IBM PureSystems FSM Overview

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Pure VUG 2014-2-13 – FSM

Speaker: Bob Schuster

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Flex Systems Manager Overview and Administration

Licensing

Hardware

Architecture & Architecture

System Chassis and Provisioning

Configuration Patterns

Bare Metal Deployment

Life Cycle Management and Monitoring

Asset Tracking & System Monitoring

Storage Management

Network management

Virtualization Management

Next Gen UI (Phase 1)

Mobile Management



FSM Overview And Administration


FSM -Major Features per EditionProduct/Feature IBM x86 and Power Systems

Base/Chassis Advanced Upgrade/Chassis

IBM FSM Base Level √

IBM Service & Support Manager √

IBM Fabric Manager √

IBM Storage Control √ IncludedIBM Network Control √

IBM VMControl Express Edition √

(VM Life Cycle Management) (For VMware, KVM, Hyper-V, PowerVM)

IBM Flex Systems Manager Advanced Function

VMControl Standard Edition √

(Image Management) (For KVM and PowerVM only)

VMControl Enterprise Edition √

(System Pools) (For KVM and PowerVM only)


Hardware Overview – Hardware Specifications One Intel Xeon Processor E5-2650 8C 2.0 GHz 20 MB Cache 1600 MHz 95 W 32 GB of memory with eight 4 GB (1x4 GB, 1Rx4, 1.35 V) PC3L-10600 CL9

ECC DDR3 1333 MHz LP RDIMMs Integrated LSI SAS2004 RAID controller Two IBM 200 GB SATA 1.8" MLC SSD configured in a RAID 1 One IBM 1 TB 7.2 K 6 Gbps NL SATA 2.5" SFF HS HDD Dual-port 10 Gb Ethernet Emulex BladeEngine 3 (BE3) network controller for

data network connections Dual-port Broadcom 5718 network controller for internal chassis management

network connections Integrated Management Module II (IMM2)


FSM Hardware

8 Core CPU32 GB of memory

2 Solid State Drives (200 GB)Raid 1 mirrored drives

1TB HDD drive

2, Solid State Drives Cover Over Solid State Drives

Connection into Private Management Network(ETE Adapter)


FSM Hardware – A Deeper Look

FSM Hardware

Customized x86 compute node

Locked down firmware, do NOT attempt to use x240 firmware stack.

FSM has a special Everything-to Everything (ETE) adapter that allows it to communicate across the chassis internal network for chassis element discovery, configuration and monitoring.

The FSM is delivered pre-configured from the factory for optimal performance of FSM software stack


FSM Ethernet Device Routing


FSM – Application Pre-Installed (Quick Bring Up)

The FSM comes pre-installed

Upon first power on, the administrator is presented a very simple Configuration Wizard which allows for customization of the appliance for the customer environment

The wizard allows customization for the following items: Date & Time Base User Account IP Configuration Hostname & Gateway DNS

Up within an hour


Initial Setup – FSM Landing Page

Centralized Component Configuration

Bare Metal Deployment

New FSM Explorer

CentralizedComponent Updates


Component Configuration

Switch Configuration Templates

Configure SNMP Access

Getting Started- Configuration Plans


Additional Solution Setup Guidance


Centralized Management & Maintenance

Create accounts & passwords Used to enter IBM Director / FSM command line

Avoid shutting down the FSM from the Chassis Map / CMM power function as may cause server instability

Backup the FSM Configuration


FSM Multi-ChassisUser Registry

User ID Password

Joe Password5

Mark Password6

Ray Password3

Lori Password4

Ed Password1

Brian Password2

User ID Password

Ed Password1

Brian Password2

User ID Password

Ray Password3

Lori Password4

x86

iMMUser Registry

Local Administration &Authentication

LDAPx86 POWER

Authenticate Authenticate

Central User AdministrationPOWER

FSPUser Registry

Local Administration &Authentication

PureFlex w/FSM

Simpler user experience with centralized security

Moving to a centralized security for all chassis compute nodes

FSM controls a single user repository for user accounts across multiple chassis and Compute Nodes

Each chassis managed by FSM can be configured to be in Centralized user mode. When in centralized user mode, users are authenticated against an LDAP directory hosted on and configured by the FSM.

