IBM Power 780 - HMC Functional Overview

104 IBM Power 770 and 780 (9117-MMD, 9179-MHD) Technical Overview and Introduction
Blade management
The HMC gives systems administrators a tool for planning, virtualizing, deploying, and
managing IBM Power System servers.
With the introduction of HMC V7R760, the HMC can now manage IBM BladeCenter Power
Blade servers. This management includes support for dual VIOS, live partition mobility
between blades and rack servers, and management of both blades and rack servers from a
single management console.
2.12.2 HMC functional overview
The HMC provides three groups of functions:
򐂰 Server management
򐂰 Virtualization management
򐂰 HMC management
Server management
The first group contains all functions that are related to the management of the physical
servers under the control of the HMC:
򐂰 System password
򐂰 Status bar
򐂰 Power on/off
򐂰 Capacity on demand
򐂰 Error management
– System indicators
– Error and event collection reporting
– Dump collection reporting
– Call Home
– Customer notification
– Hardware replacement (guided repair)
–SNMP events
򐂰 Concurrent add/repair/upgrade
򐂰 Redundant service processor
򐂰 Firmware updates
Virtualization management
The second group contains all of the functions that are related to virtualization features, such
as a partition configuration or the dynamic reconfiguration of resources:
򐂰 System plans
򐂰 System profiles
򐂰 Partitions (create, activate, shutdown)
򐂰 Profiles
򐂰 Partition mobility
Multitech Internal Modem Defaulted Optional
USB Ports 2 front/4 back/1 Internal 2 front/4 back/1 Internal
Integrated Network 2 on Main Bus + 2 on expansion slot 4 x 1 GbE
I/O Slots 1 PCI Express 2.0 slot 1 PCI Express 3.0 slot
Feature CR6 CR7