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IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3

F5 45 - Get SEL Entry Text

This command translates a given System Event Log SEL entry into ASCII text.

Request Data

NetFnlLUN: OEM/Group

Cmd : Command Group iRMC

1:3

80 28 00

IANA-Enterprise-Number FTS, LS Byte first

Command Specifier

5:6

Record ID of SDR, LS Byte first

Response Data

Completion Code

2:4

80 28 00

IANA-Enterprise-Number FTS, LS Byte first

5:6

Next Record ID

7:8

Actual Record ID

Record type

10:13

Timestamp

Severity:

Bit 7:

0 = No CSS component

1 = CSS component

Bit 6-4:

000 = INFORMATIONAL

001 = MINOR
010 = MAJOR
011 = CRITICAL
1xx = Unknown’

Bit 3-0:

reserved, read as 0000

Data length

16:35

Converted SEL data

Summary of Contents for Remote Management

Page 1: ...User Guide English ServerView Suite Remote Management iRMC S2 S3 integrated Remote Management Controller Edition July 2012 ...

Page 2: ... consistently high quality standard and user friendliness this documentation was created to meet the regulations of a quality management system which complies with the requirements of the standard DIN EN ISO 9001 2008 cognitas Gesellschaft für Technik Dokumentation mbH www cognitas de Copyright and Trademarks Copyright 2012 Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH All rights reserved Delivery subject to ...

Page 3: ...2 Logging on to the iRMC S2 S3 for the first time 37 2 1 Requirements 37 2 2 iRMC S2 S3 factory defaults 38 2 3 Logging into the iRMC S2 S3 web interface 39 3 Configuring the iRMC S2 S3 41 3 1 Configuring the LAN interface of the iRMC S2 S3 41 3 1 1 Prerequisites 42 3 1 1 1 Connected to the correct LAN port 42 3 1 1 2 Interaction between the IP addresses of the iRMC S2 S3 and the system 43 3 1 1 3...

Page 4: ...3 3 Using the Remote Manager Serial interface 62 3 4 Configuring the iRMC S2 S3 over the iRMC S2 S3 web interface 63 3 4 1 Configuring the LAN parameters 63 3 4 2 Configuring alerting 64 3 4 3 Configuring text console redirection 64 4 User management for the iRMC S2 S3 65 4 1 User management concept for the iRMC S2 S3 66 4 2 User permissions 68 4 3 Local user management for the iRMC S2 S3 70 4 3 1...

Page 5: ...menu 102 5 3 2 Remote Storage menu 105 5 3 3 Power Control menu 106 5 3 4 Languages menu 107 5 3 5 Preferences menu 108 6 Remote Storage 111 6 1 Providing remote storage at the remote workstation 113 6 1 1 Starting Remote Storage 114 6 1 2 Provision of storage media for emote Storage 117 6 1 3 Connecting storage media as remote storage 121 6 1 4 Clearing Remote Storage connections 125 6 1 5 Removi...

Page 6: ... S2 S3 Firmware Settings Save firmware settings 169 7 6 3 Certificate Upload Load the DSA RSA certificate and private DSA RSA key 172 7 6 4 Generate a self signed Certificate Generate self signed RSA certificate 179 7 6 5 iRMC S2 S3 Firmware Update 181 7 7 Power Management 186 7 7 1 Power On Off power the server up down 187 7 7 2 Power Options Configuring power management for the server 191 7 7 3 ...

Page 7: ...Alerting Configure alerting 253 7 13 1 SNMP Trap Alerting Configure SNMP trap alerting 254 7 13 2 Serial Modem Alerting Configure alerting via modem 255 7 13 3 Email Alerting Configure email alerting 257 7 14 User Management 263 7 14 1 iRMC S2 S3 User local user management on the iRMC S2 S3 263 7 14 1 1 New User Configuration Configuring a new user 265 7 14 1 2 User name Configuration User configu...

Page 8: ...g Remote Manager 323 8 3 Overview of menus 324 8 4 Logging in 326 8 5 Main menu of the Remote Manager 328 8 6 Required user permissions 330 8 7 Change the password 332 8 8 System Information Information on the managed server 332 8 9 Power Management 334 8 10 Enclosure Information System event log and status of the sensors 335 8 11 Service processor IP parameters identification LED and iRMC S2 S3 r...

Page 9: ... Manager 361 10 3 3 Online update using ServerView Update Manager Express or ASP 362 10 3 4 Update using the operating system flash tools 363 10 3 5 Update via the lashDisk menu 365 10 4 Emergency flash 367 10 5 Flash tools 368 11 Remote installation of the operating system via iRMC S2 S3 371 11 1 Installing the operating system via iRMC S2 S3 general procedure 372 11 2 Connecting a storage medium...

Page 10: ...s 400 12 1 2 7 iRMC S2 S3 specific commands 402 12 2 Configuring the iRMC S2 S3 via SCCI and scripted configuration 412 12 2 1 iRMC S2 S3 configuration data 412 12 2 1 1 Overview 412 12 2 1 2 SCCI file format 414 12 2 1 3 Restrictions 418 12 2 1 4 Exporting importing configuration data from on the iRMC S2 S3 419 12 2 2 Scripted configuration of the iRMC S2 S3 420 12 2 2 1 List of SCCI commands sup...

Page 11: ...MI please refer to section IPMI technical background on page 21 The integrated Remote Management Controllers iRMC S2 and iRMC S3 in the following iRMC S2 S3 for short each represent a BMC with integrated LAN connection and extended functionality In this way the iRMC S2 S3 offers comprehensive control over PRIMERGY servers irrespective of the system status In particular the iRMC S2 S3 allows for ou...

Page 12: ... have a sound knowledge of hardware and software It provides basic information on the technology behind IPMI and deals with the following aspects in detail Logging on to the iRMC S2 S3 Configuring the iRMC S2 S3 User management on the iRMC S2 S3 Advanced Video Redirection via iRMC S2 S3 Remote Storage via iRMC S2 S3 iRMC S2 S3 web interface Telnet SSH based interface Remote Manager of the iRMC S2 ...

Page 13: ...aphical console redirection including mouse and keyboard can be provided over HTTPS SSL An encrypted connection protected using SSH mechanisms can be set up to access the iRMC S2 S3 using the Remote Manager The Remote Manager is an alphanumeric user interface for the iRMC S2 S3 ServerView Integration The ServerView agents detect the iRMC S2 S3 and automatically assign it to the relevant server Thi...

Page 14: ...t a Telnet SSH session to the iRMC S2 S3 from the ServerView Remote Management Frontend This calls the Remote Manager via which you can start a text console redirection session Basic functions of a BMC The iRMC S2 S3 supports the basic functions of a BMC such as voltage monitoring event logging and recovery control Headless system operation The managed server does not require a mouse monitor or ke...

Page 15: ...ive or script based The following tools are available for configuring the iRMC S2 S3 iRMC web interface Server Configuration Manager The server management tool IPMIVIEW BIOS Setup It is also possible to carry out configuration with the Server Configuration Manager or IPMIVIEW using scripts This means that it is possible to configure the iRMC S2 S3 when the server is first configured via ServerView...

Page 16: ...S3 web interface within the SSO domain of the CAS service they are prompted for their credentials by the CAS specific login screen Once they have been successfully authenticated by the CAS service the user is granted access to the iRMC S2 S3 web interface as well as to any other service within the SSO domain without being prompted for login credentials again DNS DHCP The iRMC S2 S3 provides suppor...

Page 17: ...terface Remote Manager of the iRMC S2 S3 Extended functionality of the iRMC S2 S3 Alongside the standard functionality the iRMC S2 S3 also supports the Advanced Video Redirection and Remote Storage functions Advanced Video Redirection AVR The iRMC S2 S3 supports Advanced Video Redirection which offers the following benefits Operation over a standard web browser No additional software needs to be i...

Page 18: ...made available centrally on the network using a Remote Storage server The virtual drives available with Remote Storage are simply managed in much the same way as local drives and offer the following options Read and write data Boot from Remote Storage Install drivers and small applications Update BIOS from remote workstation BIOS update via USB Remote Storage supports the following device types to...

Page 19: ...ver can be provided with HTTPS SSL Operation of the iRMC S2 S3 over the web interface is described in chapter iRMC S2 S3 web interface on page 135 Remote Manager Text based Telnet SSH interface via LAN You can call the Remote Manager from the ServerView Remote Management Frontend directly from a Telnet SSH client The alphanumeric user interface of the Remote Manager provides you with access to sys...

Page 20: ...nternal communications For integrated Remote Storage via the Java applet the http port is used Remote side of the connection Communication direction iRMC S2 S3 side of the connection port number protocol RMCP 623 UDP 623 UDP HTTP port 80 TCP 80 TCP HTTPs port 443 TCP 443 TCP Telnet 3172 TCP 3172 TCP SSH 22 TCP 22 TCP Trap 162 UDP Email 25 TCP 25 TCP Remote Storage 5901 TCP 5901 TCP VNC ports Stand...

Page 21: ...dware and firmware for platform management Objective The objective was to define a standardized abstract and message based interface between the central system controller Baseboard Management Controller BMC and intelligent platform management hardware The standardization committees combined the central characteristics of various platform management modules into standardized descriptions Definition...

Page 22: ...nd other management standards IPMI is best used in conjunction with system management software running under the relevant operating system Integration of the IPMI functionality into the management functionality offered by a management application and the operating system results in a powerful platform management environment An overview of the relationship between IPMI and the management software s...

Page 23: ...ed in such a way that it can be implemented with a device that is connected to the IPMB IPMI implementation The core element of an IPMI implementation is the Baseboard Management Controller BMC The BMC performs the following tasks The BMC organizes the interface between the system management software and the platform management hardware It provides autonomous functions for monitoring event logging...

Page 24: ...es low level I2 C commands which can be accessed via a management controller connected to the IPMB on unintelligent I2 C modules that cannot process IPMI commands An overview of the fundamental elements of an IPMI implementation is available in figure 3 on page 25 ...

Page 25: ...iRMC S2 S3 25 IPMI technical background Figure 3 IPMI block diagram source IPMI specification see section References on page 29 ...

Page 26: ...r LAN IPMI over LAN is the current name for the specification of the LAN interface in the IPMI standard This specification stipulates how IPMI messages can be sent to or from the BMC of a managed system encapsulated in RMCP Remote Management Control Protocol data packets These RMCP data packets are transferred via an Ethernet LAN connection using the UDP User Datagram Protocol under IPv4 Internet ...

Page 27: ...ent application first initiates an IPMI over LAN session with the BMC After this has been done the SOL services can be activated from the remote workstation The data traffic between the serial controller and the remote workstation is handled over the same IPMI session as the IPMI commands As soon as an SOL connection has been established data transfer between the serial controller and the remote w...

Page 28: ...e managed server High cost concentrator solutions are not required Channel concept under IPMI Channels provide the mechanisms with which IPMI messages are routed to the BMC via various connection carriers Up to nine channels can be supported The system interface and the primary IPMB are fixed The other seven channels are available for the implementation Channels can be either session based or sess...

Page 29: ...el com design servers ipmi index htm 1 6 DCMI Data Center Management Interface The iRMC S2 S3 supports the DCMI Data Center Management Interface protocol which is compliant with the IPMI V2 0 standard DCMI has been designed to improve manageability and energy efficiency of server systems that are deployed in large data centers To meet the hardware management requirements of servers within data cen...

Page 30: ...mmands 12 2 Configuring the iRMC S2 S3 via SCCI and scripted configuration new section iRMC S2 S3 integrated Remote Management Controller edition May 2012 This manual refers to the iRMC S2 S3 firmware version 6 5x and replaces the following online manual iRMC S2 integrated Remote Management Controller November 2011 edition New iRMC S2 S3 features described in Chapter 7 iRMC S2 S3 web interface Age...

Page 31: ... will be integrated in the User Management in ServerView manual Description of the Server Configuration Manager dialog pages former sections 9 2 and the following Instead the reader is advised to use the Online Help of the Server Configuration Manager iRMC S2 S3 integrated Remote Management Controller edition May 2011 This manual refers to the iRMC S2 S3 firmware version 5 5x and replaces the foll...

Page 32: ... server directly from the AVR window Chapter 7 iRMC S2 web interface Power Supply page The Power Supply Redundancy Configuration feature is available for some server types System Event Log Content page GUI language German Event description and resolutions are described in German GUI language Japanese Resolutions are described in Japanese The DNS Configuration page now additionally includes the fun...

Page 33: ...s well as additional Readme files Information files and update sets for system software components BIOS firmware drivers ServerView agents and ServerView update agents for updating the PRIMERGY servers via ServerView Update Manager or for locally updating individual servers via ServerView Update Manager Express The current versions of all documentation on the ServerView Suite You can retrieve the ...

Page 34: ...u item PRIMERGY ServerView Links This opens the start page of the ServerView link collection 3 Via the ServerView Suite DVD 1 Ê In the start window of the ServerView Suite DVD 1 select the option Select ServerView Software Products Ê Click Start This takes you to the page with the software products of the ServerView Suite Ê On the menu bar select Links This opens the start page of the ServerView l...

Page 35: ...out Text in italics In running text commands menu items and the names of buttons options files and paths are shown in italics text Indicates variables which must be replaced by current values Monospaced font Output from the system is shown in monospaced font Monospaced font Bold monospaced font Commands to be entered at the keyboard are shown in bold monospaced font square brackets Indicate option...

Page 36: ...36 iRMC S2 S3 Notational conventions ...

Page 37: ...workstation Windows Internet Explorer as of Version 7 x Linux Mozilla Firefox 3 x For console redirection Sun Java Virtual Machine Version 1 5 0_06 or higher In your network You must have a DHCP server in your network If you want to log in with a symbolic name rather than an IP address at the iRMC S2 S3 web interface the DHCP server in your network must be configured for dynamic DNS DNS must be co...

Page 38: ...default administrator account or at least change the password for the account see section User Management on page 263 Default DHCP name of the iRMC S2 S3 The default DHCP name of the iRMC S2 S3 uses the following pattern IRMC SerialNumber I The serial number corresponds to the last 3 bytes of the MAC address of the iRMC S2 S3 You can take the MAC address of the iRMC S2 S3 from the label on your PR...

Page 39: ...3 from the label on your PRIMERGY server The following login prompt appears Figure 6 Login prompt for the iRMC S2 S3 web interface I If the login prompt does not appear check the LAN connection see section Testing the LAN interface on page 47 Ê Type in the data for the default administrator account User name admin Password admin Ê Click OK to confirm your entries The iRMC S2 S3 web interface opens...

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Page 41: ...g text console redirection via LAN using the BIOS TrustedCore UEFI setup utility see page 48 Configuring the serial interface of the iRMC S2 S3 using the BIOS TrustedCore UEFI setup utility see page 57 Configuring the iRMC S2 S3 over the web interface for an overview see page 63 3 1 Configuring the LAN interface of the iRMC S2 S3 This section describes Requirements for configuring the LAN interfac...

Page 42: ...er assigned to the iRMC S2 S3 see also figure 4 on page 27 Depending on the server type the system board of a PRIMERGY server provides two or three LAN interfaces The ports marked with a wrench symbol are assigned to the iRMC S2 S3 in figure 7 for example these are port 1 and the top left hand port I Check that the LAN cable is connected to the correct port Depending on the type of PRIMERGY server...

Page 43: ...m 3 1 1 3 Access from a different subnet If the remote workstation accesses the iRMC S2 S3 of the managed server from a different subnet and DHCP is not used you must configure the gateway 3 1 2 Configuring the LAN interface Configuration tools You can configure the iRMC S2 S3 s LAN interface in a number of ways Depending on the type of the PRIMERGY server using the BIOS TrustedCore UEFI setup uti...

Page 44: ...ible Firmware Interface setup utility to configure the LAN interface of the iRMC S3 3 1 3 1 Configuring the LAN interface of the iRMC S2 by using the BIOS TrustedCore setup utility I IPv6 addresses are not supported in the BIOS TrustedCore setup utility Ê Call the BIOS TrustedCore setup utility of the managed server Do this by pressing F2 while the server is booting Ê Call the LAN parameter config...

Page 45: ...here is no DHCP server available the iRMC S2 goes into a search loop i e it constantly searches for a DHCP server You can specify that the DHCP and DNS services are to be used after initial installation using the iRMC S2 web interface for instance see section DNS Configuration Configuring DNS for the iRMC S2 S3 on page 249 By default the following name is passed to the DHCP server on initial insta...

Page 46: ...irection on the iRMC S2 exit the BIOS TrustedCore setup and continue with the next section Testing the LAN interface 3 1 3 2 Configuring the LAN interface of the iRMC S3 by using the UEFI setup Utility Ê Call the UEFI setup utility of the managed server Do this by pressing F2 while the server is booting Ê Call the iRMC LAN parameter configuration menu Server Mgmt iRMC LAN Parameters Configuration ...

Page 47: ...erver Ê Save the settings Ê If you want to use console redirection on the iRMC S3 continue with section Configuring text console redirection for the iRMC S3 on page 53 If you do not want to use text console redirection on the iRMC S3 exit the UEFI setup and continue with the next section Testing the LAN interface 3 1 4 Testing the LAN interface You can test the LAN interface as follows Ê Use a web...