Simpler User Experience


Centralized User Management

Launches CMM Credentials Page

Makes these changes on CMM


FSM – System and Chassis Provisioning


Configure local storage, I/O adapters, boot order, and other IMM and UEFI settings. Supports Configuration of all NICs

– No FC HBA configuration Support Integrated IFM Support

– Configure Boot from SAN Settings on FC HBA via IFM

Integrate device configuration & update steps into single interface and workflowFor example; Boot target, IMM, adapter settings, virtual address assignment Configure CMM network management

interface, users and security, power and acoustic settings, and basic I/O module and node IP address assignments.

Configuration Patterns enable simpler and faster configuration & deployment capability

System Provisioning – Initial Node/Chassis Configuration


x86 compute nodes IP address pools (management network) RAID, adapters, boot order and targets,

IMM, UEFI, Create a pattern

– From Scratch, guided step-by-step by the tool

– By capturing existing configuration

Apply a saved pattern to 1-N compute nodes

Address Virtualization– Ethernet, FCoE, FC and vNIC– Address Pre-provisioning

Configure Boot Target Spare Node Configuration Automatic Node Failover Address architecture support 100 Chassis

Configuration Patterns - Server Provisioning


Select Compute Node Type installed in the chassis

Provide a name and description for the new server pattern

Server Pattern – General Settings & Local Storage

Configure the internal storage on the x node

– Create a new RAID array– Keep the current configuration– Disable the internal disk controller


Configure the I/O adapter profile including the mezz card type

Configure the port pattern for the adapter

– Switch Independent Mode– Virtual Fabric Mode– PNIC Mode

Configure virtualized addresses to be used with IBM Fabric Manager

– Virtual address pool for Fibre mezz adapter (i.e. Qlogic)

– Virtual address pool for Ethernet mezz adapter (i.e. Emulex)

– MACs automatically selected when virtual address is enabled

Server Pattern – I/O Adapter Configuration


Set Boot Order– Add and Remove Boot Options– Define Boot Device for each Boot Option

Configure Boot from SAN for IFM– Specify boot target WWNs and LUN ID

Server Pattern – Node Boot Configuration


Configure or View Learned UEFI Settings Configure Processor settings

– Intel Virtualization Technology– C-States– Turbo Mode– C1 Enhanced Mode– Execute Disable Bit

Enable/disable onboard devices Enable/disable option ROM support Set Option ROM Execution Order Configure Boot Modes Configure Legacy Support

Server Pattern – Node UEFI Configuration


Create IP Pools or select DHCP Specify unique IP addresses for CMMs,

I/O Modules and Compute Nodes Edit IP Pool to add or remove IP

addresses Set/Modify Default Gateway Add New Range

Server Pattern – IP Pools for IMM


Configure IMM Settings or View Learned IMM Settings– IP Addresses– DNS– Port Assignments– Alert recipients– PXE Boot Settings– SNMP/SMTP Configuration– Telnet/ssh configuration

Server Pattern – IMM Configuration


Select Servers for configuration deployment Select Profile Activation: Full (start/restart server now); Partial (defer server restart) Server restart required to activate new configuration Pattern activation results in a server profile being created for each server selected

during the deployment phase

Server Pattern – Deploy Configuration Pattern


IP address pools (management network) Chassis Management Modules IO Modules Set IP addresses for System P

and integrated V7K Create a pattern

– From Scratch, guided step-by-step by the tool

– By capturing existing configuration

Does not require CMM Restart

Configuration Patterns - Chassis Provisioning


IP Address Pools for CMM’s Users & Security

– Configure chassis security profile– Configure Global Login Settings– Create Permission Groups– Create User Accounts

Power & Acoustics– Configure Power Policy– Enable/Disable Power Limiting– Configure Acoustic Attenuation Policy

Chassis Pattern – CMM Configuration


Configure Management IP addresses for IO Modules Enable/Disable external

(non-management ports) Enable disable external

management over all ports Configure to preserve IP

configuration on all I/O module resets

Chassis Pattern – I/O Module Configuration


Configuration Pattern Sharing and Reuse

You have 2 groups of IBM System x servers. One set of servers are used in production, and another set of servers are used for qualification and test.

