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14. Click Next.
15. The Summary screen displays all of the automatic settings that were selected
16. From the Configuration Manager Editor menu, select File, then click Save
17. From the Configuration Manager Editor menu, select File, then click Exit to
Applying a blade address profile
You can apply a blade address configuration profile manually using IBM Director.
1. Select a BladeCenter chassis to be targeted with the blade address configuration
2. From the IBM Director Console select: Tasks → BladeCenter Management →
3. A Blade Address Configuration: <chassis name> window will launch. Click
4. Wait for the blade address configuration to complete. An Execution History
Creating a standby blade pool profile
You can create a standby blade pool profile using IBM Director.
1. From the IBM Director Console select: Tasks → BladeCenter Management →
2. A Quick Start window will launch. Select Create a new profile.
3. A Select components window will launch. Click the box next to BladeCenter
4. A Configuration Manager Editor - BladeCenter Standby Blade Pool window
5. Select your standby blades by clicking on the blade in the Available Blades
6. From the configuration manager editor menu, select File and then click Save
7. From the configuration manager editor menu, select File and then click Exit to
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IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Installation and User's Guide
Priority setting refers to the boot priority of which there are only two
settings: first and second. The SAN WWPN represents the port address of
the storage system that this blade slot will be booting to. The LUN
represents the number or the drive assigned to the blade that contains to
operating system or boot environment. Typically, this will be 0 since the
first LUN assigned to a blade server is the boot LUN.
on the previous screens. There will also be a true/false indicator under the
Manual Override label to indicate whether or not the automatic settings were
manually modified. Ensure that the profile options have been set correctly.
Use the Export button to save the profile to a file.
Profile. Click Yes to save component data, then click OK.
leave the configuration editor.
profile by selecting the chassis in the center pane.
BladeCenter Configuration Manager → Blade Address Configuration Profile →
Select a chassis.
Execute now to create a schedule job for this task or execute immediately.
window will launch displaying progress of the operation.
BladeCenter Configuration Manager → Open.
a. A Profile Parameters window will launch. Specify a type for the new
profile in the Select a type for the new profile field and a name for the
new profile in the Enter a name for the new profile field.
b. Click OK.
Open Fabric Manager - Standby Blade Pool Configuration. Click OK.
will open.
box. Click Add to move the selected blade to the Standby Blade Pool box.
Click Remove, if you want to remove a blade you have previously selected.
Profile. Click Yes when the Save component data? window displays. Click OK.
leave the configuration editor.
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