Overview - IBM Fabric Manager

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Fabric Manager allows address virtualization, server pre-provisioning, and automatic failover of compute nodes to enable speed of deployment and high availability through dynamic provisioning of IT resources in a production environment.

Features of Fabric Manager include:

• High availability with redundant Fabric Manager servers
• Option to run Fabric Manager server as a service
• Protection with unique addresses for newly defined profile
• Remote console
• Profile-based user interface

• Save time:
• Preconfigure more than 1400 LAN and SAN connections once for each blade server.
• Simplified management: Manage growth and complexity from a single Fabric Manager user interface.
• Flexibility: Fabric Manager works with Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and SAS switch modules.
• Ease of Use: Profile-based user interface enables easy setup, deployment, and management.
• Reduce risk: Manage risk to keep business operations running with available I/O failover to standby compute nodes and redundant Fabric Manager servers.

Refer to the Hardware requirements section.

For software products in this announcement, physical media and hardcopy documentation are not included in the deliverable package. The software code is delivered only via electronic download.

After receipt of an order, the Business Partner or end-user customer will be required to register and accept Passport Advantage or Passport Advantage Express terms and conditions. The product includes the license and one year or three years of Software Subscription and Support.

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This application has the following hardware requirement on the server in which it runs:

• Memory:
  • Minimum: 1 GB
  • Recommended: 2 GB
• Disk:
  • Minimum during installation 300 MB

IBM System x and BladeCenter servers are listed on the IBM ServerProven website

• http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

Operating Systems:

• Intel 32- or 64-bit system
• Microsoft Windows 2003 (SP1, SP2) (32- or 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) (32- or 64-bit)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (up to SP8) (32- or 64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (up to SP5)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (up to SP4)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (up to SP2)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

Note: Minimum 1 GB RAM and 300 MB free disk space during installation Sun Java SE 1.6, or higher is required

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.

For information on additional support, certification, version information, or network operating systems, visit

• http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/

The following IBM platforms with supported operating system:

• IBM x86 systems
• IBM BladeCenter

Note: For a list of supported systems refer to hardware requirements section.

For operating system limitations, refer to the Software requirements section.