the following software is available from the ibm web site:

    1 ibm director agent

    you can use ibm director agent to view detailed information about your hardware and software, set up alerts, monitor a variety of system resources, and manage your asset security. ibm director agent streamlines and automates personal computer (pc) systems-management and support tasks, such as asset deployment and tracking.

    2 remote deployment manager

    remote deployment manager (rdm) is a graphical, server-based system deployment program that enables mass unattended installations of operating systems, software images, device drivers, and bios code updates to remote systems. when used with the wake on lan feature, remote deployment manager can remotely turn on your computer so that the installation can be done while the computer is not being used.

    3 system migration assistant

    system administrators can use system migration assistant (sma) to remotely transfer configurations, profile settings, printer device drivers, and files from an ibm or non-ibm computer to supported ibm systems.

    see the product documentation for these tools to determine whether your operating system supports this software. complete the following steps to get information about these tools or to download any of this software:

    1. go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.

    2. under download, click downloads & drivers.

    3. from the brand drop-down list, click systems management; then, click continue.

    4. scroll down and click a product to get more details about the product or to download the product.