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omconfig rac: Managing the Remote Access Controller

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Country Codes for countrycode Parameter of omconfig rac modem

Country

Country Code

Country

Country Code

Australia

Japan

Austria

Korea

Belgium

Luxembourg

Bulgaria

Mexico

Canada

Netherlands

China

New Zealand

Czech and Slovak Republic

Norway

Denmark

Philippines

Finland

Poland

France

Portugal

Germany

Russia

Greece

Singapore

Hong Kong

Spain

Hungary

Sweden

India

Switzerland

Ireland

Taiwan

Israel

United Kingdom

Italy

United States

Summary of Contents for Command Line Interface

Page 1: ...w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5 2 Command Line Interface User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ks of Microsoft Corporation SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc Intel Pentium and Itanium are registered trademarks and Intel386 is a trademark of Intel Corporation AMD AMD Opteron AMD V and AMD PowerNow aretrademarksofAdvancedMicroDevices Inc VESAisaregisteredtrademarkof...

Page 3: ... omhelp Getting Help With CLI Commands 19 Example Help Commands 19 3 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 21 Conventions for Parameter Tables 21 omreport Command Summary 21 Help With the omreport Command 25 omreport about 25 omreport chassis Commands 26 omreport chassis 26 omreport chassis acswitch 26 omreport chassis batteries 27 omreport chassis bios 27 omreport chass...

Page 4: ...temps 38 omreport chassis volts 39 omreport system Commands 39 omreport system 39 Commands for Viewing Logs 39 omreport system alertaction 40 omreport system assetinfo 41 omreport system events 41 omreport system operatingsystem 43 omreport system pedestinations 43 omreport system platformevents 44 omreport system recovery 44 omreport system shutdown 44 omreport system summary 44 omreport system t...

Page 5: ...ig preferences dirservice 86 omconfig preferences snmp 87 omconfig preferences useraccess 88 omconfig system 89 omconfig system alertaction 89 Commands for Clearing Logs 92 omconfig system pedestinations 92 omconfig system platformevents 93 omconfig system events 95 omconfig system webserver 96 omconfig system recovery 97 omconfig system shutdown 97 omconfig system thrmshutdown 98 5 omconfig syste...

Page 6: ...or Adding Owner Information 108 Adding Service Contract Information 109 Example Command for Adding Service Information 109 Adding Support Information 110 Example Command for Adding Support Information 110 Adding System Information 111 Example Command for Adding System Information 111 Adding Warranty Information 112 Example Command for Adding Warranty Information 112 6 omreport rac Viewing Remote A...

Page 7: ...nfig rac authentication 121 Local Operating System Authentication 121 Example Command for omconfig rac authentication 122 omconfig rac dialinusers 122 Example Commands 123 omconfig rac dialoutusers 123 Example Commands 124 omconfig rac generatecert 124 omconfig rac modem 125 omconfig rac network 127 Example Command 127 omconfig rac snmptraps 128 Example Commands 128 omconfig rac remote 129 Example...

Page 8: ...omreport Controller Status 138 omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status 139 omreport Battery Status 139 omreport Connector Status 139 omreport Enclosure Status 140 omreport Temperature Probe Status 140 omreport Fan Status 141 omreport Power Supply Status 142 omreport EMM Status 142 omreport Physical Disk Status 143 omreport Virtual Disk Status 144 omconfig Global Commands 144 omco...

Page 9: ...57 omconfig Stop Patrol Read 158 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands 158 omconfig Blink Virtual Disk 159 omconfig Unblink Virtual Disk 159 omconfig Initialize Virtual Disk 160 omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk 160 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk 160 omconfig Slow Initialize Virtualize Disk 161 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize 161 omconfig Restore Dead Segments 162 omconfig Split Mirror...

Page 10: ...omconfig Cancel Clear Physical Disk 176 omconfig Battery Commands 177 omconfig Recondition Battery 177 omconfig Start Battery Learn Cycle 177 omconfig Delay Battery Learn Cycle 178 omconfig Connector Commands 178 omconfig Rescan Connector 178 omconfig Enclosure Commands 179 omconfig Enable Enclosure Alarm 180 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm 180 omconfig Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown 181 omconfig ...

Page 11: ...ng With CLI Command Results 187 Output Options for Command Results 187 Controlling Command Output Display 187 Writing Command Output to a File 187 Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output 189 Glossary 193 Index 215 ...

Page 12: ...12 Contents ...

Page 13: ...rver Use the omconfig system webserver action stop command to turn off the Web server The Web server starts automatically after a reboot so this command must be issued every time a system starts up See omconfig system webserver for more information What s New for Version 5 2 Added support for Dell PowerEdge 2970 system Added support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family x86 SP2 with Web Standar...

Page 14: ...ns of Server Administrator are omconfig omhelp omreport The omconfig command writes values that you assign to an object s properties You can specify values for warning thresholds on components or prescribe what action your system is to take when a certain warning or failure event occurs You can also use the omconfig command to assign specific values to your system s asset information parameters su...

Page 15: ...tax when you enter them If you enter a command and the command is executed successfully a message displays stating that your command has been successful Success Messages For a successful omreport command data about the component displays When data for the component displays your command is successful The following omconfig command examples show valid CLI commands and their success messages Command...

Page 16: ... is not present Command omreport chassis currents Example message Error No current probes found on this system Command omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 3 3000 Example message Error Number with up to 3 digits after decimal point expected read 3 3000 The value given by the command specifies more than 3 digits after the decimal point A valid minimum warning threshold value for volts conta...

Page 17: ...o populate unique values would set all unique variables at once rather than one by one through the system s command line In many cases the CLI allows a user with a very well defined task in mind to retrieve information about the system rapidly If a user wants to review a comprehensive summary of all system components and save that summary information to a file for comparison with later system stat...

Page 18: ...isplayed The most complex commands have all three command levels and can have multiple name value pairs An example of two name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration 3 An example of nine name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost n waybill n installdate mmddyy purchasedate mmddyy ponum n signauth text expensed yes no costcenter text In each s...

Page 19: ...vel 3 if present and one or more name value pair s By appending space dash question mark to any command you can get help on the command Example Help Commands When you type omconfig you get general help about the omconfig command The help at this level lists the available subcommands for omconfig about preferences chassis system When you type omconfig system CLI help lists all of the subcommands th...

Page 20: ...aightline The CLI responds with the following message Asset information set successfully When you type omconfig system assetinfo the help that displays provides information about assigning values for the name and option fields Partial results for the request omconfig system assetinfo are as follows assetinfo Set asset information For one info value specify one or more optional parameter s Table 2 ...

Page 21: ...ure probe you need to know the index of the probe you want to configure You can use omreport chassis temps to display a list of probes and their indexes Conventions for Parameter Tables When listing the parameters that a command can take the parameters are listed in alphabetical order instead of the order in which they appear in the command line interface The symbol often called pipe is the logica...

Page 22: ...omreport Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 User privilege required Use omreport about U P A Shows version number and properties for the Server Administrator program details true U P A Displays information for all of the Server Administrator programs that are installed chassis U P A Shows a general status for all main components acswitch U P A Shows...

Page 23: ... address and connection status ports U P A Shows properties for your system s parallel and serial ports such as I O address IRQ level connector type and maximum speed processors U P A Shows properties of your system s processors including speed manufacturer and processor family pwrsupplies U P A Shows properties of power supplies remoteaccess U P A Shows general information on remote access slots ...

