(1) In a Tivoli environment, a file that contains the management information and instrumentation for enabling a particular application or business system to be managed by Tivoli management software. This file may be in the form of a Tivoli installation image or an application management package. Types of management modules include base modules, Tivoli Business Systems Manager modules, and Tivoli Plus modules.
(2) The BladeCenter component that handles system-management functions. It configures the chassis and switch modules, communicates with the blade servers and all I/O modules, multiplexes the keyboard/video/mouse (KVM), and monitors critical information about the chassis and blade servers.