Here's how the IBM licensing works (unless they changed it since Nov 2006)
Every IBM product comes with a license to run either the server or
client for IBM Director (servers ARE clients to themselves so both are
not needed on the same machine).
Reguardless of which brand hardware/OS you have, you can purchase a
license for non-IBM machines.
I setup a cluster of 3 racks of 6 blade chassis with 12 blades per
chassis, in addition to the customers 4 racks of Dell and HP
blades/pizza boxes.
They bought one IBM pizza box to run IBM Director. We were able run the
IBM Director client on each non-IBM box and show the full hardware,
right down to the MFG part numbers using Director.
Director does firmware, BIOS, ASM/GSM (whatever you managment processor
is called), OS cloning, installation, package management, custom
installations, smnp managment, etc. Closest thing I've seen to it is
Altaire.
Oh, it can INTEGRATE OpenView, Tivoli, OpenManage, etc into it's GUI and
content for one-stop-shop management.
The communication between client and server can be encrypted using DES
or Triple DES if you so choose.
So many features, so little screen....
BTW, I don't get paid to talk about Director....anymore...
YMMV,
Roy
IBM Certified
HP Certified
Dell Pro Certified
Sun Certified
Geek just because
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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hahahahah. what's wrong with openmanage (sarcastically speaking) .....
(btw, i hate it too).
...
And don't even think about Dell OpenManage.
I don't understand - why do you say Dell OpenManage sucks? Easy, rapid
implementation. Decent greenlight/redlight. Web delivered, BIOS and
firmware management, can show SIMM failures down to the slot. I've seen
it do a fine job for the nearly-free price. (comes free with server
purchase, subscription is very cheap) If you're a budget-constrained
small business that already owns Dell hardware, you'd be smart to least
try it.
Is IBM Director free with hdw purchase? If so, how do you keep Director
on Linux from killing the machine? I've had it bring a SuSE Linux 8.3
box to it's knees, something about a conflict with the remote console
card in the server. I de-installed and never went back.
JKB
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