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Data Sheet Fujitsu PRIMERGY ServerView Suite - ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Version 2.4 Software

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Data Sheet Fujitsu PRIMERGY ServerView Suite ServerView® Virtual-IO Manager Version 2.6 Software

SERVERVIEW VIRTUAL-IO MANAGER DYNAMIZATION AND VIRTUALIZATION IN THE DATACENTER

Brief Description

ServerView Virtual-IO Manager is a function

extension for the ServerView Operations

Manager. It simplifies the virtualization of the

I/O links for the BX900, BX400 and BX600

blade servers, thus enabling resources to be

used more dynamically and efficiently.

The ServerView Virtual-IO Manager provides a

central control instance, which enables the

administration of a large number of PRIMERGY

BX900, BX400 and BX600 blade servers via

virtualization and storage of the

corresponding server blade I/O parameters

(MAC addresses, WWNs, I/O connections and

boot parameters) in a server profile, which is

independent of the hardware. This profile is

used to easily allocate the server blades in the

managed pool irrespective of location. A

failover to a spare blade can be easily

automated in conjunction with the software

ServerView Resource Coordinator Virtual

Edition (SV RCVE). This helps the administrator

to construct a dynamic data center which can

react automatically to events and thus always

guarantee the required service level.

The customer is able to define profiles for all

his applications and store them centrally in

the profile store irrespective of the HW,

especially when used together with the

remote boot function (PXE/SAN/iSCSI).

The required application (boot image) can be

started on the already defined network

addresses (MAC, WWN and iSCSI-initiator,

-target) without further configuration effort in

LAN and SAN by simply assigning a specific

profile (containing all the required

parameters) to a blade server or also as an

extension to a slot that is not used. All this

without any restrictions regarding the number

of blades or chassis. Generation-spanning

profiles, which include BX900, BX400 and

BX600 blades, can also be created.

Resourceful Server Management

PRIMERGY ServerView Suite (SVS) provides all the necessary elements for professionally managing server systems across their lifecycle.

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Features and Benefits

Main features Benefits

■ Server management separated from LAN and SAN management

(by using Intelligent Blade Panels (IBPs) and FC access gateways)

■ Administration effort and costs reduced as definition work only has

to be carried out once. Server blades can be extended, replaced

and put back into operation without LAN or SAN administrators.

■ Separation and virtualization of server IO parameters in a

HW-independent profile repository.

■ Reduced general time effort and costs for the installation,

maintenance and recovery of blade servers.

■ Complete independence from operating system, application,

network and storage system.

■ No certification required, works with any operating system and

Hypervisor.

■ Setup and pre-configuration of the entire LAN & SAN environment

before the actual server HW availability.

■ Accelerated installation, saving time and money.

■ Flexible and fast reallocation of applications (images) by moving

profiles to the individual server blades and chassis.

■ Increased server utilization, quick adaptation to operational

requirements.

Reduced costs by using the same hardware for applications that

are different and not simultaneously required.

■ Simple spare blade definition and manual failover function. ■ Simple and secure recovery after server failure.



ServerView Virtual-IO Manager Version 2.6 Software

Traditional I/O infrastructure – inflexible and costly Blade Server systems connect the LAN and FC ports of the individual

server blades to the customer’s LAN and SAN infrastructure via

switches which are integrated in the blade chassis. This was previously

a disadvantage of overlapping administration domains:

Switches are traditionally viewed as network components. However,

with blade server systems they are integrated into the blade chassis

and must also be reconfigured if the server blades configuration

changes. This means that up to three administrators responsible for

servers, LAN and SAN must coordinate their work when changing the

configuration, for example when replacing a server blade due to a HW

problem.

Moreover, there may be difficulties in interoperability between the

integrated switches of the blade server system and the external switch

components of the customer’s network infrastructure.

Another major issue is MAC addresses and WWNs, which are

hard-coded in NICs and HBAs. Whenever a server has to be replaced or

an image or application needs to be moved to a different server, these

hard-coded addresses require administrative changes in the server,

LAN and SAN configurations.

