Chapter 3. Installing Ibm Director Server (Optional) - IBM BladeCenter S Installation And User Manual

Chapter 3. Installing IBM Director Server (optional)

IBM Director is a comprehensive systems manager that is designed for use across
the full IBM Systems server family, including BladeCenter systems. An integrated,
easy-to-use suite of tools, IBM Director provides clients with flexible
systems-management abilities to help maximize system availability and lower IT
costs. With IBM Director, IT administrators can view and track the hardware
configuration of remote systems and monitor the component performance of
microprocessors, disks, and memory.
IBM Director communicates with the advanced management module through the
Ethernet port on the advanced management module. If you are going to use IBM
Director to manage your BladeCenter S system, make sure that it is installed on a
server that meets the documented system requirements and that the advanced
management module is on a network that is reachable from the IBM Director
server.
Note: IBM Director communicates over the TCP command mode port. You might
have to increase the maximum number of simultaneous connections that can be
made over this port to prevent conflicts with other applications. You can modify
the setting through the advanced management module Web interface (Network
Protocols page).
IBM Director has the capability to use the zone configurations that you create with
Storage Configuration Manager. You can use Storage Configuration Manager to
create an initial zone configuration for a BladeCenter S system and use IBM
Director to distribute the configuration to other BladeCenter S systems.
Note: For more information about Storage Configuration Manager, see the IBM
Storage Configuration Manager Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide.
To download the latest version of IBM Director, go to http://www.ibm.com/
systems/support/management and select Product Family.
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