Page 48: ... operating system is running This section describes Configuration of text console redirection via LAN using the BIOS TrustedCore setup utility for iRMC S2 Configuration of text console redirection via LAN using the UEFI setup utility for iRMC S3 Special requirements of the operating system used that you need to take account of if you also want to use console redirection while the operating system ...

Page 49: ... F2 while the server is booting Settings in the Peripheral Configuration menu Ê Call the Peripheral Configuration menu Advanced Peripheral Configuration Figure 10 Peripheral Configuration menu as it appears in the TrustedCore setup utility Ê Configure the following settings Serial 1 Set the value to Enabled Serial 1 Address Accept the first value pair proposed Serial Multiplexer Set the value to i...

Page 50: ...ty BIOS or TrustedCore you are using Ê Make the following settings in the BIOS setup utility Figure 11 Console Redirection menu as it appears in the BIOS setup utility Console Redirection Set the value to Enabled Port Set the value to Serial 1 Baud Rate Specify the baud rate Protocol Leave this setting unchanged The setting depends on the terminal type used Flow Control Leave this setting unchange...

Page 51: ...n page 55 Standard Console redirection is terminated after the BIOS POST phase Enhanced Console redirection continues to be available after the BIOS POST phase Ê Make the following settings in the TrustedCore setup utility Figure 12 Console Redirection menu as it appears in the TrustedCore setup utility Com Port Address Set the value to On board COM A Baud Rate Specify the baud rate Console Type L...

Page 52: ...while the operating system is running after the POST phase has completed see section Using console redirection while the operating system is running on page 55 Off Console redirection is terminated after the BIOS POST phase On Console redirection continues to be available after the BIOS POST phase Exiting the BIOS TrustedCore setup utility Ê Save your settings and exit the BIOS TrustedCore setup u...

Page 53: ...ing text console redirection for the iRMC S3 Ê Call the UEFI setup utility of the managed server Do this by pressing F2 while the server is booting Ê Call the Server Mgmt menu Figure 13 Server Mgmt Menu Ê Make the following settings Serial Multiplexer Set the value to iRMCS3 ...

Page 54: ... this case the terminal uses the first serial interface Baud Rate Specify the baud rate Protocol Leave this setting unchanged The setting depends on the terminal type used Flow Control The setting depends on the terminal type used The settings must be the same on both terminal and managed server Exiting the UEFI setup utility Ê Save your settings and exit the UEFI setup utility Ê Continue with sec...

Page 55: ...ge 50 BIOS setup utility Mode Enhanced TrustedCore setup utility Continue C R after POST On Windows Server 2003 2008 I If activated during Windows installation console redirection is thereby automatically configured If console redirection is activated after Windows installation has completed you must configure console redirection manually Windows Server 2003 2008 handles console redirection automa...

Page 56: ...om the remote workstation Settings required The settings may differ between program versions SuSe and RedHat Add the following line to the end of the file etc inittab xx 12345 respawn sbin agetty baud rate ttyS0 RedHat Insert the following kernel boot parameter in the file etc grub conf console ttyS0 baud rate console tty0 SuSE Insert the following kernel boot parameter in the file boot grub menu ...

Page 57: ...ou the following possibilities You can use the terminal application Remote Manager Serial over a null modem cable see section Using the Remote Manager Serial interface on page 62 In the case of an iRMC S2 you can forward alerts via modem You can configure alerting via modem using the web interface of the iRMC S2 see section Serial Modem Alerting Configure alerting via modem on page 255 ...

Page 58: ...is by pressing F2 while the server is booting Ê Call the Peripheral Configuration menu to configure the serial port Advanced Peripheral Configuration Figure 16 Peripheral Configuration menu as it appears in the TrustedCore setup utility Ê Configure the following settings Serial 1 Set the value to Enabled Serial 1 Address Accept the first value pair proposed Serial Multiplexer Set the value to iRMC...

Page 59: ...wn in the menu and are preset see page 62 Terminal program VT100 Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow Control None Exiting the BIOS TrustedCore setup utility Ê Save your settings and exit the BIOS TrustedCore setup utility Ê Continue with section Testing the LAN interface on page 47 ...

Page 60: ...setup utility of the managed server Do this by pressing F2 while the server is booting Ê Call the Server Mgmt menu Figure 17 Server Mgmt menu Ê Configure the following settings Serial Multiplexer Set the value to iRMCS3 Ê Call the Serial Port 1 Configuration menu to configure the serial port Advanced Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration ...

Page 61: ...gs Serial Port Set the value to Enabled Device Settings Displays the base I O address and the interrupt used to access the corresponding serial port e g IO 3F8h IRQ 4 Accept the value pair proposed The following values are not shown in the menu and are preset see page 62 Terminal program VT100 Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 ...

Page 62: ...e Remote Manager Serial terminal program The Remote Manager Serial interface is identical to the Remote Manager interface see chapter iRMC S2 S3 via Telnet SSH Remote Manager on page 321 Prerequisites On the managed server The Serial Multiplexer BIOS setting must be configured on the iRMC see section Configuring the serial interface of the iRMC S2 on page 58 Terminal program VT100 Configure the fo...

Page 63: ...onfigure the LAN settings on the Network Interface page See the section Network Interface Settings Configure Ethernet settings on the iRMC S2 S3 on page 239 for the settings required Configuring ports and network services Ê Configure the ports and network services on the Ports and Network Services page See the section Ports and Network Services Configuring ports and network services on page 245 fo...

Page 64: ...one via modem only with the iRMC S2 Ê In the navigation area click Serial Modem The Serial Modem Alerting page appears Ê Configure alert forwarding via modem See the section Serial Modem Alerting Configure alerting via modem on page 255 for the settings required Configuring email notification email alerting Ê In the navigation area click Email The Email Alerting page appears Ê Configure email aler...

Page 65: ...a directory service and are managed via this directory service s interfaces The following directory services are currently supported for global iRMC S2 S3 user management Microsoft Active Directory Novell eDirectory OpenLDAP OpenDS This chapter provides information on the following topics User management concept for the iRMC S2 S3 User permissions Local user management on the iRMC S2 S3 I For deta...

Page 66: ...s see also figure 19 on page 67 1 The iRMC S2 S3 compares the user name and password with the locally stored user identifications If the user is authenticated successfully by iRMC S2 S3 user name and password are valid then the user can log in Otherwise the iRMC S2 S3 continues the verification with step 2 2 The iRMC S2 S3 authenticates itself at the directory service via LDAP with a user name and...

Page 67: ... service guarantees secure data exchange and in particular the secure transfer of the user name and password data SSL login via the iRMC S2 S3 web interface is only required if LDAP is active LDAP enable option see page 274 iRMC S2 S3 web interface Login Telnet Login Login Serial interface SSH Login SSH SSL iRMC S2 S3 SSL SSL SSH Directory service SSL User name password local user identifications ...

Page 68: ...hannel specific permission groups The iRMC S2 S3 assigns each user identification to one of the following four channel specific permission groups users Operator Administrator OEM Since iRMC S2 S3 assigns these permissions on a channel specific basis users can have different permissions depending on whether they access the iRMC S2 S3 over the LAN interface or the serial interface The scope of permi...

Page 69: ...iew Only and Full Control mode Remote Storage Enabled Permission to use the Remote Storage functionality Preconfigured user ID The firmware of the iRMC S2 S3 provides a default administrator ID for the iRMC S2 S3 which possesses all permissions I Both the administrator ID and the password are case sensitive in the case of local users It is urgently recommended that you create a new administrator a...

Page 70: ...cal user management using the iRMC S2 S3 web interface I User management on the iRMC S2 S3 requires Configure User Accounts permission You can view a list of configured users under the web interface You can also configure new users change the configuration of existing users and remove users from the list Ê Start the iRMC S2 S3 web interface see section Logging into the iRMC S2 S3 web interface on ...

Page 71: ...page is described in section User name Configuration User configuration details on page 266 Deleting users Ê On the User Management page click on the Delete button in the same line as the user to be deleted 4 3 2 Local user management via the Server Configuration Manager I Prerequisite The current ServerView agents must be installed on the managed server I User management on the iRMC S2 S3 require...

Page 72: ...nSSH format see page 84 Public key authentication In outline public key authentication of a user on the iRMC S2 S3 happens as follows The user who wishes to log into the iRMC S2 S3 creates the key pair The private key is read protected and remains on the user s computer The user or administrator uploads the public key to the iRMC S2 S3 If the configuration allows this the user can now log into the...

Page 73: ...eating the public and private SSHv2 keys with PuTTYgen Proceed as follows Ê Start PuTTYgen on your Windows computer The following window appears when PuTTYgen is started Bild 20 PuTTYgen Creating new private and public SSHv2 keys Ê Under Parameters select the key type SSH 2RSA and click Generate to start generation of the keys The progress of the generation operation is then displayed under Key se...

Page 74: ...enerated keys When the keys have been generated PuTTYgen displays the key and the fingerprint of the public SSHv2 key Bild 22 PuTTYgen Creating a new private SSHv2 key progress bar Ê Click Save public key to save the public SSHv2 key to a file You can upload the public key to the iRMC S2 S3 from this file see page 77 Ê Click Save private key to save the private SSHv2 key to a file for use with PuT...

Page 75: ... manual pages under http www openssh org manual html Proceed as follows Ê Call ssh keygen to generate an RSA key pair ssh keygen t rsa ssh keygen logs the progress of the key generation operation ssh keygen queries the user for the file name under which the private key is to be stored and for the passphrase for the private key ssh keygen stores the resulting private and public SSHv2 keys in separa...

Page 76: ...e and to confirm it that is used to encrypt the private key If you press Enter to confirm without entering a passphrase ssh keygen does not use a passphrase 3 ssh keygen informs the user that the newly generated private SSHv2 key has been saved in the file ssh id_rsa 4 ssh keygen informs the user that the newly generated public SSHv2 key has been saved in the file ssh id_rsa pub 5 ssh keygen displ...

Page 77: ...der the iRMC S2 S3 web interface open the detailed view for the required browser in this case user3 iRMC S2 S3 User Management page Bild 23 iRMC S2 S3 web interface Loading the public SSHv2 key onto the iRMC S2 S3 Ê Click Browse in the group User SSHv2 public key upload from file 1 and navigate to the file containing the required public key 2 1 2 ...

Page 78: ...lly uploaded the iRMC S2 S3 displays the key fingerprint in the group User SSHv2 public key upload from file Bild 24 Display of the key fingerprint I For reasons of security make sure that the fingerprint shown here matches that shown in PuTTYgen see figure 22 on page 74 under Key fingerprint Key length Key type MD5 fingerprint of the saved key ...

Page 79: ...S3 and log in either under your user name or using the auto login mechanism PuTTY handles the authentication protocol automatically on the basis of the public private SSHv2 key pair previously generated Proceed as follows Ê Start PuTTY on your Windows computer The following window appears when PuTTY is started Bild 25 PuTTY Selecting and loading an SSH session Ê Select a saved SSH session or creat...

Page 80: ... iRMC S2 S3 Ê Click Load to load the selected SSH session This opens the following window Bild 26 PuTTY Loading an SSH session Ê Choose SSH Auth to configure the SSH authentication options This opens the following window see figure 27 on page 81 ...

Page 81: ...d 27 Configuring the SSH authentication options Ê Select the file containing the private key that you want to use with the iRMC S2 S3 I Please note At this point you require the private key see page 74 and not the public key that you loaded onto the iRMC S2 S3 ...

Page 82: ...SHv2 key You establish an SSHv2 protected connection to the iRMC S2 S3 using the OpenSSH client program ssh You can log in either under your current local login or under a different login I The login must have been configured as a local login on the iRMC S2 S3 and the associated SSHv2 key must have been loaded on the iRMC S2 S3 ssh reads its configuration options in order from the following source...

Page 83: ...follows Ê Start ssh to log in to the iRMC S2 S3 under SSHv2 authentication ssh l user iRMC_S2 S3 or ssh user iRMC_S2 S3 user User name under which you want to log into the iRMC S2 S3 If you do not specify user ssh uses the user name under which you are logged into your local computer to log you in to iRMC S2 S3 iRMC_S2 S3 iRMC S2 S3 name or IP address of the iRMC S2 S3 you want to log into Example...

Page 84: ...401 AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIBScBsgP9B74qNa9 w8Ccv3kDVVu2boKCGLv4hx v6 AUFrF6sYdGey1QQ7MkwSeax3NmoZBkvkR9hNfZSqxkPCkd LyUil9US5 9Ar JxjlhXUzlPPVzuBtPaRB7 bISTJVMUorNwrcN48b6AAoYBhKC4AOtOP1OGsfc F pGJ2iw END SSH2 PUBLIC KEY Public SSHv2 key in OpenSSH format ssh rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIBScBsgP9B74qNa9 w8Ccv3kDVVu2boKCGLv4hx v6 AUFrF6sYdGey1QQ7MkwSeax3NmoZBkvkR9hNfZSqxkPCkd LyUil9US5 9Ar Jxjl...

Page 85: ...trol the mouse and keyboard of the managed server from your remote workstation and to show the current graphical and text output from the managed server I The AVR Java applet allows you to use the Remote Storage function see chapter Remote Storage on page 111 This chapter provides information on the following topics Checking the AVR settings Using AVR Menus of the AVR window ...

Page 86: ...gray background in the table this is shown on the iRMC S2 S3 web interface I Only VESA compliant graphics modes are supported Resolution Refresh rates in Hz Maximum color depth bits 640 x 480 VGA 60 75 85 32 800 x 600 SVGA 56 60 72 75 85 32 1024 x 768 XGA 60 70 75 85 32 1152 x 864 60 70 75 32 1280 x 1024 UXGA 60 70 75 85 16 1280 x 1024 UXGA 60 24 1600 x 1200 UXGA 60 65 16 1680 x 10501 1 iRMC S3 on...

Page 87: ... following common text modes 40 x 25 80 x 25 80 x 43 80 x 50 Refer to the Help system for your operating system for information on the display settings Keyboard settings I The keyboard settings must be identical on the remote workstation on the managed server on the iRMC S2 S3 ...

Page 88: ...s and Extras menus allow you to configure the AVR settings and to control the AVR see page 101 Remote Storage is used to call the remote storage function see page 105 Languages see page 107 menu allows you to set the language German English in which the menus and dialog boxes of the AVR window are to be shown Integrated special keys see page 91 The Local Monitor status indicator shows whether the ...

Page 89: ...user sessions simultaneously One user has full control over the server full control mode and the other can only passively observe keyboard and mouse operation of the server view only mode When AVR is first started you are initially in view only mode You will always be asked if you want to switch to full control mode If you decide to switch to full control mode and another full control mode session...

Page 90: ...e workstation as follows In Full Control mode in an AVR session using the Extras menu directly on the Advanced Video Redirection page with administrator or OEM permissions You can also configure that the local monitor is always switched off automatically whenever a new AVR session is started The current status of the local monitor is shown in the AVR window in blue letters to the top right of the ...

Page 91: ...In such cases you should use the integrated special keys or the virtual keyboard Integrated special keys Below the menu bar of the AVR window you will find a bar containing the special keys These keys are implemented as sticky keys i e they remain pressed when you click them and only return to their normal position when you click them again Using the integrated special keys you can for instance us...

Page 92: ...sponds to the Caps Lock key on your keyboard Ctrl Alt Del Corresponds to the key combination Ctrl Alt Del on your keyboard Virtual keyboard The virtual keyboard see figure 31 provides you with a functional representation of the keyboard All key combinations are available when you use the virtual keyboard This means that you can use the virtual keyboard as a fully functional replacement for a real ...

Page 93: ...u see page 108 5 2 5 1 Synchronizing the mouse pointer When the AVR window is first opened it is possible that the mouse pointer on the remote workstation local mouse pointer is not yet synchronized with the mouse pointer on the managed server To synchronize the two mouse pointers use one of the following alternatives see figure 32 on page 94 Ê Click Mouse Sync in the menu bar of the AVR window Ê ...

Page 94: ...by the Matrox VGA installation If synchronization of the mouse pointers does not function correctly for instance because the preconfigured settings have been changed you can restore correct synchronization of the mouse pointers by making the settings described below The settings must be made on the managed server 1 1 Drag the local mouse cursor to the top left corner 2 The server s mouse pointer f...

Page 95: ...ch program the Matrox graphics driver is installed as well as the mouse pointer speed and hardware acceleration being adjusted You can make all the settings for the managed server either directly at the managed server or from the remote workstation over AVR Adjusting the settings on the managed server using a batch program Proceed as follows Ê Open a DOS prompt window Ê Switch to the folder in whi...

Page 96: ...o adjust the mouse pointer Ê Choose Start Settings Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Mouse and choose the Pointer Options tab This opens the following window Figure 33 Mouse Properties Pointer Options Ê Set the Pointer Speed to a medium value Ê Disable the Enhance Pointer Precision option Ê Click the OK button to save the settings ...

Page 97: ...round Ê In the context menu that appears choose Properties Settings tab Advanced button and the Troubleshooting tab This opens the following window Figure 34 Properties Troubleshooting Hardware acceleration Ê Set the Hardware Acceleration to a value as shown in figure 34 Ê Click the OK button to save the settings ...

