Fujitsu IRMC S2/S3 manual

User Guide - English ServerView S uite Remote Management iRMC S2/S3 - integrate d Remote Mana gement Co ntroller Edition July 2012[...]

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iRMC S2/S3 Contents 1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.1 Purpose and target groups of the m anual . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.2 Functions of the iRMC S2/S3 (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1.3 Communication interfaces of the iRMC S2/S3 . . . . . . . . 19 1.4 Communication protocols used by the iRMC S2/S 3 . . .[...]

iRMC S2/S3 Contents 3.1.3.2 Configuring the LAN interf ace of the iRMC S3 b y using the UEFI setup Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3.1.4 T esting the LAN interf ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3.2 Configuring text console re direction via LAN using the BIOS / T rustedCore / UEFI setup u tility . . . . . . . . .[...]

iRMC S2/S3 Contents 5 Adv anced Video Redirectio n (A VR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 5.1 Requirements: Check the A VR settings . . . . . . . . . . . 86 5.2 Using A VR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 5.2.1 Using a low bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 5.2.2 P arallel A VR s essions . . . . . . . [...]

iRMC S2/S3 Contents 7.3 Structure of the user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 7.4 System Information - Information on the server . . . . . . . 146 7.4.1 System Ov er view - Gener al information on the server . . . . . 147 7.4.2 System Component Inf ormation - Information on the ser ver components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

iRMC S2/S3 Contents 7.9.5 Component Status - Check status of the ser ver components . . 220 7.10 System Event Log and In ternal Event Log . . . . . . . . . . 223 7.10.1 System Ev ent Log Content - Show inf ormation on the SEL and the SEL entries . . . . . . . 224 7.10.2 Internal Event Log Content - Show inf ormation on the internal ev entlog and th[...]

iRMC S2/S3 Contents 7.15.1.2 T ext Console Redirection (via Serial ov er LAN) - Star t tex t console redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 7.15.1.3 T ext console redirection whi le the operating system is running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 7.15.2 Adv anced Video Redirection - Star t Adv anced Video Redirection[...]

iRMC S2/S3 Contents 9 Configuring iRM C S2/S3 using the S erver Config uration Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 9.1 Calling the Server Conf iguration Manager from the ServerView Installation Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 9.2 Calling the Server Conf iguration Manager from the Windows Star t menu . . .[...]

iRMC S2/S3 Contents 12 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 12.1 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 . . . . 385 12.1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 12.1.2 Description of the IPMI OEM commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 12.1.2.1 Description format . . . . . . . . . [...]

iRMC S2/S3 11 1 Preface Modern ser ver systems are becoming increasingly comple x. The requirements with respect to the management of such systems are g rowing accordingly . In response to this de v elopment, a number of v endors f ounded the “Intelligent Platf orm Management Interface” (IPMI) init iativ e with the objec tiv e of defining a sta[...]

12 iRMC S2/S3 Purpose and target groups of t he manual As an autonomous system on the system board of a modern PRIMERGY server , the iRMC S2/S3 has its own operating system, i ts own web server , separate user management and independent alert management. The iRMC S2/S3 remains po wered up e v en when the ser ver is in stand -by mode . This manual d[...]

iRMC S2/S3 13 Functions o f the iRMC S2/S3 1.2 Functions of the iRMC S2/S3 (o ve rview) The iRMC S2/S3 supports a wide range of functions that are pro vided by def ault. With Adv anced Video Redirection (A VR) and Remote Storage, the iRMC S2/S3 also provi des two additional adv anced f eatures f or the remote management of PRIMERGY servers. T o use[...]

14 iRMC S2/S3 Functions of t he iRMC S2/S3 ● P o wer consumption control The iRMC S2/S3 allo ws comprehensive po wer consumption control on the managed server . In add ition, you can specify the mode (minimum pow er consumption or maximum perf ormance) that the iRMC S2/S3 uses to control power c onsumption on the managed server . Y ou can s witch[...]

iRMC S2/S3 15 Functions o f the iRMC S2/S3 ● LAN On some systems, the LA N interface of the fitted s ystem NIC (Network Interfac e Card) on the ser ver is reserved f or the management LAN. On other systems, y ou ha ve the option of c onfiguring this LAN interf ace to – reser v e it f or the management LAN – set it up for sh ared operation wit[...]

16 iRMC S2/S3 Functions of t he iRMC S2/S3 ● Global user management using a directory ser vice The global user IDs f or the iRMC S2/S3 are stored centr ally in the directory serv ice's directory . This makes it possib le to manage the user identifications on a central server . They can theref ore be used by all the iRMC S2/S3s that are conne[...]

iRMC S2/S3 17 Functions o f the iRMC S2/S3 – A modem can be connected to the ser ial interf ace. This can then be used to send alerts (e.g. to a mobile phone v ia SMS). In addition, the iRMC S2/S3 pro vides the Ser verVi ew agents with all the rele vant i nformation. ● Read, filter and sa ve the system e v ent log (SEL). Y ou can view , sav e a[...]

18 iRMC S2/S3 Functions of t he iRMC S2/S3 – Local monitor-off suppor t: It is possib le to pow er down the local screen of the managed PRIMERGY server during an A VR session in order to prev ent unauthor ized persons from observing user input and actions carried out on the local ser ver screen during the A VR session. – Low bandwidth In the ca[...]

iRMC S2/S3 19 Communication interfaces of the iRMC S2/S3 1.3 Communic ation interfaces of the iRMC S2/S3 The iRMC S2/S3 pro vides the f ollo wing communication in terf aces: ● iRMC S2/S3 web interface (web interface) The connection to the iRMC S2/S3 web s er ver is estab lished o ver a standard web browser (e .g. Microsoft Internet Explorer , Moz[...]

20 iRMC S2/S3 Communication protocols used by the iRMC S2/S3 1.4 Communication protocols used by the iRM C S2/S 3 The communication protocols and por ts used b y the iRMC S2/S3 are shown in table 1 . I As of iRMC S2/S3 firmware v ersion 5.00, the Remote Storage port is used only f or the Remote Storage server and client-internal communications . F [...]

iRMC S2/S3 21 IPMI - technical background 1.5 IPM I - technical b ac kground The iRMC S2/S3 mak es the BMC functions a vailab le o ver the IPMI interf ace. Intelligent Platform Management The “Intelligent Platf orm Management” initiative is a response to the increas ing comple xity of mode r n server systems . A number o f manuf acturers ha v e[...]

22 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI - technical backgr ound Adv antage The IPMI specifications ensure the independence of functions f or inv entory , logging, reco very and monitoring of a system by the system processor , BIOS or operating sys tem. This means that a sy stem can still be in v olv ed in platf orm management when it is shut down and turned off . IPMI [...]

iRMC S2/S3 23 IPMI - technical background IPMI, IPMB and ICMB The IPMI initiativ e resulted in three central standards : – IPMI. Intelligent Platform Management Interface Specif ication describes the higher-lev el architecture, the c urrent commands, e vent formats, data pac k ets and proper ties that are used in IPMI-based systems. – IPMB. Int[...]

24 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI - technical backgr ound In addition, IPM I provides ‘lo w le v el’ I 2 C commands , which can be acc essed via a management controller connected to the IPMB on 'unintelli gent' I 2 C modules that cannot process IPMI commands . An ov er vie w of the fun damental elements o f an IPMI implementation is av ailab le in f[...]

iRMC S2/S3 25 IPMI - technical background Figure 3: IPMI block diagram (source: IPMI spec ification, see section "Ref erences" on page 29 )[...]

26 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI - technical backgr ound IPMI and “in band ” and “o ut of band” m anagem ent In the field of system management, a dis tinction is made between “in-band” and “out-of-band” management: – The term “in-band” management is used when the operating system is running on the managed ser v er . – The ter m “out-of-[...]

iRMC S2/S3 27 IPMI - technical background Of the two ports that RCMP uses under UDP , the BMC commun icates with the LAN controller via port 623 ( primar y RMCP P or t). Figure 4: BMC and LAN controller Serial Over LAN interface (SOL) “Serial Ov er LAN” is an interf ace compliant with the IPMI V2.0 st andard, which controls transf er of serial [...]

28 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI - technical backgr ound Figure 5: BMC and SOL The SOL character data is then ex changed between the BMC of the managed system and the remote workstation as SOL messages. The SOL messages are encapsulated in RMCP+ data pac kets and tr ansf erred in UDP datagr ams ov er an Ethernet LAN connection using IPv4 (I nter net Protocol V e[...]

iRMC S2/S3 29 Data Center Management Interface (DCMI) User identifications F or ‘session based’ channels (see the section "Channel concept under IPMI" on page 28 ), a user login is necessary . By contrast, the ‘sessi onless’ channels hav e no user authentic ation. Under IPMI, the user configuration i s channel specific. Thus , use[...]

30 iRMC S2/S3 Changes compared with the previous version 1.7 Changes since the p re vious versions of the manual iRMC S2/S3 - integrated Remote Managem ent Controller (edition Ju ly 2012) This manual ref ers to the iRMC S2/S3 firmware version 6.5x and replaces the f ollowing onl ine manual: “iRMC S2/S3 - integ rated Remote Management Controller?[...]

iRMC S2/S3 31 Changes compared with t he previous version – Backing up se v eral BIOS parameters i n Ser verVie w® WinSCU XML format and restoring them in ServerVie w® WinSCU XML f or mat from a file. – Updating BIOS via "upload from file" or via TFTP . ● F or some ser ver types , you can select the Low Noise mode under P ower Con[...]

32 iRMC S2/S3 Changes compared with the previous version – In addition to the system ev ent log (IPMI SEL), the iRMC S2 now f eatur es an internal ev ent log. – The iRMC S2 no w suppor ts both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. – The iRMC S2 no w suppor ts the Open DS director y ser vice. – iRMC S2 Configuration (iRMC S2 fi r mware settings) can be r[...]

iRMC S2/S3 33 Changes compared with t he previous version 1.8 ServerVie w Sui te link c ollection Via the link coll ection, Fujitsu T echnolog y Solutions provi des you with n umerous downloads and further information on the ServerView Sui te and PRIMERGY ser vers. F or Ser verVie w Suite , links are off ered on the f ollo wing topics: ● Fo r u m[...]

34 iRMC S2/S3 Documentation for the ServerView Suite 1. Via ServerVie w Operations Manager . Ê Select Help – Links on the star t page or on the menu bar . This opens the star t page of the ServerVie w link collection. 2. Via the ServerVie w Suite D VD 2 or via the star t page of the online documentation f or the ServerVie w Suite on the Fujitsu [...]

iRMC S2/S3 35 Notational con ventions 1.10 Notational con ventions The meanings of the symbols used in this man ual are as f ollows: If reference i s made to passages elsewhere in this manual, the title of the chapter or section is named and the page number given ref ers to the star t of the section. V Wa r n i n g This symbol is used to dra w atte[...]

