IBM System x3850 X5 Implementation Guide

Chapter 9. Management 467
Figure 9-17 Selecting which blade’s video output to display
9.5 IBM Systems Director 6.2
IBM Systems Director is a platform manager that offers the following benefits:
򐂰 Enables the management of eX5 physical servers and virtual servers that are running on
the eX5 platform.
򐂰 Helps to reduce the complexity and costs of managing eX5 platforms. IBM Systems
Director is the platform management tool for the eX5 platform that provides hardware
monitoring and management.
򐂰 Provides a central control point for managing your eX5 servers and managing all other
IBM servers.
You connect to IBM Systems Director server through a web browser. You can install IBM
Systems Director server on the following systems: AIX®, Windows, Linux on Power, Linux on
x86, or Linux on System z®.

IBM System x3850 X5 Specifications

General

Processor Cores	Up to 10 cores per processor
Chipset	Intel 7500
Hard Drive Interface	SAS/SATA
Processor	Intel Xeon E7-4800 series, Intel Xeon E7-8800 series
Memory Slots	64 DIMM slots
Storage	Up to 16 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Network Interface	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Support	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Form Factor	4U Rack