Page 98: ... server either using commands or under menu guidance You must adjust the following settings Mouse motion acceleration 1 Mouse motion threshold 1 You can make all the settings for the managed server either directly at the managed server or from the remote workstation over AVR Adjusting temporary settings on the managed server using commands Use the xset command to make the settings for Pointer acce...

Page 99: ...1 I It is not necessary to set the values again after rebooting the server Adjusting the permanent settings on the managed server under menu guidance I It is not necessary to set the values again after rebooting the server You make permanent settings as follows for KDE I The procedure for KDE described below only applies to Suse Linux Ê Choose N Control Center Peripheral Mouse Advanced tab The Mou...

Page 100: ...s maximum value Ê Save the settings Ê Reboot the managed server I It is not necessary to set the values again after rebooting the server You make permanent settings as follows for Gnome Ê Call the gconf editor editor under the shell Ê Choose desktop gnome peripherals mouse Ê Modify the following attribute values motion_acceleration 1 motion_threshold 1 ...

Page 101: ...o make a virtual keyboard available You can set up and clear remote storage connections with the Remote Storage menu The Power Control menu allows you to power the server up down or to reboot the server The Languages menu allows you to set the language German English used to display the AVR menus and dialogs The Preferences menu allows you to configure the mouse keyboard and logging settings ...

Page 102: ...n page 92 Update local monitor state Refreshes the display of the local monitor state Turn local monitor on Switches on the local monitor of the managed server I This function is disabled in the following cases even if the local monitor is switched off you are in view only mode A high resolution graphics mode is set on the managed server see table 3 on page 86 Local monitor status display Local Mo...

Page 103: ... Off option was not enabled under Local Monitor see page 306 Local monitor status display Local Monitor always on Refresh Screen Refreshes the AVR window Take Full Control Switch to full control mode This function is disabled if you are already in full control mode I An already existing full control session will be notified by the notified If the currently existing full control session refuses you...

Page 104: ...f current AVR sessions appears Figure 37 Extras menu Disconnect Session Ê Select the AVR session that you wish to terminate Ê Click OK to confirm that you want to terminate the selected AVR session Ê Click Cancel if you do not want to terminate the selected AVR session Relinquish Full Control Switch to view only mode This function is disabled if you are already in view only mode Exit Terminate you...

Page 105: ...nctionality under Remote Storage Figure 38 AVR window Remote Storage menu Remote Storage Click Remote Storage to open the Storage Devices window see page 115 This window allows you to attach or detach media on the remote workstation as Remote Storage devices see chapter Remote Storage on page 111 ...

Page 106: ...erver down completely and then powers it up again after a configured period You can configure this time in the Power Cycle Delay field of the ASR R Options group see page 234 Press Power Button Depending on the operating system installed and the action configured you can trigger various actions by briefly pressing the power off button These actions could be shutting down the computer or switching ...

Page 107: ...ot This option is only available if ServerView agents are installed and signed onto the iRMC S2 S3 as Connected Graceful Shutdown Graceful shutdown and power off This option is only available if ServerView agents are installed and signed onto the iRMC S2 S3 as Connected 5 3 4 Languages menu From the Languages menu choose the language in which the menus and dialog boxes of the AVR window are to be ...

Page 108: ...ver side the client side also turns to Num Lock ON Mouse Synch On Mode Change Default Enabled Specifies whether or not mouse pointer synchronization should be kept up after changing the Mouse Mode see below Mouse Mode Specifies the mouse mode Hide Mode Relative Absolute Mode or Relative Mode Depending on the server operating system you must make the following settings Windows Absolute Mode Hide Mo...

Page 109: ...isabled i e None must be set Console Log File Specifies the log file for global logging I Depending on your selection under Global Logging this option may be disabled Low Bandwidth In the case of a reduced data transfer rate you can configure here a lower bandwidth bits per pixel bpp in terms of color depth for your all AVR sessions at the same iRMC S2 S3 None Default No lower bandwidth 3 bpp 3 bp...

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Page 111: ... can be redirected You can provide the source for the virtual drive as follows Via a remote storage connection as a physical drive or image file at the remote workstation using the AVR Java applet see page 113 via a remote connection Figure 42 Remote storage via a remote connection As a CD DVD ISO image file centrally in the network via a Remote Storage server see page 127 Figure 43 Remote storage...

Page 112: ...ver the AVR Java applet or one Remote Storage connection to a Remote Storage server It is not possible to establish concurrent Remote Storage connections via an applet and via the Remote Storage server I The Remote Storage page of the iRMC S2 S3 web interface allows you to obtain information on the status of the current remote storage connections and establish the connection to a Remote Storage se...

Page 113: ... selecting the appropriate device type I Devices connected as remote storage are recognized as the USB connected devices by the iRMC S2 S3 They cannot be used if no USB connection is available e g no USB driver exists You can use the virtual drive to install an operating system on your PRIMERGY server from the remote workstation see chapter Remote installation of the operating system via iRMC S2 S...

Page 114: ... the iRMC S2 S3 web interface on page 136 Ê Open the Advanced Video Redirection page and click on the Start Video Redirection button to start Advanced Video Redirection see section Advanced Video Redirection Start Advanced Video Redirection AVR on page 302 This opens the AVR window Ê In the menu bar in the AVR window choose Remote Storage Remote Storage Figure 44 AVR window Remote Storage Remote S...

Page 115: ...alog box I When a storage medium is inserted in an optical drive CD ROM DVD ROM the contents are displayed automatically Floppy disk drives and CD ROM DVD ROM drives are not displayed in the list unless a medium is inserted If a storage medium is inserted but its contents are not displayed the storage medium is reserved by the local explorer ...

Page 116: ...on Storage Devices dialog box on a Linux system Figure 46 Storage Devices dialog box I Physical storage media must be mounted to allow them to be connected as Remote Storage devices Mounted storage media are automatically displayed in the Storage Devices dialog box ...

Page 117: ...ia for emote Storage Ê In the Storage Devices dialog box click Add The Add Storage Device dialog box opens Add Storage Device dialog box on a Windows system Figure 47 Add Storage Device dialog box Windows Add Storage Device dialog box on a Linux system Figure 48 Add Storage Device dialog box Linux ...

Page 118: ...can be selected Floppy CD ISO image DVD ISO image I Physical storage devices must be mounted on Linux systems Ê Specify the storage medium you wish to connect as Remote Storage under File Name In the case of an ISO image ISO NRG image enter the file name Alternatively click on the file name in the Explorer In the case of a drive enter the name of the drive e g D for drive D Windows dev Linux Add S...

Page 119: ...ure 50 Add Storage Device dialog Selecting the storage medium Ê Click Select to confirm your selection The selected storage medium is made available for Remote Storage and displayed in the Storage Devices dialog Display in the Storage Devices dialog Windows Figure 51 Storage Devices dialog The provided storage medium is displayed ...

Page 120: ...120 iRMC S2 S3 Providing remote storage at the remote workstation Display in the Storage Devices dialog Linux Figure 52 Storage Devices dialog The provided storage medium is displayed ...

Page 121: ...torage The Storage Devices dialog opens with the message regarding safe removal The storage medium is connected as Remote Storage I If you wish to connect two storage devices as Remote Storage at the same time a confirmation dialog box is displayed before the connection is established see section Connecting two storage devices as Remote Storage at the same time on page 123 Storage Devices dialog S...

Page 122: ...RMC S2 S3 Providing remote storage at the remote workstation Storage Devices dialog Showing Remote Storage connection Linux Figure 54 Storage Devices dialog The storage medium is connected as Remote Storage ...

Page 123: ...indows system The same procedure applies for Linux systems In figure 55 you can see that two storage devices have been provided as Remote Storage Figure 55 Storage Devices dialog Connecting 2 storage devices as Remote Storage Ê Select the two storage devices and click Connect to connect the storage devices as Remote Storage The system then makes a proposal regarding the assignment of your storage ...

Page 124: ...ection Type dialog Assignment to USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 Ê Click Swap if you want to swap the assignment of the storage devices to USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 Figure 57 Connection Type dialog Assignment to USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 swapped Ê Click OK to connect the storage devices as Remote Storage ...

Page 125: ...the Storage Devices dialog see section Starting Remote Storage on page 114 The list of storage media connected as Remote Storage is displayed using Windows in the example Figure 58 Storage Devices dialog Clearing Remote Storage connections Ê Safely remove the storage device i e ensure that no more applications programs are accessing the storage media Ê Click Disconnect to clear all Remote Storage ...

Page 126: ... Remote Storage as follows Ê Open the Storage Devices dialog see section Starting Remote Storage on page 114 The list of storage media available for Remote Storage is displayed using Windows in the example Figure 59 Storage Devices dialog Removing a Remote Storage medium Ê Select the storage medium you want to remove Ê Click Remove to remove the storage medium ...

Page 127: ...mote Storage server must not be installed at the same time on 64 bitsystems I You will find the individual variants of the Remote Storage server on your ServerView Suite DVD 1 under SVSoftware Software RemoteView iRMC Making the ISO image available to the PRIMERGY Server via Remote Storage The following requirements must be satisfied if your PRIMERGY server is to use the image file made available ...

Page 128: ...e same time on 64 bit systems The installation programs RemoteStorageServer_Installer32 exe and RemoteStorageServer_Installer64 exe for installing the Remote Storage server are located on the ServerView Suite DVD 1 under SVSoftware Software RemoteView iRMC Widows_32 and SVSoftware Software RemoteView iRMC Widows_x64 respectively Once installation has been completed successfully your installation d...

Page 129: ...ote Storage server is running you must specify the path of the image file in UNC notation You also need a user account with access permissions on the image file When the host on which the Remote Storage server is located is booted the remote storage server starts automatically The Remote Storage server is then executed until it is explicitly terminated or the host is shut down When the host on whi...

Page 130: ... via a graphical user interface GUI Calling the Remote Storage server s raphical user interface You call the Remote Storage server s graphical user interface as follows Ê Choose Start Programs Fujitsu RemoteStorageServer Remote Storage Server The Remote Storage server s graphical user interface appears Figure 60 The Remote Storage server s graphical user interface here in the Idle state ...

Page 131: ... page 132 and the image file is located on a computer in the network you must specify the path of the image file in UNC notation You must also ensure that the account entered under Log On As User see page 132 is valid and has access permissions on the share on which the image file is located Force Using Port If you have configured a port number other than the default port number 5901 for the iRMC ...

Page 132: ... he Remote Storage server is executed under the user account that you specify in the following input fields Specify the user name in the form For local users Logon Name For domain users DOMAIN LogOnName or LogOnName DOMAIN mailto LogOnName DOMAIN I The image file ISO NRG image can be located on a network drive if the Log On As User option is enabled In this event the specified account must have ac...

Page 133: ...ged execution states of the Remote Storage server are displayed here I If the Run as service execution mode is configured see page 132 then the Remote Storage server is started automatically when the computer on which the Remote Storage server is installed is booted I Execution of the Remote Storage server is not interrupted automatically if the graphical user interface is exited Exiting the Remot...

Page 134: ...134 iRMC S2 S3 Providing remote storage via a Remote Storage server ...

Page 135: ... its own interface You can choose whether to show the menus and dialog boxes of the iRMC S2 S3 web interface in German English or Japanese When you enter values in the iRMC S2 S3 web interface you often receive assistance in the form of tool tips I The software described below is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group ...

Page 136: ...e is not configured for the iRMC S2 S3 LDAP enabled option is not activated and Always use SSL Login option see page 274 is not activated Figure 62 Login screen for the iRMC S2 S3 web interface LDAP access not configured and the Always use SSL login option is not selected Ê Type in the data for the default administrator account User name admin Password admin I Both the User name and the Password a...

Page 137: ...ure SSL option all communication between the web browser and the iRMC S2 S3 is carried out over HTTPS Ê Type in the data for the default administrator account User name admin Password admin I For reasons of security it is recommended that you create a new administrator account once you have logged in and then delete the default administrator account or at least change the password for the account ...

Page 138: ...em Overview page X X X X Switch identification LED on off X X X X Set Asset Tag Configuration X Edit Operating System Informations1 X Open the System Component Information page X X X X Reset Memory Error Counter X View SPD Data X X X X Open the Backup Restoration of BIOS Single Parameter Settings page 2 X X X X Edit Backup Restoration of BIOS Single Param Settings2 X X Open the BIOS Update Setting...

Page 139: ...fy Boot Options X Use Power Control X X X Open edit the Power Options page X Open Power Supply Info page X X X X Open edit Power Consumption Configuration page X Open Current Power Consumption page2 X Open edit Power Consumption History page2 X Open Fans page X X X X Start fan test Fan Test group X X X X Set Fan Check Time Fan Test group X Functions in the iRMC S2 S3 web interface Permitted with I...

Page 140: ...n Internal Event Log Content page X X Clear the internal event log iEL X X Save event log iEL X X Define the severity for the display of SEL entries X X Open Event Log Configuration page X X X X Edit System Event Log Configuration settings X Edit Internal Event Log Configuration settings X Open edit Server Management Info page X Open edit the Network Interface page X Functions in the iRMC S2 S3 we...

Page 141: ...IOS Console Redirection Options X Start Console Redirection X X X X Logon in window for power mgmt text console red X X Start the text console Enter Console X X Open edit the Advanced Video Redirection page X Open edit the Remote Storage page X Start iRMC S2 S3 SSH Access X X X X SSH login X X X X Start iRMC S2 S3 Telnet Access X X X X Telnet login X X X X Functions in the iRMC S2 S3 web interface...

Page 142: ...l systems Functions in the iRMC S2 S3 web interface Permitted with IPMI privilege level Required iRMC S2 S3 specific permission OEM Administrator Operator User Configure User Accounts Configure iRMC S2 S3 Settings Video Redirection Enabled Remote Storage Enabled Table 4 Permissions to use special the iRMC S2 S3 web interface ...

Page 143: ...ace 7 3 Structure of the user interface The iRMC S2 S3 web interface is structured as follows Figure 64 Structure of the iRMC S2 S3 web interface Navigation area Selected function Title bar Working area Interface language selector Logout button ...

Page 144: ...e link is enabled and the work area for that function is displayed showing any output dialog boxes options links and buttons Below the links to the individual iRMC S2 S3 functions you will find the links Logout and Refresh Logout allows you to terminate the iRMC S2 S3 session after you have confirmed this in a dialog box Different login screens appear after the session has been closed depending on...

Page 145: ...rectory service is configured for the iRMC S2 S3 LDAP enabled option is activated or the Always use SSL login option see page 274 is deactivated the appropriate login screen appears see figure 63 on page 137 Click Refresh to refresh the contents of the iRMC S2 S3 web interface I Alternatively you can configure the interface to automatically update the contents periodically see Enable Auto Refresh ...

Page 146: ... 7 4 System Information Information on the server The System Information entry contains the links to the following pages System Overview General information on the server on page 147 System Component Information Information on the server components on page 152 ...

Page 147: ...ides information on the system status system general information the operating system of the managed server system FRUs Field Replaceable Units IDPROM current overall power consumption of the managed server In addition the System Overview page allows you to enter a customer specific asset tag for the managed server Figure 66 System Overview page ...

Page 148: ...en with text Suspend to RAM Standby Off Power OFF orange Error LED Informs about the server s Global Error LED CSS LED Informs about the server s CSS Customer Self Service LED Status Info iRMC S2 S3 Global Error LED on the Server Status of the servers off does not light up No critical event on lights red Prefailure event for a non CSS component blinking flashes red Critical event Status Info iRMC ...

Page 149: ...g for the managed server I The customer specific asset tag allows you to assign the server an inventory number or other identifier of your choice With Windows based systems this customer specific asset tag is provided automatically by the WMI Windows Management Instrumentation It can then be evaluated by in house tools or used for integration in enterprise management systems such as CA Unicenter F...

Page 150: ...ating System Information lists information on the operating system of the managed server Figure 70 System Overview page Operating System Information I If no ServerView agents are running you can edit the System Location and System contact fields otherwise these fields are not editable After the ServerView agents have been started your initial values will be overwritten by the values automatically ...

Page 151: ...Self Service functionality is supported Figure 71 System Overview page System FRU IDPROM Information Current Overall Power Consumption I This option is not supported for all PRIMERGY servers Figure 72 System Overview page Current Overall Power Consumption Under Current Overall Power Consumption you can see all the measurements current minimum maximum and average power consumption for the server in...

Page 152: ...he main memory modules The CSS Component column indicates for each of the components whether the CSS Customer Self Service functionality is supported The following status icons indicate the possible statuses of the system components OK Component status is okay Component slot is empty Warning The status of the component has deteriorated Fault The component has a fault Table 5 Status of the system c...

Page 153: ... Information page I On PRIMERGY servers with support for TPM Trusted Platform Module this page indicates whether TPM is enabled or disabled System CPU Information This group provides information on the status IDs CSS capability and performance of the CPU s in the managed PRIMERGY server ...

Page 154: ...he selected memory modules I The action Reset Error Counter is not available for a BX92x S3 ServerBlade In the case of an iRMC S3 or BX92x S3 ServerBlade it is no longer necessary to explicitly reset the error counter because new modules are detected automatically with the error counter set to 0 Apply to the selected modules Applies the selected action to the selected memory modules View SPD Data ...

