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As organizations drive to transform and virtualize their IT infrastructures to reduce costs, and manage risk, networking is pivotal to success. Optimizing network performance, availability, adaptability, security, and cost is essential to achieving the maximum benefit from your infrastructure. In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we address the requirements: Expertise to plan and design networks with holistic consideration of servers, storage, application performance and manageability Networking solutions that enable investment protection with performance and cost options that match your environment Technology and expertise to design and implement and manage network security and resiliency Robust network management software for integrated, simplified management that lowers operating costs of complex networks IBM and Brocade have entered into an agreement to provide expanded network technology choices with the new IBM b-type Ethernet Switches and Routers, to provide an integrated end-to-end resiliency and security framework. Combined with the IBM vast data center design experience and the Brocade networking expertise, this portfolio represents the ideal convergence of strength and intelligence. For organizations striving to transform and virtualize their IT infrastructure, such a combination can help you reduce costs, manage risks, and prepare for the future. This book is meant to be used along with "IBM b-type Data Center Networking: Design and Best Practices Introduction," SG24-7786.

The complete guide to running SuSE Linux on IBM Netfinity(r) Servers Netfinity server-specific coverage you can't find anywhere else -- including ServeRAID configuration! Plan, configure, and install key services, step-by-step: Samba, Apache, Sendmail, DNS, DHCP, LDAP, and more All content fully tested by IBM technicians for reliability, clarity, performance, and security The complete, expert guide to running SuSE Linux 6.2/6.3 on IBM Netfinity Servers Extensive networking, Internet, and security coverage: Apache, Sendmail, Samba, DNS/DHCP, ipchains, and more Comprehensive, Netfinity(r) server-specific coverage of installation, configuration, management, and troubleshooting Specific, proven recommendations for disk partitioning, hardware management, SAMBA configuration, and more SuSE Linux performance optimization and system monitoring Here's all the information you need to maximize SuSE Linux performance and reliability on IBM's state-of-the-art Netfinity server platforms. In this book, a team of IBM's top Linux experts presents start-to-finish, Netfinity server-specific coverage of SuSE Linux 6.2/6.3 deployment and system administration throughout the entire system lifecycle! You'll get running fast with IBM's expert step-by-step preparation and installation techniques: review updating your BIOS and firmware; making the CD-ROM bootable, preparing SCSI devices, partitioning, configuration, XWindows setup, deploying IBM ServeRAID in SuSE Linux environments, and much more. Next, you'll master all the key techniques of day-to-day SuSE Linux system administration, including backup and recovery, Internet and email connectivity, DNS/DHCP name services, and using SuSE Linux withSamba as a world-class file/print server for Windows workstations. IBM-tested, proven, and crystal clear, this is the one essential book for everyone running SuSE Linux on Netfinity servers. Sharing Technical Expertise from Around the World Prentice Hall PTR has selected this IBM Redbook for its worldwide publishing program. IBM Redbooks are produced by the International Technical Support Organization where experts from around the world work together to build effective technical information based on their practical work experience. For more information: http: //www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks

As organizations drive to transform and virtualize their IT infrastructures to reduce costs, and manage risk, networking is pivotal to success. Optimizing network performance, availability, adaptability, security, and cost is essential to achieving the maximum benefit from your infrastructure. In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we address the requirements: Expertise to plan and design networks with holistic consideration of servers, storage, application performance and manageability Networking solutions that enable investment protection with performance and cost options that match your environment Technology and expertise to design and implement and manage network security and resiliency Robust network management software for integrated, simplified management that lowers operating costs of complex networks IBM and Brocade have entered into an agreement to provide expanded network technology choices with the new IBM b-type Ethernet Switches and Routers, to provide an integrated end-to-end resiliency and security framework. Combined with the IBM vast data center design experience and the Brocade networking expertise, this portfolio represents the ideal convergence of strength and intelligence. For organizations striving to transform and virtualize their IT infrastructure, such a combination can help you reduce costs, manage risks, and prepare for the future. This book is meant to be used along with "IBM b-type Data Center Networking: Design and Best Practices Introduction," SG24-7786.

Storage growth continues to accelerate, and the cost of disk can approach 80% of total system hardware costs. Yet, the storage in most businesses is typically only about 50% used. How can you take control of your storage assets to render utilization more efficient, and make the most of your storage dollars? IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager helps you discover, monitor, and create enterprise policies for your filesystems and databases. You will find out where all your storage is going and be able to act intelligently on this information. Application availability is improved because you will have early warnings when filesystems are running out of space. If you are thinking about server consolidation, you can use IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager to help efficiently utilize your accumulated storage resources. This IBM Redbooks publication shows how to install, configure, and protect the IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager environment; how to create policies; how to define automated actions like scripts or SNMP events when policies are violated; and how to produce detailed, meaningful storage reports. This book is intended for those who want to learn more about IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager and for those who are about to implement it. The second edition of this book is updated for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Version 1.2 Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.

IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication Version 3, Release 1 brings support for the advanced copy services capabilities on the DS8000 and DS6000, in addition to the support for ESS model 800 and SVC. This support focuses on automating administration and configuration of these services, operational control (starting, suspending, resuming) copy services tasks and monitoring and managing the copy services sessions. In addition to the support for FlashCopy and Metro Mirror, TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication V3R1 supports Global Mirror on the ESS800, DS8000, and DS6000 hardware platforms. Advanced disaster recovery functions are also supported with failover/failback (planned and unplanned) from a primary site to a disaster recovery site. TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication also can monitor the performance of the copy services that provide a measurement of the amount of replication and the amount of time that is required to complete the replication operations. This IBM Redbooks publication provides the information you need to install TotalStorage Productivity Center for Replication, and create and manage replication sessions on a Windows 2003 platform. Scenarios are provided that document the work performed in our laboratory setting, using the GUI and CLI.