Server Management Ver. 2.01 User Manual

5.2 Assets Control
The hardware assets and configuration management is significantly important for an enterprise
whose business largely depends on the servers system. It used to be necessary to check the
hardware configuration information manually on site, the inconvenience and inefficiency of
which is self-evident.
If you install SMS on the individual servers in the network, you can get a quick view of the
hardware configuration information of these servers from a remote management console.
Different from other assets control tools, SMS provides not only the hardware information
(both static and dynamic), but also the SMS managing information of the specific hardware.
The assets control function is provided in three ways:
• The General View page: The internal and external structure of the server can be viewed
directly here and the hardware component icons can be selected for detailed information.
• The Hardware Information page: the static information of the hardware items is listed
here, which include CPU, System, Memory, Partition, Storage, Device, Port, NIC,
Chassis, Product, Board, DVD/CD-ROM. Click on the icon, the static hardware assets
information is shown such as asset name, manufacturer and so on.
Note that the hardware items may vary with different server models.
With SMS IPMI Remote Console, only the information of Chassis, Product and Board can
be provided. This information is provided by the BMC FRU(Field Replaceable Unit).
• The SMS Report: A summary of the hardware component inventory during a certain
period.
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