XTR47G: IBM Systems Director 6.3 for IBM System x and BladeCenter Servers - Base

$1,495.00


  • Virtual Classroom

  • Onsite
Duration: 2 Days

IBM Systems Director 6.x is a platform management foundation that streamlines the way physical and virtual systems are managed across a heterogeneous environment. By using industry standards, IBM Systems Director supports multiple operating systems and virtualization technologies across IBM and non-IBM x86 platforms.

Through a single user interface, IBM Systems Director provides consistent views for viewing managed systems, determining how these systems relate to one another, and identifying their statuses, thus helping to correlate technical resources with business needs. A set of common tasks included with IBM Systems Director provides many of the core capabilities required for basic management, which means instant out-of-the-box business value. These common tasks include discovery, inventory, configuration, system health, monitoring, updates, event notification and automation across managed systems.

This course discusses the features, functions, and usage of IBM Systems Director 6.3 to manage System x and BladeCenter equipment.

The course will include a review of IBM Systems Director installation, navigating the web console interface, working with status management, working with update management, working with automation management and System x platform management. Hands on lab will be included.

What You Will Learn

After completing this Course you should be able to:

  • Implement an IBM Systems Director 6.3 environment on System x platforms
  • Learn how to exploit IBM Systems Director 6.3 base functions

Audience

This is an intermediate course for individuals who are involved in the planning, installation, configuration and upgrading of System x servers and individuals who use IBM Systems Director management software.

Prerequistes

You should complete:

  • IBM System x Technical Principles (XTR11) (XTV11)
  • IBM Systems Director 6.3 Introduction (XTR46) (XTV46)

Course Outline

Course administration and introduction

  • Unit 1 - IBM Systems Director 6.3 overview
  • Unit 2 - Planning and installation
  • Lab period 1
  • Unit 3 - Tasks (1 of 2)
  • Lab period 2

Day 2

  • Unit 3 - Tasks (2 of 2)
  • Unit 4 - BladeCenter and System x Management
  • Lab period 3

Course Labs