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About this publication ix

Conventions and terminology ix

Publications and related information ix

Web resources xii

How to send your comments xiii

What's new xv

What's new in version 6.1.2 xv

What's new in version 6.1.1 xxii

What's new in version 6.1 xxix

Terminology changes xxxvi

Chapter 1 Overview of IBM Systems Director 1

Accessibility 1

License information 1

IBM Systems Director technical overview 2

IBM Systems Director components 3

Manageable resource types 7

Manageable systems 7

User interfaces 8

Base function and extensible plug-ins 9

Upward integration 16

I'm a 5.20 user How do I use 6.1? 17

Why am I starting at the Welcome page? 17

What can I do with the rest of the interface? 29

How do I discover my systems? 31

How do I view my systems and groups? 35

How do I view my inventory? 50

Where are my tasks? 52

How do I start tasks? 53

How do I create a hardware event action plan? 53 Chapter 2 Using the IBM Systems Director Web interface 57

Logging into IBM Systems Director Server 57

Logging out of IBM Systems Director Server 58

Navigating the Web interface 58

The Web interface 58

Customizing the Web interface 60

Managing and closing open pages in the Web interface 61

Viewing help in the Web interface 61

Navigating IBM Systems Director by way of the Welcome page 62

IBM Systems Director Welcome page 62

System severity states 69

Starting work in IBM Systems Director 70

Learning about the product 70

Checking IBM Systems Director readiness 71

Viewing updates 71

Viewing tutorials 72

Viewing the IBM Systems Director Server summary 72

Finding and navigating resources 74

Resource views 75

Finding systems and other resources 86

Viewing resources in the topology perspective 87

Working with tables 89

Working with topology maps 97

Working with properties 104

Setting navigation preferences 105

Renaming a resource 107

Removing a resource 107

Managing groups 108

Groups 108

Creating a criteria-based dynamic group 113

Creating a static group 115

Editing a group 116

Deleting a group 117

Adding a resource to an existing group 117

Exporting a group 118

Importing a group 118

Finding and starting tasks 119

Launched tasks and the IBM Systems Director Launched Tasks program 119

Finding a task 119

Starting tasks 120

Starting the IBM Systems Director Launched Tasks program 121

Integrating external applications into IBM Systems Director 133

Scheduling tasks 149

Noninteractive tasks 149

Jobs and job instances 150

Scheduling a task 150

Scheduling a task from a selected system 151

Viewing active and scheduled job information 153 Viewing information about scheduled jobs 154

Determining target systems that are affected by a job 154

Viewing job-instance records 155

Viewing job-instance logs 155

Copying a scheduled job 156

Editing a scheduled job 157

Running a scheduled job immediately 157

Suspending and resuming a scheduled job 157

Deleting a job 158

Managing auditing 158

Audit records 158

Setting server-auditing preferences 159

Viewing the audit log 160

Deleting the audit log 161

Encrypting interprocess communication 161

Encryption 161

Enabling encryption 162

Disabling encryption 163

Changing the encryption algorithm 163

Resending the encryption key to systems 164

Creating a new encryption key 164

Chapter 3 Discovering systems and

collecting inventory data 165

Discovery 165

Getting started discovery 165

System discovery 166

Advanced system discovery 167

Choosing which discovery to use 168

Discovery protocols 169

Viewing the discovery manager summary 171

Renaming discovered systems automatically 172

Performing getting started discovery 173

Discovering systems with system discovery 174

Performing a system discovery 175

Discovering systems that use a mirrored image 176 Viewing system discovery results 178

Discovering systems with advanced system discovery 178

Discovery profiles 178

Creating a discovery profile 179

Managing discovery profiles 180

Performing an advanced system discovery 181

Collecting and viewing inventory data 182

Inventory data and collection profiles 182

Creating an inventory collection profile 183

Managing inventory collection profiles 185

Collecting inventory 186

Viewing inventory 187

Chapter 4 Configuring systems 189

Configuration settings 189

Configuration templates 189

Configuration plans 190

The Automatically deploy feature 191

Predefined configuration plans 192

Configuration-setting license entitlement 192

Monitoring the deployment of configuration plans and configuration templates 192

Managing system configuration 194

Viewing configuration settings 194

Editing configuration settings 194

Saving configuration settings as configuration templates 195

Saving configuration settings to a configuration plan 195

Managing configuration templates 196

Creating configuration templates 196

Creating a configuration template from an existing one 197

Viewing configuration templates 198

Editing configuration templates 198

Adding configuration templates to a configuration plan 199

Deploying configuration templates 199

Viewing deployed targets 200

Exporting a configuration template 200

Importing a configuration template 201

Deleting configuration templates 201

Managing configuration plans 201

Creating configuration plans 201

Creating a configuration plan from an existing one 203

Deploying configuration plans 203

Viewing configuration plans 204

Viewing deployment history 204

Editing configuration plans 205

Exporting a configuration plan 205

Importing a configuration plan 205

Deleting configuration plans 206

Chapter 5 Monitoring system status and health 207

System status and health 207

Viewing the status manager summary 209

Viewing the performance summary 210

Using the Health Summary task to view the status of your environment 211

Scoreboard 212

Dashboard 213

Health summary 213

Using the scoreboard to identify issues 213

Adding a graphical monitor to the dashboard 216 Removing a graphical monitor from the dashboard 216

Adding systems to the health summary 217

Removing a group from the health summary 219 Using Navigate Resources to view the status of a specific resource 219

Managing monitors 219

Resource-monitor attributes 220

Viewing a monitor 233

Creating a monitor view 234

Editing a monitor view 236

Deleting a monitor view 237

Graphing a monitor 237

Creating a threshold 238

Managing thresholds 239

Viewing a threshold 239

Activating a threshold 239

Editing a threshold 240

Deactivating a threshold 240

Deleting a threshold 240

Managing status set entries 241

Viewing a specific status set entry 241

Viewing status set entries for a specific resource 242 Viewing status set entries for a group of resources 242

Activating a status set entry 243

Deactivating a status set entry 243

Deleting a status set entry 244

Managing the event log 245

Viewing events 245

Deleting an event 246

Changing event log preferences 246

Creating an event filter from an event 247

Viewing SNMP device attributes 247

Managing MIB files 248

Compiling a MIB file 248

Loading MIB files into memory 248

Managing process monitors 249

Viewing process monitors 249

Creating a process monitor 249

Applying a process monitor 250

Removing all process monitors 250

Monitoring system resources 251

Recording resource-monitor statistics 251

Exporting resource-monitor statistics 251

Viewing a graph of a resource-monitor recording 252

Removing a resource-monitor record 252

Running a command-line program on a managed system 253

Creating a command definition 253

Running a command definition 254

Restricting anonymous command execution 254

Chapter 6 Automating tasks 257

Events, filters, and actions in event automation plans 258

Events 258

Event filters 259

Event actions 263

Monitoring operating-system specific events 274

Viewing the automation manager summary 274

Managing event automation plans 276

Viewing event automation plans associated with a resource 276

Creating an event automation plan 276

Copying an event automation plan 285

Editing an event automation plan 286

Deactivating and activating an event automation plan 286

Viewing event automation plan properties 287

Deleting an event automation plan 287

Managing event actions 288

Creating an event action 288

Editing an event action 289

Copying an event action 289

Testing an event action 290

Deleting an event action 291

Saving and not saving an event-action history 291 Viewing an event-action history 292

