Management Central

Are you interested in making your system administration tasks simpler, easier, less time-consuming, and much less repetitive? Are you looking to lower your overall total cost of server ownership? iSeries™ Navigator provides the technology you need to do systems management tasks across one or more servers simultaneously.

Click Management Central in iSeries Navigator to find easy-to-use systems management functions that come to you as part of your base operating system. Management Central in iSeries Navigator allows you to manage one or more systems through a single central system. Select a server to use as your central system, then add endpoint systems to your Management Central network. You can create groups of similar or related endpoint systems to make managing and monitoring your systems even easier. Your central system will handle the communications for you. You can even take advantage of such options as scheduling and unattended operations. You'll find that Management Central is flexible and easily manipulated to suit your needs.

With iSeries Navigator for Wireless, administrators have even more flexibility in how they access and interact with Management Central. The iSeries Navigator for Wireless overview contains tips on which devices to use, how to install and configure the required elements, and a comprehensive overview of the functions.

• What's new for V5R4
  There are several new features in Management Central for V5R4.
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• Get started with Management Central
  To get the most out of Management Central, set up your central system and endpoint systems in a way that makes sense for your business environment. When you have finished these preliminary steps, you are ready to start working with Management Central.
• Work with Management Central
  After Management Central has been set up, you can use it to streamline your server administration tasks.
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