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 IBM AIX
UNIX operating system
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The AIX® operating system (OS) is an open standards-based, UNIX® operating system that allows you to run the applications you want, on the hardware you want—IBM UNIX OS-based servers. AIX in combination with IBM's virtualization offerings, provides new levels of flexibility and performance to allow consolidation of workloads on fewer servers which can increase efficiency and conserve energy. AIX delivers high levels of security, integration, flexibility and reliability—essential for meeting the demands of today's information technology environments. AIX operates on the IBM systems based on Power Architecture® technology. Read more
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Management Edition for AIX
IBM Management Edition for AIX is an integrated systems management offering created specifically for the AIX / Power™ Systems platform that provides:
Monitoring: IBM Management Edition for AIX monitors the health and availability of Power Systems servers, providing rich graphical views of the AIX, Logical Partitions (LPAR), central electronics complex (CEC), Hardware Management Console(HMC), and resources in a single console.
Discovery: IBM Management Edition for AIX can discover the configuration and relationship between Power Systems components including how those systems are configured and changing — and provides the ability to monitor configuration compliance. It provides operating system configuration, physical relationships between operating systems and network switches, and logical relationships between application components.
IBM Management Edition for AIX is designed to provide 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. |
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AIX Version 6.1
AIX 6.1 extends the capabilities of the AIX operating system by including features such as PowerVM™ Workload Partitions, PowerVM Live Application Mobility, Role Based Access Control, Encrypting Filesystems, Concurrent AIX Kernel Updates and many other features. This release underscores the strategic importance of AIX as it delivers groundbreaking new features while maintaining full binary compatibility with previous AIX releases. More than ever, this release of the AIX OS allows you to more efficiently use IBM servers to support the needs of your business. AIX V6.1 represents the latest advance in a long record of IBM operating system innovation.
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Independent software vendors recognize the AIX operating system as a premier UNIX OS. Over 3000 ISVs now support thousands of applications on the AIX OS. It is likely that the applications that your business needs are already available on AIX. For more unique applications, IBM offers a rapid process for porting applications to the latest AIX release.
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