Start by creating a server pattern to configure your test servers.

Now you copy the Server pattern you made for your test servers and make another pattern for your production servers.


General– IP Address pools for assigning static IP addresses to management interfaces

System x compute nodes– Storage configuration (local RAID)– I/O Adapter configuration (adapter and port patterns for configuring fabric interconnects)– Boot order configuration (including boot target patterns for SAN WWN boot targets)– IMM and system/UEFI firmware settings:

• System Information pattern (system name, location, contact)• Management Interface pattern (host name, IP address, DNS, interface speed, port assignments)• Power State and Capping pattern (power off/on, shutdown, restart, power restore policy, capping)• Performance and Recovery pattern (operating mode, processor, memory, timers)• Devices and I/O Ports pattern (console redirection, COM ports, PCIe speed)• Additional learned IMM settings• Additional learned UEFI settings

– IFM integrated function• Virtual I/O addressing• Standby server pools and failover monitoring

Chassis (CMM, IOM, non-System x nodes)– CMM configuration

• Chassis Information pattern (chassis name, room, location, contact)• Management Interface pattern (host name, IP addresses, DNS, interface speed)• Power and Acoustics pattern (power policy, capping policy, acoustic mode)• Users and Security pattern (user accounts, global login setting, security policy)

– I/O Module configuration (general settings, management IP addresses)– Node basic configuration (management IP addresses) *for Power Systems and storage nodes

Configuration Patterns – Summary of Capabilities


System Provisioning - Bare Metal Deployment

Deploy ESXi or Redhat Linux to x86 nodes (up to 55 simultaneously) ESXi is pre-installed on the FSM RHEL 6.2 or 6.3 .iso image can be imported to FSM (up to 2 images max on

FSM) When RHEL image is imported 3 image profiles re created: minimal, basic, and

virtualization

Available Image Profiles


Importing a Additional Images for Deployment

ssh to the FSM scp the RedHat .iso image to the user directory (i.e. /home/USERID) Type the command smcli lsosimages to list the current loaded images (IBM

Cusomtized ESXi 5.1 is the default pre-loaded image)

Once the .iso image copy is complete type the command smcli importosimageimagepath

Once the import is complete, the lsosimages command should display both images

Note: the command smcli deleteosimage can be used to remove unwanted images


FSM – Life Cycle Management and Monitoring


Environment Health Monitoring


FSM Remote Virtual Presence for Maintenance

The FSM Remote Control application allows for remote control of multiple nodes within a chassis

A single ISO can be mounted to multiple nodes Would not recommend mounting a single ISO to more then 4 nodes at any one

time due to network and file locking issues on the client PC FSM Remote control application allows for power cycling of compute nodes,

remote media, JPG screen capture and special key combinations


Asset Tracking

Collect and store inventory information on:

Compute Nodes Firmware OS Specific Information Internal Components I/O Addresses

I/O Switch Modules Firmware Ports I/O Addresses

Storage Devices Firmware Drives I/O Addresses Storage Volumes


Node and Chassis Element Remediation Download and install

firmware for: Compute Nodes Chassis Management

module FC I/O Modules IBM Operating Systems Supported Linux

Operating Systems


Storage Monitoring and Management

Launch Fibre switch Element Manager to zone storage

Discover Storage Controllers View topology views of

managed storage View inventory and health of

managed storage devices Manage Internal v7000

Internal Storage Node


V7000 Functions Interface


Network Monitoring and Management

Launch Network switch Element Manager to configure the switch

Discover virtual switches in addition to physical switches

View topology views of managed network devices

View inventory and health of managed network devices

Create configuration templates for configuration of switches: VLAN Base credentials Protocol configuration