Page 155: ...ese pages are only displayed if the BIOS of the managed server supports the corresponding feature requirements 7 5 1 Backup Restoration Saving Restoring BIOS single parameter settings to from a file The Backup Restoration of BIOS Single Parameter Settings page provides you with the following options Back up single BIOS parameters in ServerView WinSCU XML format and save the backup to a file Restor...

Page 156: ...is only displayed if a backup is currently in process or has completed You can clear the status display by clicking the Clear Status button which is only available if a status is currently displayed Clear Status Clears the status information indicated under Backup Status This button is only available if a status is currently displayed under Backup Status Backup Filename This input field is disable...

Page 157: ...ot is required Otherwise the backup process will remain in state Boot Pending The managed server is powered off after the backup has completed Save Backup to File Opens a browser dialog allowing you to save the iRMC S2 S3 local copy of the BIOS backup data to a file name of your choice pre This button is only displayed when a backup of single BIOS parameters in ServerView WinSCU XML format is avai...

Page 158: ...ion File Clicking the input field or clicking Browse opens a browser dialog allowing you to navigate to a file pre containing a backup of single BIOS parameters in the ServerView WinSCU XML format Apply Initiates the restoration of single BIOS parameter settings based on the file specified in the Restoration File field Once the restoration process has started the current process status is indicate...

Page 159: ...ge provides information on the current BIOS version on the managed server and allows you to update the BIOS via upload from file or via TFTP I You will find the appropriate BIOS image for your PRIMERGY server on ServerView Suite DVD 1 or you can download it under http support ts fujitsu com com support downloads html Figure 77 BIOS Update Settings page ...

Page 160: ...e status is indicated in the BIOS Update Settings page Figure 78 Updating BIOS TFTP download successfully finished Updating the BIOS comprises the following steps 1 In the first step you download the update file I The update file must be a UPC file After the update file has been downloaded the following occurs If the server is powered off the server will be automatically powered on to initiate the...

Page 161: ...re 79 Updating BIOS checking update flash image 4 Once the update flash image is successfully verified the actual flashing process is started The status indication shows the percentage completion of the flash process 5 After the BIOS update has successfully completed the server is powered off The following entry is written to the system event log SEL BIOS TFTP or HTTP HTTPS flash OK BIOS Informati...

Page 162: ...mage in a file Figure 80 BIOS Update Settings page BIOS Update from File Update file File in which the BIOS image is stored I A UPC format file is required for performing the BIOS Upload from File function Browse Opens a file browser that allows you to navigate to the update file Ê Click Apply to activate your settings and to start flashing the BIOS V CAUTION If a BIOS update is currently in progr...

Page 163: ...TP Update Settings TFTP Server IP address or DNS name of the TFTP server on which the file with the BIOS image is stored Update file File in which the BIOS image is stored I A UPC format file is required for performing the BIOS TFTP Update Settings function Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Click TFTP Test to test the connection to the TFTP server Ê Click TFTP Start to download the file co...

Page 164: ... the following pages iRMC S2 S3 Information Information on the iRMC S2 S3 on page 165 Save iRMC S2 S3 Firmware Settings Save firmware settings on page 169 Certificate Upload Load the DSA RSA certificate and private DSA RSA key on page 172 Generate a self signed Certificate Generate self signed RSA certificate on page 179 iRMC S2 S3 Firmware Update on page 181 ...

Page 165: ...ou with the following options View information on the firmware and the SDRR version of the iRMC S2 S3 set the firmware selector and load a firmware image and restart the iRMC S2 S3 View information on the active iRMC S2 S3 sessions Load license key onto the iRMC S2 S3 Make settings for the layout of the iRMC S2 S3 web interface Figure 82 iRMC S2 S3 Information page ...

Page 166: ...RMC S2 S3 Figure 83 iRMC S2 S3 Information page Firmware Information and iRMC S2 S3 reboot Reboot iRMC S2 S3 Reboots the iRMC S2 S3 I The Reboot iRMC S2 S3 button is disabled during the BIOS POST phase of the managed server Active Session Information The Active Session Information group shows all the currently active iRMC S2 S3 sessions Figure 84 iRMC S2 S3 Information page Active Session Informat...

Page 167: ... and Remote Storage see page 312 You can purchase the license key Upload When you click this button the license key specified in the input field is loaded onto the iRMC S2 S3 Miscellaneous iRMC S2 S3 Options The Miscellaneous iRMC S2 S3 Options group allows you to make settings for the layout of the iRMC S2 S3 web interface Figure 86 iRMC Information page Miscellaneous Options Default Language Spe...

Page 168: ...k allows you to directly start video redirection see Video Redirection Starting AVR on page 308 Show Video Redirection Java Web Start in Navigation Adds the Video Redirction JWS link to the navigation area This allows you to directly start video redirection Java Web Start see Video Redirection Starting AVR on page 308 Show the Text Console SOL in Navigation Adds the Text Console SOL link to the na...

Page 169: ...the firmware settings onto the iRMC S2 S3 again The firmware settings selected under Save iRMC S2 S3 Firmware settings in binary BMCCLONE exe format are saved in a file with the name iRMC_S2_settings bin or iRMC_ S3_settings bin respectively You can use the Import iRMC S2 S3 Firmware settings in ServerView WinSCU XML format from file group to load the firmware settings onto the iRMC S2 S3 again V ...

Page 170: ...gical sections each corresponding to a selected option The option All other Firmware settings causes the firmware to export all current ConfigSpace values that have not already been exported together with another section New implemented values are automatically exported with newer firmware versions Save Click Save to save the selected settings Save All Click Save All to save all the settings ...

Page 171: ...erverView WinSCU XML format from file Config File Configuration file default iRMC_S2_settings bin iRMC_S3_settings bin in the ServerView WinSCU XML format from which you want to load the firmware settings onto the iRMC S2 S3 Browse Opens a file browser that allows you to navigate to the configuration file ...

Page 172: ... RSA key SSH onto the iRMC S2 S3 I The iRMC S2 S3 is supplied with a predefined server certificate default certificate If you want to access the iRMC S2 S3 over secure SSL SSH connections it is recommended that you replace the certificate with one signed by a Certificate Authority CA as soon as possible I Input format of the X 509 DSA RSA certificate and the private DSA RSA key The X 509 DSA RSA c...

Page 173: ...iRMC S2 S3 173 iRMC S2 S3 Information firmware and certificates Figure 88 Certificate Upload page ...

Page 174: ...n the group Certificate Information and Restore click View Certificate to show the currently valid SSH SSL certificate Ê In the group Certificate Information and Restore click View CA Certificate to show the currently valid CA certificate Figure 89 Certificate Upload page display of the currently valid SSL SSH certificate ...

Page 175: ...Certificate to restore the default certificate delivered with the firmware after you have confirmed that you wish to do so Ê In the group Certificate Information and Restore click Default CA Certificate to restore the default CA certificate delivered with the firmware after you have confirmed that you wish to do so Figure 90 Certificate Upload page Restoring the default CA certificate ...

Page 176: ...y this file under CA Certificate File by clicking the associated Browse button and navigating to the file containing the CA certificate Ê Click Upload to load the certificate and or the private key onto the iRMC S2 S3 I When you upload the certificate and or private key all the existing HTTPS connections are closed and the HTTPS server is automatically restarted This process can take up to 30 seco...

Page 177: ...d the private DSA RSA key in corresponding local files on the managed server Ê Specify the files Private Key File and Certificate File by clicking on the associated Browse button and navigating to the file which contains the private key or the certificate Ê Click Upload to load the certificate and the private key onto the iRMC S2 S3 I When you upload the certificate and private key all the existin...

Page 178: ...DSARSA key directly Proceed as follows Ê Copy the X 509 DSA certificate or the private DSA key to the input area I You cannot simultaneously enter the certificate and key for the same upload Ê Click Upload to load the certificate or the private key onto the iRMC S2 S3 Ê Use the Remote Manager to reset the iRMC S2 S3 see section Service processor IP parameters identification LED and iRMC S2 S3 rese...

Page 179: ...ware and certificates 7 6 4 Generate a self signed Certificate Generate self signed RSA certificate You can create a self signed certificate using the Generate a self signed Certificate page Figure 94 Generate a self signed RSA Certificate page ...

Page 180: ...ificate You can use this button to restore the default certificate delivered with the firmware after you have confirmed that you wish to do so Certificate Creation Proceed as follows to create a self signed certificate Ê Enter the requisite details under Certificate Creation Ê Click Create to create the certificate I When generating the new certificate all the existing HTTPS connections are closed...

Page 181: ...mware Update page allows you to update the iRMC S2 S3 firmware online To do this you must provide the current firmware image either locally on a remote workstation or on a TFTP server Here you can also see information on the iRMC S2 S3 firmware and set the firmware selector Figure 95 iRMC S2 S3 Firmware Update page ...

Page 182: ... S3 is rebooted You have the following options Auto FW Image with highest FW version The firmware image with the most recent version is selected automatically Low FW Image The low firmware image is selected High FW Image The high firmware image is selected Select FW Image with oldest FW version The firmware image with the oldest version is selected Select most recently programmed FW The most recen...

Page 183: ...ge for your PRIMERGY server on ServerView Suite DVD 1 or you can download it under http support ts fujitsu com com support downloads html Figure 97 iRMC S2 S3 Firmware Update page Firmware Update from File Flash Selector Specify what iRMC firmware is to be updated You have the following options Auto inactive firmware The inactive firmware is automatically selected Low Firmware Image The low firmwa...

Page 184: ...es the SDR record Browse Opens a file browser that allows you to navigate to the update file Ê Click Apply to activate your settings and to start updating the iRMC S2 S3 firmware iRMC S2 S3 TFTP Settings The iRMC S2 S3 TFTP Settings group allows you to update the iRMC S2 S3 firmware online To do this you must provide the current firmware image in a file on a TFTP server You will find the appropria...

Page 185: ...ration using a TFTP server dcod FW Version bin Updates the runtime firmware SDR Version SDR Updates the SDR record Flash Selector Specify what iRMC firmware is to be updated You have the following options Auto inactive firmware The inactive firmware is automatically selected Low Firmware Image The low firmware image firmware image 1 is selected High Firmware Image The high firmware image firmware ...

Page 186: ...ry contains the links to the power management pages for your PRIMERGY server Power On Off power the server up down on page 187 Power Options Configuring power management for the server on page 191 Power Supply Info Power supply and IDPROM data for the FRU components on page 198 ...

Page 187: ...figure the behavior of the server during the next boot operation Figure 99 Power On Off page Power Status Summary The Power Status Summary group provides information on the current power status of the server and on the causes for the most recent Power On Power Off In addition a Power On counter records the total months days and minutes during which the server has been powered Figure 100 Power On O...

Page 188: ...ed BIOS behavior from the Error Halt Settings list Continue Continue the boot process if errors occur during the POST phase Halt on errors Interrupt the boot process if errors occur during the POST phase Ê From the Boot Device Selector list select the storage medium you wish to boot from The following options are available No change The system is booted from the same storage medium as previously P...

Page 189: ...down regardless of the status of the operating system Immediate Reset Completely restarts the server cold start regardless of the status of the operating system Pulse NMI Initiates a non maskable interrupt NMI A NMI is a processor interrupt that cannot be ignored by standard interrupt masking techniques in the system Press Power Button Depending on the operating system installed and the action con...

Page 190: ...R R Options group see page 234 Graceful Power Off Shutdown Graceful shutdown and power off This option is only available if ServerView agents are installed and signed onto the iRMC S2 S3 as Connected Graceful Reset Reboot Graceful shutdown and reboot This option is only available if ServerView agents are installed and signed onto the iRMC S2 S3 as Connected Ê Click Apply to start the required acti...

Page 191: ...ment 7 7 2 Power Options Configuring power management for the server The Power Options page allows you to define the server s behavior after a power outage and specify the server s power on off times Figure 104 Power Options page ...

Page 192: ... Power Options page Power Restore Policy Always power off The server always remains powered down after a power outage Always power on The server is always powered up again after a power outage Restore to powered state prior to power loss The power up down status of the server is restored to the status prior to the power outage Ê Click Apply to activate your settings The configured action will be p...

Page 193: ...ys of the week or for specified times during the day I Specifications in the Everyday field take priority The Trap fields also allow you to configure whether the iRMC S2 S3 sends an SNMP trap to the management console before a planned power on power off of the managed server and if so how many minutes before the event this should be done No traps are sent if you specify the value 0 Figure 106 Powe...

Page 194: ...0 Watt 0 Watt mode I In the 0 Watt mode the server can no longer be managed remotely The server can only be powered on by pressing the Power button or the PSU Primary Resume button However by applying the Scheduled option see page 196 you can specify a time interval at which the PSU is awoken from 0 Watt mode and thus both remote management and Wake on LAN WOL can be used Figure 107 Power Options ...

Page 195: ...tup menu 0 Watt mode will not be enabled ASR R Any ASR R action currently reducing the retry counter prevents 0 Watt mode from being enabled This applies even if the server was finally powered off after the retry counter reached 0 Scheduled Power On Off Time see Power On Off Time Specify power on off times for the server on page 193 As long as a Power On Off timer configured in the iRMC S3 Power O...

Page 196: ...curs and the PSU Power Supply Unit is in the 0 Watt mode or in the scheduled mode the PSU will return to system standby Depending on the power restore policy settings see page 192 the iRMC S3 determines whether the server is to be powered on If the power restore policy is set to Always power off an AC fail will never result in 0 Watt mode 0 Watt mode may be reached after the next system power on S...

Page 197: ...iRMC S2 S3 197 Power Management End Time Defines the end hh mm of the time interval Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Click Apply to activate your settings ...

Page 198: ...nents The Power Supply Info page provides you with information on the power supply specifications and the IDPROM data of the FRUs of the server The CSS Component column indicates for each of the components whether the CSS Customer Self Service functionality is supported Figure 109 Power Supply Info page ...

Page 199: ...he power consumption of the managed server Power Consumption Configuration Configure power consumption of the server on page 200 Power Options Configuring power management for the server on page 191 Not shown on all servers with iRMC S2 S3 Power Consumption History Show server power consumption on page 207 Not shown on all servers with iRMC S2 S3 ...

Page 200: ...onfiguration page I Prerequisite The following requirements must be met in order to configure power consumption control The managed PRIMERGY server must support this feature The Enhanced Speed Step or the Processor Power Management option must be enabled in the Advanced Menu of the BIOS setup I If you set the Power Limit power control mode in the Power Consumption Options group or in the Scheduled...

Page 201: ...iRMC S3 controls the server to achieve the lowest possible noise emission This feature is not supported for all PRIMERGY servers and only available for specific configurations Minimum Power The iRMC S2 S3 controls the server to achieve the lowest possible power consumption In this event performance is not always ideal Power Limit The Power Limit Options group is displayed see Power Limit Options o...

Page 202: ...controlled best performance lowest power consumption that the iRMC S2 S3 uses to control power consumption on the managed server I The Scheduled Power Consumption Configuration group only appears if you have enabled the power control mode scheduled in the Power Consumption Options group I Configuration for scheduled power control mode assumes that the Enhanced Speed Step option has been enabled in...

Page 203: ...ed in Mode 2 on the relevant day of the week Mode 1 Power consumption mode used by the iRMC S2 S3 for power control as of Time 1 on the relevant day of the week Mode 2 Power consumption mode used by the iRMC S2 S3 for power control as of Time 2 on the relevant day of the week I Set Time 1 Time 2 otherwise the power control mode specified under Mode 2 will only be activated at Time 2 on the relevan...

Page 204: ...he power control mode Power Limit is selected and enabled in the Power Consumption Options group The power control mode Scheduled is enabled in the Power Consumption Options group and the power control mode Power Limit is enabled at least once in the Scheduled Power Consumption Configuration group The power limit then applies to all periods for which this power control mode is enabled in the Sched...

Page 205: ...reshold has been reached and the grace period has expired Continue No action is performed Graceful Power Off Shutdown Shut down the system gracefully and power it down I This option is only supported if ServerView agents are installed and signed onto the iRMC S2 S3 as Connected Immediate Power Off The server is immediately powered down irrespective of the status of the operating system Enable Dyna...

Page 206: ...Show the current power consumption I This view is not supported by all PRIMERGY servers with iRMC S2 S3 The Current Power Consumption page shows the current power consumption of the system components and of the overall system Figure 113 Current Power Consumption page ...

Page 207: ... Consumption History Show server power consumption The Power Consumption History page charts the power consumption of your PRIMERGY server I This page is not shown on all PRIMERGY servers with iRMC S2 S3 Figure 114 Power Consumption History page ...

Page 208: ...umption A graphical display also shows the current power consumption of the server compared with the maximum possible power consumption Figure 115 Power Consumption History Current Power Consumption Power History Options You specify the parameters for displaying the power consumption under Power History Options Figure 116 Power Consumption History Power History Options Power History Units Electric...

Page 209: ... the last 24 hours One measurement is shown for each 10 minute period every 10th measurement 144 values in all 1 week The measurements for the last week One measurement per hour is shown every 60th measurement 168 values in all 2 weeks The measurements for the last month One measurement is shown for each period of approx four hours every 120th measurement 168 values in all 1 month The measurements...

Page 210: ...ging Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Click Delete History to delete the displayed data Power History Chart Power History Chart shows the power consumption of the managed server over time in the form of a graph using the settings made under Power History Options The difference between the actual power consumption and the power consumption displayed in the power history chart may amount to...

