Fujitsu V3.1 Target groups and objective of this manual, System requirements

1 Introduction

VIOM provides an easy-to-use Web-based graphical user interface, which you can launch using the ServerView Operations Manager. Using this inter- face, you can carry out all the necessary tasks for managing the I/O param- eters of a PRIMERGY blade server or PRIMERGY rack server and for the LAN connection blade, the IBP module in PRIMERGY blade server.

VIOM also provides a comprehensive command line interface, which you can use to perform administrative VIOM tasks in a script-based environment. The VIOM CLI (command line interface) provides an easy-to-use interface for creating scripts and automating administrative tasks.

The command line interface is available both on Windows and Linux plat- forms, and you install it using separate installation packages. For more infor- mation on VIOM CLI, see the documentation entitled "ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Command Line Interface".

1.1Target groups and objective of this manual

This manual is aimed at system administrators, network administrators and service professionals, who have a sound knowledge of hardware and soft- ware. The manual describes the functionality and user interface of theVirtual- IO Manager.

1.2System requirements

Central management station

•Operating system for the central management station

oMicrosoft Windows® ServerTM 2003 all editions

oMicrosoft Windows® ServerTM 2003 R2 all editions

oMicrosoft Windows® ServerTM 2008 all editions

oMicrosoft Windows® ServerTM 2008 R2 all editions

oLinux Novell (SLES10): SP2 and SP3

oNovell (SLES 11): SP1 and SP2

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