Refreshing entries in an event-action history log 293 Deleting entries from an event-action history log 294 Viewing event action properties 294

Event-data-substitution variables 295

Managing event filters 298

Creating, editing, or copying an event filter 298

Editing an event filter 301

Copying an event filter 302

Viewing event filter properties 302

Viewing predefined filter criteria 303

Deleting an event filter 303

Chapter 7 Updating systems 305

Supported updates 306

Supported System x and BladeCenter systems 307

Starting to monitor and update systems 307

Updates to IBM Systems Director and IBM Director 308 Determining the installed IBM Systems Director version 308

Considerations for updating systems that have earlier versions of IBM Director 308

Updating IBM Systems Director 309

Update considerations for specific operating systems and platforms 310

Update considerations for AIX systems 310

Update considerations for IBM System x and IBM BladeCenter 312

Update considerations for Hardware Management Console (HMC) systems 315

Update considerations for IBM i systems 316

Update considerations for Linux systems 316

Update considerations for Power Systems Firmware 317

Update considerations for Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) systems 317

Viewing the Update Manager Summary page 319

Configuring update manager 320

Getting started with updates 320

Changing update settings 321

Managing updates 323

Managing update groups 324

Performing actions on updates 325

Viewing information about updates 333

Keeping systems in compliance 339

Compliance policies 340

Modifying compliance policies 340

Identifying systems that are out of compliance 342 Resolving compliance issues 343

Showing needed updates 343

Showing available updates 344

Showing installed updates 344

Update types 345

Update types for AIX 345

Update types for System x and IBM BladeCenter 345

Update types for HMC 347

Update types for IBM Systems Director and IBM Director 347

Update types for IBM i systems 347

Update types for Linux 347

Update types for Power Systems Firmware 348

Update types for Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) systems 348

Chapter 8 Remotely accessing systems and resources 349

Remote access facilities 349

Distributed Command 349

File transfer 350

Hardware command line 350

Launch Web browser 351

Remote command line 351

Remote control tasks 351

Remote Xen Console 352

Serial Console 352

Running remote access functions 352

Using the Distributed Shell 353

Transferring files and directories 356

Synchronizing files, directories, or drives 356

Changing the encoding for a file 357

Using the hardware command line 357

Establishing a remote command-line session 358

Launching a Web browser 358

Configuring Microsoft Windows Remote

Desktop Connection 359

Establishing Remote Desktop Connection 359

Establishing Virtual Network Computing

communications 359

Establishing IBM BladeCenter or RSA

communication 360

Establishing a remote Xen console session 360

Using the serial console 361

Chapter 9 Managing agents 363

Common agent services 363

Installing agents using the Agent Installation

Wizard 365

Importing agent packages 369

Creating agent packages 370

Setting the agent manager for IBM Systems

Director Server 372

Viewing the agent manager properties 372

Adding a new agent manager 372

Setting the active agent manager 373

Deleting an agent manager 374

Using a remote agent manager with IBM

Systems Director 374

Managing the agent manager used by a

Common Agent 377

Viewing the agent manager configuration 380

Securing Common-Agent managed systems 380

Changing the agent registration password 380

Migrating common agents to a different

management server 383

Chapter 10 Managing IBM

BladeCenter and System x systems 385

Supported IBM BladeCenter products 385

Service processor communication 386

In-band communication requirements 386

Out-of-band communication requirements 387

Out-of-band communication and the standard

TCP Command Mode protocol 389

Out-of-band communication and the secure TCP

Command Mode protocol 390

Out-of-band alert-forwarding strategies 391

Service processors and resource types 391

Viewing the IBM BladeCenter and System x

management summary 392

Downloading and activating BladeCenter I/O

module plug-ins 394

Configuring integrated management modules 394

Integrated management module task support

and features 395

Changing the integrated management module

IP address by way of the Server resource 395

Changing the integrated management module

IP address by way of the System resource 396

Changing the network port on an integrated

management module 396

Configuring integrated management modulesecurity 396Configuring the Try DHCP setting for integratedmanagement module 397Enabling Secure Sockets Layer after discovery 397Enabling Secure Sockets Layer before discovery 398Changing the password for the Remote SupervisorAdapter or management module 398Managing power state settings on IBM BladeCenterand System x servers 399Power On/Off task support using out-of-bandcommunication 399Power On/Off task support using Wake on

LAN technology on System x 399Power On/Off task support by way of the

operating system on System x and blade servers 400Changing the power state on System x and IBMBladeCenter hardware 400Enabling collection of SNMP-based inventory byway of management modules 401Using hardware-log information from System x

service processors and IBM BladeCenter products 401Hardware-log information using out-of-bandand in-band communication 402Viewing hardware-log information 402Refreshing hardware-log information 403Clearing the hardware-log information 403Providing hardware-log information 404Using locator LED settings on IBM BladeCenter

and System x servers 405Locator LEDs and out-of-band and in-band

communication 405Identifying hardware with the locator LED 405Solving hardware problems using

light-path-diagnostic LEDs on IBM BladeCenterand System x servers 406Light-path-diagnostic LED information 406Viewing light-path-diagnostics status 408Viewing detailed light-path-diagnostics

information 408Changing the resource for viewing

light-path-diagnostics LED information 409Configuring templates 409Password security levels for IBM BladeCentermanagement modules and System x serviceprocessors 409Configuring the boot sequence for a blade

server in an IBM BladeCenter chassis 411Configuring an IBM BladeCenter managementmodule 412Configuring network resources for IBM

BladeCenter blade servers 429Configuring SNMP agent community

information 430Configuring the IP address pool for IBM

BladeCenter systems and System x servers 431Configuring System x service processors 432Configuring IBM BladeCenter switch moduleprotocols 444Configuring the IBM BladeCenter switch

module virtual LAN 447

Configuring users and passwords for an IBM

BladeCenter chassis 449

Managing network-configuration information 450 Managing system-account information 452

Setting asset information 455

Chapter 11 Managing IBM Power Systems 459

New terms for Power Systems users in IBM Systems Director 459

Managing Power Systems running AIX 461

Managing Power Systems running IBM i 461

Managing systems controlled by HMC and IVM 462 Viewing the Power Systems Management summary 463 Monitoring for IBM i message queue events 464

