Overview; Connecting Management Module; External Interface Of Management Module - Hitachi COMPUTE BLADE 500 SERIES Management Module Setup Manual

Overview

The management module is a hardware that manages a whole system unit
such as controlling the system unit and monitoring environment. This guide
describes various setup procedure of the system unit using the management
module with other devices.
The management module controls and monitors server blades, switch
modules, power supply modules, and fan modules in the system unit. When a
failure is detected in the system unit, the management module can notify
failure to the system administrator using E-mail, SNMP, or something.
When managing the system unit with the Management Server
(ServerConductor/Blade Server Manager), you can realize functions, such as
operating-status management, notifying alerts, and N+M cold standby, by
cooperation between the management module and ServerConductor/Blade
Server Manager.
The management module provides the console that displays the status of the
system unit and set up the system unit. The following three kinds of console
are available.
• Web console
For details, see the Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Web Console User's
Guide.
• Command Line Interface (CLI) console
For details, see the Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series CLI Console User's
Guide.
• Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) touch console
For details, see the Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series LCD Touch Console
User's Guide.
When using the LCD touch console, you can set up the system unit without
the system console. For details about using each consoles, see the each
consoles' user's guides.
You can run integrated setup of the server blades and switch modules
through the management module console. When you connect the
management module console, you can set up each module in the system unit
seamlessly without connecting other consoles.

Connecting management module

This section describes external interfaces and cable connection.

External interface of management module

The management module provides Management LAN port #0 (MGMT0),
Management LAN port #1 (MGMT1), Maintenance LAN port (MAINT), and a
Serial port (SER).
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