Page 24: ...tem pedestinations U P A Shows destinations where alerts for platform events are configured to be sent platformevents U P A Shows the system s response for each listed platform event recovery P A Shows how your system is configured to respond to a hung operating system shutdown P A Shows how the shutdown action is to be performed summary U P A Shows key facts for all system components including ma...

Page 25: ...command For even more details about the environment for Server Administrator type omreport about details true Server Administrator includes a number of services each of which has a version number of its own The Contains field reports version numbers for the services as well as other useful details The output below is an example and can change depending on your configuration and the version of Serv...

Page 26: ...n in this guide the following output is an example and may vary depending on your system configuration omreport chassis acswitch Use the omreport chassis acswitch command if your system has redundant AC power lines that are configured in a failover arrangement When you type omreport chassis acswitch Server Administrator displays the following output SEVERITY COMPONENT Ok Fans Critical Intrusion Ok...

Page 27: ...splays a summary of your system s BIOS information omreport chassis biossetup Use the omreport chassis biossetup command to view BIOS setup parameters that are normally available only during system boot Type omreport chassis biossetup Table 3 2 displays the BIOS setup parameters that are available NOTE Not all the parameters are displayed Only those BIOS setup properties that are configured during...

Page 28: ...Displays the setting for console redirection failsafe baud rate IDE Displays whether the drive is enabled or disabled IDE Primary Drive 0 Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled IDE Primary Drive 1 Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled Intrusion Displays whether the intrusion check is en...

Page 29: ... SATA Displays whether the onboard SATA controller is set to ATA mode RAID mode or is disabled SATA port Displays if the SATA port is enabled or disabled Secondary SCSI Displays whether the device is enabled or disabled Serial Communications Displays whether COM port 1 and COM port 2 are enabled or disabled with or without console redirection Serial Port 1 Displays whether serial port 1 is mapped ...

Page 30: ...resholds set for any fan probes that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific fan probe omreport chassis fancontrol Use the omreport chassis fancontrol command to see how fan speed is set on your system Fan speed can be set to optimize speed for cooling or for quiet operation Table 3 4 shows the available settings Table 3 3 omr...

Page 31: ...stem you can see whether the NMI button is enabled or not The NMI button can be used to troubleshoot software and device errors when using certain operating systems omreport chassis fru Use the omreport chassis fru command to view the Field Replaceable Unit FRU information When you type omreport chassis fru Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s FRU information This information i...

Page 32: ...55MC system chassis omreport chassis intrusion Use the omreport chassis intrusion command to find out whether the cover of your system is open or not Server Administrator tracks chassis intrusion events because intrusions may indicate an attempt to steal a system component or to perform unauthorized maintenance on the system Type omreport chassis intrusion A message that resembles the following ma...

Page 33: ...stem If your system supports redundant memory this command also displays the status state and type of memory redundancy implemented on your system Type omreport chassis memory index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays information for all memory on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific ...

Page 34: ...Speed Port Type is the detailed type of each system port from the more general serial parallel and USB ports to the names of ports by device type connected to it for example pointing device or keyboard External Name is the name of the port such as serial or parallel USB mouse keyboard and so on Base I O Address is the starting I O address expressed in hexidecimal IRQ Level is a hardware interrupt ...

Page 35: ...upies the processor slot in the system Manufacturer is the business entity that sells the processor Processor Family refers to the type of processor made by a manufacturer such as Intel Itanium or Pentium III or AMD Opteron Processor Version refers to the model and stepping number of the processor Current Speed is the actual processor speed in MHz at system boot time External Clock Speed is the sp...

Page 36: ... internal or external but describe which cache is accessed first L1 therefore internal Speed refers to the rate that the cache can forward data from main memory to the processor Max Size is the maximum amount of memory that the cache can hold in KB Installed Size is the actual size of the cache Type indicates whether the cache is primary or secondary Location is the location of the cache on the pr...

Page 37: ...cache information for each cache present on the microprocessor omreport chassis pwrsupplies Use the omreport chassis pwrsupplies command to view properties of your system s power supplies Type omreport chassis pwrsupplies index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for all power supplies in your system If you specify the index Se...

Page 38: ...dth is the width in bits of the information pathway between the components of a system Data bus width range is 16 to 64 bits omreport chassis temps Use the omreport chassis temps command to view properties of your system s temperature probes When you type omreport chassis temps index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status...

Page 39: ...tem shutdown you can get detailed information for one system component rather than the high level status that you get with omreport system Type omreport system If your system has both a main system chassis and at least one direct attached storage device Server Administrator may display a summary that resembles the following example NOTE As with all output shown in this guide the following output i...

Page 40: ...cal severity conditions and then clear the log omreport system alertaction Use the omreport system alertaction command to see a summary of alert actions that have been configured for warning and failure events on your system components Alert actions determine how Server Administrator responds when a component has a warning or failure event The omreport system alertaction command is useful for view...

Page 41: ...rmation To set any of these fields you must use the omconfig system assetinfo command See omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omreport system events Use the omreport system events command to view the current enabled or disabled SNMP traps This command displays a summary of each component in your system for which events can be generated For each component the report shows...

Page 42: ...Table 3 6 shows the events displayed for various component types NOTE Some component types may be unavailable on your system Table 3 6 System Events by Component Type name value pair Description type accords Reports events for AC power cords type battery Reports events for batteries type currents Reports events for fan amperage probes type fanenclosures Reports events for fan enclosures type fans ...

Page 43: ... displayed you can configure a separate IP address for each destination address Type omreport system pedestinations The output from the omreport system pedestinations command lists each of the valid parameters NOTE The actual number of destinations that can be configured on your system may differ Table 3 7 shows the available settings Table 3 7 omreport system pedestinations Output Attributes Desc...

Page 44: ...them omreport system summary Use the omreport system summary command to view a comprehensive summary of software and hardware components currently installed on your system Destination Number Destination 3 Destination IP Address 201 202 203 204 destination 3 Displays the third destination 201 202 203 204 IP address of the third destination Destination Number Destination 4 Destination IP Address 210...

Page 45: ...re and software configuration System Summary Software Profile System Management Name Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5 x x Description Systems Management Software Contains Instrumentation Service 5 x x Storage Management Service 3 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 3 x x Secure Port Server 1 x x Dell OpenManage Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 x x Storage ...

Page 46: ...ice tag of the server module that you are currently logged into The Chassis Service Tag field indicates the service tag of your PowerEdge 1655MC system chassis Server Module Asset Tag The asset tag of the server module that you are currently logged into Server Module Location A number assigned to the server module that indicates its position in the PowerEdge 1655MC system chassis Processor The fol...

Page 47: ...se Installed capacity Maximum capacity Slots available Slots used ECC type BIOS Manufacturer BIOS version Release date BIOS firmware information Name BIOS firmware version Firmware Name Version Network Interface Card The following details are listed for each NIC in the system IP address Subnet mask Default gateway MAC address Storage Enclosures The following details are listed for each storage enc...

Page 48: ...essages displays Thermal protect shutdown severity warning Thermal protect shutdown severity failure omreport system version Use the omreport system version command to list the version numbers of the BIOS firmware systems management software and operating system that are installed on your system Example Command Output When you type omreport system version the output that appears in your CLI window...

Page 49: ... Status Using the Instrumentation Service 49 Software Name Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Version 5 2 Build 3790 Service Pack 1 x86 Updateable N A Name Dell Server Administrator Version 5 1 0 Updateable N A ...

