User Manual

Overview 7
• Integration with Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007
• New HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure icons for System Center Essentials Diagram View
• Improved management of events by eliminating multiple alerts in Rules
• Fully scripted installation that imports management pack data into the System Center Essentials
database automatically
• New HP Enclosure Monitor Manager to allow users to enter Enclosure Onboard Administrator
credentials and configuration required for monitoring of HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
• New HP Enclosure Monitor Service for monitoring the HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, its
subsystems and components via the Onboard Administrator
• Predefined rules to process and display Windows® Event Log entries for HP BladeSystem c-Class
enclosure hardware alerts in the System Center Essentials Console
• Policies to present consolidated views of key HP BladeSystem c-Class attributes for rapid system
analysis
• HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures represented in the Diagram View
• Console Tasks to launch HP Onboard Administrator, HP Enclosure Monitor Manager, and HP
Integrated Lights-Out Management Processors from the System Center Essentials Console
• Access to HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure and other HP ProLiant Essentials value-added software
for hardware performance management, vulnerability assessment, and advanced lifecycle
administration of blade servers and virtual systems through HP SIM
Benefits
The HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 provides the
following benefits:
• Hardware resource management for HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures with augmented System
Center Essentials
• Streamlined IT administration and increased systems availability
Product architecture
The HP BladeSystem Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 integration is
designed to perform the following major functions:
• Identify, group and display HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures within the System Center Essentials
Console
• Populate System Center Essentials with enclosure attributes and configuration data for HP hardware
and software components
• Monitor and display the state of HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure hardware and the associated
management services
• Proactively identify, translate, and display HP hardware events written to the Windows® Event Log
as System Center Essentials alerts
• Provide browser-based links to HP management tools for hardware resource management and
advanced remote administration from within System Center Essentials