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Performing Advanced Functions

This chapter provides an explanation of the following advanced tasks you can perform using the
Integrated Administrator. These procedures are supported by the Web-based user interface and the
CLI unless otherwise noted:

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Replicating the configuration of the Integrated Administrator

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Administering security certificates

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Creating a security certificate

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Downloading a security certificate

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Key-Based SSH Authentication

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Configuring a Blade PC Boot Order

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Powering off the enclosure

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Disabling network protocols to the Integrated Administrator

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Upgrading the firmware of the Integrated Administrator

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Recovering a lost Administrator password

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Launching flash disaster recovery

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Only enclosure administrators may perform the tasks in this chapter.

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Summary of Contents for Blade bc2000

Page 1: ...User Guide HP BladeSystem PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator for CCI v1 5 ...

Page 2: ...ents accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written c...

Page 3: ...low directions could result in bodily harm or loss of life CAUTION Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of information NOTE Text set off in this manner provides important supplemental information ENWW iii ...

Page 4: ...iv About This Book ENWW ...

Page 5: ...inistration and security 5 Automatic network configuration 6 Automatic time configuration NTP 6 Integration with the HP Systems Insight Manager utility 6 Event Notification 6 Status Information 6 Overview of HP BladeSystem Software Tools 7 ROM Based Setup Utility RBSU 7 Headless operation 7 ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack 7 HP Systems Insight Manager 7 HP Blade PC Automatic System Recove...

Page 6: ...le Log 37 Administration Tab 38 User List 38 Group List 39 Add User 40 Add Group 41 View Modify User 43 View Modify Group 43 Event List Tab 44 Interconnect Tab 46 5 Command Line Interface Accessing the Command Line Interface 49 Accessing Remotely through the Management Connector 49 Accessing Locally through the Console Connector 49 Operating the Command Line Interface 50 General Commands 50 Genera...

Page 7: ... Blade PC 91 Powering Off the Blade PC 91 Identifying a Blade PC Using the Unit Identification LED 92 Managing the Enclosure 94 Reviewing the Activity of the Enclosure 94 Identifying the Enclosure Using the Unit Identification LED 95 Generating an Enclosure Summary 96 Identifying Problem Components 98 Managing Users 103 Modifying a User s Rights to Blade PC Bays 103 Creating a New Group with the U...

Page 8: ... Messages 120 Error Messages 121 Enclosure Error Messages 121 Blade PC Bay Error Messages 121 Administration Error Messages 121 Appendix C Troubleshooting Appendix D Event Icons and Details Appendix E Factory Default Settings Enclosure 128 Users 128 Groups 129 Network 129 Protocol 129 Appendix F Time Zone Settings Universal 130 Africa 131 Asia 131 Europe 132 Oceania 133 Polar 134 Americas 134 Appe...

Page 9: ...hazards Refer all servicing to qualified personnel WARNING To reduce the risk of injury from electric shock hazards do not open this enclosure Refer all maintenance upgrades and servicing to qualified personnel This symbol indicates the presence of electric shock hazards The area contains no user or field serviceable parts Do not open for any reason WARNING To reduce the risk of injury from electr...

Page 10: ...e Switch Command Line Interface Reference Guide HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Embedded Web System User Guide for the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Getting help If you have a question about the HP PC Blade Enclosure and have exhausted the information in this guide you can get additional information and other help in the following locations Contact HP The Contact HP Web site provides various ways ...

Page 11: ...Reader Comments HP welcomes your comments on this guide Go to the following site to send your comments and suggestions www hp com go cci ENWW Reader Comments 3 ...

Page 12: ...zed network client sends alerts and provides many other blade PC management functions The Integrated Administrator subsystem is embedded on a module included with each interconnect tray and includes an intelligent microprocessor secure memory and a dedicated network interface This design makes the Integrated Administrator independent of the host blade PC and its operating system Integrated Adminis...

Page 13: ...utton of any blade PC within the enclosure Integrated Administrator is fully accessible by common Web browsers The Integrated Administrator also has a command line interface CLI accessible using Secure Shell encrypted or Telnet unencrypted protocols providing extensive management capability to remote network users Local users can access the CLI by attaching a client computer using a terminal emula...

Page 14: ...sor All Integrated Administrators in HP PC Blade Enclosure on the network are discovered in the HP Systems Insight Manager utility as management processors The management processors are associated with the blade PCs they manage Integrated Administrator hyperlinks The HP Systems Insight Manager utility provides a hyperlink on the blade PC device page to launch and connect to Integrated Administrato...

Page 15: ...t ships with the enclosure or go to www hp com servers rdp HP Systems Insight Manager HP Systems Insight Manager is an easy to use intuitive software utility designed for collecting blade PC information including fault conditions performance security remote management and recovery services The HP BladeSystem is fully compatible with the HP Systems Insight Manager utility HP Blade PC Automatic Syst...

Page 16: ... to a TFTP server as backups and as templates for preconfiguring other switches The interconnect switch is compatible with industry standards and has full for support for IEEE 802 1Q VLANs 8 Chapter 2 HP PC Blade Enclosure System Software Features ENWW ...

Page 17: ...ately after powering up The following features and information are designed to facilitate the setup and management of the Integrated Administrator Each Integrated Administrator ships with a unique preconfigured Administrator password and host name If the network uses Dynamic DNS or WINS you can access the Integrated Administrator using the factory configured host name NOTE The preconfigured Admini...

Page 18: ... Description 1 Management 10 100 Ethernet connector for remote access through a Web based user interface Telnet or Secure Shell 2 Console serial connector for local access to the command line interface using a laptop computer 3 Integrated Administrator reset button 4 Integrated Administrator health LED 5 Enclosure Unit Identification button LED Determining the Integrated Administrator s Initial IP...

Page 19: ...sword and DNS name A settings tag with the preconfigured values is attached to the interconnect tray containing the Integrated Administrator module NOTE For security reasons HP recommends changing the Administrator password when accessing Integrated Administrator for the first time Determining the IP Address using the Local Console To determine the Integrated Administrator IP address using the loc...

