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IBM Director – Overview Open, integrated suite of software
tools
Provides a consistent, single point of management and automation
Includes tools to monitor the health of your systems and to automatically take action to minimize costly outages
Keep your systems up-to-date and running optimally
Intelligent tools that enable rapid, remote diagnosis and resolution
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Multiple Platform SupportManagement Console
►xLinux, Windows►pLinux, AIX►iLinux►zLinux
Management Server►xLinux, Windows►pLinux, AIX►iLinux, i5/OS►zLinux
Managed Object►Management agents
● xLinux, Windows, Netware, VMware● pLinux, AIX● iLinux, i5/OS● zLinux,
►Management processors►Storage devices►SNMP devices
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Multi-level Agents
IBM Director Server
Level 0 Agent•No Agent Software•Inventory•Power Control•OOB H/W management•Stand-alone RAID management•Promotion to L1 or L2 Agent
Level 1 Agent•H/W CIM instrumentation•Inventory•Power Control•In-band H/W alerting•Integrated RAID alerting•Promotion to L2 Agent
Level 2 Agent•Full IBM Director Agent•Inventory•Power Control•Resource monitoring•Process management•Capacity planning•In-band H/W management•Integrated RAID management
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Comprehensive H/W Mgmt
DeployMaintain
Monitor & Alert
Analyze & Troubleshoot Optimize
Remote DeploymentManager
SoftwareDistribution
UpdateAssistant
Scheduler
ConfigurationManager
Real TimeDiagnostics
RemoteControl
DynamicSystem Analysis
VirtualMachine Manager
CapacityManager
SystemAvailability
InventoryResourceMonitor
Event ActionPlans
HardwareStatus
RAIDManagement
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IBM Director Management Tasks
IBM DirectorBase
Functionality
Deploy•BladeCenter Manager•Server Configuration Manager
Maintain•Update Assistant•Scheduler
Analyze and Troubleshoot•Remote Control•File Transfer
Monitor•HW Status•Inventory•Resource Monitor•Process Management
Capacity Manager
Software Distr. Premium Edition
Remote Deployment Manager
Electronic Service Agent
Virtual Machine Manager
HMC Manager
Power Executive
RAID Mgmt
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Management Console
Customizable user interface►Toolbar icons can be added/removed►Groups/Tasks panes can be hidden►Associations per group
Allows logical groupings of systems using dynamic or static groups
Uses drag-and-drop, context-sensitive menus, or smart toolbar icons to launch tasks on individual systems, multiple systems, or entire groups of systems
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Upward Integration Provided by IBM and ISVs
Integration points►Discovery / Reclassification►Launch►Inventory►Alerting►Software Distribution Packages►Help
Events sent from Level 1 and Level 2 Agents to upper level management applications
Events sent from IBM Director Server to Tivoli or SNMP management applications
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Virtual Machine Manager
Integration point for VirtualCenter
Adds new managed object types
Initiates Virtual Machine management tasks
Provides correlation between VirtualCenter, Virtual Farm, Physical Host, and Virtual Machines
Supports MS Virtual Server, VMware ESX, and VMware GSX
Supports Director Server on Windows only
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HMC Integration HMC Discovery using Industry
Standard SLP
Managed via CIM (SMWG Model)
Show relationships between HMC, pSeries / iSeries Server, LPARs, and installed operating system
Power management on all related managed platforms
Inventory of HMC
Hardware status and alerts integrated into main console
Launch in context to WebSM task on HMC for more advanced tasks
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Capacity Management
Diagnoses performance problems, recommends fixes and forecasts future performance using built-in artificial intelligence
Displays server performance data graphically for easy-to-read analysis of system capacity
Reports can be saved in CMR, TXT, HTML, XML formats, or report data saved to SQL database
Ability to send Events based on bottleneck detection
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