- 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 configuration, you may have one or more collectives.
- A CMIC VM in the first 2850 cabinet provides server management services for the other systems (680, 2800, additional 2850 systems, and so on) in a multi-system configuration.
- A CMIC VM provides server management services for a collective, with one or more cabinets per collective. One cabinet in a collective must contain a CMIC VM hosted by a VMS.Each cabinet has a VMS. In single-system and multi-system configurations, each CMIC VM in the VMS can manage a maximum of 50 nodes and servers running CMIC 12.05 or later. For systems with more than 648 nodes, two of the cabinets have subnet manager servers.
- 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.
- Each collective in the system has a unique collective ID (collective number).
- Each cabinet in the system has a unique cabinet ID (cabinet number).
- For port-to-port cabling, see the appropriate Hardware Installation Guide.