Launching IBM FSM Explorer

The IBM® FSM Explorer console provides an alternate view of your resources and helps you manage your systems-management environment.

IBM FSM Explorer provides a resource-based view of your environment with intuitive navigation of those resources. Some additional features are as follows:

You can view basic information about your resources just by hovering over them; you do not have to click to access information about them.
You can use standard browser features to navigate between pages such as using your browser’s back and forward buttons. You can also bookmark pages that you use a lot so you can return to them easily.
You can work on multiple pages at one time by having those pages open in separate browser tabs.
You can copy and paste the URL for a page and send it to a co-worker in e-mail or instant message. Your co-worker can copy and paste the URL into their browser and, after authenticating to the server, view the same page.

Following are some of the tasks that you can do in IBM FSM Explorer:

Configuring local storage, network adapters, boot order, and Integrated Management Module (IMM) and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) settings for one or more compute nodes before you deploy operating-system or virtual images to them.
Installing operating system images on X-Architecture compute nodes.
Navigating resources, viewing the properties of resources, and performing some basic management tasks such as power on and off, collect inventory, and working with LEDs.
Using the Chassis Map to edit compute node details, view server properties, and manage compute node actions.
Working with resource views, such as All Systems, Chassis and Members, Hosts, Virtual Servers, Network, Storage, and Favorites.
Visual monitoring of status and events.
Viewing event history and active status.
Viewing inventory.
Visual monitoring of job status.

For other tasks, you are launched from IBM FSM Explorer into IBM Flex System Manager in a separate browser window or tab. You can return to the IBM FSM Explorer tab when you’ve completed those tasks. As more tasks are available in IBM FSM Explorer you will need to launch into IBM Flex System Manager less often.