IBM Servers and Storage demos

This demo shows the advanced function of IBM BladeCenter® Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) for quickly identifying and bringing on-line a spare blade from a predetermined pool.

This demonstration shows how IBM BladeCenter® Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) provides I/O virtualization to help you reduce complexity and server deployment time.

This demo describes how the core component of IBM Retail Systems Management, Remote Management Agent combined with IBM Director, can help manage your store hardware and software data from a single console.

This demonstration illustrates the power and ease-of-use of non-disruptive data migrations between heterogeneous storage subsystems utilizing the IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller.

This demo shows IBM® Systems Director V6.1, the next generation platform management for multi-system environments. IBM® Systems Director 6.1 is a platform management foundation that streamlines the way physical and virtual systems are managed across a multi-system environment.

This multipart presentation and demonstration shows how IBM z/OS Capacity Provisioning addresses changing business conditions, responds to unanticipated demands and delivers additional processing power and capacity when needed to help businesses better manage risk.

The IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module provides fundamental management and control features for the BladeCenter chassis. This demo takes a closer look at a few of the key features available to system administrators from the Management Module’s web interface.

This demonstration shows how the IBM Advanced Management Module Configuration Wizard provides administrators with an easy to follow, structured process that facilitates the configuration of the IBM BladeCenter.

This demonstration shows how the BladeCenter Configuration Manager makes it easy to deploy multiple BladeCenter chassis that will have similar configurations.

The IBM BladeCenter® Server Connectivity Module, or SCM, is an Ethernet switch module designed to meet the requirements of small and medium business clients. This demonstration shows how configuration and management of the SCM is easy and intuitive for a server administrator who may have limited networking skills and knowledge.

This demonstration shows how the IBM Consolidation, Discovery and Analysis Tool, also known as CDAT, can be used to assist with the discovery and utilization data on a targeted set of customer's servers.

This demonstration shows how IBM Director makes it easy to setup the initial event actions that are most commonly needed.

This demonstration shows the key features of the redesigned IBM Director user interface.

This demonstration shows how Boot from SAN Blade Failover Extension for IBM Director provides the ability to automatically migrate operating system boot and data partitions from a SAN partition for a failed blade onto a spare blade system.

This demonstration shows how IBM Director's External Application Launch allows administrators to easily integrate other management applications into Director's main console view.

This demonstration shows how IBM Director can store and report detailed system inventory.

This demonstration shows how IBM Director can be used to manage non-IBM servers.

This demonstration shows how IBM Director provides the ability to monitor a wide variety of server resources.

This demonstration shows how IBM Director Update Manager provides an easier way to keep systems up to date with the latest drivers, BIOS, and firmware.

This demonstration shows how IBM DS4000 Fabric Storage manager makes it easy to configure and provision storage arrays.

This demonstration shows how IBM Flashcopy for DS4000 can reduce backup windows for databases and other critical business applications.

This demonstration shows how IBM VolumeCopy for DS4000 can be used to migrate data from one array to another in order to alleviate a performance bottleneck.

This demonstration shows how the IBM PowerExecutive™ capping feature provides the ability to limit power on supported platforms.

This demonstration shows the use of IBM System z Capacity on Demand to non-disruptively configure, order, and activate an additional general purpose processor (or CP) on a temporary basis driven by business need.

This demonstration shows the use of IBM System z Capacity on Demand to non-disruptively configure, order, and activate an additional Linux processor (or IFL) on a temporary basis driven by business need.

This demonstration shows how IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager provides clients with a single view of actual power usage across multiple IBM platforms including System x, BladeCenter, POWER, System z, and Storage Systems.

The IBM Virtual Client Solution uses server hosted virtual machines to deliver an end user desktop environment to a range of client hardware devices. In this demo, we will take a quick look at how VMware can be used to host end user desktops on a thin client device.

The IBM Virtual Client Solution uses server hosted virtual machines to deliver an end user desktop environment to a range of client hardware devices. In this demo, we will take a quick look at two cost reducing and productivity enhancing capabilities -- Pooling and Free Seating.

This demonstration shows how IBM Virtualization Manager allows you to discover, visualize, and manage both physical and virtual systems from a single console. IBM Virtualization Manager simplifies management of both VMware and Microsoft® Virtual Server environments. The first release also includes a technology preview for management of Xen installations.

This demonstration takes a closer look at how administrators can use the IBM Virtualization Manager to identify hardware problems, determine the potential impact to virtualized environments, and take preventive action to avoid problems.

IBM System z9 Hardware Management Console (HMC) Logon LDAP authentication can be used to perform USERID and password authentication using your enterprise LDAP server rather than the HMC itself.

IBM System z9 Power Planning can be used to estimate the power consumption and heat output for a new machine configuration or for an upgrade to an existing machine. Power Monitoring can be used to view the actual data for an installed system.