I/O virtualization with Virtual-IO Manager – dynamic and simple In order to solve these issues the switches in the blade server chassis

BX400, BX600 and BX900 can be replaced with special I/O connection

blades that offer a simple means of grouping specific server blade I/O

channels (port grouping, cable consolidation), but which do not have

the complexity of a switch. Different I/O connection blades are

available for this purpose:

The Fibre Channel Access Gateway (FC AG) to link storage systems and

the Intelligent Blade Panel (IBP) for the LAN connection. In BX400

and BX900 these are not different HW modules, but simply an

additional FW mode, providing the flexibility to use the connection

modules either in traditional switch-mode or in AG and IBP mode. In

the first case the administrator is responsible for managing the I/O

connections; in the latter case VIOM manages the I/O connectivity as

part of the profile.

Instead of hard-coded MAC addresses and WWNs, virtual,

customer-defined addresses are used which can be individually

assigned to specific server blades and can retain the same slot

assignment even if the Server Blade has been removed.

ServerView Virtual-IO Manager is a comprehensive and user-friendly

application for administration of these virtual addresses and the

required LAN connection. All the parameters of a server blade are

grouped together in a so-called server profile. As these profiles only

contain virtual addresses, they can be relocated and assigned to any

server blade in any chassis, as long as the respective chassis is still

connected to the required LAN and SAN networks.




SV Virtual-IO Manager – Building block for a dynamic infrastructure environment Fujitsu recommends the use of ServerView Resource Coordinator

Virtual Edition (SV RCVE) as supplement in order to complete the

dynamization of a data center environment and to use all the VIOM

options.

ServerView Resource Coordinator Virtual Edition works very closely

together with VIOM as an orchestration tool and can help the

administrator with many tasks or relieve him of them. This includes

load distribution, reaction to Service Level Agreements or automatic

failover with hardware failures.

Management concept and function features 1. Chassis configuration

With ServerView VIOM (SV VIOM), compatible BX400, BX900 and

BX600 blade server chassis can be identified via the standard

discovery service of the ServerView Operations Manager.

All chassis compatible with ServerView VIOM are automatically

identified and can be easily imported into SV VIOM. Each blade

server configuration is checked for SV VIOM compliance and the

user can select those to be run under SV VIOM control.

With the BX400, BX900, the LAN switches CB18/6, CB36/12,

CB36/8+2 and CB18/8 can be operated as required in IBP or

switch mode; the role can be switched via the firmware

command at any time.

When using IBP: Definition of all external LAN connections for

each SV VIOM-controlled chassis.

The network connections (including VLAN connections) for the

individual chassis and uplinks of the integrated LAN I/O

connection blade (IBP) have already been defined by the server

and LAN administrators during the hardware installation.

These network connections are documented in SV VIOM by

assigning symbolic names, which are used to define LAN links in

server profiles.

2. Profile definition

A profile is a quantity of data for a specific server blade,

consisting of the virtual MAC addresses and WWNs, the boot

parameters (up to 4 boot devices) and the LAN connections of all

I/O channels of the server blade.

All profiles are held in a data memory (independent of the

installed hardware), which is located in the Central Management

Station (CMS). For each profile individual IDs can be defined

which, for example, provide information about the application or

the service provided by the respective profile.

Profiles may be created, copied, removed and assigned to a slot.

3. Profile assignment

Defining / cancelling the profile assignment to a slot in a SV

VIOM-controlled chassis.

On allocation, SV VIOM checks whether the number and the I/O

channel concepts match that of the installed server blade and

whether the required LAN connections are provided by the IBP

uplinks on the chassis.

A server blade pre-assignment can be made by allocating the

profiles to empty slots.

As the profile assignment is per slot including all "individual

server parameters", failed server blades can then be replaced

without incurring any problems or making any configuration

changes.

