Configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant 8.0 to Monitor SNMP Traps Generated by VMware ESX Server
[ Source: Dell ]
January 2008-This white paper explains about configuring Dell OpenManage IT Assistant Version 8.0 to recognize and monitor SNMP traps generated by VMware ESX Server software. This is achieved by integrating VMware SNMP MIBs with IT Assistant. The VMware ESX Server software presents a set of MIBs which can be used to monitor alerts and can be integrated with different management software. Dell OpenManage IT Assistant is management software for managing Dell venture products.
Compiling and Customizing SNMP MIBs With HP Systems Insight Manager
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-This paper discusses the tools provided by HP Systems Insight Manager to integrate third-party (non-HP) SNMP v1/v2 MIBs into HP Systems Insight Manager to provide support for processing and displaying traps from other systems. It also discusses the MIB syntax extensions supported by HP Systems Insight Manager that provide additional value in customizing specific trap information. Finally, this paper discusses the set of MIB’s included with HP Systems Insight Manager to provide out-of-the-box support for ....
Tuning HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1A and V5.1B for Oracle Environments
[ Source: Hewlett-Packard ]
January 2008-This HP white paper provides some generic guidelines on how to set key tunable parameters applicable to Oracle environments running HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1B. In addition, specific patches are recommended for use in Oracle environments. The HP Tru64 UNIX V5.1A release is currently under Prior Version Support with Sustaining Engineering (PVS-SE).
Is Your Data Center Ready for Virtualization? Important Power Considerations for Virtualized IT Environments
[ Source: Eaton ]
April 2009-Virtualization brings the potential to deliver dramatic savings in terms of server count, footprint, power consumption and cooling requirements for data centers. For all its advantages though, virtualization also brings some unique challenges. Overall power consumption will be lower, but power demands per rack will be much higher. There will be fewer servers, but each one will be more critical than ever. Applications can be dynamically reallocated at will, but the support infrastructure cannot do ....
Architecting Low Latency Cloud Networks
[ Source: Arista Networks ]
June 2009-As data centers transition to next generation virtualized & elastic cloud architectures, high performance and resilient cloud networking has become a requirement for delivering always-on, always-available applications.
Over the last decade response time requirements have been rigorously tightened, toward fractions of a second, and both network and compute latencies need to be reduced in parallel. An architectural approach is needed so that response times are consistently and measurably enhanced across a wide set of ....
IBM Engineering & Technology Services for Electronic Games: Taking the Game Experience to New Levels With Unmatched Processor Performance
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2008-This paper published by IBM discusses IBM Engineering & Technology Services for electronic games. This paper highlights about taking the game experience to new levels with unmatched processor performance. With new game console technology from IBM Engineering and Technology Services (IBM E&TS), industry leaders are exceeding expectations with the latest game performance. Innovation systems are giving way to open, flat and collaborative innovation networks. To take advantage of the full array of complex technology, Intellectual ....
Template-based Provisioning
[ Source: Liquid Computing ]
September 2009-By applying template-based provisioning, IT infrastructure can be configured to deliver services as needed, and projects with disparate and out-of-sync computing requirements can share infrastructure. As a result, operators can improve responsiveness to business demands through rapid service deployment and, at the same time, reduce overhead associated with power, cooling, floor space, and licensing. More significantly, IT organizations can achieve up to a 10:1 time savings in administration, the largest and fastest-growing cost in the ....
Virtualization Management Workshop
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-Once an organization has completed an initial server virtualization/consolidation phase, it becomes clear that a new breed of tools is required to better monitor, manage, troubleshoot, and tune this new virtual infrastructure. IT managers have to sift through the plethora of virtualization management solutions to identify which products are really ready for prime time, and then how to match their particular needs with available solutions. Learn how to fulfill the promise of virtualization, especially improving ....
Sun SPARC Enterprise Server Family Architecture Flexible, Mainframe-Class Compute Power
[ Source: Sun Microsystems ]
January 2008-Sun SPARC Enterprise servers outfitted with SPARC64 VI processors, large memory capacity, an inherently reliable architecture, and an eXtended system control facility deliver new levels of power, availability, and ease-of-use to enterprises. The sophisticated resource control enabled by Dynamic System Domains, eXtended system boards, and Dynamic Reconfiguration further increases the value of these servers by enabling enterprises to optimize the use of these hardware assets. By taking advantage of fast, scalable Sun SPARC Enterprise servers, ....
Blue Gene/L Torus Interconnection Network
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2008-One of the most important features of an extraordinarily parallel supercomputer is the network that connects the processors together and allows the machine to operate as a large coherent entity. In Blue Gene/L (BG/L), the primary network for point-to-point messaging is a three-dimensional (3D) torus network. The main traverse of the massively parallel Blue Genet/L is a three-dimensional torus network with dynamic virtual cut-through routing. This paper describes both the architecture and the microarchitecture of ....
