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Configuring Storage Resources

This section describes how to configure RAID and iSCSI virtual drives.

Task

Link

Configure RAID arrays to improve performance and

increase tolerance for disk failures.

“Configuring RAID on the Server” on page 53

To run a supported operating system that resides on an

external server, you must configure iSCSI virtual drive

parameters in the BIOS Setup Utility.

“Modifying iSCSI Virtual Drive

Properties” on page 55

Use these steps to prepare your server for installing an

operating system.

“Preparing to Install an Operating

System” on page 59

Configuring RAID on the Server

Redundant array of independent disks (RAID) implementations provide increased performance

and data integrity across the available disk space in the server. By mirroring data across drives,

most RAID levels can tolerate disk failures. Additionally, RAID configurations enable you to

designate one or more hot spares. A hot spare is an unused drive on which the data on a failed

drive can be automatically duplicated.

RAID configuration can be done before installing the operating system, and after the operating

system is installed.

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Before you install the operating system

, you can use the BIOS utilities to configure

RAID. This step must be completed before installing the operating system. For details, refer

to your hardware installation guide.

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Other tools allow you to configure and modify arrays

from an operating system

These tools should not be used to modify the disk or array where the operating system is

installed.

Configuring Storage Resources

Summary of Contents for X7 series

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Page 5: ...IOS Setup Utility Documentation 20 Accessing and Using System Administration Tools 21 Accessing Oracle ILOM 21 Oracle ILOM Management Connection Options 22 Cable the Server to Connect to Oracle ILOM 23 Launch and Log In to Oracle ILOM Through a Remote Ethernet Connection 24 Access the Oracle ILOM Diag Shell CLI Only 26 Log In to Oracle ILOM Through a Local Serial Connection 27 Launching Remote KVM...

Page 6: ...etting SP Policy for Host Power at Boot Oracle ILOM 45 Set SP Host Power Policy at Boot 45 Viewing and Modifying Boot Properties 47 Trusted Execution Technology and UEFI Secure Boot 47 Modifying the Boot Order 48 Modify the Boot Order BIOS 48 Set Temporary Next Boot Device Oracle ILOM 49 Enable Persistent Boot Support BIOS 50 Configure BIOS Support for TPM BIOS 50 Configuring Storage Resources 53 ...

Page 7: ...ILOM User Accounts 70 Add an Oracle ILOM User Account Oracle ILOM 70 Add an Oracle ILOM User Account Oracle Hardware Management Pack 71 Monitoring Server Inventory and Health 73 Viewing System Information and Inventory 73 View System Information and Inventory Oracle ILOM 73 View System Information and Inventory Oracle Hardware Management Pack 74 Check System Components With HWdiag 75 Fault Detecti...

Page 8: ... Pack 94 Restoring Saved Firmware Configurations 94 Restore a Saved BIOS Firmware Configuration Oracle ILOM 95 Restore a Saved Oracle ILOM Firmware Configuration Oracle ILOM 96 Restore a Saved BIOS Firmware Configuration Oracle Hardware Management Pack 98 Restore a Saved Oracle ILOM Firmware Configuration Oracle Hardware Management Pack 98 Restore RAID Controller Configuration Oracle Hardware Mana...

Page 9: ...le Support 107 Download Software Using Oracle Software Delivery Cloud 108 Installing Software and Firmware Updates 109 Update the BIOS and Service Processor Firmware Oracle ILOM 110 Update the Hardware Device Firmware Oracle Hardware Management Pack 112 Oracle Support 113 Index 115 9 ...

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Page 11: ...uthorized service providers Required knowledge Experience configuring and administering servers Product Documentation Library Documentation and resources for this product and related products are available at http docs oracle com en servers x86 html Feedback Provide feedback about this documentation at http www oracle com goto docfeedback Using This Documentation 11 ...

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Page 13: ... Setup Utility on page 19 Single System Management Tools The following table describes Oracle s single system management tools and provides links to an overview of each For an overview of multiple system management tools see Multiple System Management Tools on page 15 Tool Description Function Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM on page 16 Preinstalled service processor SP with integrated fi...

Page 14: ...em management tool has unique capabilities but some of the functions of the tools overlap The following table lists common system management tasks and the tools you can use to perform each task Task Oracle ILOM Oracle Hardware Management Pack BIOS Setup Utility Documentation Power the server on and off remotely Controlling the Server Power State on page 41 Configure the service processor Configuri...

Page 15: ... a server support contract You can also order Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center software from Oracle Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center is a highly scalable unified management platform for physical and virtual environments Use Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center to manage multiplatform x86 and SPARC systems that are distributed throughout a global data center and to integrate Oracle systems ...

