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IBM Systems
IBM Systems Director Systems Management Guide
Version 6.1.1
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IBM Systems
IBM Systems Director Systems Management Guide
Version 6.1.1
GC30-4176-04
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Note
Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on
page 621.
© Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2009.
US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract
with IBM Corp.
Contents
About this publication ix
Conventions and terminology ix
Publications and related information ix
Web resources xii
How to send your comments xiii
What's new xv
What's new in version 6.1.2 xv
What's new in version 6.1.1 xxii
What's new in version 6.1 xxix
Terminology changes xxxvi
Chapter 1. Overview of IBM Systems
Director 1
Accessibility 1

License information 1
IBM Systems Director technical overview 2
IBM Systems Director components 3
Manageable resource types 7
Manageable systems 7
User interfaces 8
Base function and extensible plug-ins 9
Upward integration 16
I'm a 5.20 user. How do I use 6.1? 17
Why am I starting at the Welcome page? . . . 17
What can I do with the rest of the interface? . . 29
How do I discover my systems? 31
How do I view my systems and groups? . . . 35
How do I view my inventory? 50
Where are my tasks? 52
How do I start tasks? 53
How do I create a hardware event action plan? 53
Chapter 2. Using the IBM Systems
Director Web interface 57
Logging into IBM Systems Director Server 57
Logging out of IBM Systems Director Server . . . 58
Navigating the Web interface 58
The Web interface 58
Customizing the Web interface 60
Managing and closing open pages in the Web
interface 61
Viewing help in the Web interface 61
Navigating IBM Systems Director by way of the
Welcome page 62
IBM Systems Director Welcome page 62

System severity states 69
Starting work in IBM Systems Director 70
Learning about the product 70
Checking IBM Systems Director readiness . . . 71
Viewing updates 71
Viewing tutorials 72
Viewing the IBM Systems Director Server
summary 72
Finding and navigating resources 74
Resource views 75
Finding systems and other resources 86
Viewing resources in the topology perspective. . 87
Working with tables 89
Working with topology maps 97
Working with properties 104
Setting navigation preferences 105
Renaming a resource 107
Removing a resource 107
Managing groups 108
Groups 108
Creating a criteria-based dynamic group . . . 113
Creating a static group 115
Editing a group 116
Deleting a group 117
Adding a resource to an existing group 117
Exporting a group 118
Importing a group 118
Finding and starting tasks 119
Launched tasks and the IBM Systems Director
Launched Tasks program 119

Finding a task 119
Starting tasks 120
Starting the IBM Systems Director Launched
Tasks program 121
Integrating external applications into IBM
Systems Director 133
Scheduling tasks 149
Noninteractive tasks 149
Jobs and job instances 150
Scheduling a task 150
Scheduling a task from a selected system . . . 151
Viewing active and scheduled job information 153
Viewing information about scheduled jobs . . 154
Determining target systems that are affected by
ajob 154
Viewing job-instance records 155
Viewing job-instance logs 155
Copying a scheduled job 156
Editing a scheduled job 157
Running a scheduled job immediately 157
Suspending and resuming a scheduled job . . 157
Deleting a job 158
Managing auditing 158
Audit records 158
Setting server-auditing preferences 159
Viewing the audit log 160
Deleting the audit log 161
Encrypting interprocess communication 161
Encryption 161
Enabling encryption 162

Disabling encryption 163
Changing the encryption algorithm 163
Resending the encryption key to systems . . . 164
Creating a new encryption key 164
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Chapter 3. Discovering systems and
collecting inventory data 165
Discovery 165
Getting started discovery 165
System discovery 166
Advanced system discovery 167
Choosing which discovery to use 168
Discovery protocols 169
Viewing the discovery manager summary 171
Renaming discovered systems automatically . . . 172
Performing getting started discovery 173
Discovering systems with system discovery . . . 174
Performing a system discovery 175
Discovering systems that use a mirrored image 176
Viewing system discovery results 178
Discovering systems with advanced system
discovery 178
Discovery profiles 178
Creating a discovery profile 179
Managing discovery profiles 180
Performing an advanced system discovery . . 181
Collecting and viewing inventory data 182
Inventory data and collection profiles 182
Creating an inventory collection profile 183
Managing inventory collection profiles 185

Collecting inventory 186
Viewing inventory 187
Chapter 4. Configuring systems . . . 189
Configuration settings 189
Configuration templates 189
Configuration plans 190
The Automatically deploy feature 191
Predefined configuration plans 192
Configuration-setting license entitlement 192
Monitoring the deployment of configuration plans
and configuration templates 192
Managing system configuration 194
Viewing configuration settings 194
Editing configuration settings 194
Saving configuration settings as configuration
templates 195
Saving configuration settings to a configuration
plan 195
Managing configuration templates 196
Creating configuration templates 196
Creating a configuration template from an
existing one 197
Viewing configuration templates 198
Editing configuration templates 198
Adding configuration templates to a
configuration plan 199
Deploying configuration templates 199
Viewing deployed targets 200
Exporting a configuration template 200
Importing a configuration template 201

Deleting configuration templates 201
Managing configuration plans 201
Creating configuration plans 201
Creating a configuration plan from an existing
one 203
Deploying configuration plans 203
Viewing configuration plans 204
Viewing deployment history 204
Editing configuration plans 205
Exporting a configuration plan 205
Importing a configuration plan 205
Deleting configuration plans 206
Chapter 5. Monitoring system status
and health 207
System status and health 207
Viewing the status manager summary 209
Viewing the performance summary 210
Using the Health Summary task to view the status
of your environment 211
Scoreboard 212
Dashboard 213
Health summary 213
Using the scoreboard to identify issues 213
Adding a graphical monitor to the dashboard 216
Removing a graphical monitor from the
dashboard 216
Adding systems to the health summary . . . 217
Removing a group from the health summary 219
Using Navigate Resources to view the status of a
specific resource 219

Managing monitors 219
Resource-monitor attributes 220
Viewing a monitor 233
Creating a monitor view 234
Editing a monitor view 236
Deleting a monitor view 237
Graphing a monitor 237
Creating a threshold 238
Managing thresholds 239
Viewing a threshold 239
Activating a threshold 239
Editing a threshold 240
Deactivating a threshold 240
Deleting a threshold 240
Managing status set entries 241
Viewing a specific status set entry 241
Viewing status set entries for a specific resource 242
Viewing status set entries for a group of
resources 242
Activating a status set entry 243
Deactivating a status set entry 243
Deleting a status set entry 244
Managing the event log 245
Viewing events 245
Deleting an event 246
Changing event log preferences 246
Creating an event filter from an event 247
Viewing SNMP device attributes 247
Managing MIB files 248
Compiling a MIB file 248

Loading MIB files into memory 248
Managing process monitors 249
Viewing process monitors 249
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Creating a process monitor 249
Applying a process monitor 250
Removing all process monitors 250
Monitoring system resources 251
Recording resource-monitor statistics 251
Exporting resource-monitor statistics 251
Viewing a graph of a resource-monitor
recording 252
Removing a resource-monitor record 252
Running a command-line program on a managed
system 253
Creating a command definition 253
Running a command definition 254
Restricting anonymous command execution . . 254
Chapter 6. Automating tasks 257
Events, filters, and actions in event automation
plans 258
Events 258
Event filters 259
Event actions 263
Monitoring operating-system specific events . . 274
Viewing the automation manager summary . . . 274
Managing event automation plans 276
Viewing event automation plans associated with
a resource 276
Creating an event automation plan 276

Copying an event automation plan 285
Editing an event automation plan 286
Deactivating and activating an event automation
plan 286
Viewing event automation plan properties. . . 287
Deleting an event automation plan 287
Managing event actions 288
Creating an event action 288
Editing an event action 289
Copying an event action 289
Testing an event action 290
Deleting an event action 291
Saving and not saving an event-action history 291
Viewing an event-action history 292
Refreshing entries in an event-action history log 293
Deleting entries from an event-action history log 294
Viewing event action properties 294
Event-data-substitution variables 295
Managing event filters 298
Creating, editing, or copying an event filter . . 298
Editing an event filter 301
Copying an event filter 302
Viewing event filter properties 302
Viewing predefined filter criteria 303
Deleting an event filter 303
Chapter 7. Updating systems 305
Supported updates 306
Supported System x and BladeCenter systems . . 307
Starting to monitor and update systems 307
Updates to IBM Systems Director and IBM Director 308

Determining the installed IBM Systems Director
version 308
Considerations for updating systems that have
earlier versions of IBM Director 308
Updating IBM Systems Director 309
Update considerations for specific operating
systems and platforms 310
Update considerations for AIX systems 310
Update considerations for IBM System x and
IBM BladeCenter 312
Update considerations for Hardware
Management Console (HMC) systems 315
Update considerations for IBM i systems . . . 316
Update considerations for Linux systems . . . 316
Update considerations for Power Systems
Firmware 317
Update considerations for Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) systems 317
Viewing the Update Manager Summary page . . 319
Configuring update manager 320
Getting started with updates 320
Changing update settings 321
Managing updates 323
Managing update groups 324
Performing actions on updates 325
Viewing information about updates 333
Keeping systems in compliance 339
Compliance policies 340
Modifying compliance policies 340
Identifying systems that are out of compliance 342

Resolving compliance issues 343
Showing needed updates 343
Showing available updates 344
Showing installed updates 344
Update types 345
Update types for AIX 345
Update types for System x and IBM
BladeCenter 345
Update types for HMC 347
Update types for IBM Systems Director and
IBM Director 347
Update types for IBM i systems 347
Update types for Linux 347
Update types for Power Systems Firmware . . 348
Update types for Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)
systems 348
Chapter 8. Remotely accessing
systems and resources 349
Remote access facilities 349
Distributed Command 349
File transfer 350
Hardware command line 350
Launch Web browser 351
Remote command line 351
Remote control tasks 351
Remote Xen Console 352
Serial Console 352
Running remote access functions 352
Using the Distributed Shell 353
Transferring files and directories 356

