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See “Planning for SAS RAID controller module” on page 66 for more information
about configuring the integrated shared storage when using SAS RAID controller
modules.
Deployment tools
Use deployment tools to configure chassis modules, to maintain operating system
software, firmware, and drivers on blade servers, and to provision storage for your
BladeCenter S system.
IBM Director
The IBM Director program is IBM's systems management product. Through the
remote connection on the advanced management module, you can use IBM
Director on a management console to configure the BladeCenter S system, modify
the configuration, and set up more advanced features.
To communicate with the BladeCenter S system, the IBM Director software needs a
managed object (in the Group Contents pane of the IBM Director Management
Console main window) that represents the BladeCenter S system. If the advanced
management module IP address is known, the network administrator can create an
IBM Director managed object for the BladeCenter S system. If the IP address is not
known, the IBM Director software can automatically discover the BladeCenter S
system (out-of-band, using the Ethernet port on the management module) and
create a managed object for the system.
For the IBM Director software to discover the BladeCenter S system, your network
must initially provide connectivity from the IBM Director server to the advanced
management module Ethernet port. To establish connectivity, the advanced
management module attempts to use DHCP to acquire its initial IP address for the
Ethernet port. If the DHCP request fails, the advanced management module uses a
static IP address. Therefore, the DHCP server (if used) must be on the management
LAN for the BladeCenter S system.
Through the advanced management module, you can assign a new static IP
address for each BladeCenter S system. If DHCP is not used and you do not assign
a new static IP address for each BladeCenter S system before attempting to
communicate with the IBM Director software, only one BladeCenter S system at a
time can be added onto the network for discovery. Adding multiple systems to the
network without a unique IP address assignment for each BladeCenter S system
results in IP address conflicts.
The IBM Director management server must have IP connectivity to the advanced
management module and to the blade servers (if an IBM Director agent is installed
on the blade servers).
IBM Director has the capability to use the zone configurations that you create with
Storage Configuration Manager. You can use Storage Configuration Manager to
create an initial zone configuration for a BladeCenter S system and use IBM
Director to distribute the configuration to other BladeCenter S systems.
For information about IBM Director, refer to the IBM Director Web site at:
www.ibm.com/systems/management/director. Also see the
Implementing IBM
Director 5.20 redbook at http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/ for more information
about using Director with BladeCenter products.
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