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88 IBM Systems Director Management Console: Introduction and Overview
The tasks are available based on the current operating state of the managed
system. The Update Password task is available only when the state of the
managed system is Waiting for Input and the detailed state is Pending
Authentication - Password Updates Required.
5.3.3 System Configuration page
The System Configuration page includes tasks for configuring your managed
system. The tasks include:
򐂰 Create Virtual Server
򐂰 Edit Host
򐂰 Manage System Plans
򐂰 Manage System Profile
򐂰 Workload Management Groups
򐂰 Virtual Server Availability Priority
򐂰 Capacity on Demand
򐂰 Manage Partition Data
The Create Virtual Server task provides a wizard that lets you create a Virtual
Server; it is different in SDMC than in HMC. For more information about creating
a Virtual Server, see 8.1, “Virtual Server creation” on page 132. Capacity on
Demand has also been simplified in SDMC (refer to 5.5, “Capacity on Demand”
on page 94 for more information). The other tasks look and function similar to
how they looked and functioned in HMC.
5.3.4 Virtual Resources page
The Virtual Resources page includes tasks for configuring virtual resources, such
as processors, memory, storage, and networks on your managed system. These
virtual resources are used by the Virtual Servers hosted by the managed system.
The tasks include:
򐂰 Reserved storage device pool management
򐂰 Shared memory pool management
򐂰 Shared processor pool management
򐂰 Virtual network management
򐂰 Virtual storage management
5.3.5 Hardware page
The Hardware page includes the tasks for configuring your Host Ethernet
Adapter (HEA) and Host Channel Adapter (HCA), and for viewing RIO Topology.