Synchronizing files, directories, or drives . . . 356
Changing the encoding for a file 357
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Using the hardware command line 357
Establishing a remote command-line session . . 358
Launching a Web browser 358
Configuring Microsoft Windows Remote
Desktop Connection 359
Establishing Remote Desktop Connection . . . 359
Establishing Virtual Network Computing
communications 359
Establishing IBM BladeCenter or RSA
communication 360
Establishing a remote Xen console session . . . 360
Using the serial console 361
Chapter 9. Managing agents 363
Common agent services 363
Installing agents using the Agent Installation
Wizard 365
Importing agent packages 369
Creating agent packages 370
Setting the agent manager for IBM Systems
Director Server 372
Viewing the agent manager properties 372
Adding a new agent manager 372
Setting the active agent manager 373
Deleting an agent manager 374
Using a remote agent manager with IBM
Systems Director 374
Managing the agent manager used by a

Common Agent 377
Viewing the agent manager configuration 380
Securing Common-Agent managed systems . . . 380
Changing the agent registration password . . . 380
Migrating common agents to a different
management server 383
Chapter 10. Managing IBM
BladeCenter and System x systems. . 385
Supported IBM BladeCenter products 385
Service processor communication 386
In-band communication requirements 386
Out-of-band communication requirements. . . 387
Out-of-band communication and the standard
TCP Command Mode protocol 389
Out-of-band communication and the secure TCP
Command Mode protocol 390
Out-of-band alert-forwarding strategies 391
Service processors and resource types 391
Viewing the IBM BladeCenter and System x
management summary 392
Downloading and activating BladeCenter I/O
module plug-ins 394
Configuring integrated management modules . . 394
Integrated management module task support
and features 395
Changing the integrated management module
IP address by way of the Server resource . . . 395
Changing the integrated management module
IP address by way of the System resource . . . 396
Changing the network port on an integrated

management module 396
Configuring integrated management module
security 396
Configuring the Try DHCP setting for integrated
management module 397
Enabling Secure Sockets Layer after discovery 397
Enabling Secure Sockets Layer before discovery 398
Changing the password for the Remote Supervisor
Adapter or management module 398
Managing power state settings on IBM BladeCenter
and System x servers 399
Power On/Off task support using out-of-band
communication 399
Power On/Off task support using Wake on
LAN technology on System x 399
Power On/Off task support by way of the
operating system on System x and blade servers 400
Changing the power state on System x and IBM
BladeCenter hardware 400
Enabling collection of SNMP-based inventory by
way of management modules 401
Using hardware-log information from System x
service processors and IBM BladeCenter products . 401
Hardware-log information using out-of-band
and in-band communication 402
Viewing hardware-log information 402
Refreshing hardware-log information 403
Clearing the hardware-log information 403
Providing hardware-log information 404
Using locator LED settings on IBM BladeCenter

and System x servers 405
Locator LEDs and out-of-band and in-band
communication 405
Identifying hardware with the locator LED . . 405
Solving hardware problems using
light-path-diagnostic LEDs on IBM BladeCenter
and System x servers 406
Light-path-diagnostic LED information 406
Viewing light-path-diagnostics status 408
Viewing detailed light-path-diagnostics
information 408
Changing the resource for viewing
light-path-diagnostics LED information 409
Configuring templates 409
Password security levels for IBM BladeCenter
management modules and System x service
processors 409
Configuring the boot sequence for a blade
server in an IBM BladeCenter chassis 411
Configuring an IBM BladeCenter management
module 412
Configuring network resources for IBM
BladeCenter blade servers 429
Configuring SNMP agent community
information 430
Configuring the IP address pool for IBM
BladeCenter systems and System x servers . . 431
Configuring System x service processors . . . 432
Configuring IBM BladeCenter switch module
protocols 444

Configuring the IBM BladeCenter switch
module virtual LAN 447
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Configuring users and passwords for an IBM
BladeCenter chassis 449
Managing network-configuration information 450
Managing system-account information 452
Setting asset information 455
Chapter 11. Managing IBM Power
Systems 459
New terms for Power Systems users in IBM
Systems Director 459
Managing Power Systems running AIX 461
Managing Power Systems running IBM i 461
Managing systems controlled by HMC and IVM 462
Viewing the Power Systems Management summary 463
Monitoring for IBM i message queue events . . . 464
Managing power state settings on IBM Power
systems 466
Power On/Off task support by way of the
operating system on IBM Power systems . . . 466
Changing the power state on IBM Power
systems 467
Chapter 12. Managing IBM System z
systems 469
System z virtualization 469
Basics about the z/VM operating system 469
z/VM manageability access point and agent . . . 472
Viewing the System z Management summary page 473
Discovering systems and collecting inventory data

for System z 474
Managing power state settings for Linux on
System z servers 475
Power On/Off task support by way of the
operating system on System z servers 475
Changing the power state on System z servers 475
Chapter 13. Managing and configuring
storage 477
Storage management in real time and using
configuration templates 477
Managing SMI-S providers 477
SMI-S providers for IBM Systems Director. . . 477
Installing SMI-S Providers 480
Configuring SMI-S providers 486
Discovering and collecting inventory for storage
devices 488
Running Discovery and unlocking storage
devices using SMI-S providers 489
Running Direct Connection discovery and
unlocking storage devices using SMI-S
providers 489
Running Advanced Discovery for multiple
SMI-S providers using multicast and broadcast . 491
Running Advanced Discovery for SMI-S
providers using a directory agent 492
Working with external storage applications . . . 494
Installing and configuring external storage
applications 494
Launching an external storage management
application 497

