Oneface Embedded Recovery Manager

Embedded Field Recovery Manager - Appliance Recovery and Remote Management System (ARRMS)

ARRMS is an embedded operating environment built install Iron Networks systems and allows the administrator provide offline system management and maintenance the appliance hardware and software image. The embedded ARRMS operating environment functions completely independent of the main appliance hardware and software environment. The appliance can boot using ARRMS int"maintenance mode" where the administrator has full BIOS-level "out-of-band" access the hardware and software environments, even with the appliance operating system shutdown or the hardware powered off.

ARRMS provides the administrator a fully functional maintenance and management environment without the need for recovery CD utilities or for the IT personnel tbe located anywhere near the appliance hardware. This gives IT departments a powerful management environment for centralized IT operations or provide management remote "branch" office environments without local IT support.

Key Features and Benefits

• Online, Quick Point in Time (PiT) snapshot Backups and Recovery
  • AARMS includes an embedded backup system providing VSS compliant online backups. Backups can be scheduled both a hardware embedded backup providing "Last Known Good Configuration" rollbacks, and remote network locations providing Disaster Recovery services.
  • VSS compliance provides snapshot integrity for online backups of "in-motion" file systems and the SQL logging and management databases
  • Backups remote file systems allow full system backups tbe scheduled for each appliance, and merged in the normal IT backup infrastructure.
• Bare Metal Restore: System hardware replacement or upgrades: ARRMS facilitates complete hardware replacements in the field, migrating the operating environment for "bare-metal-recovery" or replacement hardware systems. Each appliance can be completely re-imaged "in the field" easily by the local IT staff with a single mouse click
• System Configuration and Management Functionalities:
  • System Info - Static display of hardware and software versions and configuration details
  • Network Config - Allows the IT Administrator configure network interfaces with IP Addresses, routes, etc.
  • Network Shares - The IT Administrator can attach remote shares make offline ad-hoc backups as well as restore the appliance from remote network share backups
  • HW Diagnostics Tools - Built-in utilities for diagnostics and repair of the system
  • License Info- interrogates the system retrieve license and asset details as well as installed Microsoft embedded server software license keys
  • Updates - Software downloads and updates can be applied while the main operating environment is down via this facility
• High Availability, Fail-Over Option (sold separately): ARRMS provides the foundation for High Availability or for near real-time failover ta standby appliance. The appliances have dedicated LAN port which can be cabled as a failover pair for the models where native windows HA/NLB is not available.

Embedded system environment:

ARRMS runs on a dedicated hardware embedded flash drive, which allows maintenance tbe performed on all aspects of the appliance, including bare-metal-recovery by replacing and reformatting the hard drives and other hardware components

• WinPE 2.0 operating environment: ARRMS run the Windows Vista Pre-Install Environment, which is a light-weight embedded version of Microsoft Vista. This provides a rich and flexible environment the administrator manage the system using familiar Windows commands
• Full GUI interface with windows CLI support: ARRMS provides a Windows GUI environment providing a rich and easy use environment. Supports the major Windows Management utilities including almost any Windows command line utilities; these commands can be used directly by the administrator for more advanced configurations and system interrogations

ARRMS Access Options: Local, Remote over internet and Headless via LCD

Iron Networks ARRMS supports multiple access options for advanced, flexible and efficient administration of appliance systems. In addition local access via keyboard, video and mouse, it can be accessed through remote LOM based iKVM (KVM over IPMI) or via the LCD screen and keypad.

• Full Web-based Lights-Out management (LOM) for remote operations: AARMS provides LOM configuration management assistance. LOM functionality is embedded in most of the Iron Networks platforms, and comes complete with network and serial ports provide
  • Rich and secure SSL web-based "out of band" BIOS-level remote management functionality.
  • Complete "in-front-of-the-server" remote server management experience from practically anywhere in the world through a web GUI interface providing remote KVM access.
  • System power on/off/reboot,
  • Full integration with ARRMS manager and storage media access, system console access,
  • Comprehensive health monitoring and notifications
  • User rights and access management support for LDAP, RADIUS and Active Directory
• LCD based Headless deployment option:
  ARRMS is available via a simple LCD interface so the appliance can be managed, repaired and upgraded via a simple LCD menu interface. This provides a simple monitoring and management environment without an attached monitor and keyboard for
  • Quick administrative tasks
  • Remote operation in remote or branch locations without local IT support