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primary management module fails, or if you request a changeover through the

Web interface, the secondary management module becomes active and primary.

Given this information, decide how you want the keyboard, video, and mouse

at the BladeCenter unit to be handled when changeover occurs, and cable the

management modules accordingly.

Complete the following steps to cable the management modules in an IBM

BladeCenter unit:

1. Connect the Ethernet port on each management module to your Ethernet

network. When changeover occurs between the management modules, you

will be able to communicate with the new primary management module

without additional intervention, such as switching a single Ethernet cable

between the management modules.

2. To be able to use the local keyboard, video, and mouse after changeover

occurs, connect these devices to the management modules in one of the

following ways (see "Management module input/output connectors" on

page 19 for the location of each connector):

v Use an external keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) switch. Cable the

keyboard, video, and mouse connectors on both management modules to

the KVM switch, and connect the KVM switch to the local keyboard,

monitor, and mouse. When changeover occurs, the new primary

management module automatically controls the local keyboard, monitor,

and mouse.

v Cable only to the active management module. When management

module changeover occurs, you can move the keyboard, monitor, and

mouse cables to the new active management module.

v Use a duplicate keyboard, monitor, and mouse for the second

management module. With a second keyboard, monitor, and mouse

always connected to the second management module, no switching or

recabling is required when changeover occurs.

If you always use a remote session to communicate with the blade servers

in the BladeCenter unit, you do not need to connect a local keyboard,

monitor, and mouse to either management module.

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