Viewing storage devices 500
Storage Management Summary 500
Viewing storage systems using storage groups 502
Displaying attached storage for a given system 502
Viewing storage volumes 503
Viewing the health and status of storage devices 503
Storage topology perspective 504
Managing storage in real-time 505
Managing IBM BladeCenter and System x
storage devices 505
Adding IBM BladeCenter Integrated Storage
devices to a server 508
Provisioning storage from an existing storage
subsystem 509
Managing storage volumes in real time 510
Configuring iSCSI components in real time . . 513
Configuring IBM BladeCenter SAS zone
connectivity in real time 518
Managing storage with configuration templates 519
Viewing storage configuration templates . . . 519
Changing storage configuration templates . . . 520
Creating a configuration template for a storage
volume 520
Managing IBM BladeCenter SAN configuration
mapping 521
Configuring iSCSI components using
configuration template 524
Managing IBM BladeCenter SAS zone
configuration 529
Chapter 14. Managing virtual

environments 533
Virtual systems 533
Platform managers 533
Virtual farms 533
Hosts 535
Virtual servers 536
Guest-operating-systems 537
Virtualization groups 537
Viewing the virtualization manager summary . . 538
Viewing resources in virtualization perspectives 539
In the Virtualization Basic perspective 539
In the Virtualization Common perspective. . . 539
In the Virtualization Detail perspective 539
Viewing resources in the Platform Managers and
Members view 539
Viewing resources in the Virtual Servers and Hosts
view 540
Viewing virtualization properties 540
Configuring virtual resources 541
Configuring Power Systems platform managers 541
Configuring storage resources 546
Managing host systems 548
Entering maintenance mode 548
Exiting from maintenance mode 548
Starting the virtualization service on a host . . 549
Stopping the virtualization service on a host . . 549
Managing virtual farms 549
Adding a host to a virtual farm 549
Creating a virtual farm 550
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Deleting a virtual farm from IBM Systems
Director and VMware VirtualCenter 551
Removing a virtual farm from IBM Systems
Director 552
Editing a virtual farm 552
Removing a host from a virtual farm 552
Starting the virtualization service on a farm . . 553
Stopping the virtualization service on a farm 553
Viewing virtual farms 553
Managing virtual servers 554
Connecting to a platform manager 554
Disconnecting from a platform manager . . . 555
Creating virtual servers 555
Creating a virtual disk for Xen 569
Deleting a virtual server permanently 570
Editing host resources 570
Editing virtual servers 571
Accessing the Xen remote console 573
Managing power operations on virtual servers 573
Relocating virtual servers 576
Launch VMware ESX Manager User Interface 584
Launch VMware VirtualCenter Console . . . 584
Launch VMware Infrastructure Client 584
Launch Microsoft Virtual Server Console . . . 584
Chapter 15. Security 587
Authenticating users to IBM Systems Director . . 588
User authentication 588
Users and user groups in IBM Systems Director 588
Authenticating IBM Systems Director users
stored in the local operating system 590

Authenticating IBM Systems Director users
stored in the domain server 590
Authenticating IBM Systems Director users
stored in LDAP 591
Editing user properties 592
Authorizing users to IBM Systems Director . . . 592
User authorization 592
Roles 593
Permissions and roles required to run smcli
commands 595
Authorizing users to manage resources 599
Assigning a role to a user or user group . . . 599
Copying a role to another user 600
Creating a role 600
Managing roles 601
Ending the session for another user 602
Managing credentials in IBM Systems Director . . 602
Credentials 603
Managing shared credentials 604
Managing targeted credentials 605
Managing console access point credentials. . . 607
Configuring the authentication registry 609
Managing mappings 610
Managing access 612
Managing access to agentless managed systems 612
Accessing a secured system with request access 612
Accessing a secured system with configure
access 613
Revoking access to a secured system 614
Communication protocols and supported

encryption algorithms 614
Encrypting passwords for database configuration 615
Appendix. Accessibility features for
IBM Systems Director 617
Notices 621
Trademarks 622
Glossary 625
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IBM Systems Director Systems Management Guide
About this publication
This publication provides instructions for using IBM
®
Systems Director for
systems-management tasks. IBM Systems Director consists of the following tools to
meet your systems-management needs:
v IBM Systems Director Web interface is the graphical user interface (GUI) for IBM
Systems Director Server. Using IBM Systems Director Web interface, you can
conduct comprehensive systems management using either a drop-and-drag
action or a single click.
v IBM Systems Director command-line interface (dircli) is the command-line
interface for IBM Systems Director Server. You can use a command-line prompt
to access, control, and gather information from IBM Systems Director Server.
This documentation also provides planning and implementation information for
event management.
Conventions and terminology
These notices are designed to highlight key information:
Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or difficult situations.
Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or data.

