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Wake on LAN capability
IBM Systems Director
IBM Systems Director is a platform-management foundation that streamlines the
way you manage physical and virtual systems supports multiple operating systems
and virtualization technologies in IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.
Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views for
viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one other, and
identifying their statuses, helping to correlate technical resources with business
needs. A set of common tasks that are included with IBM Systems Director provides
many of the core capabilities that are required for basic management, which means
instant out-of-the-box business value. The common tasks include the following:
v Discovery
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Inventory
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Configuration
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System health
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Monitoring
v Updates
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Event notification
v Automation for managed systems
The IBM Systems Director Web and command-line interfaces provide a consistent
interface that is focused on driving these common tasks and capabilities:
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Discovering, navigating, and visualizing systems on the network with the detailed
inventory and relationships to the other network resources
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Notifying users of problems that occur on systems and the ability to isolate the
sources of the problems
v Notifying users when systems need updates and distributing and installing
updates on a schedule
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Analyzing real-time data for systems and setting critical thresholds that notify the
administrator of emerging problems
v Configuring settings of a single system and creating a configuration plan that can
apply those settings to multiple systems
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Updating installed plug-ins to add new features and functions to the base
capabilities
v Managing the life cycles of virtual resources
For more information about IBM Systems Director, see the documentation on the
IBM Systems Director CD that comes with the server and the IBM xSeries Systems
Management Web page at http://www.ibm.com/systems/management/, which
presents an overview of IBM Systems Management and IBM Systems Director.
The Update Xpress System Packs
The Update Xpress System Pack Installer detects supported and installed device
drivers and firmware in the server and installs available updates. For additional
information and to download the Update
Xpress System Pack Installer, go to the
ToolsCenter for System x and BladeCenter at, go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/
support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=SERV-XPRESS&brandind=5000008.
Chapter 1. The System x3550 M3 server
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