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Chassis Management Module, command line interface (CLI), web interface, IBM System
Network Element Manager (SNEM), or any third-party SNMP-based management tool.
Compute Node Management Processors
There are two types of compute nodes in an IBM Flex System:
򐂰 For IBM x86 (intel-based) compute nodes, the management interface is IMMv2, which is a
powerful management interface providing control at node-level.
򐂰 For POWER compute node, Flexible Service Processor(FSP) provides a serial-over-lan
(SOL) interface for performing common management tasks on the node.
Table 3-1 gives an overview of system management capabilities of these hardware
management devices.
Table 3-1 System management
3.1.1 IBM Flex System Storage Management
The IBM Flex System offers strong storage management capabilities that allow you to gain
advanced functionality with storage nodes in your system while also taking advantage of your
existing storage infrastructure through advanced virtualization.
The advanced Storage Management features in an IBM Flex System include:
򐂰 Automated discovery and inventory - Physical seating of Storage Node triggers
discovery and inventory, automatically adding it to IBM Flex System Manager
򐂰 Intelligent storage provisioning - Integrated storage allocation
򐂰 Automated firmware update - Update Manager provides firmware level compliance
monitoring and management
򐂰 Integrated event monitoring - Seamless visibility to events and status
򐂰 Automatic credential exchange - Storage Node’s initial credentials are set via IBM Flex
System Manager
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node
IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node, is physically and logically integrated into an IBM Flex
System. IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is designed on the industry-leading storage
IBM Flex System Manager IBM Flex System Chassis
Management Module
IMMv2 / Flexible
Service Processor
Network Switch
򐂰 Remote access via browser
򐂰 Multi-Chassis Rack
Management
򐂰 Configuration and Updates
򐂰 Network Configuration
Manger
򐂰 Service & Support Manager
򐂰 Virtualization Management
(VM Control)
򐂰 Active Energy Manager
򐂰 Local Console for Chassis
Management
򐂰 Remote control for Compute
node(s)
򐂰 Aggregation point for
chassis
򐂰 Integrated Remote Chassis
Management
򐂰 Power and Thermal
Management
򐂰 Internal Chassis Network
with Management packet
forwarding
򐂰 Web, CLI, SNMP, CIM-XML
򐂰 CMM redundancy (optional
additional CMM)
򐂰 RAS, FFDC, Service
&Support, Chassis Event
Logs
򐂰 Remote Presence
(CLI/video/USB)
򐂰 Power and Thermal
Management.
򐂰 Inventory, Fault
detection
򐂰 Update
Management
򐂰 Configuration
Management
򐂰 RAS (reliability,
availability,
serviceability),
FFDC (First-failure
data capture), Logs
򐂰 Power, Thermal
sensing
򐂰 Update
Management
򐂰 Inventory, Fault
detection
򐂰 Configuration
Management
򐂰 RAS, FFDC
(First-failure data
capture), Logs
򐂰 SNMP, CLI, Web,
other proprietary
protocols