Santosh Gupta
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IBM Server RSA/AMM/IMM IP
Hi,
Is there any way to know the IP address of RSA/IMM/AMM of IBM Servers ? It may be any script or WMI query.
I have more than 1000 IBM servers.
Thanks in Advance.
Is there any way to know the IP address of RSA/IMM/AMM of IBM Servers ? It may be any script or WMI query.
I have more than 1000 IBM servers.
Thanks in Advance.
Mazdajai
No, these are management interfaces that runs on linux. WMI won't work. You can use nmap (www.nmap.org) to scan the subnet and guess if they are AMM/IMM or not.
Your IBM sales contact can advise you on right package in their systems director product lineup.
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I've requested that this question be deleted for the following reason:
No solution provided, seem solution not possible, which i am looking.
No solution provided, seem solution not possible, which i am looking.
Systems Director is the only inventory solution for IBM IMM2.
How is this "no solution provided"?
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@Mazdajai, You are saying "Scan the subnet and guess if they are AMM/IMM or not". It is not solution for me. I have more than 1000 server and i need some automation not the manual work.
I have clearly asked "it may be any script or WMI query.", if you have then your welcome.
I have clearly asked "it may be any script or WMI query.", if you have then your welcome.
Have you look into nmap?
It is scritable, and not manual if you have read the documentation that I sent?
It is scritable, and not manual if you have read the documentation that I sent?
The problem is IMM2 is Linux, and has no golden signature to check against.
You can check if https:// response contains IBM, or HP or DELL
You can check if https:// response contains IBM, or HP or DELL
The mac address should able to differentiate the hardware / manufacture.
Lots of options
IBM Systems Director
Most shops that have that many IBM servers use IBM Systems Director, which can do this type of discovery.
Simple Port Scan
If you don't have Systems Director, you could do this with a simple port scan (or series of port scans). Just pick your favorite port scanner (you need one that you can configure with a list of ports to scan), and then scan for the "fixed" ports in this list:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0511.html?Open
You'll notice that each management processor has a unique combination of "fixed" ports running various services.
A simple tool like this would do the job: http://www.radmin.com/download/previousversions/portscanner.php
You might get the occasional false positive, just depending on what else is running in your network, but if you know the count of servers, it would be easy to validate your results. This is so fast and easy to do, I'd try it before going to more sophisticated measures.
If you want to do a more "high certainty" scan, then, as Mazdajai suggested, look at nmap. Out of the box, it'll do a more detailed scan and attempt to fingerprint each service it finds.
Nmap is highly configurable, and it wouldn't be hard to create a custom scan to probe these management interfaces to elicit a response that would positively ID the particular card.
IBM Systems Director
Most shops that have that many IBM servers use IBM Systems Director, which can do this type of discovery.
Simple Port Scan
If you don't have Systems Director, you could do this with a simple port scan (or series of port scans). Just pick your favorite port scanner (you need one that you can configure with a list of ports to scan), and then scan for the "fixed" ports in this list:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips0511.html?Open
You'll notice that each management processor has a unique combination of "fixed" ports running various services.
A simple tool like this would do the job: http://www.radmin.com/download/previousversions/portscanner.php
You might get the occasional false positive, just depending on what else is running in your network, but if you know the count of servers, it would be easy to validate your results. This is so fast and easy to do, I'd try it before going to more sophisticated measures.
If you want to do a more "high certainty" scan, then, as Mazdajai suggested, look at nmap. Out of the box, it'll do a more detailed scan and attempt to fingerprint each service it finds.
Nmap is highly configurable, and it wouldn't be hard to create a custom scan to probe these management interfaces to elicit a response that would positively ID the particular card.
ASKER
on the top of all... i'd like to clarify one thing that the IMM's/ AMM's were connected to a different Network(Class C) & the server (the running OS on the IMM/AMM) is connected to class A Network.
At this stage i don't think any Nmap(or Zenmap) type of thing can help......... i am looking for something from inside windows that can fetch the IMM/AMM related details from within Operating system.
At this stage i don't think any Nmap(or Zenmap) type of thing can help......... i am looking for something from inside windows that can fetch the IMM/AMM related details from within Operating system.
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"At this stage i don't think any Nmap(or Zenmap) type of thing can help"
nmap runs under Windows, here is the url again. Your original question was to fetch ip address... if this is something you want to look into. I suggest open a new topic with nmap.
http://nmap.org/
nmap runs under Windows, here is the url again. Your original question was to fetch ip address... if this is something you want to look into. I suggest open a new topic with nmap.
http://nmap.org/
I wonder how 1000 IMMs fit in class C network...
RSA is one card per server.
AMM/IMM module is used in a BladeCenter chassis, so there are multiple servers to one card.
AMM/IMM module is used in a BladeCenter chassis, so there are multiple servers to one card.
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