Cloud-Based Hmc Apps As A Service - IBM Power System E850C Technical Overview And Introduction

IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager extends OpenStack with the additional components, so IBM
Power Systems can be easily managed just like any other platform. Figure 3-1 shows the
OpenStack components and IBM additions to it.
Figure 3-1 OpenStack components and IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager additions
Detailed information about IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager can be obtained in IBM PowerVC
Version 1.3.1 Introduction and Configuration Including IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager,
SG24-8199.

3.1.2 Cloud-based HMC Apps as a Service

The new HMC Apps as a Service provides powerful insights into your Power Systems
infrastructure by using a set of hosted as-a-service apps, with no additional software or
infrastructure setup. Through these new apps, clients gain the capability to aggregate Power
Systems performance, auditing, and inventory data from across their enterprise, removing the
burden of manual collection and collation. These IBM-developed apps are hosted in a secure,
multi-tenant cloud. They provide health scores, search and filtering, and threshold-based
alerts that can be accessed through a secure portal from desktops or mobile devices.
The applications gather data sent by the customer HMCs through the Internet by using the
built-in cloud connector included with HMC V8R8.6.0 and NovaLink v1.0.0.4.
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