Revision: March 30, 2009
Copyright © 2009 Raritan, Inc
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CIMs are connected to blade servers in two ways: (1) connect CIMs to each individual blade server or
(2) connect a CIM to the blade server chassis’ internal KVM switch or management module. The
following table describes the supported methods:
Blade Chassis
CIM to
Chassis
CIM to
Blade
Dell 1855 & 1955
9
9
Dell M1000e
9
HP c7000
9
HP c3000
9
IBM S, H, E & HT
9
IBM T
9
Generic
9
In general, most blade servers have USB ports, but certain older blade servers have PS2 ports. The
following CIMs are used with blade servers:
•
DCIM-PS2 –PS2 ports
•
DCIM-USBG2 –USB ports, no virtual media
•
D2CIM-VUSB – USB, virtual media (if blade server supports it)
•
D2CIM-DVUSB – USB, BIOS virtual media (if blade server supports it)
The supported and recommended CIMS for the different types of blade servers is as follows:
Blade
Chassis
DCIM-PS2
DCIM-USBG2
D2CIM-VUSB
D2CIM-DVUSB
Dell 1855
Dell1955
9
9
(
connected to blade)
9
(
connected to blade)
9
(
connected to blade)
Dell
M1000e
9
HP c3000
HP c7000
9
(
connected to blade)
9
(
connected to blade)
9
(
connected to blade)
IBM H
IBM E
9
9
IBM S
IBM HT
9
Haven’t tested and
certified these for virtual
media
IBM T
9
Generic
9
9
In the above table, if the check (
9
) is accompanied by the phrase “(connected to blade)”, then the
CIM is connected to each individual blade server. Otherwise the CIM connects to the blade chassis’
internal KVM switch or the management module.
When connecting to individual Dell 1855/1995 blades, the “USB Front Dongle for Dell PowerEdge
1855/1955” cable is required; manufacturer part number N8138 and Dell part number 310-6484.
When connecting to individual HP c3000 and c7000 blades, the “HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable” is used;
part # is 416003-001. Note: the internal KVM module for the HP c3000 is not supported in this
release.
Virtual media and advanced mouse synchronization is supported on blade servers where a CIM is
connected to each blade server, assuming the operating system on the blade supports these features.