Page 16: ...firmware see the following sections Oracle ILOM Tasks on page 16 Oracle ILOM Documentation on page 17 Oracle ILOM Tasks The following table lists many of the tasks you can perform using the Oracle ILOM web or command line interface Web Navigation CLI Hierarchy Description System Information System Review information about the server including the serial number and BIOS version View the overall hea...

Page 17: ...e processor Take a snapshot of the service processor for troubleshooting purposes Oracle ILOM Documentation Both the Oracle ILOM web interface and command line interface feature an embedded help system To access help from the web interface click the More Details link on any page in the web interface To access help in the command line interface type help followed by the path to the target or proper...

Page 18: ...ou can perform using the Oracle Server CLI Tools included in Oracle Hardware Management Pack For information about other components mentioned in this section refer to the Oracle Hardware Management Pack Documentation Library at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs To download and install Oracle Hardware Management Pack see Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 For more information abo...

Page 19: ...NVM Express NVMe devices This includes viewing information about and updating NVMe controller and flash device configuration itpconfig Configure Oracle ILOM to forward SNMP traps to the host or a configurable destination Oracle Hardware Management Pack Documentation For detailed installation and usage information about Oracle Hardware Management Pack refer to the Oracle Hardware Management Pack Do...

Page 20: ...anced menu also provides access to a RAID configuration utility IO Configure PCIe subsystem and I O virtualization settings Boot Enable or disable Persistent Boot Support Configure the Boot Option Priority list Exit Exit the BIOS Setup Utility after optionally saving your changes or restore the BIOS Setup Utility optimized default settings BIOS Setup Utility Documentation The BIOS Setup Utility fe...

Page 21: ...le ILOM Oracle ILOM can be used to configure the system and to monitor the health of the system It is firmware embedded on the service processor and does not need to be installed You can access Oracle ILOM any time the system is connected to power whether the host is operational or not You can access Oracle ILOM locally or remotely using a web interface or a command line interface CLI To get start...

Page 22: ...gh one of the NET ports on the chassis by configuring a sideband management connection to Oracle ILOM This eliminates the need to support two separate network connections for host and management traffic However this approach could 1 potentially decrease the connection performance to Oracle ILOM and 2 potentially create security risks if Oracle ILOM traffic is transmitted over an untrusted network ...

Page 23: ...he network to automatically assign network settings to the service processor SP b Determine the IP address assigned to the server SP Establish a serial connection to Oracle ILOM and then view the properties under the network and network ipv6 hierarchies c Type the IP address or host name into a browser address bar The Oracle ILOM Login dialog box appears For further instructions see Launch and Log...

Page 24: ...le com goto ohmp docs Launch and Log In to Oracle ILOM Through a Remote Ethernet Connection Note Oracle ILOM is shipped with a default administrator account and password that allows first time login and access The default account is root and the password is changeme To build a secure environment and to enforce user authentication you must change the default password for this account If this defaul...

Page 25: ... for example 192 0 2 213 The Oracle ILOM Login dialog box appears c Type your user name and password and then click Log In If this is the first time you are accessing Oracle ILOM use root for the user name and changeme for the password The Oracle ILOM Summary Information page appears 3 To launch and log in to Oracle ILOM from the command line interface perform the following steps a Open a terminal...

Page 26: ...have successfully logged in Access the Oracle ILOM Diag Shell CLI Only The Oracle ILOM diag shell is used to access the HWdiag diagnostic commands and to view diagnostic logs For detailed information about the diagnostic programs refer to Oracle x86 Servers Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide With Oracle ILOM 4 0 x in http www oracle com goto x86admindiag docs 1 Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI The...

Page 27: ...M login prompt type your user name and then press Enter 4 At the password prompt type the password associated with your user name and then press Enter Oracle ILOM displays a default command prompt Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions To help you manage the server remotely Oracle ILOM enables you to redirect a server s keyboard video mouse and storage KVMS devices through any of the following...

Page 28: ...her sessions are read only Read and write privileges are reassigned when a user with read and write privileges closes their session and a new serial session is opened Before You Begin Ensure that you have Console c role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 Log in to the Oracle ILOM command line interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 2 Type start HOST console A confirmation prompt a...

Page 29: ...n the KVMS menu of the application or by relaunching the application when a session with full control privileges is terminated Before You Begin Ensure that the following prerequisites are met Java Runtime Environment JRE 7 1 3 1 or later is installed on the remote system from which you will launch the redirection You set the KVMS State property to Enabled in the Oracle ILOM Remote Control KVMS pag...

