IBM Systems Director 6.3 Best Practices

Positioning IBM Systems Director

This chapter describes the positioning of the IBM Systems Director in the complete management range. It also compares the IBM Systems Director with the IBM Flex Systems Manager (FSM) and describes the environments for which each tool is best suited.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•1.1, “Description of IBM Systems Director” on page 2

•1.2, “Functionality of IBM Systems Director” on page 2

•1.3, “Positioning of IBM Systems Director” on page 3

•1.4, “IBM Systems Director and IBM Flex Systems Manager” on ...