Users Guide

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Server Administrator services
Server Administrator Instrumentation Service monitors the health of a system and provides rapid access to detailed fault and
performance information gathered by industry-standard systems management agents. The reporting and viewing features allow
retrieval of the overall health status for each chassis that includes your system. At the subsystem level, you can view information
about the voltages, temperatures, fan rpm, and memory function at key points in the system. A detailed account of every relevant
cost of ownership (COO) detail about your system can be seen in the summary view. Version information for BIOS, rmware,
operating system, and all installed systems management software can also be retrieved.
Also, system administrators can use the Instrumentation Service to perform the following essential tasks:
• Specify minimum and maximum values for certain critical components. The values, called thresholds, determine the range in
which a warning event for that component occurs (minimum and maximum failure values are specied by the system
manufacturer).
• Specify how the system responds when a warning or failure event occurs. Users can congure the actions that a system takes in
response to notications of warning and failure events. Alternatively, users who have around-the-clock monitoring can specify
that no action is to be taken and rely on human judgment to select the best action in response to an event.
• Populate all the user-speciable values for the system, such as the name of the system, the phone number of the system's
primary user, the depreciation method, whether the system is leased or owned.
NOTE: For more information about conguring SNMP, see, Conguring the SNMP Agent for Systems Running
Supported Windows Operating Systems.
Managing your system
The Server Administrator home page defaults to the System object of the system tree view. By default, for the System object opens
the Health components under the Properties tab.
By default, the Preferences home page, opens the Node Conguration.
From the Preferences home page, you can restrict access to users with User and Power User privileges, set the SNMP password,
and congure user settings and SM SA Connection Service settings.
NOTE: Context-sensitive online help is available for every window of the Server Administrator home page. Click Help
( ) to open an independent help window that contains detailed information about the specic window you are
viewing. The online help is designed to guide you through the specic actions required to perform all aspects of the
Server Administrator services. Online help is available for all windows you can view, based on the software and hardware
groups that Server Administrator discovers on your system and your user privilege level.
NOTE: You must have Administrator or Power User privileges to view many of the system tree objects, system
components, action tabs, and data area features that are congurable. Also, only users logged in with Administrator
privileges can access critical system features such as the shutdown functionality included under the
Shutdown tab.
Managing System/Server Module Tree Objects
The Server Administrator system/server module tree displays all visible system objects based on the software and hardware groups
that Server Administrator discovers on the managed system and on the user's access privileges. The system components are
categorized by component type. When you expand the main object — Modular Enclosure — System/Server Module — the major
categories of system components that may appear are, Main System Chassis/Main System, Software, and Storage.
If Storage Management Service is installed, depending on the controller and storage attached to the system, the Storage tree object
expands to display various objects.
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