Managing IBM System X Servers, Blades, and BladeCenter Chassis Using Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager and the IBM Hardware Management Pack

The IBM Hardware Management Pack is imported easily into System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). Once installed, the SCOM discovery wizard can discover IBM System x Servers, Blades, and BladeCenter Systems. The IBM Hardware Management pack provides both in-band and out-of-band management. The IBM Director platform agent, in conjunction with the SCOM agent, provides in-band communications for managed servers. The Advanced Managed Module (AMM) and SNMP manage IBM BladeCenter chassis out-of-band