Examples of CMIC Collectives in a System with Multiple Cabinets
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- In a system, cabinets in the server management network are organized into collectives.The system number, collective numbers, and cabinet numbers are viewable in SMWeb Services web applications.
- Depending on your system configuration, a system has one or more collectives.
- A collective contains one or more cabinets having/sharing one CMIC VM hosted by a VMS. A CMIC VM provides server management services for a collective.
- Cabinets can be configured with or without a CMIC VM hosted by a VMS.
- Each CMIC VM hosted by a VMS can manage a maximum of 50 nodes and servers running CMIC 11.6 or later.
- One VMS is required for every two cabinets. At least two VMSs are required for redundancy when the system contains two or more cabinets.
- Each collective in the system has a unique collective ID (collective number).
- Each cabinet in the system has a unique cabinet ID (cabinet number).
- Collectives and cabinets are numbered as follows:
- Collectives are numbered consecutively, beginning with Collective 1.
- Cabinets are numbered consecutively, beginning with Cabinet 1.
- In the collectives shown:
- Collective 1 contains one cabinet (Cabinet 1) managed by one CMIC VM hosted by a VMS in the cabinet.
- Collective 2 contains two cabinets (Cabinet 2 and Cabinet 3). Both cabinets are managed by one CMIC VM hosted by a VMS in Cabinet 2.
- For port-to-port cabling, see the appropriate Hardware Installation Guide.