Modifying firmware and hardware configuration settings
You can use IBM® Flex System Manager Configuration Patterns to provision or pre-provision X-Architecture compute nodes by configuring local storage, network adapters, boot order, and Integrated Management Module (IMM) and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) settings.
About this task
Use Configuration Patterns in the management software web interface or the IBM FSM Explorer interface to provision multiple compute nodes before you deploy operating system or virtual images to them.
- Before you can use Configuration Patterns, you must first update the firmware for all managed components. For a detailed summary of update procedures for all IBM Flex System components, see the IBM Flex System Firmware Update Guides.
- After you update the firmware for a system, you must restart the system before you can perform Configuration Pattern operations.
The Configuration Patterns function also integrates support for IBM Fabric Manager so that you can virtualize fabric connections, and failover or re-purpose compute nodes without disrupting the fabric. You can also initiate fabric-change requests through your change-management process before your hardware is installed by pre-configuring host interconnect addresses.
You can temporarily unmanage and then re-manage a chassis or compute node without affecting profiles or their assignments. If a compute node or chassis is removed from management by the management software, the configuration profiles assigned to those systems remain. You can unassign the profiles and deploy them to other systems, or you can unassign and delete the profiles.
Configuration Patterns can be applied to any X-Architecture compute node, and to any IBM Flex System network device that is installed in an X-Architecture compute node.
- Embedded 10Gb Virtual Fabric Ethernet Controller
- IBM Flex System CN4054 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter
The information in this section explains Configuration Patterns tasks and concepts.