IBM eServer BladeCenter 8677 Installation And User Manual page 66

Table of Contents

Advertisement

MM Control
50
BladeCenter Type 8677: Installation and User's Guide
the default configuration, and start the configuration and
management firmware that is in the switch module.
Notes:
1. Before you can access the switch module firmware, the
following items must be set to Enabled:
v Switch module external ports
v External management for the external ports
From this page, click Advanced Switch Management →
Advanced Setup and enable the items.
2. The initial user ID and password for the switch module firmware
are:
v User ID: USERID (all capital letters)
v Password: PASSW0RD (note the zero, not O, in
PASSW0RD)
See "Configuring the Ethernet switch module" on page 55 for more
information about basic configuration of the Ethernet switch module
that is required for the BladeCenter unit.
See the documentation that comes with the switch module for
details about the configuration and management firmware for the
switch module. Documentation for the Ethernet switch module is on
the IBM BladeCenter Documentation CD.
Select the choices in this section to view and change the settings or
configuration on the management module whose Web interface you are
logged into. This includes configuring the following items:
v The name of the management module
v Up to 12 login profiles for logging in to the management module
v How alerts are handled
v The management module Ethernet connections for remote console and
for communicating with the switch modules
v Settings for the SNMP, SMTP, and DNS protocols
v Settings for secure socket layer (SSL) security
This also includes performing the following tasks:
v Backing up and restoring the management-module configuration
v Updating the management-module firmware
v Restoring the default configuration
v Restarting the management module
General Settings
Select this choice to view or change the following settings:
v The name of the management module
v The name of the contact person responsible for the module
v The physical location of the management module
v The real-time clock settings in the management module
Login Profiles
Select this choice to configure up to 12 login profiles for logging in
to the management module, and to specify the lockout period after
five unsuccessful login attempts. For each profile, specify the
following values:

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Table of Contents