Starting the Rack Manager task

This topic describes how to start the Rack Manager task in IBM Director.

To start the Rack Manager task, in the IBM Director Console Tasks pane, drag the Rack Manager task onto a managed system or group.

The left pane displays the Topology view by default. You can change the left pane view by clicking the list above the left pane. Four views are available:
Topology
Displays the Racks tree, which contains any racks that have been created, and the Floor tree, which contains all managed systems and devices that have not been added to a rack. A BladeCenter™ unit is displayed as a Chassis tree. Expanding a Chassis tree displays all blade servers in that chassis.
Components
Displays the predefined components that are available for association and for inclusion in a rack.
Cluster
Displays clusters and cluster members, if any cluster components exist. If there are no cluster components, this option is disabled.
Multi-Node Systems
Displays complexes, partitions, virtual nodes, and I/O expansion units, if any exist. If there are none, this option is disabled.
Information in all of these views is displayed in a tree structure.
The information in the right pane can be displayed in two ways:
Rack view
The right pane is subdivided into two subpanes. The information in the upper-right subpane displays rack information graphically. For example, if a rack component has a hardware-status alert, the rack component is outlined in red (for critical alert), yellow (for warning alert), or blue (for informational alert). The lower-right subpane displays the properties of the component that is selected in the upper pane or the left pane. If the inventory-collection function of IBM® Director does not recognize the managed system or device that is selected in the left pane, Unknown is displayed for some of the properties that are displayed in the lower-right pane.
Table view
The right pane displays rack information, such as position in rack, hardware status, and state, in a table structure.
To view the rack information graphically, click View > Rack view. To view the rack information in table structure, click View > Table view.
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