Figure 25 Hicommand Allows Management Of Virtually All Hitachi Hardware And Software From The Customer's Platform Of Choice - Hitachi Lighting 9900 Series Architecture Manual

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Figure 25 -
HiCommand ™ allows
management of virtually
all Hitachi hardware
and software from the
customer's platform of
choice.
HiCommand ™ enables
an enterprise to manage
Hitachi storage products
and software solutions.
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HiCommand is an important Hitachi management tool in that it provides a
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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.
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3. HiCommand for storage configuration automation of the Lightning 9900 and
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Thunder 9200 Configuration Wizard.
4. HiCommand for data archive with both event and time-based backup.
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5. HiCommand for performance management and optimization that allows
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correlation of client applications, RDBMS servers, storage capacity, and
performance.
HiCommand functionality is available as a standalone product from Hitachi and
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through the Hitachi Data System
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.
independent software vendor partners. Hitachi has long
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