Page 30: ... a remote server You want to update multiple Oracle servers using a single VFAT image file that is stored on a remote server You can only redirect one image file at a time from any of the Oracle ILOM interfaces Additionally you cannot use the Host Storage Device feature while another type of redirection is in progress If you attempt to redirect an image file when another storage redirection sessio...

Page 31: ...atus field f When you are done to disable redirection select Disabled from the Mode drop down menu and click Save 2 To configure a host storage device redirection in the Oracle ILOM command line interface CLI a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Set the location of the image file by typing set SP services kvms host_storage_device remote server_URI...

Page 32: ...ment agents For installation instructions see Installing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 Oracle Hardware Management Pack Installation Guide To get started see the following procedures Use Oracle Hardware Management Pack Commands on page 33 Use the Oracle Hardware Management Pack Management Agents on page 34 Installing Oracle Hardware Management Pack To install Oracle Hardware Management...

Page 33: ...upport on page 107 Install Oracle Hardware Management Pack Before You Begin Remove any previous versions of Oracle Hardware Management Pack installed on the server as described in the Oracle Hardware Management Pack Installation Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs 1 Ensure that you have access to the Oracle Hardware Management Pack installation files 2 Follow the instructions in the Oracle...

Page 34: ...ut Manager ILOM SP to the network For more information refer to Oracle Server Management Agents User s Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs Accessing the BIOS Setup Utility The BIOS Setup Utility enables you to configure the system by interrupting the boot process The utility is part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI embedded on the server and does not need to be installed F...

Page 35: ... an Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus session For details see Launching Remote KVMS Redirection Sessions on page 27 Establish a local serial management connection to Oracle ILOM For details see Log In to Oracle ILOM Through a Local Serial Connection on page 27 From a command line or console on another server establish an SSH connection to the server SP Type ssh root hostname Where hostname ca...

Page 36: ...he Server Power State on page 41 Boot messages appear on the screen 6 When prompted press the F2 function key or CTRL E on a serial keyboard to access the BIOS Setup Utility Note This step is not necessary if you selected BIOS as the next boot device using the Oracle ILOM web interface Step 1 above The BIOS Setup Utility Main menu appears 36 Oracle X7 Series Servers Administration Guide September ...

Page 37: ... system is performing the power on self test POST Not applicable F7 Ctrl D Not applicable Discard changes Not applicable to the Avago MegaRAID Configuration Utility F8 Ctrl P Activate the BIOS Boot menu Not applicable F10 Ctrl S Not applicable Activate the Exit dialog box menu Not applicable to the Avago MegaRAID Configuration Utility F12 Ctrl N Activate Network boot Not applicable Common BIOS Set...

Page 38: ... based client connection using the Oracle ILOM Remote System Console Plus application A secure Shell SSH client connection to the network management port NET MGT Access the Host Console Locally This procedure connects to the host console locally using the SER MGT port on the server By default the SER MGT port connects to the Oracle ILOM CLI Once you are connected to Oracle ILOM you can enter a com...

Page 39: ... key and type uppercase B 6 To end the console session and return to the Oracle ILOM command line press the Escape key and the left parenthesis key Shift 9 Related Information Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager ILOM 4 0 Documentation Library at http www oracle com goto ilom docs Access the Host Console Remotely You can access the host console remotely through Oracle ILOM using either the Oracle ...

Page 40: ... From a serial console establish an SSH connection to the server SP Type ssh root hostname Where hostname can be the DNS name or the IP address for the server SP The Oracle ILOM Login prompt appears b Type your Oracle ILOM user name and password The default Oracle ILOM user name is root and the password is changeme The Oracle ILOM CLI prompt appears c To connect to the host console type start HOST...

Page 41: ...te Overview The server has the following power states Power State Description Powered off The server is completely powered off only when the power cords are disconnected Standby power In Standby power mode the host is powered off while the service processor is powered on The System OK LED on the front panel blinks Main power When you power on the host the server enters Main power mode In Main powe...

Page 42: ...ng power applied to system components such as drives Immediate Power Off stop f System Directly shut down power to the server Graceful Shutdown and Power Off stop System Gracefully shut down the operating system and then shut down power to the server Power On start System Apply main power to the server Power Cycle stop System start System Turn off system power to all system components and then app...

Page 43: ...ld the On Standby button for at least 5 seconds Caution Data loss An immediate shutdown abruptly closes all applications and files without saving changes The server enters Standby power mode Caution To completely power off the server you must disconnect the power cords from the back panel of the server Power On the Server Using the On Standby button 1 Ensure that the power supplies are connected t...

