Managing hardware

Once your IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis is set up, you can use it to monitor and manage the hardware in your environment. This section includes a number of quick start guides that will help you with some basic systems management tasks.

Configuring hardware and management interfaces

Table 1. Quick start guides for configuring hardware and management interfaces
Description	Link to document
Configuring a Power Systems compute node using an IBM Flex System Manager management node	PDF
Configuring an X-Architecture compute node	PDF
Configuring an X-Architecture compute node using an IBM Flex System Manager management node	PDF
Configuring a Flex System V7000 storage node	Configuring a Flex System V7000 storage node
Configuring the Chassis Management Module (CMM)	PDF
Configuring the Chassis Management Module (CMM) using the IBM Flex System Manager management node	PDF
Determining the Chassis Management Module (CMM) IP address after DHCP has assigned one	PDF
Setting up e-mail notification of problems through the IBM Flex System Manager user interface or through the Chassis Management Module user interface	PDF

Performing updates

Firmware updates for IBM Flex System and IBM PureFlex components are tested and released together. Therefore, you must update all components in a chassis to the same software level, as defined at the IBM PureSystems Centre website. For more information about updating components, see the Firmware Update Best Practices Guide, which is available at the following website:

Working with agents

Table 2. Quick start guides for working with agents
Description	Link to document
Choosing which agent to use	Determining which agent to use
Installing Common Agent. You can install them manually on the managed systems themselves.	Installing Common Agent manually on AIX Installing Common Agent manually on Linux on Power Systems Installing Common Agent manually on Linux on X-Architecture compute nodes Installing Common Agent manually on Windows
Managing Common Agent	Managing Common Agent
Installing Platform Agent. You can install them manually on the managed systems themselves.	Installing Platform Agent manually on Linux on Power Systems Installing Platform Agent manually on Linux on X-Architecture compute nodes Installing Platform Agent manually on Windows

Working with monitors and alerts

Table 3. Quick start guides for working with monitors and alerts
Description	Link to document
Viewing monitors	PDF
Viewing alerts	PDF
Setting thresholds	PDF

Working with logs and service data

Table 4. Quick start guides for working with logs and service data
Description	Link to document
Enabling call-home of problems	PDF
Collecting First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) data	PDF
Collecting service data from the Chassis Management Module (CMM)	PDF
Collecting service data from the integrated management module(IMM)	PDF
Collecting logs using DSA Preboot	PDF
Viewing the integrated management module (IMM) log events from the CMM	PDF
Viewing local integrated management module (IMM) logs	PDF Sensor Numbers PDF
Viewing local Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) logs	PDF
Viewing Flex System V7000 logs and traces	Viewing Flex System V7000 logs and traces