Rack Manager window

This topic describes the Rack Manager window in IBM® Director.

Menubar

File >
New Rack…
Displays the Add Rack dialog where you can enter the Rack Name, Rack Description and select the Rack Type from a pull down selection list.
Find Rack…
Displays the Find a Rack dialog. Select a Rack system from the selection list.
Exit
Exits the Rack Manager dialog.
Edit >
Delete
Removes the selected component.
Associate
Displays the Associate dialog where you can select a system from a list to associate with the selected component.
Disassociate
Removes the association with the selected component.
Add
Displays the Add To Rack dialog where you select from the Select Rack pull down and enter a Slot Number representing where the component is located in the rack.
View >
Rack View
Displays the rack in a graphical mode.
Table View
Displays the rack information in a tabular mode.

Toolbars

Refresh icon
Refreshes the Rack Manager window with updated inventory information.
Rack view icon
Toggles the view from tabular view to graphical.
Table view icon
toggles the view from graphical view to tabular.

Fields

Left pane
The left pane has a list box from which you can select topology, components, clusters, and multinode systems. These selections are used to create, configure, and manage the managed systems and devices of a rack.
Topology
The Topology view contains managed systems and devices that appear in the Rack list or the Floor list. A system or device appears beneath a rack, and racks are organized alphabetically. All systems or devices that are not members of a rack are visible in the Floor list. A BladeCenter™ is displayed as a Chassis, and if you expand it all the blade servers for that chassis appear. If the rack or rack components have not been created, then the Topology list will place all the managed systems and devices associated with the targeted managed system or device in the Floor list.

Click on a rack or a rack component to display property data in the right pane. If you right-click the rack or rack component, you can select an IBM Director task. You also use the right-click menu to associate or disassociate the component from a particular rack. Each rack component that is associated with a managed system or device will be monitored for any changes in status. Rack components that are not associated with a managed systems or devices will not be monitored and will always appear in the normal state.

Components
The Components view displays all components, by category, that you can use to configure racks. Expand a category to view the components of that type. For each component, component information is displayed so that you can determine which component to use. Measurements for components are shown in US, metric units, and EIA (U) units.
Clusters
The Clusters list displays clusters and cluster members, if any cluster components exist. Otherwise, this option is disabled. Components not included in a cluster are considered independent. Although a component might have an independent classification, it might be in a rack. Selecting a cluster highlights all the devices in the cluster that are currently on display in Rack Manager.
Multi-Node Systems
The Multi-Node Systems list displays complexes, partitions, virtual nodes, and I/O expansion units, if any exist. Otherwise, this option is disabled.
Right pane
The right pane either identifies rack information as a listing (Table View) or as a graphical representation of a rack with managed components (Rack View). The Rack View includes a pane that provides resource information which displays properties for each rack and its components when selected.

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