GPFS Multicluster With the IBM System Blue Gene Solution and eHPS Clusters
[ Source: IBM ]
January 2008-
This paper describes a case study in which an IBM System Blue Gene Solution supercomputer is configured to natively access General Parallel File System (GPFS) 2.3 file systems that are owned by an IBM eServer pSeries cluster with AIX 5L and the IBM eServer High Performance Switch (eHPS). The IBM System Blue Gene Solution Service Node (SN), Front-End Nodes (FENs), and I/O Nodes (IONs) are configured as one GPFS cluster that does not contain any ....
Virtualization for the Real World
[ Source: Dell ]
January 2008-
Virtualization is making a tremendous impact in the IT community around the world and across enterprises, agencies and institutions. The results of virtualization demonstrate clear benefits and tangible value to managers and decision-makers at every level of the IT organization. Virtualization technology changes the game by transforming a traditional IT environment into a virtualized IT environment, or virtual infrastructure. Virtual infrastructures provide great flexibility and open up new ways of thinking about the IT environment. ....
Blade Server Tech Report
[ Source: InformationWeek ]
March 2007-
The blade server market has been evolving, and many enterprises today can take advantage of much the improved manageability and facilities savings that blades can offer. The market has offerings from nearly every major vendor and some smaller vendors that can surprise and please both the server administrator and the data center manager. The NWC Analytics Blade Server Tech Report covers the market as it stands and can serve as a guideline for justifying investments ....
Using Host Integration Server Printer Definition Files (PDFs) and Printer Definition Table (PDT) Files
[ Source: Microsoft ]
January 2008-
A PDF (Printer Definition File) is an editable ASCII file that contains macro definitions, session parameters, formatting controls and character definitions. This file is customized to provide function support. A PDT (Printer Definition Table) file is the compiled version of a PDF. A PDF/PDT file does not format the data stream sent by the host application. Based on what is defined in the PDF/PDT file, control codes in the data stream can be restored with ....
Capella Technologies SD Express and HP ChaiServer: Secure Remote Printing Technology
[ Source: Capella Technologies ]
January 2008-
Secure delivery of confidential documents is a common requirement among businesses of all sizes. The Capella SD Express leverages HP ChaiServer technology to provide businesses with the best aspects of both processes. The SD Express solution only decrypts the document at the moment of printing, protecting data throughout the transmission process. ChaiServer gives firmware appliances, including the latest generation of HP LaserJet printers, the ability to connect directly to the web using standard web protocols ....
Intel Virtualization Technology and Intel Active Management Technology in Retail Infrastructure
[ Source: Intel ]
January 2008-
Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) enabled Retail Point of Sales systems serve as a retail management program that allows users to maintain absolute control over sales and inventory while utilizing an easy and professional customer checkout. This paper illustrates the usage model of Intel Virtualization Technology and Intel Active Management Technology in Retail Infrastructure Point of Sales Systems. The paper explains the key features of these technologies and provides practical ....
High Availability for SQL Server 2005 Using Array-based Replication Host-based Mirroring Technologies
[ Source: HP ]
April 2008-
Array-based remote replication solutions for Microsoft SQL Server have existed for years, and SQL Server 2005 provides a built-in, host-based feature called database mirroring as an alternative for disaster-recovery solutions. Although these technologies are widely available, users may lack the information needed to select the replication, mirroring, or high availability method(s) suitable for their environment; they need information on how to configure the database, storage, and software.
This paper is intended to ....
Sun SPARC Enterprise Server Family Architecture Flexible, Mainframe-Class Compute Power
[ Source: Sun Microsystems ]
January 2008-
Sun SPARC Enterprise servers outfitted with SPARC64 VI processors, large memory capacity, an inherently reliable architecture, and an eXtended system control facility deliver new levels of power, availability, and ease-of-use to enterprises. The sophisticated resource control enabled by Dynamic System Domains, eXtended system boards, and Dynamic Reconfiguration further increases the value of these servers by enabling enterprises to optimize the use of these hardware assets. By taking advantage of fast, scalable Sun SPARC Enterprise servers, ....
Distributed Clustering in Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks: A Hybrid, Energy-Efficient Approach
[ Source: Purdue University ]
January 2008-
This paper presents an energy-efficient distributed clustering approach for ad-hoc sensor networks. The approach is hybrid: cluster heads are randomly selected based on their residual energy, and nodes join clusters such that communication cost is minimized. Based on this approach, the paper introduces the HEED protocol, which terminates in a constant number of iterations, independent of the network diameter. HEED operates in quasi-stationary networks where nodes are location-unaware and have equal significance.
