Duration
1 day
Course Description
IBM Systems Director 6.1 is a platform management solution that utilizes a modular and extensible platform services foundation which provides a way to add advanced platform management capabilities to the base offering. IBM Systems Director unifies the management of IBM systems, delivering a consistent look and feel for common management tasks and integrates IBM's best-of-breed virtualization capabilities to provide new and radically improved ways to simplify the management of physical and virtual platform resources. IBM Systems Director provides multi-system support for IBM Power Systems, System x, BladeCenter, System z and Storage Systems, enabling seamless integration of IBM systems with the total infrastructure. IBM Systems Director also manages non-IBM x86-based systems through a dedicated agent.
IBM Systems Director is the next generation platform management solution of IBM Director that can improve your total cost of ownership by decreasing management costs and improving the utilization of existing IT resources within a datacenter by eliminating the need to maintain multiple tools.
This course introduces the features, functions, and benefits of IBM Systems Director 6.1 and selected common tasks.
Audience
This is an intermediate course for individuals who are involved in the planning, installation, configuration and upgrading of System x servers and individuals who use IBM Systems Director management software.
Pre-requisites
- You should complete IBM System x Technical Principles (XTR11)
Course Objective
- Define the architecture and benefits of IBM Systems Director 6.1
- Describe the use of common tasks including resource navigation, status and health, release management, and virtual systems management
Course Outline
- Course administration and introduction
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.