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Smart Server Manager v1.2 – Best Practices 

 

 

 

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Contents 

About this guide 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Smart Server Manager overview 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What’s new to Smart Server Manager 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Required hardware and software 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Network setup: suggestions, tips; requirements 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tips when configuring on Windows Server OS 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tips when configuring on Linux Server OS   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Suggested configuration for setting hardware, software and performance alerts   

 

 

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Setting email alerts 

 

 

Setting out-of-band (hardware) email alerts 

 

 

Setting in-band (software/OS) email alerts 

 

 

Setting VM performance alerts 

Setting up RAID monitoring with LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager  

 

 

 

 

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Smart Server Manager v1.2 Report manager overview 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Installing additional extensions 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Running a networked firmware update 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Additional power capping enablement and use 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for AR360 F2

Page 1: ...Smart Server Manager v1 2 Best Practices 1 Smart Server Manager v1 2 Best Practices Guide Acer EPBU July 2012...

Page 2: ...uring on Linux Server OS 10 Suggested configuration for setting hardware software and performance alerts 12 Setting email alerts Setting out of band hardware email alerts Setting in band software OS e...

Page 3: ...successfully configuring a working Smart Server Management environment across a network of Acer servers Though it does not go into detail for all of the available features in Smart Server Manager SSM...

Page 4: ...being used by the given OS In addition users may set specific processes to be monitored and send out an email alert in the event that application be interrupted for any reason Smart Server Manager mo...

Page 5: ...eset Y Y Y Remote ID LED control on off blink Y Y Y Acer Smart Console integration Y Y Y Network Management Server NMS for trap receiving PET LSI RAID Y Y Y Sensor SEL FRU history reporting Y Y Y BMC...

Page 6: ...rt following 3 versions of vcredist from the download link Microsoft Visual C 2008 Redistributable x86 9 0 30729 17 http www microsoft com download en details aspx id 5582 Microsoft Visual C 2008 Redi...

Page 7: ...network jack Note The core server with SSM installed must be connected to both the dedicated management port and it NIC1 to monitor itself In the BIOS it is important to also watch for the message Up...

Page 8: ...nd can then forward alerts to IT administration based on the pooled data The SSM network is detailed in the below diagram For remote management a VPN server is recommended to ensure better security to...

Page 9: ...s of Windows Server should be modified to ensure ideal monitoring Open Firewall connection In Windows the default firewall configuration blocks SSM from receiving information about the OS and its beha...

Page 10: ...2 91347 rhel5 x86_64 rpm acer ssm 1 2 91347 rhel5 x86_64 rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 4 5 6 64 bit acer ssm hx 1 2 91347 rhel6 i686 rpm acer ssm sx 1 2 91347 rhel6 i686 rpm acer ssm vxhlite 1 2 9134...

Page 11: ...Smart Server Manager v1 2 Best Practices 11...

Page 12: ...mart Server Manager is installed on a host machine and the networks for both the operating systems connected via NIC 1 or others and the server hardware dedicated BMC management port IT administration...

Page 13: ...iguration window via the Discovery hotkey located at the bottom of the left hand side task bar In the discovery range menu the user may set multiple IP ranges from which SSM v1 2 will search This is p...

Page 14: ...user name and password for each system For Acer server hardware the default user name and password is root and superuser For multiple systems with identical user name and password the user may select...

Page 15: ...cer servers monitored OS both Linux and Windows and the monitored VMs should be shown in the left hand menu as below Should there be any difficulties in finding any of the OS servers or VMs try checki...

Page 16: ...low window will pop up Click on the Email server tab and enter the IP address for the email server on the network If the email server is password protected also enter the user name and password to ens...

Page 17: ...t an alert for one or multiple servers simply select the Out of band management alert tab from the SSM Alerting window select the desired machines to be monitored and enter the destination email and s...

Page 18: ...onitor Again holding ctrl or shift will allow the user to select multiple processes at once Once added should any process be interrupted the default health settings will trigger an email alert to the...

Page 19: ...lerts in the event any virtual machine begins to reach performance bottlenecks so the administration may take immediate corrective action Before an e mail alert can be set for a virtual machine perfor...

Page 20: ...rt can be set by clicking on Performance Alerts Add The below screen will appear and the user can select for which VM host or VM the alert should monitor and which counter monitored component to monit...

Page 21: ...ring For the purposes of this guide it will cover the settings for LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager LSI MSM which can be used for all Acer Servers equipped with add on RAID cards In either the Linux or Wi...

Page 22: ...ve SNMP traps be sent to the SSM core server To send SNMP trap alerts to SSM v1 2 the user must first enable SNMP traps in their operating system whether it be Windows or Linux In Windows Server 2008...

Page 23: ...LSI MSM rpm will take care of the necessary modification needed in the snmpd conf file for running the agent Please refer to LSI documents Or you can refer to following steps to configure it by yours...

Page 24: ...stalled 3 1 xxxx rpm qa grep sas_ 3 2 make sure following packages are installed 4 edit etc lsi_mrdsnmp sas sas_trapdestination conf Mark original TrapDestInd 1 and IP address Add TrapDestInd 3 and ne...

Page 25: ...SSM so that SSM can send a RAID mail notification out Go to SSM Tools SSM Alerting Alerts In Band Mgmt Extension SNMP Trap Alerts to add a new Email rule see following example Select SNMP Trap Alerts...

Page 26: ...a consolidated format To enable email group management the user must first click on SSM Options tab located on the upper right hand side of the menu Then click on Alert Destinations The user will the...

Page 27: ...can also be used to better trouble shoot issues remotely Installing additional extensions power management and remote firmware updates After setting up a management core server with Acer Smart Server...

Page 28: ...1 set to failover in the BIOS as detailed below 1 Failover mode one line for dedicated BMC NIC one line for NIC 1 or 2 Onboard mode only one line for NIC 1 or 3 Dedicated mode one line for dedicated...

Page 29: ...via Acer Smart Console itself Another feature to note is the settings tab which allows Smart Server Manager to search for firmware updates on select websites such as the Acer Support and Downloads web...

Page 30: ...or example disabling Intel Hyper Threading or power saving functionality and than save the changes as a new txt file which can be updated across the network Important for certain environments such as...

Page 31: ...nge it is important for users to Scan Devices every time before scheduling a task to avoid the firmware from accidentally being flashed to the wrong device SSM v1 2 does not automatically refresh the...

Page 32: ...Smart Server Manager v1 2 Best Practices 32...

Page 33: ...nablement and use Acer Smart Server Manager v1 2 extensions also include the optional power management extension for data centers and enterprise users seeking to reap cost savings possible from power...

Page 34: ...if the set rack begins to peak the low priority servers will be under clocked first before the high availability and critical server groups Each group can be configured to throttle the servers to any...

Page 35: ...o configure the rack they wish to setup This step includes selecting which machines will be managed the desired power limit of the rack and each managed device s power grouping priority Establish a ra...

Page 36: ...Smart Server Manager v1 2 Best Practices 36 Once set the admin will be able to view the power management dashboard and see both the system temperature and power usage...

Page 37: ...Smart Server Manager v1 2 Best Practices 37 Reports may also be generated by clicking on Information reports...

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