System information

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Integration with enterprise system management environments
IBM Director agents should be installed on each of the blade servers as this allows system
management of the blades and also provides the advanced management capabilities of the
xSeries servers to be accessed from such products as:
򐂰 Tivoli® Enterprise™ and Tivoli Netview
򐂰 Computer Associates CA Unicenter TNG
򐂰 HP OpenView
򐂰 Microsoft® SMS
򐂰 BMC Patrol
򐂰 NetIQ
This is an important consideration for organizations who have already spent time, money and
resources on existing system management tools.
Web interface
The Web interface allows you to configure and remotely manage your IBM Eserver
BladeCenter via a browser; this is built into the management module.
Supported browsers and required components are:
򐂰 Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Service Pack 1, or later
򐂰 Netscape Navigator 4.72, or later (version 6.0 is not supported)
򐂰 Java-enabled Web browser
򐂰 Support for JaveScript 1.2 or later
򐂰 HTTP 1.0, or later
򐂰 Minimum display resolution 800*600 pixels and 256 colors
The Management Module Ethernet port either receives a DHCP assigned address within two
minutes of connecting to the LAN or it defaults to the following IP address 192.168.70.125
with a subnet address of 255.255.255.0. The default hostname is MMxxxxxxxxxxxx where
xxxxxxxxxxxx is the MAC address.
Note: The Web interface does not support double-byte character set languages (DBCS).
Note: If multiple IBM Eserver BladeCenters are to be configured, only one can be
assigned the default IP address of 92.168.70.125, otherwise IP address conflicts will occur.
If your DHCP server is not on the same subnet as the BladeCenter Management Module
console, DHCP traffic needs to be allowed to traverse the router to the Management
Module console to receive an DHCP assigned address, or IBM Director Server needs to be
on the same subnet as the IBM Eserver BladeCenter.