Managing power state settings on IBM Power systems 466

Power On/Off task support by way of the operating system on IBM Power systems 466

Changing the power state on IBM Power systems 467

Chapter 12 Managing IBM System z systems 469

System z virtualization 469

Basics about the z/VM operating system 469

z/VM manageability access point and agent 472

Viewing the System z Management summary page 473 Discovering systems and collecting inventory data for System z 474

Managing power state settings for Linux on System z servers 475

Power On/Off task support by way of the operating system on System z servers 475

Changing the power state on System z servers 475 Chapter 13 Managing and configuring storage 477

Storage management in real time and using configuration templates 477

Managing SMI-S providers 477

SMI-S providers for IBM Systems Director 477

Installing SMI-S Providers 480

Configuring SMI-S providers 486

Discovering and collecting inventory for storage devices 488

Running Discovery and unlocking storage devices using SMI-S providers 489

Running Direct Connection discovery and unlocking storage devices using SMI-S providers 489

Running Advanced Discovery for multiple SMI-S providers using multicast and broadcast 491 Running Advanced Discovery for SMI-S providers using a directory agent 492

Working with external storage applications 494

Installing and configuring external storage applications 494

Launching an external storage management application 497

Viewing storage devices 500

Storage Management Summary 500

Viewing storage systems using storage groups 502 Displaying attached storage for a given system 502 Viewing storage volumes 503

Viewing the health and status of storage devices 503 Storage topology perspective 504

Managing storage in real-time 505

Managing IBM BladeCenter and System x storage devices 505

Adding IBM BladeCenter Integrated Storage devices to a server 508

Provisioning storage from an existing storage subsystem 509

Managing storage volumes in real time 510

Configuring iSCSI components in real time 513

Configuring IBM BladeCenter SAS zone connectivity in real time 518

Managing storage with configuration templates 519 Viewing storage configuration templates 519

Changing storage configuration templates 520

Creating a configuration template for a storage volume 520

Managing IBM BladeCenter SAN configuration mapping 521

Configuring iSCSI components using configuration template 524

Managing IBM BladeCenter SAS zone configuration 529

Chapter 14 Managing virtual environments 533

Virtual systems 533

Platform managers 533

Virtual farms 533

Hosts 535

Virtual servers 536

Guest-operating-systems 537

Virtualization groups 537

Viewing the virtualization manager summary 538

Viewing resources in virtualization perspectives 539 In the Virtualization Basic perspective 539

In the Virtualization Common perspective 539

In the Virtualization Detail perspective 539

Viewing resources in the Platform Managers and Members view 539

Viewing resources in the Virtual Servers and Hosts view 540

Viewing virtualization properties 540

Configuring virtual resources 541

Configuring Power Systems platform managers 541 Configuring storage resources 546

Managing host systems 548

Entering maintenance mode 548

Exiting from maintenance mode 548

Starting the virtualization service on a host 549

Stopping the virtualization service on a host 549

Managing virtual farms 549

Adding a host to a virtual farm 549

Creating a virtual farm 550

Deleting a virtual farm from IBM Systems

Director and VMware VirtualCenter 551

Removing a virtual farm from IBM Systems Director 552

Editing a virtual farm 552

Removing a host from a virtual farm 552

Starting the virtualization service on a farm 553

Stopping the virtualization service on a farm 553 Viewing virtual farms 553

Managing virtual servers 554

Connecting to a platform manager 554

Disconnecting from a platform manager 555

Creating virtual servers 555

Creating a virtual disk for Xen 569

Deleting a virtual server permanently 570

Editing host resources 570

Editing virtual servers 571

Accessing the Xen remote console 573

Managing power operations on virtual servers 573 Relocating virtual servers 576

Launch VMware ESX Manager User Interface 584 Launch VMware VirtualCenter Console 584

Launch VMware Infrastructure Client 584

Launch Microsoft Virtual Server Console 584

Chapter 15 Security 587

Authenticating users to IBM Systems Director 588

User authentication 588

Users and user groups in IBM Systems Director 588 Authenticating IBM Systems Director users stored in the local operating system 590

Authenticating IBM Systems Director users stored in the domain server 590

Authenticating IBM Systems Director users stored in LDAP 591

Editing user properties 592

Authorizing users to IBM Systems Director 592

User authorization 592

Roles 593

Permissions and roles required to run smcli commands 595

Authorizing users to manage resources 599

Assigning a role to a user or user group 599

Copying a role to another user 600

Creating a role 600

Managing roles 601

Ending the session for another user 602

Managing credentials in IBM Systems Director 602

Credentials 603

Managing shared credentials 604

Managing targeted credentials 605

Managing console access point credentials 607

Configuring the authentication registry 609

Managing mappings 610

Managing access 612

Managing access to agentless managed systems 612 Accessing a secured system with request access 612 Accessing a secured system with configure access 613

Revoking access to a secured system 614

Communication protocols and supported encryption algorithms 614

Encrypting passwords for database configuration 615 Appendix Accessibility features for IBM Systems Director 617

Notices 621

Trademarks 622

Glossary 625

About this publication

This publication provides instructions for using IBM®Systems Director forsystems-management tasks IBM Systems Director consists of the following tools tomeet your systems-management needs:

v IBM Systems Director Web interface is the graphical user interface (GUI) for IBMSystems Director Server Using IBM Systems Director Web interface, you canconduct comprehensive systems management using either a drop-and-dragaction or a single click

v IBM Systems Director command-line interface (dircli) is the command-lineinterface for IBM Systems Director Server You can use a command-line prompt

to access, control, and gather information from IBM Systems Director Server.This documentation also provides planning and implementation information forevent management

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Publications

Release Notes 6.1, Release Notes 6.1.1, and Release Notes 6.1.2

Provides information about hardware requirements for running IBMSystems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware,operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise

systems-management software

Hardware and Software Support Guide

Provides information about hardware requirements for running IBMSystems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware,operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise

systems-management software

Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for AIX ®

Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component ofIBM Systems Director on system running AIX using the standard

installation option

Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for IBM i

Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component ofIBM Systems Director on system running IBM i using the Standardinstallation option

Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux ® on Power Systems ™

Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component ofIBM Systems Director on system running Linux for Power Systems usingthe Standard installation option

Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on x86

Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component ofIBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System x® using theStandard installation option

Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on System z ®

Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component ofIBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System z using theStandard installation option

Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Windows

Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component ofIBM Systems Director on system running Windows using the Standardinstallation option

Systems Management Guide

Provides detailed instructions for using the Web interface and managingsystems and resources in your environment

Troubleshooting Guide

Provides information about problems and how to solve them, and

strategies for troubleshooting common problems

Events Reference

Provides information about IBM Systems Director events, including theevent type, description, severity, and extended attributes

