Software Announcement October 26, 1999

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IBM Netfinity Director with Universal Manageability Services v2.11 — New Tools to Help Manage Your Networked Systems

Overview Netfinity Director with UM Services provides an industry standard At a Glance Netfinity Director, the latest IBM foundation for easy adoption into Universal Manageability (UM) heterogeneous environments where Netfinity Director is a offering, is a powerful, it can help reduce your total cost of comprehensive entry-level highly-integrated, systems ownership (TCO). Leveraging these workgroup hardware manager: standards, it can integrate into management software solution built • upon industry standards and robust enterprise and workgroup Designed for IBM and non-IBM designed for ease-of-use. With an management systems from a server, desktop, workstation intuitive, JAVA-based GUI, an number of vendors: and laptop systems administrator can centrally manage • • Supports system management individual or large groups of IBM and Tivoli • industry standards non-IBM PC-based servers, Computer Associates • desktops, workstations, and Microsoft • Allows clean integration into • notebooks on a variety of platforms: Intel leading workgroup and enterprise systems • Microsoft Windows 95 and Key Prerequisites management environments Windows 98 • Microsoft Windows NT Server running Windows NT, Console • Easy to learn, setup, and use • Novell NetWare running Windows NT, Windows 98, or • OS/2 Windows 95; clients running EXTRA! EXTRA! . . . Windows NT, Windows 98, Subscribe to IBM iSource, your electronic Key management functions include: Windows 95, OS/2, or NetWare in a source for customized IBM information! LAN using supported protocols: Go to our Web site at • Robust group management from http://www.ibm.com/isource a central location • NetBIOS or send an e-mail to • System discovery • [email protected] TCP/IP with the word SUBSCRIBE in the body. • Hardware and software inventory • IPX • Monitoring • SNA • Event alerting • Automated event responses Planned Availability Date • Upgrade capability to Tivoli IT Director January 28, 2000 Data is maintained within a centralized SQL data repository. Even if a system is powered off, the most recent information is always available. Netfinity Director with UM Services embraces systems management industry standards from the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) that includes the Common Information Model (CIM), Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), and the Extensible Markup Language (XML). It also supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 299-323 Netfinity Director provides basic systems management Description functionality for all managed systems. Netfinity Director, in combination with other IBM UM offerings, provide Netfinity Director is the next generation of systems specialized added value function when used to manage management software from IBM. It is now easier to use supported IBM: and contains greater functionality than the existing Netfinity Manager product offering. With Netfinity • Netfinity Servers Director, IT administrators can view the hardware • IntelliStation professional workstations configuration of remote systems in detail and monitor the • PC 300 desktops usage and performance of critical components, such as • ThinkPad notebooks processors, disks, and memory. Pending errors can be detected before they become a problem. Netfinity Netfinity Director with UM Services is designed to Director can alert administrators in various ways, such integrate with workgroup or enterprise systems as by: management applications, including: • • Sound Tivoli Enterprise Framework • • Visual pop-ups Tivoli Netview NT • • e-mail Computer Associates Unicenter TNG Framework • • Pager notification Microsoft SMS • Intel LANDesk Management Suite Netfinity Director operates using three main components: Netfinity Director provides an extensible platform that • Netfinity