Kurs informasjon: IBM Systems Director 6.3 for IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers

IBM Systems Director is the platform management foundation for achieving Smarter Systems. IBM Systems Director enables integration with Tivoli and third party management platforms, providing the building block for virtualization and integrated services management.

IBM Systems Director provides systems management personnel with a single-point-of-control, helping reduce IT management complexity and cost. With IBM Systems Director, IT personnel are able to optimize computing and network resources, quickly respond to business requirements with greater delivery flexibility, and attain higher levels of services management with streamlined management of physical, virtual, storage, and network resources. A set of common tasks included with IBM Systems Director provides many of the core capabilities required for basic management, which means instant out-of-the-box business value. These common tasks include discovery, inventory, configuration, system health, monitoring, updates, event notification, and automation across managed systems.

This course discusses the features, functions, and usage of IBM Systems Director 6.3 to manage System x and BladeCenter equipment.

The course will include a review of IBM Systems Director installation, navigating the web console interface, working with status management, working with update management, working with automation management, System x platform management, storage management, VMControl, Active Energy Manager, Network Control, and Service and Support management. Hands on labs will be included.

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Roadmaps:

• System x Systems Management

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Enrollment in this course is not restricted. However, typical students taking this course include technical IBM personnel from the FTSS, ATS, and Techline organizations as well as business partner technical personnel involved with planning, installation, configuration, and upgrading of System x servers and use of IBM Systems Director systems management software.

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The following courses, or equivalent skill, are required prior to this course:

• System x Technical Principles (XTR11NO)
• IBM Systems Director 6.x Introduction (XTR46NO) / (XTV46)

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• List the key features and functions of IBM Systems Director 6.3
• Install and configure IBM Systems Director 6.3
• Use the base plug-ins of IBM Systems Director 6.3
• Install and use selected advanced plug-ins of IBM Systems Director 6.3

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Day 1

• (00:30) Course administration and introduction
• (01:45) Unit 1: IBM Systems Director: Overview
• (01:15) Unit 2: Planning and installation
• (00:45) Exercise 1: Install IBM Systems Director 6.3
• (01:00) Exercise 2: Getting started with IBM System Director
• (00:45) Unit 3: Base tasks (1 of 2)
• (00:30) Exercise 3: Set up user security

Day 2

• (01:00) Unit 3: Base tasks (2 of 2)
• (00:45) Exercise 4: Work with platform agent
• (00:45) Exercise 5: Work with common agent
• (01:00) Exercise 6: Work with Status Manager
• (01:00) Exercise 7: Work with Update Manager
• (01:00) Exercise 8: Work with Automation Manager
• (00:45) Unit 4: Chassis and System x management

Day 3

• (01:15) Exercise 9: System x management with IBM Systems Director
• (00:45) Exercise Appendix A: Chassis management with IBM Systems Director (Optional)
• (01:15) Unit 5: Storage Manager
• (01:45) Unit 6: VMControl
• (01:45) Exercise 10: Exploring VMControl Express

Day 4

• (01:15) Unit 7: Active Energy Manager
• (01:30) Exercise 11: Exploring Active Energy Manager
• (00:45) Unit 8: Network Control
• (00:45) Unit 9: Service and Support Manager
• (00:45) Exercise 12: Exploring Service and Support Manager

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