An attention notice appears before the instruction or situation in which damage
can occur.
Publications and related information
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Information centers and topic collections
v IBM
®
Systems
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp
View the IBM
®
Systems information center which provides integrated
information for multiple IBM
®
Systems products, including operating systems,
hardware, storage, and software. This information center also contains scenarios
to help you use multiple IBM
®
Systems products in the same environment.
v IBM Systems Director
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/director_6.1/fqm0_main.html
Updated periodically, the IBM Systems Director topic collection contains the
most up-to-date documentation available for IBM Systems Director.
v IBM Systems Director plug-ins
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp

© Copyright IBM Corp. 1999, 2009 ix
View the IBM
®
Systems information center for information about to install and
use plug-ins that extend the functionality of IBM Systems Director.
v IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Modules (UIMs)
publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/topic/uims/fqs0_main.html
Read the IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Modules (UIM) topic
collection to learn about how to install and use upward integration modules and
management packs that enable non-IBM
®
workgroup and enterprise-
management products to interpret and display data that is provided by
Common Agent and Platform Agent.
v IBM Systems Director API Licensing
/>View the license information regarding use of IBM Systems Director APIs and
their associated documentation. Fill out the form to request API access. After
your information is reviewed, you will be contacted with additional information
regarding access to and use of the APIs.
Publications
Release Notes 6.1, Release Notes 6.1.1, and Release Notes 6.1.2
Provides information about hardware requirements for running IBM
Systems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware,
operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise
systems-management software.
Hardware and Software Support Guide
Provides information about hardware requirements for running IBM
Systems Director components, supported IBM Systems Director hardware,
operating systems, databases, and workgroup and enterprise
systems-management software.

Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for AIX
®
Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of
IBM Systems Director on system running AIX using the standard
installation option.
Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for IBM i
Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of
IBM Systems Director on system running IBM i using the Standard
installation option.
Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux
®
on Power Systems
™
Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of
IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for Power Systems using
the Standard installation option.
Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on x86
Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of
IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System x
®
using the
Standard installation option.
Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Linux on System z
®
Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of
IBM Systems Director on system running Linux for System z using the
Standard installation option.
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Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide for Windows
®

Provides detailed instructions to install and configure each component of
IBM Systems Director on system running Windows using the Standard
installation option.
Systems Management Guide
Provides detailed instructions for using the Web interface and managing
systems and resources in your environment.
Troubleshooting Guide
Provides information about problems and how to solve them, and
strategies for troubleshooting common problems.
Events Reference
Provides information about IBM Systems Director events, including the
event type, description, severity, and extended attributes.
Commands Reference
Provides detailed information about the systems management
command-line interface (smcli) commands, and other commands that can
be run directly from the command line, including configuring the database,
and starting and stopping IBM Systems Director.
Hardware Command Line User's Guide
Provides information about installing and using the Hardware Command
Line (formerly known as the IBM
®
Management Processor Command-Line
Interface). Command output in this release might vary from command
output in previous releases.
White papers and briefs
v IBM Systems Director
/>XBW03006USEN.PDF
This paper provides a detailed overview of the changes in IBM Systems Director
V6.1, including the new Web interface, security features, operating system
agents, integrated plug-ins and additional plug-ins that can be separately

installed.
v Value Proposition for IBM Systems Director
/>XBW03007USEN.PDF
This paper describes the challenges of operational management for enterprise
server installations and the value provided IBM Systems Director.
v Managing IBM Power Servers with IBM Systems Director 6.1
www.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=SA&subtype=WH
&appname=STGE_PO_PO_USEN&htmlfid=POW03011USEN
&attachment=POW03011USEN.PDF
Provides information about managing the virtualization and consolidation on
Power systems using IBM Systems Director.
v IBM Systems Director 6.1 Migration Tips
www.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=SA&subtype=WH
&appname=STGE_XB_XB_USEN_&htmlfid=XBW03009USEN
&attachment=XBW03009USEN.PDF
Provides information about migrating data when upgrading your environment
from IBM Director V5.20 to IBM Systems Director V6.1.
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IBM
®
Redbooks
®
publications
www.ibm.com/redbooks/
You can also search this Web page for documents that focus on IBM Systems
Director and specific IBM hardware; such documents often contain
systems-management material. The following book is available for IBM Systems
Director V6.1:
Implementing IBM Systems Director 6.1
Tip: Be sure to note the date of publication and to determine the version of IBM

Systems Director software to which the Redbooks publication refers.
Web resources
Listed here are the Web sites and information center topics that relate to IBM
Systems Director.
Web sites
v IBM Systems Director
www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/
View the IBM Systems Director Web site on ibm.com
®
which provides links to
downloads and documentation for all currently supported versions of IBM
Systems Director.
v IBM Systems Director Downloads
www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/downloads/
View the IBM Systems Director Downloads Web site on ibm.com which provides
links to download code IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director plug-ins,
and IBM Systems Director upward integration modules.
v IBM Systems Director Documentation and Resources
www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/resources/
View the IBM Systems Director Documentation and Resources Web site on
ibm.com which provides links to product documentation, redbooks, redpapers,
white papers, and learning modules related to IBM Systems Director, IBM
Systems Director plug-ins, and IBM Systems Director upward integration
modules.
v IBM Systems Director Upward Integration
www.ibm.com/systems/management/director/upward/
View the IBM Systems Director Upward Integration Web site on ibm.com which
provides more information about IBM Systems Director upward integration
modules created by IBM
®

