NEC SigmaSystemCenter

Key Benefits

Functional Overview

http://www.nec.com/sigmasystemcenter/

NEC SigmaSystemCenter eliminates operational complexity

by providing the functions for performing daily platform

management, such as assessing the operating status of each

resource, power ing on and of f machines, and adding

machines according to the operating load, by providing the

same function for both physical and virtual environments.

Selecting one of NEC SigmaSystemCenter’s

standard recovery methods from the pull-down

menu lets you specify the appropriate action to

take for each failure event. If a failure occurs, the

system can automatically recover quickly and

easily.

V i r tua l machines a re aggregated and opt ima l ly

allocated to the virtualization host according to the load

running on the vir tual ization host, equalizing the

consumed resources. After optimally allocating the

virtual machines, a virtualization host that does not

have virtual machines is shut down to save power.

The infrastructure continues to run in an optimum

state as appropriate action is automatically taken

for each situation, from high load and failure

response to power saving operations.

In addition, resources such as servers, storage

devices, networks, and software are grouped in

a pool and assigned to each system as required.

Integrated management of physical and virtual environments OS

VM

Job A

OS

VM

Job B

OS

VM

Job C

仮想化ホスト

OS

VM

Job A

OS

VM

Job B

OS

VM

Job C

仮想化ホスト

OS

VM

Job A

OS

VM

Job B

OS

VM

Job C

Virtualization host

Failure Highload

Resource pool

Integrated management of physical and virtual environments

Powerful autonomous operation realized by specifying simple settings

Network Storage Server Software

Events occur Optimized Placement Failure recovery InstallStart/stop a machine

Set up storage Set up a network Create a virtual machine

Con�guration management

Select the necessary resource

Windows Linux

Effective utilization of server resources according to load

Reduces your system’s operational load and operating costs by centrally managing physical and virtual environments to optimize resources and automate operations.

Integrated Virtualization Platform Management Software

Features

on on on on on on on on off off

Low load detected.Low load detected.

VM moved and VMS turned off VM moved and VMS turned off

VMS turned on and VM relocated VMS turned on and VM relocated on on on on on on on on off off

High load detectedHigh load detected

OS

VM

OS

VM

OS

VM

OS

VM

Virtualization hostVirtualization host

Failure

APOS

CPU Memory Disk

CPU Memory Disk

APOS

APOS

APOS

APOS

APOS

Create a resource pool

APOS

APOS

APOS

Server

Storage

Detected

Report

Administrator

SAN storage

SAN storage

OS

VM

Resource pool

CPU Memory Disk

Unified management of virtualization platforms

NEC SigmaSystemCenter features integrated VM technology that enables

integrated management of different virtualization platforms. By using NEC

SigmaSystemCenter, the physical environment can be managed simultaneously

with virtual environments such as VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix

XenServer, and KVM.

Improved availability in a virtual environment

NEC SigmaSystemCenter provides 24/7 monitoring of the hardware status of

the machines it manages. With the help of pre-detective failure technology, the

virtual machine is reallocated to a healthy virtualization host by means of live

migration. If live migration is not possible, the virtual machine is restarted on

another virtualization host. This detailed monitoring serves to prevent failures

before they occur, precluding damaging suspensions of business.

Simplified resource management

NEC SigmaSystemCenter centrally manages resources such as the CPU,

memory and disk capacity by grouping them in a pool (which is known as

resource aggregation). By extracting the resources required for each operation

or tenant as a sub resource pool, you can easily monitor the status of the

resources allocated to each operation or tenant, and the actual utilization rate

of the allocated resources.

Effective use of resources and stable system operation

Enables multi-tenant management as a cloud platform

NEC SigmaSystemCenter provides a role-based access control function to

enable the control and operation permissions of operators to be restricted in

detail according to their role (system administrator, tenant administrator, etc.),

even if the virtual environment is being used by multiple tenants as part of a

cloud platform, allowing resources to be shared safely.

Extract a sub resource pool

Sub resource pool

Sub resource pool

Tenant business system

Tenant business system

Resource pool usage

• MasterScope is a registered trademark of NEC Corporation.• Other product names and company names written in this leaflet are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies.• Information in this leaflet is subject to change without notice.

© 2012 NEC Corporation 7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8001, Japan

Contact InformationNEC Corporation - IT Software Operations Unit / IT Network Global Solutions DivisionEmail: global@soft.jp.nec.comFor more information, visit Website: www.nec.com/sigmasystemcenter/

Cat.No. E05-12070011E

NEC SigmaSystemCenter

KVM

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V

Citrix XenServer

If the system load is low, NEC SigmaSystemCenter aggregates the virtual

machines and shuts down any virtualization hosts that no longer have virtual

machines. If the system load is high, NEC SigmaSystemCenter powers on

virtualization hosts as required, and allocates virtual machines in accordance

with the load.

By optimally allocating virtual machines in this way, NEC SigmaSystemCenter

can ensure that the system runs robustly and uses resources effectively,

thereby saving power.

If live migration is not possible, the system is recovered by restarting the virtual machine.

When the potential for a failure is detected, VM is moved by live migration

Job A Job B Job CJob C

Job A