Commands Reference

Provides detailed information about the systems management

command-line interface (smcli) commands, and other commands that can

be run directly from the command line, including configuring the database,and starting and stopping IBM Systems Director

Hardware Command Line User's Guide

Provides information about installing and using the Hardware CommandLine (formerly known as the IBM®Management Processor Command-LineInterface) Command output in this release might vary from commandoutput in previous releases

White papers and briefs

v IBM Systems Director

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/common/ssi/sa/wh/n/xbw03006usen/

XBW03006USEN.PDF

This paper provides a detailed overview of the changes in IBM Systems DirectorV6.1, including the new Web interface, security features, operating systemagents, integrated plug-ins and additional plug-ins that can be separately

IBM Redbooks publications

Implementing IBM Systems Director 6.1

Tip: Be sure to note the date of publication and to determine the version of IBMSystems Director software to which the Redbooks publication refers

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View the IBM Systems Director Downloads Web site on ibm.com which provideslinks to download code IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director plug-ins,and IBM Systems Director upward integration modules

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View the IBM Systems Director Documentation and Resources Web site onibm.com which provides links to product documentation, redbooks, redpapers,white papers, and learning modules related to IBM Systems Director, IBMSystems Director plug-ins, and IBM Systems Director upward integrationmodules

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View the IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Web site on ibm.com whichprovides more information about IBM Systems Director upward integrationmodules created by IBM®and other companies IBM Systems Director UIMsenable third-party workgroup and enterprise systems-management products tointerpret and display data that is provided by IBM Systems Director

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View the IBM ServerProven Web site to learn about hardware compatibility ofIBM®System x and BladeCenter®systems with IBM® applications and

middleware, including IBM Systems Director

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What's new

IBM Systems Director version 6.1 provides a number of new features andenhancements

What's new in version 6.1.2

IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.2 provides many new features andenhancements There are additional supported systems for installation andmanagement In addition, some functions have changed in this version and somefeatures have been discontinued

Hardware support

Support has been added for new hardware and devices

System x products Adapters

v ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA PCIe Controller and ServeRAID M5000Series Advanced Feature Key for IBM System x

v ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller and ServeRAID M1000 SeriesAdvanced Feature Key for IBM System x

v SS SATA RAID Kit (Integrated RAID Controller) on the followingfamilies of xSeries servers: 3250, 3250 M2, 3200, and 3200 M2

IBM BladeCenter products Adapters

v ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller for IBM BladeCenter

v ServeRAID-MR10k SAS/SATA Controller for IBM BladeCenter

v ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA controller for IBM BladeCenter

v ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter

v IBM BladeCenter S IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module

v IBM BladeCenter S 6–Disk Storage Module

Operating system support

IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 supports new operating systems and discontinuessupport for some operating systems that are supported in Version 6.1 For a

complete list of supported operating systems on each platform, see the IBM Systems Director Hardware and Software Support Guide.

New operating system support

The following table lists operating systems that are supported by IBM SystemsDirector 6.1.2 server and agents that were not supported in previous releases

Table 1 New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.2

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

IBM z/VM ®

Manage- ability Access Point Agent1 1

New operating systems supported on System x systems:

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise, Standard, and Datacenter

x64 Editions with Hyper-V role enabled, Release 2

Notes:

1 Support for Windows Server 2008, Enterprise, Standard,

and Datacenter x64 Editions with Hyper-V role enabled

is based on coexistence testing only

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation

option, version 5.0 (Update 4)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, and

Desktop with Workstation option, version 5.0, with Xen

Kernel (Update 4)

X

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for AMD64 and

EM64T (supports Update 8)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and WS, version 4.0, for

AMD64 and EM64T (supports Update 8)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.0,

for AMD64 and EM64T (supports Update 4)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5.0, for AMD64 and

EM64T (supports Update 4)

Table 1 New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 (continued)

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

IBM z/VM ®

Manage- ability Access Point Agent1 1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation

option, version 5.0, for AMD64 and EM64T (supports

Update 4)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, and

Desktop with Workstation option, version 5.0, for AMD64

and EM64T, with Xen Kernel (supports Update 4)

X

VMware ESX Server, versions 3.5.5 and 4.0.1 Console

Notes:

1 IBM Systems Director 6.1 Common Agent and IBM

Director Core Services 5.20.3, Service Update 1, support

VMware ESX Server versions 3.0.x, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3,

and 3.5.4

2 IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent installed

with default IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Platform Agent

supportsVMware ESX Server versions 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2,

3.5.3, 3.5.4, and 4.0 Restriction: You will no longer be

able to manage the RSA in-band You can manage it

out-of-band by connecting it to the network and

discovering it with IBM Systems Director

3 IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent upgraded

with IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 Platform Agent

supports VMware ESX Server versions 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2,

3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 4.0, and 4.0.1 Restriction: You will no

longer be able to manage the RSA in-band You can

manage it out-of-band by connecting it to the network

and discovering it with IBM Systems Director

4 You must turn off VMware ESX Server, version 4.0.x

SLP, before installing IBM Systems Director 6.1.1

1 Supported guest operating systems are those that are

supported by both IBM Systems Director and the

specified version of VMware See the VMware product

documentation for a list of supported operating

systems

2 IBM Systems Director Server is supported on VMware

ESX Server if IBM Systems Director Server is supported

on the selected guest operating system

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.4,

on IBM Power Systems

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on IBM Power Systems X X

Table 1 New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 (continued)

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

IBM z/VM ®

Manage- ability Access Point Agent1 1

New operating systems supported on System z systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for IBM

System z (now also supports Update 8)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for IBM

System z (64-bit Edition) (now also supports Update 8)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.0,

for IBM System z (64-bit Edition) (Supports Update 4)

1The IBM z/VM Manageability Access Point Agent (MAP Agent) is used by IBM Systems Director 6.1.0 tomonitor the virtual machines and associated resources known as a z/VM system The agent must be running in

a virtual machine within the IBM®

z/VM version 5.4 or 6.1 system that is to be monitored

2

IBM z/VM®

Manageability Access Point Agent requires Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version5.0, for IBM System z (64-bit Edition), Update 3

Discontinued operating system support

The following table lists operating systems that are supported in Version 6.1 and6.1.1, but are not supported by IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.2

Table 2 Discontinued operating systems not supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1 and 6.1.1

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent Discontinued operating systems on Linux versions supported by IBM Systems Director on IBM Power systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.2, on IBM Power

systems (on IBM BladeCenter QS21 and QS22 Blade Servers)

Installation and uninstallation

v The information about planning for, preparing, installing, anduninstalling IBM Systems Director Server on all applicable platforms wasupdated for version 6.1.2

v Information about the new 6.1.2 stand-alone installation package file wasadded for AIX, Windows, and Linux on System x

v The information about planning for, preparing, installing, and

uninstalling Common Agent on all applicable platforms was updated forversion 6.1.2

v The information about planning for, preparing, installing, and

uninstalling Platform Agent on all applicable platforms was updated forversion 6.1.2

v Information about planning for, preparing, installing, and uninstallingIBM i Common Agent and Platform Agent was added

v Information about planning for and preparing the various databaseapplications was updated for version 6.1.2

v The information about uninstalling IBM Systems Director on AIX wasbroken out from the Linux uninstalling topic

Web interface

Changed topics

The following audit record categories and their descriptions arenow detailed under the topic collection: Security, Task, SystemConfiguration and System Triggers

Discovery manager

Updated the Advanced Discovery wizard to increase usability

Added a Stop button that enables you to stop System Discovery.