36 iRMC S2/S3 Nota tion al con venti ons[...]

iRMC S2/S3 37 2 Logging on to the iRMC S2/S3 for the fir st time The fac tor y def ault settings of the iRMC S2/S3 all ow you to l og in to the iRMC S2/S3 f or the first time without the need f or any configurati on activities. 2.1 Requirements On the remote workstation: – Windows: Internet Explorer as of V ersion 7.x: Linux: Mozill a Firefo x 3.[...]

38 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 factory defaul ts 2.2 iRMC S2/S3 factory defaults The firmware of the iRMC S2/S3 provides a def ault a dministrator ID and a def ault DHCP name f or the iRMC S2/S3. Default administrator ID: I Both the administr ator ID and the pass word are case-sensitiv e. F or reasons of secur ity , it is recommended that you create a ne[...]

iRMC S2/S3 39 Logging in to the iRMC S2/S3 web interface 2.3 Logging into the iRMC S2/S3 web interface Ê Open a web browser on the remote wor kstation and enter the DNS name or IP address of the iRMC S2/S3. I Y ou can take the DNS name of the iRMC S2/S3 from the label on y our PRIMERGY server . The fol lowing login prompt appears: Figure 6: Login [...]

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iRMC S2/S3 41 3 Configuri ng the iRMC S2/S3 The follow ing tools are availab le for configuring the iRMC S2/S3: – BIOS / T r ustedCore / UEFI setup utility (see page 44 ) – iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace (see page 135 ) – Server Configuration Manager (see page 347 ) This chapter provides y ou with information about the following topics: – Config[...]

42 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the LAN int erface of the iRMC S2/S3 3.1.1 Pr erequisites Note the f ollowing requirements with respect to configuring the IP address: – The LAN cabl e must be connected to the correct por t. (see section "Connected to the correct LAN por t?" on page 42 ). – Interaction betw een the IP addresses of the iRMC S[...]

iRMC S2/S3 43 Configuring t he LAN interface of the iRMC S2/S3 3.1.1.2 Interaction between t he IP addresses of the iRMC S2/S3 and the system The LAN controller of the PRIMERGY ser ver requires a separate IP address f or the iRMC S2/S3 in order to ensure that data pack ets are reliably transf erred to the iRMC S2/S3 (and not to the oper ating syste[...]

44 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the LAN int erface of the iRMC S2/S3 3.1.3 Configuring the LAN interface using the BIOS / T rustedCore / UEFI setup utility Y ou c an configure the iRMC S2/S3’ s LAN interf ace using the BIOS / T r ustedCore / UEFI setup utility: – Use the BIOS / T r ustedCore setup utility to configure the LAN interf ace of the iRMC S[...]

iRMC S2/S3 45 Configuring t he LAN interface of the iRMC S2/S3 Ê Configure the f ollowing s ettings: Servi ce LAN Set the v alue to Enabled . Servi ce LAN P o rt The Service setting is recommended. I The Servic e setting is mandator y for the T ype TX150 S6 PRIMERGY server . DHCP If yo u enable DHCP , the iRMC S 2 gets its LAN settings autonomousl[...]

46 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the LAN int erface of the iRMC S2/S3 Ê If you w ant to use console redirection on the iRMC S2 continue with section "Configuring text console redirection for the iRMC S2" on page 49 . If you do no t want to use te xt console redirection on the iRMC S2, e xit the BIOS/T r ustedCore setup and continue with the ne [...]

iRMC S2/S3 47 Configuring t he LAN interface of the iRMC S2/S3 Ê Configure the f ollowing s ettings: Manag ement LAN Set the v alue to Enabled . Manag ement LAN P ort The Ma nagemen t setting is recommended. I F or details on configuring the remaining settings see section "Network Settings - Configure the LAN parameters" on page 238 and/[...]

48 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring text console redir ection via LAN 3.2 Configuring text console redirection via LAN using the BIOS / T rustedCore / UEFI set up ut ility T ext console redirection wi ll be av ailab le depending on the configuration of te xt console redirection and on the operating system of th e ser ver – either f or the duration of the B[...]

iRMC S2/S3 49 Configuring t ext console redirection via LAN 3.2.1 Configuring text cons ole redirection f or the iRMC S2 Ê Call the BIOS / T rus tedCore setup utility of the managed server . Do this b y pressing [F2] while the ser ver is bootin g. Settings in the Peripheral Configuration menu Ê Call the P er ipheral Configur ation menu: Advanced [...]

50 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring text console redir ection via LAN Settings in the Conso le Redirection menu Ê Call the Cons ole Redir ection men u: Server – Console R edir ection I The appearance of the Console Dir ection men u varies depending on the setup utility (BIOS or T r ustedCore) you are us ing. Ê Make t he fo llowing settings in the BIOS se[...]

iRMC S2/S3 51 Configuring t ext console redirection via LAN Mode This setting aff ects the beha vior of console redirection while the operating system is r unning (after the PO ST phase has completed) - see section "Using console redirec tion while the operating s ystem is running" on page 55 : Stan dard Console redirection is terminated [...]

52 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring text console redir ection via LAN Flow Contr ol The setting depends on the terminal type used. The settings must be the same on both terminal and managed ser ver . Continue C.R. after POST : This setting aff ects the beha vior of console redirection while the operating system is running (after the POST phase has completed)[...]

iRMC S2/S3 53 Configuring t ext console redirection via LAN 3.2.2 Configuring text cons ole redirection f or the iRMC S3 Ê Call the UEFI setup utility of the managed server . Do this by pressing [F2] while the server is booting. Ê Call the Server Mgmt menu: Figure 13: Ser ver Mgmt Menu Ê Make the f ollowing settings: Serial Multiple xer Set the [...]

54 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring text console redir ection via LAN Ê Call the Cons ole Redir ection men u: Figure 14: Console Redirection menu Ê Make t he fo llowing settings in the Consol e Redir ection men u: Cons ole Redi r ectio n Set the value to Serial 1 . In this case, the terminal uses the first seri al inte rf ace. Baud R ate Specify the baud r[...]

iRMC S2/S3 55 Configuring t ext console redirection via LAN 3.2.3 Using console redire ction while the operating system is ru nning Depending on the operating system used on the managed s er ver , you can continue to us e console redirection after the BIOS POST phase. DOS The BIOS setting f or console redirection mode must be set as f ollo ws (see [...]

56 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring text console redir ection via LAN Linux Y ou must configure a Linux operating system i n such a wa y that it handles console redirection after the POST phase . Once it has been configured, you hav e unrestricted access from the remote workstation. Settings required The settings ma y diff er between progr am ve rsions. SuSe[...]

iRMC S2/S3 57 Configuring and u sing the serial interface of the iRMC S2/S3 3.3 Configuring and using the serial interface of the iRMC S2/S3 The serial interface of the iRMC S 2/S3 offers y ou the f ollowing p ossibilities: – Y ou can use the terminal application Remote Manager (Serial) ov er a null modem cable (see section "Using the Remote[...]

58 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring and using t he serial interface of the iRMC S2/S3 3.3.1 Configuri ng the seri al inter face of t he iRMC S 2 Ê Call the BIOS / T rus tedCore setup utility of the managed server . Do this by pressing [F2] while the ser v er is booting. Ê Call the P eri pheral C onfigurati on menu to configure the serial por t: Advanced ?[...]

iRMC S2/S3 59 Configuring and u sing the serial interface of the iRMC S2/S3 The fol lowing v alues are not shown in the menu and are preset (see page 62 , “T erminal program (VT100+)”): Bits per seco nd 9600 Data bits 8 P arity None . Stop bit s 1 Flow Co ntr ol None Exiting the BIOS / T rus tedCore setup utility Ê Sav e y our settings and e x[...]

60 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring and using t he serial interface of the iRMC S2/S3 3.3.2 Configuring the serial interf ace us ing of the iRMC S3 Ê Call the UEFI setup utility of the managed server . Do this by pressing [F 2] while the server is booting. Ê Call the Serve r Mgm t menu: Figure 17: Ser ver Mgmt menu Ê Configure the f ollow ing settings: Se[...]

iRMC S2/S3 61 Configuring and u sing the serial interface of the iRMC S2/S3 Figure 18: Ser ial P or t 1 Configuration menu Ê Configure the f ollowing s ettings: Seri al P ort Set the v alue to Enabled . Device Settings Displa ys the base I/O address and the interrupt used to access the corresponding serial por t, e.g. IO=3F8h; IRQ=4. Accept the v [...]

62 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring and using t he serial interface of the iRMC S2/S3 Flow Contr ol None Exiting the UEFI setup utility Ê Sav e your settings and e xit the UEFI setup utility . Ê Continue with section "T esting the LAN interf ace" on page 47 . 3.3. 3 Using the R emote Mana ger (Seri al) inter face If you c onnect a computer ov er [...]

iRMC S2/S3 63 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 over the iRMC S2/S3 web interface 3.4 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 o ver the iRMC S2/S3 w eb interface Ê Star t the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace (see section "Logging into the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace" on page 136 ). 3.4.1 Configuring th e LAN parameter s Ê In the navi gation area, clic k Network Set[...]

64 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 over the iRMC S2/S3 web interface 3.4.2 Configuring alerting The pages f or configuring aler ting are grouped in the na vigation area under Alerting (see section "Aler ting - Configure aler ting" on page 253 ). Configuring aler t forwar ding over SNMP Ê In the navi gation area, clic k SNMP T raps [...]

iRMC S2/S3 65 4 User manage ment f or the iRMC S2/S3 User management f or the iRMC S2/S3 uses two diff erent types of user identifications: – Local user identification s are stored locally in the iRMC S2/S3’ s non- vo latile storage and are managed via the iRMC S 2/S3 user interf aces. – Global user identifications ar e stored in the central [...]

66 iRMC S2/S3 Concept 4.1 User mana gement concept f or the iRM C S2/S3 User management f or the iRMC S2/S3 permits the parallel administr ation of local and global user ide ntifications. When v alidating the authentication data (user name , pass word) which users enter when logging in to one of the iRMC S2/S3 interf aces , iRMC S2/S3 proceeds as f[...]

iRMC S2/S3 67 Concept Bild 19: Login authentication vi a the iRMC S2/S3 I Although optional, the use of SSL f or the LD AP connection betw een the iRMC S2/S3 and directory ser vice is recommended. An SSL-secured LD AP connection betw een iRMC S2/S3 and the directory ser vice guarantees secure data e xchange, and in particular the secure transfer of[...]

