IBM System Storage Productivity Center (SSPC)

Consolidated storage management

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Highlights

• Storage console
• 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

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

• IBM System Storage DS8000 series
  
• IBM System Storage DS3000, DS4000 and DS5000 series
  
• IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller
  
• IBM System Storage TS3310 and TS3500 Tape Libraries