CHAPTER 4 Functions provided by the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
4.2 Management with MMB
Also, it controls the entire system in linkage with the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series, BIOS firmware and the
BMC firmware. It provides the interface to the higher level operations management software through the
SNMP and IPM.
4.2.2 MMB firmware
Firmware on MMB performs hardware configuration management, partition configuration management,
hardware monitoring, power supply control, and so on of the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series
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also connected by internal buses to various sensors.
The MMB firmware uses this network in the cabinet and manages by linking with the BMC firmware and with
the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series installed in each partition and regularly monitoring the entire system The
MMB firmware provides an interface to the higher-level operations management via SNMP and IPMI.
MMB firmware controls the server by coordinating with BIOS firmware and BMC firmware.
4.2.3 MMB operating environment
This section describes the security in the MMB operating environment.
SSL support
The MMB encrypts Web and telnet access using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). It creates secret keys and
electronic certificates.
Remarks
The MMB is provided with interfaces, such as telnet and the Web-UI and also manages their system
accounts. The MMB can be configured redundantly, so that the information specified for the Active side can
be passed on to the Standby side.
Access control
To ensure security, the IP filter that permits access to MMB is set. The IP addresses that can be used are
set for each protocol, and only those IP addresses can access the MMB.
MMB operator privileges
MMB Web-UI menu reference and operator privileges can be set for each user. For details on the security
settings for MMB operating environment, see '6.5 Configuring Security' of the PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series
Installation Manual (C122-E174EN).
For details on the operator (user) privileges for the MMB operating environment, see 'Chapter 1 Web-UI
(Web user interface) operation' of the "PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Tool Reference" (C122-E177EN).
Architecture', the MMB is connected with each hardware component and LAN, and is
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