Page 20: ...ommand at the command line interface SHOW NETWORK If a DHCP server is not attached to the network type the following commands sequentially to assign a static IP address to the Integrated Administrator SET IPCONFIG STATIC IP address subnet mask SET GATEWAY IP address SET DNS primary address secondary address You can now access the Integrated Administrator using a Web browser Secure Shell Telnet or ...

Page 21: ...curity alert message from displaying in the future NOTE To install your own certificate onto the Integrated Administrator rather than the automatically generated certificate see the information on certificate related commands in Administering Security Certificates on page 109 If the certificate is removed from your browser the security alert message is displayed again 2 Install the certificate to ...

Page 22: ...t tray and then click Log In After the default user name and password have been verified the summary window appears The Integrated Administrator summary window provides general information about the Integrated Administrator such as the user currently logged on enclosure name and status and Integrated Administrator IP address and name 14 Chapter 3 Getting Started ENWW ...

Page 23: ...tailed instructions on performing these tasks see the appropriate sections in Setting Up the System on page 67 Help Additional assistance is available by means of the Integrated Administrator help option These links provide summary information about the features of Integrated Administrator and helpful information for optimizing the operation of Integrated Administrator ENWW Additional Steps 15 ...

Page 24: ...is chapter provides information for navigating the Integrated Administrator Web based user interface NOTE Values appearing in the screens of this chapter are for illustrative purposes only 16 Chapter 4 Web Browser Interface ENWW ...

Page 25: ...r the enclosure to access CAUTION If your network does not provide DHCP and either Dynamic DNS or WINS services you need to configure a static IP address See Determining the IP Address using the Local Console on page 11 3 Type the user name and password at the Login prompt Web Based Navigation The Web based user interface displays information and receives input in the following areas Top panel Lef...

Page 26: ...n an event occurs the Integrated Administrator notifies the user by generating an icon that the user can click to view more details Icon Descripton Caution Critical Two buttons appear on the top panel Printable View Opens a separate window that shows information for cutting and pasting purposes Log Out Logs you out of the Web based user interface Left panel The following illustration shows the loc...

Page 27: ...s are available under each tab Information appearing in the left panel depends on which tab the user chooses from within the top panel Deck panel The illustration below indicates the position of the deck panel ENWW Web Based Navigation 19 ...

Page 28: ...t panel Enclosure Tab The Enclosure tab provides access to the following screens Enclosure Information Network Configuration SNMP Configuration Virtual Buttons System Log Enclosure Information All users have read access to the information in this screen The following illustration shows the information presented on the Enclosure Information screen status area one of six shown 20 Chapter 4 Web Brows...

Page 29: ...as that comprise the Enclosure Information screen Table 4 1 Enclosure Information Field Descriptions Status Area Field Possible Values Description Status Area Enclosure Name Maximum 32 characters including all alphanumeric dash and underscore characters Name of enclosure Only enclosure administrators have write access to this field For the default enclosure name see Factory Default Settings on pag...

Page 30: ...Input 1 and 2 Status OK Degraded or Failed Status of AC input to power supply 1 and AC input to power supply 2 Power Supply Spare Number The spare number for the power supplies installed in the enclosure Table 4 3 Enclosure Information Field Descriptions General Area Field Possible Values Description General Area Enclosure Type Enclosure product type Option Part Number Part number for the enclosur...

Page 31: ...enabled MAC Address where ranges from 00 to FF The MAC address of the Integrated Administrator Table 4 6 Enclosure Information Field Descriptions Date and Time Area Field Possible Values Description Date and Time Area Time Zone Drop down box with standard time zones listed Time zone assigned to the enclosure For the default time zone see Factory Default Settings on page 128 For a list of all suppo...

Page 32: ...ttons appear on this window Apply Applies the new time zone Reset Clears the time zone text box Cancel Cancels all changes and closes the window For more information on accepted time zones refer to Time Zone Settings on page 130 Network Configuration NOTE Only enclosure administrators have access to these settings The Network Configuration screen shown below enables the enclosure administrator to ...

Page 33: ...n displayed in the areas that comprise the Network Configuration screen Table 4 7 Network Configuration Field Descriptions Information Area Field Possible Values Description Information Area IP Address The IP address of the Integrated Administrator MAC Address The MAC address of the Integrated Administrator Table 4 8 Network Configuration Field Descriptions Protocols Area Field Possible Values Des...

Page 34: ...ory if Static IP is selected Gateway Address where ranges from 0 to 255 Gateway address for the Integrated Administrator optional field if Static IP is selected DNS Server 1 where ranges from 0 to 255 The IP address for the primary DNS server optional field if Static IP is selected DNS Server 2 where ranges from 0 to 255 The IP address for the secondary DNS server optional field if Static IP is se...

Page 35: ...enclosure For the default SNMP contact see Factory Default Settings on page 128 System Contact Up to 20 characters including all alphanumeric dash underscore and space characters The SNMP contact of the enclosure For the default SNMP contact see Factory Default Settings on page 128 Table 4 11 SNMP Configuration Field Descriptions Community Strings and Trap Destinations Area Field Possible Values D...

Page 36: ...lt Settings on page 128 Add Adds an IP address to the list of trap destinations Remove Removes the selected IP addresses from the list of trap destinations Power Readings The Power Readings screen provides power consumption estimates for the enclosure NOTE The screen may differ from the image shown here Virtual Buttons NOTE Only enclosure administrators can execute these commands Table 4 11 SNMP C...

Page 37: ...he Integrated Administrator and does not affect the blade PCs Click Restart Integrated Administrator only at the direction of HP support personnel Click Apply for these settings to take effect Power Off Enclosure Attempts a graceful shutdown of the system for 5 minutes after which time this command powers down all components of the enclosure immediately Whenever possible HP recommends that you use...

Page 38: ...Two buttons appear at the bottom of this screen Refresh Refreshes the screen Clear Clears the system log 30 Chapter 4 Web Browser Interface ENWW ...

Page 39: ...observe and update the assignment of groups to blade PC bays as well as monitor the status of each blade PC installed in the enclosure Group administrators and group members with permissions can view the blade PC bays assigned to their groups The following table describes the information presented in the Bay List screen Table 4 12 Bay List Field Descriptions Field Possible Values Description ENWW ...