Director Management Server is installed on supports LCTs. These are designed to lower the total cost a Windows NT 4.0 system in the managed of deploying, managing, supporting, and disposing of environment. As the heart of the Netfinity Director supported PC systems. By deploying Netfinity Director product, it provides the management application logic and related UM offerings, reductions to the total cost of and pertinent data store of management information ownership (TCO) can be achieved through: via an SQL database. • Reduced down time • Netfinity Director Management Console is a Java • Increased productivity of IT personnel and end users application that serves as the user interface to the • Reduced service and support costs Netfinity Director-managed environment. Designed for ease-of-use, setup, and learning, the console provides UM Server Extensions comprehensive hardware management based on a single click or drag-and-drop operation. UM Server Extensions are powerful, comprehensive LCTs • UM Services is a Tivoli Ready set of services that is for selected IBM Netfinity Servers that extend the the agent for Netfinity Director. UM Services provide manageability of Netfinity Servers. Tools included: valuable information to Netfinity Director management • Advanced Systems Management — Server problems server and other supported management applications. happen for a number of reasons: It provides point-to-point remote management of client systems through a Web browser window, in addition to − Applications with memory leaks its native interface with the Netfinity Director − Failing or soon to fail hardware Management Console. − Unstable applications − Everyday use Netfinity Director UM Services communicates with physical (BIOS, LAN Adapters, storage devices) and Advanced Systems Management, through the service logical devices (networks, operating systems, registry, or processor, gives you exceptional control of remote applications) to surface data and monitor status. Data systems; you can monitor critical subsystems, restart and alerts are organized into specialized CIM providers logs, and troubleshoot Netfinity servers — even if the with objects that expose properties, events, and methods. targeted system is not powered on. CIM properties and events can be translated into SNMP variables and traps. Netfinity Director is extended with • Capacity Manager — As the number of users of server additional Life Cycle Tools (LCTs) from IBM. applications increases, so does the server resource use. Over time, this can result in an application failure Major functions available with Netfinity Director with UM due to resource depletion. Capacity Manager tracks Services: resource utilization, identifies multiple levels of existing or potential bottlenecks, and makes • General System Information: recommendations to improve performance. − Operating system − Basic hardware • Cluster Systems Management — Cluster management − Multimedia poses unique management challenges as middleware − Devices and ports and hardware devices are shared by multiple servers. − Memory Cluster Systems Management enhances reliability by − Network cards conveniently helping you control, set up, and manage − Disks and modems clustered servers from a single graphical user • Proactive Systems Management: interface. Systems administrators can be alerted to − Event logs any event in a cluster (hardware, operating system, − Power Management and MSCS). These alerts reduce downtime by − System Shutdown, including powering down to a immediately sending e-mail, pages, or running other completely off state for Windows NT programs. − AssetID Configuration • Netfinity SP Switch Administration — The Netfinity − Alert on LAN Configuration SP Switch is resilient to failure due to redundant − System Monitors componentry and an integrated service processor. − SNMP Trap Configuration The Netfinity SP Switch Administrator monitors the − Remote Control operating status of various switch components, by

