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Planning for advanced management module configuration
The BladeCenter S system comes with a single hot-swap advanced management
module located in the management module bay. Plan for configuration by making
decisions and gathering information for Ethernet interfaces, alerts, login profiles,
network protocols, and security.
The advanced management module is used to configure the BladeCenter S system
and installed modules, such as Ethernet switch module IP addresses.
The advanced management module communicates with the service processor in
each blade server for functions such as:
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Blade server power-on requests
v
Blade server error and event reporting
v
Blade server requests for keyboard, mouse, and video
v
Blade server requests for CD-ROM drive and USB port
The advanced management module also communicates with the I/O modules,
power modules, fan modules, and blade servers to detect presence or absence and
any error conditions, and sending alerts when required.
Use the information provided in this section along with the “Advanced
management module configuration worksheet” on page 93 to plan for the
configuration of the advanced management module.
Advanced management module general settings
General settings for the advanced management module include name, contact,
location, and real-time clock settings.
Make choices for the following settings:
v Advanced management module name.
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Name of the contact person responsible for the advanced management module.
v Physical location of the advanced management module.
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Real-time clock settings in the advanced management module, including
network time protocol (NTP) settings for the advanced management module.
v
Trespass warning text and enablement. You can choose to have a warning
displayed each time users log into the advanced management module and
decide what that warning should say.
Advanced management module user profile settings
You can specify up to 12 login profiles that can access the advanced management
module.
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