IBM Hardware
Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager 2007
The IBM® Hardware
Management Pack for Microsoft® System Center Operations
Manager 2007, Version 2.0 provides the ability for the Microsoft System
Center Operations Manager 2007 management server to discover and manage IBM systems.
The IBM Hardware
Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager 2007, Version 2.0 is commonly referred to as the IBM Hardware Management
Pack.
Figure 1. Graphic of the Operations Manager 2007 Console, showing
some Hardware Management Pack enhancements
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- IBM Hardware Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Version 2.0
With the IBM Hardware Management Pack for Microsoft System
Center Operations Manager 2007, Version 2.0 installed
on the Operations Manager Server, you can use Operations Manager to discover
and manage IBM System
x™ and BladeCenter® x86
systems that have installed either IBM Director Core Services (Level
1) or IBM Director Agent (Level 2).
- Installing
IBM provides
the Hardware Management Pack and the BladeCenter Chassis Management Pack
for you to integrate into the Operations Manager, to enhance the management
of IBM systems.
The Hardware Management Pack discovers IBM System x systems, BladeCenter blade
server systems, and system components, and then monitors their health. The IBM BladeCenter Chassis
Management Pack discovers IBM BladeCenter chassis units and chassis components,
such as the management module and I/O modules, and monitors their health.
The Hardware Management Pack will integrate the BladeCenter Chassis Management Pack
more tightly in future releases, but for now they are two separate management
packs.
- Working with the Hardware Management Pack
The Hardware Management Pack enhances the functionality of the
Operations Manager to provide more detailed information about managed IBM systems.
- Reference
Reference topics are provided for more detailed information about
various topics.