Page 40: ...Console Opens the Remote Console screen Enclosure administrators and group administrators with permissions Console Log Opens the Console Log screen Enclosure administrators group administrators and group members with permissions View Group Opens the View Modify Group screen Enclosure administrators only Bay Assignment Opens the Bay Assignment dialog box NOTE If a blade PC is to be re assigned it m...

Page 41: ...Bay Information Field Descriptions Status Area Field Possible Values Description Status Area Bay Number Bay number Blade PC Name Name of blade PC as specified with the blade PC operating system Status OK Degraded or Failed Status of the blade PC Thermal Condition OK Warm Caution or Critical Thermal condition of the blade Enclosure Name Name of enclosure For the default enclosure name see Factory D...

Page 42: ... blade PC CPU Max Speed Speed associated with the blade PC processor Installed RAM Amount of memory installed on the blade PC NIC 1 and 2 MAC Addresses where ranges from 00 to FF MAC address of the NIC 1 interface and the NIC 2 interface Remote Console Enclosure administrators and group administrators with access to the bay can click Remote Console to open a remote text based console shown below t...

Page 43: ...ff or identify the blade PC with the following items The Toggle On Off button remotely changes the state of the blade PC Unit Identification LED You can select the appropriate function in the Blade PC Power area using the following radio buttons Reboot reboots the blade PC Power Off attempts a graceful shutdown of the blade PC for 5 minutes after which time this command powers down the blade PC im...

Page 44: ...never possible HP recommends that you use the operating system shutdown procedures before powering down a blade PC or enclosure Once the enclosure is powered off powering on can only occur with local access to the system 36 Chapter 4 Web Browser Interface ENWW ...

Page 45: ...Integrated Administrator so the information will only include what has taken place since the last power on of the Integrated Administrator The data captured in the console log is all output from the serial console of the blade PC that occurred while no one was connected to the console For security reasons console output during a user connection session is not logged The Refresh button refreshes th...

Page 46: ... The following table lists the permissions related to the action buttons of the User List screen Table 4 16 User List Action Buttons and Permissions Button Function Permissions View Modify User Opens the View Modify User screen Enclosure administrators can access and modify the information for any user Users can access and modify the information for own account Remove User Removes the selected use...

Page 47: ...rator to observe and update the assignment of groups and users to blade PC bays Two buttons appear on this screen View Modify Group Opens the View Modify Group screen Remove Group Removes the selected group NOTE Enclosure administrators can view and modify the information for all groups Group administrators and group members can view the information for the groups in which they are members Table 4...

Page 48: ...up and blade PC bays assignments Two buttons appear on this screen Apply Saves changes made to this screen Cancel Restores all fields on this screen to their original values The following table describes the fields of the Add User screen Table 4 19 Add User Field Descriptions Field Possible Values Description User Name 1 13 characters including alphanumeric dash and underscore characters Login nam...

Page 49: ...Optional user contact information Group Names All groups are listed A list of all possible groups Group Membership x number of groups all groups in which the user has membership A list of all groups of which the user is a member Add User View Adds the user to the selected groups in the Group Names text box with View rights for group members These groups appear in the Group Membership text box The ...

Page 50: ...ield Possible Values Description Group Information Area Group Name 1 13 characters including alphanumeric dash and underscore characters The group name must begin with a letter A maximum of 20 users can be created Name of group Group Description optional 1 20 characters Accepts only alphanumeric dash and underscore characters Description of group Table 4 21 Add Group Field Descriptions Bay Assignm...

Page 51: ...up administrators if they previously had them Add User View Modify Adds selected users in the User Names text box to the group with View Modify rights for group administrators Remove User Removes selected users in the Group Members text box from the group View Modify User You can access the View Modify User screen by clicking any row in the User List and then clicking View Modify User The View Mod...

Page 52: ...g displays every message generated by the enclosure diagnostics The Event List screen shown below provides the following information for each event Severity Source Date Time Event Details the example below indicates a fan failure The Integrated Administrator provides real time event notifications for an enclosure according to two categories of severity caution and critical described in the followi...

Page 53: ...y When a caution event occurs a reasonable guarantee that operability can persist no longer exists Critical An event that prevents the continued operation of the enclosure When a critical event occurs the inoperability of the enclosure is imminent Table 4 23 Event Notification Icons continued ENWW Event List Tab 45 ...

Page 54: ...ray Information Area Field Possible Values Description Interconnect Tray Information Area Status OK Degraded or Failed Status of the interconnect tray Temperature OK Warm Caution or Critical Thermal status of the interconnect tray Switch A Status OK Degraded or Failed Status of Switch A This will only be displayed if an interconnect switch is installed Switch B Status OK Degraded or Failed Status ...

Page 55: ...n interconnect switch is installed Field Possible Values Description Switch Terminal Console Area only present if an interconnect switch is installed Switch A button Opens a new window to the remote console of switch A Switch B button Opens a new window to the remote console of switch B e Class switches only Table 4 24 Interconnect Tray Screen Field Descriptions Interconnect Tray Information Area ...

Page 56: ...nds General management commands User account commands Enclosure network configuration commands Enclosure management commands Blade PC management commands Functionality exclusive to the command line interface For a detailed explanation of the command line conventions used in this document see Command Line Conventions on page 118 For easy reference the index of this book also provides a comprehensiv...

Page 57: ... IP address or DNS name for the enclosure you wish to access CAUTION Using Telnet instead of Secure Shell means your remote session including password appears in clear text on that network 3 Type the user name and password into the Login prompt Accessing Locally through the Console Connector To access the Integrated Administrator locally through the serial connector 1 Connect a local client device...

Page 58: ...5 2 General Management Commands Command Description Restrictions CLEAR SSESSION SWITCH A B Terminate a Terminal session from the enclosure This is not a graceful termination The connected user loses any unsaved work Group administrators may only execute thus command for the blade PC bays to which they have access CLEAR SSHKEY Remove the contents of the Secure Shell authorized keys file After perfo...