Discover, Visualize and Monitor Virtual Servers Host and Virtual Server Discovery Topology Maps showing relationships Virtual Resource Monitoring Host and Virtual Server Status Thresholds

Virtual Server Lifecycle Management Create/Delete Virtual Servers Dynamically Edit Virtual Servers

Basic Virtual Server Mobility Move Virtual Server Evacuate Host Relocation Plans

Cross Platform Consistency VMware ESX VMware vCenter Hyper-V KVM PowerVM

Virtualization Monitoring and Management


VMControl Functional Summary per PlatformManagement Task AIX and

Power LinuxIBM i VMware

ESXMicrosoft Hyper-v

Linux KVM

Create, edit, and delete virtual servers

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Create, edit, and delete virtual farms

No No Yes Vendor Tool Yes

Relocate Virtual Servers Yes No Yes Vendor Tool Yes

Put hosts into maintenance mode and remove hosts from maintenance mode

No No Yes* Vendor Tool Yes

Import Virtual Appliance Packages

Yes Yes Vendor Tool Vendor Tool Yes

Capture Virtual Servers Yes Yes Vendor Tool Vendor Tool Yes

Capture workloads Yes Yes Vendor Tool Vendor Tool Yes

Deploy virtual appliances Yes Yes Vendor Tool Vendor Tool Yes

Create, edit, and delete workloads

Yes Yes Vendor Tool Vendor Tool Yes

Create, edit, and delete server system pools

Yes No Vendor Tool Vendor Tool Yes

Create, edit, and delete storage system pools

Yes No Vendor Tool Vendor Tool No


VMControl Managing KVM Environment – NFS Storage

Flex Systems Manager FSM Web Console

NFS Server to Store Images (RHEL 6.x)KVM+IBM Systems Director 6.3.1Platform Agent for KVMExport /images

Repository Server (RHEL 6.x)IBM Systems Director 6.3.1 Common Agent + Repository SubagentNFS mount /images

RHEL 6.x with KVM

IBM Systems Director 6.3.2 Platform Agent for KVM


VMControl Managing KVM Environment – SAN Storage

Repository Server (RHEL 6.x)IBM Systems Director 6.3.2 Common

Agent + Repository Subagent

IBM StorWize V7000SMI-S Provider Embedded

Fibre SAN SwitchRHEL 6.x with KVM

IBM Systems Director 6.3.2 Platform Agent for KVM

KVM Hosts

Flex Systems Manager FSM Web Console


VMControl Managing VMware ESXi

ESXi Hosts (4.2/5x)

VMware Virtual Center Server (Physical or Virtual Server)

VMware ESXi (key or Installable)

FSM Web Console

Flex Systems Manager


VMControl Managing Hyper-V

Hyper-V Nodes

Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 with Hyper-V Role

Director 6.3.1 Common or Platform agent

FSM Web Console



VMControl Managing PowerVM

VIOS 2.2.1.4

Power NodesNIM Master

AIX 7.1 or Newer

Director 6.3.x Common Agent

VMControl NIM Subagent

SAN

FSM Web Console



FSM – Welcome to the NextGen UI


FSM Explorer – NextGen UI (Phase 1)

Navigation Pane

Quick Access Menu Bar

Context Sensitive Tree View

Actions Pane

Global Search Box

New Graphical OverLays for Front Panel LED’s and



FSM Explorer – NextGen UI (Phase 1) (Cont)

Hover-over Health and Job Status

General Actions Menu

Context Sensitive Right Mouse Click

Menu Itemsfor

CategorizedTasks


Details Page for IT Elements

Storage Node

Ethernet Switch Module

Chassis

Compute Node


Apple iOSRIM BlackBerry Google Android

Simplification– Quick and easy access to relevant information– Check Health and Status of IT Resources

