ibm blade center
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hi victor,
those ip address are belong to the fiber channel modules of the blade center.
the cage has 2 options for networking:- the management port.
- the network module ports.
every module has it's own ip address so it could be configured but i do not know from which network capable module i connect to the management of the modules.
Best Regards,
Lindeamon -
hi victor,
i have done a little research and what i have found out that by default the communication to the fiber-channel module is made through the management module.
every module in the cage has it's own ip address.
what i have experiencing is that every period of time both of the fiber channel modules are being rediscovered and for some reason the server can not place them under the subnet tree.hope this help you solve the problem.
Best Regards,
Lindeamon -
Hi!
I have some ideas why this can happen. I do some fixes already, next release will contain them. Hopefully it will help.
Best regards,
Victor -
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Hi!
I hope that it will be before end of March, but I have planned quite a lot for this release, so maybe it will be delayed till first half of April, depending on how fast I'll be able to do development.
Best regards,
Victor -
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hi victor,
i have upgraded the server and all to 1.2.0 and from first impression i can see that it does not re-detect the hba modules but it does not place them under the subnet container in the "entire network" tree.
i will wait until tomorrow to see if the hba's are being rediscovered and will keep you posted.Best Regards,
Lindeamon -
hi victor,
now i can say for sure that the hba modules are not redetected but thay are not placed under the correct place in the subnet tree.
i can tell you that in the ibm blade center there are 2 management modules and the hba modules management interface is routed through them meaning that if the management module is down there will be no network connectivity to the hba module.Best Regards,
Lindeamon -
Hi!
Can you please show me all interfaces under hba module with IP addresses and primary IP address of HBA module? I suspect that module's primary address is not visible on any of it's interfaces, and this is why NetXMS server doen not place them into subnet tree.
Best regards,
Victor -
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hi victor,
i have attached 3 screen shots of the FC module.basically "bay x" means the number of the blade and "ext x" means the ports connected to a san storage or switch.
it has a management or sup interface that holds it's ip but the communication to the module is routed through the blade management module which have a different ip, in this case is 172.16.4.60Best Regards,
Lindeamon
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hi victor,
i do not know where you stand on this issue but i just want to update you that apparently the fc modules are discovered and in former version they where located under "business.."Â but now i do not even see them and get alarm for them.
Best Regards,
Lindeamon -
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Are you 100% sure that they are nowhere in the tree? Try to do IP address filter in object tree - enter > followed by IP address in filter field.
Best regards,
Victor -
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That's very strange. When possible, can you stop the server and run database check? Will it report any errors?
Best regards,
Victor -
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Hi!
It's definitely a bug in the server which leaves some nodes unattached to neither subnet nor container object. I have one fix possibly related to this in 1.2.2 - may be it helps. If not, I'll have a chance to connect IBM blade to NetXMS in a couple of weeks, then I'll be able to do necessary tests.
Best regards,
Victor -
hi victor,
obviously i will have to wait and see if it will help.
after i have done the checking the missing nodes were not found again although the network discovery is active. i will check tomorrow to see if they were rediscovered and i will let u knowBest Regards,
Lindeamon
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