Added new discovery default profiles for specific types of resources

v The default profiles automatically use the IP address range of the currentsubnet, as determined by the last start of the IBM Systems DirectorServer

v You can create a new profile by copying a default profile, then

customize the new profile by changing the settings

Added better feedback when discovering resources

v System discovery specifies the number of systems and other resourcesfor the current discovery task that were previously discovered

v Advanced system discovery logs specify, for the current task, whichsystems and other resources were previously discovered and which arenewly discovered

New and changed topics

Several existing topics related to discovery were updated

New topics were added that more fully describe each type ofdiscovery: , , and

Another new topic, , compares the different types of discovery andhelps you determine when each type is appropriate

is a new topic that describes how to discover systems that arecloned or that use a mirrored image

Status manager

New and changed pages

The Performance Summary page displays performance information

about resources that you specify, using monitor views that youselect A new topic and a new help panel were added for thePerformance Summary page.

The SNMP Browser page now uses a Web-based user interface.The Manage MIBs page, which moved to Settings, now uses aWeb-based user interface

Changes to labels and links on the user interface

Several changes have been made to labels in the user interface tomake them more descriptive For example, the View Updates link

in the upper-right corner of the Welcome page has been changed toUpdate IBM Systems Director

Changed topic

New information was added to the topic to further clarify how toobtain and install updates

Remote access

New help panel

The following help panel has been added for Remote access:

v Distributed Command: Enables you to execute a command onone or more managed systems in parallel

v Expanded network device support

v Added new device group: Ethernet to Fibre Channel Bridges

v Added more Switch properties to inventory

v Added related resources LAN Connection and Switch Port

v Added link from summary page to download IBM Systems DirectorNetwork Control V1.1

Settings

The Manage MIBs page, which uses a Web-based user interface, wasmoved to Settings from System Status and Health

Syntax diagram conventions

Updated “How to read syntax diagrams” to better document thespecifics of the syntax diagrams

Discontinued function

The following storage manager menu options are no longer available:

v System Configuration → Volumes

v System Status and Health → Physical View

v System Status and Health → Device Log

v System Status and Health → Collect Support Data

Troubleshooting

Changes have been made to several topics and many topics have been added tothis section

What's new in version 6.1.1

IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.1 provides many new features andenhancements There are additional supported systems for installation andmanagement In addition, some functions have changed in this version and somefeatures have been discontinued

IBM Systems Director task support by operating system and agent levels

The topic has been updated to include the following information aboutapplicability of the IBM Systems Director, version 6.1.1, Platform Agent:

v Customers with BMC and IMM service processors should update to the 6.1.1Platform Agent

v Customers with RSA service processors should continue to use the IBM DirectorCore Services version 5.20 (or any update release version of 5.20, such as 5.20.3).– The 6.1.1 Platform Agent will block updates on IBM Director Core Servicesversion 5.20 systems and RSA service processors

– To install the 6.1.1 Platform Agent, you must first remove IBM Director CoreServices version 5.20 (or any update release version of 5.20, such as 5.20.3)

Restriction:You will no longer be able to manage the RSA in-band You canmanage it out-of-band by connecting it to the network and discovering it withIBM Systems Director

Hardware support

Support has been added for new hardware and devices

System x products Servers

Note: Management Processor Command Line Interface (MPCLI) is notsupported on servers with integrated management modules This includesall of the following servers

v iDataPlex™, machine types 7321 and 7323

v System x3400M2, machine types 7836 and 7837

v System x3500M2, machine type 7839

v System x3550M2, machine type 7946

v System x3650M2, machine type 7947

v Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x

Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported

v Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x

Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported

v Brocade 10Gb CNA for IBM System x

Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported

v Qlogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x

Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported

v ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller

v IBM 3Gb SAS HBA v2

IBM BladeCenter products

Chassis

IBM BladeCenter E chassis, machine type 8677

Blade servers

v HS22 blade server, machine type 7870

Note: Management Processor Command Line Interface (MPCLI) is notsupported on servers with integrated management modules

v JS23 blade server, machine type 7778-23X

v JS43 blade server, machine type 7778-23X, feature code 8446

Adapters

v Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter

v QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter

v QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter

v Emulex 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter

v QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBMBladeCenter

v QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) for IBM

BladeCenter

Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported

v SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter

v ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Controller for IBM BladeCenter

I/O modules

v The BNT 10-Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

v Brocade 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

v Brocade 10-port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

v IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module

Advanced management module firmware version 4.7

Integrated management module

v IBM System Storage DS3200 Express

Operating system support

IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 supports new operating systems and discontinuessupport for some operating systems that are supported in Version 6.1 For a

complete list of supported operating systems on each platform, see the IBM Systems Director Hardware and Software Support Guide.

New operating system support

The following table lists operating systems that are supported by IBM SystemsDirector 6.1.1 server and agents that were not supported in previous releases

Table 3 New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.1

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

IBM z/VM ®

Manage- ability Access Point Agent1 1

New operating systems supported on System x systems:

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise, Standard, and Datacenter

x64 Editions with Hyper-V role enabled

Attention: Support for Windows Server 2008, Enterprise,

Standard, and Datacenter x64 Editions with Hyper-V role

enabled is based on coexistence testing only

Windows XP Professional Edition (supports Service Pack 3

for 32–bit systems)

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (supports Service

Pack 2 for 32–bit systems)

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise and Standard Editions

(supports Service Pack 2 for 32–bit systems)

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (supports Service

Pack 3 for 64–bit systems)

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 Edition (supports

Service Pack 2 for 64–bit systems)

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise and Standard x64 Editions

(supports Service Pack 2 for 64–bit systems)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, version 5.0

(Update 3)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation option,

version 5.0 (Update 3)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, and Desktop

with Workstation option, version 5.0, with Xen Kernel

(Update 3)

X

Table 3 New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 (continued)