68 iRMC S2/S3 User permissions 4.2 User permissi ons The iRMC S2/S3 distinguishes betw een two mutually compl ementar y types of user permissions: – Channel-specific privileges (via as signment to channel-specific permission groups) – P ermissions to use special iRMC S 2/S3 functions I The privileges and per missions required f or the use of th[...]

iRMC S2/S3 69 User permissions P ermissions to use special iRMC S2/S3 funct ions In addition to the c hannel-specific permissi ons, you can als o individually assign users the f ollowing permissions: – Configure User Acco unts P ermission to configure local user identificati ons – Configure iRMC S2/S3 Settings P ermission to configure the iRMC [...]

70 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 4.3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 The iRMC S2/S3 possesses its o wn local user management. Up to 16 users to be configured with pass words and be as signed various rights depending on the user groups they belong to . The user identifications are stored in the iRMC S2/S3’ s local, n[...]

iRMC S2/S3 71 Local user management for th e iRMC S2/S3 Configuring new users Ê On the User Management page, clic k the New User b utton. The New User Conf igur ation page opens . This page allows y ou to configure the basic settings f or the ne w user . This page is described in section "Ne w User Configuration - Configuring a new us er"[...]

72 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 4.3. 3 SSHv2 pub lic ke y authent ication f or iRMC S 2/S3 users In addition to authentic ation by means of a user name and pass word, the iRMC S2/S3 also supports SSHv2-based pub lic ke y authentication us ing pairs of publ ic and private k eys for loca l users. T o implement SSHv2 pub lic ke [...]

iRMC S2/S3 73 Local user management for th e iRMC S2/S3 4.3.3.1 reating public and private SSHv2 keys Y ou can create pub lic and private SSHv 2 ke ys – with the progra m P uTTYgen or – with the OpenSSH client progr am ssh-ke yg en . Creating the public and private SSHv2 ke ys with PuTTYgen Proceed as f ollo ws: Ê Star t PuTTYgen on your Windo[...]

74 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 Bild 21: PuTTYgen: Creating a new key pair (progress bar). Ê Mov e the mouse pointer o ver the b l ank area of the progress displa y to increase the randomnes s of the generated ke ys . When the k eys ha ve been generated, PuTTYg en displa ys the k ey and the fingerpr int of the publi c SSHv2 [...]

iRMC S2/S3 75 Local user management for th e iRMC S2/S3 Creating the public and private SSHv2 ke ys with ssh-keygen I If it is not already pre-installed in t he Linux distrib ution you are using, y ou can obtain OpenSSH from http://www .openssh.or g . Y ou will find a detailed description of the operands in the OpenSSH OpenSSH manual pages under ht[...]

76 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 Explanation: 1. ssh-ke ygen requests the file name under which the SSHv2 key is to be sav ed. If y ou press [Enter] to confir m without entering a file name, ssh-ke ygen uses the def ault fil e name id_rsa . 2. ssh-ke ygen requests y ou to enter a pass phrase (and to confirm it) that is used to[...]

iRMC S2/S3 77 Local user management for th e iRMC S2/S3 4.3.3.2 Loading the p ublic SSHv2 key onto the iRMC S2/S3 from a file Proceed as f ollo ws: Ê Under the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace, o pen the detailed view f or the required browser (in this cas e user3 ) iRMC S2 /S3 Us er Ma nagemen t page: Bild 23: iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace: Loading the pub [...]

78 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 Ê Click Up loa d to load the pub lic k ey onto the i RMC S2/S3. After the ke y has been successfully uploaded, the iRMC S2/S3 displa y s the ke y fingerpr int in the group Use r SSHv2 public ke y up load fr om fi le : Bild 24: Display of the ke y finger print I F or reasons of securi ty , make[...]

iRMC S2/S3 79 Local user management for th e iRMC S2/S3 4.3.3.3 Configuring PuTTY and t he OpenSSH client for using the public SSHv2 key Configuring PuTT Y for using the public SSHv2 key The PuTTY program allows you to set up a pub lic-ke y-authenticated connection to the iRMC S2/S3 and log in either und er your user name or using the auto- login m[...]

80 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 Ê Click Load to load the selected SS H session. This opens the f ollo wing window: Bild 26: PuTTY : Loading an SSH session Ê Choose SSH - A uth to configure the SSH authenti cation options. This opens the f ollow ing window (see figure 27 on page 81 ).[...]

iRMC S2/S3 81 Local user management for th e iRMC S2/S3 Bild 27: Configuring the SSH authentication options Ê Select the file containi ng the pr iv ate ke y that yo u want to use with the iRMC S2 /S3. I Please note: At this point, y ou require the pr iv ate ke y (see page 74 ) and not the public k ey that y ou loaded onto the iRMC S2/S 3.[...]

82 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 I Under Conn ection - Dat a , you can additionally specify a us er name f or automatic login onto the iRMC S2/S3. Bild 28: PuTTY : Specifying the user name f or automatically logging into the iRMC S2/S3 Configuring th e OpenSSH client program ssh for using t he public SSHv2 key Y ou es tab lish[...]

iRMC S2/S3 83 Local user management for th e iRMC S2/S3 I Although this file contains no security-cr itical inf ormation, read/wr ite permission should only be gr anted to the owner . Access should be denied to all other users . 3. System-wide configur ation file ( /etc/ssh/ssh_conf ig ) This file contains def ault v alues f or configuration pa ram[...]

84 iRMC S2/S3 Local user management for the iRMC S2/S3 ssh user4 @RX1 00_S52 -iRMC 4.3.3.4 Example: Public SSHv2 ke y The f ollo wing shows the same pub lic SSHv2 k ey in both RFC4716 f ormat and in OpenSSH f ormat. Public SSHv2 ke y in RFC4716 format ---- BE GIN SSH2 P UBLIC KEY ---- Comment : "rsa -key-20 0904 01" AAAAB3N zaC1 yc2EAA AA[...]

iRMC S2/S3 85 5 Adv anced Vide o Redi rection (A VR) I A v alid license k ey is required to use the Adv anced Video Redirection function. Adv anced Video Redirection (A VR) allows y ou to control the mouse and ke yboard of the managed server from y our remote workstation and to sho w the current graphi cal and tex t output from the managed ser ver [...]

86 iRMC S2/S3 Prerequisites 5.1 Requirements: Check the A VR settings Check the follo wing impor tant settings bef ore using A VR: Graphics mode setting s on the managed ser ver A VR suppor ts the follo wing graphi cs modes: I If a high-resoluti on graphics m ode is set on the ser ver (sho wn on a gr a y back ground in the table), this is sho wn on[...]

iRMC S2/S3 87 Prerequisites Suppor ted text m ode The iRMC S2/S3 supports the f ollowing c ommon tex t modes: – 40 x 25 – 80 x 25 – 80 x 43 – 80 x 50 Refer to the Help system f or your operating system f or information on the displa y settings. Keyboar d settings I The ke yboard settings m ust be identical: – on the remote workstation, ?[...]

88 iRMC S2/S3 Using A VR 5.2 Usin g A V R Ê T o star t A VR, click the S tart V ideo Redir ection or Start V id eo Re direction (Java W eb Start) button on the Advanced V id eo Redir ection (A VR) page of the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace (see page 302 ). The Advanced V id eo Redir ection window (A VR window) opens , showing you the displa y on the ma[...]

iRMC S2/S3 89 Using AVR 5.2.1 Using a lo w bandwidth In the case of a reduced data transfer rate , y ou can configure a lower bandwidth (bits per pix el, bpp) in terms of color depth for y our current A VR session (see page 109 ). 5.2.2 P arallel A VR sessi ons A VR can be used by tw o user sessions simultaneously . One user has full control ov er [...]

90 iRMC S2/S3 Using A VR 5.2.3 Local Monitor Off" function The Local Monitor Of f function of the iRMC S2/S3 allo ws y ou to power do wn the local monitor of the managed server f or the duration of your A VR session. In this wa y , you ens ure that the inputs you mak e and the actions y ou perf or m on the local monitor on the server using A V[...]

iRMC S2/S3 91 Using AVR 5.2.4 Redire cting the ke yboar d K ey board redirection only works when the f ocus is on the A VR window . Ê If ke yboard redirection appears not to be working, simply clic k on the A VR window . Ê If the ke yboard does not respond, chec k that the A VR window is not in view- only mode. Ho w to swi tch to full-control mod[...]

92 iRMC S2/S3 Using A VR [ Win] Left and right Windows k eys (correspond to the ke ys on your k eyboard between the left and right [Ctrl] and [Alt ] keys ). [ Alt Gr ] Alt(er nate) Gr(aphic) ke y (corresponds to the [Alt Gr] ke y on your ke yboard). [ Context] Conte xt menu f or the selected object (corresponds to the k ey combination [Shift] + [F1[...]

iRMC S2/S3 93 Using AVR Secure Ke yboard If you are con nected to the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace ov er an HTTPS connection, entries at the ke yboard are transferred o ver a secure SSL connection. 5.2.5 Redirecting t he mouse The mouse pointer on the managed server is mov ed synchronously with the mouse on the remote wor kstation. Y ou configure the [...]

94 iRMC S2/S3 Using A VR Figure 32: Synchro nizing the local mous e poi nter and the mouse pointer of the m anaged server I Correct synchronization of the mouse pointers requires that cer tain settings are made on the managed server . If the managed ser ver has been installed using the S er verVie w Installation Manager these settings has been prec[...]

iRMC S2/S3 95 Using AVR I The settings f or the mouse pointer synchronization are suppor ted only for the oper ating system which runs the managed server . If the software whic h controls the mouse is activ e, som etimes the mouse pointer cannot be synchronized. 5.2.5.2 Managed Windows server: Adjusting the sett ings for synchronization of the mous[...]

96 iRMC S2/S3 Using A VR Adjusting the sett ings on the managed server using the Windows Star t menu and the context menu Proceed as f ollo ws to adjust the mouse pointer: Ê Choose Start - Settings - Contr ol P anel - Printers and Other Har dwar e - Mouse and choose the P ointer Op tions tab . This opens the f ollo wing window: Figure 33: Mouse Pr[...]

iRMC S2/S3 97 Using AVR Proceed as f ollo ws to adjust the hardware acceleration: Ê Right-clic k on the desktop back ground. Ê In the conte xt menu that appears , choose: Pr operties - Settings tab , Advanced button, and the T roubleshoo ting tab . This opens the f ollow ing window: Figure 34: Proper t ies - ... - T roubleshooting: Hardware accel[...]