and other companies. IBM Systems Director UIMs
enable third-party workgroup and enterprise systems-management products to
interpret and display data that is provided by IBM Systems Director
Platform-Agent managed system.
v IBM
®
Servers
www.ibm.com/servers/
View the IBM
®
Servers Web site to learn about IBM
®
Systems server and storage
products.
v IBM
®
ServerProven
®
www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
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View the IBM
®
ServerProven Web site to learn about hardware compatibility of
IBM
®
System x and BladeCenter
®
systems with IBM
®
applications and

middleware, including IBM Systems Director.
Forums
v IBM Systems Director
www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=759
View the IBM Systems Director forum Web site on ibm.com to discuss
product-related issues pertaining to IBM Systems Director, IBM Systems Director
UIMs, and IBM Systems Director extensions. This Web site includes a link for
obtaining the forum using a Rich Site Summary (RSS) feed.
v IBM Systems Director SDK
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to the IBM Systems Director Software Development Kit (SDK). This Web site
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®
Systems
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®
Systems forums Web site on ibm.com to learn about various
forums that are available to discuss technology-related and product-related
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®
Systems hardware and software products. This Web
site includes a link for obtaining the forum using a Rich Site Summary (RSS)
feed.
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What's new
IBM Systems Director version 6.1 provides a number of new features and
enhancements.
What's new in version 6.1.2
IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.2 provides many new features and
enhancements. There are additional supported systems for installation and
management. In addition, some functions have changed in this version and some
features have been discontinued.
Hardware support
Support has been added for new hardware and devices.
System x products
Adapters
v ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA PCIe Controller and ServeRAID M5000
Series Advanced Feature Key for IBM System x
v ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller and ServeRAID M1000 Series
Advanced Feature Key for IBM System x
v SS SATA RAID Kit (Integrated RAID Controller) on the following
families of xSeries servers: 3250, 3250 M2, 3200, and 3200 M2
IBM BladeCenter products
Adapters
v ServeRAID-MR10M SAS/SATA Controller for IBM BladeCenter
v ServeRAID-MR10k SAS/SATA Controller for IBM BladeCenter
v ServeRAID-MR10i SAS/SATA controller for IBM BladeCenter
v ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter
v IBM BladeCenter S IBM BladeCenter SAS Connectivity Module

v IBM BladeCenter S 6–Disk Storage Module
I/O modules
v SAS Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter for IBM BladeCenter
Storage
v IBM System Storage
™
N Series 3600
Network
v For a list of supported Network Devices, see “Supported Network Devices”
( />director.plan_6.1/fqm0_r_support_for_network_devices.html).
Operating system support
IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 supports new operating systems and discontinues
support for some operating systems that are supported in Version 6.1. For a
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complete list of supported operating systems on each platform, see the IBM
Systems Director Hardware and Software Support Guide.
New operating system support
The following table lists operating systems that are supported by IBM Systems
Director 6.1.2 server and agents that were not supported in previous releases.
Table 1. New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.2
Operating system
IBM
Systems
Director
Server
Common
Agent
Platform
Agent
IBM z/VM

®
Manage- ability
Access Point
Agent1
1
New operating systems supported on System x systems:
Windows Server 2008, Enterprise, Standard, and Datacenter
x64 Editions with Hyper-V role enabled, Release 2
Notes:
1. Support for Windows Server 2008, Enterprise, Standard,
and Datacenter x64 Editions with Hyper-V role enabled
is based on coexistence testing only.
2.
Note: All Windows Server 2008 support is for Full
install only.
XX
Windows Server 2008, Enterprise, Standard, and Datacenter
Editions, Release 2
Note: All Windows Server 2008 support is for Full install
only.
XX
Windows Server 2008, Enterprise, Standard, and Datacenter
x64 Editions, Release 2
Note: All Windows Server 2008 support is for Full install
only.
XX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0 (supports Update
8)
XX X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and WS, version 4.0 (supports

Update 8)
XX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, version 5.0
(Update 4)
XX X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5.0 (Update 4) X X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation
option, version 5.0 (Update 4)
XX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, and
Desktop with Workstation option, version 5.0, with Xen
Kernel (Update 4)
X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for AMD64 and
EM64T (supports Update 8)
XX X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and WS, version 4.0, for
AMD64 and EM64T (supports Update 8)
XX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.0,
for AMD64 and EM64T (supports Update 4)
XX X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5.0, for AMD64 and
EM64T (supports Update 4)
XX X
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Table 1. New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 (continued)
Operating system
IBM
Systems

