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ClearCube Blade Manager 4.0 Overview and Demonstration Rev. 11-09-04

ClearCube Blade Manager 4.0 Overview and Demonstration Rev. 11-09-04. Click to Continue. Overview. Blade Manager provides basic systems management that is easy to use and easy to implement. Click to Continue. Key Features and Benefits. Click to Continue. Key Features and Benefits.

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ClearCube Blade Manager 4.0 Overview and Demonstration Rev. 11-09-04

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  1. ClearCube Blade Manager 4.0Overview and DemonstrationRev. 11-09-04

  2. Click to Continue Overview Blade Manager provides basic systems management that is easy to use and easy to implement. ClearCube Confidential

  3. Click to Continue Key Features and Benefits ClearCube Confidential

  4. Click to Continue Key Features and Benefits Email alerts let an administrator know immediately if there is a potential issue and SNMP capabilities allow alerts to be integrated with a separate console. ClearCube Confidential

  5. Network Click to Continue Key Features and Benefits Manage your Blades remotely from anywhere through the network. ClearCube Confidential

  6. Click to Continue Key Features and Benefits Acrobat Java MS Office 3.4 GHz P4 80GB HDD 1 GB Memory Slot 1 DIMM Keep track of both hardware and software components. ClearCube Confidential

  7. Click to Continue Software Demonstration ClearCube Confidential

  8. First, log into Blade Manager. You may authenticate with local or domain credentials. Then click Submit to log in. ClearCube Confidential

  9. To view information about local disk drives, click Drives. After logging in to Blade Manager you will see basic system information for the local machine. Click on any item on the left to view detailed information on system assets. To view information about the operating system, running processes, or environment variables, click on Operating System. Click to Continue ClearCube Confidential

  10. You can click on Installed Applications to view all applications installed on a user’s machine. This helps you control the applications installed in your business environment. Click to Continue ClearCube Confidential

  11. Before clicking Connect, you are viewing the localhost information. After clicking Connect, you will now see the hostname of the remote machine instead of ‘localhost’ in the left tree, and you will then be viewing information for that remote host. If you are logged in using domain credentials, you may browse other machines running Blade Manager by entering the system name here. Click to Continue ClearCube Confidential

  12. To create a new alert, click Notification, then click Add Alerts. Blade Manager allows the Administrator to configure email alerts and SNMP alerts. The Administrator determines what triggers these alerts. ClearCube Confidential

  13. In this case we will choose to send an alert if a particular application is detected on the local machine. To create an alert for the local machine, first choose the Sensor. ClearCube Confidential

  14. Next, choose the evaluation criteria. In this case, we will choose a substring to match against an application name. ClearCube Confidential

  15. Next, enter the substring you wish to compare against installed applications. Then verify that the Administrator’s email address is correct. Then click Add. ClearCube Confidential

  16. To view all alerts that have been created for the local machine, click Alerts. Here you can see the alert we just added. Click to Continue ClearCube Confidential

  17. Click to Continue Example Application ClearCube Confidential

  18. User A has not experienced a problem yet, but if the fan is not addressed soon, her processor will begin to heat up and automatically slow down resulting in a sluggish response. The Help Desk receives an email indicating that User A’s Blade processor fan has stopped blowing. To preempt this problem, the help desk contacts User A and informs her that she will be temporarily switched to a spare while the fan issue is resolved. Help Desk Click to Continue Proactive Systems Management User A Data Center ClearCube Confidential

  19. The Help Desk then uses Switch Manager to remotely switch User A to the allocated Spare Blade (red). Help Desk Click to Continue Proactive Systems Management User A Data Center ClearCube Confidential

  20. The Help Desk can then take corrective action on the blade or shut it down and replace it. Help Desk Throughout the whole process, the user continues to work off the spare Blade. Click to Continue Proactive Systems Management User A Data Center ClearCube Confidential

  21. Once User A’s original Blade is repaired or replaced, the administrator can switch the user back, making the spare available again. Help Desk User data and settings are preserved during the sparing process by using either roaming profiles or ClearCube Data Failover. Click to Continue Proactive Systems Management User A Data Center ClearCube Confidential

  22. Help Desk Click to Continue Proactive Systems Management User A Data Center With Blade Manager’s proactive alerts and ClearCube’s spare switching technology, a faulty fan results in a total user downtime of: Less than 5 minutes ClearCube Confidential

  23. For more information contact ClearCube at 1-866-652-3500

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