Hitachi 9900 Series User Manual

HiCommand

™

consists of three components: 

1. The 

Server resides on any Windows

®

NT/2000, or Sun 

Solaris server, and connects to the Lightning 9900

™

Series system(s) over a private 

LAN. A single HiCommand

™

server can manage multiple Lightning 9900

™

Series 

storage systems, providing a common point of control  that delivers:

•

Out of band storage area networks (SANs), networked attached storage 
(NAS), or direct attached storage (DAS) connections enable data to run 
between the server and storage at lightning speeds. 

•

Seamless integration between HiCommand

™

and software solutions from 

industry leaders such as VERITAS

®

Software, Sun Microsystems

®

, BMC 

Software

®

, IBM

®

, Tivoli

®

, and Computer Associates

®

through use of       

XML-based APIs. 

•

Remote and local access control offers a centralized approach to managing 
storage from any location.

2. A 

GUI, browser-based interface that is easy to learn and allows for simple and   

efficient storage administration. A browser from anywhere can control the 
HiCommand

™

server. In addition, HiCommand

™

also supplies an optional CLI 

(Command Line Interface).

3.  Host Agents reside on the customer’s application servers and ‘push’ information 

back to HiCommand

™

, including percentage of file utilization of LUNs, HBA 

WWNs, operating system SCSI addresses; and other useful device specific and file 
level information.

To be successful in today’s business environment, companies must attain the highest

levels of business agility, with maximum IT system efficiency and performance. The
“storage centric” model of computing is widely accepted today. In this model “enterprise
data” is the most important element of the IT infrastructure. Intelligent storage and
network management software suites like the Hitachi Resource Manager

™

therefore are at

the heart of the enterprise’s ability to achieve high levels of performance and availability to
meet business objectives. Explosively growing storage in both centralized and distributed
environments must be managed intelligently while ensuring that storage data remains
available to all who need it. 

The complexities of heterogeneous computing environments make storage

management a daunting task. Hitachi Data Systems offers the ideal solution to this
difficult challenge, Hitachi Resource Manager

™

. This comprehensive systems and software

management offering brings together Hitachi Graph-Track

™

, Hitachi Virtual Logical

Volume Image Manager

™

, Hitachi FlashAccess

™

, and Hitachi LUN Manager

™

into one

complete  package. Designed for the Lightning 9900

™

Series, these diverse capabilities

provide world class functionality.

Hitachi Graph-Track

™

provides the ultimate in reliable, easy-to-use hardware

performance and availability management software. Hitachi VLVI Manager

™

enhances

Lightning 9900

™

performance by defining logical volumes in many sizes to fit workloads

better and utilize the full capacity of the system. Hitachi FlashAccess

™

lets users “lock”

Lightning 9900

™

data into cache in real time for ultra-high performance. And Hitachi

LUN Manager lets users define, configure, and maintain open systems logical units (LUNs)
without hardware vendor intervention.

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