IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node 4939H49 User Manual

Draft Document for Review January 29, 2013 12:52 pm

IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide

You can virtualize and manage the complete solution infrastructure using the IBM Flex 
System Manager. Figure 3-44 shows FSM virtualization overview.

For further details regarding managing storage using FSM, review the section 3.3.7, 
“Managing storage using IBM Flex System Manager” on page 139.

The IBM Flex System Manager software contains a set of components that are responsible 
for performing certain management functions. These components must be activated using the 
available IBM Feature on Demand (FoD) software entitlement licenses, and they are licensed 
on a per-chassis basis.

The following functionality and features are available at this time in the IBM Flex System 
Manager base feature set:

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Support for up to four managed chassis, and up to 5,000 managed elements

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Auto-discovery of managed elements

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Overall health status 

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Monitor and availability

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Hardware management 

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Security management

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Administration

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Network management (Network Control).Storage management (Storage Control)

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Virtual machine life cycle management (VMControl Express)

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I/O address management (IBM Fabric Manager)

Note: The management node comes standard without any entitlement licenses, therefore, 
you must purchase a license to enable the required IBM Flex System Manager 
functionality.