Communicating With The Ibm Director Software - IBM BladeCenter Management Module Installation Manual

Note: If the IP configuration is assigned by the DHCP server, the network
administrator can use the MAC address of the management module
network interface to find out what IP address and host name are
assigned.

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.
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