•Monitoring
•Updates
•Eventnotification
•Automationformanagedsystems
TheSystemsDirectorWebandcommand-lineinterfacesprovideaconsistentinterfacethatisfocused
ondrivingthesecommontasksandcapabilities:
•Discovering,navigating,andvisualizingsystemsonthenetworkwiththedetailedinventoryand
relationshipstotheothernetworkresources
•Notifyingusersofproblemsthatoccuronsystemsandtheabilitytoisolatethesourcesoftheproblems
•Notifyinguserswhensystemsneedupdatesanddistributingandinstallingupdatesonaschedule
•Analyzingreal-timedataforsystemsandsettingcriticalthresholdsthatnotifytheadministratorof
emergingproblems
•Configuringsettingsofasinglesystemandcreatingaconfigurationplanthatcanapplythosesettingsto
multiplesystems
•Updatinginstalledplug-instoaddnewfeaturesandfunctionstothebasecapabilities
•Managingthelifecyclesofvirtualresources
FormoreinformationaboutSystemsDirector,seethedocumentationon
theSystemsDirectorDVDthatcomeswiththeserver,theSystemsDirector
InformationCenterathttp://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/director/pubs/index.jsp?
topic=%2Fcom.ibm.director.main.helps.doc%2Ffqm0_main.html,andtheSystemsManagementwebsiteat
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/solutions/,whichpresentsanoverviewofSystemsManagementand
SystemsDirector.
Servercontrols,LEDs,andpower
Thissectiondescribesthecontrolsandlight-emittingdiodes(LEDs)andhowtoturntheserveronandoff.
ForthelocationsofotherLEDsonthesystemboard,see“System-boardLEDs”onpage31.
Frontview
Thefollowingillustrationsshowthecontrols,LEDs,andconnectorsonthefrontofyourservermodel.
Controls,LEDs,andconnectorsonyourservermodel.
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