299-323 -2- providing proactive alert notification in the unlikely Tivoli IT Director: Netfinity Director can be upgraded with event that a component should fail. a “key” to the Tivoli IT Director. For more information on IT Director and IT Director remarketers, visit: • RAID Manager — RAID manager reduces the management time needed to configure and to manage http://www.tivoli.com ServeRAID . Hot spares are reduced with the new RAID 5E support which reserves space on existing Year 2000 drives for rebuilds. Data scrubbing and autosynchronization of the parity drive can now start These products are Year 2000 ready, which means that, without human intervention. RAID migration enables when used in accordance with their associated migration from previous RAID levels to increase free documentation, they are capable of correctly processing, space and logical drive space. providing, and/or receiving date data within and between • Software Rejuvenation — Cumulative application the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provided that all software errors impact the availability of your server. products (for example, hardware, software, and firmware) Through an easy-to-use calendar interface, Software used with the products properly exchange accurate date Rejuvenation allows intelligent refreshing of the data with them. software on your MSCS clustered nodes. The service end date for these Year-2000-ready products The UM Server Extensions are available from our Web is September 30, 2001. site at: Euro Currency http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/solutions/ enterprise/sysmgmt/products These programs are not impacted by euro currency. UM Desktop Extensions Product Positioning UM Desktop Extensions are a set of LCTs for selected IBM PC desktops and IntelliStation workstations. They expand Netfinity Director is the next generation of manageability the functions of Netfinity Director and UM Services. Tools software built on the successes of IBM′s top-rated1 included: Netfinity Manager. Based on industry standards and technologies that integrate smoothly into the customer′s • CMOS Configurator — allows remote access to CMOS chosen management environment, Netfinity Director, and allows changes to be made from a central along with IBM′s other UM offerings, provides an administrator′s console while the PC is up and running. impressive suite of systems management tools. It is Changes take affect the next time the PC is rebooted. designed to create the most manageable systems in the • ConfigSafe — System problems arise for a number of industry and to help reduce the Total Cost of Ownership reasons: throughout the life cycle of your IBM PC desktops, IntelliStation workstations, ThinkPad notebooks, and − Software conflicts Netfinity servers. − Unstable applications − Everyday use Netfinity Director is uniquely positioned to operate in a variety of environments. As the sole systems imagine LAN ConfigSafe helps keep your users management application in an environment, it can productive by quickly restoring their computer to a provide a complete management solution for inventorying working configuration, right over the network. hardware features and settings, general system information, invoking proactive systems management • EZ-Admin — EZ-Admin reduces the administrative functions, and a direct link to IBM service and support overhead associated with user-induced problems by Web pages. The extensible architecture provided by hiding or disabling operating system features, or leveraging industry standards allows for easy integration limiting user access to specific programs. EZ-Admin with other systems management tools and applications. offers an easy way to implement the functionality included with Microsoft Zero Administration Kit for 1 Netfinity Manager had the top satisfaction marks, ranking Windows (ZAK/ZAW). first or tied for first in functionality, ease of use, and integration with the respondent′s enterprise systems • PC-Doctor for UM Services — You can use the management and desktop management according to the 1998 PC-Doctor diagnostic tests against major computer User Ratings Survey of PC Servers performed by Datapro components. You can run these tests locally through as part of GartnerGroup. Contact GartnerGroup for more information. a computer that has UM Services installed or remotely through the Internet or your intranet. Trademarks

