Appendix B: Using SMASH
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Appendix B
Introduction to SMASH
B-1 Overview
The SMASH (System Management Architecture for Server Hardware) platform,
developed by Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF), delivers a host of
architecture-based, industry-standard protocols that will allow IT professionals to
simplify the task of managing multiple network systems in a data center. SMASH
offers a simple, intuitive solution to manage heterogeneous servers in a web envi-
ronment regardless of their differences in hardware, software, OS, or network con-
guration. SMASH provides the end-user and the ISV community with interoperable
management technology for multi-vendor server platforms.
How SMASH works
SMASH simplies typical SMASH scripts by reducing commands to simple verbs.
Although designed to manage multi-servers as a whole, SMASH can address indi-
vidual components in a specic machine by using the SSH command-line protocol.
Even when multiple processors, add-on cards, logical devices, and cooling systems
are installed in a server, SMASH can be directed at a particular component in the
server. A manager can use a text console to access, monitor, and manage all serv-
ers that are connected to the same SSL connection. SMASH can be programmed
to periodically check all sensors in all machines or monitor a particular component
in a specic server at any time. By adjusting the scope of tasks and the schedules
of monitoring, SMASH allows the IT professionals to effectively manage multi-
system clusters, minimize power consumption, and achieve system management
efciency.
Figure 1 SMASH-CLP User Interface
Command:
-> show
1.
2.
User
Transport
Protocol
Server
Transport
Protocol
3.
Command Output:
cpu0
disk1
sensor1
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