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ParagonIIprovidesaccesstothebladeserversinstalledinoneIBM
BladeCenter®chassisviaasingleCIMpluggedintothechassisʹ
ManagementModule(MM)orAdvancedManagementModule(AMM).
TheCIMspecifictoIBMBladeCenteriseitherP2CIM‐APS2‐BforPS/2
keyboardandmouse,orP2CIM‐AUSB‐BforUSBke
yboardandmouse.
ThefollowingBladeCentersystemsaresupported:
• BladeCenterE(alsoreferredtoasmodel8677)
WithMMmodel48P7055
WithAMMmodel25R5778
• BladeCenterH(alsoreferredtoasmodel8852)
WithAMMmodel25R5778
IBMhasupdatedtheBladeCenterfrequentlysinceit
soriginalrelease.For
bestresults,pleaseuseP2CIM‐AUSB‐Bfirmwarelevel0A6orlater.
ParagontreatsoneIBMBladeCenterchassisasonetiereddevicesimilar
totheZ‐CIMchain.However,ParagonIIdoesnotdetectanddisplaythe
real‐timebladeserverstatusintheOSUIasitdoe
stotheZ‐CIMchain.
Youmustissuearefreshcommandforthefollowingscenarios:
• WhenconnectingtheIBMBladeCentertotheParagonsystemforthe
firsttime
• WhentherearechangesmadetoBladeCenterʹshardware
configuration,suchasunplugging,pluggingorswappinganyblade
server(s),orpo
weringoffanybladeserver(s)
TherefreshcommandupdatestheOSUIchannelinformationofblade
serverstoreflectcurrentbladeserverstatus.
In This Chapter
RefreshingChannelStatus ........................................................................... 131
RenamingaBladeCenterChass
is................................................................132
RenamingaBladeServer
..............................................................................133
Chapter 6 Managing IBM BladeCenter
Servers