IBM Hardware Management Pack

The IBM Hardware Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager enables customers to use the enhanced features of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager for managing the health state of IBM System x servers, Blades, IBM BladeCenter Chassis, Compute Nodes, and IBM Flex System™ Chassis..

Key features include:

• Offer a 90-days trial
• Extensive monitoring of the health of hardware components for IBM System x servers and BladeCenter x86/x64 blades running Windows
• Rich monitoring of the health of BladeCenter chassis and BladeCenter modules via the SNMP protocol
• Comprehensive monitoring of the health of software stacks for managing IBM hardware
• Easy determination of overall system health by the aggregation of hardware health monitors

The following additional features are part of the IBM Upward Integration for Microsoft System Center. Activation licenses can be purchased by contacting your IBM representative or an IBM Business Partner.

• Monitoring the IBM Integrated Management Module, Offers the ability to list system inventory and basic event.(applied for SCOM 2012 and above)
• Monitoring the IBM Flex System Chassis and Chassis modules using both SNMP v1 and v3.
• Power Monitoring of UEFI/IMM System x Servers and Blades running Windows 2008 & R2. Offers the ability to monitor overall system power usage, and generates alerts when power consumption rises above predefined consumption thresholds
• BladeCenter and Blade hardware health correlation and event propagation providing BladeCenter specific hardware health condition monitoring under the Windows health explorer view.
• Remote power on and off of Blades Servers via the Operations Manager console.
• Hardware Management Software Configuration Advisor for IBM Systems detects the presence of IBM Hardware management pack software dependencies in order to make appropriate configuration recommendations.
• Set custom power consumption thresholds for Power Monitoring alerts via Operations Manager Agent task
• Enable Power Capping and set the maximum power consumption wattage via Operation Manage Agent task
• Offer OOB-IB Reflection to synchronize information obtained by using SNMP and OS.
• Offer the ability to launch a CMM Web Console of a Flex System Chassis from the Operations Manager Console.
• Offer the ability to discover an FSM device and launch an FSM Console in the Operations Manager Console.
• Offer the ability to view System x power data using the IBM System x Power Data Chart.

Supported systems:
Note: Fee-based Power Monitoring support available for systems denoted below with an " * "

• IBM BladeCenter HS12 (8014, 8028)
• IBM BladeCenter HS21 (8853)
• IBM BladeCenter HS22 (7870*, 1911)
• IBM BladeCenter HS22V (7871*)
• IBM BladeCenter HS23 Type (7875*, 1929)
• IBM BladeCenter HS23E (8038*, 8039*)
• IBM BladeCenter HX5 (7872*)
• IBM BladeCenter LS21 (7971)
• IBM BladeCenter LS22 (7901)
• IBM BladeCenter LS41 (7972)
• IBM BladeCenter LS42 (7902)
• IBM Flex System x240 Computer Node (7906*, 2585*)
• IBM Flex System x222 Computer Node (7916)
• IBM Flex System x240 Computer Node (8737*, 8738*, 7863*)
• IBM Flex System x440 Compute Node (7917*)
• IBM NeXtScale Node(5455)
• IBM System x3100 M4 (2582, 2586)
• IBM System x3100 M5 (5457)
• IBM System x3200 M2 (4367, 4368)
• IBM System x3200 M3 (7327*, 7328*)
• IBM System x3250 M2 (4190, 4191, 4194)
• IBM System x3250 M3 (4251*, 4252*, 4261)
• IBM System x3250 M4 (2583, 2587)
• IBM System x3250 M5 (5458)
• IBM System x3300 M4 (7382*)
• IBM System x3350 (4192, 4193)
• IBM System x3400 M2 (7836*, 7837*)
• IBM System x3400 M3 (7378*, 7379*)
• IBM System x3450 (7948, 7949, 4197)
• IBM System x3455 (7940, 7941)
• IBM System x3500 M2 (7839*)
• IBM System x3500 M3 (7380*)
• IBM System x3500 M4 (7383*)
• IBM System x3530 M4 (7160*)
• IBM System x3550 (7978)
• IBM System x3550 M2 (7946*)
• IBM System x3550 M3 (4254, 7944*)
• IBM System x3550 M4 (7914*)
• IBM System x3620 M3 (7376*)
• IBM System x3630 M3 (7377*)
• IBM System x3630 M4 (7158*)
• IBM System x3650 (7979)
• IBM System x3650 M2 (7947*)
• IBM System x3650 M3 (4255, 7945*)
• IBM System x3650 M4 Type (7915*)
• IBM System x3650 M4 HD (5460)
• IBM System x3650 T (7980, 8837)
• IBM System x3655 (7985)
• IBM System x3690 X5 (7147, 7148*, 7149*, 7192)
• IBM System x3750 M4 (8722*,8733*)
• IBM System x3755 (7163, 8877)
• IBM System x3755 M3 (7164)
• IBM System x3850 M2 (7141, 7144, 7233, 7234)
• IBM System x3850 X5 (7143, 7145*, 7146*,7191)
• IBM System x3850 MAX5 (7145*, 7146*)
• IBM System x3950 M2 (7141, 7144, 7233, 7234)
• IBM System x3950 X5 (7143, 7145*, 7146*)
• IBM System x3950 MAX5 (7145*, 7146*)
• System x3850 X6 / x3950 X6 (3837, 3839)
• IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M2 (6380*, 7323*, 7321*)
• IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M3 (6391)
• IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M4 (7912*, 7913*)

Supported Microsoft Versions:

• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1
• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012
• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1
• Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2