IBM 8677 manual Using IBM Director, About the wizard, Starting the wizard

Using IBM Director

The IBM Director program is a system-management product that comes with the BladeCenter unit. Through the remote connection on the management module, you can use the IBM Director software at the IBM Director console to configure the BladeCenter unit, modify the configuration, and set up more advanced features.

Notes:

1.Some tasks, such as software distribution, require an in-band connection from the Director server through a campus (public) LAN to a switch module port.

2.See the IBM Support Web site at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ for the version of IBM Director software that you can use to manage redundant management modules.

The IBM Director software includes the IBM BladeCenter Deployment Wizard.

About the wizard

The BladeCenter Deployment Wizard is integrated into the IBM Director management software. The wizard walks you through initial startup and configuration of one or more BladeCenter units.

In addition to performing initial configuration on BladeCenter units, you can use the built-in IBM Director tasks in the wizard to modify the configuration and to set up more advanced features.

You can also create a reusable profile in the wizard for configuring or reconfiguring BladeCenter units. The profile is a noninteractive script that can run as scheduled or as part of an Event Action Plan. With this feature you can define policies to reconfigure a BladeCenter unit on demand, responding to hardware failures or other IBM Director events.

Specifically, you can use the BladeCenter Deployment wizard to perform the following tasks:

vPerform all initial network configuration, including configuring IP addresses for the management module and the switch module internal configuration ports.

vSet up the initial security profile for the BladeCenter unit, including user names, passwords, enablement or disablement of management services, and so forth.

vOptionally configure external switch module ports for multi-port link aggregation (trunking).

Starting the wizard

Start the wizard from the IBM Director Management Console on the Director server.

1.Select one or more BladeCenter units from the middle (contents) pane of the console window.

Note: A lock icon beside a newly discovered BladeCenter unit indicates that the Director server cannot log into the management module for that BladeCenter unit, which can mean that the management module has not been configured yet. You might want to select that BladeCenter unit for initial configuration through the wizard.

2.Perform either of the following actions:

v Right-click the selected BladeCenter units (managed objects).

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