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Chapter 8: Device Management
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Two modes of operation are provided for blade chassis: manual
configuration and auto-discovery, depending on the blade chassis
capabilities. If a blade chassis is configured for auto-discovery, the
Dominion device tracks and updates the following:
When a new blade server is added to the chassis.
When an existing blade server is removed from the chassis.
Note: In the case of IBM Blade Center Models E and H, the KX II only
supports auto-discovery for AMM[1] as the acting primary management
module.
The use of hot key sequences to switch KVM access to a blade chassis
is also supported. For blade chassis that allow users to select a hot key
sequence, those options will be provided on the Port Configuration page.
For blade chassis that come with predefined hot key sequences, those
sequences will be prepopulated on the Port Configuration page once the
blade chassis is selected. For example, the default hot key sequence to
switch KVM access to an IBM BladeCenter H is NumLock + NumLock +
SlotNumber, so this hot key sequence is applied by default when IBM
BladeCenter H is selected during the configuration. See your blade
chassis documentation for hot key sequence information.
You are able to configure the connection to a blade chassis web browser
interface if one is available. At the chassis level, up to four links can be
defined. The first link is reserved for connection to the blade chassis
administrative module GUI. For example, this link may be used by
technical support to quickly verify a chassis configuration.
Blade chassis can be managed from the Virtual KVM Client (VKC), the
Active KVM Client (AKC), Raritan's , and CC-SG. Managing blade severs
via VKC, AKC and MPC is the same as managing standard target
servers. See Working with Target Servers (on page 32) and the
CC-SG Administrators Guide for more information. Any changes made
to the blade chassis configuration in will be propagated to these client
applications.
Important: When the CIM connecting the blade chassis to the
Dominion device is powered down or disconnected from the
Dominion device, all established connections to the blade chassis
will be dropped. When the CIM is reconnected or powered up you
will need to re-establish the connection(s).
Important: If you move a blade chassis from one Dominion device
port to another Dominion device port, interfaces that were added to
the blade chassis node in CC-SG will be lost in CC-SG. All other
information will be retained.