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Management of consolidated server hardware for the DESY windows environment

Management of consolidated server hardware for the DESY windows environment. Ralph Heintz, Reinhard Baltrusch DESY IT. Situation. Building a new Windows domain for DESY with new servers brings also the chance to consolidate the hardware and look for good management options

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Management of consolidated server hardware for the DESY windows environment

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  1. Management of consolidated server hardware for the DESY windows environment Ralph Heintz, Reinhard Baltrusch DESY IT HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  2. Situation • Building a new Windows domain for DESY with new servers brings also the chance to consolidate the hardware and look for good management options • 2002/2003 investments in HP ProLiant server- and storage hardware (both sites) : • 3 ProLiant DL380G3 - domain controller • 4 ProLiant DL360G2 - application server • 2 ProLiant DL380 – packaged cluster with storage • 4 ProLiant BL20pG2 - file server cluster ( dual XEON CPU blade server ) • 2 MSA1000 storage systems with FC SAN connectivity • (together 7 TB file store) • 3 ProLiant DL380G2 - mailsweeper • 5 ProLiant DL360G2 - SAP server • 2 ProLiant ML370 – mail cluster with storage HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  3. Centralized server hardware management • Installation of HP management agents on all suitable server systems • Installation of „Insight Manager 7 SP2“ on a server as central console with integration of • „System Management Homepage“ • „Array Configuration Utility“ - ACU • remote management with „Remote Insight Lights-Out“ or „Integrated Lights-Out“ hardware • system software and firmware upgrades with „Version Control Repository Manager“ HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  4. Insight Manager 7 SP2 • Automatically discovers, identifies and manages ProLiant servers and act as the central launching point for other management software products • Centralized view of potential and actual problems before they result in unplanned server downtime • Isolate and rapidly recover from faults using management agents and Insight Lights-Out technology • Hierarchical views to track systems at group level HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  5. Insight Manager 7 SP2 (II) • Helpful tool for server asset management • inventory reports helps if there any memory, processor and disk upgrades or other hardware changes • export reports in CSV format for easy import in central reporting tools • Reduction in time consuming • diagnose server faults from remote locations through a web browser • isolate servers running out-of-date BIOS, driver and agents and update them from central desk HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  6. Insight Manager 7 SP2 (III) • Quickly setup and ease of use • integrated MSDE installation or SQL-server based repository • setup of the management server in less then an hour • delete events in database directly from an actions menue in IM 7 SP2 • control of database size HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  7. Insight Manager - Discovery HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  8. Insight Manager - Devices HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  9. Insight Manager - Accounts HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  10. Insight Manager - Security HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  11. Insight Manager - Queries HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  12. Insight Manager - Reports HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  13. Insight Manager - Inventory HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  14. Insight Manager – Cluster Monitor HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  15. Insight Manager – Event Queries HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  16. Insight Manager - Tasks HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  17. Insight Manager – Tasks (II) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  18. Insight Manager – Tasks (III) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  19. System Management Homepage • Browser-based, remote management with consistent user interface • view server and state information • update system software and firmware (Version Control Agent) • configuring storage arrays (ACU) • remote power on servers (ILO) • all functions over a secure connection (40 or 128 bit SSL) • Monitoring and reporting of server performance • real-time diagnostic and quick respond to server fault conditions • pre failure alerting • in conjunction with IM 7SP2 alerts maybe transmitted to the central monitoring system (Nagios) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  20. System Management Homepage (II) • Easy setup • central and remote deployment of agents to allmanageable servers or manual installationfrom CD or network share • Integration with Insight Manager 7 SP2 • automatic submission of relevant serverdata ( health and performance ) to IM 7 SP2 • Secure communication with IM7 SP2 server • filtering IP addresses or names • certificate based communication HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  21. Insight Manager – System Homepage HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  22. Array Configuration Utility • Configure and expand disk drive arrays • Web-based disk management • Wizard-based configuration • Add additional disk drives to an existing configuration (while server is online) • Online capacity expansion of arrays and logical drives • RAID Level migration • Hot spare disk management • Fine tune controller performance • read/write cache ratio • stripe size • priority levels for expansion and rebuild of drives HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  23. Insight Manager – Home Device HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  24. Array Configuration Utility (II) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  25. Insight Management Agents • Pre failure observation • Over 1000 parameters monitored • SNMP and HTTP communication • Sub-system status display (NIC, controller, drives, power supply etc.) • Operating system monitoring (event log forwarding of Windows and NetWare) • Heterogenous OS on managed Servers possible(Windows, LINUX, NetWare, SCO, True64 Unix, OpenVMS and IBM OS) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  26. Insight Management Agents (II) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  27. Insight Management Agents (III) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  28. Software Version Control Agent • View the software installed on selected HP equipment • View the available updates • Is the installed software compliant with the latest update(s) ? • Add or update the HP software on the devices remotely • Central repository on a central server may be automatically updated by HP website (ActiveUpdate) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  29. Software Version Control Agent (II) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  30. Integrated „Lights-Out“ • Integrated Chip on mainboard or expansion board in server • System status, diagnostics and logs • Remote console • Virtual devices (power button, media drives and indicators) • User, network and security configuration HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  31. Integrated „Lights-Out“ (II) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  32. Integrated „Lights-Out“ (III) HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

  33. References • http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ cim7-description.html HEPiX-HEPNT, Vancouver 10/22/2003

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