Terminology

The following terminology is used in this documentation.

alarm
Alarms are a signal for attention, often used interchangeably with alerts. In addition, alerts can also mean an indication from an LED, such as from the alarm panel on the BladeCenter® T chassis.
alert
Alerts provide notification of an event on the advanced management module. These notifications can be in the form of Director events, e-mail, or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps.
command-line interface
The IBM® BladeCenter advanced management-module command-line interface (CLI) provides direct access to BladeCenter management functions as an alternative to using the Web-based interface. Use the command-line interface to issue commands to control the power and configuration of the management module and other components that are in a BladeCenter chassis.
event
Events are internal entities that have an event number and a structured format that may allow notification.
group
In an event description, denotes one or more components. For example, there may be a memory group, which consists of one or more memory DIMMs.
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a specification that defines the interfaces used by system administrators to manage a system. IPMI is used to provide information between the service processor on the blade server and the advanced management module.
management module
A management module is a hot-swap module that you use to configure and manage all installed BladeCenter components. There are three types of management modules:
  • Management module. This is the management module that was provided when BladeCenter products were first introduced.
  • Advanced management module. The advanced management module replaced the management module. It is available for the BladeCenter E, BladeCenter H, and BladeCenter S chassis.
  • Chassis management module. The original management module for the BladeCenter T chassis is called the chassis management module. The chassis management module 2 is the advanced management module version for the BladeCenter T chassis.
service processor
Generic term for baseboard management controllers (BMC), Integrated System Management Processors (ISMP), and Advanced System Management (ASM) processors. These hardware-based management processors monitor system platform events such as fan failures and temperature or voltage increases, and logs their occurrence. They are also used for hardware control, such as powering the node on and off.
SNMP trap
A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap is a message which is initiated by a network element (advanced management module or agent) and sent to the network management system (SNMP user).
VPD
Vital product data (VPD) is stored on each component in a BladeCenter chassis and is available through the advanced management module. VPD includes information about the component, such as product specifications, firmware versions, part numbers and serial numbers.