Central Management System Technical Specifications

Central Management System

Features

System-wide server management and health monitoring service allow easy management of multiple servers
Group policies alleviate the effort of large-scale server setup and management
Centralized notification and system update reminder to keep all the managed servers up-to-date
Immediate updates on storage usage status to pinpoint abnormality with efficiency
Display of granular server information to facilitate administration work

Specifications

Allows a single CMS Host to manage up to 10,000 servers (Capability varies depending on product model)
Offers flexible server adding process
- Allows adding multiple servers easily via IP address, QuickConnect, FQDN, or from imported server lists
- Allows installing DSM on managed servers within the server adding process
Provides a centralized view on managed servers' information: network, volume usage, drive, and package
Allows administrators to perform predefined actions on managed servers: server shutdown, reboot, and wake on LAN
Allows creating server groups and customizing group policies (e.g., file services, network settings, and directory services), and applying the policy settings to the entire server group
Allows administrators to customize management policies on the server-wide level, group level, or individual server level
Supports the delegation of administrator permissions to specific users or groups on the CMS Host, and allows delegated users to manage specific servers or server groups
Displays the status of storage pools (named RAID Group/Disk Group on DSM 6.1), volumes, drives, and shared folders
Centralizes the notifications for CMS Host and all managed servers, and allows exporting the notifications for further administration use
Records the event logs of managed servers and allows exporting the logs in CSV or HTML format
Offers auto-reminder on DSM and package updates, and allows administrators to configure settings to receive only important updates and centrally update all managed servers
Supports updating DSM and packages on the managed servers by batches
Supports monitoring package status on the managed servers
Supports monitoring file service status (including SMB, AFP, FTP, FTPS, NFS, SFTP, SSH, Telnet, and rsync) on the managed servers
Supports running custom scripts on managed servers that are connected to the CMS Host via HTTPS
Supports backing up and restoring the CMS package via Hyper Backup

Limitations

Supported DSM versions on the managed servers: DSM 6.2 or above. Please note the following:
- Only managed servers running DSM 7.0 or above support custom scripts
- Only CMS Hosts and managed servers running DSM 7.0 or above support backup and restoration via Hyper Backup
- The CMS Host must run DSM 6.2.4 (or above) and CMS 2.1.4 to manage important DSM updates and package updates
Each Synology NAS can only be added to one CMS Host for management
The management levels of the delegated administrators depend on the users' privileges
- Users belonging to the administrators group can view and modify the settings of all managed servers
- Users who do not belong to the administrators group can only view and modify the settings of the managed servers that they have been delegated management permissions
The reboot and shutdown actions cannot be applied to managed servers belonging to a Synology High Availability cluster