Page 50: ...50 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service ...

Page 51: ...se the omreport commands to get the information you need to execute an omconfig command For example if you want to edit the minimum temperature for a warning event on a temperature probe you need to know the index of the probe you want to configure You can use the omreport chassis temps command to display a list of probes and their indexes For more information on using the omreport command see omr...

Page 52: ... all of the Server Administrator programs that are installed preferences cdvformat A Specifies the delimiter for separating data fields reported in custom delimited format cdv dirservice A Configures the Active Directory service snmp A Sets the SNMP root password Configures SNMP Set Operations useraccess A Determines whether users below the administrator level are allowed to use Server Administrat...

Page 53: ... will be phased out in future releases and replaced by the subcommand remoteaccess currents P A Configures current probe warning thresholds by default or by value fans P A Configures fan probe warning thresholds by default or by value NOTE You cannot change threshold values on embedded server management ESM3 and Dell PowerEdge x8xx systems fancontrol P A Allows you to optimize fan speed for maximu...

Page 54: ...arameters you must use to execute a particular omconfig system command For example the following commands produce a list of valid parameters for omconfig system alertaction and omconfig system shutdown omconfig system alertaction omconfig system shutdown In the case of the omconfig system alertaction command you can use various options to prevent all of the CLI help from scrolling by before you ca...

Page 55: ...alled on your system The following is an example output from the omconfig about command Product name Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5 x x Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2006 All rights reserved Company Dell Inc For more details about the environment for Server Administrator type omconfig about details true Server Administrator includes a number of services each of which has a ve...

Page 56: ...tall the operating system NOTE You must reboot your system before any changes to the BIOS setup options take effect NOTE Not all BIOS setup options are available on every system Table 4 2 shows the name value pairs you can use with this command Table 4 2 BIOS Setup name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute acpwrrecovery setting off last on off System is turned off...

Page 57: ...protect Do not allow writes Make the diskette drive read only attribute dualnic setting off onpxeboth onpxenone onpxenic1 onpxenic2 off The NICs are disabled onpxeboth Both the NICs are PXE enabled onpxenone PXE is not enabled on either of the NICs onpxenic1 PXE is enabled on NIC 1 onpxenic2 PXE is enabled on NIC 2 attribute extserial setting com1 com2 rad com1 Maps external serial connector to CO...

Page 58: ...enablednonepxe enabled Enables the first NIC during system boot with PXE on if the system has PXE disabled Disables the first NIC during system boot enablednonepxe Enables the first NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE attribute nic2 setting enabled disabled enablednonepxe enabled Enables the second NIC during system boot with PXE on if the system has PXE disabled Disables the...

Page 59: ... system boot scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change attribute romba setting raid scsi force true raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard channel A as a RAID device scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change attribute rombb setting raid scsi force true raid I...

Page 60: ...rial Maps serial port 1 to BMC Serial bmcnic Maps serial port 1 to the Baseboard Management Controller BMC Network Interface Controller NIC rac Maps serial port 1 to the Remote Access Controller RAC com1bmc Maps serial port 1 to COM port 1 bmc NOTE This command is valid on PowerEdge 1850 2800 and 2850 systems only attribute serialport2 setting off auto com2 com4 off Disables serial port 2 auto Map...

Page 61: ...ype omconfig chassis bmc attribute usb setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the USB port s disabled Disables the USB port s NOTE Depending on your system s hardware only one of the two attributes usb and usbb is available for configuring the USB port s attribute usbb setting enabled enabledwithbios disabled enabled Enables the USB port s during system boot without BIOS support enabledwithbios ...

Page 62: ... over LAN encryptkey text text Text to encrypt IPMI sessions NOTE The option text is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems gateway gateway Gateway Sets a gateway address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface enablenic true false true Enables the DRAC NIC false Disables the DRAC NIC NOTE The option enablenic is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems tha...

Page 63: ...privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to Operator user Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to User subnet Subnet subnet Sets a subnet mask if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface vlanenable true false true Enables...

Page 64: ...nnection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 19200 38400 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed flowcontrol none rtscts none No control over the flow of communication through the serial port rts...

Page 65: ...sed for IPMI messaging over a modem modemterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and that allows a limited number of text commands over a modem modembasicterminal Both basic and terminal messaging over a modem NOTE Not all commands may be supported on the system privilegelevel administrator operator user administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on...

Page 66: ...ection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed privilegelevel administrator operator user administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted o...

Page 67: ... accept another command inputlinesequence cr null cr The console uses CR as a new line sequence null The console uses NULL as a new line sequence lineediting enabled disabled enabled Enables line editing as a line is typed disable Disables line editing as a line is typed newlinesequence none crlf null cr lfcr lf none BMC does not use a termination sequence crlf BMC uses CR LF as a new line sequenc...

Page 68: ...ext confirmnewpw text number ID number of the user being configured newpw text New password of the user confirmnewpw text Confirm new password of the user id number serialaccesslevel administrator operator user none id number ID number of the user being configured serialaccesslevel administrator User with an ID has access privileges of an Administrator for the Serial Port channel serialaccesslevel...

Page 69: ...ergroup custom Enables the Custom User privileges NOTE See Table 4 4 for more information on the name value pair dracusergroup custom dracusergroup none Does not enable User privileges id number lanaccesslevel administrator operator user none id number ID number of the user being configured lanaccesslevel administrator User with an ID has access privileges of an Administrator for the LAN channel l...

Page 70: ...index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for all current probes present on your system Current probes are not present in all systems If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific current probe Table 4 4 omconfig chassis bmc config user id user id dracusergroup custom name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description ...

Page 71: ...he values you specify the following message appears Current probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig chassis fans Use the omconfig chassis fans command to set fan probe warning thresholds As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure thresholds Your system s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure thresholds Valid Pa...

Page 72: ...aximum thresholds omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 maxwarnthresh 9160 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Fan probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig chassis fancontrol Use the omconfig chassis fancontrol command to set fan speed You can optimize speed for co...

Page 73: ...ou cannot rename the main system chassis In the example below the command renames chassis 2 from storscsi1 to storscsia omconfig chassis info index 2 name storscsia Table 4 8 omconfig chassis frontpanel name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description lcdindex index NA Specify the LCD line number config none default custom NA none Set the LCD text to none default Set the LCD text to default custom ...

Page 74: ... and RAID Spare mode disables a bank of system memory in which a correctable memory event is detected enables the spare bank and copies all the data from the original bank to the spare bank Spare bank requires at least three banks of identical memory the operating system does not recognize the spare bank Mirror mode switches to a redundant copy of memory when an uncorrectable memory event is detec...

Page 75: ...he memory module resides the default is chassis 0 the main system chassis redundancy spare mirror disabled raid5 Spare disables the memory module that has a correctable memory event and copies the failing module s data to a spare bank Disabled indicates that the system is not to use other available memory modules if uncorrectable memory events are detected Mirror switches the systems to a mirrored...

Page 76: ...s as soon as this number of characters or greater has been accepted from the baseboard serial controller into the BMC config nic enable true false true Enables IPMI over LAN false Disables IPMI over LAN encryptkey text confirmencryptkey text text Text used for encryption and confirmation of encryption NOTE The option text is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems gateway Gateway Gateway Sets a g...

