Management domains

IBM® Flex System Manager management software management domains determine which resources are under management for a management node.

A management domain consists of the Flex System Enterprise Chassis hardware and resources that are under management of the management software. The management domain includes managed chassis and any devices that are managed by the management software, whether they are internal or external to a chassis.

The Management Domain page in the web interface can be used to perform the following chassis-management actions:
  • Manage or unmanage a chassis
    Note:
    1. Before you unmanage a chassis, make sure that you complete the procedures that are described in Unmanaging a chassis. Otherwise, the compute nodes in that chassis will not be removed from the management software.
    2. A CMM can be managed only by one management node at a time. Additionally, if a CMM is managed by one management node, and you want to manage it with another management node, you must first unmanage the CMM on the initial management node Management Domain page. After you click Unmanage, you might have to use the lschassisind command to clear the settings that link that CMM to the initial management node. After you clear the settings, you can click Unmanage for the initial management node; then, you are able to manage the CMM with the new management node.
  • Discover a chassis by clicking Discover Chassis. In the Discover New Chassis dialog, you can automatically discover local chassis, or discover a remote chassis by selecting Add an external chassis and specifying the hostname, IPv4, or IPv6 address of the external chassis.
  • View a list of all chassis (including those that are unmanaged and those that are managed by another management node in your environment)
  • Go to the Chassis Manager page for another management node
  • Go to the Chassis Map view for a chassis, regardless of which management node manages it

See Using management domains for information about how to access the Management Domain page.

See Adding or removing a chassis for information about how to remove a chassis from a management domain.

Parent topic: Overview of the IBM Flex System management node