System is the highest and most general object that appears in the Server
Administrator system tree on the left side of each Server Administrator window.
Every item that appears in the Server Administrator system tree is a component
of the object called System/Server Module.
NOTE: This help page may include information about
features not supported by your system. Server Administrator only displays
features that are supported on your system.
NOTE:System is applicable for non-modular systems and Server Module
for modular systems.
Server Administrator's unexpanded system tree is structured as follows:
System/Server
Module
Main System Chassis/Main System
Software
Storage
In Server Administrator, a system includes a main chassis and all of the other
subsystem chassis that are attached to the main system chassis. The examples
that follow show three very simple system configurations with which Server
Administrator can work.
NOTE:Main System Chassis is applicable for non-modular systems and Main System for
modular systems.
Consider a simple system with a host name: scmconly1: with one Main Chassis.
The Main Chassis is the system. In the present version of Server Administrator,
all Main Chassis using Server Administrator are servers. The Main Chassis in
this simple system would be numbered chassis 1. All of the components of the
system called scmconly1 are components of the Main Chassis: fans, BIOS,
processors, and power supplies. The system is a container object for the main
system chassis, software, and storage objects. For more information on the Main
System Chassis, see Main System
Chassis.
Host name: mc2nas: A slightly more complex system with a Main Chassis and two
network attached storage devices. This system has three chassis in all. The
Main Chassis is numbered chassis 1, and the two storage devices are numbered
chassis 2 and chassis 3, respectively. Server Administrator tracks components
of this system according to the chassis that they belong to. Chassis 1, the
Main Chassis, would have server components, and chassis 2 and 3 have storage
device components. Currently, Server Administrator supports a system with up to
16 storage devices attached. For more information on network attached storage
devices attached to the Main System Chassis, see External Chassis Information.
Host name: mc6multi: A modular system containing up to six independent server
modules within one master container or chassis. Each server module can be
deployed, operated, and managed independently. Within the multisystem chassis,
each server module has its own unique service tag, asset tag, and slot. For
more information on modular systems, see server modules.