- Storage console
- One per datacenter
- Extends existing configuration tools
- Decrease storage administration time
- Assists with problem determination
- Server consolidation
- Assistance to get started
- Optional disk performance reporting
- Optional copy services management
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The IBM® System Storage™ Productivity Center (SSPC) is an integrated offering that provides a consolidated focal point for managing IBM storage products as well as managing mixed-vendor storage environments. SSPC provides enhancements to daily storage administration by making available a broader set of configuration functions.
SSPC provides the GUI and utilities to configure these devices and enhancements to provide a broader set of management functions.
The SSPC combines the power of a customized IBM System x™ server with preinstalled storage software that represents a significant point of centralized management. SSPC enhances several rudimentary device utilities for easier, more intuitive, context based administration and on the whole lowers resource overhead. Key benefits include:
- Storage topology viewer for a “big picture” perspective
- Asset and capacity reporting aimed at improved capacity utilization
- Reduces storage complexity and improves interoperability
- Automatic device discovery
- DS8000 series management from a single view
Supported devices:
- IBM System Storage DS8000 series
- IBM System Storage DS3000 and DS4000 series
- IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller
- IBM System Storage TS3310 and TS3500 Tape Libraries
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