IBM® Cloud Management Console for Power Systems™ (CMC) allows you to securely view information and gain insights about all your Power Systems infrastructure. You can access this information remotely, through a browser window.
The following applications are supported:
- Inventory
- Logging
- Patch Planning
- Capacity Monitoring
- Enterprise Pools2.0
Accessing IBM Cloud Management Console for Power Systems for the first time
When you ordered CMC, you specified a unique subdomain. For example, <my_subdomain>.powercmc.com/.
Type the following URL into a browser window: https://<my_subdomain>.powercmc.com/. Log in to the portal by using the admin IBM ID that you provided at the time that you ordered CMC.
Configuring IBM Cloud Management Console for Power Systems for connecting to the platform
Secure Cloud Connector provides security between the HMC in your data center and the CMC instance. Secure Cloud Connector verifies the identity of your CMC instance and provides end-to-end encryption between the instance and the HMC in your data center.
Important: Before starting the Cloud Connector in the HMC, ensure that the systems connected to the HMC meets the minimum required firmware level that is documented in Minimum System Firmware Level Required.
For information about setting up Cloud Connector and enabling CMC by using the Cloud Connector, see Cloud Connector Settings.
Using IBM Cloud Management Console for Power Systems
Find information about how to perform tasks on the CMC endpoint.
Creating users
Create your system users that log on to the CMC.
To create users on the CMC endpoint, complete the following steps:
- In the Navigation area, select Settings
- In the Settings page, click the Manage Users tab to view all users who are configured for your organization.
- In the contents area, click Add User.
- Type the IBM ID for the user you want to add, and select the application permissions for the user.
- Click OK. For more information about creating users, see How to manage users .
Enabling and disabling applications
As an administrator, you can enable or disable applications that are hosted by the CMC servers.
To enable or disable applications, complete the following steps:
- In the navigation area, select Settings.
- In the contents area, click the Apps
- Set the switch next to each application to enable or disable the application.
Note: To use the Enterprise Pools 2.0 app, the Capacity Monitoring app must be enabled first for the collection of performance data
Monitoring the health status of the Power Systems environment
Monitoring the overall system health can help you determine the workloads and to troubleshoot.
To monitor the health status of your environment, complete the following steps:
- In the navigation area, select Inventory.
- In the contents area, select the resource that you want to view.
Monitoring the performance of the Power Systems environment
You can identify bottlenecks and the root cause of application problems by monitoring the performance of your environment.
To monitor performance, complete the following steps:
- In the navigation area, select Capacity Monitoring.
- In the contents area, select the resources that you want to view.
Viewing logging dashboards
You can use CMC to gain insight into virtualization operations. Dashboard information includes Live Partition Mobility, remote restart, and other partition activities.
To view logging dashboards, complete the following steps:
- In the navigation area, select Logging.
- In the contents area, select the PowerVM Virtualization actions that you want to view.
View Patch Planning Information for Inventory
You can get a comprehensive view of your inventory with information about the current patch state of resources in your environment. You can also view a list of resources that need to be updated, and the recommended service level for each resource.
The Patch Planning > Inventory > All view lists all the resources in your environment including the operating systems, firmware, Virtual I/O Servers, Adapters and Hardware Management Consoles.
Adding Resource Roles
Assigning resource role to other users is reserved for the administrator user from the organization that is registered for IBM® Cloud Management Console for Power Systems™ services.
If you have a valid ID and you are registered as the administrator user for your organization in the IBM Cloud Management Console for Power Systems portal, you can add, modify, delete resource role of other users.
You can manage resource roles from the Settings page. To view the Settings page, click the navigation menu icon in the portal header, and then click the Settings icon. In the Settings page, click the Manage Resource Role tab to view all resource roles.
Links of Power Systems Software
You can add links for PowerVS, PowerVC, PowerHA, PowerSC, PowerSCMFA and VM Recovery Manager for HA while configuring CMC for the first time. Multiple links can be added for each application. A unique name must be given for each link.
Links are accessible from the Cloud Management Console (CMC) dashboard. Links can be added or modified from the CMC dashboard. The bottom strip on the cards indicates whether links are configured or not. If the links are configured, the strip is displayed in dark blue color. Otherwise, the strip is displayed in grey color.
IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity
Power® Enterprise Pools 2.0 is renamed as IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity.
In CMC, IBM Power Systems Private Cloud with Shared Utility Capacity is referred to as Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 or Enterprise Pools 2.0.
Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 provides enhanced multisystem resource sharing and by-the-minute consumption of on-premises compute resources to clients who deploy and manage a private cloud infrastructure. Power E1080, Power E1050, Power E980, Power E950, Power S1024, Power S1022, Power S924 (9009-42G), and Power S922 (9009-22G) servers are supported in Power Enterprise Pools 2.0.
