IBM systems management solutions for System x

IBM Systems Director Standard Edition

IBM Systems Director Standard Edition includes all of the capabilities of the Express® Edition, and adds advanced OS deployment, monitoring and control features under the same console. With Systems Director Standard Edition, clients can create and deploy virtual images that encapsulate the Microsoft Windows or Linux operating environment as well as any middleware and applications, while automatically configuring the storage attached network (SAN). Clients who may be facing energy cost or capacity concerns get the benefit of extensive electrical power and thermal monitoring capabilities across the data center, as well as energy control of selected Power servers. This edition also expands the discovery and health monitoring capabilities of the Express Edition to include networking systems.

Features:

The Systems Director Standard Edition provides:

• All features of the Systems Director Express Edition
• Automate remote deployment of operating systems from one simple interface and eliminate costly on-site support
• Monitoring and trend analysis of electrical energy usage and thermal characteristics
• Monitoring of legacy systems via supported facilities equipment such as uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units, sensors and probes as well as interfacing with applications that monitor computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units
• Features for setting energy usage caps across one or more servers
• Energy saving modes that can take into account processor utilization and the altitude of the data center facility
• Remote control of your servers regardless of power state
• Upward Integration module for Microsoft System Center giving the power of director available form their System Center Console
• Upward Integration module for VMware vCenter provides hardware management capabilities inside the vCenter Console
• Discovery and health monitoring for networking systems