IBM 79463AU Installation And User Manual

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IBM Systems DirectorIBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines theway you manage physical and virtual systems supports multiple operating systemsand virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views forviewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one other, andidentifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with businessneeds. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems Director providesmany of the core capabilities that are required for basic management, which meansinstant out-of-the-box business value. The common tasks include the following:v Discoveryv Inventoryv Configurationv System healthv Monitoringv Updatesv Event notificationv Automation for managed systemsThe IBM Systems Director Web and command-line interfaces provide a consistentinterface that is focused on driving these common tasks and capabilities:v Discovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the detailedinventory and relationships to the other network resourcesv Notifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate thesources of the problemsv Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installingupdates on a schedulev Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify theadministrator of emerging problemsv Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that canapply those settings to multiple systemsv Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the basecapabilitiesv Managing the life cycles of virtual resourcesFor more information about IBM Systems Director, see the documentation on theIBM Systems Director CD that comes with the server and the IBM xSeries SystemsManagement Web page at http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/, whichpresents an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM Systems Director.The UpdateXpress System PacksThe UpdateXpress System Packs provide and effective and simple way to updatedevice drivers, server firmware, and firmware of supported options contained withinthe server, for System x and IBM BladeCenter ® servers. Each UpdateXpressSystem Pack contains all the online driver and firmware updates for a specificmachine type and operating system combination. Use the UpdateXpress SystemPack Installer to install the current UpdateXpress System Pack for your server. Youcan download the installer and the latest UpdateXpress System Pack for yourserver from the Web at no additional cost. To download the installer or the latestChapter 1. The System x3550 M2 server 13