Management Tools; Systems Insight Manager; Management Agents - HP StoreEasy 1000 Administrator's Manual

8 Management tools

Update tool
The Update Tool is used to install hotfixes and updated HPE components on the HPE Storage
system. The utility "Update Tool" is designed to provide an integrated, enhanced and seamless
end user experience exploiting the cluster aware update (CAU) feature. It presents a uniform
graphical user interface to upgrade standalone and cluster nodes from local and remote
processors. In addition to that, this interface allows performing the complete operations with
minimal number of clicks while keeping a provision for advanced parameter selection exploiting
the underlying framework.
Installing updates using the Update Tool Procedure
1. Double-click the Update Tool icon on the desktop to launch the tool.The available modes to
install the updates appear.
2. Select a mode: Standalone, Co-ordinate or Cluster mode
3. Click Next.
If you select:
Standalone mode, the system navigates to the Update Tool Summary page.
Cluster mode or Co-ordinator mode, the system navigates to the Update Tool Input
page.
4. On the Update Tool Input page, enter the required settings and click Next.The Update Tool
Summary page appears.
5. Click Install. The installation starts and the tool navigates to the Update Tool Result page,
which provides the status of the installation.
NOTE: For Standalone mode, you cannot cancel the installation after the installation starts.
6. Click Open Log to view the log files that the system generates during the update installation.
NOTE: For a cluster system, you must select individual nodes and then click Open Logto
view the logs for that particular node.
7. The update will complete installation after you reboot the system.
Click OK to exit the tool.
If no component in the SR package requires reboot, the application closes.

Systems Insight Manager

Systems Insight Manager (SIM) is a web-based application that allows system administrators to
accomplish normal administrative tasks from any remote location, using a web browser. SIM
provides device management capabilities that consolidate and integrate management data from
HPE and third-party devices.
IMPORTANT:
processors, SAS and SCSI hard drives, and memory modules.
For additional information, refer to the Management CD in the HPE ProLiant Essentials Foundation
Pack or the SIM website (http://www.hpe.com/info/hpesim). For the latest version of SIM, refer
to the HPE SPOCK website (http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock).

Management Agents

Management Agents provide the information to enable fault, performance, and configuration
management. The agents allow easy manageability of the server through HP SIM software, and
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You must install and use SIM to benefit from the Pre-Failure Warranty for