Chapter 3. Systems management 83
IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM)
CMM is the default integrated platform for managing a single IBM Flex System Enterprise
Chassis. It occupies one of the two chassis management bays on the rear of the chassis.
A second module can be installed for redundancy.
More information regarding IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module can be found at
3.2.1, “Overview of IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module” on page 88.
I/O modules (switch modules)
I/O modules contain the internal management interfaces and Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) for
management. They can be managed by the IBM Flex System Manager, IBM Flex System
Chassis Management Module, command line interface (CLI), web interface, IBM System
Network Element Manager (SNEM), or any third-party SNMP-based management tool.
Compute node management processors
There are two types of compute nodes in an IBM Flex System:
For IBM x86 (intel-based) compute nodes, the management interface is IMMv2, which is a
powerful management interface providing control at node-level.
For POWER compute node, Flexible Service Processor(FSP) provides a serial-over-LAN
(SOL) interface for performing common management tasks on the node.
Table 3-1 gives an overview of system management capabilities of these hardware
management devices.
Table 3-1 System management
IBM Flex System Manager IBM Flex System Chassis
Management Module
IMMv2 / Flexible
Service Processor
Network Switch
Remote access by browser
Multi-Chassis Rack
Management
Configuration and Updates
Network Configuration
Manger
Service & Support Manager
Virtualization Management
(VM Control)
Active Energy Manager
Local Console for Chassis
Management
Remote control for Compute
node(s)
Aggregation point for
chassis
Integrated Remote Chassis
Management
Power and Thermal
Management
Internal Chassis Network
with Management packet
forwarding
Web, CLI, SNMP, CIM-XML
CMM redundancy (optional
additional CMM)
RAS, FFDC, Service
&Support, Chassis Event
Logs
Remote Presence
(CLI/video/USB)
Power and Thermal
Management.
Inventory, Fault
detection
Update
Management
Configuration
Management
RAS (reliability,
availability,
serviceability),
FFDC (First-failure
data capture), Logs
Power, Thermal
sensing
Update
Management
Inventory, Fault
detection
Configuration
Management
RAS, FFDC
(First-failure data
capture), Logs
SNMP, CLI, Web,
other proprietary
protocols
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