Chapter 8: Device Management167Configuring Blade ChassisIn addition to standard servers and rack PDUs (power strips), you cancontrol blade chassis that are plugged into a Dominion device port. Up toeight blade chassis can be managed at a given time.As with standard servers, blade chassis are autodetected once they areconnected. When a blade server chassis is detected, a default name isassigned to it and it is displayed on the Port Access page along withstandard target servers and rack PDUs (see Port Access Page (onpage 43)). The blade chassis is displayed in an expandable, hierarchicallist on the Port Access page, with the blade chassis at the root of thehierarchy and the individual blades labeled and displayed below the root.Use the Expand Arrow icon next to the root chassis to display theindividual blades.Note: To view the blade chassis in a hierarchal order, blade-chassissubtypes must be configured for the blade server chassis.With the exception of HP® blade chassis, generic, IBM®, and Dell® bladechassis are configured on the Port page. The port connected to the bladechassis must be configured with the blade chassis model. The specificinformation you are able to configure for a blade server will depend onthe brand of blade server you are working with. For specific informationon each of these supported blade chassis, see their corresponding topicsin this section of the help.The following blade chassis are supported: IBM BladeCenter® Models E and H Dell PowerEdge® 1855, 1955 and M1000eA Generic option allows you to configure a blade chassis that is notincluded in the above list. HP BladeSystem c3000 and c7000 aresupported via individual connections from the Dominion device to eachblade. The ports are 'grouped' together into a chassis representationusing the Port Group Management feature.Note: Dell PowerEdge 1855/1955 blades also provide the ability toconnect from each individual blade to a port on the Dominion device.When connected in that manner, they can also be grouped to createblade server groups.Two modes of operation are provided for blade chassis: manualconfiguration and auto-discovery, depending on the blade chassiscapabilities. If a blade chassis is configured for auto-discovery, theDominion device tracks and updates the following: When a new blade server is added to the chassis. When an existing blade server is removed from the chassis.
