In recent years, with the mature application of new technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and containers, the complexity of the financial industry's IT system environment has continued to increase, and the IT architecture has changed from a traditional architecture to a hybrid architecture such as cloud, Docker, and microservices. At the same time, the number of IT equipment in the data center has shown explosive growth. The number of managed equipment per capita has grown from dozens in the past to hundreds or even more equipment managed per capita.
In the face of the “Double A” financial industry in terms of scale and volume, in addition to the aforementioned changes in per capita management volume, what specific operational and maintenance problems have also been brought about, and how should we respond?
[Current Situation of User Scenario One]
Inspection becomes more difficult
What is the current state of this device? Is it red or yellow? What is the reason for the light?
How long does it take to inspect the computer room once? How long does it take to resolve the fault when the fault is found?
How many times is the security group allowed to enter the computer room? Did it exceed the limit again this month?
[Scheme Overview]-Anchao DCM real-time and active monitoring and warning
The Beijing and Shanghai data centers of a large state-owned bank each deployed thousands of IT equipment, and there are various types of equipment, including: minicomputers, PC servers, blade servers, SAN storage, NAS storage, tape libraries, load balancing, and network-related According to statistics, the number of alarms per year for equipment and so on is as high as 1,000. The existing monitoring method is manual inspection and the work is quite heavy.
However, after the bank uses the Anchao DCM data center management software, it actively inspects the equipment status, monitors the hardware status in real time, and provides status warnings. The status of all equipment can be inspected every 15 minutes to 30 minutes, and faults can be accurately found and located. Including: device panel light status, fan speed, part number, serial number, slot, and optical decay problems, which greatly improves operation and maintenance efficiency.
[Current Situation of User Scenario Two]
Asset inventory is once every three months, but is the data true?
How does the basic asset data come from, such as the model of the device, how the device is set up and connected, where is the device, who is the person in charge of the device/business department, and what is the maintenance status of the device...
Where are the changes recorded for device movement, addition, and removal? Who is the person in charge of the change, when will the change be completed, and how to track the change record?
[Scheme Overview]-Anchao DCM full life cycle asset visual management module
The operation and maintenance personnel of a large joint-stock commercial bank usually need to manually check the warranty status or manually check the spare parts inventory when the equipment has a component failure and needs to be repaired, and then submit the changes in advance... This will not only waste time but also affect The business is operating normally.
However, the powerful asset information automatic collection function and asset association function of the Anchao DCM data center management platform enable administrators to clearly understand the global IT asset status and effectively manage existing IT assets; it can automatically track the status of the warranty period Information enables the administrator to know the warranty status of the product at any time, thus effectively ensuring the stable and safe operation of the computer room.
[Current Situation of User Scenario Three]
How to control power supply and capacity to reduce operating costs?
How much space, electricity, and network resources are still available? When will all be used up, where is there space for new equipment, and how to make good use of existing resources? So as to effectively reduce the operating cost of electricity and other aspects.
[Scheme Overview]-Anchao DCM real-time and comprehensive energy management module
Under the background that the country clearly issued a document requiring the reduction of the PUE value, everyone is showing their magical powers to save energy and increase efficiency. The head office of a joint-stock commercial bank in Shanghai is no exception. It uses Anchao DCM data center management platform to use real-time and comprehensive equipment power and heat monitoring to optimize power configuration according to servers, racks, computer rooms or workloads and applications, and reduce usage Electricity cost; real-time data support enables the bank to maximize rack density and extend the service life of the data center.
The management interface of Anchao DCM data center management platform software is clean, clear, convenient and user-friendly, and is generally applicable to various industries such as financial securities and operators. As an "artifact" for the full life cycle management of data center IT equipment, Anchao DCM not only plays an excellent role in monitoring, alarms, assets, and energy consumption, but also can replace hardware in remote computer rooms and multiple computer rooms. KVM realizes the unified remote management of the three central computer rooms in the two places, reducing equipment input costs by nearly half.