Tasks of the customer

In some cases Customer Support sometimes needs your assistance on site to perform maintenance activities. As a customer, you have the following tasks in the maintenance strategy:

• Permitting access to the SE server

  • Opening remote service access if required (requirement for the service and maintenance strategy)

  • Permitting access to the rack (e.g. to the local console)

• Assisting Customer Support when there are software/firmware updates for the units; in agreement with Customer Support, the following tasks may need to be performed:

  • Transferring the updates from CD/DVD to disk

  • Uploading hot fixes

  • Uploading and installing security fixes

  • Uploading, installing and uninstalling add-on packs

  • Deleting update files which are not installed

• Generating and supplying diagnostic documentation

• Scheduled provision of an annual maintenance window of approx. 5 hours

• If necessary, also unscheduled provision of a maintenance window

The following also applies when Application Units are operated:

• As customer you are responsible for operating the software on the Application Units.This includes tasks such as software installation, configuration, updates and importing patches. You obtain updates and patches yourself as part of your license agreement.

• If required, you install a new operating system or modify the SE server’s LAN configuration and ensure the connection to status monitoring and remote service.

• When maintenance is performed, you grant Customer Support at least temporary access to the Application Unit’s iRMC and root access to the operating system level of the Application Unit. The procedure and the type of access are agreed on individually between you and Customer Support.

When communicating with Customer Support, always specify your SE server unambiguously by means of the serial numbers of the system components. Determine the serial numbers as follows:

>	In the tree structure select Hardware -> HW inventory [-> <se server>(SE<model>)] and open the Units tab.

Alternatively you can also inquire this information as follows:

>	In the tree structure select Hardware -> Units[ -> <se server> (SE<model>)] -> <unit> ->  Information. The System tab shows system information for the selected unit.

Maintenance windows of the SE server

The SE server is designed to operate without interruption. To guarantee interrupt-free operation over lengthy periods, Customer Support performs certain maintenance work roughly once a year. This maintenance work (e.g. the installation of corrections) is performed within planned maintenance windows agreed on with the customer (e.g. in periods when there is a minimum load on the server).