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Explain why it is beneficial for sellers to promote IBM systems management products Outline the latest hardware and firmware advances and how they benefit our clients Describe the key features of IBM Systems Director 6.1 Describe the key updates of IBM System Director 6.1.2 Identify plug-ins that available for IBM Systems Director 6.1 Recall the competitive selling points of IBM Systems Director 6.1 Summarize service and support offerings
Agenda
The Business of IT... how IBM can help
> Resources
IMPROVE SERVICE
Respond quickly to changing needs with
application workloads
REDUCE COST x86 industry-leading performance, virtualization, energy efficiency and scalability
Unified systems management tools that reduce
the cost to deploy and manage physical and virtualized systems MANAGE RISK Resilient architectures and management tools for security and high availability
Robust portfolio to meet current demands today
Technology Budgets are being Consumed by Administration and Power Costs. We Can Help!
Expenses for server management and administration are nearly twice the capital expense for server purchases
Source: IDC, Virtualization 2.0: The Next Phase in Customer Adoption, Doc #204904, Dec 2006
The innovative hardware, tools and systems management of the new generation servers can help you achieve breakthrough productivity gains through automation, optimization and energy management IBM Systems Director 6.1 can help save 34% to 42% in administrative costs when compared with unmanaged environments
Reducing labor costs by automation and simplification of systems management can help drive real savings
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
> Cross-IBM platforms and operating systems > Combination physical and virtual environments > Reducing training costs > Interoperability with Tivoli
Required to Compete HP, Dell and SUN provide offerings
Upward integration into Tivoli Service Management IBM Systems platform solution for System x, BladeCenter, Power Systems, System z and storage
ToolsCenter
Consolidated, integrated suite of management tools Powerful bootable media creator
Hardware and firmware advances which are standard across all new systems
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Image Management
Additional Plug-Ins
Additional Plug-Ins
Additional Plug-Ins
Additional Plug-Ins
Additional Plug-Ins
TPMfOSD
BOFM
Base Systems Director Managers & HW Platform Managers Resource Management Managed virtual and physical environments
Hardware
IBM and nonIBM hardware
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Three form factors (PCI-X, Add-on Module, Management Module Web interface and full SSL and other security module integrations LDAP integration for user authentication Remote KVM support standard Remote disk support standard DNS, DHCP, SNMP , SLP Standard in select servers and BladeCenter, i.e.. x3950 Optional for all other servers in portfolio. Advanced Management Module only valid for BladeCenter
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> Combines multiple functions, including those of todays BMC and RSA-II at both
hardware and software levels
> Is included on all new generation System x and BladeCenter servers announced
on March 30, 2009
> IBM leads the industry, providing the widest ability to predict hardware failures
on x86 systems IMM can provide alerts if problems occur
> Proprietary alerts replaced with CIM indications > Proprietary commands replaced with standard WS-MAN interface
Can be customized to meet specific customer needs.
HDs
Ventiladores VRM
Disco rgido
Memria
Proc
Ventiladores
VRM Proc Fontes
Fonte de energia
VRMs
Altssima disponibilidade
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Remote control to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot from any corner of the world. Save labor costs associated with remotely managing and deploying assets. Access to the server, using the keyboard and mouse from a remote client even if the server is off Map client CD / DVD / USB flash drive to the remote server.
Which customers are good candidates for Virtual Media Key? > Customers with remote branches. > LE Customers where single remote control solution is required. > Customers who have limited access datacenters. > Customers requiring support staff to support greater number of servers. > Customer using IBM Systems Director. Versus HP? > Our cost is $299 versus HP's $399 > IBM uses open standards versus propriety dot commands Sell it to your IT influencer who may have gone into the office to fix issues that can now be remotely addressed.
