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Chapter 1. Getting started
Introducing IBM Director
This topic provides an overview of IBM Director.
IBM Director is an integrated suite of tools that provide you with comprehensive
system-management capabilities to maximize system availability and lower IT
costs. Its open, industry-standard design supports the management of a variety of
hardware and operating systems, including most Intel
®
microprocessor-based
systems and certain IBM System i, System p, System x, and System z servers.
IBM Director automates many of the processes that are required to manage
systems proactively, including capacity planning, asset tracking, preventive
maintenance, diagnostic monitoring, troubleshooting, and more. It has a graphical
user interface that provides easy access to both local and remote systems.
IBM Director can be used in environments with multiple operating systems and
integrated with robust workgroup and enterprise management software from IBM
(such as Tivoli
®
software), Computer Associates, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft
®
,
NetIQ, and BMC Software.
IBM Director environment
IBM Director is designed to manage a complex environment that contains
numerous servers, desktop computers, workstations, mobile computers (notebook
computers), and assorted devices. IBM Director can manage up to 5000 Level-2
systems.
An IBM Director environment contains the following groups of hardware:
v One or more servers on which IBM Director Server is installed. Such servers are
called management servers.
v Servers, workstations, desktop computers, and mobile computers that are
managed by IBM Director. Such systems are called managed systems.
v Network devices, printers, or computers that have Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP) agents installed or embedded. Such devices are called SNMP
devices.
v Additional managed objects such as platforms and chassis. Collectively, all
managed systems, devices, and objects are referred to as managed objects.
Figure
1 on page 2 shows the hardware in an IBM Director environment.
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