98 iRMC S2/S3 Using A VR 5.2.5.3 Managed Linux server: Adjusting the settings for synchronization of the mouse pointers Prerequisite: The managed server is running under one of the f ollowing Li nux operating sys tems: – Red Hat 4.x – Red Hat 5.x – Suse 9.x – Suse 10.x – Suse 11.x Diff erent graphical user interf aces (GUIs) are av ailab [...]

iRMC S2/S3 99 Using AVR Adjusting permanen t settings on the m anaged server using a configuration file ( KDE) Y ou make permanent settings as f ollows f or KDE : Ê Change the settings in the te xt file /r oot/.kde/share/conf ig/kcminputr c as fol l ow s : [Mouse ] Accele rati on=1 Thresh old= 1 I It is not necessary to set the values again after [...]

100 iRMC S2/S3 Using A VR Ê Set the f ollow ing v alues in the Mous e Contr ol Center wi ndow: – P ointer acceleration: 1.0x (minim um v alue) – P ointer thr eshold: 20 pi xels (max imum v alue) Ê Sav e the settings. Ê Reboot the managed server . I It is not necessary to set the v alues again after rebooting the ser ver . Y ou make permanent[...]

iRMC S2/S3 101 Menus of t he AVR window 5.3 Menus of the A V R window The menu bar of the A VR window contains the f ollowing men us: – The Extras menu allo ws y ou to control the A VR session. Y ou can also mak e a vir tual k eyboard av ailable. – Y ou can set up and clear remote storage connections with the Remot e Storage menu. – The Po w [...]

102 iRMC S2/S3 Menus of the A VR window 5.3. 1 Extras menu Y ou c an select the f ollowi ng functions in the Extr as menu: Figure 36: A VR window - Extras menu V irtual K e yboar d ... The Vi r t u a l K e y b o a r d windo w opens (see figure 31 on page 92 ). Update local monitor state Refreshes the displa y of the local monitor state . T urn loca[...]

iRMC S2/S3 103 Menus of t he AVR window T urn local monitor off Switches off the local moni tor of the managed ser ver . I This function is disab led in the f ollowing cases , e ven if the loc al monitor is s witched on: – you are in view-only mode, – When A VR w as star ted, the Local Monitor Off option w as not enabled under Local Monitor (se[...]

104 iRMC S2/S3 Menus of the A VR window Disco nnect Sess ion... T er minate another A VR session. I It is only possib le to terminate other A VR sessions with Disconnect Sessio n . T o terminate your own session, c hoose Exit . A list of current A VR sessions appears: Figure 37: Extras menu - Disconnect Session Ê Select the A VR session that you w[...]

iRMC S2/S3 105 Menus of t he AVR window 5.3.2 Remote St orage menu Y ou call the remote storage functionali ty under Remote Storage : Figure 38: A VR window - Remote Storage menu Remot e Storage... Click Remote Sto rage... to open the Stor ag e De vices windo w (see page 115 ). This window allo ws you to attach or detach media on the remote worksta[...]

106 iRMC S2/S3 Menus of the A VR window 5.3. 3 P ow er Contr ol men u The P ower Con tr ol menu allo ws you to pow er the ser ver up/down or to reboot the ser ver : Figure 39: A VR window - P o wer Control menu Po w e r O n Switches the server on. Po w e r O f f P o wers the ser v er down, regardless of the status of the operating syste m. Po w e r[...]

iRMC S2/S3 107 Menus of t he AVR window Pulse NMI Initiates a non-maskab le interrupt (NMI). A NMI is a processor interrupt that cannot be ignored by standard interrupt masking techniques in the system . Gra ceful R eboot Graceful shutdo wn and reboot. This option is only a v ailab le if Ser verVi ew agents are installed and signed onto the iRMC S2[...]

108 iRMC S2/S3 Menus of the A VR window 5.3.5 Pref erences me nu The Prefer ences menu allo ws you to configure the mouse mode, k ey board lay out, global logging, lo w bandwidth, and the internal TCP por t: Figure 41: A VR window - Pref erences menu I If Video Redirecti on is e xec uted in the Num Loc k On mode on the s erver side, the client si d[...]

iRMC S2/S3 109 Menus of t he AVR window K eyb oard Layout Specifies the k eyboard la y out for the v ir tual console. I The ke yboard la yout at the man aged ser ver must als o be set accordingly , i.e. the k e yboard lay out settings of A VR client and A VR ser ver must be iden tical. Globa l Loggi ng Defaul t: No global logging. Specifies whether[...]

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iRMC S2/S3 111 6R e m o t e S t o r a g e I A v alid license k ey is required to use the Remote Storage function. Remote Storage mak es av ailab le to the managed server a “vir tual” dr iv e which is located else where in the network. Up to two media can be redirected. Y ou can provide the source f or the vir tual drive as f ollows: – Via a r[...]

112 iRMC S2/S3 I P arallel remote storage connectio ns: The fol lowing are possib le concurrently: – either up to two Remote Stor age connections to virtual drives at the remote workstation (if the connection is estab lished ov er the A V R Ja v a applet) or – one Remote Storage connection to a Remote Storage server . It is not possib le to est[...]

iRMC S2/S3 113 Providing remote storag e at the remote workstation 6.1 Pr o viding remote stora ge at the r emote wo rkstation If you pro vide the source f or a vir tual dr iv e on the remote workstation then the remote storage functionality supports the follo wing dev ice types: – Flopp y – CD ISO image – D VD ISO image –C D , D V D I Opti[...]

114 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage at th e remote workstation 6.1.1 S tar ting R emote St orage Y ou s tar t the Remote Storage function using the A VR Jav a applet (s ee section "Adv anced Video Redirection - Start Advanced Video Redirection (A VR)" on page 302 ). Ê Star t the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace (see section "Logging i[...]

iRMC S2/S3 115 Providing remote storag e at the remote workstation “Storage Devices” dialog bo x on a Windows system Figure 45: Storage Devices dialog box I When a storage medium i s inser ted in an optical drive (CD R OM, D VD ROM) the contents are d isplay ed automatically . Floppy disk drives and CD R OM / D VD R OM drives are not displa yed[...]

116 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage at th e remote workstation “Storage Devices” dialog box on a Linux system Figure 46: Storage Devices dialog box I Ph ysical storage medi a must be mounted to allo w them to be connected as Remote Storage de vices . Mounted storage media are automatically displa yed in the St orage D evices dialog bo x.[...]

iRMC S2/S3 117 Providing remote storag e at the remote workstation 6.1.2 Pro visi on of storage media for emote S torag e Ê In the Storage Device s dialog box , click Add.. . . The Add Storage Devic e dialog bo x opens. “Add Sto rag e De vice” dial og box on a W indows system Figure 47: Add Storage Device dialog bo x (Windows) “Add Sto rag e[...]

118 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage at th e remote workstation Ê In the Add St orage Device dialog box , navigate to the director y of the remote storage medium that y ou want to mak e av ailab le f or remote storage from your remote w orkstation. Ê Select the required de vice type under Sto rage T ype . The fol lowing stor age types can be [...]

iRMC S2/S3 119 Providing remote storag e at the remote workstation “Add S torage Device ” di alog: Sel ect ing t he storage me diu m (Linu x) Figure 50: Add Storage De vice dialog: Selecting the storage medium Ê Click Select to confirm your selection. The selected storage medium is made a v ailab le for Remote St orage and displa y ed in the S[...]

120 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage at th e remote workstation Display in the “Stor age De vices” dialog (Linux) Figure 52: Storage Devices dialog: The provided storage medium is disp la yed.[...]

iRMC S2/S3 121 Providing remote storag e at the remote workstation 6.1.3 Connecting storage me dia as remote storage Ê In the Storage D evices dialog (see figure 51 and figure 52 on page 120 ), c lick the storage medium that y ou want to connect as Remote Stor age. Ê Click Conn ect to connect the sel ected storage medium as Remote Storage . The S[...]

122 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage at th e remote workstation Stor ag e Dev ices dialo g: Showi ng Remot e Stor age connect ion (Linux ) Figure 54: Storage Devices dialog: The storage medium is conn ected as Remote Storage.[...]

iRMC S2/S3 123 Providing remote storag e at the remote workstation Connecting two storage devices as Remote Storage at th e same time I The ex ample in the f ollowing sec tion illustrates ho w to simultaneously connect two stor age media as Remote Storage on a Wi ndows system. The same procedure applies f or Linux systems . In figure 55 , y ou can [...]

124 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage at th e remote workstation Figure 56: Connection T y pe dialog: Assignm ent to USB 1 .1 and USB 2.0 Ê Click Swap if you w ant to s wap the assignment of the stor age dev ices to USB 1.1 and USB 2.0. Figure 57: Connection T y pe dialog: Assignm ent to USB 1 .1 and USB 2.0 s wapped Ê Click OK to connect the [...]

iRMC S2/S3 125 Providing remote storag e at the remote workstation 6.1.4 Clearing Remote Storage connections I The Remote Stor age connection is automati cally released when the A VR session is disconnec ted. Ê Open the Stora ge Devices dialog (see section " Star ting Remote Storage" on page 114 ). The list of storage media connect ed as[...]

126 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage at th e remote workstation 6.1. 5 Remov ing the stor age medium Remov e a storage medium from the list of media av ailab le f or Remote Storage as f ollows: Ê Open the Storage Devices dialog (see section "Starting Remote Storage" on page 114 ). The list of storage media a v ailab le f or Remote St[...]

iRMC S2/S3 127 Providing remote storage via a Remote Sto rage server 6.2 Pr o viding remote stora ge via a Remote Storage server Y ou can use a Remote Storage server to prov ide an image file (ISO/NRG image) as remote storage f or any num ber of PRIMERGY ser v ers that can be administered via iRMC S2/S3. Y ou can use this image file to boot one or [...]

128 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage via a Remote Storage ser ver 6.2. 1 Installing the Remote Stor age server The Remote Stor age ser ver is a v ailab le in 32-bit and 64-bit v ersions. The 32-bit and 64-bit v ersions of the Remote Storage server must not be installe d at the same time on 64-bit systems . The installation prog rams Remot eSt o[...]

iRMC S2/S3 129 Providing remote storage via a Remote Sto rage server 6.2.2 Remote St orage server ex ecution modes Y ou can ex ec ute the Remote Storage server in the f ollowing modes as required: – as a bac kground ser vice – as a stand-along program Y ou configure the Remote Storage server e x ecution mode via a graphi cal user interf ace (se[...]

130 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage via a Remote Storage ser ver 6.2.3 Configuring, star ting and exiting the Remote Stora ge server Y ou c onfigure , star t and exit the Remote Sto rage ser ver via a g raphical user interface (GUI). Calling the Remote Storage ser ver’ s raphical user in terface Y ou c all the Remote Storage server’ s grap[...]

iRMC S2/S3 131 Providing remote storage via a Remote Sto rage server Configuring th e Remote Storage server I Configuration is only possib le if the Re mote Storage ser v er is in the “idle” state, i.e . it is not being e xecuted. In the gr aphical user interf ace, y ou specify the image file made a vai lable as remote storage together with oth[...]

