Chapter 4. Continuous availability and manageability
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Centralized system management
The POWER processor-based AIX and Linux cluster target scientific and technical
computing, large-scale databases, and workload consolidation. IBM Cluster Systems
Management software (CSM) is designed to help reduce the overall cost and complexity of IT
management by simplifying the tasks of installing, configuring, operating, and maintaining
clusters of servers or logical partitions (LPARs). CSM offers a single consistent interface for
managing both AIX and Linux nodes, with capabilities for remote parallel network installation,
remote hardware control, distributed command execution, file collection and distribution,
cluster-wide monitoring capabilities, and integration with High Performance Computing (HPC)
applications.
CSM V1.7 which is need to support POWER6 processor-based HMC include Highly Available
Management Server (HA MS) at no additional charge. CSM HAMS is positioned for
enterprises that need a highly available management server. CSM HA MS is designed to
remove the management server as a single point of failure in the cluster.
For information regarding the IBM Cluster Systems Management for AIX , HMC control,
cluster building block servers, and cluster software available, visit the following links:
Cluster 1600
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/clusters/hardware/1600/index.html
Cluster 1350™
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/clusters/hardware/1350/index.html
