Specifications

56 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
The hardware platform for FSM, although based on a Intel compute node, is not
interchangeable with any other compute node. A unique expansion card, not
available on other compute nodes, allows the software stack to communicate on
the private management network.
The FSM is available in two editions: IBM Flex System Manager and IBM Flex
System Manager Advanced.
The IBM Flex System Manager base feature set offers the following functionality:
򐂰 Support up to four managed chassis
򐂰 Support up to 5,000 managed elements
򐂰 Auto-discovery of managed elements
򐂰 Overall health status
򐂰 Monitoring and availability
򐂰 Hardware management
򐂰 Security management
򐂰 Administration
򐂰 Network management (Network Control)
򐂰 Storage management (Storage Control)
򐂰 Virtual machine lifecycle management (VMControl Express)
The IBM Flex System Manager advanced feature set offers all the capabilities of
the base feature set plus:
򐂰 Image management (VMControl Standard)
򐂰 Pool management (VMControl Enterprise)
FSM management: FSM can discover and manage POWER based
resources outside of the IBM Flex System environment, but this feature is not
supported at this time.