IBM xSeries 235 User Manual

IBM

 

Director

 

provides

 

a

 

comprehensive

 

entry-level

 

workgroup

 

hardware

 

manager.

 

Key

 

features

 

include:

 

v

   

Advanced

 

self-management

 

capabilities

 

for

 

maximum

 

system

 

availability

 

v

   

Multiple

 

operating-system

 

platform

 

support,

 

including

 

Microsoft

®

 

Windows

®

 

98,

 

Windows

 

NT

®

,

 

Windows

 

2000,

 

Windows

 

XP

 

Professional,

 

Novell

 

NetWare,

 

IBM

 

OS/2

®

,

 

SCO

 

UnixWare,

 

Linux

®

,

 

and

 

Caldera

 

OpenUNIX

®

 

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

 

server

 

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:

 

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

 

 

 

CD

 

that

 

comes

 

with

 

your

 

server,

 

the

 

IBM

 

Director

 

publications

 

on

 

the

 

CD,

 

and

 

the

 

following

 

Web

 

pages:

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.ibm.com/pc/qtechinfo/MIGR-40738.html

 

 

This

 

Web

 

page

 

includes

 

links

 

to

 

software

 

downloads

 

and

 

publications

 

for

 

the

 

latest

 

release

 

of

 

IBM

 

Director.

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/systems_management/index.html

 

 

This

 

Web

 

page

 

presents

 

an

 

overview

 

of

 

IBM

 

Systems

 

Management

 

and

 

IBM

 

Director.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/pc/um/index.html

 

 

This

 

Web

 

page

 

links

 

to

 

an

 

IBM

 

portfolio

 

of

 

advanced

 

management

 

tools

 

that

 

help

 

reduce

 

costs

 

and

 

increase

 

availability

 

throughout

 

the

 

life

 

cycle

 

of

 

a

 

product.

 

UpdateXpress

 

 

The

 

UpdateXpress

 

program

 

is

 

available

 

for

 

most

 

xSeries

 

servers

 

and

 

server

 

options.

 

It

 

detects

 

supported

 

and

 

installed

 

device

 

drivers

 

and

 

firmware

 

in

 

your

 

server

 

and

 

installs

 

available

 

updates.

 

You

 

can

 

download

 

the

 

UpdateXpress

 

program

 

from

 

the

 

Web

 

at

 

no

 

additional

 

cost,

 

or

 

you

 

can

 

purchase

 

it

 

on

 

a

 

CD.

 

To

 

download

 

the

 

program

 

or

 

purchase

 

the

 

CD,

 

go

 

to

 

http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/eserver/xseries/serverguide/xpress.html.

 

 

Chapter

 

1.

 

Introducing

 

the

 

IBM

 

xSeries

 

235

 

Type

 

8671

 

server