Using Advanced BOFM

This topic contains information about using Advanced BOFM, including launching the program, discovering a chassis, creating a standby blade pool template, and applying a failover template.

Important: You must configure AMM to enable Advanced BOFM access. You must set the following network protocols on the AMM Web interface:
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  1. From the AMM Web interface access the MM Control Network Protocols page.
  2. Click the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) link and make sure that it is set to Enabled.
TCP Command Mode Protocol
  1. From the AMM Web interface access the MM Control Network Protocols page.
  2. Click the TCP Command Mode Protocol link and make sure that the Command mode is set to 20 connections.
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
  1. From the AMM Web interface access the MM Control Network Protocols page.
  2. Click the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) link and make sure that SNMP traps and SNMPv1 agent are enabled and configured.
The following table lists the default protocol port numbers used by Advanced BOFM:
Table 1. Default protocol port numbers used by Advanced BOFM
Port number Protocol Endpoint
21 FTP AMM
23 TELNET Advanced BOFM server
161, 162 SNMP Advanced BOFM server
50990 SNMP trap Advanced BOFM server
6090 TCP/IP (command mode) AMM
Note: You can change the SNMP trap port number by editing server.prop in C:\Program Files\OFM\data\.