Page 44: ... procedure ensure that you have Admin a role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 To change the server power state in the Oracle ILOM web interface perform the following steps a Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click Host Management Power Control c In the Select Action drop down menu select a power control option For desc...

Page 45: ...ed to the server the server enters Standby power mode However it is possible to change this default power state by configuring a power on policy in Oracle ILOM Set SP Host Power Policy at Boot Before You Begin Before you perform the following procedure ensure that you have Admin a role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 To set a power on policy in the Oracle ILOM web interface perform the following steps...

Page 46: ... CLI perform the following steps a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Use one of the following commands set SP policy HOST_AUTO_POWER_ON enabled set SP policy HOST_LAST_POWER_STATE enabled The power on policies are mutually exclusive that is only one can be enabled at a time Related Information Power On and Cooling Down Policies Configurable from ...

Page 47: ... provides authenticity of a platform and its operating system When enabled TXT ensures that the operating system OS starts in a trusted environment and provides the OS with additional security capabilities not available to an untrusted OS Using cryptographic techniques TXT provides measurements of software and platform components so that system software as well as local and remote management appli...

Page 48: ...more information about Persistent Boot Support see Enable Persistent Boot Support BIOS on page 50 To change the order of devices in the boot order list see the following procedures Modify the Boot Order BIOS on page 48 Set Temporary Next Boot Device Oracle ILOM on page 49 Modify the Boot Order BIOS 1 Access the BIOS Setup Utility For instructions see Accessing the BIOS Setup Utility on page 34 2 N...

Page 49: ... Host Control r role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 To set a boot device for the next power reset in the Oracle ILOM web interface a Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click Host Management Host Control c In the Next Boot Device drop down list select a boot device d Click Save Your selection is only valid the next tim...

Page 50: ...fault To enable the Persistent Boot Support feature 1 Access the BIOS Setup Utility For instructions see Accessing the BIOS Setup Utility on page 34 2 Navigate to the Boot menu 3 In the Boot menu select Persistent Boot Support and then select Enabled The boot order list is populated with every physical slot network port and disk drive bay in the server 4 Press the F10 function key to save your cha...

Page 51: ...cessing the BIOS Setup Utility on page 34 2 Select Advanced Trusted Computing 3 Select the TPM Support property and then select Enabled or Disabled 4 Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility Viewing and Modifying Boot Properties 51 ...

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Page 53: ...ed performance and data integrity across the available disk space in the server By mirroring data across drives most RAID levels can tolerate disk failures Additionally RAID configurations enable you to designate one or more hot spares A hot spare is an unused drive on which the data on a failed drive can be automatically duplicated RAID configuration can be done before installing the operating sy...

Page 54: ...pt boot drives after the operating system has been installed Review the output of the raidconfig list controller subcommand Configure RAID Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 54 MegaRAID Command Tools Command line RAID configuration application that must be installed on the server after the operating system has been installed RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 00 RAID 10 RAID 50 MegaRAID SAS Sof...

Page 55: ...n page 32 2 Use the raidconfig create raid command raidconfig create raid level level stripe size stripeSize subarrays sizeOfRAIDcomponents name volumeName subdisk size size disks disks Related Information Configuring RAID raidconfig Oracle Server CLI Tools User s Guide Oracle Hardware Management Pack Server CLI Tools User s Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs Modifying iSCSI Virtual Drive...

Page 56: ...hat reside on an external server and that function as the local server host operating system iSCSI virtual drives must be configured in the UEFI BIOS Setup Utility iSCSI screens Before You Begin Ensure that the following prerequisites are met You are familiar with iSCSI theory of operation and with iSCSI server setup procedures You have verified that iSCSI targets can be mounted on a client Review...

Page 57: ... iSCSI initiator name in iSCSI Qualified Name iqn format for example iqn 1988 12 com oracle 0010e02e458f 5 Select Add an Attempt 6 To connect to an iSCSI virtual drive select the network adapter MAC address configured in the iSCSI server for example 0010e02e458f Configuring Storage Resources 57 ...

Page 58: ...d b Set the Internet Protocol property to IPv4 c Set the Connection Retry Count property to 1 d Set the Enable DHCP property to Enabled or Disabled to specify an addressing method for the iSCSI initiator e If you set the Enable DHCP property to Disabled specify the Initiator IP Address Initiator Subnet Mask and Gateway 58 Oracle X7 Series Servers Administration Guide September 2017 ...

