System information

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Figure 3-16 SLES Installation - Hardware configuration
24.The Installation Settings display enables you to configure various types of hardware. The
hardware configuration can also be done later with the program YaST2. For example, you
can set up your network interfaces here. When satisfied, click Next to finish the
installation.
25.The installer will then reboot into the installed Linux. The installation is finished.
26.In our case, we needed to change the file /etc/sysconfig/hotplug to make the mouse work
in X. Search for the line that start with HOTPLUG_USB_STATIC_MODULES=... and add
mousedev to the list at that line. At the next reboot, the mouse should work in X.
If the server starts up by default in X, you can switch to a console terminal with
Crtl+Alt+F1 or, in KDE, you can use Alt+F1 to access the menu for a terminal.
3.6 Installation of IBM Director Agent
In this section, we will give you a short overview of what IBM Director is and how to install the
IBM Director Agent section on a Linux system. For more information about IBM Director and
system management of the IBM Eserver BladeCenter, we refer you to the IBM Eserver
BladeCenter Systems Management Redpaper, REDP3582.
3.6.1 Overview of IBM Director V4
IBM Director is a comprehensive workgroup hardware manager designed for use with
IBM Eserver xSeries servers, PCs, notebooks and now IBM Eserver BladeCenter.
IBM Director V4 includes support for your IBM Eserver BladeCenter server, enabling you to
manage, deploy and monitor your system much more efficiently. IBM Director includes
features such as self-management and proactive and predictive tools which provide higher
levels of availability and reliability. The IBM Director software is made up of three
components: