Specifications

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6.4.2 Software features
The main features of IBM Flex System Manager management software are:
򐂰 Monitoring and problem determination
– A real-time multichassis view of hardware components with overlays for
additional information.
– Automatic detection of issues in your environment through event setup
that triggers alerts and actions.
– Identification of changes that might impact availability.
– Server resource utilization by a virtual machine or across a rack
of systems.
򐂰 Hardware management
– Automated discovery of physical and virtual servers and interconnections,
applications, and supported third-party networking.
– Inventory of hardware components.
– Chassis and hardware component views.
– Hardware properties.
– Component names/hardware identification numbers.
– Firmware levels.
– Utilization rates.
򐂰 Network management
– Management of network switches from various vendors.
– Discovery, inventory, and status monitoring of switches.
– Graphical network topology views.
– Support for KVM, pHyp, VMware virtual switches, and physical switches.
– VLAN configuration of switches.
– Integration with server management.
– Per-virtual machine network usage and performance statistics provided
to VMControl.
– Logical views of servers and network devices grouped by subnet
and VLAN.
򐂰 Storage management
– Discovery of physical and virtual storage devices.
– Support for virtual images on local storage across multiple chassis.