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Table 8-1 IBM Platform Cluster Manager SE versus IBM Platform Cluster Manager AE
Feature
Physical provisioning
Server monitoring
Other hardware monitoring
IBM Platform HPC integration
VM provisioning
Multiple cluster support
Self-service portal
Storage management
Network management
Supported Environments
IBM Platform Load Sharing Facility®
family
IBM Platform Symphony® family
Other workload managers
IBM Cluster Manager Standard Edition
IBM Cluster Manager Standard Edition manages single static clusters. It is an
easy-to-use, powerful cluster management software that improves the
productivity of Technical Computing users by reducing the cluster management
complexity. The Standard Edition includes the following features:
It delivers a comprehensive set of cluster provisioning, monitoring, and
reporting capabilities for technical computing users.
Automates the deployment of the operating system, software components,
and complex activities, such as, provisioning and maintaining a cluster.
By using a centralized user interface, system administrators can manage
complex clusters as a single system from anywhere. A next-generation web
portal provides a single point of access into the cluster, which makes it easy
to manage complex cluster as a single system.
All of the functions that are required to operate a cluster are installed at the
same time and are tightly integrated.
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