IBM Version 8.30 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Supported operating
systems
For detailed operating-system support information, see the IBM
Director information center on the Web at
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/ v1r2/topic/
diricinfo/fqm0_main.html.
Availability Extension to the IBM Director product. You can download the
extension from the IBM Support Web site at www.ibm.com/
servers/eserver/xseries/ systems_management/ibm_director/.
Required hardware or
hardware limitations
Designed specifically for use on System x, xSeries
®
, and
Netfinity
®
servers. The following adapters or controllers must be
installed locally or remotely on these servers:
v ServeRAID adapters
v Integrated SCSI controllers with RAID capabilities
v Serial ATA controllers with integrated RAID
v Ultra320 SCSI controllers with integrated RAID
Required software None
Required protocols None
Required device
drivers
Applicable ServeRAID device drivers that support ServeRAID
hardware.
Mass Configuration
support
No
Scheduler support No
Files associated with
this task
None
Events associated with
this task
The ServeRAID Manager task for IBM Director generates the
following events:
v CIM > System > ServeRAID
v (SNMP events under iso) The iBMServeRAID events that are
contained under the ibmSystemMIB event type.
v Storage > ServeRAID Controller
Note:
The ServeRAID Manager (Standalone Edition) generates the
events that are contained under the SNMP > Hardware > Storage
> RAID event type.
For detailed events information, see in the IBM Director
information center on the Web at publib.boulder.ibm.com/
infocenter/eserver/
v1r2/topic/diricinfo/fqm0_main.html.
Operating systems supported by ServeRAID Manager
This topic provides information about the operating systems supported by the
ServeRAID Manager task.
Management-server support
This task is supported by IBM Director Server when installed on servers running
the following operating systems:
v Linux
®
on System x
v Windows
Managed-object support
The following tables list the operating systems that this task supports for managed
objects. Managed objects can include IBM System x, System i, System p, and
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