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take resolution actions directly from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal or set up automated actions.
Users have the ability to visualize the monitoring data in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal determine
the current state of the AIX, LPAR, CEC, HMC and VIOS resources.
Management Edition for AIX is an integrated systems management offering created
specifically for the system p platform that provides as primary functions :
Monitoring of the health and availability of the system p.
Discovery of configurations and relationships between system p service and application
components.
Usage and accounting of system p IT resources.
For information regarding the ME for AIX, visit the following link :
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/os/aix/sysmgmt/me/index.html

4.5.8 IBM Director

IBM Director is an integrated, easy-to-use suite of tools that provide you with flexible system
management capabilities to help realize maximum systems availability and lower IT costs.
IBM Director provide below benefits :
An easy-to-use, integrated suite of tools with consistent look-and-feel and single point of
management simplifies IT tasks
Automated, proactive capabilities that help reduce IT costs and maximize system
availability
Streamlined, intuitive user interface to get started faster and accomplish more in a shorter
period of time
Open, standards-based design and broad platform and operating support enable
customers to manage heterogeneous environments from a central point
Can be extended to provide more choice of tools from the same user interface
For information regarding the IBM Director, visit the following links :
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/management/director/

4.6 Cluster solution

Today's IT infrastructure requires that servers meet increasing demands, while offering the
flexibility and manageability to rapidly develop and deploy new services. IBM clustering
hardware and software provide the building blocks, with availability, scalability, security, and
single-point-of-management control, to satisfy these needs. The advantages of clusters are:
High processing capacity
Resource consolidation
Optimal use of resources
Geographic server consolidation
24x7 availability with failover protection
Disaster recovery
Scale-out and scale-up without downtime
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