IBM Flex System Manager Product Manual

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IBM Flex System Manager 1I B M ®IBM Flex System ManagerIBM Redbooks Product GuideIBM® Flex System™ Manager (FSM) is a systems management appliance that drives efficiency and costsavings in the data center. IBM Flex System Manager provides a pre-integrated and virtualizedmanagement environment across servers, storage, and networking that is easily managed from a singleinterface. A single focus point for seamless multichassis management provides an instant andresource-oriented view of chassis and chassis resources for both IBM System x® and IBM PowerSystems™ compute nodes. You can reduce the number of interfaces, steps, and clicks it takes to manageIT resources, intelligently manage and deploy workloads based on resource availability and predefinedpolicies, and manage events and alerts to increase system availability and reduce downtime whilereducing operational costs.The IBM Flex System Manager management appliance is shown in the following figure.Figure 1. IBM Flex System Manager management applianceDid you know?IBM Flex System, a new category of computing and the next generation of Smarter Computing, offersintelligent workload deployment and management for maximum business agility. This chassis delivershigh-speed performance complete with integrated servers, storage, and networking for multi-chassismanagement in data center compute environments. Furthermore, its flexible design can meet the needsof varying workloads with independently scalable IT resource pools for higher utilization and lower costper workload. While increased security and resiliency protect vital information and promote maximumuptime, the integrated, easy-to-use management system reduces setup time and complexity, providing aquicker path to return on investment (ROI).IBM Flex System gives forward-thinking companies a way to completely rethink deployment andmanagement of their IT environments; it offers an opportunity to evolve to a more open, agile, andintegrated computing system that is dynamically managed from a single vantage point to simultaneouslymaximize efficiency and innovation.