Lenovo x3650 M4 BD 5466 - Systems Director

•Startup(boot)fromLANthroughPrebootExecutionEnvironment(PXE)bootagentutilityorDynamicHost
ConfigurationProtocol/BootProtocol(DHCP/BOOTP)
•Systemauto-configuringfromtheconfigurationmenu
•Systemerrorlogging(POSTandserviceprocessor)
•Systems-managementmonitoringthroughtheInter-IntegratedCircuit(I
2
C)bus
•UpgradeablePOST,UEFI,diagnostics,serviceprocessormicrocode,andread-onlymemory(ROM)
residentcode,locallyorovertheLAN
•Vitalproductdata(VPD)onmicroprocessors,systemboard,powersupplies,andSAS(hot-swap-drive)
backplane
•WakeonLANcapabilityforremotepowerup
SystemsDirector
SystemsDirectorisaplatform-managementfoundationthatstreamlinesthewayyoumanagephysicaland
virtualsystemsinaheterogeneousenvironment.Byusingindustrystandards,SystemsDirectorsupports
multipleoperatingsystemsandvirtualizationtechnologiesinx86platforms.
Throughasingleuserinterface,SystemsDirectorprovidesconsistentviewsforviewingmanagedsystems,
determininghowthesesystemsrelatetooneother,andidentifyingtheirstatuses,helpingtocorrelate
technicalresourceswithbusinessneeds.AsetofcommontasksthatareincludedwithSystemsDirector
providesmanyofthecorecapabilitiesthatarerequiredforbasicmanagement,whichmeansinstant
out-of-the-boxbusinessvalue.Thecommontasksarelistedbelow:
•Discovery
•Inventory
•Configuration
•Systemhealth
•Monitoring
•Updates
•Eventnotification
•Automationformanagedsystems
TheSystemsDirectorWebandcommand-lineinterfacesprovideaconsistentinterfacethatisfocused
ondrivingthesecommontasksandcapabilities:
•Discovering,navigating,andvisualizingsystemsonthenetworkwiththedetailedinventoryand
relationshipstotheothernetworkresources
•Notifyingusersofproblemsthatoccuronsystemsandtheabilitytoisolatethesourcesoftheproblems
•Notifyinguserswhensystemsneedupdatesanddistributingandinstallingupdatesonaschedule
•Analyzingreal-timedataforsystemsandsettingcriticalthresholdsthatnotifytheadministratorof
emergingproblems
•Configuringsettingsofasinglesystemandcreatingaconfigurationplanthatcanapplythosesettingsto
multiplesystems
•Updatinginstalledplug-instoaddnewfeaturesandfunctionstothebasecapabilities
•Managingthelifecyclesofvirtualresources
FormoreinformationaboutSystemsDirector,seetheSystemsDirectorInformationCenterat
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/director/v6r1x/index.jsp?topic=/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html,and
theSystemsManagementwebpageathttp://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/systems/solutions/,whichpresentsan
overviewofSystemsManagementandSystemsDirector.
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