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Enterprise Server System Software, Server Sentinal
Features and Capabilities
of Autonomic Computing
Server Sentinel InterfaceSingle status indicator for at-a-glance notification of system health Alerts box to quickly troubleshoot system hardware/software alerts for all monitored servers Health Dashboard provides real-time CPU and memory utilization information
Installation and ConfigurationFully supports self-installs with out-of-the-box installation and an integrated set-up wizard One-time completion of set-up screen for simple self-configuration even in multiple system environments Automatic installation and configuration of operating system (OS) partitions Partition configuring wizards and management policy templates
System Health MonitoringPolicy-based management rules and event notification Hardware component monitoring Windows OS monitoring Multi-server event console Automated one-click diagnostic data collection Health Advisor collects stability information from Service Processors and partitions
Self-HealingAutomated corrective actions Predictive health alerting Anticipatory failover for active-active and active-passive clusters Processor affinity management Out-of-the-box self-healing of OS environment
SecurityRole-based access definition Intrusion prevention Secure Sentinel network communication path for enhancing intrusion prevention Fewer ports and data encryption Detection of security vulnerabilities in the Service Processor, management server, and partitions Customization of features to satisfy specific server security requirements Provides access to Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to detect common security misconfigurations
Health ReportingPerformance and availability reporting Graphical trending Configurations change analysis Windows 2000 Datacenter certification compliance check Stability reporting to Unisys Support Center
Remote AccessRemote standard operations console for multiple partitions Remote operations of Unisys Server Sentinel management functions Remote service diagnostics
High Availability and ReliabilityAutomatic notification to Unisys Support Center of pre- and post-fail conditions Enhanced security and simplified multi-system support Identification of hardware faults to field-replaceable and customer-replaceable units Automated reporting, notification, and data collection of status of specific server components Encrypted data sent to Unisys through single port yields easier firewall configuration Automatic notification of updates for all managed computers in a single report Integrated AppManagerŪ program reduces support costs and provides increased efficiency within the network Cluster management capability for high availability in a MSCS-based cluster
Performance and UsabilityReduced I/O requests to partitions for improved performance and faster response Single polling interval and data source for improved performance and increased consistency Quickly detects need for corrective actions even in high-availability configurations
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