132 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage via a Remote Storage ser ver Run as Se rvic e Activ ate this option if the Remote Stor age server is to be e x ecuted as a ser vice in the backg round (see page 129 ). Ê Select one of the two options bel ow: Use Local System Account The Remote Storage server is e x ecuted as a ser vice under the local syst [...]

iRMC S2/S3 133 Providing remote storage via a Remote Sto rage server Starting t he Remote Storage server Ê Clic k the Sta rt button to star t the Remote Storage ser v er as a ser vice or as a stand-alone program: Figure 61: T he Remote Storage s erver is ex ecuted (“Running” st atus) Stat us Mes sages: The logged e x ecution states of the Remo[...]

134 iRMC S2/S3 Pro viding remote storage via a Remote Storage ser ver[...]

iRMC S2/S3 135 7 iRMC S2/S3 web int erface The iRMC S2/S3 not onl y has its o wn operating system, but also ac ts as a web server , provi ding its own interf ace. Y ou can choose whether to show the menus and dialog bo x es of the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace in German, English or Japanes e. When y ou enter values in the i RMC S2/S3 web in terface , y[...]

136 iRMC S2/S3 Logging into the iRMC S2/S3 web interface 7.1 Logging into the iRMC S2/S3 web i nterface Ê Open a web bro wser on the remote workstation and enter the (configured) DNS name (see page 249 ) or IP address of the iRMC S2/S3. Diff erent login screens appear depending on whether LD AP access to a directory ser vice has been configured f [...]

iRMC S2/S3 137 Logging in to the iRMC S2/S3 web interface – LD AP access to the directory ser vice is configured for the iRMC S2/S 3 ( LDAP enabled option is activated) or Always use S SL Login option is activated): Figure 63: Login sc reen for the iRMC S2 /S3 web interface (LD AP access co nfigured) I The user name and passw ord are alwa ys SSL-[...]

138 iRMC S2/S3 Required user permission s 7.2 Required user perm issions table 4 provides an ov er view of the permiss ions which are requi red in order to use the individual func tions av ailab l e at the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace . Functions in the iRMC S2/S3 web interface Permitted with IPMI privi leg e level Required iRM C S2/S 3- specific perm[...]

iRMC S2/S3 139 Required user permissions Select Inc lude Use r Settings . X Select any other setting option(s). X Import iRMC S2/S3 settings in W inSCU X ML format fr om fil e. XX Open/edit the C ertific ate U ploa d page. X Open/edit the G enerate a self-signed RSA Cert. page X Open iRMC S 2/S3 Firmwar e Up date page. XXXX Set firmware selec tor .[...]

140 iRMC S2/S3 Required user permission s Select individual F ans ( System F ans group). X Set F an F ail Action / Delay T ime. X Ope n T em peratur e page X X X X Define action on critical temperature . X Ope n Vo l t a g e s page . X X X X Ope n P o wer Supp ly page. X X X X Configure power supply redundancy X Ope n Compo nent Stat us page. X X X[...]

iRMC S2/S3 141 Required user permissions Open/edit the P orts and Netw . Services page. X Open/edit DNS Configuration page. X Open/edit SNM P TRAP Alert ing page. X Open/edit Serial / Modem Ale rting page. X Open/edit the Email Alerti ng page. X Open/edit the iRMC S2/S3 User page. X Open/edit the Dire ctor y Serv ice Co nfi g. page. X Open CAS Conf[...]

142 iRMC S2/S3 Required user permission s 1) Action is only possible if no agents are running. 2) Feature is not avail able on all syst ems. Functions in the iRMC S2/S3 web interface Permitted with IPMI privi leg e level Required iRM C S2/S 3- specific perm issi on OEM Administrator Operator User Configure User Acco unts Configure iRMC S2 /S3 Setti[...]

iRMC S2/S3 143 Structure of the u ser interface 7.3 Structure of the user inter face The iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace is str uctured as f ollo ws: Figure 64: Stru cture of the iRMC S 2/S3 web interface Navigation are a Selected function Title bar Working ar ea Interface languag e selecto r Logout button[...]

144 iRMC S2/S3 Structure of th e user interface Choosing the lang uage for the iRMC S2/S3 web interface On the right of the bl ack bar abov e the work area, you will find a flag icon . Clic k this icon to choose the l anguage (Ger man / English / J apanese) used to displa y the navi gation area, menus and dialog bo xes of the iRMC S2/S3 web interfa[...]

iRMC S2/S3 145 Structure of the u ser interface Click Login to open the login screen of the iRMC S2/S3 web inte rf ace (see figure 62 on page 136 ). This allows y ou to log in again if y ou wish. – If LD AP access to the director y ser vice is c onfigured for the iRMC S2/S3 ( LDAP enabled opti on is activ ated) or the Alw ays us e SSL l ogin opti[...]

146 iRMC S2/S3 System Information - Information on the server 7.4 Syst em Inform atio n - Informat ion o n the ser v er The System Information entr y contains the links to the fol lowing pages: – "System Ov er view - Gener al information on the server" on page 147 – "System Component Inf ormation - Information on the ser ver comp[...]

iRMC S2/S3 147 System Information - In formation on the server 7.4. 1 Sys tem Ov erv iew - General inf ormation on the server The System Overview page pro vides inf ormation on – the system status, – system (general i nformation) – the operating s ystem of the managed ser ver , – system FR Us (Field Replaceab le Units) / IDPR OM. – curren[...]

148 iRMC S2/S3 System Information - Information on the server System Status The status of the global error LED , the CSS LED and the identification LE D are shown under Syst em Stat us . Y ou can also s witch the PRIMERGY identi fication LED on and off . Figure 67: System Overview page - System Status Po w e r L E D P o wer status of the ser ver . [...]

iRMC S2/S3 149 System Information - In formation on the server Identify LED Ser v er identifier . The fol lowing statuses are possible: – On (blue) – Off (grey) T urn On /T urn Off Clic k Tu r n O n / Tu r n O ff to toggle the PRIMERGY identification LED on and off. Asset T ag Configuration Under Asset T ag Configur ation , you can enter a cust[...]

150 iRMC S2/S3 System Information - Information on the server System Information System Information lists inf ormation on the managed ser v er . Figure 69: System Overview page - System Information Operating System Information Oper ating Sy stem Inform ation lists inf ormation on the operating system of the managed ser v er . Figure 70: System Over[...]

iRMC S2/S3 151 System Information - In formation on the server System FRU / IDPR OM Information Inf or mation on the FR Us ( F ield R eplaceab le U nits) is listed under System FR U/IDPR OM Information . FRUs are system components that can be released and remov ed from the system. The CSS Compon ent column in dicat es f or each of the components wh[...]

152 iRMC S2/S3 System Information - Information on the server 7.4.2 S ystem Compon ent Information - Informati on on the ser ver compo nents The System Component Information page provides inf or mation on the CPU and the main memory modules. The CSS Compone nt column indicates f or each of the components whether the CSS ( C ustomer S elf S erv ice)[...]

iRMC S2/S3 153 System Information - In formation on the server Figure 73: Sy stem Component Inform ation page I On PRIMERGY ser vers with suppor t for TPM (T r usted Platf or m Module), this page indicates whether TPM is enabled or disab led. System CPU Information This group pro vides inf ormation on the status, IDs, CSS c apability and performanc[...]

154 iRMC S2/S3 System Information - Information on the server System Memory Information This group pro vides inf ormation on the status, IDs, CSS capability and perfo r mance of the main memory modules in the managed PRIMERGY ser ver . Select Here you can select i ndividual memor y modules to which the action y ou select under Please select memory [...]

iRMC S2/S3 155 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, f lashing BIOS 7.5 BIOS - Bac king up /restor e BIOS se ttings, flashing BIOS The BIOS entr y contains the links to the f ollowing pages: – "Back up/Restoration - Sav ing/Restor ing BIOS single par ameter settings to/from a file" on page 155 – "BIOS - Updating BIOS via "[...]

156 iRMC S2/S3 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, flash ing BIOS 7.5.1.1 Bac king up single BIO S parameters in ServerView ® WinSCU XML fo rmat The Backup BIOS Single P arameters in ServerV iew® W inSCU XML format group allo ws you to back up single BIOS parameter settings in Ser v erView® WinSCU XML f ormat and to sav e the backup to a fi[...]

iRMC S2/S3 157 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, f lashing BIOS Request BIOS P a rameter Backup Initiates a bac kup of single BIOS par ameter settings in Ser v erView® WinSCU XML f ormat. The backup (with the name specifi ed in the Backup F ilename field) is stored locally on the iRMC S2/S3. Once the back up process has star ted, the curren[...]

158 iRMC S2/S3 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, flash ing BIOS Resto rat ion Status Displa ys the status of the current restoration process. Successful completion is i ndicated by "Operation successful". The Rest oratio n Stat us is only displa yed if a restorati on is currently in process or has completed. Y ou can clear the stat[...]

iRMC S2/S3 159 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, f lashing BIOS 7.5.2 BIOS - Updating BIOS via "upload from file" or via TFTP The BI OS Update Settings page prov ides inf or mation on the current BIOS v ersion on the managed server and allows you to update the BIOS via "upload from file" or via TFTP . I Y ou will find the[...]

160 iRMC S2/S3 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, flash ing BIOS Updating (flashin g) the BIOS - course of events and im por tant notes The f ollowi ng ov er view applies f or both updating the BIOS via "upl oad from file" and updating the BIOS via TFTP . I Details on how to ini tiate the steps described in this ov erview are descri[...]

iRMC S2/S3 161 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, f lashing BIOS 2. Subsequently , flash data is trans ferred to memor y . The status display will indicate when the trans fer has successfully completed. 3. Bef ore the actual flashing process is started, the flash/update image is chec ked. Figure 79: U pdating BIOS - checking update/flash imag[...]

162 iRMC S2/S3 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, flash ing BIOS BIOS Upload from File The BIOS Upload fr om F ile group allo ws you to perf or m an onli ne update of the BIOS on the managed server . T o do this, y ou must prov ide the current BIOS image in a file . Figure 80: BIOS Update Settings page - BIOS Update from File Update file File[...]

iRMC S2/S3 163 BIOS - Backing up/restore BIOS settings, f lashing BIOS BIOS TFTP Upd ate Settin gs The BIOS TFTP Update Settings group allows you to perf orm an online update of the BIOS on the managed ser ver . T o do this , you must provi de the c urrent BIOS image in a file on a TFTP ser v er . The BIOS is flashed when TFTP is star ted. Figure 8[...]

