BLADEHarmony Manager

BLADEHarmony™ Manager is an application for remote monitoring and management of blade switch modules from BLADE Network Technologies. It provides a centralized point of administration to improve service delivery while reducing management costs.

Features and Benefits of BLADEHarmony Manager 3.0
Features	Benefits
Client-server architecture	Centralization of critical network asset information integrates with Enterprise security structure while enabling access with minimal risk from mobile clients
Web-based GUI for simplified device configuration, monitoring, and fault management	Easy and cost-effective method to monitor, configure, and maintain switches utilizing COTS technologies
Integration with industry-leading Enterprise Management Systems (e.g.: HP SIM, IBM Director)	Minimal effort insertion into existing management schemas, eliminating fork-lift upgrade or wholesale swap-out of installed managers
Customizable reporting of detailed asset, operational & performance information	Global view of all BLADE Network Technologies Top of Rack or embedded switches on your network with simplified asset and fault management
Automated and scheduled software downloads, configuration updates/backups, switch reboots, etc	Simplifies deployment and ongoing configuration management. Detects success or failure of the operation on each switch

Just point and click to configure, monitor, and manage blade switches in a single chassis or across large blade server deployments.

To download a 5-switch trial version, click the download button.

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For ordering and pricing information, fill out a BLADEHarmony Request form

Currently supported devices

BLADEHarmony Manager 3.0 supports the following devices:

• IBM
  • Nortel Layer 2/7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter
  • Nortel Layer 2-3 GbESM for IBM BladeCenter
  • Nortel 10 Gb Uplink ESM for IBM BladeCenter
  • Nortel 10 Gb ESM for IBM BladeCenter H
• HP
  • HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class
  • HP GbE2c Ethernet Blade Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
  • HP GbE2c L2/L3 Ethernet Blade Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
  • HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
  • HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class
• NEC
  • NEC 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch for NEC SigmaBlade
  • NEC 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch for NEC SigmaBlade
• RackSwitch
  • RackSwitch G8100
  • RackSwitch G8000

Management PC system requirements:

• Operating systems: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or XP; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS and ES for x86 with Update 5
• Memory: 1GB
• Hard Drive Space: Windows: 160MB; Linux: 200 MB
• Recommended Screen Resolution: 1280 × 1024
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.5.0 or later (Installed with BLADEHarmony Manager)

Client PC Requirements:

• Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.x and higher, Mozilla Firefox Version 2.x.
• Recommended Screen Resolution: 1280 × 1024
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.5.0 or later (installed by user on PC that is running the browser)