This is a 16 page whitepaper covering IBM offerings of IBM Director Multiplatform and Cluster Systems Management (CSM).

It will overview both products, comparing them and presenting recommendations as to which might be the best systems management tool in various specific situations. These system management solutions offer customers a choice in the way they can manage their hardware. IBM Director Multiplatform is a comprehensive systems management solution for heterogeneous IBM Server Environments.

IBM CSM for AIX and Linux is a powerful solution that is specialized for homogeneous UNIX and High Performance Computing (HPC) environments. CSM provides integration with IBM Director Multiplatform so that both can be used together to manage machines from a single graphical console, allowing for even greater flexibility and control over the administration of your IT environment.