Director
Server
Common
Agent
Platform
Agent
IBM z/VM
®
Manage- ability
Access Point
Agent1
1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with Workstation
option, version 5.0, for AMD64 and EM64T (supports
Update 4)
XX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Advanced Platform, and
Desktop with Workstation option, version 5.0, for AMD64
and EM64T, with Xen Kernel (supports Update 4)
X
VMware ESX Server, versions 3.5.5 and 4.0.1 Console
Notes:
1. IBM Systems Director 6.1 Common Agent and IBM
Director Core Services 5.20.3, Service Update 1, support
VMware ESX Server versions 3.0.x, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3,
and 3.5.4.
2. IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent installed
with default IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Platform Agent
supportsVMware ESX Server versions 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2,
3.5.3, 3.5.4, and 4.0. Restriction: You will no longer be

able to manage the RSA in-band. You can manage it
out-of-band by connecting it to the network and
discovering it with IBM Systems Director.
3. IBM Systems Director 6.1.1 Common Agent upgraded
with IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 Platform Agent
supports VMware ESX Server versions 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2,
3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 4.0, and 4.0.1. Restriction: You will no
longer be able to manage the RSA in-band. You can
manage it out-of-band by connecting it to the network
and discovering it with IBM Systems Director.
4. You must turn off VMware ESX Server, version 4.0.x
SLP, before installing IBM Systems Director 6.1.1
Common Agent.
XX
VMware ESX Server, versions 3.5.5 and 4.0.1 guest
operating systems
Notes:
1. Supported guest operating systems are those that are
supported by both IBM Systems Director and the
specified version of VMware. See the VMware product
documentation for a list of supported operating
systems.
2. IBM Systems Director Server is supported on VMware
ESX Server if IBM Systems Director Server is supported
on the selected guest operating system.
XX X
New operating systems supported on IBM Power systems:
AIX 53 TL11 or later X X
AIX 61 TL04 or later X X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.8, on IBM Power

Systems
XX X
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.4,
on IBM Power Systems
XX X
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 on IBM Power Systems X X
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Table 1. New operating systems supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1.2 (continued)
Operating system
IBM
Systems
Director
Server
Common
Agent
Platform
Agent
IBM z/VM
®
Manage- ability
Access Point
Agent1
1
New operating systems supported on System z systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for IBM
System z (now also supports Update 8)
XX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, version 4.0, for IBM
System z (64-bit Edition) (now also supports Update 8)
XX X

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.0,
for IBM System z (64-bit Edition) (Supports Update 4)
XXXX
2
1
The IBM z/VM Manageability Access Point Agent (MAP Agent) is used by IBM Systems Director 6.1.0 to
monitor the virtual machines and associated resources known as a z/VM system. The agent must be running in
a virtual machine within the IBM
®
z/VM version 5.4 or 6.1 system that is to be monitored.
2
IBM z/VM
®
Manageability Access Point Agent requires Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version
5.0, for IBM System z (64-bit Edition), Update 3.
Discontinued operating system support
The following table lists operating systems that are supported in Version 6.1 and
6.1.1, but are not supported by IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.2.
Table 2. Discontinued operating systems not supported by IBM Systems Director 6.1 and 6.1.1
Operating system
IBM
Systems
Director
Server
Common
Agent
Platform
Agent
Discontinued operating systems on Linux versions supported by IBM Systems Director on IBM Power systems:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, version 5.2, on IBM Power

systems (on IBM BladeCenter QS21 and QS22 Blade Servers)
XXX
Databases support
For complete information about supported databases, see the IBM Systems Director
Hardware and Software Support Guide.
Functional enhancements
Planning
New topics
A new topic, , details important considerations about the IBM
Systems Director, versions 6.1.1 or 6.1.2 (6.1.x), Platform Agents.
A new topic, , lists the virtualization software products on
Agentless-managed systems.
Installation and uninstallation
v The information about planning for, preparing, installing, and
uninstalling IBM Systems Director Server on all applicable platforms was
updated for version 6.1.2.
v Information about the new 6.1.2 stand-alone installation package file was
added for AIX, Windows, and Linux on System x.
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v The information about planning for, preparing, installing, and
uninstalling Common Agent on all applicable platforms was updated for
version 6.1.2.
v The information about planning for, preparing, installing, and
uninstalling Platform Agent on all applicable platforms was updated for
version 6.1.2.
v Information about planning for, preparing, installing, and uninstalling
IBM i Common Agent and Platform Agent was added.
v Information about planning for and preparing the various database
applications was updated for version 6.1.2.
v The information about uninstalling IBM Systems Director on AIX was

broken out from the Linux uninstalling topic.
Web interface
Changed topics
The following audit record categories and their descriptions are
now detailed under the topic collection: Security, Task, System
Configuration and System Triggers.
.
Discovery manager
Updated the Advanced Discovery wizard to increase usability.
Added a Stop button that enables you to stop System Discovery.
Added new discovery default profiles for specific types of resources.
v The default profiles automatically use the IP address range of the current
subnet, as determined by the last start of the IBM Systems Director
Server.
v You can create a new profile by copying a default profile, then
customize the new profile by changing the settings.
Added better feedback when discovering resources.
v System discovery specifies the number of systems and other resources
for the current discovery task that were previously discovered.
v Advanced system discovery logs specify, for the current task, which
systems and other resources were previously discovered and which are
newly discovered.
New and changed topics
Several existing topics related to discovery were updated.
New topics were added that more fully describe each type of
discovery: , , and .
Another new topic, , compares the different types of discovery and
helps you determine when each type is appropriate.
is a new topic that describes how to discover systems that are
cloned or that use a mirrored image.

