IBM Flex System Manager
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Virtualization management (advanced feature set)
Creates new image repositories for storing virtual appliances and discover existing image
repositories in your environment.
Imports external, standards-based virtual appliance packages into your image repositories as
virtual appliances.
Captures a running virtual server that is configured the way you want, complete with a guest
operating system, running applications, and virtual server definition.
Imports virtual appliance packages that exist in the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) from the
Internet or other external sources.
Deploys virtual appliances quickly to create new virtual servers that meet the demands of your
ever-changing business needs.
Creates, captures, and manages workloads.
Creates server system pools, which enable you to consolidate your resources and workloads into
distinct and manageable groups.
Deploys virtual appliances into server system pools.
Manages server system pools, including adding hosts or additional storage space and monitoring
the health of the resources and the status of the workloads in them.
Groups storage systems together using storage system pools to increase resource utilization and
automation.
Manages storage system pools by adding storage, editing the storage system pool policy, and
monitoring the health of the storage resources.
I/O address management
Manages assignments of Ethernet MAC and Fibre Channel WWN addresses.
Monitors the health of compute nodes, and automatically, without user intervention, replace a
failed compute node from a designated pool of spare compute nodes.
Preassigns MAC addresses, WWN addresses, and storage boot targets for the compute nodes.
Creates addresses for compute nodes, saves the address profiles, and deploys the addresses to
the slots in the same or different chassis.
Additional features
Resource-oriented chassis map provides an instant graphical view of chassis resources,
including nodes and I/O modules.
A fly-over provides an instant view of an individual server's (node) status and inventory.
A chassis map provides an inventory view of chassis components, a view of active status
requiring administrative attention, and a compliance view of server (node) firmware.
Actions can be taken on nodes, such as working with server-related resources, showing and
installing updates, submitting service requests, and launching into the remote access tools.
Resources can be monitored remotely from mobile devices, including Apple iOS based
devices, Google Android based devices and RIM BlackBerry based devices. Flex System
Manager Mobile applications are separately available under their own terms and conditions
as outlined by the respective mobile markets.
Remote console
Ability to open video sessions and mount media, such as DVDs with software updates, to
their servers from their local workstation.
Remote Keyboard, Video, and Mouse (KVM) connections.
Remote Virtual Media connections (mount CD/DVD/ISO/USB media).
Power operations against servers (Power On/Off/Restart).
Hardware detection and inventory creation
Firmware compliance and updates
Health status (such as processor utilization) on all hardware devices from a single chassis view.
