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SPARCEnterpriseM3000modelsandabove,aremonitoredandadministeredbytheeXtended SystemControlFacility(XSCF)incorporatedineachservercabinet.XSCFincorporatesaservice processorseparatefromallotherprocessors. XSCFregularlymonitorsservercomponentsincludingCPU,memory,disks,fanrotationand devicetemperatures.MonitoredinformationisstoredintheXSCF.OSfailuredoesn'taffect XSCFoperationasitisfullyindependentoftheoperationalserverarchitecture.Configurationand administrationofpartitionsandserverresourceswitchingcanalsobeperformedfromXSCF. XSCFcanbeoperatedbyWebbrowsers,notonlybycommandline.Communicationbetween serverandXSCFconsoleisencryptedandprotectedbySSLandSSH.InSPARCEnterprise M8000andM9000,continuityofsystemmonitoringisassuredthroughredundantXSCF mechanism. TheaccurateandtimelyserverstatusobtainedbyXSCFlessenstheloadonsystem administratorsandreducesadministrativecosts.

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SPARCEnterpriseregularlymonitorsservercomponentsincluding,CPU,memory,PCIslots,fan rotationanddevicetemperatures. ErrorsinservercabinetsarenotifiedandstoredintheXSCF.Systemadministratorsmonitorand administerserverstatusviaaPCconnectedtotheXSCFbyLAN. Thesefunctionsenableswiftidentificationofcomponenterrorsanddetailedanalysisofsystem operation.

Remo eMoni o ing

ServermonitoringfromaremotesiteviaLANispossible.Dataencryptionandprotection,by supportedprotocolssuchasSSLandSSH,securestotaldatatransmissionbetweentheserver andtheadministrator.Plus,SNMPprotocolcanbeused. YoucanselectsuitableXSCFfunctionsforyoursystemoperation.
Se e moni o ing ingWebb o e

ThroughWebbrowsers,serverstatusesincludingcomponentstatusesortemperaturecanbe monitored,andserveroperationsincludingpower on/offarepossible.

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monitored,andserveroperationsincludingpower on/offarepossible.

ServermonitoringusingXSCFshell

Serverstatusescanbemonitoredandserverpoweron/offoperationsarepossiblealsothrough commandlineinterfaceusingXSCFshell.

Errornotificationb Email

NotificationscanbesenttoamobilephoneorPCbyEmailwhenanerroroccursinaserver. Evenifthesystemadministratorisinaremotelocation,he/shecanobtaintimelymonitoring informationandtakeswiftactiontoresolveerrors.

Collaborationwiths stemmanagementsoftware

CollaborationwithsystemmanagementsoftwaresuchasServerSystemManageror Systemwalkerenablesmultipleserverstobemanagedfromasingleconsole.

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AccesspermissiontoXSCFoperationscanbecontrolledatafinegrainlevelbyXSCFuser account.Forinstance,auseraccountwithpermissionforservermonitoringbutvetoonpower controlisprotectedfrompossiblemistakenpoweroffoperation. Dividingpermittedoperationstodifferentaccountsenablessecuresystemadministration,avoids anymaliciousoperationorfataloperationalmistakes.

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HardwarePartitionscanbeconfigured,monitoredandoperatedincludingD namic ReconfigurationthroughXSCF.Highsecurit andmanageabilit ofSPARCEnterprisehardware partitioningareassuredb independentaccountsmanagementperpartition.

Upda ingFi m a eOnOpe a ion

UsingSPARCEnterprise,serverstoppageperiodcausedb firmwareupdatingcanbeminimi ed duetoupdatingfirmwarewiththes stemupandrunning,ands stemstoppageperiodislimited toserverrebooting. SPARCEnterprisefirmwareconsistsofXSCFfirmwareandPOST/OpenBootPROM(OBP) firmware.POST/OBPfirmwarecontrolsserverhardware.XSCFfirmwarecanbeupdatedon serveroperationduetothefirmwarerecordedonXSCFboards,notonserverhardware. POST/OBPfirmwarecanbestoredintheserveronserveroperation,andcanbereflectedtothe serverduringrebooting.Underpartitionconfiguration,thefirmwareupdatecanbereflectedper partition. ThenewestfirmwareprogramscanbedownloadedfromrelevantWebpage.

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