.
Status manager
New and changed pages
The Performance Summary page displays performance information
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about resources that you specify, using monitor views that you
select. A new topic and a new help panel were added for the
Performance Summary page.
The SNMP Browser page now uses a Web-based user interface.
The Manage MIBs page, which moved to Settings, now uses a
Web-based user interface.
Automation manager
All event actions now can be created using a new, Web-based user
interface.
Creating an event filter is now performed by using theWeb-based Create
Event Filter wizard.
Added the ability to create an event filter based on an event log.
Update manager
New topic
A new topic, Determining the installed IBM Systems Director
version, provides information on how to determine the version of
the IBM Systems Director Server or agent that is installed before
updating an installation of IBM Systems Director.
Changes to labels and links on the user interface
Several changes have been made to labels in the user interface to
make them more descriptive. For example, the View Updates link
in the upper-right corner of the Welcome page has been changed to
Update IBM Systems Director.
Changed topic
New information was added to the topic to further clarify how to

obtain and install updates.
Remote access
New help panel
The following help panel has been added for Remote access:
v Distributed Command: Enables you to execute a command on
one or more managed systems in parallel.
Changed topic
New information was added to the topic to further clarify the
types of file transfer that are allowed.
Network Management
The following enhancements were made to network management functions
in version 6.1.2:
v Expanded network device support.
v Added new device group: Ethernet to Fibre Channel Bridges.
v Added more Switch properties to inventory.
v Added related resources LAN Connection and Switch Port.
v Added link from summary page to download IBM Systems Director
Network Control V1.1.
Settings
The Manage MIBs page, which uses a Web-based user interface, was
moved to Settings from System Status and Health.
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Storage manager
Added support for launching the IBM System Storage N Series Data
ONTAP browser-based application.
New topic
Added instructions for installing and configuring the IBM System
Storage N Series SMI-S provider on Linux systems.
CLI commands
Syntax diagram conventions

Updated “How to read syntax diagrams” to better document the
specifics of the syntax diagrams.
New commands:
v cfgcred command
v chaudit command
v chcred command
v endSession command
v lsaudit command
v lsauditlogs command
v lscred command
v lsver command
v rmauditlogs command
v rmcred command
Updated commands:
v accesssys command
v cfgdbcmd command
v chresmonthresh command
v chvs command
v cimsubscribe command
v collectinv command
v configAgtMgr command
v dirinstall.server command
v discover command
v importupd command
v lsinv command
v lsresmonthresh command
v mkresmonthresh command
v mkvs command
v runtask command
v smcli command

v smreset command
v smrestore command
v smsave command
v smstart command
v smstatus command
v smstop command
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Discontinued function
The following storage manager menu options are no longer available:
v System Configuration → Volumes
v System Status and Health → Physical View
v System Status and Health → Device Log
v System Status and Health → Collect Support Data
Troubleshooting
Changes have been made to several topics and many topics have been added to
this section.
What's new in version 6.1.1
IBM Systems Director Version 6.1.1 provides many new features and
enhancements. There are additional supported systems for installation and
management. In addition, some functions have changed in this version and some
features have been discontinued.
IBM Systems Director task support by operating system and
agent levels
The topic has been updated to include the following information about
applicability of the IBM Systems Director, version 6.1.1, Platform Agent:
v Customers with BMC and IMM service processors should update to the 6.1.1
Platform Agent.
v Customers with RSA service processors should continue to use the IBM Director
Core Services version 5.20 (or any update release version of 5.20, such as 5.20.3).
– The 6.1.1 Platform Agent will block updates on IBM Director Core Services

version 5.20 systems and RSA service processors.
– To install the 6.1.1 Platform Agent, you must first remove IBM Director Core
Services version 5.20 (or any update release version of 5.20, such as 5.20.3).
Restriction: You will no longer be able to manage the RSA in-band. You can
manage it out-of-band by connecting it to the network and discovering it with
IBM Systems Director.
Hardware support
Support has been added for new hardware and devices.
System x products
Servers
Note: Management Processor Command Line Interface (MPCLI) is not
supported on servers with integrated management modules. This includes
all of the following servers.
v iDataPlex
™
, machine types 7321 and 7323
v System x3400M2, machine types 7836 and 7837
v System x3500M2, machine type 7839
v System x3550M2, machine type 7946
v System x3650M2, machine type 7947
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Adapters
v Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA for IBM System x
Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported.
v Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA for IBM System x
Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported.
v Brocade 10Gb CNA for IBM System x
Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported.
v Qlogic 10Gb CNA for IBM System x
Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported.

v ServeRAID-BR10i SAS/SATA Controller
v IBM 3Gb SAS HBA v2
IBM BladeCenter products
Chassis
IBM BladeCenter E chassis, machine type 8677
Blade servers
v HS22 blade server, machine type 7870
Note: Management Processor Command Line Interface (MPCLI) is not
supported on servers with integrated management modules.
v JS23 blade server, machine type 7778-23X
v JS43 blade server, machine type 7778-23X, feature code 8446
Adapters
v Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v QLogic 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v Emulex 8 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v QLogic Ethernet and 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM
BladeCenter
v QLogic 2-port 10Gb Converged Network Adapter (CFFh) for IBM
BladeCenter
Note: Firmware inventory and updates are not supported.
v SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Controller for IBM BladeCenter
I/O modules
v The BNT 10-Port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter
v Brocade 20-port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter
v Brocade 10-port 8Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter
v IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module
Advanced management module firmware version 4.7
Integrated management module

What's new xxiii