Page 77: ...ic1 Enables NIC 1 teamednic1nic2 Enables NIC teaming functionality dracnic Enables DRAC NIC if DRAC 5 is installed NOTE The option nicselection is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems privilegelevel administrator operator user administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a...

Page 78: ...atile and nonvolatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600 19200 38400 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx syst...

Page 79: ... for IPMI messaging over a modem modemterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and that allows a limited number of text commands over a modem modembasicterminal Both basic and terminal messaging over a modem NOTE Not all commands may be supported on the system privilegelevel administrator operator user administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a ...

Page 80: ...800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed privilegelevel administrator operator user administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on ...

Page 81: ... null The console uses NULL as a new line sequence lineediting enabled disabled enabled Enables line editing as a line is typed disable Disables line editing as a line is typed newlinesequence none crlf null cr lfcr lf none BMC does not use a termination sequence crlf BMC uses CR LF as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console null BMC uses Null as a new line sequence when ...

Page 82: ... confirmnewpw text number ID number of the user being configured newpw text New password of the user confirmnewpw text Confirm new password of the user id number serialaccesslevel administrator operator user none id number ID number of the user being configured serialaccesslevel administrator User with an ID has access privileges of an Administrator for the Serial Port channel serialaccesslevel op...

Page 83: ...with an ID does not have access privileges for the LAN channel id user id dracusergroup admin poweruser guest testalert custom none id user id User ID of the user being configured dracusergroup admin Enables the Administrator User privileges dracusergroup poweruser Enables the Power User privileges dracusergroup guest Enables the Guest User privileges dracusergroup testalert Enables the Test Alert...

Page 84: ...id user id dracusergroup custom logindrac true false configuredrac true false configure users true false clearlogs true false executeservercommands true false accessconsoleredir true false accessvirtualmedia true false testalerts true false true false Enables disables logging into DRAC true false Enables disables configuration of DRAC true false Enables disables configuration of users true false E...

Page 85: ...ng threshold value In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 4 omconfig chassis temps index 4 minwarnthresh 11 2 maxwarnthresh 58 7 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Temperature probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig chassis volts Use the omconfig chassis volts command to set voltage probe war...

Page 86: ...following message appears Voltage probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig preferences Use the omconfig preferences command to set system preferences On the command line you can set the SNMP root password and specify which user levels are able to access Server Administrator You can also configure the Active Directory service and SNMP Set Operations omconfig preferences cdvformat You can...

Page 87: ...tem s monitor when you type them In interactive mode the values you type for passwords are masked The parameters for configuring the SNMP root password are the same whether you configure it interactively or iteratively NOTE If you specify setting rootpw but do not specify the other name value pair parameters you enter interactive mode and the command line prompts you for the remaining values Table...

Page 88: ...Windows SNMP Service On systems running supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems restart Server Administrator services by running the srvadmin services sh restart command omconfig preferences useraccess Depending on the policies of your enterprise you may want to restrict the access that some user levels have to Server Administrator The omconfig prefere...

Page 89: ...ng Alert action settings determine how persons are notified of this event For temperature voltage and current probe readings that fall within the warning or failure range you can also configure alert actions Syntax for Setting Alert Actions Setting an alert action requires two name value pairs The first name value pair is the event type The second name value pair is the action you want to take for...

Page 90: ... clearall true Clears all actions for this event execappath string Sets the fully qualified path and filename of the application you want to execute in case of an event for the component described in this window execapp false Disables the executable application Table 4 21 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions Event Name Description event batterywarn Sets actions when a battery probe detects a...

Page 91: ...hen a power supply probe detects a warning value event processorwarn Sets actions when a processor probe detects a warning value event processorfail Sets actions when a processor probe detects a failure value event redundegrad Sets actions when a redundant component becomes inoperative resulting in less than full redundancy for that component event redunlost Sets actions when one or more redundant...

Page 92: ...ype omconfig system esmlog action clear omconfig system pedestinations Use the omconfig system pedestinations command to set IP addresses for alert destinations Table 4 22 shows the valid parameters for the command NOTE You can either specify the index and IP address as parameters together OR you can set the community string as a parameter alone Table 4 22 omconfig system pedestinations name Value...

Page 93: ...down Action Description alert disable Disables the SNMP alert alert enable Enables the SNMP alert to be sent action none Takes no action when the system is hung or has crashed action powercycle Turns the electrical power to the system off pauses turns the power on and reboots the system action poweroff Turns off the electrical power to the system action reboot Forces the operating system to shut d...

Page 94: ...on or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor has failed event processorabsent Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor is absent event redundegrad Sets action or enables disables alert generation when the system s fans and or power supplies become inoperative resulting in less than full redundanc...

Page 95: ...ype refers to the name of the component s involved in the event Table 4 25 shows the valid parameters for system event types Table 4 25 System Event Type Parameters name value pair Description type accords Configures events for AC power cords type battery Configures events for battery type all Configures events for all device types type currents Configures events for amperage type fanenclosures Co...

Page 96: ...nd Server Administrator will send an SNMP trap only when the first fan in the system chassis index 0 has reached critical fan RPMs omconfig system webserver Use the omconfig system webserver command to start or stop the Web server Table 4 27 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 26 System Event Severity Parameters Command Result Description omconfig system events type component name s...

Page 97: ...mine how the system shuts down During system shutdown the default is to shut down the operating system before powering off the system Shutting down the operating system first closes down the file system before powering the system down If you do not want to shut down the operating system first you can use the parameter osfirst false Table 4 29 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 28 R...

Page 98: ...tion powercycle Turns the electrical power to the system off pauses turns the power on and reboots the system Power cycling is useful when you want to reinitialize system components such as hard drives osfirst true false true Closes the file system and exits the operating system before shutting down the system false Does not close the file system or shut down the operating system before shutting d...

Page 99: ...wn Commands To trigger a thermal shutdown when a temperature probe detects a failure event type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity failure To disable thermal shutdown so that an administrator has to initiate an omconfig system shutdown type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity disabled ...

Page 100: ...100 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service ...

Page 101: ...hat is in effect depreciation methods and rates and location of the system warranty and extended warranty duration outsourcing details and service level agreement User Level Required for Adding Asset Information Power Users and Administrators can add and edit asset information Adding Acquisition Information Acquisition refers to the facts about a business entity s purchase or lease of a system Use...

Page 102: ...config system assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost 5000 waybill 123456 installdate 120501 purchasedate 050601 ponum 9999 signauth John Smith expensed yes costcenter finance The following message appears Asset information set successfully expensed yes no Whether the system is charged to a specific purpose or department such as research and development or sales installdate mmddyy Date the system ...

Page 103: ...ame value pair 2 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method straightline The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Informa...

Page 104: ...y parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty name value pair 2 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty enddate 012503 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name va...

Page 105: ...enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Table 5 4 omconfig system assetinfo info lease Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Use omconfig system assetinfo info ...

Page 106: ...ng message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Table 5 5 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 nam...

Page 107: ...Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Table 5 6 omconfig system assetinfo info outsource Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 name value pair 1 name v...

Page 108: ...age appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Table 5 7 omconfig system assetinfo info owner Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 name value pair ...

Page 109: ...fo service vendor fixsystemco The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Table 5 8 omconfig system assetinfo info service Command level ...

Page 110: ...e than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Table 5 9 omconfig system assetinfo info support Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Use omconfig system assetinfo info support...

Page 111: ...fig system assetinfo info system location firstfloor The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Table 5 10 omconfig system assetinfo inf...

