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SuperBlade User’s Manual

The Chassis Management Module (CMM) (

) is a required module in a blade 

system. This “command” module communicates with the blade units, the power supplies 
and the blade switches. Used in conjunction with the Web Interface or IPMI View 
management software, the CMM provides administrator control over individual blade 
units, power supplies, cooling fans and networking switches and monitors onboard 
temperatures, power status, voltage levels and fan speeds. 

The CMM provides a dedicated, local and remote KVM (keyboard/video/mouse) 
connection over an out of band TCP/IP Ethernet network during any server state 
(functioning, blue-screen, powered down, BIOS and so on). It also supports Virtual 
Media (VM) redirection for CD, floppy and USB mass storage devices and configures 
such information as the switch IP addresses. A summary of CMM features is shown in 

NOTE: See the SuperBlade Network Modules User’s Manual on your enclosed 
CD-ROM disc for details on all 1Gb Ethernet modules, 1Gb pass-through 
modules, 1/10Gb Ethernet modules, 10Gb Ethernet pass-through modules and 
InfiniBand modules for the SuperBlade system.

1

Power LED 

2

Activity LED

3

Fault LED

4

Ethernet Port

5

VGA (Monitor) Port