IBM Systems Director Management Console simplifies managing IBM Power Systems servers and blades
IBM United States Software Announcement 211-101April 12, 2011
ENUS211-101.PDF
(Corrected on June 23, 2011)
In the Hardware requirements section, removed the statement that an IBM system that runs IBM POWER7 processors is required.
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| At a glance |
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The IBM® Systems Director Management Console:
- Provides hardware, service, and virtualization management for your Power Systems™ server
- Offers the same functionality as the Hardware Management Console
For ordering, contact your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: RE001).
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| Overview |
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IBM Systems Director Management Console (SDMC) V6.7.3 is the next-generation Hardware Management Console (HMC). The SDMC incorporates the IBM Systems Director software to provide consistency with IBM Systems Director on other platforms.
The SDMC is available on physical hardware that is identical to that of the current HMC with additional memory and disk resources. SDMC is also available in a virtual appliance format for managing small-tier servers. The SDMC offers several advantages over the HMC, including the ability to manage both Power Systems servers and Power Systems blades based on Power Architecture®.
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| Key prerequisites |
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IBM 7042 Rack-mounted Hardware Management Console and IBM SDMC indicator (#0963)
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| Planned availability date |
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May 13, 2011
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| Description |
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The SDMC is intended to be used in the same manner as the HMC. It provides the same functionality, including hardware, service, and virtualization management, for your Power Systems server and Power Systems blades. Because SDMC uses IBM Systems Director Express® Edition, it also provides all Systems Director Express capabilities, such as monitoring of operating systems and creating event action plans.
The SDMC can be obtained as a hardware appliance -- in the same manner as an HMC. Hardware appliances support managing Power Systems servers. The SDMC can optionally be obtained in a virtual appliance format, capable of running on VMware (ESX/i 4, or later), and KVM (Red Hat Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 5.5). The virtual appliance is only supported for managing small-tier Power® servers and Power Systems blades. For the software appliance, you are responsible for providing the hardware (IBM System x® system only) and virtualization environment.
In most cases, the scalability and performance of SDMC matches that of a current HMC. This includes both the number of systems (hosts) and the number of partitions (virtual servers) that can be managed. Currently, 48 small-tier entry servers or 32 large-tier servers can be managed by the SDMC with up to 1,024 partitions (virtual servers) configured across those managed systems (hosts).
Much of the SDMC function is equivalent to the HMC. This includes:
- Server (host) management: Like HMC, the SDMC server (host) management functions include power control, inventory collection, firmware management including concurrent updates, error reporting, dump retrieval and transmission, error reporting via Call Home, and component repair and verify.
- Virtualization management: Like HMC, the SDMC virtualization management function includes management of logical partitions (virtual servers) and virtual I/O, Micro-Partitioning™, Partition (Virtual Server) Mobility, Partition (virtual server) Suspend and Resume, Active Memory™ Sharing, N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), HCA (IB) configuration, and other PowerVM™ capabilities.
- Transition of configuration data: All partition (virtual server) related information is stored on the managed system itself and will be maintained as is. No configuration changes are required when a client moves from HMC management to SDMC management.
- Redundancy and high availability: The SDMC offers console redundancy similar to the HMC. The SDMC may be used in either an SDMC-SDMC pair or an SDMC-HMC pair. Alternatively, the SDMC may be configured as an Active-Passive High Availability pair. The Active-Passive HA function provides high availability for Systems Director operating system management functions.
While most functions that SDMC provides are very similar to that of the HMC, the SDMC has made significant strides in simplifying virtualization management. Specifically, managing virtual I/O has become much simpler as SDMC can automatically create virtual I/O adapters, and allow the user to assign virtual storage directly to partitions (virtual servers). SDMC provides a more intuitive interface for dynamically managing the resources currently assigned to a partition (virtual server), by combining the HMC DLPAR functions with partition (virtual server) properties. SDMC also allows partition (virtual server) modifications independent of the partition (virtual server) state.
Another significant enhancement is the ability of the SDMC to manage Power Systems blades. While IVM is still a choice for Power Systems blade management, clients choosing SDMC management of blades can take advantage of multiple Virtual I/O Servers, multiple shared processor pools, Active Memory Expansion, Partition (virtual server) Suspend and Resume, and many other PowerVM capabilities.
Because SDMC uses Systems Director, you can take advantage of all that Systems Director Express Edition has to offer with respect to managing Power Systems servers and blades. Highlights include:
- Operating system management: Use SDMC to discover and directly manage your operating systems.
