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This support plan is the same plan as the support plan for the Hardware
Management Console. For proper and supported function, the firmware level of
managed systems and of the Hardware Management Console always had to
match the Supported Code Combinations, as documented in the POWER code
matrix. The Supported Code Combinations are available at IBM Fix Central in the
Hardware Management Console section at the following address:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral
1.4 Systems Director Management Console structure
The SDMC is available as a software and a hardware appliance. The software
appliance will replace the Integrated Virtualization Manager. The hardware
appliance is required for management of midrange systems and high-end
systems. The SDMC releases can be used alongside the Hardware
Management Console during trials and deployment, which eases transition.
The SDMC virtual machine contains Linux as the base operating system. For the
software appliance, the client supplied virtualization options for different
hypervisors include Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization KVM or VMware
ESX/ESXi.
The SDMC is also available as follows:
򐂰 Software appliance
– Replaces Integrated Virtualization Manager or HMC.
– Can be installed on either VMware or KVM.
– The client supplies the hardware.
򐂰 Hardware appliance
– Replaces Hardware Management Console.
– Pre-installed system like an HMC.
– Hardware provided by IBM.
– Uses the RHEV-H hypervisor.
Note: The SDMC does not support the Power 575, POWER5
technology-based systems and POWER5 technology-based I/O towers
connected to a POWER6 technology-based server.