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Locate useful tools to help you select and install upgrades or plan for new systems.
System i information (POWER7)
System i POWER7 hardware information including upgrades, data migration and hardware installation.
System i information (POWER6)
System i POWER6 hardware information including upgrades, data migration and hardware installation.
Planning for the system (POWER7)
Proper planning helps you place your server and identify the unique needs for your server. Good planning is essential for the successful setup and use of your server. It ensures that you have everything you need and that you have met all the prerequisites for your server.
Planning for the system (POWER6)
Proper planning helps you place your server and identify the unique needs for your server.Good planning is essential for the successful setup and use of your server. It ensures that you have everything you need and that you have met all the prerequisites for your server.
IBM Prerequisite
The IBM Prerequisite site provides you with compatibility information for hardware features. This tool helps you to plan a successful system upgrade by providing you with the prerequisite information for features you currently have or plan to add to your system.
IBM System Planning Tool (SPT)
The IBM System Planning Tool (SPT) is a browser-based application that helps you design system configurations; it is particularly useful for designing logically partitioned enables you to plan a system based on existing performance data or based on new workloads. System plans generated by the SPT can be deployed on the system by the Hardware Management Console (HMC) and Integrated Virtualization Manager. The SPT is available to assist the user in system planning, design, validation and to provide a system validation report that reflects the user's system requirements while not exceeding system recommendations.
Orders and delivery
Retrieve order, delivery and availability information online.
Platform management on IBM i: Tools
IBM tools available to manage your IBM i environment.
Electronic Service Agent
IBM Electronic Service Agent is a monitoring tool that proactively reports hardware events as soon as they are detected. A service request is electronically routed directly to the appropriate IBM support engineer, with no intervention needed from you. The result: higher availability and faster fix delivery for your environment.
Activating the Electronic Service Agent on the Integrated Virtualization Manager (POWER7)
The Electronic Service Agent monitors and collects hardware problem information on the managed system, which the agent can send to the appropriate support personnel. The agent also can collect more detailed information about the managed system that might be useful to support personnel when diagnosing problems.
Activating the Electronic Service Agent on the Integrated Virtualization Manager (POWER6)
The Electronic Service Agent monitors and collects hardware problem information on the managed system, which the agent can send to the appropriate support personnel. The agent also can collect more detailed information about the managed system that might be useful to support personnel when diagnosing problems.
Entitled Systems Support (ESS)
The Entitled Systems Support site provides support for Power Systems (AIX and IBM i) software and storage software, and provides now support as well for Power8 update access key.
Planning your migration
The time you spend planning for your IBM® i data migration can help minimize your downtime and make performing the migration easier.
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15 August 2022
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