Page 59: ...de Note This command removes all groups users and other customization from the memory of the enclosure and the information is unrecoverable Only the Administrator account may execute this account SET SCRIPT MODE ON OFF When SCRIPT MODE is on the following commands require a password argument ADD USER SET USER PASSWORD or SET PASSWORD Default values require user interaction None SHOW SESSIONS Displ...

Page 60: ...given the user is prompted for one If SCRIPT MODE is enabled the password is not optional and must be provided Only enclosure administrators may execute this command A maximum of 25 users may be added in addition to the reserved accounts The user name must be unique to all other group names and user names and is case sensitive It must be 1 13 characters long and can include alphanumeric dash and u...

Page 61: ...e administrators may execute this command The user name is case sensitive REMOVE GROUP ALL group name Removes a group and automatically unassigns all bays within the group Only enclosure administrators may execute this command The group name is case sensitive REMOVE USER ALL user name Removes a user from the system If ALL is specified the command is run for all users except the default system acco...

Page 62: ...t valid in SCRIPT MODE if password is not specified Only enclosure administrators may modify another user s password Only the Administrator account may modify the password of the Administrator account The user name is case sensitive The new password must be 3 8 characters long and can include all printable characters SHOW GROUP group name ALL Displays the group s description a list of members with...

Page 63: ...receivers that have been configured SNMP trap receivers can still be added and removed If SNMP is disabled Systems Insight Manage agents do not work properly Only enclosure administrators may execute this command DISABLE TELNET Disables Telnet access to the Integrated Administrator Only enclosure administrators may execute this command DISABLE WEB Disables HTTP and HTTPS access to the Integrated A...

Page 64: ...address Sets the network default gateway This gateway is only used if the system is configured to use a static IP address Only enclosure administrators may execute this command The IP address must be in the form where ranges from 0 to 255 SET IPCONFIG DHCP DYNAMICDNS STATIC P address netmask Sets up the Integrated Administrator IP configuration The gateway and DNS addresses are cleared The optiona...

Page 65: ...name location and contact read community name write community name and a list of the trap destinations Only enclosure administrators may execute this command Enclosure Management Commands Table 5 5 Command Description Restrictions CLEAR SYSLOG ENCLOSURE Clears the enclosure system log Only enclosure administrators may execute this command Once deleted this information cannot be restored POWEROFF E...

Page 66: ...ure name is IA MAC where MAC is replaced with the actual MAC address SET ENCLOSURE UID ON OFF Turns the enclosure Unit Identification LED on or off Only enclosure administrators may execute this command SET RACK NAME rack name Sets the name for the rack where that enclosure resides Only enclosure administrators may execute this command The rack name must be 1 32 characters long and can include alp...

Page 67: ...eit and temperature sensors None SHOW RACK NAME rack name Shows the name for the rack where the enclosure resides The default rack name is UnnamedRack None SHOW SYSLOG ENCLOSURE Displays the syslog of the enclosure with 22 lines per screen Typing q quits the command any other key shows the next screen if more information exists to display Typing c continuously displays the System Log without page ...

Page 68: ...he specified bay If the FORCE argument is given the blade PC is immediately shut down This means the blade PC could lose data or become unstable If no blade PC is in the specified bay the user is told that the bay is empty Only enclosure and group administrators may execute this command POWERON BAY bay number bay number PXE HDD RBSU Powers on the specified blade PC If no blade PC is in the specifi...

Page 69: ...p members and group administrators only see information for the bays in their groups SHOW BAY STATUS ALL bay number bay number Displays the power On or Off assigned to group remote console user health thermal OK warm degraded or failed Unit Identification LED On or Off and power state for the blade PC Group members and group administrators only see information for the bays in their groups SHOW BAY...

Page 70: ... The power system is overloaded Check each power supply status to determine cause Power Supply Redundancy Change The power supplies are now either redundant or no longer redundant Power Supply Removed A power supply has been removed Power Supply Status Change The status of a power supply has changed Restart Event The Integrated Administrator is about to restart Thermal Status Change The state of a...

Page 71: ...ftp Format the URL as protocol host path file If your ftp server does not support anonymous connections you can specify a username and password by augmenting the host part in the above format with username password host All DOWNLOAD SSHKEY Downloads an authorized key file to use with Secure Shell v2 which can contain the public keys for any enclosure administrator Supported protocols are http ftp ...

Page 72: ...ell authorized keys file that is being used for enclosure administrator key based authentication Only enclosure administrators may execute this command DOWNLAOD CONFIG url Downloads a previously saved configuration file from a specific IP host The file is auto executed in SCRIPT MODE The file is not allowed to change the password of the Administrator account Supported protocols are http ftp and tf...

Page 73: ...blade PC If no blade PC is in the specified bay the user is told that the bay is empty The optional boot arguments may require a firmware upgrade for the BIOS ROM of certain HP blade PCs Adding an optional boot argument forces the blade to abandon the regular boot order and forces a boot using the specified method Allows for optional boot argument REBOOT BAY bay number bay number FORCE PXE HDD RBS...

Page 74: ... may execute this command ENABLE IPSECURITY Restricts clients from being able to connect to Integrated Administrator Only enclosure administrators may execute this command ENABLE NTP Enables automatic time and date updates to Integrated Administrator Only enclosure administrators may execute this command REMOVE IPMANAGER IP address Removes the IP address from the list of clients allowed to connect...

Page 75: ...and rack names Modifying the asset tag number Modifying the date and time Setting up user accounts Adding a group Adding a user Enabling remote console sessions to blade PCs Setting up AlertMail Adding mailbox address Adding SMTP server address Adding Sender Domain Enabling AlertMail Disabling AlertMail Setting up IP Security Adding IP address Enabling IP Security Disabling IP Security Setting up ...

Page 76: ...gned exclusively to one group only A group can be assigned many blade PC bays A user can have various permission levels within any number of groups Access to a blade PC by users or groups depends on the rights assigned to the blade PC bay in which the blade PC is installed Use the following table to distinguish the various permission levels available from the HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Admin...

