Introduction to iMana

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1. What is iMana?

The iMana 200 is a Huawei's proprietary intelligent management system designed to remotely manage servers. The iMana 200 complies with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0 and supports various functions, including keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) redirection, text console redirection, remote virtual media, and hardware monitoring and management. The iMana 200 offers the following features:

2. The iMana 200 provides the following functions:

Remote control

The iMana 200 controls the servers through the keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM), serial over LAN (SOL), and virtual media functions.

Alarm management

The iMana 200 receives and handles the alarms reported by the field replacement units (FRUs).

Status monitoring

The iMana 200 monitors the operating status of the FRUs.

Device information management

The iMana 200 provides the function of querying the information about the device version, model, and asset information.

Heat dissipation control

The iMana 200 dynamically adjusts the rotational speed of the fans based on the ambient temperature and the workload.

IPMItool for device management

The iMana 200 supports the commands released by the IPMItool. You can download the IPMItool at http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/

Support of management through the Web interface

The iMana 200 provides a user-friendly and simple Web interface for ease of management. On the Web interface, you can perform setting and querying tasks quickly.

Centralized account management

The iMana 200 stores all accounts on the Active Directory server in a centralized manner and directs the authentication to the server. In this way, you can log in to the management system using a domain account.

3. Introduction to the GUI

The Overview page allows you to obtain information about the system status, common operation, iMana 200, system configuration, and active alarm.

The Overview interface is displayed as the following picture:

iMana GUI

The Overview page is divided into five areas, the following table describes the five areas in detail.

Overview page description

No.	Area	Detailed Information
1	System Status	The System Status area includes the following parameters: Device Status Indicates the current power status, including Power On and Power Off. Click the Device Status link to switch to the Power Control page. On the page, you can set the device status. For details, see Power Control. CPU Memory HDD PS FAN PCIe NOTE: Parameters displayed in the System Status area vary according to server types. Click the component link to switch to the Component page. On the page, you can view the component status. For detailed parameters on the page, see iMana Overview.
2	Common Operations	The Common Operations area includes the following parameters: Remote Control Click the Remote Control link to switch to the Remote Control page. On the page, you can remotely operate the server. For details, see Remote Control. Firmware Upgrade Click the Firmware Upgrade link to switch to the Firmware Upgrade page. On the page, you can upgrade firmware. For details, see Firmware Upgrade. Power Control Click the Power Control link to switch to the Power Control page. On the page, you can remotely control the power. For details, see Power Control. Network Click the Network link to switch to the Network page. On the network page, you can set network parameters. For details, see Network. User Click the User link to switch to the User page. On the user page, you can view and set user information. For details, see User.
3	iMana Information	The iMana Information area includes the following parameters: IP Address Click the IP Address link to switch to the Management Network Port page. On the page, you can set the server IP address. For details, see Management Network Port. Host Name Click the Host Name link to switch to the Host Name page. On the page, you can set the host name. For details, see Host Name. Domain Name Click the Domain Name link to go to the DNS page. On the page, you can set the domain name of the server. For details, see DNS. iMana 200 Firmware Version Click the Firmware Version link to switch to the Firmware Version page. On the firmware version page, you can view firmware version number. For details, see Mainboard Web Session Timeout Click the Web Session Timeout link to switch to the Service page. On the page, you can set the web session timeout. For details, see Service Configurations. Number of Login Users Click the Number of Login Users link to switch to the Login User page. On the page, you can view and deregister login users. For details, see Login User.
4	System Configuration	The System Configuration area includes the following parameters: Device Serial Number System Boot Option Click the System Boot Option link to switch to the System Boot Option page. On the page, you can set the system boot option. For details, see System Boot Option. Power Restore Policy Click the Power Restore Policy link to switch to the Power Restore Policy page. On the page, you can set the power restore policy. For details, see Power Restore Policy. Graceful Power-off Timeout Period Click the Graceful Power-off Timeout Period link to switch to the Graceful Power-off Timeout Period page. On the page, you can set the graceful power-off timeout period. For details, see Graceful Power-off Timeout Period. Global Universal Identification (GUID) Device Location Click the Device Location link to switch to the Device Location page. On the page, you can set the server location. For details, see Device Location.
5	Active Alarm	The Active Alarm area displays system alarm information. NOTE: There are minor, major, and critical alarms. The Active Alarm area is displayed only when alarms are generated.