Users Guide

Resource Operational State

After initiating the resource discovery, Active System Manager (ASM) assigns one or more of the following

states to the resources. These operational states display in the State columns of the Resources → All

Resources tab.

State Description

Available Ready to be used.

Deploying Indicates deployment is in progress.

Pending Indicates the following tasks are in progress:

• Discovering resources is in progress.

• Determining resource details

• Validating support for resource details such as firmware version

• Applying template to the resource

• Updating firmware

• Removing resource from ASM.

Powering On Indicates the resource is powered on.

Powering Off Indicates the resource is powered off.

Errors Indicates an error encountered while executing the last job on the

resource.

Unknown Indicates Active System Manager does not support resources of this

type, configuration, make, and/or model.

Understanding Server Pools

In ASM, a Server Pool is a set of servers grouped for specific use-cases such as business units or workload

purposes. An administrator can also specify a set of users who can access these server pools.

The Server Pools tab lists the existing server pools and enables you to perform the following actions:

• Create or edit server pools

• Delete existing server pools

Click a server pool from the list to view detailed information in the following tabs:

• Servers – Lists the number of servers associated with the server pool.

• Users – Lists the number of users who has the access rights to the server pool.