IBM Systems Director

January 8, 2015.

Advantages

^[1] is a uniform point of control for management of a data processing center. Allows to integrate the virtualizations of a possibility of IBM, best in area, providing new and much the improved methods of simplification of resource management of physical and virtual platforms. The main feature of Systems Director is the uniform user interface intended first of all for accomplishment of standard tasks. IBM Systems Director provides the unified representation of all IT environment, including servers, storage systems and network devices. It allows to carry out tasks of the end user using one means – IBM Systems Director. Use IBM Systems Director together with IBM Tivoli Software to reduce costs on management of a data processing center and quantity of the arising problems. IBM Systems Director 6.1 is the solution IBM Director on management of platforms of the next generation. The solution allows to reduce total cost of ownership and costs on management due to elimination of need to support several means on management and more effective use of the existing IT resources. Using IBM Systems Director® 6.1 it is possible to optimize use heterogeneous hardware and the software of the systems of a data processing center.

Main features of IBM Systems Director 6.1

unifies systems management of IBM due to ensuring uniform representation of standard tasks of management; integrates the virtualizations of a possibility of IBM, best in area, providing new and much the improved methods of simplification of resource management of physical and virtual platforms; gives comprehensive opportunities of support of management of platforms for all servers of IBM, storage systems and network devices (collecting of data, credentials, a status, support of updates, configuring, automation, remote control and so forth); has the expanded modular basis allowing to improve key features of systems management using the add-on connected modules; provides continuous integration of the systems of IBM and the general infrastructure; promotes expense reduction on training due to providing the uniform and unified basis for management of platforms and the user interface; manages systems on the basis of x86 of third-party producers using the specialized agent; provides integration of the systems of IBM into management tools a data processing center from Tivoli and third-party producers; provides Web services REST for application integration with Systems Director.

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