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
> BCH comes standard with one Advanced MM; second one
is available as an option for redundancy
> Hot swap, removal of the AMM does not effect server operation > Local KVM is USB based
Keyboard and mouse are now USB connections Older Management Module was USB internal, but PS2 external There are several IBM and non-IBM USB based KVM solutions. There is also be a USB to PS2 conversion cable announced with BCH
> Compatible with BladeCenter chassis (BC-H, BC-E, BC-S, BC-HT) except BC-T > BladeCenter T uses a unique MM called CMM running the same code base on a
different form factor module
CMM for BladeCenter T will be functionally equivalent to AMM
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
> New architecture with increased memory for advanced functions > Complete setup solution by allowing adapter configuration
function to be moved into UEFI
> Unified code base for all UEFI-based systems > Simplified management with elimination of beep codes > Human readable event logs
Legacy compatibility provided by the CSM (Compatibility Support Module)
Single customer code stack across the portfolio with advanced setup and configuration not available to legacy BIOS systems
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
ToolsCenter
Hardware/Firmware
Managing energy usage helps meet green initiatives and cost objectives
2009 IBM Corporation
IBM ToolsCenter
Reducing complexity of choosing, finding, and learning platform management tools
Consolidates tools into an integrated suite
Deployment Updates Diagnostics Configuration Single easy-to-use webpage with links to all tools Common look and feel across tool set Documentation available through InfoCenter Ability to script tools using common command line interface
> Tools released together 2 to 3 times per year as a set > Support for multiple use cases (online, pre-boot, embedded,
customers, resellers and service)
> Common WinPE and MCP boot environment for all tools
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
IBM Systems Director at the core Systems Director 6.1 of an IT management strategy can reduce the costs of IT service delivery, improve business resiliency and security, and help meet energy usage requirements
Managing energy usage helps meet green initiatives and cost objectives
2009 IBM Corporation
> Powerful resource grouping > Intuitive health-summary scoreboards > Event filters and automation plans
Focuses on health and status
Management Console(s)
Web Interface
Three-tiered architecture Thousands of managed nodes Upward Integration Modules (UIM) supporting Tivoli, Computer Associates, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
> Single consistent cross-platform management tool > Simplified tasks via Web based interface > Manage many systems from one console
Integrated Physical and Virtual Management
> Management functions are enabled for a 60-day evaluation > Management functions are priced per server (end-point)
being managed
Blade deployment LAN and SAN administrators dont need to wait for the hardware to arrive in order to determine the MAC and WWNs to use to configure their networks and storage MAC address based IP address assignments can be done ahead of time SAN zoning can be done ahead of time Storage LUN masking can be configured ahead of time Storage is assigned to blades based on BOFM WWNs Blade replacement No need to reconfigure LAN/SAN resources when a blade is replaced SAN zoning and LUN masking is un-affected Replacement blades in the same slots retain the BOFM supplied MAC and WWN addresses Automated blade failover No need to reconfigure LAN/SAN resources in order to support automated blade failover BOFM Advanced Upgrade automatically moves the BOFM supplied MAC and WWN addresses from the failed blade to the spare blade so that all LAN/SAN resources and visible to the spare blade immediately Optional VLAN configuration on blade ethernet switch modules is also automatically updated so that the spare blade can access the same VLANs as the failed blade
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versus Lenovo
Thermal trending
Effective CPU trending Estimated energy and cooling costs PDU Support (IBM and non-IBM PDUs) Support for Facility Providers and sensors Energy and temperature thresholding which can initiate a message or an automated response through Systems Director Management Functions Power capping for servers or groups of servers Management functions are enabled for a 60-day evaluation Management functions are priced per server (end-point) being managed Delivered as a plug-in to IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 with web-based interface
Provides: Simplification of network management tasks, providing a unified view of the total IT environment, servers, storage and network. Device based launch in context point for IBM Data Center Fabric Manager. Integration of Tivoli based technology for advanced discovery and topology. Graphical view of Layer 2 network connectivity using Directors topology perspective. Logical views of network systems arranged by the subnetworks to which they belong. Enables: End-to-end user tasks to be done with a single tool IBM Systems Director. Network monitoring at a glance via network topology perspectives with ability to see the components affected by network outages. Support for latest converged Fabric Ethernet technology (FCoCEE).
Service Management
Platform Management
Network Server Storage
IT environment
IBM Systems Director is the Base for an Evolving CrossPlatform Virtualization Management Suite
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New!