Page 112: ...of the form omconfig system assetinfo info warranty name value pair 2 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info warranty unit days The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example ...

Page 113: ...Access Controller Components the parameters are listed in the order in which you must configure them The symbol often called pipe is the logical exclusive or operator For example enable disable means that you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature omreport rac Command Summary NOTE Although this section lists all poss...

Page 114: ... who do not want to define one set of privileges for users in the operating system and a separate set of users and accounts for the RAC If you enable local operating system authentication for the RAC you enable any user with Administrator status on the operating system to log into the RAC Table 6 1 omreport rac Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 Use...

Page 115: ...the valid parameters for the command Table 6 2 omreport rac dialinusers name value pair Description username text Displays the dial in user entry whose user name is specified by text index n Displays the dial in user entry whose index is equal to n The index is usually 0 15 and specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC NOTE The index number corresponds to a user position on the RAC Table 6...

Page 116: ...lay the RAC user name properties Table 6 5 displays the valid parameters for the command Table 6 4 omreport rac snmptraps name value pair Description ipaddr text Displays the trap entry whose IP address is specified by text index n Displays the trap entry whose index is equal to n The index is usually 0 to 15 and specifies one of the 16 trap positions on the RAC NOTE The index number corresponds t...

Page 117: ...ation that is requesting the certificate signature The issuer is the organization that is granting the certificate The following example is sample output from the command omreport rac viewcertificate type ca Type CA Certificate Serial l00 Keysize 1024 Valid From DSU 15 34 31 Valid To DSU 15 34 31 Subject CN test O test OU test L Austin ST Texas C US E name company com Issuer CN Thawte Test CA Root...

Page 118: ...118 omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components ...

Page 119: ...mands to get information you need to execute an omconfig rac command For information about the omreport rac command see omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Conventions for Parameter Tables Parameter tables list input parameters for a command in the order in which you must configure them instead of the order in which they appear in the command line interface The symbol often called p...

Page 120: ...mand Level 2 and Command Level 3 Options for omconfig rac Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 User privilege required Use omconfig rac authentication A Sets authentication properties dialinusers A Sets dial in user properties dialoutusers A Sets dial out user properties generatecert A Generates an certificate signing request CSR modem A Configures modem properties network A Configures ...

Page 121: ...henable true To disable local operating system authentication type omconfig rac authentication localauthenable false Local Operating System Authentication Use the omconfig rac authentication command to determine whether local operating system authentication of users is enabled or disabled for the remote access controller The RAC has two methods of authenticating user access RAC authentication and ...

Page 122: ... password and other properties for each user Table 7 2 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 2 omconfig rac dialinusers name value pair Description username text Sets the user name for the point to point protocol PPP user index number 0 15 Sets the dial in user index to populate with user name password and so on The index specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC If an index i...

Page 123: ...ialoutusers name value pair Description ipaddr text Sets the IP address which must be specified in dotted decimal notation index number 0 15 Sets the dial out user index to populate with user name password and so on The index specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC If an index is not specified for an omconfig rac command the entry is added to the next available position on the RAC If an ...

Page 124: ...ifies that applicant for transactions over networks and on the Internet For the purposes of the RAC you can use the omconfig rac generatecert command to generate a CSR Then you send the CSR in your application to the CA the CA approves the CSR and sends you a certificate Then use the omconfig rac uploadcert command to upload the certificate to the RAC Uploading your new certificate replaces the de...

Page 125: ...text Two letter code representing the country where your system is located See ISO Standard 3166 required emailaddress text The e mail address of your system file text The absolute pathname or filename with extension of the CSR to be generated required If you provide only a filename the CSR file is placed in your current working directory locality text City name or other location name where your s...

Page 126: ...AS Korea KO Belgium BE Luxembourg LU Bulgaria BU Mexico ME Canada CA Netherlands NE China CH New Zealand NW Czech and Slovak Republic CZ Norway NO Denmark DE Philippines PH Finland FI Poland PO France FR Portugal PR Germany GE Russia RU Greece GR Singapore SI Hong Kong HO Spain SP Hungary HU Sweden SW India IN Switzerland SZ Ireland IR Taiwan TA Israel IS United Kingdom UK Italy IT United States U...

Page 127: ...notation gateway text Sets the gateway which must be specified in dotted decimal notation nicenable true false true Enables the NIC false Disables the NIC dhcpenable true false true Enables the DHCP false Disables the DHCP smtpaddr text Sets the SMTP address which must be specified in dotted decimal notation smtpenable true false true Enables the SMTP false Disables the SMTP dialinenable true fals...

Page 128: ...ppears Command Successful Please reset RAC card Table 7 8 omconfig rac snmptraps name value pair Description ipaddr text Sets the IP address which must be specified in dotted decimal notation index number 0 15 Sets the SNMP trap index The index specifies one of the 16 trap positions on the RAC If an index is not specified for an omconfig rac command the entry is added to the next available positio...

Page 129: ...s for the command Table 7 9 omconfig rac remote name value pair Description floppytftpenable true false true Enables remote boot false Disables remote boot floppytftpipaddr text Sets the floppy TFTP address floppytftppath text Sets the floppy TFTP path fwupdatetftpipaddr text Sets the firmware TFTP address fwupdatetftppath text Sets the directory path on the TFTP server where the firmware update i...

Page 130: ...7 11 shows the valid parameters for the command Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac rmdialoutuser username jdoe The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card Table 7 11 omconfig rac rmdialoutuser name value pair Description username text Specifies the user name of entry which is to be deleted If no user name is specified an inde...

Page 131: ...e omconfig rac rmuser username jdoe The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card Table 7 12 omconfig rac rmsnmptrap name value pair Description ipaddr text Specifies the IP address of entry which is to be deleted This value must be specified in dotted decimal notation If no IP address is specified an index must be specified index n Specifies the index of the entry which i...

Page 132: ...erty values Table 7 15 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 14 omconfig rac uploadcert name value pair Description file text The absolute pathname including filename and extension of the certificate to be uploaded to the RAC required type server ca Indicates whether the certificate you are uploading is a server certificate or a CA certificate Table 7 15 omconfig rac users name value ...

Page 133: ...c pager message emailpagingenable true false true Enables e mail paging false Disables e mail paging emailaddress text Sets the e mail address emailmsg text Set the e mail message alphapagingenable true false true Enables the alpha paging false Disables the alpha paging alphanumber n Sets the alpha number alphaprotocol 8N1 7E0 Sets the alpha protocol alphabaudrate n Sets the alpha baud rate alphap...

Page 134: ...134 omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller ...

Page 135: ... Like all the Server Administrator commands the omreport and omconfig command syntax consists of specifying command levels The first command level is the command name omreport or omconfig Subsequent command levels provide a greater degree of specificity regarding the type of object on which the command will operate or the information that the command will display For example the following omconfig...

Page 136: ...ller id to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller For example the controller id parameter might be specified as controller 1 connector id Indicates the connector ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage connector controller id to display the IDs for the conn...

Page 137: ...icates the battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage battery controller id to display the ID for the controller battery The caret symbols enclose variable elements that you must specify For example the name string parameter might be specified as name VirtualDisk1 The bracket sy...

Page 138: ...ormation enclosure Displays a list of the omreport storage enclosure parameters for displaying enclosure information connector Displays a list of the omreport storage connector parameters for displaying connector information battery Displays a list of the omreport storage battery parameters for displaying battery information globalinfo Displays a list of the omreport storage globalinfo parameters ...