HP Blade Servers for Everyone
[ Source: HP ]
January 2008-
The move to blades can save companies over a third of the start-up costs of deploying standalone blades. These savings come via both acquisition costs and facilities costs and are enhanced when coupled with HP deployment and support services. Learn the cost advantages in midsize and enterprise markets of two different HP BladeSystems models. Download now.
Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
[ Source: APC by Schneider Electric ]
October 2009-
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the electrical consumption of typical data centers through appropriate design of the network-critical physical infrastructure and through the design of the IT architecture. This paper explains how to quantify the electricity savings and provides examples of methods that can greatly reduce electrical power consumption.
Can You Get There From Here? Desktop And Application Virtualization Workshop
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Many companies have already implemented server consolidation projects utilizing virtualization technologies. These projects have brought significant cost reductions to both capital and operational expenditures. Companies are now looking to leverage server, desktop, and application virtualization technologies to bring order to the long-standing chaos of enterprise desktop management. But what are desktop and application virtualization, and where do they apply in your environment? How can your IT organization leverage these technologies to deal with the unrelenting ....
Best Practices on Securing Your Virtual Infrastructure
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Security is an issue that is pervading because it involves almost everything within your network. The object of security is to protect information. Determining the value of the information you need to protect will help you determine which level of security you need to apply to it. Protecting virtual infrastructures presents challenges that you may never have faced. First, you need to understand the types of challenges that will arise in the resource pool, the ....
Virtualization Management Workshop
[ Source: Interop ]
May 2009-
Once an organization has completed an initial server virtualization/consolidation phase, it becomes clear that a new breed of tools is required to better monitor, manage, troubleshoot, and tune this new virtual infrastructure. IT managers have to sift through the plethora of virtualization management solutions to identify which products are really ready for prime time, and then how to match their particular needs with available solutions. Learn how to fulfill the promise of virtualization, especially improving ....
Which UPS is right for the job?
[ Source: Eaton ]
October 2009-
Traditionally, data center managers and facilities managers could choose from three UPS topologies: standby, line-interactive and double-conversion—offering widely varying levels of efficiency, performance and protection.
The latest generation of double-conversion UPSs offers unique multi-mode capabilities. The UPS operates in a very high-efficiency mode unless power conditions warrant a switch to the higher protective level typical of double-conversion mode.
This white paper describes how various UPS topologies work and looks at the impact ....
Double-Take Workload Portability: X2X Sever and Storage Migration Solutions
[ Source: Double-Take ]
October 2009-
Double-Take® Move provides migration functionality that dramatically reduces the impact and risk of migrations in the data center and across any geographic distance. Learn about the concerns that affect data, application and whole system migration. Explore existing methods of performing migrations and use case scenarios that describe a way to change how you perform migrations.
Template-based Provisioning
[ Source: Liquid Computing ]
September 2009-
By applying template-based provisioning, IT infrastructure can be configured to deliver services as needed, and projects with disparate and out-of-sync computing requirements can share infrastructure. As a result, operators can improve responsiveness to business demands through rapid service deployment and, at the same time, reduce overhead associated with power, cooling, floor space, and licensing. More significantly, IT organizations can achieve up to a 10:1 time savings in administration, the largest and fastest-growing cost in the ....
Regain control of power and real estate costs in your data centre.
[ Source: IBM ]
September 2009-
Inefficent power and space usage in data centres wastes both money and energy – and it’s a universal problem. Late last year, Quocirca conducted wide-ranging interviews about the issues contributing to the situation. This Quocirca Insight Report, made available by IBM, is based on the results of that research.
The report also includes five recommendations based on the belief that only a thorough and rigorous approach to data centre design and utilisation can enable ....
Learn how innovative thinking can benefit your data center.
[ Source: IBM ]
September 2009-
In this white paper from The Bathwick Group, courtesy of IBM, you’ll learn the role of innovation in the data center. You’ll see how ideas like consolidation, automation, server virtualization and more can enable companies to be more efficient and effective. Plus you’ll see how Green IT can make a difference over your entire data center.
Energy Logic: Reducing Data Center Energy Consumption by Creating Savings that Cascade Across Systems
[ Source: Emerson Network Power ]
August 2009-
This paper introduces the concept of the “cascade effect” and describes how it can be used to cut data center energy costs by 50% or more. Emerson Network Power came up with this vendor-neutral roadmap for optimizing data center efficiency, called Energy Logic, by applying the top ten energy-saving opportunities to a 5,000-square-foot data center model based on real-world technologies and operating parameters.
Outlining this sequential approach to reducing energy costs, this paper includes ....
Implementing Energy Efficient Data Centers
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is possible to dramatically reduce the...
Learn how innovative thinking can benefit your data center
In this white paper from The Bathwick Group, courtesy of IBM, you’ll learn the role of innovation in the data center.
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