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Chapter 1. Overview
The IBM Systems Director Management Console (SDMC) is the successor to the
Hardware Management Console (HMC) and the Integrated Virtualization
Manager (IVM).
It supports all POWER6™ and POWER7 processor-based systems (including
Power Systems blades) with the exception of the 575.
In this chapter, we introduce the SDMC, show some of its history, and position it
in the Power Systems environment. There are new concepts to learn and new
terminology shows up, so we explain to you what has changed.
We also discuss the value proposition of the SDMC and the management
framework in which it is embedded.
This chapter contains the following items for discussion:
򐂰 Power Systems management consoles
򐂰 Positioning the SDMC
򐂰 Transition to the SDMC
򐂰 A brief overview of the SDMC structure
򐂰 An introduction to new terminology
򐂰 A comparison between the functionality of management consoles
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