Page 211: ...ge 218 Component Status Check status of the server components on page 220 To facilitate checking the status the sensor status is not only shown in the form of the current value but also using a color code and a status icon Black font color The measured value is within the normal operational value range Orange font color The measured value has exceeded the warning threshold System operation is not ...

Page 212: ...212 iRMC S2 S3 Sensors Check status of the sensors 7 9 1 Fans Check fans The Fans page provides information on fans and their status Figure 118 Fans page ...

Page 213: ...which the fan test is to be started automatically Disable Fan Test Select this option to disable fan testing Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Click Start Fan Test to start the fan test explicitly System Fans Specify server behavior in the event that a fan fails The System Fans group provides you with information on the status of the fans You can use the options or buttons to select indivi...

Page 214: ...r is to be shut down and powered down if the selected fans fail If you choose this option you must also specify the time in seconds between failure of the fan and shutdown of the server Shutdown Delay in the field to the right of the list I In the case of redundant fans shutdown is only initiated if more than one fan is faulty and shutdown and power off is also set for these fans Ê Click Apply to ...

Page 215: ...perature sensors which measure the temperature at the server components such as the CPU and the Memory Module and the ambient temperature Figure 119 Temperature page You can use the options or buttons to select individual temperature sensors or all the temperature sensors and specify whether the server is to be shut down if the critical temperature is reached at the selected sensors ...

Page 216: ...behavior in the event that the critical temperature is reached using the list at the bottom of the work area Choose continue if the server is not to be shut down if the critical temperature is reached at the selected sensors Choose shutdown and power off if the server is to be shut down and powered down if the critical temperature is reached at the selected sensors Ê Click Apply to the selected Se...

Page 217: ... Sensors Check status of the sensors 7 9 3 Voltages Report voltage sensor information The Voltages page provides information on the status of voltage sensors assigned to the server components Figure 120 Voltages page ...

Page 218: ...Power Supply Check power supply The Power Supply page provides information on the power supplied from the power supply units For some server types the Power Supply page also allows you to configure power supply redundancy settings Figure 121 Power Supply page ...

Page 219: ... case of 2 PSUs in total PSU Redundancy 2 1 Spare PSU System operation is guaranteed for 1 PSU fail in the case of 3 PSUs in total PSU Redundancy 3 1 Spare PSU System operation is guaranteed for 1 PSU fail in the case of 4 PSUs in total AC Redundancy 2 2 2 AC sources 2 of the 4 PSUs are each connected to a separate AC source This ensures that the system can continue operation even if a power line ...

Page 220: ...k status of the server components The Component Status page provides information on the status of the server components The CSS Component column indicates for each of the components whether the CSS Customer Self Service functionality is supported Figure 122 Component Status page ...

Page 221: ...nation HDD indicates the overall HDD status of the server by summarizing the statuses of the individual HDDs The overall HDD status of the server is read and reported to the iRMC S2 S3 by the ServerView agents and the ServerView RAID Manager An entry with Designation HDD n where n 1 2 indicates the status of an individual HDD I Please note This feature is only supported by the iRMC S3 This feature...

Page 222: ...entless HDD monitoring The entry with Designation HDD only shows a status in the Signal Status column if the ServerView agents and the ServerView RAID Manager are installed and running on the managed server Otherwise N A not available is displayed in the Signal Status column instead The entries with Designation HDD n with n 1 2 are only displayed if the managed server supports agentless HDD monito...

Page 223: ...ts AVR connection events etc and additional information e g IPv6 related information and LDAP user names Internal Event Log Content Show information on the internal eventlog and the associated entries on page 227 The IPMI SEL contains entries providing information on events like operating system boots shutdowns fan failures and iRMC S2 S3 firmware flashes Event Log Configuration Configure IPMI SEL...

Page 224: ...ides information on the IPMI SEL and displays the SEL entries The IPMI SEL contains entries providing information on events like operating system boots shutdowns fan failures and iRMC S2 S3 firmware flashes The CSS Event column indicates for each of the events whether the event was triggered by a CSS Customer Self Service component Figure 124 System Event Log Content page ...

Page 225: ...t also indicates the time when the last entries were added or deleted Figure 125 System Event Log Content page System Event Log Information Clear Event Log Click Clear Event Log to clear all the entries in the IPMI SEL Save Event Log After you have clicked Save Event Log the iRMC S2 S3 allows you to download the file iRMC S2 S3_EventLog sel which contains the IPMI SEL entries ...

Page 226: ...e only valid until the next logout After that the default settings apply again Figure 126 System Event Log Content page System Event Log Content Display Critical Display Major Display Minor Display Info CSS only If you wish you can choose one or more severity levels other than the default values here Show Resolutions If you choose this option a proposal for solution will be displayed for each SEL ...

Page 227: ... associated entries The Internal Event Log Content page provides information on the internal eventlog and displays the associated entries The internal event log comprises audit events logon events AVR connection events etc and additional information e g IPv6 related information and LDAP user names Figure 127 InternalEvent Log Content page ...

Page 228: ...s were added or deleted Figure 128 System Event Log Content page System Event Log Information Clear Internal Event Log Click Clear Internal Event Log to clear all the entries in the internal event log Save Internal Event Log After you have clicked Save Internal Event Log the iRMC S2 S3 allows you to download the file iRMC S2_InternalEventLog sel the file iRMC S3_InternalEventLog sel which contains...

Page 229: ...ession in the Internal Event Log Content group However the settings you make here are only valid until the next logout After that the default settings apply again Figure 129 System Event Log Content page System Event Log Content Display Critical Display Major Display Minor Display Info If you wish you can choose one or more severity levels other than the default values here Ê Click Apply to activa...

Page 230: ...IPMI system event log SEL and the internal eventlog You can configure for each of the event logs the entries which are displayed by default on the System Event Log Content page see page 224 and on the Internal Event Log Content page see page 227 respectively whether IPMI SEL and internal eventlog are organized as a ring buffer or a linear buffer Figure 130 Event Log Configuration page ...

Page 231: ...s should be displayed by default on the on the ServerView Local Service Display Default Web interface display filtering Display Critical Display Major Display Minor Display Info CSS only Here you select one or more severity levels for which event log entries should be displayed by default on the on the System Event Log Content page see page 224 Show Resolutions If you choose this option the cause ...

Page 232: ... the on the Internal Event Log Content page see page 227 Ring Buffer The event log is organized as a ring buffer Linear Buffer The event log is organized as a linear buffer I When the linear event log has been completely filled it is not possible to add any further entries Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Helpdesk Information Figure 131 Helpdesk Information Help desk String used to display ...

Page 233: ...er settings The Server Management Information page allows you to configure the following settings on the server ASR R automatic server reconfiguration and restart settings for the server see page 234 Watchdog settings see page 235 HP System Insight Manager HP SIM integration see page 237 Figure 132 Server Management Information page ...

Page 234: ...to 7 Retry counter 0 Max Number of restart attempts that a server should attempt after a critical error maximum value is the value set under Retry counter Max BIOS recovery flash bit Enables disables the BIOS recovery flash bit Enabled The next time the system is booted the BIOS is automatically flashed Disabled The next time the system is booted the BIOS is not automatically flashed I The Enabled...

Page 235: ...ation page Watchdog Options The software watchdog monitors the activities of system using the ServerView agents The software watchdog is activated when the ServerView agents and the operating system have been completely initialized The ServerView agents contact the iRMC S2 S3 at defined intervals If no more messages are received from a ServerView agent it is assumed that the system is no longer fu...

Page 236: ...server continues to run An entry is made in the event log Reset The server management software triggers a system reset Power Cycle The server is powered down and immediately powered up again Ê As appropriate enter the time in minutes after which this action is to be performed following after timeout delay I The boot watchdog must wait until the system has been started You therefore have to specify...

Page 237: ...lows you to configure whether the iRMC S2 S3 device will return some identifying information in response to an unauthenticated XML query sent from the HP System Insight Manager Figure 135 Page Server Management Information HP SIM Integration Options Proceed as follows Ê Activate deactivate the HP SIM Integration Disabled option in order to deactivate or to activate HP SIM integration Ê Click Apply...

Page 238: ...s entry brings together the links to the pages you use to configure the LAN parameters of the iRMC S2 S3 Network Interface Settings Configure Ethernet settings on the iRMC S2 S3 on page 239 Ports and Network Services Configuring ports and network services on page 245 DNS Configuration Configuring DNS for the iRMC S2 S3 on page 249 ...

Page 239: ...figure the LAN parameters 7 12 1 Network Interface Settings Configure Ethernet settings on the iRMC S2 S3 The Network Interface page allows you to view and change the Ethernet settings for the iRMC S2 S3 Figure 136 Network Interface page ...

Page 240: ...e MAC address of the iRMC S2 S3 is displayed here LAN Speed LAN speed The following options are available Auto Negotiation 1000 MBit s Full Duplex depending on the server hardware 100 MBit s Full Duplex 100 MBit s Half Duplex 10 MBit s Full Duplex 10 MBit s Half Duplex If Auto Negotiation is selected the onboard LAN controller assigned to the iRMC S2 S3 autonomously determines the correct transfer...

Page 241: ... iRMC S2 S3 IP Address IPv4 address of the iRMC S2 S3 in the LAN This address is different from the IP address of the managed server I If you are working with a static address DHCP enable option not activated then you can enter this here Otherwise if the DHCP enable option is activated the iRMC S2 S3 only uses the field to display the address Subnet Mask Subnet mask of the iRMC S2 S3 in the LAN Ga...

Page 242: ...tomatically to the iRMC S2 S3 by using stateless autoconfiguration I With ipv6 addressing DHCP is not supported for the iRMC S2 S3 Figure 137 Network Interface page manual IPv6 configuration disabled Manual IPv6 configuration This option is disabled by default If you enable the Manual IPv6 configuration option the IPv6 configuration group displays additional parameters that allow you to manually c...

Page 243: ... of the default IPv6 gateway in the LAN IPv6 Gateway Source IPv6 gateway that is used by the iRMC S2 S3 Static IPv6 Gateway Gateway specified under IPv6 Static Gateway Automatic Router specific The gateway is determined automatically by the Router VLAN Configuration VLAN Enabled This option allows you to activate VLAN support for the iRMC S2 S3 VLAN Id VLAN ID of the virtual network VLAN the iRMC ...

Page 244: ...onds of TCP IP packet Default 32 seconds TCP Connection Timeout Timeout value in seconds of the TCP connection Default 32 seconds Max Transmission Unit MTU Maximum packet size in bytes of the TCP IP data packages that will be accepted by the TCP IP connection Default 3000 Bytes Ê Click Apply to activate the configured Ethernet settings ...

Page 245: ... ports and network services The Ports and Network Services page allows you to view and modify the configuration settings for ports and network services Figure 139 Ports and Network Services page I Configuration is not supported for ports where the input fields are deactivated in the iRMC S2 S3 web interface ...

Page 246: ... yes Enabled by default yes Communication direction inbound and outbound HTTPS Port HTTPS HTTP Secure port of the iRMC S2 S3 Default port number 443 Configurable yes Enabled by default yes Communication direction inbound and outbound Force HTTPS If you enable the Force HTTPS option users can only establish a secure connection to the iRMC S2 S3 on the HTTPS port specified in the entry field If you ...

Page 247: ...ity Ports for text based access Telnet Port Telnet port of the iRMC S2 S3 Default port number 3172 Configurable yes Enabled by default no Communication direction inbound and outbound Session Drop Time Period of inactivity in seconds after which a Telnet connection is automatically cleared SSH Port SSH Secure Shell port of the iRMC S2 S3 Default port number 22 Configurable yes Enabled by default ye...

Page 248: ...d input for AVR Port number 443 Hard configured Enabled by default yes Communication direction inbound Remote Storage Ports Standard Port Default remote storage port of the iRMC S2 S3 Default port number 5901 Configurable yes Enabled by default yes Communication direction outbound to the remote workstation I As of iRMC S2 S3 firmware version 5 00 the Remote Storage port is used only for the Remote...

Page 249: ... parameters 7 12 3 DNS Configuration Configuring DNS for the iRMC S2 S3 The DNS Configuration page allows you to activate the Domain Name Service DNS for the iRMC S2 S3 and to configure a host name for the iRMC S2 S3 Figure 140 DNS Configuration page ...

Page 250: ...ses of the DNS servers are obtained automatically from the DHCP server In this event up to five DNS servers are supported If you do not enable this setting you can enter up to five DNS server addresses manually under DNS Server 1 DNS Server 5 DNS Domain If the option Obtain DNS configuration from DHCP is disabled specify the name of the default domain for requests to the DNS server s DNS Server 1 ...

Page 251: ...S registration via DHCP server Register full domain name FQDN via DHCP server in DNS This option is disabled if IPv6 addressing is used Enables disables the transfer of the FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name to the DHCP server for the iRMC S2 S3 and the DNS registration via DHCP server DNS Update Enabled Enables disables update of DNS records via Dynamic DNS Use iRMC S2 S3 name instead of server hos...

Page 252: ...passed to DHCP for the iRMC S2 S3 in place of the server name Depending on the related options the iRMC S2 S3 name is used as part of the DNS name Extension Name extension for the iRMC S2 S3 DNS Name Shows the configured DNS name for the iRMC S2 S3 Ê Click Apply to store the configured settings ...

Page 253: ...g The Alerting entry contains the links to the pages you use to configure alerting for the iRMC S2 S3 SNMP Trap Alerting Configure SNMP trap alerting on page 254 Serial Modem Alerting Configure alerting via modem on page 255 Email Alerting Configure email alerting on page 257 ...

Page 254: ...d Figure 143 SNMP Trap Alerting page SNMP Community Name of the SNMP community Ê Click Apply to accept the community name SNMP Server1 SNMP Server7 trap destinations DNS names or IP addresses of the servers that belong to this community and are to be configured as Trap Destinations Ê Click Apply to activate the SNMP server as a trap destination Ê Click Test to test the connection to the SNMP serve...

Page 255: ...you to configure how alerts are forwarded via a modem Figure 144 Serial Modem Alerting page Modem Alerting Enable Enables or disables serial modem alerting Modem Init String Please refer to your modem documentation for details on this entry Modem Reset Hangup String Please refer to your modem documentation for details on this entry Modem Dial Prefix This entry will depend on the type of connection...

Page 256: ...the mobile phone Handy Pager Type You can choose between Signal Pager Numeric Pager Alpha pager SMS DoCoMo SMS Message Length Limit You can choose between 80 or 140 as the maximum length SMS Protocol Type Enable the option corresponding to the mobile phone network used Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Click Test to send a test alert ...

Page 257: ...he Email Alerting page allows you to configure the settings for email alerting I Configuration of two mail servers is supported Email alerting can be specified individually for each user see section User name Configuration User configuration details on page 266 Figure 145 Email Alerting page ...

Page 258: ... allows you to configure the global email settings Figure 146 Email Alerting page Global Email Configuration Email Alerting Enable Activate this option SMTP Retries 0 7 Number of SMTP retries SMTP Retry Delay 0 255 Time in seconds between SMTP retries SMTP Response Timeout Timeout in seconds for an SMTP response Ê Click Apply to activate your settings ...

Page 259: ...ring DNS for the iRMC S2 S3 on page 249 You can then use a symbolic name instead of the IP address SMTP Port SMTP port of the mail server Auth Type Authentication type for connecting the iRMC S2 S3 to the mail server None No authentication for the connection SMTP AUTH RFC 2554 Authentication according to RFC 2554 SMTP Service Extension for Authentication In this case the following information is r...

Page 260: ...onfiguring DNS for the iRMC S2 S3 on page 249 You can then use a symbolic name instead of the IP address SMTP Port SMTP port of the mail server Auth Type Authentication type for connecting the iRMC S2 S3 to the mail server None No authentication for the connection SMTP AUTH RFC 2554 Authentication according to RFC 2554 SMTP Service Extension for Authentication In this case the following informatio...

Page 261: ... supported Standard Fixed Subject ITS Format Fujitsu REMCS Format Figure 149 Email Alerting page Mail Format dependent Configuration Some entry fields are disabled depending on the mail format From Sender identification iRMC S2 S3 Active for all mail formats I If the string entered here contains an the string is interpreted as a valid email address Otherwise admin ip address is used as the valid e...

Page 262: ...ator responsible optional Only active for the ITS mail format see page 270 REMCS Id This ID is an additional server ID similar to the serial number Only active for the mail format Fujitsu REMCS Format Server URL A URL under which the server is accessible under certain conditions You have to enter the URL manually Only active for the Standard mail format Ê Click Apply to store your settings ...

Page 263: ...age 273 Centralized Authentication Service CAS Configuration Configuring the CAS Service on page 286 7 14 1 iRMC S2 S3 User local user management on the iRMC S2 S3 The iRMC S2 S3 User page contains a table showing all the configured users Each line contains the data for one configured user The user names are implemented in the form of links Clicking on a user name opens the User name Configuration...

Page 264: ...he table of configured users includes a Delete button after each user entry Click this button to delete the associated user after confirming this choice New User When you click this button the New User Configuration page opens see page 265 You can configure a new user here ...

Page 265: ...igure the basic settings for a new user You will find explanations of the fields and selection lists on the New User Configuration page as of page 267 under the description of the User name Configuration page In figure 151 you can see the configuration of a user with the name User3 Figure 151 User Management New User Configuration page ...