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

IBM z/VM ®

Manage- ability Access Point Agent1 1

VMware ESX Server, versions 3.0.3, 3.5.4, 4.0 Console

Notes:

1 IBM Systems Director 6.1 Common Agent and IBM

Director Core Services 5.20.3, Service Update 1, support

VMware ESX Server versions 3.0.x, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3,

and 3.5.4

2 IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent and IBM

Systems Director 6.1.1 Platform Agent support VMware

ESX Server versions 3.5.x and 4.0 Restriction: You will

no longer be able to manage the RSA in-band You can

manage it out-of-band by connecting it to the network

and discovering it with IBM Systems Director

3 You must turn off VMware ESX Server, version 4.0 SLP,

before installing IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common

1 Supported guest operating systems are those that are

supported by both IBM Systems Director and the

specified version of VMware See the VMware product

documentation for a list of supported operating systems

2 IBM Systems Director Server is supported on VMware

ESX Server if IBM Systems Director Server is supported

on the selected guest operating system

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86

Note: This support requires the IBM Systems Director,

version 6.1.1, Platform Agent Restriction: You will no

longer be able to manage the RSA in-band You can manage

it out-of-band by connecting it to the network and

discovering it with IBM Systems Director

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64 and EM64T

Note: This support requires the IBM Systems Director,

version 6.1.1, Platform Agent Restriction: You will no

longer be able to manage the RSA in-band You can manage

it out-of-band by connecting it to the network and

discovering it with IBM Systems Director

New operating systems supported on IBM Power systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.3,

on IBM Power Systems

New operating systems supported on System z systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.0,

for IBM System z (64-bit Edition) (Supports Update 3)

Discontinued operating system support

The following table lists operating systems that are supported in Version 6.1 butare not supported by IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.1

Table 4 Discontinued operating systems not supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent Discontinued operating systems on 32–bit System x systems and non-IBM ® x86 system:

Windows XP Professional Edition (supports Service Pack 1 for 32–bit systems) X X

Discontinued operating systems on 64–bit System x systems and non-IBM ® x86 system:

Windows XP Professional Edition (supports Service Pack 1 for 64–bit systems) X X

Databases support

For complete information about supported databases, see the IBM Systems Director Hardware and Software Support Guide.

Functional enhancements

Installation and uninstallation

v The command used to extract the server and agent installation packages

on Linux for System x and Linux for System z systems was updated

v Examples of appropriate user IDs to use to log into IBM SystemsDirector were added

v The list of RPMs required for installing Common Agent and PlatformAgent on Linux for System x and x86-based systems was updated

v The information for installing IBM Systems Director on AIX wasupdated for version 6.1.1

v The information for installing IBM Systems Director on Linux on PowerSystems was updated for version 6.1.1

v The information for installing and uninstalling IBM Systems Director onLinux for System x was updated for IBM Systems Director 6.1.1

Status manager

v Hardware events (CIM indications) are provided by way of a new,open-source implementation For the standard messages associated withthese new CIM indications, review the Platform Alert Messages Registry(DSP8007.xml) This file is available at the Distributed Management TaskForce (DMTF) Web site: www.dmtf.org

v CIM indication support has been added for integrated managementmodule event generation You can review the message registry file for

information about these CIM indications This file is located in the

following directory: install_root\Director\data\msgRegistries\

immMessageRegistry.xml, where install_root is the root directory of your

IBM Systems Director installation Note that this path uses the backslash(\) to delimit the directory; depending on the system that you are using,you might be required to enter the path using the forward slash (/)

Automation manager

The following event actions now can be created using a new, Web-baseduser interface:

v Start a task on the system that generated the event

v Static group: add or remove group members

v Static group: add or remove the event-generating system

IBM BladeCenter and System x management

v Light-path diagnostic LED data is now available as a pop-up menu taskfor applicable systems

v Support for Secure TCP Command Mode (TCM)

Remote access

The following tasks have been added for Remote access:

v Distributed Command: Enables you to execute a command on one ormore managed systems in parallel

v Serial Console: Gives you the ability to open console windows to one ormore POWER®managed systems Each window provides access to thesystem's serial console, accessed out-of-band

Network Management

Version 6.1.1 introduces new management functions for network devices inthe web based interface:

v Discover network devices in your environment

v Review your network device inventory

v Monitor the health and status of network devices

v View network device configuration settings, and apply templates toconfigure devices

v Run network diagnostics tools like ping and traceroute

Common properties updates (affect many commands):

Updated descriptions for -i | ipaddress and -N | groups Updated syntax for -e | extend and -p | process.

Individual command updates:

The following storage manager menu options are no longer available:

v System Configuration → Volumes

v System Status and Health → Physical View

v System Status and Health → Device Log

v System Status and Health → Collect Support Data

Troubleshooting

Changes have been made to several topics and many topics have been added tothis section

What's new in version 6.1

IBM Systems Director Version 6.1 provides many new features and enhancements.There are additional supported systems for installation and management Inaddition, some functions have changed in this version and some features havebeen discontinued

Hardware support

For information about hardware that is supported in this release, see the IBM Systems Director Hardware and Software Support Guide.

Operating system support

IBM Systems Director 6.1 supports new operating systems and discontinuessupport for some operating systems that are supported in Version 5.20 For

complete list of supported operating systems on each platform, see the IBM Systems Director Hardware and Software Support Guide.

New operating system support

The following table lists operating systems that are supported by IBM SystemsDirector 6.1 server and agents that were not supported in previous releases

Table 5 New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

IBM z/VM ®

ability Access Point Agent1 1

Manage-New operating systems supported on System x systems:

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise and Standard Editions (supports

Service Pack 1)

X

Windows Server 2008, Enterprise and Standard x64 Editions

(supports Service Pack 1)

X

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, and Desktop with

Workstation option, version 5.0, for AMD64 and EM64T, with Xen

Kernel (Supports Updates 1 and 2)

X

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, for AMD64 and EM64T, with

Xen Kernel (supports Service Packs 1 and 2)

X

New operating systems supported on IBM Power systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.7, on IBM Power systems X X X

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.2, on IBM

New operating systems supported on System z systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4.0 Updates 6 and 7 for

System z systems

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advance Platform version 5.0 Updates 2

and earlier for System z systems

Table 5 New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1 (continued)

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

IBM z/VM ®

ability Access Point Agent1 1

Manage-SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM System z Service Pack 2 X X X X2

1The IBM z/VM Manageability Access Point Agent is used by IBM Systems Director 6.1.0 to monitor the virtualmachines and associated resources known as a z/VM system The agent must be running in a virtual machinewithin the IBM z/VM, version 5.4 system that is to be monitored

2IBM z/VM Manageability Access Point Agent requires SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM System z,Service Pack 2

Discontinued operating system support

The following table lists operating systems that are supported in Version 5.20 butare not supported by IBM Systems Director Version 6.1 server and agents