• SMART Reaction II — SMART Reaction enables a PC Netfinity Manager, Alert on LAN, SP, ServeRAID, and to automatically backup data on the hard disk drive in SMART Reaction are trademarks of International Business the event of a hard disk S.M.A.R.T. alert. It provides Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries continuous mirroring of critical data — to prevent loss or both. of data that costs you money. SMART Reaction II also Netfinity, OS/2, IntelliStation, PC 300, and ThinkPad are includes a new feature, Revive, which allows you to registered trademarks of International Business Machines boot to a hidden, backed-up partition in the event of a Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. hard drive failure. LANDesk is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of The UM Desktop Extensions are available from our Web Microsoft Corporation. site at: Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Other company, product, and service names may be http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/solutions/ trademarks or service marks of others. enterprise/sysmgmt/products

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October 26, 1999

Netfinity Director Management Server is supported on the Publications IBM systems listed above with the following recommended configuration: The following publications are shipped with the program products and cannot be ordered separately: • Pentium II 300 MHz, or faster • 128 MB system memory • Netfinity Director Quick Beginnings • 150 MB virtual memory • Netfinity Director User′s Guide (softcopy) • 300 MB free disk space • UM Services User′s Guide (softcopy) Netfinity Director Management Console is supported on the IBM systems listed above and on systems running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system. Technical Information Recommended configuration: Pentium II 300 MHz processor or faster, 64 MB RAM; 20 MB free disk; TCP/IP Specified Operating Environment networking protocol. UM Services is supported on the IBM systems listed Hardware Requirements above and on systems with SMBIOS 2.0 or greater meeting Intel Wired for Management (WfM) 2.0 Supported IBM Systems specification. Recommended configuration: Pentium • Netfinity Servers class processor, 64 MB RAM; 16 MB free disk space (default configuration). Additional memory and disk − Netfinity 1000 space is required if additional options are selected. − Netfinity 3000 − Netfinity 3500 Software Requirements − Netfinity 3500 M10 − Netfinity 5000 Netfinity Director Management Server requires: − Netfinity 5500 − Netfinity 5500 M10 • Windows NT 4.0, with Service Pack 4, or later − Netfinity 5500 M20 • TCP/IP networking protocol − Netfinity 5600 • Microsoft Peer Web Server of Microsoft Internet − Netfinity 7000 M10 Information Server 3.0 or Netscape FastTrack or − Netfinity 8500R Enterprise Web servers (optional) • IntelliStation workstations One of the following supported databases: − E-Pro — 6893 • Microsoft JET 4.0 (included) − M-Pro — 6889, 6898 • Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0 − Z-Pro — 6865 • IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 5.2 • IBM PC desktops Netfinity Director Management Console requires: − PC 300GL — 6268, 6272, 6275, 6277, 6278, 6282, • One of the following Operating Systems: 6284, 6285, 6287, 6288, 6561, 6563, 6564, 6574, 6591 − Windows NT 4.0, with Service Pack 4, or later − PC 300PL — 6562, 6565, 6592, 6871, 6862, 6892 − Windows 95, with OEM Service Release 2 − Windows 98 − PC 300XL — 6588 • TCP/IP networking protocol − PC 710 — 6870 UM Services requires: •  ThinkPad notebooks • One of the following Operating Systems: − 240 − Windows NT 4.0, with Service Pack 4, or later − 380XD, 380Z − Windows 95, with OEM Service Release 2 − 390, 390X, 390E − Windows 98  − 560X, 560Z − OS/2 4.0 with Service Pack 5 − 570 − OS/2 Warp Server for e-business − 600, 600E − Novell NetWare 4.x with Service Pack 5, or later − 770, 770E, 770ED, 770X, 770Z − Novell NetWare 5.x • One of the following Network Protocols (Windows NT, Note: Some models may not be available in your area. Windows 95, Windows 98, and OS/2): − TCP/IP − NetBIOS − IPX − SNA

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

IBM United States IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 299-323 Upward Integration Modules are provided for the IBM will respond to your request via e-mail within one following workgroup or enterprise managers: business day (response times may vary). Resolution times will vary. Web e-mail support hours of operation: • Tivoli Management Framework Version 3.6 • Tivoli Software Distribution Version 3.6 U.S. and Canada — 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., eastern • Tivoli Enterprise Console Version 3.6 standard time • Tivoli NetView Version 5.1.1 for Windows NT • Computer Associates Unicenter TNG Framework The Web Forum and e-mail Support will be available for Version 2.2, AIM IT Workgroup Edition Version 3.0, Netfinity Director with UM Services v2.11 until and SHIPIT Workgroup Edition Version 2.0 September 30, 2001. • Microsoft SMS Version 2.0 • Microsoft SMS Version 1.2 Packaging: The Netfinity Director with UM Services v2.11 • Intel LANDesk Management Suite Version 6.2 program package includes: Optionally, one of the following Web browsers for direct • One CD-ROM containing: access to a client running UM Services: − Netfinity Director Management Server • Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01, or later − Netfinity Director Management Console • Netscape Communicator 4.5, or later − UM Services • Netscape Navigator 4.5, or later − Softcopy publications − Language versions when available Compatibility: Netfinity Director with UM Services v2.11 • Netfinity Director Quick Beginnings is the next generation of Netfinity System Management software. It can coexist with existing Netfinity Manager • Netfinity Director License and Netfinity Services products. Limited integration of • Netfinity Director License Key Netfinity Manager into Netfinity Director is provided for discovery, alerts, and inventory from Netfinity Services clients. Security, Auditability, and Control