Page 266: ...ails The User name Configuration page allows you to view modify and extend the settings for a user In figure 152 you can see the configuration of the user created in figure 151 I The user ID is shown in brackets after the user name Figure 152 User Management User name Configuration page ...

Page 267: ...name of the user Password Enter the user password Confirm Password Confirm the password by entering it again here User Description Enter a general description of the configured user here User Shell Select the desired user shell here The following options are available SMASH CLP See section Start a Command Line shell Start a SMASH CLP shell on page 340 Remote Manager See chapter iRMC S2 S3 via Teln...

Page 268: ...ated with the privilege groups Serial Channel Privilege Assign a privilege group for a serial channel to the user here The same privilege groups are available as for LAN Channel Privilege In addition to the channel specific permissions you can also individually assign users the following channel independent permissions Configure User Accounts Permission to configure local user access data Configur...

Page 269: ...ey uploag from file group allows you to load an user SSHv2 public key from a local file Figure 155 User Management User name Configuration page User SSHv2 public key upload from file For further details on SSHv2 public key authentication for iRMC S2 S3 users see section SSHv2 public key authentication for iRMC S2 S3 users on page 72 ...

Page 270: ...User Management User name Configuration page Email Configuration Email Enabled Specify whether the user is to be informed about system statuses by email Mail Format Depending on the selected email format you can make a number of settings in the Email Alerting Mail Format dependent Configuration group see page 261 The following email formats are available Standard Fixed Subject ITS Format Fujitsu R...

Page 271: ...il server is not available the email is sent to the second mail server Primary Only the mail server which has been configured as the primary SMTP server see page 259 is used as the preferred mail server Secondary Only the mail server which has been configured as the secondary SMTP server see page 260 is used as the preferred mail server I Errors sending email are recorded in the event log Email Ad...

Page 272: ...e for each event group None The notification function is deactivated for this paging group Critical The iRMC S2 S3 notifies users by email if an entry in the system event log is reported as CRITICAL Warning The iRMC S2 S3 notifies users by email if an entry in the system event log is reported as Minor or Major or Critical All The iRMC S2 S3 notifies users of every event in this group which causes ...

Page 273: ...C S2 S3 appropriately in the Directory Service Configuration page I Currently support for iRMC S2 S3 LDAP access is provided for the following directory services Microsoft Active Directory Novell eDirectory and Open LDAP I The following characters are reserved as metacharacters for search strings in LDAP You must therefore not use these characters as components of Relative Distinguished Names RDN ...

Page 274: ...e SSL protected on opening I You should only activate LDAP SSL Enable if a domain controller certificate is installed Disable Local Login If you activate this option then all the local iRMC S2 S3 user identifications are locked and only the user identifications managed by the directory service are valid V CAUTION If the option Disable Local Login is activated and the connection to the directory se...

Page 275: ... eDirectory OpenLDAP OpenLDAP Open DS Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Different input fields are provided depending on the directory service you select For Active Directory refer to section Configuring iRMC S2 S3 for Microsoft Active Directory on page 276 For eDirectory Open LDAP and OpenDS refer to section Configuring iRMC S2 S3 for Novell eDirectory OpenLDAP OpenDS on page 280 ...

Page 276: ...ectory you have chosen by clicking Apply the following variant of the Directory Service Configuration page is shown Figure 158 Directory Service Configuration Specifications for Microsoft Active Directory I The entries shown as examples in figure 158 refer to the examples and figures shown in the User Management in ServerView manual ...

Page 277: ... to be used LDAP Server IP address or DSN name of the primary LDAP server LDAP Port LDAP port of the primary LDAP server LDAP SSL Port Secure LDAP port of the primary LDAP server Backup LDAP Server LDAP directory server which is maintained as the backup server and used as the directory server if LDAP Server 1 fails LDAP Server IP address or DSN name of the Backup LDAP server LDAP Port LDAP port of...

Page 278: ...or the department Y server Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Configure the LDAP access data in the Directory Service Access Configuration group I The settings that you make here are required for alerting in connection with global user identifications If alerting is not enabled the settings in the Directory Service Access Configuration group are not significant Figure 160 Microsoft Active D...

Page 279: ...AP Status to reset the status display Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Configure the settings for global email alerting in the Directory Service Email Alert Configuration group Figure 162 Directory Service Email Alert Configuration LDAP Email Alert Enable Enables global email alerting LDAP Alert Table Refresh Hours Defines the interval at which the email table is regularly updated see the...

Page 280: ...iant of the Directory Service Configuration page is shown I The Directory Service Configuration page has an identical structure for Novell eDirectory OpenLDAP and OpenDS Figure 163 Global Directory Service Configuration Specifications for Novell eDirectory Open LDAP I The entries shown as examples in figure 163 refer to the examples and figures shown in the User Management in ServerView manual ...

Page 281: ...p Figure 164 Global Directory Service Configuration Specifications for Novell eDirectory Open LDAP OpenDS Primary LDAP Server LDAP directory server that is to be used LDAP Server IP address or DSN name of the primary LDAP server LDAP Port LDAP port of the primary LDAP server LDAP SSL Port Secure LDAP port of the primary LDAP server ...

Page 282: ... permissions A user may have different permissions for the department X server than for the department Y server Base DN The Base DN is the fully distinguished name of the eDirectory or Open LDAP server and represents the tree or subtree that contains the OU Organizational Unit SVS or iRMCgroups This DN forms the starting point for LDAP searches Groups directory as sub tree from base DN Pathname of...

Page 283: ... Principal User DN Fully distinguished name i e the full description of the object path and attributes of the generic iRMC S2 S3 user ID principal user under which the iRMC S2 S3 queries the permissions of the iRMC S2 S3 users from the LDAP server Append Base DN to Principal User DN If you activate this option you do not need to specify the Base DN under Principal User DN In this event the Base DN...

Page 284: ... deactivated Figure 166 Enhanced User Login If you select Enhanced User Login and activate it with Apply an additional field User Login Search Filter appears containing the standard login search filter objectclass person cn s Figure 167 LDAP search filter for Enhanced User Login At login the placeholder s is replaced by the associated global login You can modify the standard filter by specifying a...

Page 285: ... server Ê Click Reset LDAP Status to reset the status display Ê Click Apply to activate your settings Ê Configure the settings for global email alerting in the Directory Service Email Alert Configuration group Figure 169 Directory Service Email Alert Configuration LDAP Email Alert Enable Enables global email alerting LDAP Alert Table Refresh Hours Defines the interval at which the email table is r...

Page 286: ...ce CAS Configuration page allows you to configure the iRMC S2 S3 web interface for CAS based single sign on SSO authentication The first time a user logs in to an application within the SSO domain of the CAS service they are prompted for their credentials by the CAS specific login screen Once they have been successfully authenticated by the CAS service the user is granted access to the iRMC S2 S3 ...

Page 287: ... Figure 171 CAS Generic Configuration CAS Enabled Enables SSO using the CAS service that you specify in the CAS Generic Configuration group Enable SSL HTTPS All communication between the CAS service and the iRMC S2 S3 is SSL encrypted Verify SSL Certifikate The SSL Certificate of the CAS service is checked against the CA Certificate ...

Page 288: ...that differ from the authorization profile defined under CAS User Privilege and Permissions see page 290 A user may for instance currently be logged in to the CAS service under a user ID with the User privilege and now wants to perform an action requiring the Administrator privilege The user can temporarily login at the iRMC S2 S3 under a user ID with the required privileges However the user canno...

Page 289: ...tation CMS via the same addressing representation An SSO Domain comprises all systems where authentication is performed using the same CAS service Thus for example if you have installed the ServerView Operations Manager by using the name my cms my domain you must specify exactly the same name for configuring the CAS service for an iRMC S2 S3 If instead you specify only my cms or another IP address...

Page 290: ...iRMC S2 S3 via SSO I The CAS User Privilege and Permissions group is not displayed if you have selected Permissions retrieved via LDAP under Permissions assigned from in the CAS Generic Configuration group Figure 174 CAS User Privilege and Permissions Privilege Assign a privilege group to the user here User Operator Administrator OEM Refer to section User permissions on page 68 for information on ...

Page 291: ... S2 S3 Settings Permission to configure the iRMC S2 S3 settings Video Redirection enabled Permission to use Advanced Video Redirection AVR in View Only and Full Control mode Remote Storage enabled Permission to use the Remote Storage functionality ...

Page 292: ...rection on page 292 Advanced Video Redirection Start Advanced Video Redirection AVR on page 302 7 15 1 BIOS Text Console Configure and start text console redirection The BIOS Text Console page allows you to configure and start text console redirection I Text console redirection can also be configured in the BIOS see section Configuring text console redirection for the iRMC S3 on page 53 Figure 175...

Page 293: ...o enable disable console redirection I The operating system can also permit text console redirection irrespective of the settings in the BIOS Console Redirection Mode This setting affects the behavior of console redirection while the operating system is running after the BIOS POST phase has completed see section Text console redirection while the operating system is running on page 300 Standard Co...

Page 294: ...can be set 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 Serial Port Flow Control The following settings are possible None Flow control is disabled XON XOFF Software Flow control is handled by the software CTS RTS Hardware Flow control is handled by the hardware Terminal Emulation The following terminal emulations are available VT100 7Bit VT100 8Bit PC ANSI 7Bit PC ANSI 8 Bit VT100 VT UTF8 Serial 1...

Page 295: ...art text console redirection I Text console redirection via Serial over LAN SOL assumes that the operating system and or the BIOS use serial port 1 COM1 for text console redirection Figure 177 Start text console redirection via Serial over LAN SOL Ê Click Start Console Redirection to start text console redirection function The Java applet for text console redirection is started see figure 178 on p...

Page 296: ...igure 178 Window for power management and text console redirection before login Ê Click Logon to log in to the iRMC S2 S3 You are then prompted to enter your iRMC S2 S3 user name and password Figure 179 Power management and text console redirection Login window ...

Page 297: ...ser name and password and click Login to confirm The window for power management and text console redirection is then displayed Figure 180 Window for power management and text console redirection Status bar Console area Login bar Console redirection bar Power management bar ...

Page 298: ...button The Command drop down list allows you to select and launch an IPMI command for power management of the managed server see page page 299 You do not need to be connected with the console to do this Console redirection bar The Enter Console and Leave Console buttons in the console redirection bar allow you to show or hide the display in the console area Console area The console area contains t...

Page 299: ... commands at the console Ê To close the connection to the console click Leave Console IPMI command Explanation Power On Switches the server on Power Off Switches the server off Reset Completely restarts the server cold start regardless of the status of the operating system Power Cycle Powers the server down completely and then powers it up again after approximately 5 seconds Shutdown Graceful shut...

Page 300: ...f the managed server starts the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite diagnosis software you can operate PRIMERGY ServerView Suite diagnosis using console redirection Windows Server 2003 2008 Windows Server 2003 2008 handles console redirection automatically after the POST phase No further settings are necessary While the operating system is booting the Windows Server 2003 SAC console Windows Server 2008 SAC ...

Page 301: ...edHat Add the following line to the end of the file etc inittab xx 12345 respawn sbin agetty baud rate ttyS0 RedHat Insert the following kernel boot parameter in the file etc grub conf console ttyS0 baud rate console tty0 SuSE Insert the following kernel boot parameter in the file boot grub menu lst console ttyS0 baud rate console tty0 ...

Page 302: ...e remote workstation to the managed server so that you can access the managed server from the remote workstation as if you were working locally AVR can be used by two users simultaneously One user has full control over the server full control mode and the other can only passively observe keyboard and mouse operation of the server view only mode I In order to use the iRMC S2 S3 function Advanced Vi...

Page 303: ...iRMC S2 S3 303 Console Redirection Redirecting the console Figure 183 Advanced Video Redirection page ...

Page 304: ...ns on the managed server A maximum of one video screenshot is stored in the firmware of the iRMC S2 S3 namely the most recently created screenshot The following actions are available by clicking on one of the buttons displayed View Screenshot This only appears if a video screenshot has been stored The screenshot is shown in a separate browser window Preview Screenshot This only appears if a video ...

Page 305: ...lick Disconnect a confirmation dialog box appears in which you can close the AVR session to the left of the button I You can only close AVR sessions of other users with the Disconnect button To close your own session choose Exit from the Extras menu in the AVR window see page 102 Video Redirection Options Deactivating USB ports on the managed server for the duration of the AVR session I This funct...

Page 306: ...ply to activate your settings Local Monitor Power up down options for local server monitor The status of the local monitor on the managed server is shown under Local Monitor see section Local Monitor Off function on page 90 In addition you can configure that the local monitor can be switched on and off from the remote workstation that the local monitor shuts down automatically for the duration of ...

Page 307: ...concurrent session with Local Monitor Off is active the local monitor is automatically switched on again when the AVR session is closed Automatic Local Monitor Off when AVR is started I This option only takes effect if Enable Local Monitor has been activated If you activate this option the local monitor is automatically switched off for the duration of the session when an AVR session is started Af...

Page 308: ...itor Ê Click Start Video Redirection or Start Video Redirection Java Web Start to start a second AVR session The Java applet for Advanced Video Redirection is started I The Java applet shows the AVR window in view only mode if another user already uses AVR in full control mode Otherwise the Java applet shows the AVR window in full control mode Figure 190 AVR window view only mode ...

Page 309: ...g dialog If the full control session refuses your attempt to take full control your session will remain in view only mode Users should agree among themselves what modes they are to use in their sessions If you succeeded in taking full control the window for active use of AVR is opened with which you can log into the managed server see figure 191 on page 309 Figure 191 AVR window full control mode ...

Page 310: ...igure 192 AVR window with two active AVR sessions Disconnect If you click Disconnect a confirmation dialog box appears in which you can close the AVR session to the left of the button I You can only close AVR sessions of other users with the Disconnect button To close your own session choose Exit from the Extras menu in the AVR window see page 102 ...

Page 311: ...iRMC S2 S3 311 Console Redirection Redirecting the console The following window appears if the managed server is powered down Figure 193 AVR window when the server is powered down ...

Page 312: ...ge 113 The image file may also be a network drive with drive letter e g D for drive D As an image file centrally in the network via a remote storage server see page 127 I Parallel remote storage connections The following are possible concurrently either up to two Remote Storage connections to virtual drives at the remote workstation if the connection is established over the AVR Java applet or one ...

Page 313: ...l number of the remote storage device IP Address Displays the IP address of the server or workstation on which the remote storage device is installed Share Index Displays the number assigned to the remote storage connection Share Origin Displays the status of the remote storage device on a server or on a remote workstation Applet Connectable None Not connectable Not found ...

Page 314: ... address or the registered DNS name of the computer on which a remote storage server is installed Apply Click Apply to save the remote storage server s IP address or DNS name Connect Click Apply to save the remote storage server s IP address or DNS name and establish the connection to the remote storage server I Before it is possible to establish the connection to the remote storage server the rem...

Page 315: ...om the iRMC S2 S3 web interface automatically starts a Java applet which implements a Telnet SSH client Telnet SSH access to Remote Manager using the Java applet is provided for convenience e g no SSH client is supplied together with Windows operating systems However to access the Remote Manager you can use any Telnet or SSH Client I If you establish an SSH connection using the Java applet public ...

Page 316: ...spect to the connection specific information displayed the display for an SSH connection is shown below Ê In the navigation bar click on the link iRMC S2 S3 SSH Access SSH or iRMC S2 S3 Telnet Access Telnet The Java applet for the SSH or Telnet connection is started and the following window is displayed in this case using the example of an SSH connection Figure 195 Establishing an SSH connection t...

Page 317: ...anager over an SSH connection I If the host key of the managed server is not yet registered at the remote workstation the SSH client issues a security alert with suggestions on how to proceed The following login window is displayed Figure 196 SSH connection Logging in to the Remote Manager Ê Enter your user name and password and confirm your entries by clicking Login The main menu of the Remote Ma...

Page 318: ... Telnet connection Logging in to the Remote Manager I Depending on whether ServerView agents have already been started at some point on the system the login window is shown with or without system information see page 326 Ê Enter your user name and password and confirm your entries by pressing Enter The main menu of the Remote Manager is then displayed see figure 198 on page 319 ...

Page 319: ...98 Main menu of the Remote Manager Closing a Telnet SSH connection Ê Close the connection to the Remote Manager by clicking the Disconnect button in the connection bar of the Remote Manager window or by pressing the 0 key in the main menu of the Remote Manager see figure 198 ...

Page 320: ...320 iRMC S2 S3 Operating iRMC S2 S3 via Telnet SSH Remote Manager ...

Page 321: ...r Telnet and SSH connections In principle any Telnet SSH client that interprets VT100 sequences can be used to access the iRMC S2 S3 It is nevertheless recommended that the iRMC S2 S3 web interface or the ServerView Remote Management Frontend referred to below simply as the Remote Management Frontend be used I Maximum number of parallel sessions Telnet up to 4 SSH up to 4 Telnet and SSH in total u...

Page 322: ... protocol is deactivated by default for security reasons as passwords are transmitted in plain text I Since the ServerView Operations Manager does not know the value of the management port the Remote Management Frontend works with the default value Since a connection is not automatically established when the Remote Management Frontend is started you can correct any nonstandard value for the manage...

