Management-module Web interface overview

The following topics contain information about the structure and content of the management-module Web interface:

Features of the management-module Web interface that can be accessed by users, according to their assigned roles or authority levels (see Web interface pages and user roles)
Descriptions of the management-module Web interface pages (see Management-module Web interface options)

See Using the management-module Web interface for information about using the management-module Web interface to perform selected functions.

The Web-based user interface communicates with the management and configuration program that is part of the firmware that comes with the management module. You can use this program to perform the following tasks:

Defining the login IDs and passwords.
Selecting recipients for alert notification of specific events.
Monitoring the status of the BladeCenter unit, blade servers, and other BladeCenter components.
Controlling the BladeCenter unit, 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 removable-media drives in the BladeCenter unit are viewed as USB devices by the blade server operating system.)
Setting the active color of the critical (CRT) and major (MJR) alarm LEDs (for BladeCenter T unit only).

You also can use the management-module Web interface, SNMP, and the management-module command-line interface to view some of the blade server configuration settings. For more information, see the information in this chapter and the documentation for the management method that you are using.