Page 77: ... List in the side panel 3 Click the Administrator user name in the user list 4 Click View Modify User The View Modify User screen displays 5 Click Change Password 6 Type in the new Administrator password in the Password and Confirm password fields 7 Click OK To change the default Administrator password using the CLI type SET USER PASSWORD Administrator new password NOTE The user name Administrator...

Page 78: ...XXXXXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXXXXXX is replaced with the actual MAC address SET RACK NAME rack name NOTE The rack name must be a maximum of 32 characters long and includes all alphanumeric dash and underscore characters The default rack name is UnnamedRack Modifying the Asset Tag Number To modify the asset tag number using the Web based user interface 1 Click the Enclosure tab 2 Click Enclosure Informa...

Page 79: ...enclosure asset tag is blank Modifying the Date and Time To modify the date and time settings using the Web based user interface NOTE On a Linux system this information can only be modified using the CLI 1 Click the Enclosure tab 2 Click Enclosure Information in the left panel 3 Scroll down to the Date and Time area 4 Select the proper time zone from the pull down list 5 Click the Date or Time fie...

Page 80: ...DDhhmm CC YY TZ where MM month DD day hh hour 24 hour time an integer from 0 23 mm minute CC century YY year TZ timezone NOTE If the time zone is left blank the current time zone is left in effect For a list of supported time zones see Time Zone Settings on page 130 72 Chapter 6 Setting Up the System ENWW ...

Page 81: ... the following tasks Adding groups with access to specific blade PC bays in an enclosure Adding users with certain permissions within specific groups Adding a Group NOTE Restricted default names of group and user accounts Administrator switcha and switchb are not case sensitive Nondefault group and user names are case sensitive For more information on the Web based user interface screens for this ...

Page 82: ... bays for the group by selecting the appropriate check boxes NOTE If a blade PC bay is gray that blade PC bay is inaccessible because it already belongs to another group 74 Chapter 6 Setting Up the System ENWW ...

Page 83: ...s long and can include all alphanumeric characters the dash and the underscore SET GROUP DESCRIPTION group name description NOTE The description must be 1 20 characters long and can include all alphanumeric characters the dash the underscore and spaces ASSIGN BAY ALL bay number bay number group name ASSIGN USER user name group name VIEW MODIFY NOTE The use name and group name are case sensitive Th...

Page 84: ...the user information in the appropriate field For information on Account Type see the User Permissions on page 68 section in this chapter NOTE The Account Type setting determines whether the account holder has management permissions The optional Full Name and Contact Information fields provide the account holder s name and a readily accessible means of contact in case of emergency 76 Chapter 6 Set...

Page 85: ...ck Add User View or Add User View Modify For more information on permission levels see the User Permissions on page 68 section in this chapter 5 5 Click Apply To add a user using the CLI type the following commands sequentially ADD USER user name password ENWW Setting Up User Accounts 77 ...

Page 86: ... characters ASSIGN ADMINISTRATOR RIGHTS user name SET USER FULLNAME user name full name NOTE The full name must be 1 20 characters long and can include all alphanumeric characters the dash the underscore and spaces SET USER CONTACT user name contact info NOTE The contact info must be 1 20 characters long and can include all alphanumeric characters the dash the underscore and spaces ASSIGN USER use...

Page 87: ...ated Administrator enables a user to connect to the console serial connector of the blade PC in order to access the ROM Based Setup Utility RBSU Accessing the RBSU of the blade PC requires nothing more than connecting to the blade PC ENWW Enabling Remote Console Sessions to Blade PCs 79 ...

Page 88: ...sender domain SET ALERTMAIL SENDERDOMAIN domain name Enable Alertmail ENABLE ALERTMAIL Disable Alertmail DISABLE ALERTMAIL For security reasons some SMTP servers will only forward mail if the sender s domain is set properly You may need to set this parameter to match the network domain E mail Alerts AlertMail if enabled will send out alerts by e mail for the following events Enclosure boot message...

Page 89: ... START Subject HP AlertMail 010 CRITICAL Power Supply 1 Failed Date Wed 23 Apr 2003 15 02 22 0200 From Enclosure IA 00508BEBA571 IA 00508BEBA571 hp com To user userdomain X OS HP Integrated Administrator X Priority 1 Content Type text plain charset us ascii EVENT 26 May 07 09 Power Supply 1 Status has changed to Failed Enclosure IA 00508BEBA571 has detected that a power supply in bay 1 has changed...

Page 90: ...mperature or loss of AC power event has occurred A blinking LED on the power supply indicates a current limit condition Enclosure Status Degraded Enclosure Management URL https 16 181 75 213 PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL SAMPLE END 82 Chapter 6 Setting Up the System ENWW ...

Page 91: ...t an administrator can make sure only a certain set of machines have access to Integrated Administrator You can enter a maximum of five IP addresses Table 6 3 IP Security Commands Function Command Add an IP address ADD IPMANAGER ipaddress Remove an IP address REMOVE IPMANAGER ip address Enable IP security ENABLE IPSECURITY Disable IP security DISABLE IPSECURITY ENWW Setting Up IP Security 83 ...

Page 92: ...unction Command Set the NTPpoll interval SET NTP POLL seconds Set the primary NTP server SET NTP PRIMARY ip address Set the secondary NTP server SET NTP SECONDARY ip address Disable the secondary NTP server SET NTP SECONDARY NONE Enable NTP ENABLE NTP Disable NTP DISABLE NTP If an NTP poll interval is not set it will default to 720 seconds The minimum time is 60 seconds and the maximum time is 999...

Page 93: ... Entering a blank string into the Read Community field sets the Read Community to public Entering a blank string into the Write Community field disables the SNMP set commands 5 5 Click Apply To enter a read community or write community string using the CLI type SET SNMP COMMUNITY READ WRITE community name The write community name must be 1 20 characters long and the read community name must be 1 2...

Page 94: ... spaces with quotes Modifying the System Contact Information To modify the system contact information using the Web based user interface 1 Click the Enclosure tab 2 Click SNMP Configuration in the left panel 3 Set the cursor in the System Contact field and type the appropriate information 4 Click Apply To modify the system contact information using the CLI type SET SNMP CONTACT contact The contact...