Switching the server blade on/off (boot/shutdown)

Failover configuration (within a chassis) Individual server blades

can be defined as "spare blades" so that in the event of a fault

the failover command can be used to simply and securely replace

a failed server blade with a spare blade.

4. Command Line Interface (CLI)

All the important SV VIOM functions can also be used via a

command interface. This provides the customer with the option of

running self-written scripts and the systems can be distributed or

deactivated according to current requirements or in order to reduce

costs. Day/night operation can thus be easily implemented.

5. XML Import / Export of VIOM profile definitions

In both user interfaces GUI and CLI there are functions to export

and import the VIOM profile definition in/from a text file in XML

format. This supports user in effective creation and maintaining

larger amounts of profiles.

6. VIOM upgrade to newer version

When upgrading the VIOM software on the Management Station

any running blades are not affected and need not to be rebooted.

The newer VIOM version supports the existing BIOS and FW versions

of the BX chassis components to ensure uninterrupted operation.




New features of version 2.6 Converged Network support, including FCoE Boot

By using the 10Gb 2 Port (MC-CNA102E) Mezz. Card and the CB18/8

10GbE Connection Blade LAN and storage traffic (FCoE or iSCSI) may

run over the same adapter and thereby it is possible to save an

entire FC fabric.

VIOM V2.6 now provides a holistic, easy to use management

interface to control all the required attributes in both Connection

Blade and CNA Adapter, of course including address virtualization.

High Availability of the ServerView Suite (SVS) Management Station

A high available management station can be realized by installing

ServerView Operation Manager V5.10 and VIOM 2.6 on a clustered

2-node Hyper-V configuration.

Further enhancements:

“downlink isolation” meaning that blades, even if connected to the

same network can only communicate to nodes outside the Blade

Chassis, no “east-west traffic” , “north-bound” only.

10 GB Ethernet LAN Pass Thru support

The “Single Sign On” introduced by SVS 5.0 is now supported by

VIOM as well, so that a separate login from within SVS to VIOM is no

longer requested.

VIOM installation on a Linux Management Station.

Important Notes: ServerView VIOM 2.6 requires ServerView Operations Manager V5.0 or newer

VIOM usage on CNA may require a blade server BIOS update,

for further details please refer to the tables below.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

MANAGEMENT STATION Released Operating Systems for the Central Management Station (CMS) VIOM Mgr.

MS Windows Server 2003

MS Windows Server 2003 x64

MS Windows Server 2003 R2

MS Windows Server 2003 R2 x64

MS Windows Server 2008

MS Windows Server 2008 x64

MS Windows Server 2008 R2

MS Windows Server 2008 R2 x64

RedHat Enterprise Linux 6

Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11

Operating System for the CMS in Virtual Machines (VM) VIOM Mgr.

MS Windows Server 2003 (SP2)

MS Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP2)

MS Windows Server 2003 x64 (SP2)

MS Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 (SP2)

MS Windows Server 2008 (SP1)

MS Windows Server 2008 x64 (SP1)

MS Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1)

RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 -

Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 -

Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 -

RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 -

Software Dependencies on Management Station

ServerView Operations Manager: V5.30.06

Java Runtime Environment: Sun JRE 1.6.0_18 or higher



Supported Web-Browser

Windows OS Microsoft Internet Explorer V8, Firefox 4, 5, 6, 7

RedHat Firefox 3.6

SuSE Firefox 3.5

SUPPORTED HARDWARE PRIMERGY BX600 with MMB S3 (FW 3.22 or higher):

CPU Blade BX620 S4: D2571 (BIOS: 3B05 or higher, BMC: 3A48 or higher)

CPU Blade BX620 S5: D2686 (BIOS: 3B06 or higher, iRMC: 3A81 or higher)

CPU Blade BX620 S6: D3051 (BIOS: 3C72 or higher, iRMC: 4.87G or higher)

CPU Blade BX630 S2: D2537 (BIOS: 1.14 or higher, iRMC: 2.24G or higher)

