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Verify that the new Standby Blade Pool profile now exists under Tasks in the IBM Director Console. It will be located in the BladeCenter Management → BladeCenter Configuration Manager path. Note: Once a Standby Blade Pool has been created, the list of standby blades will remain in the profile even after one or more of the blades has been removed from the BladeCenter chassis. Applying a failover configuration profile manually You can use IBM Director to apply a failover configuration profile manually. 1. From IBM Director Console, select Tasks → BladeCenter Management → BladeCenter Configuration Manager → Standby Blade Pool → Select a blade 2. A Standby Blade Pool: window will launch. Click Execute now to create a schedule job for this task or execute immediately. 3. Wait for the failover to complete (an Execution History window will launch displaying progress of the operation). When the Standby Blade Pool is being applied is being applied to an active blade, the software will communicate with the active blade's corresponding chassis management device (the Advanced Management Module) to read the currently assigned addresses associated with that blade. These addresses will then be applied to the chassis management device associated with the selected Standby Blade's chassis slot. During the applying of the Standby Blade Pool to an active blade, the Ethernet Switch Module's port based VLANs are migrated from the active blade to the standby blade. The software will connect to all of the Ethernet Switches in the active blade's chassis and read the VLAN port information associated with the active blade. The software will then connect to all of the Ethernet Switches in the standby blade's chassis and apply these port based VLANs to those Ethernet switches. This connection and configuration update is performed through the Ethernet Switch's Director plug-in which must be installed on the Director server otherwise the failover process will fail. The OFM-Advanced upgrade software performs the following checks prior to implementing a failover from the source blade to the standby blade: 1. Checks for matching standby blade machine type 2. Check for matching standby blade model type 3. Check for standby blade initial power state to be off 4. Check for source blade able to power off 5. Skip migration of VLANs from source blade's switches to standby blade's switches You can disable these checks by editing the failover.properties file located in the Program Files\IBM\Director\data\ directory under Windows or the /opt/ibm/director/data/ directory under Linux. Comparing the configuration file with the actual configuration To validate that the configuration file is identical to the actual OFM configuration that is in use, follow these steps. Start the process of applying the configuration file. If there are differences between the configuration file and the actual configuration you will get a confirmation Chapter 5. Using OFM and OFM-Advanced upgrade 29

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Verify
that
the
new
Standby
Blade
Pool
profile
now
exists
under
Tasks
in
the
IBM
Director
Console.
It
will
be
located
in
the
BladeCenter
Management
→
BladeCenter
Configuration
Manager
path.
Note:
Once
a
Standby
Blade
Pool
has
been
created,
the
list
of
standby
blades
will
remain
in
the
profile
even
after
one
or
more
of
the
blades
has
been
removed
from
the
BladeCenter
chassis.
Applying
a
failover
configuration
profile
manually
You
can
use
IBM
Director
to
apply
a
failover
configuration
profile
manually.
1.
From
IBM
Director
Console,
select
Tasks
→
BladeCenter
Management
→
BladeCenter
Configuration
Manager
→
Standby
Blade
Pool
→
Select
a
blade
2.
A
Standby
Blade
Pool:
<blade
name>
window
will
launch.
Click
Execute
now
to
create
a
schedule
job
for
this
task
or
execute
immediately.
3.
Wait
for
the
failover
to
complete
(an
Execution
History
window
will
launch
displaying
progress
of
the
operation).
When
the
Standby
Blade
Pool
is
being
applied
is
being
applied
to
an
active
blade,
the
software
will
communicate
with
the
active
blade’s
corresponding
chassis
management
device
(the
Advanced
Management
Module)
to
read
the
currently
assigned
addresses
associated
with
that
blade.
These
addresses
will
then
be
applied
to
the
chassis
management
device
associated
with
the
selected
Standby
Blade’s
chassis
slot.
During
the
applying
of
the
Standby
Blade
Pool
to
an
active
blade,
the
Ethernet
Switch
Module’s
port
based
VLANs
are
migrated
from
the
active
blade
to
the
standby
blade.
The
software
will
connect
to
all
of
the
Ethernet
Switches
in
the
active
blade’s
chassis
and
read
the
VLAN
port
information
associated
with
the
active
blade.
The
software
will
then
connect
to
all
of
the
Ethernet
Switches
in
the
standby
blade’s
chassis
and
apply
these
port
based
VLANs
to
those
Ethernet
switches.
This
connection
and
configuration
update
is
performed
through
the
Ethernet
Switch’s
Director
plug-in
which
must
be
installed
on
the
Director
server
otherwise
the
failover
process
will
fail.
The
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
software
performs
the
following
checks
prior
to
implementing
a
failover
from
the
source
blade
to
the
standby
blade:
1.
Checks
for
matching
standby
blade
machine
type
2.
Check
for
matching
standby
blade
model
type
3.
Check
for
standby
blade
initial
power
state
to
be
off
4.
Check
for
source
blade
able
to
power
off
5.
Skip
migration
of
VLANs
from
source
blade’s
switches
to
standby
blade’s
switches
You
can
disable
these
checks
by
editing
the
failover.properties
file
located
in
the
Program
Files\IBM\Director\data\
directory
under
Windows
or
the
/opt/ibm/director/data/
directory
under
Linux.
Comparing
the
configuration
file
with
the
actual
configuration
To
validate
that
the
configuration
file
is
identical
to
the
actual
OFM
configuration
that
is
in
use,
follow
these
steps.
Start
the
process
of
applying
the
configuration
file.
If
there
are
differences
between
the
configuration
file
and
the
actual
configuration
you
will
get
a
confirmation
Chapter
5.
Using
OFM
and
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
29