Accessing the management software web interfaces

There are multiple web-based user interfaces available in an IBM® Flex System environment. Browser requirements vary, depending on the interface that you use.

You can use the following web interfaces to perform systems-management tasks:
  • IBM Flex System Manager management software
  • Chassis Management Module (CMM)
  • Integrated Management Module (IMM, for X-Architecture compute nodes)
  • Advanced System Management (ASM, for flexible service processors in IBM Power Systems™ compute nodes)
  • Flex System V7000 management web interface (for the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node and IBM Storwize® V7000 storage systems)
Data is transferred securely between the web browser and web interface through HTTPS.

IBM Flex System environment considerations

Note: Each type of IBM Flex System component supports different web browsers.

The following browsers are supported by all of the IBM Flex System web interfaces:

  • Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 31.x.x
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9.0, 10.0 and 11.0
Note:
  1. Additional requirement for the IBM Flex System® FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch: Java™ 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or later is required to support the web applet
  2. Additional requirement for the IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch: Brocade Web Tools requires any browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0, JavaScript version 1.0, and Java Plug-in 1.6.0_24 or later.
  3. The FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch might not support Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows 7.

IBM Flex System Manager management software web interface

The following browsers are supported by the management software web interface:

  • Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 31.x.x. (Remote presence function for x86 is supported only from supported Windows and Linux operating systems.)
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 9.0, 10.0, and 11.0

To log in to the management software, complete the following steps:

  1. Point your browser to the management software URL that your system administrator defined during initial configuration.
  2. Type your user ID and password (assigned by a system administrator).
  3. Click Log in.
Note:
  1. The tabs displayed at your first log in are determined by the groups that your USERID belongs to. If your group memberships change, you can update your tabs using My Startup Pages.
  2. If you log into the management software by using a web browser, and log into management software again using the same browser application from the same system, unpredictable results, including empty web pages, might occur in both browser sessions.
  3. For optimal performance, make sure that no more than 10 users are logged in at one time.
  4. If you do not actively use the management software web interface for 30 minutes, the automatic-timeout feature will log out your user ID.
  5. Although the IBM Flex System Manager management software and Integrated Management Module (IMM) web interfaces support Internet Explorer 7.0, the CMM web interface supports only version 8.0 and later.

Chassis Management Module (CMM) web interface

The following browsers are supported for use with the CMM web interface:

  • Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 and later
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0 and later
    Note: Although the IBM Flex System Manager management software and Integrated Management Module (IMM) web interfaces support Internet Explorer 7.0, the CMM web interface supports only version 8.0 and later.

Integrated Management Module (IMM) web interface

The following browsers are supported for use with the IMM web interface:

  • Mozilla Firefox version 3.5 and later
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 and later

Additionally, the IMM web interface supports the following browser and client operating system combinations:

  • SLES version 11 and later with Firefox 3.5 and later
  • RHEL5 and later with Firefox 3.5 and later
  • Microsoft Windows XP with Internet Explorer 7.0 and later
  • Microsoft Windows XP with Firefox 3.5 and later
  • Microsoft Windows Vista with Internet Explorer 7.0 and later
  • Microsoft Windows Vista with Firefox 3.5 and later
  • Microsoft Windows 2008 with Internet Explorer 7.0 and later
  • Microsoft Windows 2008 with Firefox 3.5 and later
    Note: Although the IBM Flex System Manager management software and Integrated Management Module (IMM) web interfaces support Internet Explorer 7.0, the CMM web interface supports only version 8.0 and later.

Advanced System Management (ASM) web interface

You can launch the ASM interface directly from the IBM Flex System Manager management software web interface; for more information, see Launching Advanced System Management.

The ASM interface supports the following browsers:

  • Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.11
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0
  • Opera version 9.24
Note:
  1. Later versions of these browsers might work, but are not officially supported.
  2. ASM requires that the JavaScript language and cookies are enabled.

Flex System V7000 management web interface

The following browsers are supported for use with the Flex System V7000 management GUI:

  • Mozilla Firefox versions 18 and ESR 17.0.x
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 8.0 and 9.0
  • Google Chrome 24
Parent topic: Using the web interface