Virtualization Manager 1.0 Manage virtual machines Manage virtual machines on System x and IBM BladeCenter Discover System i and System p virtual machines Systems Director feature on zVM Center Virtualization Manager 1.2 Virtualization Manager Systems Director VMControl Manage virtual machines Manage and relocate Manage virtual machines for virtual machines System x, BladeCenter, Relocate x86 virtual Power Systems, and machines Support for System x, System z BladeCenter, Power Support for System x, Systems, and System Manage and deploy virtual BladeCenter and System and z images (introduced for System p Power Systems and System z) Virtual Image Management Physical and virtual server Manage and deploy virtual pool management images (introduced for Power Support for System x, Systems) BladeCenter and System p
Upward Integration
Hardware/Firmware
Managing energy usage helps meet green initiatives and cost objectives
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Detailed care and feeding of IBM hardware Tell me what I have Let me install and configure it Tell me if its working Let me update it
Virtualization Management
Energy Management
Availability Management
Successful operational management in these areas enables the delivery of critical business services transforming customers datacenters to realize the vision of the New Enterprise Data Center
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
Solutions for Energy Management IBM Systems Director and Active Energy Manager
IT Assets
Building Systems
(HVAC, power, lighting, security)
Upward integration
Systems Director can provide its rich hardware information into higher-level management packages
Tivoli Enterprise
TEC 3.8 & 3.9 ITM 5.1.x Configuration Manager 4.2.x Software Distribution Provisioning Manager Inventory Security Operations Manager Distributed Monitoring
Tivoli NetView 7.1.x (Windows and Linux) Tivoli Netcool (Netcool/Omnibus, Netcool/Precision IP (via SNMP), Netcool/Monitoring, Netcool/ISM, Netcool/AEM (via SNMP) CA Unicenter NSM 3.1 and R11 (Windows) HP OpenView NNM 7.0.1 and 7.5.1 (Windows and Linux) HP OpenView Operations for windows 7.5x (Windows) Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
HP OpenView
> WIN the hardware business now! WIN the hardware business
tomorrow!
> Include IBM Systems Director in every client proposal > Present IBM Systems Director to your clients and let them know how IBM can
address their systems management pain points
> Use IBM Systems Director to compete directly with HP's Insight Manager to win
hardware sales
> Show a demo of IBM Systems Director to your clients so they can see how easy
it is to use
> Single unified code base across all IMM-based systems to make it easier to maintain and manage
groups of diverse systems
> Standards-based alerting to enables upward integration into wide variety of enterprise management
environments out of the box
UEFI > No more cryptic event logs and beep codes covered completely by Light Path Diagnostics > Easier configuration and management enabled
IBM ToolsCenter > Reduces complexity by providing a common look and feel across the tool set to reduce training needs
and providing a single, easy-to-use webpage to acquire tools
> Allows customers to create bootable CD/DVD/USB for updates customized to their systems and to
acquire firmware automatically from ibm.com.
> Provides the ability to script tools using common command line interface so customers can incorporate
them into their existing management infrastructure
> Integrates IBMs best-of-breed virtualization capabilities to provide new and radically
improved ways to simplify the management of physical and virtual platform resources
> Unifies the monitoring and control of IBM systems, delivering a consistent look and feel for
common management tasks
> Delivers multi-system support across IBM Power, System x, System z, and IBM Storage
systems and non-IBM x86 systems
> Provides an extendable and modular foundation to advance the core systems
management capabilities with additional plug-ins
> Enables seamless integration of IBM systems with the total infrastructure, and upward
integration with enterprise service management solutions such as IBM Tivoli
STG Lab Services > http://www.ibm.com/ systems/services/labservices/ Platform Management Win Room > Requests from customer-facing groups: email to
pmce@us.ibm.com
IBM Systems & Technology Group Education & Sales Enablement 2009 IBM Corporation
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Q1. How might a seller benefit from promoting the use of IBM Systems Director 6.1? Please select the best answer from the following:
A1. IBM Director is available at no extra charge with the purchase of a System x or BladeCenter server A2. Seamless integration with Tivoli service management products protects your clients current systems management investment A3. Clients who implement IBM Director are more likely to repurchase IBM hardware A4. IBM Director helps your clients to monitor the performance of their servers
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Q2. Where does IBM Systems Director fit in the stack of systems management? A1. A2. Resource Management Platform Management
A3.
A4. A5.
Service Management
Software Enterprise Management Hardware/Firmware layer
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Q3. Select one (1) Systems Director feature that is unique to System x and/or BladeCenter. A1. A2. A3. A4. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment Configuration Manager BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Active Energy Manager
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Q4. Which common tasks included with IBM Systems Director provide many of the core capabilities required for basic management, resulting in instant out-of-thebox business value? Select the one (1) BEST answer. A1. A2. A3. A4. Discover physical and virtual machines Measure and cap group server energy usage Configure automated blade failover Monitor software degradation and reboot as needed
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Q5. Which of the following represent the latest systems management hardware and firmware advances which are standard across all new systems? Select two. A1. A2. A3. A4. IMM (Integrated Management Module) BMC RSA-II UEFI
A5.
ToolCenter