Page 95: ...emoving Trap Targets To remove a trap target list using the Web based user interface 1 Click the Enclosure tab 2 Click SNMP Configuration in the left panel 3 Type the list name in the appropriate field of the SNMP area 4 Click Remove 5 Click Apply To add or remove a trap target list using the CLI type REMOVE SNMP TRAPRECEIVER IP address The IP address must be in the form where ranges from 0 to 255...

Page 96: ...ng a blade PC using the Unit Identification LED Managing the enclosure Reviewing the activity for the enclosure Identifying the enclosure using the Unit Identification LED Generating an enclosure summary Identifying problem components Managing users Modifying a user s rights to blade PC bays Disabling and deleting user accounts Managing Blade PC Bays Opening a Remote Console Session to a Blade PC ...

Page 97: ... Console screen displays 5 Click Remote Console to open a new window that enables you to connect to the blade PC terminal interface To access the remote console using the CLI type CONNECT BAY bay number NOTE A blade PC can only support one remote console session at a time Accessing the ROM Based Setup Utility for a blade PC NOTE Enclosure administrators and group administrators with access to the ...

Page 98: ...return to the remote console session 7 When prompted press F10 for ROM Based Setup Utility a Press Esc b Press the 0 key 8 To exit RBSU a Press Esc b When prompted press F10 press the Esc key and the 0 key to confirm 9 To close the remote console session a Press the Ctrl Shift _ keys b Press the D key To access the RBSU for a blade PC using the command line interface CAUTION Without the blade PC h...

Page 99: ...ormation is available to display The system log of the blade PC is not stored between reboots so the information only includes what has taken place since the last power on of the Integrated Administrator Powering Off the Blade PC CAUTION Without the blade PC health driver or an ACPI compliant operating system the Integrated Administrator cannot gracefully shutdown a blade PC This condition may res...

Page 100: ...ent is invoked the blade PC powers down immediately and could lose data or become unstable Identifying a Blade PC Using the Unit Identification LED NOTE You can perform this task only for a given blade PC bay by enclosure administrators and group administrators with access rights to the blade PC bay The virtual button for the Unit Identification LED of the blade PC physically changes the state of ...

Page 101: ...de PC whose Unit Identification LED you wish to toggle 4 Click Virtual Buttons at the bottom of the screen 5 Click Toggle ON or Toggle OFF depending on the current state of the Unit Identification LED for the blade PC To change the state of the Unit Identification LED for a blade PC using the CLI type SET BAY UID bay number bay number ON OFF ENWW Managing Blade PC Bays 93 ...

Page 102: ...n attempts System failures System status changes Blade insertion and removals DHCP Dynamic DNS and WINS messages Updates to the Integrated Administrator s firmware Enclosure administrators can view events in the enclosure by accessing the System Log In contrast to the Event List no other users can access the System Log For more information on how the Event List differs from the System Log see the ...

Page 103: ...nit Identification LED The virtual button for the Unit Identification LED of an enclosure physically changes the state of the Unit Identification LED on the rear panel of the enclosure from Off to On or vice versa The Unit Identification LED illuminates bright blue and is designed to help a technician quickly identify a specific enclosure in the data center To change the state of the Unit Identifi...

Page 104: ...he enclosure name and type the part serial and asset tag numbers of the enclosure the software and hardware versions of the Integrated Administrator the MAC address of the Integrated Administrator and the type part number and serial number of the interconnect tray To generate a printable synopsis of all the data for the enclosure using the Web based user interface click Printable View in the top p...

Page 105: ...trator and the type part number and serial number of the interconnect tray SHOW ENCLOSURE POWERSUPPLY power supply number ALL This command displays the status AC input status capacity input voltage range 1 Volts input voltage range 2 Volts input frequency range Hz part number serial number and hardware revision for one or all power supplies in the enclosure SHOW ENCLOSURE STATUS This command displ...

Page 106: ...The Integrated Administrator alerts you to problem conditions or failed components in the enclosure such as A fan A power supply A blade PC Over temperature conditions If the enclosure enters a degraded state at any time the Web based user interface of the Integrated Administrator alerts the user with icons along the top of the deck panel 98 Chapter 7 Performing Common Administrative Tasks ENWW ...

Page 107: ...very message generated by the enclosure diagnostics Clicking on the Caution or Critical icon along the top of the deck panel This action opens the event list By highlighting an item in the event list and clicking View Event Details you can access the area within the Integrated Administrator that provides detailed information about that degraded component NOTE As soon as you click the Caution or Cr...

Page 108: ...lays information about the degraded component To identify a degraded component using the Caution or Critical icons along the top of the deck panel from the Web based user interface click an icon This action opens the event list By highlighting an item in the event list and clicking View Event Details you can access the area within the Integrated Administrator that provides detailed information abo...

Page 109: ...and the interconnect tray type part number and serial number SHOW ENCLOSURE POWERSUPPLY power supply number ALL This command displays the status AC input status capacity input voltage range 1 Volts input voltage range 2 Volts input frequency range Hz part number serial number and hardware revision for one or both power supplies in the enclosure SHOW ENCLOSURE STATUS This command displays the statu...

Page 110: ...nd displays the location status OK warm degraded or failed and temperature degrees Fahrenheit or Celsius for all the temperature sensors of the enclosure 102 Chapter 7 Performing Common Administrative Tasks ENWW ...

Page 111: ...g methods Creating a new group for the user with the updated access rights to the blade PC bays Modifying the rights to blade PC bays for a group to which the user has membership Creating a New Group with the Updated Access Rights To create a new group with the updated blade PC access profile you wish to assign your user see Adding a Group on page 73 Modifying Group Rights to Blade PC Bays To modi...

Page 112: ...roup name If a blade PC bay is currently assigned to a group this command re assigns the bay from its current group to the new group To remove access rights to blade PC bays for any group type UNASSIGN BAY ALL bay number bay number Disabling and Deleting User Accounts NOTE Only enclosure administrators may execute this command Group accounts can be deleted but cannot be disabled To disable a user ...

