

    Inde x 1 ,QGH [ $ Adaptec CI/O Arra y-Based Manageme nt System, 2-20 Adaptec Dura link Server Mana ger, 2-20 alerts confi guri ng a ct ion s, 3-7 America n Power Conversion. See APC APC PowerNe t Console, 2-21 assist ance technic al, 1-13 & cauti ons , vii consol e applicati ons, 2-18 ' Dell Inspec tor about, 2 -19 integrati ng SMS wi th N[...]

  • Page 74

    2 HP Op enVi ew NNM SE 1 .2 With D ell Op enManage HIP 3. 2 User’ s Guide help obta ining tech nical ass istance from Dell, 1-13 online help, 3-8 HIP conf igu ring alert ac tion s, 3-7 features , 1-6 tech nical as sistanc e, 1-13 troubles hooting, 1-1 HP OpenView NNM SE about, 3 -1 access ing , 3 -1 compu ter- based trai ning, 1-12 Dell sy stems [...]

  • Page 75

    Inde x 3 node upgradi ng for NetWare, 2-7 upgradi ng for Windows NT, 2-7 notation al conv entions, vii note s, vii 5 remote c onsole ins ta lli ng, 2- 14 modem re quirements, 2 -3 operatin g system req uirements, 2-3 ove rvi ew , 1- 4 syste m requ irem ents, 2-3 6 Server Mo nitor Modul e, 2-2 Dell PowerEd ge 610 0 serv ers , 2-23 servers syste m re[...]