Table 6 Discontinued operating systems not supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent Discontinued operating systems on 32–bit System x systems and non-IBM ® x86 system:

Windows 2000, Advanced Server and Server Editions (Service Pack 3 required;

Service Pack 4 supported)

Windows 2000 Professional Edition (Service Pack 3 required; Service Pack 4

supported)

Windows Small Business Server 2003, Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 X XRed Hat Enterprise Linux AS and ES, version 3.0 (supports Update 9 and earlier) X X XRed Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 3.0 (supports Update 9 and earlier) X XVMware ESX Server (console), versions 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0.2

VMware GSX Server, versions 3.1 and 3.2, guest operating systems X X

Discontinued operating systems on 64–bit System x systems and non-IBM ® x86 system:

Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition for Itanium®

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 3.0, for Intel®

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, version 3.0, for AMD64 and EM64T (supports

Update 9 and earlier)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for Intel Itanium (supports Update 7

and earlier)

XSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Itanium Processor Family X

Table 6 Discontinued operating systems not supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1 (continued)

Operating system

IBM Systems Director Server

Common Agent

Platform Agent

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 (Release 2 required; SP1 supported) X X X

Discontinued operating systems on IBM Power systems:

IBM AIX 5L™

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, versions 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 on IBM Power systems X X X

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, versions 5.0 on IBM Power systems X X X

Discontinued operating systems on System z systems:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Mainframe Computing (supports versions 5.1 and

Status manager

Monitors hardware status, power status, and update compliance status

on discovered systems Using status manager, you can create, view, andcustomize the resources and processes to monitor and generate

notifications when a custom threshold is reached

Update manager

Acquires, distributes and installs required firmware, device drivers andoperating system updates using predefined policies and workflows.Using update manager, you can also update IBM Systems Director

Server and agents and get updates to support hardware changes without

an upgrade or migration of the installed product

Automation manager

Automatically performs predefined actions in response to events thatoccur in your environment using event automation plans Actions caninclude sending an email, running a task on the management server, orrunning a task on the system where the event was generated

Configuration manager

Configures system parameters and hardware settings on systems,including BladeCenter chassis and its installed components, in yournetwork You can also set up configuration manager to automaticallyconfigure newly discovered systems

Remote access manager

Provides a set of integrated tools that support remote access, includingremote control tools (such as Virtual Network Computing (VNC),Remote Desktop (RDP), and web-based remote control for IBMBladeCenter and RSA), hardware command line, remote command line,and file transfer tools

Virtualization manager

Manages the lifecycle of your virtual resources (such as virtual serversand virtual farms) from a single interface for many of the differentvirtualization technologies The virtualization tasks can be included inevent automation plans

IBM System Storage management

Provides full lifecycle management of your storage resources includingdiscovery, status, configuration and updates

IBM BladeCenter and System x management

Provides full lifecycle management of your modular System x, IBMBladeCenter Chassis, and related resources including discovery, status,configuration, updates, and virtualization

IBM Power Systems management

Provides full lifecycle management of your IBM Power systems andrelated resources including discovery, status, configuration, updates, andvirtualization

IBM System z management

Provides the capability to discover System z systems and their associatedvirtual servers, and to access status information about them

v Simplified installation and deployment:– Standard and custom installation options and enhanced unattendedinstallation streamlines the base installation of IBM Systems Director Server– Automatic start of IBM Systems Director Server after successful installation(Windows only)

– Migration tool that imports custom data from a previous release

v Web-based user interface: A new flexible, intuitive user interface is integratedwith the IBM Systems Director Server and is accessible through any supportedWeb browser that is connected to the management server You no longer need toinstall a console Improvements include:

– Welcome pages to assist you with setting up IBM Systems Director Server and

to determine whether actions are needed after IBM Systems Director Server is

up and running

– Resource views that list your systems and groups, show relationships

between resources, and list resource properties

– Navigation links to help you quickly find and perform tasks

– New wizards to walk you through certain tasks, such as creating groups– Create and manage resource groups

– Tutorials to help you learn how to use features and functions available withIBM Systems Director

Some tasks have not been ported to the new Web interface but can be launched

from the Web interface These launched tasks are dynamically uploaded to the

system on which the browser is running to seamlessly perform the

launch-in-context of the task

v Online help system enhancements: A new help system is available with

advanced search capabilities and an integrated table of contents Organizationand related links have also been improved Links from the Web interface displaycontext-sensitive help for the panel that you are currently viewing and also thefull help system

v Discovery and inventory data collection enhancements:

– Basic discovery to find systems with a specific network address or range ofaddresses

– Advanced discovery to find systems using a discovery profile, which

identifies the type of resources to discover and the discovery protocols to use,automatically authenticates discovered systems, and collects inventory data– Improved support for IBM Power, System z, and IBM System Storage systems

v System status and health enhancements:

– Scoreboard to easily monitor the health of your systems, including hardware,thresholds and compliance status

– Dashboard to view graphical representations of live-data monitors for criticalresources

– Health summary to monitor the resources you care about most

– LED status of System x and blade servers

– Drill down to the root cause or problems

v Agent management enhancements: New tasks are available to deploy, installand configure Common Agent and manage common agent services

v Update management enhancements:

– Compliance policies to verify the currency of updates on systems

– Search capabilities for update documentation files

v Event automation plans enhancements:

– Simplified interface for managing event automation plans, including newwizards to easily set up email notifications or run a task

– Common event schema for heterogeneous systems

– New commands for managing event automation plans, event actions, eventfilters, and event logs

Tip: Event automation plans were known as event action plans in the previous

– New set of default user roles– Single sign-on (SSO) authentication using credentials for local and targetsystems.

– Ability to specify credentials for a specific protocol or system, and to viewand edit credentials on specific systems

– New command line support for user groups, roles, and permissions

v System configuration enhancements:– Integrated operating-system configurations settings for network, useradministration, SNMP agent settings, and inventory data

– Ability to create, view and edit template settings per system and integrateinto a configuration plans

– Improved support for IBM BladeCenter and IBM System Storage systems

v Remote management enhancements: Several new tools are available forperforming remote tasks, including launching Virtual Network Computing(VNC) and Remote Desktop (RDP), from the Web interface

v Virtualization enhancements: IBM Virtualization Manager has been integratedinto IBM Systems Director base suite of tools to support the discovery, health,and lifecycle tasks

v Platform management enhancements:– Support has been improved for managing your storage products, includingthe seamless integration of Storage Configuration Manager and the ability tolaunch external applications from the Web interface

– Ability to launch IBM Systems Director Console for AIX from the IBMSystems Director Web interface

– Integration of IBM Systems Director Navigator for i5/OS into IBM SystemsDirector Web interface

v Storage management enhancements:– Seamless integration of Storage Configuration Manager (SCM) function– Ability to launch storage management application, such as TotalStorage®Productivity Center (TPC)), from the Web interface

– Support for additional storage systems

v Command-line interface enhancements:

– Systems management command-line interface (smcli): The name of the command-line interface has changed to smcli The dircli command-line

interface is supported in this release for backward compatibility All smcli

commands will run using either smcli or dircli However, to use the

command syntax supported in IBM Director version 5.20 and earlier, youmust set the CLILEGACY environment variable For more information, see

IBM Systems Director Commands Reference.

