IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module FRU P/N: 80Y9081 Tested WorkingAdvanced Management Module

The Advanced Management Module (AMM) is a hot-swappable module that can be used to configure and manage any installed BladeCenter components. It provides system management functions and keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) multiplexing for all blade servers in the BladeCenter S unit that support KVM. The management module communicates with all components in the BladeCenter unit, detecting their presence or absence, reporting their status, and sending alerts for error conditions when required. The chassis supports one AMM.

The following figure shows the Advanced Management Module. See Figure 3 for the location of the AMM in the chassis.

Figure 10. Advanced Management Module

BladeCenter components are configured by using the AMM web-based user interface. The web interface communicates with the management and configuration application, which is part of the upgradeable firmware that is installed in the management module.

You can use the AMM user interface to perform the following tasks:

• Defining the login IDs and passwords
• Configuring security settings, such as data encryption and user account security
• Selecting recipients for alert notification of specific events
• Monitoring the status of the BladeCenter chassis, blade servers, and other BladeCenter components
• Controlling the BladeCenter chassis, blade servers, and other BladeCenter components
• Accessing the I/O modules to configure them
• Changing the startup sequence in a blade server
• Setting the date and time
• Using a remote console for the blade servers
• Changing ownership of the keyboard, video, and mouse
• Changing ownership of the removable-media drives and USB ports

The AMM also incorporates a reset button that has two functions, depending on how long the button is pressed:

• Press and release the reset button to restart the management module.
• Press and hold the reset button for 8 seconds to restore the management module to the factory default settings.

When you press the reset button, the blowers operate at full speed while the management module is initializing.

The AMM has the following default static IPv4 address. By default, the AMM is configured to respond to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) first before it uses its static IPv4 address:

• IP address: 192.168.70.125
• Subnet: 255.255.255.0
• User ID: USERID (all capital letters)
• Password: PASSW0RD (all capital letters, with a zero instead of the letter O)