5.5. CSM interoperability

This section describes Cluster Systems Management offerings from IBM and IBM product positioning of CSM with respect to the Parallel Systems Support Program (PSSP) and CSM on IBM xSeries running Linux and pSeries running AIX operating systems.

Specifically, we discuss the following products for interoperability, common features, and when to use each:

  • CSM for pSeries AIX

  • CSM for pSeries Linux

  • CSM for e325 and xSeries Linux

  • Parallel Systems Support Program PSSP-3.5

  • Matrix of CSM products

5.5.1. CSM for pSeries AIX

Cluster Systems Management for AIX primarily provides management server functionality to a mixture of managed nodes running on different hardware platforms such as pSeries AIX, pSeries Linux, and xSeries Linux, ...

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