Page 139: ...ommand Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage battery Displays all batteries present on all controllers on the system Some controllers do not have batteries controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 Displays the battery on the specified controller Table 8 7 omreport Connector Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use om...

Page 140: ...oller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 Displays the specified enclosure and its components Table 8 9 omreport Temperature Probe Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the sys...

Page 141: ...ystem controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID info fans where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 NOTE For SCSI controllers the ID specified in enclosure ENCLOSUREID is the connector number and for Serial Attached SCSI SAS controllers ID is the connectorNumber EnclosureIndex Displays the fans for the specified enclosure controller id enclosure ENCL...

Page 142: ...cified enclosure controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID info pwrsupplies index n where id is the controller number and the enclosure number and n is the number of a power supply For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info pwrsupplies index 1 Displays the specified power supply Table 8 12 omreport EMM Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport stora...

Page 143: ...ller connector id where id is the connector number For example connector 1 Displays all physical disks attached to the specified connector on the controller vdisk id where id is the virtual disk number For example vdisk 1 Displays all physical disks included in the specified virtual disk on the controller pdisk connectorID targetID connectorID enclosureID slotID where connectorID targetID is the c...

Page 144: ...emperature of 0 or 50 Celsius Specifying that only the enclosure be shutdown during excessive temperatures is known as Smart Thermal Shutdown See the online help for more information Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable smart thermal shutdown Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests Table 8 14 omreport Virtual Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional ...

Page 145: ...n when the PV220S and PV221S enclosures reach a critical temperature of 0 or 50 Celsius Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable smart thermal shutdown This command will disable smart thermal shutdown for all controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for disabling thermal shutdown does not require that you speci...

Page 146: ... controller configuration permanently destroys all data on all virtual disks attached to the controller If the system or boot partition resides on these virtual disks it will be destroyed Table 8 16 omconfig Controller Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage controller action rescan controller id action globalrescan action enablealarm controller id action ...

Page 147: ...er The omconfig storage controller action globalrescan command was supported in previous releases of Storage Management This command has been replaced by the omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan command When rescanning all controllers on the system and creating CLI scripts it is preferable to use the omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan command See the online help for more in...

Page 148: ... online help for more information about using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action disablealarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax For example to disable the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action disablealarm controller 1 omconfig Quiet Controller Alarm Use the followi...

Page 149: ...o the controller If the system or boot partition resides on these virtual disks it will be destroyed You may receive a warning message if this command will result in deleting the system or boot partition However this warning message is not generated in all circumstances You should be certain that you are not deleting the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete...

Page 150: ...r id raid c r0 r1 r1c r5 r10 r50 size number max min pdisk PDISKID stripesize 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb cachepolicy d c readpolicy ra nra ara rc nrc writepolicy wb wt wc nwc fwb name string spanlength n Parameter Specification for Create and Reconfigure Virtual Disk The following sections indicate how to specify the omconfig storage controller action createvdisk parameters controller id Par...

Page 151: ...d The following table indicates how to specify the size number max min parameter Table 8 17 Raid Level and Concatenation RAID Level or Concatenation raid n Parameter Specification RAID 0 raid r0 RAID 1 raid r1 RAID 5 raid r5 RAID 10 raid r10 RAID 50 raid r50 RAID 1 concatenated raid r1c Concatenation raid c Table 8 18 Size Parameter size number max min Parameter Specification Description size n Us...

Page 152: ...r connector targetID stripesize 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb Parameter Optional Different controllers support different stripe sizes See the online help for information on which stripe sizes are supported for a controller All stripe sizes are specified in kilobytes For example when specifying 128 KB as the stripe size enter stripesize 128kb cachepolicy d c Parameter Optional Different controll...

Page 153: ...arameter Required for RAID 50 Use this parameter to specify the number of physical disks to be included in each stripe This parameter only applies to RAID 50 virtual disks If you are not creating a RAID 50 virtual disk do not specify this parameter For example spanlength 3 Table 8 20 Read Policy Paramaters Read Policy readpolicy ra ara nra rc nrc Parameter Specification Read ahead readpolicy ra Ad...

Page 154: ...ze 500m pdisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 stripesize 16kb cachepolicy c readpolicy ra writepolicy wt The only parameters that require specification are for the controller RAID level virtual disk size and physical disk selection Storage Management supplies default values for all other unspecified parameters omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the controller reb...

Page 155: ...0 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action setreconstructrate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the check consistency rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setcheckconsistency controller id rate 0 to 100 where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Examp...

Page 156: ...ontrollers omconfig Import Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to import all virtual disks that reside on physical disks newly attached to the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action importforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command NOTE This command is supported only in firmware ...

Page 157: ...ler 1 enter omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the patrol read mode for the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setpatrolreadmode controller id mode manual auto disable where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example S...

Page 158: ...ad the current patrol read mode should be set to Manual omconfig Virtual Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute virtual disk tasks NOTICE The omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id command deletes a virtual disk Deleting a virtual disk destroys all information including file systems and volumes residing on the virtual ...

Page 159: ...he following omconfig command syntax to unblink the physical disks included in a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action unblink controller id vdisk id action cancelinitialize controller id vdisk id action cancelbginitialize controller id vdisk id action restoresegments controller id vdisk id action splitmirror controller id vdisk id action unmirror controller id vdisk id action...

Page 160: ... and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action initialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel the initialization of a virtual disk Complete S...

Page 161: ...ain these values you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to slow initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize Use the ...

Page 162: ...itting a RAID 1 or RAID 1 concatenated mirror creates two concatenated nonredundant virtual disks Splitting a RAID 10 mirror creates two RAID 0 striped nonredundant virtual disks Data is not lost during this operation Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action splitmirror controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these...

Page 163: ...troller id vdisk id pdisk PDISKID assign yes where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID The PDISK variable specifies the physical disk To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and physical disk enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID and omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the vir...

Page 164: ...n enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 3 assign no Example for SAS Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 2 ...

Page 165: ...re information Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action pausecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller E...

Page 166: ...d wwon deletevdisk controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Format Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to format a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action format controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter ...

Page 167: ...olicy wb wt wc nwc cachepolicy d c where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller For information on the controller specific read write and cache policy s...

Page 168: ...ovide the omconfig command syntax required to execute physical disk tasks omconfig Blink Physical Disk You can blink the light light emitting diode or LED display on one or more physical disks attached to a controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink one or more physical disks Table 8 23 omconfig Physical Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omcon...

Page 169: ...this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller 1 pdisk 0 2 0 omconfig Unblink Physical Disk You can unblink the light light emitting diode or LED display on one or more physical disks attached to a controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to unblink one or more physical disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller id pdisk PDISKID where id i...

Page 170: ...the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To prepare to remove the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To prepare to remove the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Initialize Physi...

Page 171: ...orage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to offline physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 enter omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 3 omconfig Offline Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to offl...

Page 172: ... and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to bring physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 back online On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To bring the physical disk described in this example back online en...

Page 173: ...action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 assign yes omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign a physical disk as a global hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller id pdisk PDISKID assign no where id is the controller ID The PDISK variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values ente...

Page 174: ...yntax In this example you want to rebuild physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example ent...

Page 175: ...controller id pdisk PDISKID where id is the controller ID The PDISK variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to remove dead disk segments on physical disk 3...

