Communicating
with
the
IBM
Director
software
The
IBM
Director
program
is
a
system-management
product
that
comes
with
the
BladeCenter
unit.
The
IBM
Director
software
communicates
with
the
BladeCenter
unit
through
the
Ethernet
port
on
the
active
management
module.
Note:
See
the
IBM
Support
Web
site
at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/
for
the
version
of
IBM
Director
software
that
you
can
use
to
manage
redundant
management
modules.
To
communicate
with
the
BladeCenter
unit,
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
unit.
If
the
BladeCenter
management
module
IP
address
is
known,
the
network
administrator
can
create
an
IBM
Director
managed
object
for
the
unit.
If
the
IP
address
is
not
known,
the
IBM
Director
software
can
automatically
discover
the
BladeCenter
unit
(out-of-band,
using
the
Ethernet
port
on
the
BladeCenter
management
module)
and
create
a
managed
object
for
the
unit.
For
the
IBM
Director
software
to
discover
the
BladeCenter
unit,
your
network
must
initially
provide
connectivity
from
the
IBM
Director
server
to
the
BladeCenter
management-module
Ethernet
port.
To
establish
connectivity,
the
management
module
attempts
to
use
DHCP
to
acquire
its
initial
IP
address
for
the
Ethernet
port.
If
the
DHCP
request
fails,
the
management
module
uses
the
static
IP
address
assigned
to
it.
Therefore,
the
DHCP
server
(if
used)
must
be
on
the
management
LAN
for
your
BladeCenter
unit.
Notes:
1.
All
management
modules
are
preconfigured
with
the
same
static
IP
address.
You
can
use
the
management
module
Web
interface
to
assign
a
new
static
IP
address
for
each
BladeCenter
unit.
If
DHCP
is
not
used
and
you
do
not
assign
a
new
static
IP
address
for
each
BladeCenter
unit
before
attempting
to
communicate
with
the
IBM
Director
software,
only
one
BladeCenter
unit
at
a
time
can
be
added
onto
the
network
for
discovery.
Adding
multiple
units
to
the
network
without
a
unique
IP
address
assignment
for
each
BladeCenter
unit
results
in
IP
address
conflicts.
2.
For
I/O
module
communication
with
the
IBM
Director
server
through
the
management
module
external
Ethernet
port,
the
I/O
module
internal
network
interface
and
the
management
module
internal
and
external
interfaces
must
be
on
the
same
subnet.
Chapter
2.
Configuring
the
management
module
and
BladeCenter
unit
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