- Event automation plans: Create automation plans that perform specific functions on a given event. For example, when the CPU utilization exceeds a given threshold, an email notification can be sent to an administrator.
- Dashboard: The SDMC provides a dashboard with health and status.
- Monitoring: Systems Director brings a richer set of monitoring functions to the management console.
- Common look and feel of the IBM Systems Director portfolio family.
The Systems Director Management Console Virtual Appliance (5765-MCV) does not include support for the customer-installed hypervisor. If you use the SDMC Virtual Appliance, you will need to purchase KVM or VMware support separately if you want to have support for your hypervisor.
- Migration, updates, and compatibility: IBM does not support upgrades or conversions from existing CR5/CR6 hardware-based Hardware Management Consoles to the Systems Director Management Console.
Differences from HMC: The following functions provided by the HMC are not provided by the SDMC: modem support and VPN call home. Also, POWER5™ technology-based servers are not supported by the SDMC.
Accessibility by people with disabilities
A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) containing details on accessibility compliance can be requested at
Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act
IBM Systems Director Management Console, when used in accordance with IBM's associated documentation, satisfies the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it. A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) can be requested at
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| Statement of direction |
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IBM intends to enhance the interoperability of Systems Director Management Console with IBM Systems Director management servers.
IBM's statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM's sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
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Program Program
number VRM name
5765-MCH 6.7.3 IBM Systems Director Management Console Hardware
Appliance
5660-MCH 1.1 SWMA Registration 1 Year
5661-MCH 1.1 SWMA After License 1 Year
5662-MCH 1.1 SWMA 3 Year Registration
5663-MCH 1.1 SWMA Renewal 3 Year
5664-MCH 1.1 SWMA After License 3 Year
5765-MCV 6.7.3 IBM Systems Director Management Console
5660-MCV 1.1 SWMA Registration 1 Year
5661-MCV 1.1 SWMA After License 1 Year
5662-MCV 1.1 SWMA 3 Year Registration
5663-MCV 1.1 SWMA Renewal 3 Year
5664-MCV 1.1 SWMA After License 3 Year
Product identification number
Maintenance Maintenance
Program PID number 1-year PID number 3-year PID number
5765-MCH 5660-MCH 5662-MCH
5661-MCH 5663-MCH
5664-MCH
5765-MCV 5660-MCV 5662-MCV
5661-MCV 5663-MCV
5664-MCV
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| Offering Information |
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Product information is available via the Offering Information website
Business Partner information
If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM, you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld® ID and password are required (use IBM ID).
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No publications are shipped with this program.
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
The SDMC:
- Requires an IBM 7042 Rack-mounted Hardware Management Console and IBM SDMC indicator (#0963).
- Supports all POWER6™ and POWER7™ processor-based systems (including Power Systems blades) with the exception of the 575. Note that POWER5 systems are not supported. This includes POWER5 I/O towers connected to a POWER6 server.
Configuration, service, and management capabilities provided by the HMC today will be supported natively in SDMC (with some minor exceptions). The SDMC is part of the Systems Director product family with a focus on managing Power Systems hardware. SDMC will support POWER6 and POWER7 processor-based hardware families. Also, a new capability for support of the Power Systems blades is now available.
The software appliance must run on virtualized System x hardware with sufficient available resources. The available resources required for the virtual machine are: 4 VCPUs (Nahelem class or better), 6 GB RAM, 500 GB disk drives, and one to four separate networks.
Software requirements
- SDMC requires the IBM Systems Director Management Console Hardware Appliance (5765-MCH).
- The hypervisors supported are:
- VMware (ESX/i 4.0, or later)
- KVM (RHEL 5.5)
- SDMC on Power Systems POWER6 processor-based servers and blades requires eFirmware level 3.5.7.
- SDMC on Power Systems POWER7 processor-based servers and blades requires eFirmware level 7.3.0.
Only the following SDMC virtual appliances are prerequisites and supported:
- VMware VSphere V4
- VMware ESX/i V4
- RHEL 5.5 with KVM
- IBM System x x86-based server
At a minimum, the following resources should be available to the virtual machine:
- 2.53 GHz Intel® Xeon® E5630, Quad Core processor
- 500 MB storage
- 6 GB memory
The program's specifications and specified operating environment information may be found in documentation accompanying the program, if available, such as a readme file, or other information published by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation and other program content may be supplied only in the English language.
Limitations
The SDMC physical appliance is limited to IBM 7042-CR6 Rack-mounted Hardware Management Console and the IBM SDMC indicator (#0963).
