User`s guide

User Guide
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Bull System Client
and Bull System Area Manager
Note: Refer to the Bull System Area Manager and Bull System Client User
Guides on the dedicated CD-ROM for more information, or contact your
sales representative.
Bull System Client
The Bull System Client is a tool for managing a server, a desktop or a notebook within
an IT environment.
The Bull System Client manages one system at a time. To manage multiple systems
simultaneously, we recommend installing Bull System Area Manager on a designated
system.
Bull System Area Manager
The Bull System Area Manager is a single tool meant to manage remotely and simul-
taneously multiple servers, desktops, and notebooks within an IT environment.
Note: Contact your sales representative for more information on these
features. Please note that a licence key is required to monitor a system using
the Bull System Area Manager.
The Bull System Area Manager allows administrators to manage and monitor the key
components of the IT infrastructure: servers, desktops, and notebooks. It empowers
administrators to keep all of these systems functioning at peak efficiency and it helps
them:
■ Reduce power consumption across all systems.
■ Manage and configure PCI RAID systems from different manufacturers with one
simple interface, replacing the disparate interfaces from different manufacturers.
Note: Some controllers may not be supported. In this case, use one of the
other RAID Configuration utilities listed in this guide.
■ Dynamically gather highly detailed asset data on all products and generate reports
for compliance and other purposes.
■ Monitor and alert on a wide spectrum of system parameters including temperature,
voltage, power redundancy, fan speeds, physical intrusions, disk capacity, memory
module errors, and network connectivity status.
■ Log and compile a variety of system events that can help administrators quickly
track ongoing systems issues and respond to them quickly and efficiently.
■ Configure alerting options that can assign different alerts to different groups –
focusing key people on key tasks.
■ Remotely identify root causes of problems, and even fix them without leaving their
desk.