Page 176: ...action clear controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Cancel Clear Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command to cancel a clear operation that is in progress on a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action cancelclear controller id pdisk PDISKID where id is the controller ID The PDISK variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to d...

Page 177: ...y on controller 1 enter omconfig storage battery action recondition controller 1 battery 0 omconfig Start Battery Learn Cycle Use the following omconfig command to start the battery learn cycle Complete Syntax omconfig storage battery action startlearn controller id battery id where id is the controller ID and battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport stora...

Page 178: ... controller 1 battery 0 days 3 hours 12 omconfig Connector Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute connector tasks omconfig Rescan Connector Use the following omconfig command to rescan a controller connector This command rescans all connectors on the controller and is therefore similar to performing a controller rescan NOTE This command is not suppo...

Page 179: ...n enablealarm controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID action disablealarm controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID action enablests action disablests action setassettag controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID assettag string action setassetname controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID assetname string action settempprobes controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID index id minwarn n maxwarn n action resettempprobes contro...

Page 180: ...ttached to connector 1 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 1 2 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable the enclosure alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID where id is the controller ID The ENCLOSUREID variable specifies the enclosur...

Page 181: ...obalinfo action disablests command See the omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown command for more information omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Tag Use the following omconfig command syntax to specify the enclosure s asset tag Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID assettag string where id is the controller ID The ENCLOSUREID variable ...

Page 182: ...sure 2 attached to connector 1 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassetname controller 1 enclosure 1 2 assetname encl43 omconfig Set Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds for a specified temperature probe NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers Complete Syntax omconf...

Page 183: ...temperature probe ID The ENCLOSUREID variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to reset the thresholds for temperature probe 3 to the default values Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example temperature probe 3 resides in the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To reset the thresholds for temperature probe 3 to the default values enter o...

Page 184: ...re NOTE This command is not supported on SCSI RAID controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action resetalltempprobes controller id enclosure ENCLOSUREID where id is the controller ID The ENCLOSUREID variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to reset the thresholds for all temperature probes in enclosure 2 on controller 1 Example for SAS Controllers In ...

Page 185: ...for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers For example to blink the LEDs for enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 3 ...

Page 186: ...186 Using the Storage Management Service ...

Page 187: ...y Each operating system provides a means of controlling the way that command results display to standard output The following is a useful command for ensuring that command results do not scroll by before you can view them The same command syntax works for the Microsoft Windows command prompt the Red Hat Enterprise Linux terminal and the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server terminal To display command outp...

Page 188: ...e same command omreport chassis fans index 0 outc fans txt The 3 00 P M data overwrites the 11 00 A M data in the fans txt file Fans txt now reads as follows You cannot refer to the previous command results to compare the earlier fan probe 0 output with the present output because in using the outc option you overwrote the fans txt file Index Status Probe Name Reading Minimum Warning Threshold Maxi...

Page 189: ...but is still within normal range Someone has raised the minimum warning threshold by 200 RPM and has decreased the maximum warning threshold by 2000 RPM Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output You can specify a format for your CLI command results The format determines how the command output is displayed If the command results are directed to a file the format is captured by the file to whic...

Page 190: ...pecifies that you append the command results to a file called summary txt List lst The default format is lst or list format Use this format when you want to optimize output for simple readability You need to specify a format for your command output only if you want a format other than lst format To see the following example command output in lst format type omreport system summary No special forma...

Page 191: ...separated Value format This format also allows you to import your command output results into a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or into a database program To see the following example command output in semicolon separated value format type omreport system summary fmt ssv The example output displays as follows Network Data Network Interface Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet ...

Page 192: ...tom delimited format You can specify this option with any omreport command For example to generate a system summary in custom delimited format type omreport system summary fmt cdv You can also set preferences for the custom delimited format with the omconfig command The valid values for delimiters are exclamation semicolon at hash dollar percent caret asterisk tilde question colon comma and pipe T...

Page 193: ... after one or more domains have been rendered inactive due to software or hardware failuresorduetounacceptableenvironmentalconditions asset tag code An individual code assigned to a computer usually by a system administrator for security or tracking purposes attribute An attribute or property contains a specific piece of information about a manageable component Attributes can be combined to form g...

Page 194: ...eboard management controller which is a controller that provides the intelligence in the IPMI structure boot routine When you start your computer it clears all memory initializes devices and loads the operating system Unless the operating system fails to respond you can reboot also called warm boot your computer by pressing Ctrl Alt Del otherwise you must perform a cold boot by pressing the reset ...

Page 195: ...of thousands of transistors They look like tiny chips of aluminum no more than 1 16 square by 1 30 thick which is where the term chip came from Large chips which can be more than a half inch square hold millions of transistors It is actually only the top one thousandth of an inch of a chip s surface that holds the circuits The rest of it is just a base CIM Acronym for Common Information Model whic...

Page 196: ...roprocessor CRC Abbreviation for cyclic redundancy code which is a number derived from and stored or transmitted with a block of data in order to detect corruption By recalculatingtheCRCandcomparingittothevalue originally transmitted the receiver can detect some types of transmission errors CSR Abbreviation for certificate signing request A complex text file generated by a Web server to identify a...

Page 197: ...nt Interface DMI enables the management of your computer system s software and hardware DMI collects information about the system s components such as the operating system memory peripherals expansion cards and asset tag Information about the system s components is displayed as a MIF file DMTF AbbreviationforDistributedManagementTaskForce a consortium of companies representing hardware and softwar...

Page 198: ...Extended Industry Standard Architecture a 32 bit expansion bus design The expansion card connectors in an EISA computer are also compatible with 8 or 16 bit ISA expansion cards To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA expansion card you must use the EISA Configuration Utility This utility allows you to specify which expansion slot contains the card and obtains information about th...

Page 199: ...versions can optionally use a FAT file system structure FCC Abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission FEPROM Acronym for Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Flash memory is a kind of nonvolatile storage devicesimilartoEEPROM buttheerasingisdoneonly in blocks or the entire chip FiFO Abbreviation for first in first out In computer programming FIFO first in first out is an approach ...

Page 200: ... peripheral device Hard drive controller subsystems include integrated host adapter circuitry To add a SCSI expansion bus to your system you must install or connect the appropriate host adapter hot plug The ability to remove and replace a redundant part while the system is being used Also called a hot spare HPFS AbbreviationfortheHighPerformanceFileSystemoption intheWindowsNTandlaterWindowsoperati...

Page 201: ...upt request A signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number For example the first serial port in your computer COM1 is assigned to IRQ4 by default Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously ISA Acronym for Industry...

Page 202: ...al devices such as the video adapter circuitry can be designed to run much faster than they wouldwithatraditionalexpansionbus Somelocal bus designs allow peripherals to run at the same speed and with the same width data path as the computer s microprocessor LPTn The device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your computer are LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 LRA Acronym for local respons...

Page 203: ...logic functions Software written for one microprocessor must usually be revised to run on another microprocessor CPU is a synonym for microprocessor MIDI Abbreviation for musical instrument digital interface MIF Acronym for management information format A MIF file contains information status and links to component instrumentation MIF files are installed into the MIF database by the DMI service lay...

Page 204: ...operating systems NuBus Proprietary expansion bus used on Apple Macintosh personal computers NVRAM Acronym for nonvolatile random access memory Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn offyourcomputer NVRAMisusedformaintainingthe date time and system configuration information OEM Abbreviation for original equipment manufacturer An OEM is a company that supplies equipment to other compa...

