Chapter 8: Device Management183Configuring Blade ChassisIn addition to standard servers and rack PDUs (power strips), you cancontrol blade chassis that are plugged into the KX II device port. Up toeight blade chassis can be managed at a given time.The blade chassis must be configured as a blade chassis subtype.If the blade chassis type is supported, it is automatically detected oncethey are connected. If the type is not supported, the blade must beconfigured manually.When a blade server chassis is detected, a default name is assigned to itand it is displayed on the Port Access page along with standard targetservers and rack PDUs. See Port Access Page (Remote ConsoleDisplay) (on page 38).The blade chassis is displayed in an expandable, hierarchical list on thePort Access page, with the blade chassis at the root of the hierarchy andthe individual blades labeled and displayed below the root. Use theExpand Arrow icon next to the root chassis to display the individualblades.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 and Cisco® UCS blade chassis, the generic,IBM® and Dell® blade chassis are configured on the Port page.The port connected to the blade chassis must be configured with theblade chassis model. The specific information you are able to configurefor a blade server will depend on the brand of blade server you areworking with. For specific information on each of these supported bladechassis, see their corresponding topics in 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, and CiscoUCS blade servers are supported via individual connections from theDominion device to each blade. The ports are 'grouped' together into achassis representation using 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.
