<s>
IBM	O
Systems	O
Director	O
is	O
an	O
element	O
management	O
system	O
(	O
EMS	O
)	O
(	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
workgroup	O
management	O
system	O
"	O
)	O
first	O
introduced	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
1993	O
as	O
NetFinity	B-Application
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
OS/2	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
TME	O
10	O
NetFinity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
it	O
reverted	O
to	O
a	O
slightly	O
altered	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
original	O
name	O
:	O
IBM	O
Netfinity	B-Application
Manager	O
(	O
note	O
the	O
lowercase	O
'	O
f	O
 '	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
IBM	O
announced	O
Netfinity	B-Application
Director	O
;	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
based	O
on	O
Tivoli	O
IT	O
Director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
IBM	O
Netfinity	B-Application
Manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
IBM	O
renamed	O
its	O
Netfinity	B-Application
line	O
of	O
enterprise	O
servers	O
to	O
xSeries	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
IBM	B-Application
Director	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
6.1	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
renamed	O
from	O
IBM	B-Application
Director	I-Application
to	O
IBM	O
Systems	O
Director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	B-Application
Director	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
3	O
components	O
:	O
an	O
agent	O
,	O
a	O
console	O
and	O
a	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
take	O
full	O
advantage	O
of	O
IBM	B-Application
Director	I-Application
's	O
capabilities	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
Director	I-Application
Agent	O
must	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
monitored	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inventory	O
and	O
management	O
data	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
(	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
IBM	B-Application
DB2	I-Application
Universal	O
Database	O
or	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
)	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
separate	O
or	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
server	O
where	O
IBM	B-Application
Director	I-Application
Server	O
resides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smaller	O
deployments	O
can	O
also	O
utilize	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Jet	I-Application
or	O
MSDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
server	O
is	O
configured	O
and	O
managed	O
using	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
Director	I-Application
Console	O
from	O
any	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
workstation	O
.	O
</s>
