Use the BladeCenter® Management task to configure BladeCenter chassis, management
modules, and network devices; start a command-line interface to the management
module, start a Web application to view BladeCenter product settings and
information, or start vendor software to manage your switches or other network
devices.
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Supported IBM® Director objects |
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Supported operating systems | For detailed operating-system support information, see the IBM Director information center on the Web at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo/fqm0_main.html. |
Availability | Extension to the IBM Director product. The standard IBM Director product installation offers this extension as an optionally installed feature. |
Required hardware or hardware limitations | BladeCenter chassis, management modules, network devices, and blade servers. |
Required software | (For BladeCenter Configuration Manager) If you use the option to deploy operating systems to your blade servers, Remote Deployment Manager is required. |
Required protocols | Telnet |
Required device drivers | None |
Mass Configuration support | No, but the BladeCenter Configuration Manager subtask provides a feature where you can apply profiles created in the BladeCenter Configuration Manager against one or more managed objects at a time. |
Scheduler support | Yes, you can schedule to apply profiles created in the BladeCenter Configuration Manager against one or more managed objects. |
Files associated with this task | (For BladeCenter Configuration Manager) An XML file for importing and exporting BladeCenter chassis configuration profile information. |
Events associated with this task |
For detailed events information, see the IBM Director information center on the Web at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo/fqm0_main.html. |