v Upgradeable POST, UEFI, diagnostics, service processor microcode, andread-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the LANv Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system board, power supplies, andSAS (hot-swap-drive) backplanev Wake on LAN capabilityIBM Systems DirectorIBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines theway you manage physical and virtual systems in a heterogeneous environment. Byusing industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operatingsystems and virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent viewsfor viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to oneanother, and identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources withbusiness needs. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM SystemsDirector provides many of the core capabilities that are required for basicmanagement, which means instant out-of-the-box business value. These commontasks include discovery, inventory, configuration, system health, monitoring,updates, event notification, and automation for managed systems.The 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 thedetailed inventory 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 notifythe administrator of emerging problemsv Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan thatcan apply those setting 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 DVD 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.14 System x3650 M3 Types 4255, 7945, and 7949: Installation and User’s Guide
