Specifications

202 IBM Flex System p260 and p460 Planning and Implementation Guide
6.5 FSM initial setup
FSM is an appliance that is delivered with all the required software preinstalled.
When this software stack is started for the first time, a startup wizard starts that
steps through the required configuration process, such as licensing agreements
and Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) configuration for
the appliance.
When configuration is complete, the FSM is ready to manage the chassis it is
installed in and other chassis (up to four). Now that the chassis is managed,
individual components, such as compute nodes and switches, can also
be managed.
This section describes how to use the startup wizards and use the chassis
management selection and basic POWER based compute node
management functions.
6.5.1 Flex System Manager startup wizard
FSM is based on an Intel compute node and has the same options for obtaining
an initial console. These options are the IMMv2 remote console or using the
supplied dongle and front port on the FSM node to connect directly to the
keyboard, display, and mouse or a KVM unit.
To monitor the FSM startup process, connect a console using one of these
methods before powering up the FSM node. The steps that follow use the IMMv2
remote console method.
Important: At the time of this writing, IBM Flex System Manager is required
for any configuration that contains a Power Systems compute node. It is also
assumed that IBM Flex System Manager is preconfigured to manage the initial
chassis. In that event, the steps in this section are not required unless IBM
Flex System Manager is being reinstalled.