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IBM Director With IBM Director, a network administrator can: v View the hardware configuration of remote systems, in detail v Monitor the usage and performance of critical components, such as microprocessors, disks, and memory v Centrally manage individual or large groups of IBM and non-IBM Intel-based servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile computers on a variety of platforms IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager. Key features include: v Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability. v Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft® Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Professional, Red Hat Linux®, SUSE LINUX, and Novell NetWare. For a complete list of operating systems that support IBM Director, see the IBM Director Compatibility Document. This document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) at http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/systems_management/nfdir/agent.html. It is updated every 6 to 8 weeks. v Support for IBM and non-IBM servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile computers. v Support for systems-management industry standards. v Integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems-management environments. v Ease of use, training, and setup. IBM Director also provides an extensible platform that supports advanced server tools that are designed to reduce the total cost of managing and supporting networked systems. By deploying IBM Director, you can achieve reductions in ownership costs through: v Reduced downtime v Increased productivity of IT personnel and users v Reduced service and support costs For more information about IBM Director, see the IBM Director CD that comes with your server, the IBM Director documentation on the CD, and the IBM xSeries Systems Management Web page at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/xseries_sm.html, which presents an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM Director. Update Xpress program The UpdateXpress program is available for most xSeries servers and server options. It detects supported and installed device drivers and firmware in your server and installs available updates. You can download the UpdateXpress program from the Web at no additional cost, or you can purchase it on a CD. To download the program or purchase the CD, go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/serverguide/xpress.html. Chapter 1. Introducing the xSeries 226 Type 8648 server 7

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IBM
Director
With
IBM
Director,
a
network
administrator
can:
v
View
the
hardware
configuration
of
remote
systems,
in
detail
v
Monitor
the
usage
and
performance
of
critical
components,
such
as
microprocessors,
disks,
and
memory
v
Centrally
manage
individual
or
large
groups
of
IBM
and
non-IBM
Intel-based
servers,
desktop
computers,
workstations,
and
mobile
computers
on
a
variety
of
platforms
IBM
Director
provides
a
comprehensive
entry-level
workgroup
hardware
manager.
Key
features
include:
v
Advanced
self-management
capabilities
for
maximum
system
availability.
v
Multiple
operating-system
platform
support,
including
Microsoft
®
Windows
2000
Server,
Windows
2003
Server,
Windows
XP
Professional,
Red
Hat
Linux
®
,
SUSE
LINUX,
and
Novell
NetWare.
For
a
complete
list
of
operating
systems
that
support
IBM
Director,
see
the
IBM
Director
Compatibility
Document.
This
document
is
in
Portable
Document
Format
(PDF)
at
It
is
updated
every
6
to
8
weeks.
v
Support
for
IBM
and
non-IBM
servers,
desktop
computers,
workstations,
and
mobile
computers.
v
Support
for
systems-management
industry
standards.
v
Integration
into
leading
workgroup
and
enterprise
systems-management
environments.
v
Ease
of
use,
training,
and
setup.
IBM
Director
also
provides
an
extensible
platform
that
supports
advanced
server
tools
that
are
designed
to
reduce
the
total
cost
of
managing
and
supporting
networked
systems.
By
deploying
IBM
Director,
you
can
achieve
reductions
in
ownership
costs
through:
v
Reduced
downtime
v
Increased
productivity
of
IT
personnel
and
users
v
Reduced
service
and
support
costs
For
more
information
about
IBM
Director,
see
the
IBM
Director
CD
that
comes
with
your
server,
the
IBM
Director
documentation
on
the
CD,
and
the
IBM
xSeries
Systems
Management
Web
page
at
which
presents
an
overview
of
IBM
Systems
Management
and
IBM
Director.
Update
Xpress
program
The
Update
Xpress
program
is
available
for
most
xSeries
servers
and
server
options.
It
detects
supported
and
installed
device
drivers
and
firmware
in
your
server
and
installs
available
updates.
You
can
download
the
Update
Xpress
program
from
the
Web
at
no
additional
cost,
or
you
can
purchase
it
on
a
CD.
To
download
the
program
or
purchase
the
CD,
go
to
Chapter
1.
Introducing
the
xSeries
226
Type
8648
server
7