Page 59: ...l j Select Save Changes 8 Press the F10 function key to save your changes and exit the BIOS Setup Utility The server reboots Note The newly configured iSCSI drive does not appear in the BIOS boot list until after you install an operating system Preparing to Install an Operating System Before you install an operating system prepare the server by performing the following actions 1 Access the install...

Page 60: ...e hardware installation guide for your server For an overview of RAID see Configuring RAID on the Server on page 53 4 Prepare the installation target and installation media Refer to the operating system installation guide 60 Oracle X7 Series Servers Administration Guide September 2017 ...

Page 61: ...service processor clock Setting the Service Processor Clock on page 68 Add Oracle ILOM user accounts Adding Oracle ILOM User Accounts on page 70 Modifying SP Network Settings The server has two connections to the network a host connection and a management connection The host connection accesses the Internet from the server operating system The management connection accesses Oracle ILOM remotely Th...

Page 62: ...further details about how to configure the properties on the Network Settings page click the More Details link c Click Save to save your network property changes Note All user sessions on the SP are terminated when you save IP network property changes To log back in to Oracle ILOM use the newly assigned service processor IP address From the CLI interface a To view the assigned IPv4 and IPv6 networ...

Page 63: ...etwork Settings Oracle Hardware Management Pack Use this procedure to modify the default Oracle ILOM network settings 1 Access the operating system command line with root privileges For more information see Accessing the Host Console on page 38 or Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 2 To modify IPv4 network settings use the ilomconfig modify network command ilomconfig modify netwo...

Page 64: ...b interface perform the following steps a Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click ILOM Administration Connectivity and then click the DNS tab c To enable Oracle ILOM to automatically retrieve DNS information from a DHCP server on the network select the Enabled check box d If you did not enable Auto DNS via DHCP en...

Page 65: ... Modifying Default Connectivity Configuration Properties Oracle ILOM Administrator s Guide for Configuration and Maintenance Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto ilom docs Configure DNS Server Information on the SP Oracle Hardware Management Pack 1 Access the operating system command line with root privileges For more information see Accessing the Host Console on page 38 or Accessing...

Page 66: ...ing that describes the physical location of the server The following procedures describe how to assign system identification information Assign System Identification Information Oracle ILOM on page 66 Assign System Identification Information Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 67 Assign System Identification Information Oracle ILOM Before You Begin Ensure that you have Admin a role privileges ...

Page 67: ... Oracle ILOM Getting Started Guide Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto ilom docs Assign System Identification Information Oracle Hardware Management Pack 1 Access the operating system command line with root privileges For more information see Accessing the Host Console on page 38 or Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 2 Use the ilomconfig modify command to set one o...

Page 68: ...e clock element that stores the time Set the SP Clock Oracle ILOM Before You Begin Ensure that you have Admin a role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 To set the service processor clock from the Oracle ILOM web interface perform the following steps a Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click ILOM Administration Date and T...

Page 69: ...clock manually or enable the clock to synchronize with an NTP server To set the service processor clock manually use the set command set SP clock datetime MMDDhhmmYYYY timezone 3_to_4_characters To synchronize the service processor clock with an NTP server use the set command set SP clock usentpserver enabled set SP clients ntp server 1 2 address address Related Information Setting Properties for ...

Page 70: ...er accounts to authenticate users logging in to the system and to authorize user access to discrete Oracle ILOM features You can configure up to 10 user accounts locally and you can configure additional user accounts remotely using a separate authentication server Creating a local Oracle ILOM user account involves assigning a user name and password and assigning one or more user roles For more det...

Page 71: ...password password role a u c r o s Operator Administrator Related Information Managing User Credentials and Managing Password Policy Restrictions for Local Users Oracle ILOM Administrator s Guide for Configuration and Maintenance Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto ilom docs Add New Users to Oracle ILOM Oracle ILOM Quick Start Guide Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto...

Page 72: ...ardware Management Pack Related Information Configuring Oracle ILOM ilomconfig Oracle Hardware Management Pack Server CLI Tools User s Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs 72 Oracle X7 Series Servers Administration Guide September 2017 ...

Page 73: ... about fault detection on the server Fault Detection and Diagnostics Overview on page 76 View a list of faulty components Monitoring Hardware Faults on page 77 Manually clear hardware faults Manually Clearing Hardware Faults on page 81 Viewing System Information and Inventory You can view the system information and inventory using Oracle ILOM or Oracle Hardware Management Pack View System Informat...

Page 74: ...ILOM command line interface CLI a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Type show System to view general information about the server Oracle ILOM displays details such as the system type and host primary MAC address c Type show System subsystem to view information about a particular subsystem show System Processors Memory Power Cooling Storage PCI_De...

