NEC Express 5800 Series Installation Manual

Also see for Express 5800 Series: Maintenance Guide User guide User guide User guide

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1. Bundled Software for the ServerExpress5800/R320d-E4, R320d-M4 Installation Guide (VMware 5.5) 69Chapter 2 Installing Bundled Software1. Bundled Software for the ServerThe provided "NEC EXPRESSBUILDER" DVD contains "NEC ESMPRO Manager" for managing the NECExpress5800/ft series. This utility monitors the status of Express5800/ft server.1.1 NEC ESMPRO AgentNEC ESMPRO Agent is a utility to monitor the operating status, the configuration information, the failureoccurrence status of hardware and software on the NEC Express5800/ft series. When it detects some problems,it sends messages to the computer in which the NEC ESMPRO Manager is installed.NEC ESMPRO Agent is required to be installed on the log server by users.In order for NEC ESMPRO Agent to operate, it is necessary to configure the settings according to yourenvironment. See the User's Guide (NEC/esmpro-sa/doc/lnx_esm_users_e.pdf) included in the ft controlsoftware Install DVD.NEC ESMPRO Agent is stored in the ft control software Install DVD.Described below are procedures to configure the ft Management Appliance as the log server. If you use anyother server as the log server, see Chapter 3 (1. Steps for Configuring the Separate Log Server) for the logserver.Note See Chapter 1 (1.11.1. Log Server) for the log server.Note Be sure to install NEC ESMPRO Agent on log server.If the status of ft server changes due to failure, NEC ESMPRO Agent notifies of it.NEC ESMPRO Agent notifies server status change only. It does not notify of hardwarefailure of ESXi host nor events related to VMware.You can use ftsmaint command to confirm detailed status of ft server.Refer to Chapter 1 (4.3 ftsmaint Examples) in Maintenance Guide (separate volume) fordetails of ftsmaint command.