| Features | Benefits |
| Support for the most diverse range of hardware platforms | - Allows flexibility to leverage existing and new hardware technologies regardless of vendor.
- Eliminate need for multiple vendor specific management tools
- Makes possible the standardization of a single management tool for all cluster deployments in an enterprise regardless of hardware vendor
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| Broad range of Linux environments supported | - Ability to run applications on a variety of Linux operating systems
- Assures access to latest technology
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| Single point of management | - Reduces administration costs
- Quickly highlight cluster status
- Single tool to manage multiple vendor’s hardware and multi-clusters
- Reduced TCO and operating costs
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| Multi-cluster and non-clustered node support | - Single tool to manage multiple clusters
- Cost effective integrated cluster management solution
- Eliminates added costs of multiple management tools
- Eliminates administrative hassles of running multiple instances of tool that does not support multi-clustered environments
- Administration, configuration and management of a cluster or clusters as a single entity
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| Support for multiple cluster topologies | - Provides flexibility to deploy cluster and independent nodes in new and existing environments
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| Automated provisioning wizards | - Reduces complexity of cluster management
- Accelerates cluster management by automating process
- Eliminates human error
- Cuts down on repetitive manual tasks
- Helps users new to clusters quickly get a cluster up and running
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| Simplified configuration management | - Simplifies and accelerates configuration management by managing nodes as an entity rather than individually
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| Multiple monitoring perspectives | - Provide at-a-glance overview of the data center environment and drill down to detailed level using the dashboard
- Ability to manage from an as-needed basis using the alarm log view
- Can focus on specifically monitoring interconnects or job queue status variables
- Customize monitoring to requirements of business needs
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| Customizable Dashboard | - Provides centralized view of cluster environment
- Quickly highlights status and problem areas
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| Resource utilization and performance optimization | - Helps gain visibility into, and optimize cluster resources
- Minimize downtime by having visibility into potential problems
- Flexibility to monitor specific resources and performance to meet customer’s business needs
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| Hardware Management | - Ability to remotely manage console, access console, and control power
- Provides remote power and console management, and out-of-band monitoring of hardware environmentals
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| Automated fault handling and root cause analysis | - Quicker time to resolution
- Minimized downtime due to automated alerts and response actions
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| Out-of-the-Box and customized Reports | - Enables visibility into historical views of health and characteristics of cluster(s)
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| Parallel shell tools | - Reduces the complexity of managing and administering cluster as number of nodes increases
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| Comprehensive and advanced CLI capabilities | - Provides full flexibility to perform simple and advanced cluster management
- Powerful CLI features that provide capabilities for advanced cluster management unmatched with any other management solution
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| Integrated with workload management solutions | - Proactive monitoring and management of Platform LSF and Altair PBS Pro hosts, jobs, queues
- Compatible interface to Platform LSF and Altair PBS Pro for a clear migration from cluster to enterprise workload management
- Increases processing efficiency to get jobs done faster
- Lowers operating cost
- Always on availability with reliable robust failover
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| High Availability | - Ensures management continuity for production environments
- Reduces administration required to resolve Platform Manager downtime problems
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