Page 75: ...mation hwmgmtcli Oracle Hardware Management Pack Server CLI Tools User s Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs Check System Components With HWdiag HWdiag is a command line utility used to check the status of system components It is run from the Oracle ILOM command line interface CLI using the Diag Shell Note The Oracle ILOM Diag shell is available only in Oracle ILOM 4 0 x and later releases...

Page 76: ...cle com goto ilom docs Oracle Linux Fault Management Architecture FMA Oracle Linux FMA can be used to manage faults detected at the operating system OS level in much the same way that you manage faults in Oracle ILOM Fault diagnosis messages from Linux FMA are maintained on a fault management database which is shared with Oracle ILOM Oracle Linux FMA software can be optionally installed on the ser...

Page 77: ... CD DVD and then use Oracle ILOM redirection to boot the image Refer to the Oracle VTS section in the Oracle x86 Servers Diagnostics Guide for Oracle ILOM 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto x86admindiag docs UEFI Diagnostics UEFI Diagnostics is a suite of diagnostics tests that enable you to detect problems on motherboard components drives ports and slots Launch these tests from the Oracle Integrat...

Page 78: ... bus linkbw down Probability 50 UUID d8b3b979 1e73 c846 a071 f47c09213ae7 Part Number 7066886 Serial Number 489089M 13494B004E Reference Document http support oracle com msg PCIEX 8000 V2 Wed Apr 2 20 03 19 2014 System MB Motherboard fault io pciex bus linkbw down Probability 50 UUID 44984fde b0bc cb6f a77f cc32c0955abb Part Number 7066886 Serial Number 489089M 13494B004E Reference Document http s...

Page 79: ...roblems command A list of faults diagnosed on the server appears for example open_problems report Open Problem 1 Problem time Thu Feb 14 22 38 19 2013 Problem subsystem System Problem location SYS Host System Problem description The top cover of server was opened while AC input was still applied to the power supplies Probability 100 UUID 8bb87e70 d210 632b d553 fc1450105bc4 Part Number 31112054 1 ...

Page 80: ...structions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Type show SP Logs event list A list of hardware related events appears for example Event ID Date Time Class Type Severity 937 Fri Apr 4 13 49 14 2017 IPMI Log minor ID da 04 04 2014 13 49 14 System Firmware Progress BIOS System boot initiated Asserted 936 Fri Apr 4 13 49 14 2017 IPMI Log minor ID d9 04 04 2017 13 49 14 System Firmware Progress BIOS...

Page 81: ...ally Clear a Hardware Fault Oracle ILOM on page 81 Manually Clear a Hardware Fault Oracle ILOM Before You Begin Ensure that you have Admin a role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 Log in to the Oracle ILOM command line interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 2 Type start SP faultmgmt shell to launch the Oracle ILOM Fault Management shell A confirmation prompt appears 3 Type y to ...

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Page 83: ... following power metrics for the server Power Supply Maximum The maximum amount of power the power supply units PSU can draw Allocated Power The power allocated for installed and hot pluggable components Actual Power The amount of power the server is currently consuming Peak Permitted The maximum power the server can consume at any time In addition you can view historical power consumption data fr...

Page 84: ... in the Oracle ILOM command line interface CLI a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Type show System Power c Review the actual_power_consumption property Related Information Monitoring Power Consumption Oracle ILOM User s Guide for System Monitoring and Diagnostics Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto ilom docs View Power Allocated t...

Page 85: ...power property Related Information Monitoring Power Allocations Oracle ILOM User s Guide for System Monitoring and Diagnostics Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto ilom docs View Historical Power Consumption Data Oracle ILOM In the Oracle ILOM web interface you can view the average power consumption for each minute of the last hour or for each hour of the last 14 days Historical powe...

Page 86: ...d temperature range For instructions see the following procedures View the Server Inlet and Exhaust Temperature Oracle ILOM on page 86 Set Enhanced PCIe Cooling Policy Oracle ILOM on page 87 View the Server Inlet and Exhaust Temperature Oracle ILOM 1 To view the temperatures in the Oracle ILOM web interface a Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on pag...

Page 87: ... PCIe Cooling Mode Policy d Select Enable or Disable in the Actions drop down list The policy takes effect at the next server reset 2 To set the Enhanced PCIe Cooling Policy in the Oracle ILOM command line interface a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Use the set SP policy ENHANCED_PCIE_COOLING_MODE enabled disabled command The policy takes effec...

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Page 89: ...e settings back up BIOS Oracle ILOM or RAID configurations to an XML file Backed up configurations can be restored on the server or on another server in your data center To restore firmware settings from a backed up XML file see Restoring Saved Firmware Configurations on page 94 The following procedures describe how to back up firmware configurations to an XML file using the system administration ...