Page 113: ...E USER user name When this command is executed the user is immediately logged out of the system and prevented from logging in until the account is enabled Deleting a User Account To delete a user account using the Web based user interface 1 Click the Administration tab 2 Click User List in the left panel ENWW Managing Users 105 ...

Page 114: ...me If ALL is specified the command deletes all the user accounts except the Administrator account The Administrator account cannot be removed Deleting Group Accounts To delete a group account using the Web based user interface 1 Click the Administration tab 2 Click Group List in the left panel 106 Chapter 7 Performing Common Administrative Tasks ENWW ...

Page 115: ...the group from the group list 4 Click Remove Group To delete a group account using the CLI type REMOVE GROUP ALL group name If ALL is specified the command deletes all the group accounts ENWW Managing Users 107 ...

Page 116: ...ator Administering security certificates Creating a security certificate Downloading a security certificate Key Based SSH Authentication Configuring a Blade PC Boot Order Powering off the enclosure Disabling network protocols to the Integrated Administrator Upgrading the firmware of the Integrated Administrator Recovering a lost Administrator password Launching flash disaster recovery NOTE Only en...

Page 117: ...n an enclosure to which you intend to replicate the configuration b Type SET FACTORY This command sets the Integrated Administrator back to its factory default settings although the password of the Administrator account does not change The Integrated Administrator is restarted after all the changes are implemented IMPORTANT Only the Administrator account may execute this command 5 Download the con...

Page 118: ...tall their own public SSH keys for password less logins to the Integrated Administrators Only enclosure administrators can use key based authentication The CLI features four commands to install and manage the authorized SSH keys To view any current installed authorized SSH keys type SHOW SSHKEY This command shows any keys currently installed on the Integrated Administrator that are authorized to l...

Page 119: ...referred to as Initial Program Load IPL of their blade PCs by using the CLI of the Integrated Administrator The change can be made permanently or only for the next reboot Several commands are available in the CLI to control the blades in this manner This feature requires version 1 20 or higher of the Integrated Administrator firmware and a blade ROM dated 06 15 02 or newer to be controlled in this...

Page 120: ...l power from the blade PCs and ends all open sessions After powering off the enclosure you can only power on the enclosure if you have physical access to the enclosure To power off the enclosure using the Web based user interface 1 Click the Enclosure tab 2 Click Virtual Buttons 3 Click Power Off 4 Click Apply To power off the enclosure using the CLI type POWEROFF ENCLOSURE This command attempts t...

Page 121: ...ick Network Configuration in the left panel 3 Select the appropriate radio buttons in the Protocols area 4 Click Apply To modify the supported communications protocols of the enclosure using the CLI choose from among the following commands To disable http https communication type DISABLE WEB Disabling http https causes the users to lose access to the Web based user interface To disable automatic t...

Page 122: ...here host is a fully qualified domain name or an IP address and path is the pathname of the flash image to download Refer to the documentation associated with the firmware upgrade for detailed information Recovering a Lost Administrator Password To recover a lost Administrator password 1 Be sure the local client device is properly configured for local access to the Integrated Administrator See Cha...

Page 123: ...an be any valid ASCII filename The ROM image of the Integrated Administrator can be any valid image that supports the update image facility in the operating system The Integrated Administrator will automatically enter Flash Recovery mode when a corrupted image is detected Flash Recovery mode can also be manually initiated NOTE No timeout exists for obtaining a DHCP address The Flash Recovery proce...

Page 124: ...assword Flash Disaster Recovery mode 3 When the serial console prompt appears press the F key NOTE This command is case insensitive Pressing the L key launches Lost Password recovery mode Pressing any other key exits Lost Password Flash Disaster Recovery mode and reboots the system This command boots the system in Flash Disaster Recovery mode prints a message and resets the enclosure Upon entering...

Page 125: ... NOTE No timeout exists for obtaining a DHCP address NOTE If the ROM does not download properly or if the verification step fails Flash Disaster Recovery mode restarts with another attempt to acquire a DHCP address The Integrated Administrator reboots ENWW Launching Flash Disaster Recovery 117 ...

Page 126: ...hoice is optional Separates input options Used to enclose arguments that contain spaces For example the following command requires the user to input whether the Integrated Administrator is operating in a DHCP or Static network environment SET IPCONFIG DHCP DYNAMICDNS STATIC IP address netmask Specifying Dynamic DNS is optional for executing this command for the DHCP environment but specifying the ...

Page 127: ...ell terminal interface until a terminal session re enables the Secure Shell protocol Attempting to disable the Secure Shell protocol The SNMP protocol is currently disabled The new settings will not take effect until this protocol is enabled on the Network Configuration screen Changing an SNMP value with the SNMP protocol disabled The Read Community field is empty The Read Community will be set to...

Page 128: ...mpting to immediately power off a blade Administration Warning Messages Table B 3 Administration Warning Messages Warning Message Cause Are you sure you want to permanently remove user name All data for this account will be removed from the system Attempting to delete a user Are you sure you want to permanently remove group name All bays in this group will be unassigned and the data for this group...

Page 129: ...ifferent user name Attempting to create a user without a unique user name 1 13 characters including alphanumeric dash and underscore characters The user name must begin with a letter The Password fields are empty Please enter a value in each password field Attempting to create a user with a blank password 3 8 characters including all printable characters The Password field is empty Please enter a ...

Page 130: ... IP address should be in format where is between 0 and 255 Attempting to enter an IP address that is not in the correct format where is between 0 and 255 is not a valid NTP server Attempting to set an NTP server address but the address entered is not an NTP server N A Please set at least the Primary NTP server before enabling NTP Attempting to enable the NTP server before enabling the primary NTP ...

Page 131: ... formatted user domain tld and containing a maximum of 64 characters E mail address is too long Length must be less than 65 characters Attempting to enter an e mail address containing more than 64 characters E mail addresses formatted user domain tld and containing a maximum of 64 characters Table B 6 Administration Error Messages continued ENWW Error Messages 123 ...

Page 132: ... build 3802 or newer Netscape users are advised to use Netscape 6 2 or later to include this JVM and Internet Explorer users can download the latest JVM from the Microsoft Web site www microsoft com java This update is mandatory for Windows 95 and Windows 98 users and is available in Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000 users The Integrated Administrator does not show the most up to date blade informat...

