Features - PRIMERGY BX600 S3 Hardware Manual

Chapter 1 About Management Blades

1.1 Features

The Management Blade performs various types of monitoring and control of the
status of the power supply, temperature and system fan within the chassis. It is also
equipped with LAN ports, which makes monitoring/control possible even from a
remote location.
■ Management Blade features
• Because the Management Blade is equipped with an exclusive CPU, LAN interfaces and serial
interfaces it operates regardless of the status (hung status) of each blade.
• Two Management Blades are installed in the chassis by default and the management function is
redundant. During redundant operations of the Management Blade, even if a failure occurs the
Management Blade can be replaced without turning the power off.
• Management tools are supported in both Web-browser-based and command-line-based formats for
easy management of the chassis.
• SNMP is supported. This makes it possible to monitor/control the chassis on a network.
■ Chassis management
• The status of the various blades within the chassis (Server Blade, Storage Blade, Network Blade,
Management Blade), the PSU and the system fan unit can be monitored.
• The display/keyboard/mouse switch function of the Server Blade installed in the chassis is supported.
■ Blade management
• Power control is performed for the Server Blade and Storage Blade.
• Console redirection is supported (text window only) for Server Blades and Switch Blades.
• By storing the BIOS settings of the Server Blade in the Management Blade, the original settings can
be restored when the Server Blade is replaced. Also, stored data can be restored to other Server
Blades within the chassis.
• By storing the setting data of the Switch Blade in the Management Blade, the original settings can be
restored when the Switch Blade is replaced.
This product supports the following communication interfaces.
• LAN interface (10BASE-T/100BASE-TX)
• Serial interface
LAN cables are optional. They are not included with this product. Use cables that are category 5 or higher. One RS-
232C cross cable comes attached with the chassis.
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