Page 90: ...nsfer Method from the drop down list d Specify the destination of the exported configuration e Click Start Backup 2 To back up the current BIOS configuration in the Oracle ILOM command line interface CLI a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Use the following command set System BIOS Config dump_uri transfer_method username password host filepath Wh...

Page 91: ...racle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click ILOM Administration Configuration Management c Select Backup in the Operation drop down list d In the Transfer Method drop down list select a transfer method e Specify the destination of the exported configuration f If you want to include sensitive information in the backup file specify an...

Page 92: ...ta true includes fault data in the backup The default is false Note The fault data backup and restore is reserved for Oracle Service personnel when they replace the SP It is available with Oracle ILOM 3 2 6 or newer transfer_method is one of the following protocols tftp ftp sftp scp http or https username and password are your credentials on the remote system where the backup file will be saved ho...

Page 93: ...nagement Pack Before You Begin Ensure that you have root privileges 1 Access the operating system command line interface For more information see Accessing the Host Console on page 38 or Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 2 Use the ilomconfig export command ilomconfig export config xmlfile filename xml A prompt appears asking whether you want to specify a passphrase The passphras...

Page 94: ...operating system command line with root privileges For more information see Accessing the Host Console on page 38 or Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 2 To export a configuration and write it to a file type raidconfig export config filename xml Oracle Hardware Management Pack creates an XML file containing the RAID controller configuration information Unless you specify a path n...

Page 95: ...ILOM Before You Begin Ensure that you have Reset and Host Control r and Admin a role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 To restore a saved BIOS configuration in the Oracle ILOM web interface perform the following steps a Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click System Management BIOS c In the Restore section of the page s...

Page 96: ... a username or password Related Information Restore BIOS Configuration Oracle ILOM Administrator s Guide for Configuration and Maintenance Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto ilom docs Restore a Saved Oracle ILOM Firmware Configuration Oracle ILOM Before You Begin Ensure that you have the privileges associated with the following roles in Oracle ILOM Admin a User Management u Console...

Page 97: ...in the Oracle ILOM command line interface CLI a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Use the set command set SP Config passphrase passphrase include_faultdata true false load_uri transfer_method username password host filepath Where passphrase is the passphrase you specified when you exported the XML file If you did not specify a passphrase do not s...

Page 98: ...racle com goto ilom docs Restore a Saved BIOS Firmware Configuration Oracle Hardware Management Pack Before You Begin Ensure that you have root privileges 1 Access the operating system command line interface For more information see Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 or Accessing the Host Console on page 38 2 Use the ubiosconfig import command ubiosconfig import all xmlfile filen...

Page 99: ...e Related Information Configuring Oracle ILOM ilomconfig Oracle Hardware Management Pack Server CLI Tools User s Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs Restore RAID Controller Configuration Oracle Hardware Management Pack You can restore the configuration of a RAID controller using an XML file that was exported as described in Back Up RAID Controller Configuration Oracle Hardware Management P...

Page 100: ...ttings Oracle ILOM on page 101 Reset BIOS Firmware to Default Settings Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 102 Reset Oracle ILOM Firmware to Default Settings Oracle ILOM on page 102 Reset Oracle ILOM Firmware to Default Settings Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 103 Reset BIOS Firmware to Default Settings BIOS Setting defaults ensures that the server is operating with a configuration tha...

Page 101: ... Exit from the Exit menu Reset BIOS Firmware to Default Settings Oracle ILOM Before You Begin Ensure that you have Admin a role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 To reset the BIOS firmware to default settings in the Oracle ILOM web interface a Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click System Management BIOS c In the Reset...

Page 102: ...eset config Related Information Updating the UEFI BIOS ubiosconfig Oracle Hardware Management Pack Server CLI Tools User s Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs Reset Oracle ILOM Firmware to Default Settings Oracle ILOM Before You Begin Ensure that you have Admin a role privileges in Oracle ILOM 1 To reset the Oracle ILOM firmware to default settings in the Oracle ILOM web interface a Log in...

Page 103: ...http www oracle com goto ilom docs Reset Oracle ILOM Firmware to Default Settings Oracle Hardware Management Pack 1 Access the operating system command line with root privileges For more information see Accessing the Host Console on page 38 or Accessing Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 32 2 Type ilomconfig reset config A prompt appears asking you to confirm that you want reset the Oracle IL...

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Page 105: ... updated periodically These updates are made available in software releases Each software releases contains a set of downloadable files patches that include firmware software hardware drivers tools and utilities for the server All of these files are tested together and verified to work with your server You must update your server firmware and software as soon as possible after a new software relea...