UM Services, contained in Netfinity Director with UM Netfinity Director with UM Services v2.11 uses the Services v2.11, is upwardly compatible with UM security and audit capability features of the systems in Services 2.0. For additional information, refer to the UM which it is installed. Services User′s Guide. The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and Limitations: Netfinity Director with UM Services v2.11 implementation of security features, administrative can manage up to 1,500 licensed clients with one procedures, and appropriate controls in application management server. There are no limitations to the systems and communication facilities. number of consoles that can be installed and supported with one management server. Ordering Information Performance Considerations: The number of clients that can be efficiently managed by Netfinity Director with UM Order Feature Part Services v2.11 can vary according to existing network Description Type Number Number load and the functions being performed. System discovery, frequent presence checks, and alert usage will Netfinity Director 5801-AAR 6873 11K6309 increase network traffic. Precise performance information with UM Services must be ascertained in each individual environment. v2.11 UM Services 2.x 5807-AAR 1472 11K6314 When installing the default configuration for UM Services 20 Additional on the client, 32 MB of system memory is sufficient. Client Licenses However, if more UM Services options are selected, and Netfinity 64 MB of system memory is recommended. Director Client Key Planning Information UM Services 2.x 5807-AAR 1473 11K6315 100 Additional Web Forum Support: IBM support includes a Forum Topic Client Licenses accessible from the IBM Enterprise Support Web page at: and Netfinity Director Client http://www.ibm.com/pc/ww/solutions/ Key enterprise/support UM Services 2.x 5807-AAR 1474 11K6316 1000 Additional This support, monitored by IBM personnel, includes a Client Licenses search facility to quickly locate previous postings on and Netfinity Netfinity Director and UM Services related topics. IBM Director Client will respond to your posting within one business day Key (response and resolution times can vary). Web Forum Support monitoring hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to Note: Netfinity Director 2.11 is a client/server product 9:00 p.m. eastern time. that has two entitlements:

Web e-mail-Based Support: Technical support is 1. Management Server that grants the entitlement to available from the IBM Enterprise Support Web page. To install and use one management server. obtain access to electronic technical support, have the 2. Client licenses that grant the entitlement to manage following information ready: one client. • Your e-mail address • Your IBM machine type and serial number

299-323 -2- Client use packs are only required to manage non-IBM Client Use Packs are only required to manage non-IBM client systems. Use packs are not required to manage client systems. Use Packs are not required to manage supported IBM systems up to a limit of 1,500 clients from supported IBM systems up to a limit of 1,500 clients from an individual server. an individual server. There are no charges for the Management Console Terms and Conditions component of the product.

Licensing: IBM International License Agreement for Customer Financing: IBM Global Financing offers Non-Warranted Programs. attractive financing to credit-qualified commercial and government customers and Business Partners in more License Information Form Number: NDLI-2110-00 than 40 countries around the world. IBM Global Financing is provided by the IBM Credit Corporation in the United Limited Warranty Applies: No States. Offerings, rates, terms, and availability may vary by country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing Program Services: None organization. Country organizations are listed on the Web at: Money-Back Guarantee: 30-day, money-back guarantee http://www.financing.ibm.com

Copy and Use on Home/Portable Computer: No Trademarks

Volume Orders: No Netfinity Manager is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Passport Advantage Applies: No Netfinity, IntelliStation, ThinkPad, DB2 Universal Database, OS/2, NetView, AIX, and AS/400 are registered trademarks Passport Advantage Subscription Applies: No of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both. Upgrades: Customers can acquire upgrades up to the Pentium and LANDesk are trademarks of Intel Corporation. currently authorized level of use of the qualifying Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of programs. Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and AIX /UNIX Upgrade Protection Applies: No other countries exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Entitled Upgrade for Current AIX/UNIX Upgrade Other company, product, and service names may be Protection Licensees: No trademarks or service marks of others.

AS/400 Software Subscription Applies: No Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure Variable Charges Apply: No Statements made in this announcement regarding Year 2000 are “Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures” under the Year 2000 Charges Information and Readiness Disclosure Act of 1998, a U.S. statute enacted on October 19, 1998.

Part Description Number OTC1

Netfinity Director 11K6309 $ 1,795 with UM Service v2.11

UM Services v2.x 11K6314 1,199 20 Additional Licenses and Netfinity Director Client Key

UM Services v2.x 11K6315 5,995 100 Additional Licenses and Netfinity Director Client Key

UM Services v2.x 11K6316 59,950 1000 Additional Licenses and Netfinity Director Client Key 1 One-time charge Note: Netfinity Director 2.11 is a client/server product that has two entitlements: 1. Management Server that grants the entitlement to install and use one management server. 2. Client licenses that grant the entitlement to manage one client.

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