Exact limitations of opsmanager with 2000 series systems

[briansr]

Because the 2000 series systems do not have RLM cards IHAC who is wondering what limitations the BMC architecture impose regarding opsmanager.  What reports, features, monitoring capabilities, are affected?  I don't see anything about this in any of the documentation and am being asked to provide some documented limitations.

Thanks.

[hiyer · Accepted solution]

Here is a list of what you can do with RLM cards:

• Status of remote management card (online, unavailable) will be  monitored. If this status changes, appropriate event will be generated.
• Appliance's remote management details will be displayed.
• The following remote power control options will be provided:      
  • System power on
  • System power off
  • System power-cycle (Off then On)
  • System power status
• The following reset control options will be provided:      
  • System reset with current firmware
  • System reset with primary firmware
  • System reset with backup firmware
• Initiate core dump option will be available.
• Captured console logs will be displayed.
• System Events will be displayed. There will be an option to the user to select all the events, or just the latest events, etc.
• Appliance's sensor status will be displayed.
• If the management card provides a CLI interface, users will be able  to execute any CLI command from the DataFabric Manager's user  interface. However, it is not possible to open a CLI session from the  DataFabric Manager UI since on windows client machines (DFM server  installed elsewhere) there are no utility which provides ssh  functionality that could be spawned.
• Run a command (dfm run cmd/submit) on the RLM card IP instead of on the filer IP.

All this would not be possible with BMC.

[adaikkap]

Operations Manager does not use the RLM cards on the filers to do monitoring or management.

It just gives you a way to run commands via the RLM card from Ops-Mgr itself.It also monitors the RLM and its status.

No functionality of OM would be missing if the filer doesn't have RLM card.

Regards

adai