CHAPTER 4 Functions provided by the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
4.2 Management with MMB
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Also, it controls the entire system in linkage with the BIOS firmware and the BMC firmware. It provides the
interface to the higher level operations management software through the SNMP and IPM.
4.2.2 MMB firmware
Firmware on MMB performs hardware configuration management, partition configuration management,
hardware monitoring, power supply control, and so on of the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
As shown in ‘
’, the MMB is connected with each hardware component and LAN, and is
also connected by internal buses to various sensors.
The MMB firmware uses this network in the cabinet and manages by linking with the BMC firmware and with
SVAS or SVS and regularly monitoring the entire system The MMB firmware provides an interface to the
higher-level operations management via SNMP and IPMI.
MMB firmware controls the server by coordinating with BIOS firmware and BMC firmware.
4.2.3 User account management of MMB
There are two ways to manage user account of MMB in PRIMEQUEST 2000 series.
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Local user management
Local user is the user account registered in MMB.
User accounts of MMB are managed by registering the user account in MMB.
If LDAP function of MMB is disabled, user account management is Local user management.
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Global user management
Global user is the user account registered in LDAP server.
User accounts of MMB are managed by registering the user account in external LDAP server.
If LDAP function of MMB is enabled, user account management is Global user management.
FIGURE 4.2 Access to MMB in local user management (LDAP is disable)
