IBM Power server - Systems Management

Product demonstrations

• View Systems Director product demos
• Download a PowerTV demo of IBM Systems Director: Unified Management of Power Servers (ZIP, 51.8MB)
• Download a PowerTV demo of AIX with Enterprise Management (ZIP, 4.61MB)

Documentation

• Managing your server using the Hardware Management Console.
• Cluster Systems Management Library.
• IBM Systems Director Navigator for i5/OS
• IBM System i Navigator.

White papers and Redbooks

• Managing IBM Power Servers with IBM Systems Director 6.1
• ITG Report: Value Proposition for IBM Systems Director: Challenges of Operational Management for Enterprise Server Installations Management Brief (PDF, 1.16MB)
• IBM Integrated Virtualization Manager – Lowering the cost of entry into Advanced POWER Virtualization.
• Redbook: IBM System i and System p System Planning and Deployment: Simplifying Logical Partitioning

Training and certifications

• IBM offers online training and instructor-led classes worldwide for Power Systems hardware and software offerings. To locate and enroll in a class in your region, visit www.ibm.com/training.

Services

Performance Management for Power Systems: This no additional charge or nominal charge offering is available on all non-blade Power System (and System i or System p) models running IBM i or AIX. It provides assistance with performance analysis and capacity planning. When you activate Performance Management for Power Systems it automatically collects utilization and growth data and transmits it to IBM. IBM provides you with reports which can help you proactively and cost effectively manage growth and performance, and easily plan for future system requirements by allowing you to merge your historical data with the IBM Systems Workload Estimator. Detailed performance and capacity graphs are available in an additional offering for a nominal charge.

IBM QuickStart Services for Management Edition for AIX: This Services Offering will help you achieve your Power server management objectives quickly, understand Management Edition for AIX and realize rapid time to value by deploying the product in a pre-production environment. This proven approach, using best practices, is a jump start for your staff to gain the skills needed to move to the next phase of deployment.
http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/services/consulting/index.html