Sdmc Added Capability For Power-Based Blades; Ivm To Sdmc Transition - IBM BladeCenter PS703 Technical Overview And Introduction

the Hardware Management Console (HMC) functions with a typical rack-based POWER
system.
Characteristics of an IVM-managed system are:
Runs on top of a Virtual I/O Server
Administers POWER-based blade servers and entry POWER servers
Administers only one managed system per IVM
Allows for only one VIOS installed per system
System firmware updates require installed operating system and are always disruptive
No concept of LPAR profiles; single configuration for each LPAR
Virtual console only to the VIOS or client LPARs on the same blade
The Advanced Management Module (AMM) of the BladeCenter chassis also plays a role in
the basic control and management of a POWER-based blade. The typical AMM functions
related to a POWER-based blade are:
Blade power up/down/restart
Select boot device order
Select temp/perm firmware side for boot
Console support through Serial Over LAN (SOL)
Blade Service Data (SRC reporting)
Service Advisor (problem reporting)

5.3.2 SDMC added capability for POWER-based blades

The SDMC can consolidate most of the AMM and IVM functions and adds new capability
when used with POWER-based blades. The SDMC interfaces directly with the service
processor and hypervisor on the blade.
New capabilities added by the SDMC in a POWER-based blade environment are:
Management of multiple servers from a single point
Dual VIOS servers
Multiple profiles can be created for each virtual server
System firmware management
Active Memory Expansion
Suspend/Resume virtual servers
Multiple shared processor pools
Centralized problem reporting from Service and Support Manager
Open virtual console to any virtual server on any blade
The SDMC also consolidates or replaces the BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
(AMM) functions to a single instance for the following features:
SRC codes displayed by SDMC
Better coordination between Service Advisor and Service and Support Manager for
POWER based blades
Server and virtual server power and start/restart control

5.4 IVM to SDMC transition

This section describes the transition of managed systems from the IVM environment to the
SDMC environment. HMC to SDMC transitions can also be performed but are not discussed
here.
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