Page 323: ...gure 199 Operating the Remote Manager Ê Select the required menu item by entering the number or letter which precedes the menu item e g c for Change password Functions that the user is not permitted to use are indicated by a dash and functions that are not available are indicated by an asterisk Ê Press 0 or the key combination Ctrl D to close the Remote Manager An appropriate event will be written...

Page 324: ...ormation Set ASSET Tag Power Management Immediate Power Off Immediate Reset Power Cycle Power on Graceful Power Off Shutdown Graceful Reset Reboot Raise NMI via iRMC S2 S3 Enclosure Information System Eventlog View System Eventlog text newest first View System Eventlog text oldest first Dump System Eventlog raw newest first Dump System Eventlog raw oldest first View System Eventlog Information Cle...

Page 325: ...log Change Internal Eventlog mode Temperature Voltages Current Fans Power Supplies Memory Sensor Door Lock CPU Sensors Component Status Lightpath List All Sensors Service Processor Configure IP Parameters List IP Parameters Toggle Identify LED Reset iRMC S2 S3 Warm reset Reset iRMC S2 S3 Cold reset Change password Console Redirection EMS SAC Start a Command Line shell Console Logging ...

Page 326: ...splayed at the terminal client at the remote workstation Depending on whether ServerView agents have already been started at some point on the system the main window is shown with or without system information I When logging in over an SSH connection If the host key of the managed server is not yet registered at the remote workstation the SSH client issues a security alert with suggestions on how ...

Page 327: ...Status Some details e g the System Name are only shown for servers and only if the server is configured appropriately Ê In order to be able to use the Remote Manager you must log in with a user name and a password Then an appropriate event will be written to the Event log and the relevant main menu of the Remote Manager displayed see section Main menu of the Remote Manager on page 328 You can term...

Page 328: ...Asset Tag see section System Information Information on the managed server on page 332 Power Management Power the server up or down see section Power Management on page 334 Enclosure Information Request information on the current system status e g check error and event messages from the error log and event log temperature fan etc see section Enclosure Information System event log and status of the...

Page 329: ...ange the password on page 332 Console Redirection EMS SAC Text console redirection see section Console Redirection EMS SAC Start text console redirection on page 340 Start a Command Line shell Start a command line shell see section Start a Command Line shell Start a SMASH CLP shell on page 340 Console Logging Redirect output of messages to the text console see section Console Logging Redirect mess...

Page 330: ... X View Chassis M ainboard OS Information X Set ASSET Tag1 X Set System Name 1 X Set System Operating System Information1 X Set System Description1 X Set System Location Information SNMP 1 X Set System Contact Information SNMP 1 X Power Management X X X View Enclosure Information X X X X System Eventlog View Dump System Eventlog X X X X System Eventlog Clear System Eventlog X X X Internal Eventlog...

Page 331: ...le Redirection EMS SAC X X X Start a command Line shell X X X X Console Logging X X X 1 Action is only possible if no agents are running Remote Manager menu items Permitted with IPMI privilege level Required permission OEM Administrator Operator User Configure User Accounts Configure iRMC S2 S3 Settings Video Redirection Enabled Remote Storage Enabled Table 9 Permissions to use the Remote Manager ...

Page 332: ...ou choose System Information from the main menu Figure 203 Remote Manager System Information menu The submenu contains the following functions View Chassis Information Information on the chassis of the managed server and its product data View Mainboard Information Information on the mainboard of the managed server and its product data View OS and SNMP Information Information on the operating syste...

Page 333: ...iRMC S2 S3 333 System Information Information on the managed server Set ASSET Tag Sets a customer specific asset tag for the managed server Table 10 System Information menu ...

Page 334: ...of the operating system Power Cycle Powers the server down completely and then powers it up again after a configured period Power On Switches the server on Graceful Power Off Shutdown Graceful shutdown and power off This menu item is only available if ServerView agents are installed and signed onto the iRMC S2 S3 as Connected Graceful Reset Reboot Graceful shutdown and reboot This menu item is onl...

Page 335: ...sure Information 8 10 Enclosure Information System event log and status of the sensors The following menu appears if you choose Enclosure Information from the main menu Figure 205 Remote Manager Enclosure Information menu ...

Page 336: ...mation on the voltage and current sensors and their status Fans Display information on the fans and their status Power Supplies Display information on the power supplies and their redundancy status Door Lock Display information on whether the front panel or housing are open Memory Sensors Display information on the memory statuses CPU Sensors Localize the processors of the server Component Status ...

Page 337: ...log are output to screen in a readable form and in reverse chronological order the oldest entry first Dump System Eventlog raw newest first The contents of the System Event log are dumped in chronological order the most recent entry first Dump System Eventlog raw oldest first The contents of the System Event log are dumped in reverse chronological order the oldest entry first View System Eventlog ...

Page 338: ...in a readable form and in reverse chronological order the most recent entry last Dump Internal Eventlog raw newest last The contents of the internal event log are dumped in reverse chronological order the most recent entry last View Internal Eventlog Information Display information on the internal event log Clear Internal Eventlog Clear the contents of the internal event log Change Internal Eventl...

Page 339: ...figure IP Parameters Configure the IPv4 IPv6 address settings of the iRMC S2 S3 in a guided dialog Please refer to section Network Interface Settings Configure Ethernet settings on the iRMC S2 S3 on page 239 for details in the individual settings List IP Parameters Display the IP settings Toggle Identify LED Switch the PRIMERGY identification LED on off Reset iRMC S2 S3 Warm reset Reset the iRMC S...

Page 340: ...ptions will work depending on the type of PRIMERGY server used 8 13 Start a Command Line shell Start a SMASH CLP shell Start a Command Line shell in the main menu allows you to start a SMASH CLP shell SMASH CLP stands for Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware Command Line Protocol This protocol permits a Telnet or SSH based connection between the management station and the managed se...

Page 341: ...he following window appears Figure 210 Remote Manager Console Logging menu The submenu contains the following functions Change Logging Run state Show and change the logging run state For a more detailed description see Console Logging Run State Menu on page 342 Clear Console Logging buffer Clear the console logging buffer Replay Console Fast mode Show the console log in fast mode Replay Console Co...

Page 342: ... output of messages to the text console Toggle to Text Mode Switch to text mode All escape sequences are filtered out before messages are output to the console Toggle to Normal Mode Switch to normal mode In normal mode only the following escape sequences are filtered out before messages are output to the console ESC ESC stop ESC Q ESC R ESC r ESC R ESC This means that color pseudo graphics etc can...

Page 343: ...ollowing link http www dmtf org standards smash SMASH CLP syntax SMASH CLP specifies a common command line syntax and message protocol semantics for managing computers on the Internet and in enterprise and service provider environments You can find detailed information on SMASH CLP in the DMTF document Server Management Command Line Protocol Specification SM CLP DSP0214 The general syntax of the C...

Page 344: ... the command This can be a single managed element such as a hard disk a network adapter Network Interface Card NIC or the management program Management Assistance Program MAP itself Targets can however also be services such as a transport service Several managed elements which can be managed by the management program can be subsumed under a single target for instance the entire system Only one tar...

Page 345: ...n in figure 212 The names in rectangles indicate command targets On every level of the hierarchy the command verb show displays the available targets properties and verbs Figure 212 Structure of the user data in SMASH CLP Hierarchy of the CLP commands An overview of the CLP command hierarchy is shown in table 18 on page 346 record 1 record n firmware accounts nic 1 oemsensors oemsefru root log 1 s...

Page 346: ...346 iRMC S2 S3 Command Line Protocol CLP Table 18 Hierarchy of the CLP commands ...

Page 347: ...he following ways Locally on managed servers using the ServerView Installation Manager Locally on managed Windows based servers using the Windows Start menu I This is only supported for servers on which the ServerView agents for Windows are installed On the remote workstation using the graphical interface of the Operations Manager I This is only supported for servers on which the ServerView agents...

Page 348: ... Configuration Manager available both during preparation for installation and as a separate maintenance program The Installation Manager is described in the manual ServerView Installation Manager 9 2 Calling the Server Configuration Manager from the Windows Start menu On Windows based servers you can also call the Server Configuration Manager via the Windows Start menu To do this proceed as follow...

Page 349: ...tion window opens You can scroll to the left and right through the tabs by clicking the arrows next to the tabs Applying settings To apply the settings made in the individual tabs proceed as follows for each tab Ê Click the Apply button Ê Click the Save Page button The iRMC S2 S3 automatically reboots to activate the changed settings ...

Page 350: ...e iRMC S2 S3 are also available from the graphical user interface of the Operations Manager This allows you to configure the iRMC S2 S3 of the managed server from the remote workstation via a Web interface Proceed as follows Ê Start the Operations Manager refer to the manual ServerView Operations Manager The start window of the Operations Manager opens Figure 214 Operations Manager Start window ...

Page 351: ...erver Configuration Manager Ê Choose Server Configuration from the Administration menu of the Operations Manager start window This opens the following window Figure 215 Operations Manager Server Configuration window Server list 1 tab ...

Page 352: ...he server to be configured This opens the following window Figure 216 Operations Manager Server Configuration window Server list 2 tab Ê In the right hand side of the window specify the details on the selected server and confirm your entries by clicking GO The first dialog of the Server Configuration manager appears ...

Page 353: ...ly intervals I Besides the possibility of performing a firmware update you can also downgrade the firmware to the previous version I Before updating or downgrading the firmware read the supplementary documentation supplied with the new firmware carefully in particular the Readme files I Servers with iRMC S2 must be rebooted to activate the updated downgraded firmware For servers with iRMC S3 no re...

Page 354: ...ssible to update both active and inactive firmware images online i e with the server operating system Windows or Linux running I If an error occurs while loading the firmware from one of the images the firmware is automatically loaded from the other image I Information on the iRMC S2 S3 firmware and EEPROM can be found in the iRMC S2 S3 web interface page iRMC S2 S3 Information see page 164 or usi...

Page 355: ...mware selector to the other firmware image SDRR Sensor Data Record Repository The SDRR contains the Sensor Data Records SDR in which sensor information for the managed server is stored The SDRR also acts as an interface via which you can access the SDRs Runtime firmware The runtime firmware is the executable part of the iRMC S2 S3 s firmware You can perform a firmware update for each of these area...

Page 356: ...nding on the update variant used the firmware selector is set differently after the update You can query and explicitly set the firmware selector on the iRMC S2 S3 Information page of the iRMC S2 S3 web interface see Running Firmware on page 166 or using the flash tool see page 368 0 Firmware image containing the most recent firmware version 1 firmware image 1 2 firmware image 2 3 Firmware image c...

Page 357: ...ck from the Download section of the Fujitsu Technology Solutions web server to a directory on your computer The ZIP archive FTS_ spec zip can be found in your download directory The spec part of the name provides information on the system type system board firmware SDRR version etc The ZIP archive includes the following files USBImage exe iRMC_ Firmware Version exe iRMC_ Firmware Version IMA Ê Con...

Page 358: ...tick with iRMC_ Firmware version exe Figure 219 Copying the image file to the USB memory stick with USBImage exe I If you have called USBImag exe then under Image File you must explicitly specify the file iRMC_ Firmware Version IMA Ê Click Clear USB Device to delete the data from the USB memory stick ...

Page 359: ...e BMC_ Firmware Version IMA to the USB memory stick and extract it V CAUTION This action overwrites the content of the USB memory stick When the copy operation is complete the flash tools and image files are present on the USB memory stick Figure 220 Image files and flash tool on the USB memory stick ...

Page 360: ...t way to downgrade the firmware is to store the previous version firmware image as the inactive firmware image in the EEPROM of the iRMC S2 S3 In this case you only have to set the firmware selector to this previous version image see page 182 and subsequently restart the iRMC S2 S3 to activate the firmware I You can also downgrade the firmware by applying the methods described in the following sec...

Page 361: ...he ServerView Update Manager accesses the update data via its Update Repository on the ServerView Suite DVD 1 or on the management server You update the update repository on the management server by means of the Download Manager or by performing a manual download from the Download section of the Fujitsu Technology Solutions web server For more detailed information on firmware updates with the Serv...

Page 362: ...onding ASP exe file I When downgrading the firmware please note Downgrade via Update Manager Express The firmware downgrade is only feasible in the Expert mode In addition the Downgrade option must be activated Downgrade via ASP Under Windows You can perform the downgrade if you start the ASP by double clicking the corresponding exe file When starting the ASP via the CLI you must explicitly specif...

Page 363: ...e following flash tools depending on the operating system you are running You call the flash tools in the Windows command line flirmcs2 win32flirmcs2 win64flirmcs2 winflirmcs2 or at the Linux CLI linflirmcs2 The syntax and operands for the flash tools are described in section Flash tools on page 368 DOS flirmcs2 Windows winflirmcs2 Prerequisite The ServerView agents for the used Windows operation ...

Page 364: ...ng the flash tool with the parameter s 4 E g in the Windows command line you enter WinFLIRMCS2 s 4 Ê Start the update of the firmware and the SDR data by calling the flash tool with the corresponding update files E g in the Windows command line you enter WinFLIRMCS2 dcod firmware version bin nnnnnnn sdr i During the firmware update the console informs you about the progress of the update operation...

Page 365: ... of the boot operation the data in the USB memory stick is automatically copied to a RAM disk The autoexec bat file is then started automatically The FlashDisk menu opens Figure 221 FlashDisk menu I A firmware downgrade is only possible via recovery flash Normal A normal flash is performed During a normal flash operation those areas of the EEPROM that contain the active firmware are checked to see...

Page 366: ...out any version check Readme The Readme file is opened Reboot An iRMC S2 S3 warm start is performed English German Specify keyboard layout German is set by default Ê Start the required update variant by clicking on the corresponding button During the firmware update the console informs you about the progress of the update operation If an error occurs the update operation is aborted A corresponding...

Page 367: ...t and the identification LED blue flashing alternately To switch the managed server to emergency mode and then update the iRMC S2 S3 s firmware proceed as follows Ê Disconnect the power supply connector Ê Insert the connector in the socket again with the Identify key held down The managed server is now in emergency mode Ê Boot the server to DOS and use the recovery flash procedure to update the iR...

Page 368: ...t version of the command o Displays the current versions of both firmware images s Displays the value of the firmware selector s value Sets the value of the firmware selector You use this option to define the firmware image from which the firmware is started after a firmware reset 0 Sets the selector to the firmware image with the most recent firmware 1 Sets the selector to firmware image 1 2 Sets...

Page 369: ...you must also specify option 4 see below 4 Updating firmware image 2 l logfile Outputs error messages to the specified log file If no logfile is specified the output is directed to the flbmc log file n No output on the console This option has priority over the p and d options np A rotating bar is shown in place of the percentage completion during the flashing operation d Outputs additional debug i...

Page 370: ...available 4 Communication with iRMC S2 S3 not possible 5 Incorrect binary file 8 Error accessing Keyboard Control Style interface KCS 9 Timeout during communication with the target EEPROM 10 No buffer allocated 12 Network node busy 13 Timeout erasing EEPROM 14 Timeout flashing EEPROM 15 Error erasing EEPROM 16 Error flashing EEPROM ...

Page 371: ...om the remote workstation using ServerView DVD 1 Windows and Linux Installing Windows from the remote workstation after configuration on the administered server Installing Linux from the remote workstation after configuration on the managed server The description focuses primarily on the handling of the remote storage media It is assumed that readers are familiar with the Installation Manager func...

Page 372: ...he AVR window only necessary under Linux Installing Windows without the Installation Manager using the Windows installation CD DVDs You can perform a remote installation of Windows via Remote Storage either using the Installation Manager or exclusively using the Windows installation CD DVDs The two procedures correspond in terms of the handling of the remote storage media However you are advised t...

Page 373: ...nstalling Linux without the Installation Manager using the Linux installation CD DVD If you know which drivers are required by the system then you can start the Linux installation by booting from the Linux installation CD DVD If the installation requires you to integrate drivers from the floppy disk then before starting the installation you must set up a remote storage connection to the storage me...

Page 374: ... Parallel remote storage connections The following are possible concurrently either up to two Remote Storage connections to virtual drives at the remote workstation if the connection is established over the AVR Java applet or one Remote Storage connection to a Remote Storage server It is not possible to establish concurrent Remote Storage connections via an applet and via the Remote Storage server...

Page 375: ...for remote storage see page 117 If installation is performed via the Installation Manager ServerView Suite DVD 1 or an Installation Manager boot image and optionally a formatted USB memory stick as a status backup medium If installation is performed from the vendor s installation CD DVD Windows or Linux installation CD DVD and optional drivers I It is recommended that the ServerView Suite DVD 1 an...

Page 376: ... for booting from an Installation Manager boot image I Before it is possible to use a virtual drive provided via a remote storage server the remote storage server must be installed and started see section Providing remote storage via a Remote Storage server on page 127 To establish the connection to the remote storage server proceed as follows at the remote workstation Ê Log into the iRMC S2 S3 we...

Page 377: ...ROM DRIVE I If a local CD ROM DVD ROM drive and a CD ROM DVD ROM drive connected as remote storage are both present at the managed server then the managed server boots from the Remote Storage CD ROM DVD ROM drive Ê Press F2 while the server is booting Ê In the BIOS TrustedCore UEFI set up open the menu Boot in which you can define the boot sequence Ê Specify Boot Priority 1 highest priority for th...

