IBM Asia Pacific Hardware Announcement AG11-0009 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation
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IBM Director provides integration into leading workgroup and enterprise systems
management environments, via upward integration modules. The advanced
management capabilities built into System x® servers can be accessed from:
• Tivoli® Enterprise and Tivoli NetView®
• Computer Associates CA Unicenter TNG Framework
• NetIQ
• IMM Patrol
• Microsoft SMS
• Intel LANDesk Management Suite
• HP OpenView Network Node Manager
IT administrators can view the hardware configuration of remote systems in detail
and monitor the usage and performance of critical components such as processors,
HDDs, and memory.
IBM Director includes IBM Director Extensions, a portfolio of server tools that
integrate into the Director framework and work with the integrated systems
management processor to access environmental system information.
The processor supervises the operating system status and the following system
components, and alerts the IT administrator to critical errors:
• Fan monitoring and control; status and presence are monitored. Fan speed is
controlled and automatically increased to maintain system cooling if temperature
thresholds are exceeded. An alert is generated if:
– Failure occurs or is predicted.
– Installation or removal occurs.
• Power supply condition changes for the power supply.
– CPU temperatures are monitored. An alert is generated if (preset) temperature
warning thresholds are exceeded or restored, and if critical temperature
thresholds are exceeded. Soft and hard system shutdowns are automatically
initiated if critical temperature thresholds are exceeded.
– CPU and power subsystem voltage thresholds are monitored.
– Light path diagnostics LEDs are illuminated in case of key component errors or
failures to enable quick local diagnostics and servicing.
– Flash update enables updates to the integrated systems management
processor firmware.
The IT administrator has comprehensive, virtual on-site control of System x servers
and can remotely:
• Access the server regardless of the status
• Inventory and often display detailed system and component information
• View server bootup during POST
• Browse and delete logs of events and errors
• Reset or power cycle the server
• Run diagnostics, SAS/SATA setup, and RAID setup during POST
• Monitor thresholds on server health, including:
– Operating system load
– POST time-out
– Voltage
– Temperature
• Set proactive alerts for critical server events, including PFA on:
– Processors
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