164 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es 7.6 iR MC S 2/S3 - Information , firm ware and certificates The iRMC S2/S3 entry contains the links to the f ollowing pages: – "iRMC S2/S3 Inf ormation - Information on the iRMC S2/S3" on page 165 – "Sav e iRMC S2/S3 Firmware Settings - Sa ve firmware settings&qu[...]

iRMC S2/S3 165 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates 7.6.1 iRM C S2/S3 Inf ormation - Inf ormation on the iRMC S2/ S3 The iRMC S2/S3 Information page provides y ou with the f ollo wing options: – View information on the firmware and the SDRR v ersion of the iRMC S2/S 3, set the firmware selector and load a firmware image and restar [...]

166 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Running Fi rmware Under Running F irmwar e , you c an view inf ormation on the firmware and the SDRR v ersion of the iRMC S2/S3 and res tar t the iRMC S2/S3. Figure 83: iRMC S 2/S3 Inf or mation page - Fir mware Information and iRMC S2/S3 reboot Reboot iRMC S2/S3 Reboots the iRMC S[...]

iRMC S2/S3 167 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates License Key The License K e y group allows y ou to load a license ke y onto the iRMC S2/S3. Figure 85: iRMC S2 /S3 Information page - License Key I Y ou require a vali d license ke y to be ab le to use the iRMC S2/S3 functions Advanc ed V ideo Redir ection (see page 302 ) and Remote[...]

168 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es T emperatur e Units Specifies the unit used f or displa ying temper ature values at the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace (degrees Celsius / degrees F ahrenheit). This setting applies f or the current session and is preset the ne xt time the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace is called. Colo ur Sch[...]

iRMC S2/S3 169 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates 7.6.2 Sa ve iRM C S2/S3 Firmw are Sett ings - Save firmwa re set tings The Save iRMC S2/S3 F irmwar e Settings page al lows y ou to sav e the current firmware settings and a number of other settings for the iRMC S2/S 3 in a file. Additionally , you can load the firmware settings ont[...]

170 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Figure 87: Sa ve iRMC S2/S3 Firmware Settings page Save iRMC S2/S3 firmware settings ... The data is e xpor ted from the iRMC S2/S3 in logical sections , each corresponding to a selected option. The option All other F irmware settings causes the firmware to e xpor t all current Con[...]

iRMC S2/S3 171 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates Import iR MC S2/S3 Firmware settings in ServerView® WinSCU XML format fr om file Conf ig F ile Configuration file (def ault: iRMC_S2_settings.bin / iRMC_S3_settings.bin ) in the ServerView ® WinSCU XML format from which y ou want to load the firm ware settings onto the iRMC S2/S3.[...]

172 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es 7.6.3 Cer tifica te Upload - Load the DSA/RSA ce r tificate and private DSA/RSA key The Certif icate U pload page allo ws you to loa d a signed X.509 DSA/RSA cer tificate (SSL) from a Cer tificate Aut hority (CA) and/or your priv ate DSA/RSA ke y (SSH) onto the iRMC S2/S3. I The iR[...]

iRMC S2/S3 173 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates Figure 88: Cer tificate Upload page[...]

174 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Displaying the currently v alid (CA) DSA/RSA cer tificate Ê In the group Certif icate Information and Restor e , clic k V iew C er ti fica te to show the currently v alid SSH/SSL-cer tificate. Ê In the group Certif icate Information and Restor e , clic k V iew CA Certificate to s[...]

iRMC S2/S3 175 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates Restoring the defau lt certif icate default CA cer tificate Ê In the group Certif icate Information and Restor e , click Default Certif icate to restore the defaul t cer tificate deliv ered with the fir mware after y ou hav e confirmed that you wish to do so . Ê In the group Certi[...]

176 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Loading a CA cer tificate from a local file Use the CA Certif icate upload fr om f ile group to load a CA certificate from a local file . Figure 91: Loading a CA cer tificate from a local file Proceed as f ollo ws: Ê Sav e the CA c er tificate in a local fi le on the managed ser v[...]

iRMC S2/S3 177 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates Loading th e DSA/RSA cer tificate and pr ivate DSA/RSA key fr om local files Y ou do this using the group SSL C ertif ica te and D SA/RS A privat e ke y upload fr om f il e . I The private k ey and the cer tificate must be loaded on the iRMC S2/S3 at the same time. Figure 92: Loadin[...]

178 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Entering the DSA/RSA cert ificat e/private DSARSA key directl y Y ou do this using the group SSL DSA/RSA cer tificate or DSA/RSA pr ivate uploa d via copy & paste . I Do not use this method to load a root cer tificate onto the iRMC S2/S3. Alwa ys load a roo t cer tificate using[...]

iRMC S2/S3 179 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates 7.6.4 Generat e a self-si gned Certificate - Generate se lf-si gned RSA certificate Y ou can create a self-signed c er tificate using the Generate a self-signed Certificate page. Figure 94: Generate a self -signed RSA Cer tificate page[...]

180 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Certificate Information and Resto re The Certif icate Information and Restor e group allows you to vie w the currently v alid DSA/RSA certificate and/or rest ore the defaul t RSA/DSA cer tificate. V iew Certif icate Y ou can vie w the currently vali d DSA/RSA cer tificate using thi[...]

iRMC S2/S3 181 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates 7.6.5 iRM C S2/S3 Firmware Upda te The iRMC S2/S3 F irm ware Update page allows y ou to update the iRMC S2/S 3 firm wa re online. T o do this, you must pro vide the current fir mware image either locally on a remote workstation or on a TFTP ser ver . Here you can also see inf or mat[...]

182 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Firmware Image Information Under F irmwar e Image Information , you can vie w info r mation on the firmware v ersion and the SDRR version of the iRMC S2/S3 and s et the fir mware selector . Figure 96: iRMC S2/S3 Firmware Update - Firmware Information F irmwar e Selec tor Y ou use t[...]

iRMC S2/S3 183 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates Firmware Updat e from File The F irmwar e Update fr om F ile group allo ws you to update the iRMC S2/S3 firmware online. T o do this, y ou must pro vide the current firmware image in a file on a remote workstation. Y ou will find the appropriate firmware image for y our PRIMERGY ser[...]

184 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificat es Update file File in which the firmware image is stored. I The files listed belo w each allow y ou to update one component of the iRMC S2/S3 firmware in e very update run (runtime fir mware and SDR record). The file rt_sdr_ <D-number >_4_08g _00.bin is also av ailable f or som[...]

iRMC S2/S3 185 iRMC S2/S3 - Information, firmware and certificates Update fil e File in which the firmware im age is stored. I The files listed belo w each allo w you to update one component of the iRMC S2/S3 firmware ev er y time TFTP is star ted (r untime firmware and SDR record). The file rt_sd r_<D-nu mber>_4_ 08g_00 .bin is also av ailab[...]

186 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent 7.7 P ower Management The P ower Mana geme nt entry contains the links to the power manag ement pages f or y our PRIMERGY ser ver: – "P o wer On/Off - power the server up/do wn" on page 187 . – "P o wer Options - Configuring power management f or the ser ver" on page 191 . – "P o wer [...]

iRMC S2/S3 187 Power Mana geme nt 7.7.1 P ower On/Of f - powe r the server up/ down The Po w e r O n / O f f page allows y ou to powe r the managed ser ver on and off . Y ou are inf or med of the ser ver’ s current power status and are also able to configure the behavi or of the ser ver dur ing the ne xt boot operation. Figure 99: P ower On/Off p[...]

188 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent Boot Option s The Boot Options group allo ws you to configure the beha vior of the system the next time it is booted. Y ou can set whether the BIOS is to interrupt the boot process f or the system if errors occur dur ing the POST phase. I The options set here only apply to the ne xt boot operation. After this , the[...]

iRMC S2/S3 189 Power Mana geme nt P ower Contr ol - powering the server up and d own/rebooting the server The Po w e r C o n t r o l group allows y ou to power the s er ver up/down or to reboot the server . Figure 102: P ower On/Off page, Restar t (server is powered up) Figure 103: P ower On/Off page, Restar t (server is powered do wn) Po w e r O n[...]

190 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent Po w e r C y c l e P o wers the ser v er down completely and then po wers it up again after a configured period. Y ou can configure this time in the P ower Cycle Delay field of the ASR&R O ptions group (see page 234 ). Gr aceful P ower Off (Sh utdown) Graceful shutdo wn and pow er off. This option is only a vai[...]

iRMC S2/S3 191 Power Mana geme nt 7.7.2 P ower Opti ons - Configuring power management for the serv er The P ower Options page allows you to defi ne the ser ver’ s behavior after a power outage and specify the server’ s power on/off times. Figure 104: P ower Options page[...]

192 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent P ower Restore P olicy - Specify behavior of the ser ver after a power outage The P ower Restor e P olicy group allo ws you to specify the server’ s po wer management behav ior after a power outage . Figure 105: P o wer Options page, P o wer Restore P olicy Always p ower off The ser ver alw a ys remains powered d[...]

iRMC S2/S3 193 Power Mana geme nt P ower On/Off Time - Specify power on/off times for the server The input fields of the Po w e r O n / O f f T i m e group allow y ou to specify the times at which the server is pow ered up/down f or the individual da ys of the week or f or specified times during the da y . I Specifications in t he E veryday field t[...]

194 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent 0 W att T echnolo gy I Please note: – This f eature is only supported by the iRMC S3. – This f eature is not suppor ted for all PRIMERGY servers. The "0 W att T echnology" f eature allows y ou to reduce the ser v er’ s standb y power c onsumption to 0 watts . Ev er y time the s er ver is powered off[...]

iRMC S2/S3 195 Power Mana geme nt Enabled Enab les 0 W att mode . Ev en if Enabl ed has been configured, the 0 W att mode is bl ock ed in the f ollo wing ca ses: ● P ow er-cycle request / power-on dela y A power cy cle request powers do wn the ser ver without enab ling 0W a t t mode, i.e. 0 W att mode will not be enabled in the dela y between pow[...]

196 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent ● System Identification LE D As long as the System Identification LED is on, the iRMC S 3 will not enable 0W a t t mode. ● Adv anced Video Redirection (A VR) If an A VR session is currently activ e, the iRMC S3 will not enab le 0W a t t mode. Once all A VR sessions hav e been finished (i.e , no A VR is activ e)[...]

iRMC S2/S3 197 Power Mana geme nt End T ime Defines the end ( hh:mm ) of the time interval. Ê Click Apply to activate y our settings. Ê Click Apply to activate y our settings .[...]