The following types of pools are available in Power Enterprise Pools 2.0:
- Power E980 and Power E1080 pool
- Power E950 and Power E1050 pool
- Power S922, Power S924, Power S1022, and Power S1024 pool
All installed processors and memory on servers in a Power Enterprise Pool 2.0 are activated and made available for immediate use when a pool is started. Processor and memory usage on each server are tracked by the minute and aggregated across the pool.
Base Processor Activation features and Base Memory Activation features, and corresponding software license entitlements are purchased for each server in a Power Enterprise Pool 2.0. The base resources are aggregated and shared across the pool without having to move them from server to server. The unpurchased capacity in the pool can be used on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Resource usage that exceeds the pool's aggregated base resources is charged as metered capacity by the minute on a real-time basis. Metered capacity can either be debited against pre-purchased capacity credits or it can be billed monthly.
Processor usage is tracked based on actual consumption by partitions. Memory usage is tracked based on the assignment of memory to active partitions, and is not based on Operating System (OS) usage of the memory. Both processor and memory usage are tracked and charged by the minute. Both processor and memory usage are based on the average usage for 1 minute and not the peak usage during the minute.
Base Memory Activation features and metering are not enabled for Power S1024, Power S1022, Power S924 and Power S922 servers as all installed memory is included with the purchase of these systems. However, memory usage can still be tracked.
Processor usage is tracked and charged by Operating System. Processor activations and software license entitlements are monitored and metered independently. The following are the types of core-related base resources and core-related charges supported:
- Any OS core (a core that can run any operating system that is supported on Power Systems)
- Linux® or VIOS core (a core that can run only Linux or VIOS)
- IBM AIX® software
- IBM i - P10 software
- IBM i - P20 software
- IBM i - P30 software
- Eligible SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server (SLES) software
- Eligible Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Server (RHEL) software
- Eligible Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) software
- PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX Standard Edition
- PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX Enterprise Edition
- PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i
Software charges are not applicable for VIOS partitions. For Linux partitions, software charges are applicable only for partitions that run SLES, RHEL, or Red Hat OCP in pools with specific SLES, RHEL, or Red Hat OCP subscription offerings that are supported as base and metered capacity resources. PowerHA SystemMirror charges are applicable only for partitions that are running PowerHA SystemMirror and are tagged with one of the CMC reserved PowerHA tags.
A monthly budget for metered capacity consumption can be set.
A Power Enterprise Pool 2.0 is monitored and managed by the IBM Cloud Management Console (CMC). The CMC Enterprise Pools 2.0 application helps you to monitor base and metered capacity across a Power Enterprise Pool 2.0, with summary and sophisticated drill-down views of real-time and historical resource consumption by the logical partition.
Getting started with Power Enterprise Pools 2.0
- Purchase one or more Power E950 servers, Power E980 servers, Power E1050 servers, or Power E1080 servers with the Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 enablement feature and Base Processor and Base Memory Activation features and corresponding software license entitlements. Otherwise, purchase one or more Power S922 (9009-22G) servers, Power S924 (9009-42G) servers, Power S1022 servers, or Power S1024 servers with the Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 enablement feature and Base Processor Activation features and corresponding software license entitlements.
- If you want to use prepaid capacity credits to pay for your metered usage, purchase an initial quantity of capacity credits from an IBM Business Partner, directly from IBM Sales, or on the IBM Entitled Systems Support (ESS) website (where available) to pay for potential metered capacity consumption.
- Use the IBM Entitled Systems Support website to start a Power Enterprise Pool 2.0 by entering the serial number of one Power system with the Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 enablement feature, and choose your payment method for the pool.
- Access the IBM Cloud Management Console and create a Power Enterprise Pool 2.0 using the pool ID received on the IBM ESS website when the pool was started and assign other Power systems to it.
- All processor and memory resources are then activated on all Power systems in the pool, and CMC begins monitoring the pool.
Note: No other Capacity on Demand offerings, such as Elastic CoD or Utility CoD, are supported on servers in a Power Enterprise Pool 2.0.
For more information about the CMC Enterprise Pool 2.0 application, see Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 with Utility Capacity.
Reporting feedback and issues
There are several methods to report feedback and issues that occur while using CMC. To report feedback or issues, complete one of the following steps:
- Use the Community control in the upper right of the Zendesk page. You can search documents in the Community, view top recommended articles, launch into the Community, or provide comments with (optional) screen capture.
Note: If you provide comments, a new ticket is not generated.
Open the IBM support site for Cloud Management Console and use the Open a Case link on the page to open a support case.
Related links for IBM Cloud Management Console for Power Systems
More information about CMC is available in the following websites:
- CMC ZenDesk community topics (https://ibmcmc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/topics)
- IBM Power Systems HMC Implementation and Usage Guide(http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247491.pdf)
- Managing the HMC by using the HMC Classic or HMC Enhanced interface (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER8/p8ha1/p8ha1_kickoff.htm)
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