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Chapter 5. IBM Director This chapter provides information about IBM Director, a workgroup-hardwaremanagement tool that you can use to centrally manage IBM servers. With IBM Director, a network administrator can perform the following tasks: 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-processor-based servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile computers on a variety of platforms. IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager. It includes the following key features: v Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability. v Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft Windows 2000 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 PDF at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/ sys_migration/ibmdiragent.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 BladeCenter 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 the following benefits: 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 documentation on the IBM Director CD that comes with the BladeCenter unit, the IBM Director Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/ v1r2/topic/diricinfo/ fgm0_main.htm, and the IBM System x Management Web page at http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ xseries/systems_management/xseries_sm.html, which present an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM Director. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2010 37

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Chapter 5. IBM Director
This chapter provides information about IBM Director, a workgroup-hardware-
management tool that you can use to centrally manage IBM servers.
With IBM Director, a network administrator can perform the following tasks:
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-processor-based servers, desktop computers, workstations, and mobile
computers on a variety of platforms.
IBM Director provides a comprehensive entry-level workgroup hardware manager. It
includes the following key features:
v
Advanced self-management capabilities for maximum system availability.
v
Multiple operating-system platform support, including Microsoft Windows 2000
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 PDF at
sys_migration/ibmdiragent.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
BladeCenter 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 the following benefits:
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 documentation on the
IBM
Director
CD that comes with the BladeCenter unit, the IBM Director Information
fgm0_main.htm, and the IBM System x Management Web page at
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/ xseries/systems_management/xseries_sm.html,
which present an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM Director.
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2010
37