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The IBM Systems Director Update Manager plug-in is installed by default during the
installation of IBM Systems Director and is used to acquire, install, manage updates, and
monitor your systems to ensure that they are up-to-date. A check for updates has to be
scheduled to run periodically and the administrator has to check systems for compliance. In
case of uncompliance the systems administrator has to take action by installing required
updates.
By integrating the IBM Systems Director Management Console with IBM Systems Director,
the Update Manager gains more functionalities and you are able to perform firmware updates
on Power Systems. Some differences in updating Power Systems firmware compared with
traditional ...