Page 205: ...change program A CP M utility program that was used to copy files pixel A single point on a video display Pixels are arranged in rows and columns to create an image A video resolution such as 640 x 480 is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down PLCC Acronym for plastic leaded chip carrier Plug and Play An industry standard specification that makes it easier to ...

Page 206: ...sources Providers forward this information to the CIM Object Manager for integration and interpretation PS Abbreviation for power supply PS 2 Abbreviation for Personal System 2 PXE Abbreviation for Pre boot eXecution Environment QFP Acronym for quad flat pack RAC Acronym for remote access controller Dell OpenManage Server Administrator supports all RACs These include the DRAC II DRAC III DRAC III ...

Page 207: ...are also noninterlaced RFI Abbreviation for radio frequency interference RGB Abbreviation for red green blue RIMM Acronym for Rambus In line Memory Module which is the Rambus equivalent of a DIMM module ROM Acronym for read only memory Your computer contains some programs essential to its operation in ROM code Unlike RAM a ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off your computer Example...

Page 208: ...uit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board SIP Acronym for single in line package which is a type of housing for electronic components in which the connecting pins protrude from one side A SIP is also called a Single In line Pin Package SIPP SKU Acronym for stock keeping unit SMART Acronym for Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology A technology that allows hard drives...

Page 209: ... board are motherboard and logic board system configuration information Data stored in memory that tells a computer what hardware is installed and how the computer should be configured for operation system diskette System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette system memory System memory is a synonym for RAM System Setup program A BIOS based program that allows you to configure yourcomputer s...

Page 210: ...to activate the TSR program s interface while running another program When you finish using the TSR program you can return to the other application program and leave the TSR program resident in memory for later use TSR programs can sometimes cause memory conflicts When troubleshooting rule out the possibility of such a conflict by rebooting your computer without starting any TSR programs UART Acro...

Page 211: ...that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor the video driver and the amount of video memory installed for the video adapter VGA feature connector On some systems with a built in VGA video adapter a VGA feature connector allows you to add an enhancement adapter such as a video accelerator to your computer A VGA feature connector can also be called a VGA pass through connec...

Page 212: ...ns out of memory The most common way that virus programs move from one computer to another is via infected diskettes from which they copy themselves to the hard drive To guard against virus programs you should do the following Periodically run a virus checking utility on your computer s hard drive Always run a virus checking utility on any diskettes including commercially sold software before usin...

Page 213: ...y files are said to be write protected You can write protect a 3 5 inch diskette by sliding its write protect tab to the open position or by setting the write protect feature in the System Setup program XMM Abbreviation for extended memory manager a utility thatallowsapplicationprogramsandoperatingsystems to use extended memory in accordance with the XMS XMS Abbreviation for eXtended Memory Specif...

Page 214: ...214 Glossary ...

Page 215: ...d hot spare omconfig 163 assign global hot spare omconfig 172 authentication omconfig rac 121 omreport rac 114 available alert actions 90 B background initialization rate omconfig 154 base I O address omreport chassis ports 34 battery ID 137 omconfig storage 177 omreport storage 139 recondition 177 status 139 bios omreport chassis 27 biossetup omconfig chassis 56 omreport chassis 27 blink omconfig...

Page 216: ... omreport 22 command syntax overview 17 commands for clearing logs 92 commands for viewing logs 39 components alert actions 90 event notification 96 events 41 42 failure messages 16 instrumentation service 51 omreport 21 22 omreport system 39 omreport system summary 24 omreport system version 24 RAC 113 SNMP traps 95 storage 137 summary 44 updating 15 warning and failure thresholds 70 71 configure...

Page 217: ...rt thermal shutdown omconfig 181 display IDs 136 137 display reports RAC components 113 E enable enclosure alarm omconfig 180 enable smart thermal shutdown omconfig 181 enclosure omconfig storage 179 omreport storage 140 142 error checking and error messages CLI 15 error messages 15 ESM 40 esmlog omconfig system 92 omreport system 40 event name alert actions 90 omconfig system platformevents 93 ev...

Page 218: ...ze virtual disk omconfig 160 introduction 13 intrusion omreport chassis 32 IP address alert destinations 92 IRQ level omreport chassis ports 34 K Kerberos 13 L LDAP 13 lease information 105 leds omconfig chassis 74 omreport chassis 33 levels of help for a CLI command 20 local operating system authentication 114 121 local operating system user access 121 M maintenance information 106 adding 106 man...

Page 219: ...obal rescan controller 145 147 initialize physical disk 170 initialize virtual disk 160 offline physical disk 171 online physical disk 172 pause check consistency 165 prepare to remove physical disk 170 quiet controller alarm 148 rac 119 rebuild physical disk 174 recondition battery 177 reconfiguring virtual disks 166 remove dead segments 175 rename virtual disk 167 rescan connector 178 rescan con...

Page 220: ...omconfig preferences snmp name value pairs parameters 88 omconfig rac 121 authentication 121 command summary 119 dialinusers 122 dialoutusers 123 generatecert 124 getting help 121 modem 125 network 127 remote 129 reset 132 rmdialinuser 129 rmdialoutuser 130 rmsnmptrap 131 rmuser 131 snmptraps 128 uploadcert 125 132 users 132 omconfig rac authentication example command 122 omconfig rac dialinusers ...

Page 221: ... 95 omconfig system extwarranty 104 omconfig system pedestinations name value pairs parameters 92 omconfig system recovery name value pairs parameters 97 omconfig system shutdown name value pairs parameters 98 omconfig system warranty 112 omconfig system webserver name value pairs parameters 96 omconfig virtual disk commands 158 omhelp 14 19 omreport 25 about 25 omreport continued battery status 1...

Page 222: ...users name value pairs parameters 115 omreport rac dialoutusers name value pairs parameters 115 omreport rac snmptraps name value pairs parameters 116 omreport rac users name value pairs parameters 116 omreport storage battery 139 controller 138 enclosure 140 142 globalinfo 139 pdisk 143 vdisk 144 omreport system alertaction 40 alertlog 40 assetinfo 41 cmdlog 40 esmlog 40 events 41 operatingsystem...

Page 223: ... 97 omreport system 44 recovery from a hung operating system 44 remote omconfig rac 129 omreport rac 116 remote access controller 113 remote features property values 116 remove a dial in user 129 remove a dial out user 130 remove a user 131 remove an SNMP trap 131 remove dead segments omconfig 175 rename virtual disk omconfig 167 requesting a certificate for your RAC 124 rescan connector omconfig ...

Page 224: ...7 system 101 system asset information 101 system information adding 111 T table format for CLI command output 191 temperature probe warning threshold 85 temps omconfig chassis 84 omreport chassis 38 thermal shutdown about 48 configuring 98 example commands 99 thrmshutdown omconfig system 98 omreport system 48 U unassign dedicated hot spare omconfig 164 unassign global hot spare omconfig 173 unblin...

Page 225: ...stem voltage probes 39 viewing properties of system power supplies 37 viewing properties of system slots 38 voltage warning thresholds 85 volts omconfig chassis 85 omreport chassis 39 W warranty adding 112 components 104 112 omconfig system 112 webserver omconfig system 96 starting and stopping 96 what s new 13 Winbind 13 Windows command prompts CLI 14 write policy parameters 153 ...

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