Page 106: ...Center Oracle Hardware Management Pack or Oracle ILOM to update your server software and firmware Software Releases Software releases on My Oracle Support are grouped by product family such as Oracle Server product specific server and software release version A software release contains all the updated software and firmware for your server as a set of downloadable files patches including firmware ...

Page 107: ...re and OS specific software X7 N SW release Diagnostics Includes Oracle VTS diagnostics image You need the Oracle VTS diagnostics image Download Firmware and Software Updates From My Oracle Support You can obtain updated firmware and software from the My Oracle Support web site 1 Go to the My Oracle Support web site https support oracle com 2 Sign in to My Oracle Support 3 At the top of the page c...

Page 108: ...adMe file for this patch click ReadMe 10 To download the patch for the software release click Download and in the File Download Dialog box click the patch zip file name The patch for the software release downloads Download Software Using Oracle Software Delivery Cloud Oracle Software Delivery Cloud allows you to download copies of Oracle software products including operating systems and related tr...

Page 109: ...dable files appears 6 Select the files you wish to download then click Download All 7 Follow the prompts to complete the download Installing Software and Firmware Updates Use the following procedures to install software and firmware updates Update the BIOS and Service Processor Firmware Oracle ILOM on page 110 Update the Hardware Device Firmware Oracle Hardware Management Pack on page 112 To obtai...

Page 110: ... ILOM on page 21 b In the navigation pane click ILOM Administration Maintenance and then click the Firmware Upgrade tab c Click the Enter Upgrade Mode button The Firmware Update page appears d Select from the following options Preserve Configuration Enable this option to save and restore the existing Oracle ILOM firmware settings Preserve BIOS Configuration Enable this option to save and restore e...

Page 111: ...n the Oracle ILOM command line interface CLI a Log in to the Oracle ILOM CLI For instructions see Accessing Oracle ILOM on page 21 b Type the load source command load source protocol username password server_ip path_to_image pkg Where protocol can be http https ftp tftp sftp or scp c Type Y to load the firmware image and then type responses to the following prompts Y for Yes and N for No Preserve ...

Page 112: ...S upgrade is applied during a reset Related Information Update the Server SP or CMM Firmware Image Oracle ILOM Administrator s Guide for Configuration and Maintenance Guide Firmware Release 4 0 x at http www oracle com goto ilom docs Update the Hardware Device Firmware Oracle Hardware Management Pack The fwupdate CLI tool in Oracle Hardware Management Pack enables you to query update and validate ...

Page 113: ...ormation section Related Information Using the fwupdate Tool Oracle Hardware Management Pack User s Guide at http www oracle com goto ohmp docs Oracle Support If you need help getting firmware or software updates call Oracle Support Refer to Oracle Support Contacts Global Directory at http www oracle com us support contact 068555 html Getting Firmware and Software 113 ...

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Page 115: ...SI virtual drives 56 exiting 38 function and control keys 37 iSCSI configuration 56 overview 19 boot order modifying 48 persistent 48 temporary 49 next boot device setting 49 Persistent Boot Support 50 boot properties 47 C cabling the server 23 clearing faults 81 CLI tools with Oracle Hardware Management Pack 17 clock service processor 68 command line Oracle Hardware Management Pack 33 Oracle ILOM...

Page 116: ... viewing 86 inventory server components 73 IP address of server 39 IPv4 connection options 61 IPv6 connection options 61 iSCSI virtual drive properties 55 iSCSI configuration 55 K keyboard video mouse storage KVMS remote 27 L local console setting up 38 local installation setting up 38 logging in locally Oracle ILOM 27 logging in remotely Oracle ILOM 24 logs Oracle ILOM 80 M management tools acces...

Page 117: ...er to connect to 23 DNS server information configuring 64 enhanced PCIe cooling policy setting 87 Fault Manager 76 first time log in 24 27 Host to ILOM Interconnect 22 inlet and exhaust temperature viewing 86 KVMS 27 logging in locally 27 logging in remotely 24 modifying SP network settings 62 overview 16 power allocated viewing 84 power consumption monitoring 83 terminology 83 viewing 84 power co...

Page 118: ...73 service processor clock properties 68 shutdown graceful 42 immediate 42 sideband management 22 software release packages 106 system contact assigning 66 system identification information assigning 66 system identifier assigning 66 system information viewing with Oracle Hardware Management Pack 74 viewing with Oracle ILOM 73 system location assigning 66 T temperature monitoring 83 setting Enhanc...

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