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BladeCenter, Fabric, Manager

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Chapter 1. IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager IBM BladeCenter® Open Fabric Manager (OFM) is a solution that enables you to quickly replace and recover blades in your environment. It does this by assigning Ethernet MAC and Fibre Channel WWN addresses to the BladeCenter slots in such a way that any blades plugged into those slots will take on the assigned addresses. This enables the Ethernet and Fibre Channel infrastructure to be configured once and before any blades are connected to the BladeCenter chassis. BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager-Advanced upgrade adds capabilities to monitor blades for failure events and to take automatic action to failover from a faulty blade to a cold standby blade. The Ethernet MAC and Fibre Channel WWN addresses are moved from the faulty blade's slot to the standby blade's slot and the standby blade is automatically powered on. In a boot from SAN environment, the operating system and software that was once running on the faulty blade is now running on the standby blade. There are two separate offerings of BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager. The main BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager function is provided in the OFM offering. Additional capabilities are available with the OFM-Advanced upgrade offering. OFM With BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager, you can pre-assign MAC and WWN addresses, as well as storage boot targets, for up to 100 chassis or 1400 blade servers. Using the management module Web interface, you can create addresses for blade servers, save the addresses to a configuration file, deploy the addresses to the blade slots in the same chassis or in up to 100 different chassis. This can be done without any blade servers installed in the chassis. OFM-Advanced upgrade With BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager-Advanced upgrade, you can monitor the health of blade servers and automatically - without user intervention - replace a failed blade from a designated pool of spare blades. After receiving a failure alert, OFM-Advanced upgrade attempts to power off the failing blade, read the BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager virtualized addresses and boot target parameters, apply these parameters to the next blade in the standby blade pool, and power on the standby blade. You can also pre-assign MAC and WWN addresses, as well as storage boot targets, for up to 100 chassis or 1400 blade servers with BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager-Advanced upgrade. Using an enhanced graphical user interface, you can create addresses for blade servers, save the addresses profiles; deploy the addresses to the blade slots in the same chassis or in up to 100 different chassis. This can be done without any blade servers installed in the chassis. Additionally, you can create profiles for chassis that have not been installed in the environment by simply associating an IP address to the future chassis. BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager-Advanced upgrade is available as a standalone offering or as an extension to IBM Director. The standalone version includes an embedded version of IBM Director. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2008 1

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Chapter
1.
IBM
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
IBM
BladeCenter
®
Open
Fabric
Manager
(OFM)
is
a
solution
that
enables
you
to
quickly
replace
and
recover
blades
in
your
environment.
It
does
this
by
assigning
Ethernet
MAC
and
Fibre
Channel
WWN
addresses
to
the
BladeCenter
slots
in
such
a
way
that
any
blades
plugged
into
those
slots
will
take
on
the
assigned
addresses.
This
enables
the
Ethernet
and
Fibre
Channel
infrastructure
to
be
configured
once
and
before
any
blades
are
connected
to
the
BladeCenter
chassis.
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager-Advanced
upgrade
adds
capabilities
to
monitor
blades
for
failure
events
and
to
take
automatic
action
to
failover
from
a
faulty
blade
to
a
cold
standby
blade.
The
Ethernet
MAC
and
Fibre
Channel
WWN
addresses
are
moved
from
the
faulty
blade’s
slot
to
the
standby
blade’s
slot
and
the
standby
blade
is
automatically
powered
on.
In
a
boot
from
SAN
environment,
the
operating
system
and
software
that
was
once
running
on
the
faulty
blade
is
now
running
on
the
standby
blade.
There
are
two
separate
offerings
of
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager.
The
main
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
function
is
provided
in
the
OFM
offering.
Additional
capabilities
are
available
with
the
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
offering.
OFM
With
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager,
you
can
pre-assign
MAC
and
WWN
addresses,
as
well
as
storage
boot
targets,
for
up
to
100
chassis
or
1400
blade
servers.
Using
the
management
module
Web
interface,
you
can
create
addresses
for
blade
servers,
save
the
addresses
to
a
configuration
file,
deploy
the
addresses
to
the
blade
slots
in
the
same
chassis
or
in
up
to
100
different
chassis.
This
can
be
done
without
any
blade
servers
installed
in
the
chassis.
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
With
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager-Advanced
upgrade,
you
can
monitor
the
health
of
blade
servers
and
automatically
-
without
user
intervention
-
replace
a
failed
blade
from
a
designated
pool
of
spare
blades.
After
receiving
a
failure
alert,
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
attempts
to
power
off
the
failing
blade,
read
the
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
virtualized
addresses
and
boot
target
parameters,
apply
these
parameters
to
the
next
blade
in
the
standby
blade
pool,
and
power
on
the
standby
blade.
You
can
also
pre-assign
MAC
and
WWN
addresses,
as
well
as
storage
boot
targets,
for
up
to
100
chassis
or
1400
blade
servers
with
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager-Advanced
upgrade.
Using
an
enhanced
graphical
user
interface,
you
can
create
addresses
for
blade
servers,
save
the
addresses
profiles;
deploy
the
addresses
to
the
blade
slots
in
the
same
chassis
or
in
up
to
100
different
chassis.
This
can
be
done
without
any
blade
servers
installed
in
the
chassis.
Additionally,
you
can
create
profiles
for
chassis
that
have
not
been
installed
in
the
environment
by
simply
associating
an
IP
address
to
the
future
chassis.
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager-Advanced
upgrade
is
available
as
a
standalone
offering
or
as
an
extension
to
IBM
Director.
The
standalone
version
includes
an
embedded
version
of
IBM
Director.
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2007,
2008
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