Hitachi 9900 Series User Manual

HiCommand

™

is an important Hitachi management tool in that it provides a

comprehensive storage management software framework that enables an enterprise to
manage all supported Hitachi storage products and many Hitachi software solutions:

1.  HiCommand

for storage management including alerts, configuration         

parameters, LUN mapping.

2.  HiCommand

for SAN management including WWN Discovery and Display.

3.  HiCommand

for storage configuration automation of the Lightning 9900 and 

Thunder 9200 Configuration Wizard. 

4.  HiCommand

for data archive with both event and time-based backup.

5.  HiCommand

for performance management and optimization that allows         

correlation of client applications, RDBMS servers, storage capacity, and           
performance. 

HiCommand

™

functionality is available as a standalone product from Hitachi and

through the Hitachi Data System

®

independent software vendor partners. Hitachi has long

recognized the importance of the ISV vendors and is working with vendors whose offerings
are complementary. This is accomplished through both joint development and engineering,
joint certification and, where appropriate, marketing agreements. Both Hitachi and their
software alliance partners believe this open architecture will best benefit customers by
allowing them to manage their Hitachi storage through the enterprise’s vendor of choice.

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