IBM® Director 5.20 is the previous version of IBM® Systems Director. It is an integrated suite of tools that provide you with comprehensive system-management capabilities to maximize system availability and lower IT costs.
Note: The IBM Director 5.20 Server products for Power Systems and System z are no longer supported by IBM as of September 30, 2011 (see IBM Announcements for Power Systems and System z ). The downloads for these products were removed from this site on July 13, 2012. For the latest IBM Systems Director downloads, see http://www.ibm.com/systems/software/director/downloads/index.html (US).
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IBM Director 5.20 is made up of the following components:
- IBM Director Server - must be installed on the management server, and provides all the management function of IBM Director.
- IBM Director Agent - is installed on a managed system to provide enhanced (Level 2) functionality with which IBM Director can communicate with and administer the managed system.
- IBM Director Console - is installed on a desktop computer, workstation, or mobile computer to provide a GUI in which the system administrator can perform tasks in IBM Director.
- IBM Director Core Services - is installed on a managed system to provide hardware-specific (Level 1) functionality for IBM Director to communicate with and administer the managed system.