The SDMC virtual appliance is supported on IBM System x servers. The SDMC virtual appliance may only manage the entry small-tier Power Systems servers and blades. SDMC is currently available only in the English language.
The first release of SDMC does not include support for Systems Director Advanced Managers, such as VMControl and Active Energy Manager.
SDMC is only intended to manage Power Systems servers and blades with POWER6 processors or newer. Using it to manage non Power Systems environments is not supported.
POWER6 Enterprise (mid and high-end) servers require an HMC for CEC Concurrent Maintenance (CCM). There is no such restriction for POWER7 systems - both HMC and SDMC can perform CEC Hot Add and Repair Maintenance (CHARM) procedures on POWER7 systems.
Planning information
Packaging
The IBM Systems Director Management Console Hardware Appliance package contains three DVDs that include product installation documentation and files.
Your Proof of Entitlement (PoE) for this program is a copy of a paid sales receipt, purchase order, invoice, or other sales record from IBM or its authorized reseller from whom you acquired the program, provided that it states the license charge unit (the characteristics of intended use of the program, number of processors, number of users) and quantity acquired.
Information about how you may obtain program services will be provided by the party (either IBM or its authorized reseller) from whom you acquired the program.
Security, auditability, and control
Security and auditability features of the SDMC are like the HMC. SDMC relies on the security of the Linux-based appliance, including ssh and a restricted shell. The Systems Director application audits users and tasks, and provides an SSL-based user interface that allows for customer-supplied certificates.
The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application systems and communication facilities.
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Charge metric
Program name PID number Charge metric IBM Systems Director Management Console 5765-MCH Per server Hardware Appliance SWMA Registration 1 Year 5660-MCH Per server SWMA After License 1 Year 5661-MCH Per server SWMA 3 Year Registration 5662-MCH Per server SWMA Renewal 3 Year 5663-MCH Per server SWMA After License 3 Year 5664-MCH Per server IBM Systems Director Management Console 5765-MCV Per server SWMA Registration 1 Year 5660-MCV Per server SWMA After License 1 Year 5661-MCV Per server SWMA 3 Year Registration 5662-MCV Per server SWMA Renewal 3 Year 5663-MCV Per server SWMA After License 3 Year 5664-MCV Per server
Server
Server is a unit of measure by which the program can be licensed. A server is a physical computer that is comprised of processing units, memory, and input/output capabilities and that executes requested procedures, commands, or applications for one or more users or client devices. Where racks, blade enclosures, or other similar equipment is being employed, each separable physical device (for example, a blade or a rack-mounted device) that has the required components is considered itself a separate server. For the purpose of server-based licensing, Licensee must obtain entitlements for each server that is made available to the program, regardless of the number of processor cores or partitions in the server or the number of copies of the program on the server.
In addition to the entitlements required for the program, licensee must obtain entitlements sufficient to cover the servers managed by the program, as follows: IBM AIX® Enterprise Edition entitlements or IBM Systems Director Editions entitlements are required for the total number of activated processors (including any temporary processors) on each server being managed by the program. IBM Systems Director Editions include IBM Systems Director Express Edition for Power, IBM Systems Director Standard Edition for Power, or IBM Systems Director Enterprise Edition for Power.
5765-MCH IBM Systems Director Management Console Hardware Appliance
OTC
feature
Description number
Per Server with 1 Year SW Maintenance 0001
5765-MCV IBM Systems Director Management Console
OTC
feature
Description number
Per Server with 1 Year SW Maintenance 0001
This software license includes Software Maintenance, previously referred to as Software Subscription and Technical Support.
Extending coverage for a total of three years from the date of acquisition may be elected. Order the program number, feature number, and quantity to extend coverage for your software licenses. If maintenance has expired, specify the after license feature number.
OTC
Program feature
Feature description number number
SW Maintenance Regist/7x24 Support 1 Year 5660-MCH
Per Server SWMA NoCharge 1 Year Registration 1675
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year 7X24 1676
SW Maintenance 1 Yr After License Charge 5661-MCH
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 0610
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 7x24 0617
SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration/7x24 5662-MCH
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration 0894
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year 7X24 0895
SW Maintenance 3 Yr After License Charge 5664-MCH
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 0001
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 7x24 0002
SW Maintenance Regist/7x24 Support 1 Year 5660-MCV
Per Server SWMA NoCharge 1 Year Registration 1673
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year 7X24 1674
SW Maintenance 1 Yr After License Charge 5661-MCV
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 0609
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 7x24 0619
SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration/7x24 5662-MCV
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration 0891
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year 7X24 0893
SW Maintenance 3 Yr After License Charge 5664-MCV
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 0001
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 7x24 0003
Adding country support for SWMA Auto Renewal Registration feature number 9000 allows for the automatic annual renewal of software maintenance.