Page 133: ...e the number of sessions has not reached this threshold and check with an enclosure administrator to be sure your account is not disabled The Event List does not report event repairs The Event list only displays negative events that happen during the user s login session Although repairs are not listed here the user may highlight the event and click on View Modify to see the present event status T...

Page 134: ...table provides a comprehensive list of event messages in a format that reflects the display of the Integrated Administrator Table D 2 Event Details Severity Source Date Time Event Details Enclosure date time The enclosure has experienced a failure Enclosure date time Fan has experienced a failure Enclosure date time Power supply has experienced a failure Enclosure date time The enclosure temperatu...

Page 135: ...osure temperature has exceeded the caution threshold Blade in bay date time Blade is in a degraded state Blade in bay date time The temperature on blade has exceeded the caution threshold Table D 2 Event Details continued ENWW 127 ...

Page 136: ...lds related to the blade PC enclosure Table E 1 Default Enclosure Values Field Default Value Name IA XXXXXXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXXXXXX is the MAC address of the Integrated Administrator Rack Name UnnamedRack Asset Tag Blank Time Zone CST6CDT Users The Integrated Administrator provides the following default users Administrator switcha switchb NOTE The switcha and switchb accounts are used when access...

Page 137: ...P Enabled Dynamic DNS Enabled Protocol The following table provides the default values in the Integrated Administrator for fields related to network interface protocols Table E 3 Default Network Values Field Default Value HTTP On SSH On TELNET On SNMP On SNMP location blank SNMP contact blank READ community Public WRITE community blank NTP Disabled IP Security Disabled AlertMail Disabled ENWW Grou...

Page 138: ... For the Integrated Administrator to recognize GMT time zones the Etc string must precede them Table F 1 Universal Time Zone Values CET Etc GMT 5 Etc GMT 4 HST CST6CDT Etc GMT 6 Etc GMT 5 MET EET Etc GMT 7 Etc GMT 6 MST EST Etc GMT 8 Etc GMT 7 MST7MDT EST6EDT 1 Etc GMT 9 Etc GMT 8 Navajo Etc GMT Etc GMT 10 Etc GMT 9 PST8PDT Etc GMT0 Etc GMT 11 Etc GMT 10 UCT Etc GMT 0 Etc GMT 12 Etc GMT 11 Univers...

Page 139: ...gadishu Libya Africa Brazzaville Africa Kampala Africa Monrovia Africa Cairo Africa Kigali Africa Nairobi Africa Casablanca Africa Kinshasa Africa Ndjamena Asia The following table provides the Asian time zone settings supported by the Integrated Administrator Table F 3 Asian Time Zone Values Asia Aden Asia Dushanbe Asia Nicosia Asia Tokyo Asia Almaty Asia Gaza Asia Novosibirsk Asia Ujung_Pandang ...

Page 140: ...pe Amsterdam Europe Ljubljana Europe Sofia Europe Andorra Europe London Europe Stockholm Europe Athens Europe Luxembourg Europe Tallinn Europe Belfast Europe Madrid Europe Tirane Europe Belgrade Europe Malta Europe Tiraspol Europe Berlin Europe Minsk Europe Uzhgorod Europe Bratislava Europe Monaco Europe Vaduz Europe Brussels Europe Moscow Europe Vatican Europe Bucharest Europe Nicosia Europe Vien...

Page 141: ...ntananarivo Pacific Funafuti Australia Adelaide Indian Chagos Pacific Galapagos Australia Brisbane Indian Christmas Pacific Gambier Australia Broken_Hill Indian Cocos Pacific Guadalcanal Australia Canberra Indian Comoro Pacific Guam Australia Darwin Indian Kerguelen Pacific Honolulu Australia Hobart Indian Mahe Pacific Johnston Australia LHI Indian Maldives Pacific Kiritimati Australia Lindeman In...

Page 142: ...merica Hermosillo America Asuncion America Dawson_Creek America Indiana Indianapolis America Atka America Denver America Indiana Knox America Barbados America Detroit America Indiana Marengo America Belem America Dominica America Indiana Vevay America Belize America Edmonton America Indianapolis America Boa_Vista America Eirunepe America Inuvik America Bogota America El_Salvador America Iqaluit Am...

Page 143: ...America St_Lucia Jamaica America Montserrat America St_Thomas Mexico BajaNorte America Nassau America St_Vincent Mexico BajaSur America New_York America Swift_Current Mexico General America Nipigon America Tegucigalpa US Alaska America Nome America Thule US Aleutian America Noronha America Thunder_Bay US Arizona America Panama America Tijuana US Central America Pangnirtung America Tortola US Easte...

Page 144: ...us Open Source components In compliance with Open Source licensing HP has made the source code of all Open Source components used available at the following URL opensource hp com To locate the Integrated Administrator project consult the list of all projects 136 Appendix G Open Source Availability ENWW ...

Page 145: ... locally 49 blade PC bay management commands 60 command line event messages 61 commands 50 enclosure management commands 57 enclosure network configuration commands 55 exclusive commands 63 general management commands 50 user account commands 52 command line event messages 61 command line interface 48 118 commands 50 community string 85 components rear panel 10 configuration replication 109 config...

Page 146: ...rated Administrator components 10 function 9 Integrated Administrator hyperlinks 6 Interconnect tab 46 interconnect tray type 22 Internet Explorer 124 IP address initial 10 local console 11 IP security 83 129 J Java Virtual Machine 124 K key based SSH authentication 110 L launching flash disaster recovery 115 LED 92 95 left panel 18 local console 11 location 86 log 29 M management processor 6 mana...

Page 147: ...tem contact information 86 location 86 log 29 setup 67 T targets 86 87 TELNET 129 time 71 time zone settings 130 time zones Africa 131 American 134 Asia 131 Europe 132 Oceania 133 Polar 134 top panel 17 total capacity 22 trap targets 86 87 troubleshooting 124 U Unit Identication LED 92 Unit Identification LED 95 universal time 130 updating firmware 114 user account adding 40 76 administration 5 di...

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