– New commands for systems, inventory, status, scheduler, user

administration, automation, process management and resource monitoring commands: The command-line interface has been enhanced with newcommands to support systems, inventory, status, scheduler, useradministration, automation, process management and resource monitoring

For a complete list of commands, see IBM Systems Director Commands Reference.

Discontinued function

v IBM Director base function: The following base function that was available inIBM Director V5.20 is not supported in this release:

– License administration is not supported: License Administrator is no longer

supported in IBM Systems Director In the previous release, you used LicenseAdministration to view the total number of product licenses, the number ofused licenses, and the number of available licenses

– Rack management is not supported: Rack Manager is no longer supported in

IBM Systems Director In the previous release, you used Rack Manager togroup your systems in visual representations of rack suites

– Remote Control tool has been replaced: Remote Control function has beenreplaced with third-party tools, including Virtual Network Computing (VNC)and Remote Desktop (RDP)

– Associations are no supported: Associations changed the organization of agroup of managed objects This is not longer supported

– High availability is not supported: High availability configurations are notcurrently supported by IBM Systems Director

– Microsoft Cluster Management is not supported: You can no longer monitor

the status of clusters in your network using the Microsoft Cluster Browser

– Discontinued event actions: These event actions have been discontinued:

- Add a Message to the Console Ticker Tape

- Send an Event Message to a Console User

- Update the Status of the “event” System

v IBM Director V5.20 extensionsThe following extensions that were available inIBM Director V5.20 are not supported in this release:

– Capacity Manager extension is not supported: Capacity Manager is no

longer a supported extension of IBM Systems Director Capacity Manager was

a resource-management planning tool that you can use to monitor criticalresources (for example processor usage, hard disk capacity, memory usage,and network traffic), identify current or potential bottlenecks, generate

performance-analysis reports, recommend ways to improve performance andprevent diminished performance or downtime, and forecast performancetrends

– Server Storage Provisioning Tool has been integrated into IBM Systems

Director: Server Storage Provisioning Tool function and commands have beenintegrated into IBM Systems Director in the storage manager plugin Thecommands are now called storage commands

– ServeRAID Manager extension is not supported: ServeRAID Manager is no

longer a supported extension of IBM Systems Director IBM Systems Directordoes perform inventory collection, monitor status, and raise events for RAIDcontrollers

Tip: You can launch the ServeRAID Manager as an external application fromthe IBM Systems Director Web interface; however, the application does notrecognize IBM Systems Director systems, groups, or clusters

– Software Distribution Premium Edition extension is not supported:

Software Distribution Premium Edition is no longer a supported extension ofIBM Systems Director Software Distribution Premium Edition was used toimport applications and data, build a software package, and distribute thepackage to managed systems

– System Availability is not supported: System Availability is no longer a

supported extension of IBM Systems Director System Availability was ananalysis tool that you used to view statistics about system uptime and

downtime, identify problematic systems that have had too many unplannedoutages over a specified period of time, identify system that have old

availability data, and identify system that fail to report data

– z/vm Center extension is not supported: z/vm Center is no longer a

supported extension of IBM Systems Director z/VM Center used the z/VMhypervisor to provision System z resources in form of z/VM virtual servers

v The dircmd command-line interface and some dircli commands are discontinued : All dircmd commands and several dircli commands that were

supported in IBM Director version 5.20 and earlier are no longer supported Inmost cases, equivalent functionality is implemented through commands in thesmcli command-line interface For a complete list of supported commands, see

IBM Systems Director Commands Reference.

Terminology changes

Several terms have changed in IBM Systems Director V6.1

Deprecated terms New terms Description

IBM Director Agent Common Agent Common Agent provides a rich set of

security, deployment, and managementfunction The function available forCommon-Agent managed systems variesbased on operating system and hardware,and includes the following tasks: discoversystems; collect comprehensive platformand operating system inventory data;monitor health and status; manage alerts;remotely deploy and install CommonAgent; perform remote access, includingtransferring files; perform powermanagement function; additional eventsupport; monitor processes and resources,and set critical thresholds that sendnotifications when triggered; manageoperating system resources and processes.IBM Director Core

Services

Platform Agent Platform Agent provides a lighter footprint

and fewer management functions than theCommon Agent The function available forPlatform-Agent managed systems is limited

to the following tasks, and varies based onoperating system and hardware: discoversystems, collect limited platform inventorydata, monitor health and status, managealerts, remotely deploy and install CommonAgent, perform limited remote access, andperform limited restart capabilities

Level-2 managedobject

Common-Agentmanaged system

A system on which Common Agent isinstalled

Level-1 managedobject

Platform-Agentmanaged system

A system on which Platform Agent isinstalled

Deprecated terms New terms Description

Level-0 managed

object

Agentless-managedsystem

A system that does not have an agentinstalled but can be discovered by IBMSystems Director using Secure Shell (SSH),Distributed Component Object Model(DCOM), or Simple Network ManagementProtocol (SNMP)

The function available toAgentless-managed systems is limited to thefollowing tasks, and varies based onoperating system and hardware: discoversystems, collect limited operating-systeminventory data, remotely deploy and installCommon Agent and Platform Agent,perform limited remote access, and performlimited restart capabilities

Managed object System A hardware endpoint that can be discovered

and managed by IBM Systems Director Forexample, storage devices, network devices,physical servers, virtual servers, and virtualfarms are systems

Extension Plug-in Free or for-fee software that is downloaded

and installed on top of IBM SystemsDirector to provide additional function.Job activation Job instance A specific occurrence of a job that is

running or has completed running

Event action plan Event automation

plan

A user-defined plan that determines howIBM Systems Director automatically handlescertain events An event action plan

comprises one or more event filters and one

or more customized event actions

Hardware control

point

Platform manager Software that manages one or more host

systems and their associated virtual serversand operating systems Platform managerscan be started from the IBM SystemsDirector Web interface For example,BladeCenter Management Module, IBMHardware Management Console (HMC),IBM Integrated Virtualization Manager(IVM), and VMware VirtualCenter areplatform managers

Configuration profile Configuration plan A collection of templates used to configure

hardware and operating systems

Component Template A stored version of definition parameters

for the configuration of a specific system.Remote session Remote command

line

A command-line interface to a remotesystem