IBM Platform Cluster Manager for Power is a powerful cluster management software for scale-out and cloud environments. IBM Platform Cluster Manager - Standard Edition for Power, V4.2 is designed to deliver effective provisioning and monitoring for single clusters, all through an easy-to-use web-based interface. IBM Platform Cluster Manager - Advanced Edition for Power, V4.2 extends these capabilities with support for multiple clusters and tenants.

Platform Cluster Manager - Standard Edition for Power, V4.2 offers the following functions:

• Faster time to cluster readiness

• Reduced infrastructure and management costs

• Improved administrator productivity

• Increased cluster uptime

Platform Cluster Manager - Advanced Edition for Power, V4.2 delivers all of the capabilities of Platform Cluster Manager - Standard Edition for Power in addition to the following unique capabilities:

• Support for multiple clusters

• Cluster definitions for simplified deployment of clusters

• Support for multiple tenants via a security enriched VLAN

• Self-service portal for account administrators

Version 4.2 supports the new IBM Power Systems POWER 8 Big Endian servers.

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