468 IBM eX5 Implementation Guide
IBM Systems Director provides the following functionality for eX5 systems, as well as many
other system types:
Discovery and inventory
Monitoring and reporting
Software updates
Configuration management
Virtual resource management
Remote control, which includes power control
Automation
In 9.2, “Integrated Management Module (IMM)” on page 449, we described the concepts of
in-band and out-of-band management of the IMM. In this section, we demonstrate how to
discover the eX5 systems via IBM Systems Director.
9.5.1 Discovering the IMM of a single-node x3690 X5 or x3850 X5 out-of-band
via IBM Systems Director
After your IMM has been configured for out-of-band management, as described in
“Configuring an x3850 X5 or x3690 X5 for out-of-band management” on page 449, you can
discover the system from within IBM Systems Director. After the IMM has been added to the
IBM Systems Director console, you can perform management tasks against it.
Perform these steps to add the IMM to the IBM Systems Director console:
1. Log in to the IBM Systems Director web interface by navigating to the following website,
where servername is the Domain Name System (DNS) registered name of your IBM
Systems Director:
http://servername:8421/ibm/console
For example: http://director6.ibm.com:8421/ibm/console
You can also connect to the IBM Systems Director web interface using its IP address:
http://ipaddress:8421/ibm/console
For example: http://182.168.1.10:8421/ibm/console
Tip: Your IBM Systems Director server must be at Version 6.2.1 to support all the eX5
systems, including their ability to scale into a complex. This version is also required to
support the MAX5.
Tip: We advise that you configure your IBM Systems Director server correctly to use
DNS for name resolution. We also recommend that you register the IMM in DNS to
simplify the management of the IMM out-of-band.
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