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The service pack level (
new firmware.
An installation is concurrent if the service pack level (
the service pack level currently installed on the system and the previous conditions for
disruptive installation are not met.
4.5.7 Management Edition for AIX
IBM Management Edition for AIX (ME for AIX) provides robust monitoring and quick time to
value by incorporating out-of-the box best practice solutions that were created by AIX and
PowerVM Virtual I/O Server developers. These best practice solutions include predefined
thresholds for alerting on key metrics, expert advice that provides an explanation of the alert
and recommends potential actions to take to resolve the issue, and the ability to 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.
ME 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 suite of tools that provides flexible system management
capabilities to help realize maximum systems availability and lower IT costs.
IBM Director provides the following benefits:
Easy to use and has a consistent look and feel, and single point of management to help
simplify IT tasks.
Automated, proactive capabilities to help reduce IT costs and maximize system availability
Streamlined, intuitive interface to help you get started faster and accomplish more in a
shorter period of time
Open standards-based design, broad platform, and operating support to help you manage
heterogeneous environments from a central point
Extensible to provide more choice of tools from the same user interface
For more information about IBM Director, go to:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/management/director/
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FFF
) and the last disruptive service pack level (
DDD
FFF
) of the new firmware is higher than
) are equal in
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