Managing a chassis

The IBM® Flex System Manager management software web interface provides several ways to view chassis properties, configure chassis settings, and view chassis events and problems.

For information about how to prepare a chassis to be removed from management, see Unmanaging a chassis.

Note:
  • The Chassis Manager view in the management software is the primary interface for selecting managed resources and performing management tasks on those resources. However, some of the procedures in this section include steps that instruct you to use the navigation area, which is hidden, by default, in the web interface.
  • Managing a chassis queues discovery and inventory jobs on the chassis and its components. The action to manage the chassis completes without waiting for the jobs to complete. This means the chassis view and inventory for the chassis may not be complete even though the action to manage the chassis completes. The length of time required for discovery and inventory jobs to complete varies based on the workload of the Flex System Manager and the number and type of resources in the chassis. For chassis that are populated with compute nodes using multi-node architecture, the jobs can require as long as 45 minutes from the time they reach the head of the queue to complete. Additional inventories running at the same time could cause the chassis inventories to run longer. You can monitor the progress of discovery and inventory jobs by using the Active and Scheduled Jobs view.
Parent topic: IBM Flex System Manager management node