Feature number 9000 for SWMA Renewal Registration is adding availability in the following countries:
- Italy
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- Ireland
- Pakistan
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Tunisia
The support will continue to be available on the following one-year and three-year SWMA programs:
5733-SPP 1 Year SWMA for iSeries 5733-SPM 1 Year SWMA Extension 5771-SWM 1 Year SWMA for AIX 5771-AEZ 1 Year SWMA for AIX Enterprise Edition 5771-G90 1 Year SWMA for AIX Express Edition
Three-Year SWMA programs
5733-SP3 3 Year SWMA for iSeries 5733-SPO 3 Year SWMA Extension 5773-SM3 3 Year SWMA for AIX 5773-AEZ 3 Year SWMA for AIX Enterprise Edition 5773-G90 3 Year SWMA for AIX Express Edition
The United States will continue to not support feature number 9000 on three-year SWMA programs at this time.
Machine-readable materials are available on DVD media. To receive shipment of machine-readable materials on media, the order needs to include the license programs (5765-MCH or 5765-MCV) and the corresponding supply feature. Entitled Software Update (ESU) orders for Electronic Software Delivery (ESD), will now be available in all countries. ESU orders for System Director Management Console Hardware Appliance (5765-MCH) will be placed on the Entitled Software Support (ESS) website
Feature
Program number Program/Function name number
5765-MCH SDMC Hardware Appliance 5806
5765-MCV SDMC 5806
5765-MCH Electronic Delivery 3450
Expedite feature for licensed programs:
Feature
Program number Description number
5765-MCH Branch Office Expedite 3445
5660-MCH Branch Office Expedite 3445
5661-MCH Branch Office Expedite 3445
5662-MCH Branch Office Expedite 3445
5664-MCH Branch Office Expedite 3445
5765-MCV Branch Office Expedite 3445
5660-MCV Branch Office Expedite 3445
5661-MCV Branch Office Expedite 3445
5662-MCV Branch Office Expedite 3445
5664-MCV Branch Office Expedite 3445
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Volume orders (IVO)
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No
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No
System i Software Maintenance applies
No
Variable charges apply
No
Educational allowance available
Yes. A 15% education allowance applies to qualified education institution customers.
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IBM has transformed its delivery of hardware and software support services to help you achieve higher system availability. Electronic Services is a web-enabled solution that offers an exclusive, no-additional-charge enhancement to the service and support available for IBM servers. These services are designed to provide the opportunity for greater system availability with faster problem resolution and preemptive monitoring. Electronic Services comprises two separate, but complementary, elements: Electronic Services news page and Electronic Services Agent.
The Electronic Services news page is a single Internet entry point that replaces the multiple entry points traditionally used to access IBM Internet services and support. The news page enables you to gain easier access to IBM resources for assistance in resolving technical problems.
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For additional information and current prices, contact your local IBM representative.
5765-MCH IBM Systems Director Management Console Hardware Appliance
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feature
Description number OTC
Per Server with 1 Year SW Maintenance 0001 $
5765-MCV IBM Systems Director Management Console
OTC
feature
Description number OTC
Per Server with 1 Year SW Maintenance 0001 $
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Program feature
Feature description number number OTC
SW Maintenance Regist/7x24 Support 1 Year 5660-MCH
Per Server SWMA NoCharge 1 Year Registration 1675 $
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year 7X24 1676
SW Maintenance 1 Yr After License Charge 5661-MCH
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 0610
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 7x24 0617
SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration/7x24 5662-MCH
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration 0894
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year 7X24 0895
SW Maintenance 3 Yr After License Charge 5664-MCH
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 0001
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 7x24 0002
SW Maintenance Regist/7x24 Support 1 Year 5660-MCV
Per Server SWMA NoCharge 1 Year Registration 1673
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year 7X24 1674
SW Maintenance 1 Yr After License Charge 5661-MCV
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 0609
Per Server SW Maintenance 1 Year After License 7x24 0619
SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration/7x24 5662-MCV
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year Registration 0891
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year 7X24 0893
SW Maintenance 3 Yr After License Charge 5664-MCV
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 0001
Per Server SW Maintenance 3 Year After License 7x24 0003
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