| Since the advent of IBM p Series Mini-computers, it has been experiencing meaningful development and transformation in the history of computer. The advantages(RISC/POWER/Cluster) of IBM p Series Mini-computers make it still exist in the market and occupy a higher market share, but its advan tages are not absolute. As we know, the development of computer is very rapid, and the upgrade of products is also quick. The products which are similar to IBM p Series Mini-computers appear continuously in the market, and impact the market share of IBM p Series Mini-computers constantly, such as "get rid of IOE" in the Chinese market, and the "I" stands for IBM server products including IBM p Series Mini-computers which can provide virtual service and resoursces integration service. In order to solve the acute problem that IBM p Series Mini-computers’ s market share gradually reduced, the topic oriented the design and implementation of automation configuration tools for IBM p Series Mini-computers was born out of the environment of market competition. The tools make the use of IBM p Series Mini-computers become more conveniently and quickly, and then improve their competitiveness in the market. The users need to input the configuration into EXCEL or TXT files in advance, and the automation configuration tools will configure the system automatically.If you have used IBM p Series Mini-computers, you may know that operating system is AIX, and Power5 L Series start to support Linux and other OS. At the same time, there are many peripherals of IBM p Series Mini-computers, such as VIOS which can integrate the virtual resources, and it is not easy to master the whole products. The primary aim of this subject is to improve the competitiveness of IBM p Series Mini-computers in domestic and foreign markets, and let the users ope rate peripherals and systems of IBM p Series Mini-computers more conveniently and quickly. The project was initiated by IBM, then developed and packaged into products which can be sold to customers, in order to open up broader and more powerful market for IBM p Series Mini-computers.The tools involved in this topic was developed by KSHELL, VBA, JAVA and other development languages,main customers come from large and medium-sized companies in Japan, along with IBM subsidiaries in China Shen Zhen and Su Zhou. Based on the safety and reliability of the system as well as simplicity of operation, interactive function among servers via Open SSH protocal and EXPECT method, achieved data conversion between TXT and EXCEL files by adopting B/S model to deal with large quantities of data, processed the system data using AWK and SED technology, and made innovations in Reading/Writing techonology of compressed files and double check method to make sure the tool cannot be repeated to boot.Based on the characteristics and functions of IBM p Series Mini-computers and its peripherals, we have designed and implemented the automation configuration tools for each type of product pertinently, so as to more effectively promoted the development of IBM p Series Mini-computers and increased its market share, besides that, solved the user reduction problem caused by the complexity of operation. The tools have been lauched and won favourable comments. |
