Managing a remote chassis

The IBM® Flex System Manager management software can manage an Flex System Enterprise Chassis that is in a different geographic location than the management node, if the remote chassis is on the same management network. However, the procedure that is required to manage a remote chassis differs from the procedure required to manage a chassis that is on the same network subnet as the management node.

Note: This topic describes how to access this task in the IBM Flex System Manager Web user interface. If you are using the IBM FSM Explorer, use the finder at the top of the user interface (shown here) to locate this task:

Use the finder at the top of the user interface to locate this task

The Management Domain page displays only the chassis and Chassis Management Modules (CMMs) that are on the same local subnet as the management node, unless you have enabled multicast SLP forwarding on the router or routers in your environment. If you have not enabled multicast SLP forwarding, a remote chassis cannot be discovered automatically and managed from the Management Domain page.

If you have not enabled multicast SLP forwarding on the routers in your environment, and you want to discover, access, and manage a remote chassis on another subnet, complete the following steps in the management software web interface.

Note: To complete this procedure, you must first configure the network router to enable communications between the management node subnet and the CMM subnet.

From the Home page, click the Plug-ins tab.
Click Discovery Manager. The Discovery Manager summary page is displayed.
In the Discovery and Inventory area, under Common tasks, click System Discovery. The System Discovery page is displayed.
Select the discovery options in the list and type the IP address of the remote CMM; then, click Discover Now.
After the discovery process is complete, click the Discovery Manager tab to return to the Discovery Manager summary page.
In the Discovery and Inventory area, under Common tasks, click Resource Explorer. The Resource Explorer page is displayed.
In the table, find and select the box for the remote chassis.
Click Actions > Security > Request Access. The Request Access page opens.
Enter or verify the values in the User ID and Password fields; then, click Request Access.
After access to the remote chassis is granted, the chassis is managed by the management software.

Note: If you want to unmanage the remote chassis, you can use the Unmanage button on the Management Domain page. For information about how to prepare a chassis to be removed from management, see Unmanaging a chassis.