198 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent 7.7.3 P o wer Suppl y Inf o - P ower supply and IDPRO M data for the FR U components The P ower Suppl y Info page provides you with inf ormation on the power supply specifications and the IDPR OM data of the FR Us of the server . The CSS Comp onent column indi cates for each of th e components whether the CSS ( C u[...]

iRMC S2/S3 199 Power Consum ption 7.8 P o wer Co nsumption The P owe r Co nsump tio n entr y contains the links to the pages f or monitoring and controlling the pow er consumption of the managed server: – "P ow er Consumption Configuration - Configure po wer consumption of the ser ver" on page 200 . – "P ow er Options - Configuri[...]

200 iRMC S2/S3 P o wer C onsum ptio n 7.8.1 P o wer Consumption Configuration - Configure power consumption of the server The P ower Consum ption Con fig ur ation page allows you to specify the mode the iRMC S2/S3 uses to c ontrol the power consumpti on of your PRIMERGY server . Figure 110: P ower Consumption Configuration page I Prerequisite: The [...]

iRMC S2/S3 201 Power Consum ption P ower Co nsum ptio n Opti ons The P ower Consumption Options g roup allows y ou to select the power control mode and specify whether the pow er consumption should be monitored ov er time. P ower Contr ol Mode Mode f or controlling the pow er consumption of the managed ser v er : – P ower Mgmt. Disabled : The iRM[...]

202 iRMC S2/S3 P o wer C onsum ptio n Enable P ower Monitoring If you enab le this option, po wer consumption is monitored o ver time . I P ow er monitoring is enabled b y def ault as of V ersion 3.32 of the fir mware. I This setting only tak es effect on PRIMERGY servers that suppor t power monitoring. Ê Click Appl y to activ ate y our settings. [...]

iRMC S2/S3 203 Power Consum ption Figure 111: P ower Consumption Configuration page (scheduled) Ti m e 1 Time [hh:ss] at which the iRMC S2/S3 star ts pow er control as defined in Mode 1 on the rele vant da y of the week . Ti m e 2 Time [hh:ss] at which the iRMC S2/S3 star ts pow er control as defined in Mode 2 on the rele vant da y of the week . Mo[...]

204 iRMC S2/S3 P o wer C onsum ptio n Ê Click Appl y to activ ate y our settings. I Y ou can also configure scheduled po wer control using the Server Configuration Manager (see chapter "Configuring iRMC S2/S3 using the Server Configuration Manage r" on page 347 ). P ower Limit Options The P ower Limit Options group is di splay ed under t[...]

iRMC S2/S3 205 Power Consum ption W arning Thr eshold Threshold as a percentage of the maximum po wer consumption specified under Po w e r L i m i t . When the threshold is reached, the action defined under Action Reaching P ower Limit is performed. Po w e r L i m i t G r a c e Pe r i o d P eriod (in minutes) f or which the system wai ts after the [...]

206 iRMC S2/S3 P o wer C onsum ptio n 7.8.2 Current P ower Consumption - Sho w the current power consum ption I This view i s not suppor ted by all PRIM ERGY ser vers with i RMC S2/S3. The Curr ent P ower Consumption page shows the current pow er consumption of the system components and of the o vera ll system. Figure 113: Current Po wer Consumptio[...]

iRMC S2/S3 207 Power Consum ption 7.8.3 P o wer Consumption Histor y - Sho w ser ver power consumption The P ower Consumpt ion Histo ry page char ts the power consum ption of your PRIMERGY server . I This page is not show n on all PRIMERGY servers with iRM C S2/S3. Figure 114: P ower Consumption Histor y page[...]

208 iRMC S2/S3 P o wer C onsum ptio n Current Po wer Consum ption I This option is not supported for all P RIMERGY ser v ers. Under Curr ent P ower Consumption you can s ee all the measurements f or the server pow er consumption in the current interval: current, minimum, maximum and av erage power consumption. A gr aphical displa y also shows the c[...]

iRMC S2/S3 209 Power Consum ption P ower History P eriod P eriod f or which the power consumption i s char ted. The fol lowing intervals can be s elected: 1 hour Def ault. Measurements f or the last hour (60 v alues). Since one measurement is generated e v er y minute , this shows all the measurements of the last hour . 12 hour s Measurements f or [...]

210 iRMC S2/S3 P o wer C onsum ptio n Enable P ower Monitoring Specifies whether pow er monitoring is to be carried out. I P ow er Monitoring) is enab led b y defaul t as of V ersion 3.32 of the fir mware. I This setting only applies to PRIMERGY servers that suppor t consumption logging. Ê Click Appl y to activ ate y our settings. Ê Click Delete [...]

iRMC S2/S3 211 Sensors - Check status of th e sensors 7.9 Sensors - Chec k status of the sensors The “Sensors” entr y provides you wi th pages which allow y ou to check the statuses of sensors of the managed server: – "F ans - Chec k fans" on page 212 . – "T emperature - Repor t the temperature of the ser ver components"[...]

212 iRMC S2/S3 Sensors - Check status of the sensors 7.9. 1 Fans - Chec k fans The Fa n s page provides inf ormation on fans and their status. Figure 118: Fans page[...]

iRMC S2/S3 213 Sensors - Check status of th e sensors Fan T est - T est fans The F an T est group allo ws you to specif y a time at which the f an test is star ted automatically or to start the fan test e xplicitl y . I Instead of the f ormer ly used full speed testing, most ne w systems no w provide a modified f an test f eature which perf orms th[...]

214 iRMC S2/S3 Sensors - Check status of the sensors Ê Define the behav ior in the e vent of a f ault using the list at the bottom of the work area: – Choose contin ue if the server is not to be shut do wn if the selected f ans f ail. – Choose shutd own-and -power-off if the server is to be shut do wn and pow ered down if the select ed fans f [...]

iRMC S2/S3 215 Sensors - Check status of th e sensors 7.9.2 T e mperature - Repor t the tempera ture of the server components The T emp eratur e page provi des information on the status of the temperature sensors which measure the temperature at the s er v er components, such as the CPU and the Memory Module and the ambient temper ature. Figure 119[...]

216 iRMC S2/S3 Sensors - Check status of the sensors Select all Selects all temperature sensors. Deselect all All selec tions are cancelled. Ê Select the sensors f or which y ou wish to define the beha vior in the e v ent that the critical temperature is reached. Ê Define the behav ior in the ev ent that the critical tem perature is reached using[...]

iRMC S2/S3 217 Sensors - Check status of th e sensors 7.9.3 V oltages - Repor t v o ltage sensor information The V oltage s page provides inf ormation on the status of voltage s ensors assigned to the server components. Figure 120: V oltages page[...]

218 iRMC S2/S3 Sensors - Check status of the sensors 7.9.4 P o wer Suppl y - Chec k po wer supply The P ower Supp ly page provides inf ormation on the power suppli ed from the power sup ply units. F or some server types, the P ow er Supp ly page also allows you t o configure power supply redundanc y settings. Figure 121: P o wer Supply page[...]

iRMC S2/S3 219 Sensors - Check status of th e sensors P ower Supply Redundancy Config uration I This functionality is not av ailab le with all servers . The P owe r Sup ply Re dund ancy C onfigurat ion group allows y ou to set the redundancy mode f or the managed ser v er . It depends on the servers capabilities whic h options are actually av ailab[...]

220 iRMC S2/S3 Sensors - Check status of the sensors 7.9.5 Component Status - Chec k status of the ser ver components The Comp onen t Stat us page provides inf or mation on the status of the server components . The CS S Com ponen t column indicates f or each of the components whether the CSS ( C ustomer S elf S ervice) functionality is suppor ted. [...]

iRMC S2/S3 221 Sensors - Check status of th e sensors Entries with Designation "iRMC", "Ag ent", "BIOS", or "VIOM" Entries with the Designation "iRMC", "Agent", "BIOS", or "VIOM" indicate that the iRMC S2/S3, the agent, the BIOS , or VIOM has detected an error . It does[...]

222 iRMC S2/S3 Sensors - Check status of the sensors I The precise entries display ed in the Compo nent St atus Sensor Infor mation table , theref ore, depend on the server state and whether the server suppor ts "agentless HDD monitoring": – The entr y with Design ation "HDD" only shows a status in the Signal Status column if [...]

iRMC S2/S3 223 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log 7.10 System Event Log and I nternal Event Log The Event Log entry in the navigation area contains the links to the pages f or vie wing and configuring the IPMI e vent log (sy stem ev ent log, SEL) and the iRMC S2/S3 internal ev ent log: – "System Ev ent Log Content - Show inf ormation o[...]

224 iRMC S2/S3 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log 7.10.1 System Ev ent Log Content - Sho w information on the SEL and the SEL entries The Syst em Ev ent Log C onte nt page provides inf or mation on the IPMI SEL and displa ys the SEL entries. The IPMI SEL contains en tries providing inf ormation on e vents like operati ng system boots / shutdo[...]

iRMC S2/S3 225 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log System Event Log Information The System Event Log I nformation group inf orms you of th e number of entries in the IPMI SEL. It also indic ates the time when the last entries were added or deleted. Figure 125: System Event Log Content page, System Event Log Information Clear Event Log Click Cl[...]

226 iRMC S2/S3 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log System Event Log Conten t The System Event Log Content group di spla ys the SEL entries filtered b y se v erity class. I Y ou can modify the filter criteria for the dur ation of the current session in the System Event Log Content group . Howe ver , the settings you make here are only v alid un[...]

iRMC S2/S3 227 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log 7.10.2 Internal Event Log Content - Show i nformation on the internal eventlog and the associ ated entr ies The I nternal Event Log C ontent page provides inf ormation on the internal ev entlog and displa ys the associated entries. The internal ev ent log compri ses audit e vents (logon ev ent[...]

228 iRMC S2/S3 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log Internal Event Log Information The Internal Event Lo g Information group inf or ms you of the n umber of entries in the internal ev ent log. It also indic ates the time when the last entries were added or deleted. Figure 128: System Event Log Cont ent page, System Event Log Inf ormation Clear [...]

iRMC S2/S3 229 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log Internal Event Log Con tent The Internal Event Log Content group displa ys the internal ev entlog entries filtered by sev erity class. I Y ou can modify the filter criteria for the durati on of the current session in the Internal Even t Log Content group . Howe ver , the settings y ou make her[...]

230 iRMC S2/S3 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log 7.10.3 Event Log Configuration - Configure IPMI SEL and i nternal event log On the Event Log Conf iguration page , you can configure the IPMI system ev ent log (SEL) and the internal ev entlog. Y ou c an configure f or each of the e v ent logs – the entries which are displa yed b y def ault [...]

iRMC S2/S3 231 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log IPMI Event Log Configu ration Default LCD panel display f iltering I If a Ser v erView Local Service Displa y module is fitted in the managed PRIMERGY server , y ou can also select the error se verities f or displa ying the SEL on the Ser verV iew Local Service Displa y . (This selection is in[...]