Focus on Top Customer Pain Points on mobile– Swipe, touch interface minimizing keyboard entry– Secure and protect personal data

Manage from Anywhere - Enables a robust experience on the most popular mobile platforms

Features in v1.0 Health and Status: Monitor Health Problems, Check

Resources Status Event Log: Event History for Chassis, compute nodes,

and IO Modules Chassis Map (Hardware View): Front and Rear for

Single Chassis Chassis List (Components View): List of compute

nodes, IO/Cooling/Power Modules Inventory Management: VPD Information (serial, type,

model, ip) Multi Chassis Management: Manage multiple Flex

System Chassis with a single connection

Feature s in v1.0 (continued) Authentication and Security: Secure all connections

using encrypted protocols (i.e. SSL): Secure persistent credentials on mobile device

Access multiple IBM Flex System Managers from a single App

Cross Mobile Phone Platform• Apple iOS: iPhone 4/4s• Google Android: Samsung Galaxy S2, Motorola Atrix,

Motorola Droid 3, HTC Evo 4G• RIM BlackBerry: Torch, Bold Touch, Bold• Downloadable from Apple App Store, Google Play,

and BlackBerry App World

Flex System Mobile Management


Mobile UI

FSM Managed Chassis List

Front Chassis View

Rear Chassis View


GA 4 Enhancements


Support for the new P7+ Half-wide compute node 2S

Support for the new P7+ Full-Wide compute node 4S

Support for the new x222 compute node (** may include PEN PCI Expansion Node)

Support for new I/O SI4093 Interconnect Module

FSM – Hardware Currency Support

Discovery, Inventory and Chassis map functionality


Flex Systems Manager Monitoring and Reporting Introduce a feature called “Fuel Gauge” within the utilization

screen of the FSM that will display a set of gauges for the following: Management capacity utilization FSM resource utilization.

Remote power restart Recovers failed power workloads quickly by restarting on

alternate systems – “automated workload recovery from system failures”

Scalability Enhancements Increase the maximum number of managed chassis from 4 to 8;

Now targeting 16! Still 5000 Managed Endpoint limit.

FSM – Base Enhancements


Why Fuel Gauge?

Moving from chassis only to end-point and chassis scalability metric• Note: change from original design which as end point measurement only

Fuel gauge helps customers understand remaining FSM management capacity

Provides warnings when…• There are too many concurrent users• There are too many managed end points• The management server is over utilized• New: there are too many chassis under management.

Does not provide hard enforcement of recommendations.


Fuel Gauge Default View

Overall utilization: shows how many more end points can be managed

Management capacity utilization: two gauges that show the capacity of the FSM•Current managed systems: number of systems being managed•Average active users: the average number of concurrent users (limit is 12)

Flex System Manager resource utilization: four gauges that show utilization of FSM

Note: current views do not include chassis limitation.


What does Remote Server Restart provide?

Provides the capability to activate a partition on any appropriately-configured running server in the event that the partition’s original server and any associated service partitions or management entities becomes unavailable.

• Exports partition configuration state usually held internal to a server, service partition, or VCP to external persistent storage.

• Exported partition configuration state is kept current when dynamic changes occur to accurately reflect its “last known configuration” in the event of a server crash.

Provides “Crash” recovery by allowing the reboot of the partition elsewhere using the partition’s last known/captured configuration information.

• OS, file systems, applications, etc. go through recovery after restart. Remote Restart will be automated.

• Only one cluster manager may be in charge of a partition at a time Benefit: Enhanced Partition Portability.

• Partitions become less defined by the server they were originally created on and a standard definition format enables more flexibility in partition definition, cloning, distribution, etc.


Remote Server Restart

Restart selective failed partitions on different servers Partitions profiles are maintained Applications must be restarted POWER7 and AIX 6.1 / 7.1, IBM i 7.1 & Linux

Remote Server Restart Setup


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