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Features and Benefits Introduction

Intelligent Blade Panel Module

2.1.3 IBP Module Management Features

The Intelligent Blade Panel can either be managed through the console port (out-of-band

management) or through the network (in-band management) with SNMP, TELNET or HTTP

protocols.

Various Files of Management Operation:

z There are three types of files for the Intelligent Blade Panel:

 Configuration Files: The file stores system configuration information

 Operation Code: Executed after system boot-up, also known as Run Time Image

 BootRom Image: The images brought up by loader when power up. Also known as

POST (Power On Self-Test)

z Due to the size of flash memory, the Intelligent Blade Panel supports only two copies for

Configuration files and Operation Code respectively, but only one copy for BootRom

Image.

Duplication of Management file

The Intelligent Blade Panel can copy those three types of files in three different ways.

1. Local file to local file copy: The Intelligent Blade Panel can copy an existed local

Configuration File to another local file. Copy exited local Operation Code to another

local file is not permitted.

2. Remote TFTP Server to Local file copy: The Intelligent Blade Panel can support to

download Configuration File or Operation Code from remote server to local file.

3. Local file to remote server: The Intelligent Blade Panel can support to upload an existed

local Configuration File to the remote server.

4. Running Config to local file copy

5. Running Config to remote TFTP server

6. Local file to Running Config copy

7. Remote TFTP server to Running Config copy

Select Start-up Files

Users can select one of two copies for Configuration Files and Operation Codes as start-up file

which is used as default bootup configuration and execution image, And the other copy of

Configuration File and Operation Code will be used for backup.

Save Configuration as file

Users can save the running configuration as a file for future use. This newly saved

configuration file can be selected as start-up file later on. Or users can upload this saved

configuration to the remote server for backup.

Provision

The Intelligent Blade Panel allows users to select the Configuration files to configure the

system. There are two timings to configure system: Start-up and Run time.

Start-up: Select the Configuration File for start-up purpose.

Run time: Users can choose a new configuration file to reconfigure the system while system