Page 378: ...us backup option all the configuration data is lost when you reboot Status backup medium I The backup medium must not be write protected A USB stick must already be connected to the USB port when the system is booted If you fail to do this and wish to save the configuration file Connect the USB stick now and reboot from ServerView Suite DVD 1 Ê Choose the option on local drive floppy USB stick Ê S...

Page 379: ...ed installation of the operating system I Configure the local CD ROM DVD ROM drive of the managed server as the installation source You can then also make the Windows installation CD DVD available from the CD ROM DVD ROM drive of the remote workstation if you connect it to the managed server as remote storage see section Installing Windows on the managed server after configuration on page 380 Once...

Page 380: ...on Once you have completed configuration you should install the operating system on the managed server 11 4 1 Installing Windows on the managed server after configuration After configuration has been completed the Installation Manager displays the following dialog page Figure 224 Installation Manager Installation Info page ...

Page 381: ...lation files are copied to the managed server The Installation Manager opens a confirmation dialog page when the copy operation is complete and prompts you to remove all the storage media from the removable media drives before the managed server is rebooted I Before rebooting the system you must in particular shut down all current remote storage connections Ê To shut down all current remote storag...

Page 382: ...ngs at the managed server once the operating system has been installed Speed of the mouse pointer Hardware acceleration For information on how to do this see section Managed Windows server Adjusting the settings for synchronization of the mouse pointers on page 95 If Windows is installed using the Installation Manager problem free synchronization of the mouse pointers is automatically ensured ...

Page 383: ...m you must remove the remote storage connection for the currently connected medium and then connect the new medium as remote storage After configuration has been completed the Installation Manager displays the following dialog page Figure 225 Installation Manager Installation Info If you have configured the local CD ROM DVD ROM drive of the managed server as the installation source proceed as foll...

Page 384: ...ver is rebooted I Before rebooting the system you must in particular shut down all current remote storage connections Ê Before rebooting the system shut down the current remote storage connections To do this proceed as follows Ê Start Remote Storage see page 114 The Storage Devices dialog box is displayed with the currently connected storage devices and a Safe Remove indication Ê Click on Disconne...

Page 385: ...ted by the iRMC S2 S3 12 1 1 Overview The following OEM specific IPMI commands are supported by the iRMC S2 S3 SCCI compliant Power On Off commands SCCI ServerView Common Command Interface 0115 Get Power On Source 0116 Get Power Off Source 011C Set Power Off Inhibit 011D Get Power Off Inhibit 0120 Set Next Power On Time SCCI compliant communication commands 0205 System OS Shutdown Request 0206 Sys...

Page 386: ...command F109 Get BIOS POST State F115 Get CPU Info iRMC S2 S3 specific commands F510 Get System Status F512 Get EEPROM Version Info F542 Get HDD lightpath status Component Status Signal Read F543 Get SEL entry long text F545 Get SEL entry text F5B0 Set Identify LED F5B1 Get Identify LED F5B3 Get Error LED F5DF Set Nonvolatile Cfg Memory to Default Values F5E0 Set Configuration Space to Default Val...

Page 387: ...n format The OEM specific IPMI commands contained in this chapter are described in the format used by the IPMI standard for describing IPMI commands The IPMI standard describes the IPMI commands using command tables which list the input and output parameters for each command You can find information on the IPMI standards on the Internet under http developer intel com design servers ipmi index htm ...

Page 388: ...r on Source Cause of last power on Power on Source Description 0x00 Software or command 0x01 Power switch on the front panel or keyboard 0x02 Automatic restart after power failure 0x03 Clock or timer hardware RTC or software timer 0x04 Automatic restart after fan failure shutdown 0x05 Automatic restart after critical temperature shutdown 0x08 Reboot after watchdog timeout 0x09 Remote on modem RI l...

Page 389: ...Response Data BC 01 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 3 01 Data Length 4 Power off Source Cause of last power off Power off Source Description 0x00 Software SWOFF power off by command 0x01 Power switch on the front panel or keyboard 0x02 AC power fail 0x03 Clock or timer hardware RTC or software timer 0x04 Fan failure 0x05 Critical temperature 0x08 Final power...

Page 390: ...on is only performed when the Power Off Inhibit flag is reset The Power Off Inhibit flag is automatically reset after a power failure or when the reset button is pressed The effect of the Power Off Inhibit flag is the same as that of the Dump flag used when creating a main memory dump In this case the initiator must set the flag before making the dump and reset it when the dump is complete Request...

Page 391: ...hibit flag see the description of 01 1C Set Power Off Inhibit on page 390 Request Data B8 NetFn LUN OEM Group 01 Cmd Command Group Communication 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 4 1D Command Specifier Response Data BC 01 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 5 01 Response Data Length 6 Power Off Inhibit Flag 0 no Inhibit 1 Inhibit ...

Page 392: ...mmand Time LSB first Time UNIX specific format when the system switches on again Time is NOT stored in non volatile memory Resolution is 1 minute After the system has switched on Time is set to 0 internally If Time 0 the system is not switched on Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group 01 Cmd Command Group Communication 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 20 Command Specifier 5 00 ...

Page 393: ... OS Shutdown Request and Reset This command initiates the shutdown of the server s operating system and subsequently restarts the system Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group 02 Cmd Command Group Communication 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 05 Command Specifier Response Data BC 02 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first Request Data B8 NetFnlL...

Page 394: ... IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 08 Command Specifier Response Data BC 02 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 5 01 Data Length 6 Connect Status 00 Connection lost agent not connected 01 Connection re established agent connected Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group 02 Cmd Command Group Communication 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first ...

Page 395: ... Number FTS LS byte first 4 02 Command Specifier 5 Object Index Line on Display to write on 6 7 Value ID not used 8 Length Number of characters to write incremented by one The string need not be null terminated characters exceeding the length of a display line are truncated 9 Attribute 0 Write String left aligned 1 Write String centered 10 10 n Characters to write to the display string need not be...

Page 396: ...e after a firmware reset Request Data 20 NetFnlLUN Firmware 04 CMD Command Group Firmware 1 Selector 0 Auto Select firmware image with highest firmware version 1 low firmware image 2 high firmware image 3 Auto oldest version Select firmware image with oldest firmware version 4 MRP Select most recently programmed firmware 5 LRP Select least recently programmed firmware Response Data 24 04 1 Complet...

Page 397: ...nd Group Firmware Response Data 24 05 1 Completion Code 2 Next Boot Selector 0 Auto Select EEPROM with highest firmware version 1 low EEPROM 2 high EEPROM 3 Auto oldest version Select EEPROM oldest firmware version 4 MRP Select most recently programmed firmware 5 LRP Select least recently programmed firmware 3 Running Selector tells which firmware is currently running 1 low EEPROM 2 high EEPROM ...

Page 398: ...hether any Remote Storage connections are available the status and type of any Remote Storage connection s If Request Data 1 is set to 1 the command returns information as to whether storage media are connected as Remote Storage Request Data C0 NetFnlLUN OEM 19 CMD Command Group Firmware 1 01 2 00 3 00 Response Data C4 19 1 Completion Code 2 01 3 00 No 01 Yes connected 4 00 5 00 ...

Page 399: ...st Data C0 NetFnlLUN OEM 19 CMD Command Group Firmware 1 02 2 00 3 00 Connection 0 01 Connection 2 Response Data C4 19 1 Completion Code 2 02 3 00 4 00 5 00 Invalid unknown 01 idle 02 Connection Attempt pending 03 Connected 04 Connection Attempts retries exhausted failed 05 Connection lost 06 Disconnect pending 6 00 Invalid unknown 01 Storage Server IPMI 02 Applet 03 None Not connected ...

Page 400: ...is in POST Request Data C0 NetFnlLUN OEM 1A Cmd Command Group Fan Test 1 00 Set Video Display On 01 Set Video display Off Response Data C4 1A 1 Completion Code Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F1 Cmd Command Group BIOS 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 4 09 Command Specifier Response Data BC F1 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 5 7 1 res...

Page 401: ...ifier 5 Socket Number 0 based of the CPU Response Data BC F1 1 Completion Code 01 Unpopulated CPU Socket 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 5 6 CPU ID LS Byte first 7 Platform ID 8 Brand ID 9 10 Maximal Core Speed of the CPU MHz LS Byte first 11 12 Intel Qickpath Interconnect in Mega Transactions per second LS Byte first 13 T Control Offset 14 T Diode Offset 15 CPU data Spare 16...

Page 402: ...Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F5 Cmd Command Group Memory 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 10 Command Specifier 5 8 Timestamp Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 5 System Status For details see below 6 Signaling For details see below 7 Notifications For details see below 8 POST Code System Status Bit 7 System ON B...

Page 403: ...it 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 CSS LED Bit 2 CSS LED Bit 1 Global Error LED Bit 0 Global Error LED Notifications Bit 7 SEL Modified New SEL Entry Bit 6 SEL Modified SEL Cleared Bit 5 SDR Modified Bit 4 Nonvolatile IPMI Variable Modified Bit 3 ConfigSpace Modified Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 New Output on LocalView display ...

Page 404: ...Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 5 Status 00 Checksum Error Runtime FW 01 OK 6 Major FW Revision Binary coded 7 Minor FW Revision BCD coded 8 10 Aux FW Revision Binary coded major minor res 11 Major FW Revision ASCII coded letter 12 Major SDRR Revision BCD coded 13 Minor SDRR Revision BCD coded 14 SDRR Revision Char ASCII coded letter 15 S...

Page 405: ...mponent to which the Status Signal is associated 8 Option optional Bit 7 2 Reserved Bit 1 Completion Code 0x02 suppressed Bit 0 1 Return ID String of Component Status Sensor Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 01 Status Signal not available 02 Component not present 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 5 Signal Status 00 ok 01 Identify 02 Prefailure Warning 03 Failure 6 CSS and P...

Page 406: ...last record 7 Offset in response SEL text 8 MaxResponseDataSize size of Converted SEL data 16 n in response Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 5 6 Next Record ID 7 8 Actual Record ID 9 Record type 10 13 Timestamp 14 Severity Bit 7 0 No CSS component 1 CSS component Bit 6 4 000 INFORMATIONAL 001 MINOR 010 MAJOR 011 CRITICAL 1xx Unknown Bit 3 ...

Page 407: ...erprise Number FTS LS Byte first 4 45 Command Specifier 5 6 Record ID of SDR LS Byte first Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS Byte first 5 6 Next Record ID 7 8 Actual Record ID 9 Record type 10 13 Timestamp 14 Severity Bit 7 0 No CSS component 1 CSS component Bit 6 4 000 INFORMATIONAL 001 MINOR 010 MAJOR 011 CRITICAL 1xx Unknown Bit 3 0 reserved read a...

Page 408: ...he status of the Identify LED blue of the server Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F5 Cmd Command Group BMC 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 B0 Command Specifier 5 Identify LED 0 Identify LED off 1 Identify LED on Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F5 Cmd Command Group BMC 1 3 80 2...

Page 409: ...indicates whether the customer himself can rpair the fault Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F5 Cmd Command Group BMC 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 B3 Command Specifier Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 5 State of Error LED 0 CSS off GEL off 1 CSS off GEL on 2 CSS off GEL blink 3 CSS on GEL off 4 CSS on GEL on 5 ...

Page 410: ...ta B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F5 Cmd Command Group BMC 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 DF Command Specifier 5 8 43 4C 52 AA CLR 0xaa Security Code Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F5 Cmd Command Group BMC 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 E0 Command Specifier 5 8...

Page 411: ...S2 S3 users to be deleted V CAUTION The system can no longer be managed if all iRMC S2 S3 users are deleted Request Data B8 NetFnlLUN OEM Group F5 Cmd Command Group BMC 1 3 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first 4 F8 Command Specifier 5 8 User ID 1 16 Response Data BC F5 1 Completion Code 2 4 80 28 00 IANA Enterprise Number FTS LS byte first ...

Page 412: ...AM FTS specific ConfigSpace data which is addressed by the firmware via a fixed internal description table Original manufacturer specific NVCFG data which is accessed by offset definitions Some configuration data from the original NVCFG data is internally mapped by the firmware to be accessible via ConfigSpace access methods For instance DNS servers and DNS configuration of the iRMC S2 S3 can be a...

Page 413: ...environments supporting authenticated HTTP POST operations can be used Sample scripts can be found on the ServerView Suite DVD 1 Uses built in authentication and authorization methods of the iRMC S2 S3 Web server Supports HTTP 1 1 Basic and Digest authentication based on RFC 2617 with local iRMC S2 S3 user accounts Features optional built in strong encryption with standard HTTPS based access Can b...

Page 414: ...ch configuration setting consists of a simple XML fragment starting with a CMD tag The complete sequence of configuration settings is enclosed in a pair of tags CMDSEQ and CMDSEQ The following is an example of a typical command sequence comprising two configuration settings CMDSEQ CMD Context SCCI OC ConfigSpace OE 3800 OI 0 Type SET DATA Type xsd hexBinary Len 1 04 DATA CMD Context SCCI OC Config...

Page 415: ... the ConfigSpace ID Object Index OI Hex value selecting an instance of an object Default OI 0 Operation Code Type Type For configuration settings the values GET read operation and SET write operation are supported Default Type GET I SET operations require data For specifying the appropriate data type use the Data DATA parameter described below Cabinet Identifier CA Allows you to select an extensio...

Page 416: ...r passwords In this case the string data is internally converted to the accepted target format Transferring encrypted data A Fujitsu proprietary data encryption is supported for some sensitive data such as user or service LDAP SMTP access passwords or the AVR license key of the iRMC S2 S3 You can use the iRMC_PWD exe program for encrypting password data see section Generating encrypted passwords w...

Page 417: ...nformation Thus any non US ASCII characters will be interpreted internally by the using application and therefore should be avoided If you do actually need to specify special characters make sure that you edit and save your file in UTF 8 format including the correct BOM Command Status Status After the configuration settings are transferred the Status contains the result of the operation If the ope...

Page 418: ...le IPv6 2 Submit the script from an IPv4 address The SSL certificate and the related matching private key are executed at the end of a command sequence Both components must be present in the same pre file and are checked for matching each other If a power management operation for the managed server or a reboot of the iRMC S2 S3 is required or desired It is recommended but not required to run these...

Page 419: ...ent iRMC S2 S3 configuration data in a configuration file pre As well you can import iRMC S2 S3 configuration data from an existing configuration file pre i e load configuration data onto the iRMC S2 S3 for details see section Save iRMC S2 S3 Firmware Settings Save firmware settings on page 169 To import an iRMC S2 S3 configuration you can alternatively send the corresponding SCCI command file to ...

Page 420: ...le 19 SCCI OpCode SCCI Command String Description 0xE002 ConfigSpace ConfigSpace Write 0x0111 PowerOnCabinet Power On the Server 0x0112 PowerOffCabinet Power Off the Server 0x0113 PowerOffOnCabinet Power Cycle the Server 0x0204 ResetServer Hard Reset the Server 0x020C RaiseNMI Pulse the NMI Non Maskable Interrupt 0x0205 RequestShutdownAndOff Graceful Shutdown requires running Agent 0x0206 RequestS...

Page 421: ...url documentation HTTP Access with Basic Authentication default and the default iRMC S2 S3 admin account curl basic u admin admin data Config pre http iRMC S2 S3 IP address config HTTP Access with Digest Authentication and the default iRMC admin account curl digest u admin admin data Config pre http iRMC S2 S3 IP address config HTTPS Access with no certificate check k and Digest authentication and...

Page 422: ... admin PASSWORD admin FILE_NAME ConfigFile pre Const ForReading 1 Set objFSO CreateObject Scripting FileSystemObject Set objFile objFSO OpenTextFile FILE_NAME ForReading On Error Resume Next Set xmlHttp CreateObject Microsoft XMLHTTP xmlHttp Open POST http IP_ADDRESS config False USER_NAME PASSWORD xmlhttp setRequestHeader Content Type application x www form urlencoded xmlHttp Send objFile ReadAll...

Page 423: ...st http s config IP_ADDR POST data if resp status 200 data content decode utf 8 print data file ausgabe else print STATUS resp status file ausgabe print str resp file ausgabe except Exception as err print ERROR str err file ausgabe print Example 1 send a configuration file to the iRMC S2 S3 try data open ConfigFile pre read doit data except Exception as err print ERROR str err file ausgabe Example...

Page 424: ... password encryption and verification Utility iRMC_PWD exe is a Win32 program allowing you to generate encrypted passwords for use with SCCI scripting iRMC_PWD exe can be used both to encrypt a single password and to generate a SCCI batch file for scripted configuration iRMC_PWD standard command line options h This help v Verify an encrypted password string o oid The Object ID for the data to be e...

Page 425: ...assword 197A ConfLdapiRMCgroupsUserPasswd 1980 ConfBMCLicenseKey iRMC_PWD command line output options b Creates the output file as a WinSCU BATCH file f Output File Specify the output file name Default iRMC_pwd txt Default in Batch mode iRMC_pwd pre Example You want to generate a pre file that sets changes the username to admin and the password to SecretPassword for the existing user with the oid ...

Page 426: ...426 iRMC S2 S3 Configuring the iRMC S2 S3 via SCCI and scripted configuration Figure 226 Contents of the generated pre file ...

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