CPU Blade BX630 S2: D2931 (BIOS: 2.14 or higher, iRMC: 2.24G or higher)

Daughter cards:

4Gb PCIe FC42E (Emulex) (BIOS 3.03A2, FW 2.72A2 or higher)

LAN Connection Blades:

BX600 IBP 10/6 and 30/12 Blades (FW 2.00 or higher)

BX600 GbE 10/6 and 30/12 Switch Blades

BX600 LAN Pass-Thru Blades

FC Connection Blades:

BX600 4Gb FC Switch

BX600 4Gb FC Pass-Thru Blade

PRIMERGY BX900 with MMB S1 (FW 4.71 or higher)

CPU BLADE BX920 S1: D2860 (BIOS: 3C20 or higher, iRMC: 5.54G or higher)

CPU BLADE BX920 S2: D3030 (BIOS: 3D60 or higher, iRMC: 5.54G or higher)


CPU BLADE BX924 S2: D2952 (BIOS: 3D42 or higher, iRMC: 5.54G or higher) CNA not supp.

CPU BLADE BX960 S1: D2873 (BIOS: 1.16 or higher, iRMC: 5.20G or higher) CNA not supp.

PRIMERGY BX400 with MMB S1 (FW 6.22 or higher)



CPU BLADE BX924 S2: D2952 (BIOS: 3D42 or higher, iRMC: 5.54G or higher) CNA not supp.

Daughter cards (Mezzanine):

LAN mezzanine card 4x 1GbE

LAN mezzanine card 2x 10GbE

FibreChannel mezzanine card: PY FC Mezz. Card 8Gb 2 Port (MC-FC82E)

CNA mezzanine card: PY CNA Mezz. Card 10Gb 2 Port (MC-CNA102E)

LAN Connection Blades:

CB18/6 1GbE connection blade in switch mode or IBP mode with firmware 1.02 or later

CB36/12 1GbE connection blade in switch mode or IBP mode with firmware 2.14 or later

CB36/8+2 1GbE connection blade in switch mode or IBP mode with firmware 2.18 or later.

CB18/8 10GbE connection blade in switch mode or IBP mode with firmware 2.00 NY0034 or later.

PY CB Eth Pass Thru 10Gb 18/18) with firmware 1.00

FC Connection Blades:

Brocade FibreChannel connection blade Brocade 5450

FibreChannel Pass-Thru connection blade 8Gb 18/18



SUPPORTED BOOT METHODS

Server PXE Boot FC Boot FCoE Boot iSCSI Boot

BX620 S4 (D2571) - -

BX620 S5 (D2686) - -

BX620 S6 (D3051) -

BX630 S2 (D2537, D2931) - -

BX920 S1 (D2860)

BX920 S2 (D3030)

BX922 S2 (D2861)

BX924 S2 (D2952) - -

BX960 S1 (D2873) -

Distribution, Implementation, Documentation & Support User Interface English

Installation VIOM, as other ServerView Suite modules can easily be installed by the customer, optionally an

installation service can be provided by Fujitsu professional service.

Documentation User manuals are part of the ServerView Suite DVD or can be downloaded from

www.manuals.ts.fujitsu.com or can be ordered in printed form from www.manualshop.ts.fujitsu.com.

User Skills Basic knowledge of Windows and Fujitsu Blade Server administration is presumed.

Conditions This software product is supplied under conditions described in our current license agreement.

Warranty Class: A

Purchase of a Service and Support Pack available from Fujitsu Technology Solutions is mandatory.

Media The ServerView Suite DVD contains all necessary software components and the ServerView Virtual-I/O

Manager manuals in pdf format.

Ordering and delivery ServerView Virtual-I/O Manager Right-to-Use licenses have to be purchased on a per server base to be

managed by VIOM. Besides a single server license (U15000-C311) also two bundles are available for

blade servers (8 licenses: U15000-C312; 18 licenses: U15000-C313).

Purchase of a Service and Support Pack available from Fujitsu Technology Solutions is mandatory.

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