BladeCenter systems management software

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 963-975

  Pruett, Gregory ^a   Abbondanzio, Anthony ^a   Bielski, Julianne ^a   Fadale, Tushar D ^a   Merkin, Aaron E ^a   Rafalovich, Ziv ^b   Riedle, Linda A ^a   Simpson, John W ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM HAIFA RESEARCH LAB   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SERVERS;

CHASSIS CONFIGURATION; REMOTE DEPLOYMENT; STORAGE AREA NETWORK; SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE;

MULTIPROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 28844482341     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 00188646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/rd.496.0963     Document Type: Article

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