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Who
should
read
this
user’s
guide
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Conventions
and
terminology
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Chapter
1.
IBM
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
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Chapter
2.
Planning
for
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
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Hardware
and
software
requirements
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Supported
hardware
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Supported
software
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Preparing
for
OFM
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Upgrading
firmware
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Setting
up
boot
from
SAN
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Chapter
3.
Installing
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
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Installing
OFM
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Installing
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
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Installing
the
IBM
Director
extension
version
of
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
for
Windows
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Installing
the
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
standalone
version
for
Windows
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Installing
the
IBM
Director
extension
version
of
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
for
Linux
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Installing
the
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
standalone
version
for
Linux
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Chapter
4.
Configuring
BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
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Creating
a
configuration
file
automatically
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Selecting
domains
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Avoiding
address
duplication
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Creating
a
requirements
report
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Creating
a
requirements
report
from
″
The
Configuration
File
Has
Been
Created
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page
in
the
AMM
Web
interface
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Creating
a
requirements
report
from
the
main
Open
Fabric
Manager
Configuration
Management
page
on
the
AMM
Web
interface
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Editing
the
configuration
file
manually
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Applying
a
new
configuration
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Viewing
the
configuration
in
a
local
chassis
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Retrieving
the
current
configuration
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Chapter
5.
Using
OFM
and
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
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Using
OFM
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Initial
deployment
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Adding
a
new
chassis
to
the
domain
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Replacing
a
blade
in
the
same
slot
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Swapping
addresses
between
blades
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Replacing
AMM
IP
addresses
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Replacing
the
AMM
in
a
single
AMM
environment
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Using
OFM-Advanced
upgrade
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Discovering
a
chassis
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Creating
a
blade
address
profile
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Applying
a
blade
address
profile
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Creating
a
standby
blade
pool
profile
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Applying
a
failover
configuration
profile
manually
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Comparing
the
configuration
file
with
the
actual
configuration
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Creating
an
event
action
plan
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Chapter
6.
Troubleshooting
and
support
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Problems
when
you
create
or
apply
a
standby
blade
pool
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Incorrect
OFM
address
usage
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Configuration
failure
scenarios
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Error
messages
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Getting
help
and
support
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Finding
information
about
IBM
Director
Problems
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Information
to
provide
to
the
IBM
Technical
Support
Center
or
IBM
Director
customer
forum
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Getting
fixes
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Software
service
and
support
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Chapter
7.
Reference
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BladeCenter
Open
Fabric
Manager
components
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Configuration
file
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AMM
Web
interface
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Accessibility
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Session
and
credentials
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Standby
AMM
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CLI
command
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Events
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Chapter
8.
Related
information
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Notices
&
Trademarks
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Notices
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Trademarks
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Glossary
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Terms
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Index
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Copyright
IBM
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2007,
2008
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