Hitachi HiCommand® Device Manager Software
Hitachi HiCommand® Device Manager software is a product specific to Hitachi storage systems and Sun StorEdge 9900 series storage systems, providing centralized management of distributed Hitachi environments. It also provides the device interface into Hitachi storage systems for the heterogeneous HiCommand Storage Services Manager sofware and other third-party storage management tools. Device Manager's Provisioning Assistant is a value-added component that enables administrators to integrate and manage various models and types of storage systems as a single, virtual storage pool, allowing storage administrators to do more with less.
Features
- Central consolidation and management of multiple, local or remote Hitachi storage systems-all from a single point of control
- Operating system-independent, holistic, and granular view of all storage
- Central repository of configuration, utilization, capacity, and status of all managed storage
- Open API based on industry standards common interface management (CIM) and SMI-S (Storage Management Initiative Specification)
- Enhanced user authority control feature
Benefits
- Reduced total cost of ownership made possible via consolidation and simplification
- Increased storage utilization
- Higher data availability delivered by reducing storage administrator errors and the time it takes to deploy new capacity for critical applications
- Real-time management and automation
- Investment protection in ISV management software (open API)
- Multiple levels of secure access to multiple storage administrators