232 iRMC S2/S3 System Event Log and Int ernal Event Log Internal Event Log Configuration Display Critical , Display Major , Display Minor , Display Info Here you select one or more se v erity lev els f or which e v ent log entries should be displa y ed by def ault on the on the Internal Event Log Co ntent page (see page 227 ). Ring Buffer The ev en[...]

iRMC S2/S3 233 Server Management In formation - Conf iguring the server settin gs 7.11 Server Mana gement Inf ormati on - Configurin g the ser ver settings The Ser ver M anagem ent I nfo rmat ion page allows y ou to configure the f ollo wing settings on the server: – ASR&R (automatic ser v er reconfiguration and restar t) settings for the ser[...]

234 iRMC S2/S3 Server Management Information - Con figuring the server setti ngs ASR&R Options - Con figure ASR&R settings The ASR& R Opt ions group allo ws you to configure the ASR&R (automatic ser ver reconfiguration and restart) settings for the server . I The settings made on the ASR& R Options group become activ e the ne xt[...]

iRMC S2/S3 235 Server Management In formation - Conf iguring the server settin gs P ower Cycle Delay (0 - 15) Time (in seconds) between po wering down and po wering up dur ing a pow er cyc le . Ê Click Apply to sav e your settings . The configured settings are sa ved and the actions which hav e been configured are perf or med in the appropriate ci[...]

236 iRMC S2/S3 Server Management Information - Con figuring the server setti ngs Proceed as f ollo ws: Ê Check or uncheck the option(s) under Enab led f or the Software W atchdog and/or Boot W atch dog . Ê If y ou hav e activ ated either of these options , y ou can configure the f ollowing settings after Soft ware W atchdog and/or Boot W atch dog[...]

iRMC S2/S3 237 Server Management In formation - Conf iguring the server settin gs HP System Insight Manager (HP SIM) Integration O ptions - Configure HP SIM integration The HP System Insight Mana ge r (HP SIM) Inte gratio n Option s group allows you to configure whether the iRMC S2/S3 de vice will return some identifying inf ormation in response to[...]

238 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters 7.12 Netw ork Settings - Configure the LAN p arameter s The Network Settings entr y brings together the links to the pages you use to configure the LAN parameters of the i RMC S2/S3: – "Network Interface S ettings - Configure Ether net settings on the iRMC S2/S3" on page 2[...]

iRMC S2/S3 239 Net work S etti ngs - Conf igur e the LAN pa rame ters 7.12.1 Network Interface Settings - Configure Ethernet sett ings on the iRMC S2/S3 The Network Interface page allo ws you to vie w and change the Ether net settings f or the iRMC S2/S3. Figure 136: Network Interf ace pag e[...]

240 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters V CA UTION! Contact the network administrator responsib le f or the system bef or e y ou change the Ethernet settings. If you make i llegal Ethernet settings f or the iRMC S2/S3, y ou will only be able to access the iRMC S2/ S3 using special configuration software , the serial interf [...]

iRMC S2/S3 241 Net work S etti ngs - Conf igur e the LAN pa rame ters IPv4 Enab led Enables /disabl es IPv4 addressing f or the iRMC S2/S3. If IPv4 addressing is e nabled, the IPv4 configura tion group will be displa yed (see belo w). Y ou cannot disabl e IPv4 addressing if the iRMC S2/S3 is c urrently accessed via IPv4. IPv6 Enab led Enables /disa[...]

242 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters The (configured) iRMC S2/S3 c an be registered with a DNS ser ver b y an appropriately configured DHCP ser ver (see section "DNS Configuration - Configur ing DNS f or the iRMC S2/S3" on page 249 ). IPv6 configuration The IPv6 conf iguration group allo ws you to man ually con[...]

iRMC S2/S3 243 Net work S etti ngs - Conf igur e the LAN pa rame ters P art of the specif ied static addr ess P ar t of the static address specified under IPv6 Stat ic Addr es s . EUI-6 4 (base d on MAC add r ess) EUI-64 standard conform representation of the MA C address of the iRMC S2/S3. IPv6 Sta tic Address Static IPv6 address f or the iRMC S2/[...]

244 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters Adv anced TCP configuration Max TCP Se gment Lifetime Maximum lif etime (in seconds ) of TCP/IP pack et (Def ault: 32 seconds). TCP C onne ctio n T ime out Timeout v alue (in seconds) of the TCP connection (Def ault: 32 seconds). Max. T ransmission Unit (MTU) Maximum pac ket size (in [...]

iRMC S2/S3 245 Net work S etti ngs - Conf igur e the LAN pa rame ters 7.12.2 P orts and Netw ork Services - Configuring port s and netw ork services The P orts and Net work Servi ces page all ows you to vie w and modify the configuration s ettings f or por ts and network ser vices. Figure 139: P or ts and Network Serv ices page I Configuration is n[...]

246 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters P orts for web-based access Sessi on T imeou t P eriod of inactivity (in seconds) after which the session is automatically closed. The login page of the iRMC S2/S3 w eb interf ace then appears, and you c an log in again as required (see page 136 ). I Y our session will not automatical[...]

iRMC S2/S3 247 Net work S etti ngs - Conf igur e the LAN pa rame ters Refr esh every ... seconds Length (in seconds) of the interval f or automatically refreshing the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace . I If you enter a v alue f or the refresh inter v al which is less than the Sessi on T ime out (see page 246 ), your session will not automatica lly be clos[...]

248 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters VNC por ts Stan dar d P ort VNC por t of the iRMC S2/S3 f or secure and non-secure Adv anced Video Redirection (A VR) P ort number : 80 Hard-configured Enabl ed by def ault: y es Communication direction: inbound Secur e P ort (SSL) VNC por t of the iRMC S2/S3 for the SSL-secured trans[...]

iRMC S2/S3 249 Net work S etti ngs - Conf igur e the LAN pa rame ters 7.12.3 DNS Configuration - Configuring DNS f or the iRMC S2/S3 The DNS Conf igur atio n page allows you to activ ate the Domain Name Service (DNS) for the iRMC S2/S 3 and to configure a host name f or the iRMC S2/S3. Figure 140: DNS Configuration page[...]

250 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters DNS Settings The DNS Settings group all ows you to activate the Domai n Name Ser vice (DNS) f or the iRMC S2/S3. This makes it pos sible to use sym bolic DNS names instead of IP addresses f or configuring the iRMC S2/S3. Figure 141: DNS Con figuration page - DNS Settings DNS e nabled [...]

iRMC S2/S3 251 Net work S etti ngs - Conf igur e the LAN pa rame ters DNS Name The DNS Name group allo ws you to configure a host name f or the iRMC S2/S3 and thus use “dynamic DNS”. Dynamic DNS allows DHCP servers to autonomously pass on the IP address and system nam e of a network component to DNS servers to f acilitate identific ation. Figur[...]

252 iRMC S2/S3 Network Settings - Configur e the LAN param eters iRMC S2/ S3 Name iRMC S2/S3 name passed to DHCP f or the iRMC S2/S3 in place of the server name. Depending on the related options , the iRMC S2/S3 name is used as par t of the DNS name. Extension Name e xtension f or the iRMC S2/S3. DNS Name Shows the c onfigured DNS name for the iRMC[...]

iRMC S2/S3 253 Alerting - Configu re alerting 7.13 Aler ting - Configure aler ting The Alerting entr y contains the links to the pages y ou use to configure aler ting f or the iRMC S2/S3: – "SNMP T rap Aler ting - Configure SNMP trap alerting" on page 254 . – "Serial / Modem Aler ting - Configure aler ting via modem" on page[...]

254 iRMC S2/S3 Alert ing - Configure aler ting 7.13.1 SNMP T rap Alerting - Configure SNMP trap alerting The SNMP T r ap Alerting page allo ws you to vie w and configure the settings f or SNMP trap aler ting. I F orwarding of SNMP traps to up to se ven SNMP ser v ers is suppor ted. Figure 143: SNMP T rap Aler ting page SNMP Co mmunity Name of the S[...]

iRMC S2/S3 255 Alerting - Configu re alerting 7.13.2 Serial / Modem Alerting - Configure aler ting via modem I The Serial / Modem Alerting page is only av ailabl e with the iRMC S2. The Serial / Modem A lertin g page allows y ou to configure how alerts are f orwarded via a modem. Figure 144: S erial / Modem Aler ting page Modem Alerting Enable Enab[...]

256 iRMC S2/S3 Alert ing - Configure aler ting Pr ovider Phone Number Enter the name of the SMS server . Handy/P ager Phone Numbe r Enter the name of the mobile phone . Handy/ P ager T ype Y ou can choose between: – Signal P ager – Numeric P ager – Alpha pager –S M S – DoCoMo SMS Messa ge Leng th Limit Y ou can choose between 80 or 140 as[...]

iRMC S2/S3 257 Alerting - Configu re alerting 7.13.3 Email Aler ting - Configure email alerting The Email Alerting page allows y ou to configure the settings f or email aler ting. I Configuration of tw o mail ser vers is suppor ted. Email aler ting can be specified indiv idually f or each user (see section "User “<name>” Configuratio[...]

258 iRMC S2/S3 Alert ing - Configure aler ting Global Email Pa ging Config uration - Configu re global email settings The Glob al Ema il P aging Confi gur ation g roup allows y ou to configure the global email settings . Figure 146: Email Alerting page, Global Email Configurat ion Email Alerting Enable Activ ate this option. SMTP Retries (0 - 7) Nu[...]

iRMC S2/S3 259 Alerting - Configu re alerting Primary SMTP Server Configurat ion - Configure prim ary mail server The Primary SMTP Ser ver Con fi gurati on group allo ws you to configure the primar y ser ver (SMTP server). Figure 147: Email Aler ting page, Primar y SMTP Ser ver Configuration SMTP Server IP address of the primar y mail server I Y ou[...]

260 iRMC S2/S3 Alert ing - Configure aler ting Secondary SM TP Ser ver Conf igurat ion - Configure second ary mail server The Second ary SMT P Server Conf igur ation g roup allows y ou to configure the secondary ser ver (SMTP server). Figure 148: Email A lert ing page - Sec ondary SMTP S erver Configuration SMTP Server IP address of the secondary m[...]

iRMC S2/S3 261 Alerting - Configu re alerting Mail Format depen dent Configur ation - Configure mail-format-dependent settings The Mail F ormat dependent Conf igura tion group allows y ou to configure the mail- f or mat-dependent settings. Y ou specify the mail format fo r each user using the New User C onfigur ation - User <N ame > Configura[...]

262 iRMC S2/S3 Alert ing - Configure aler ting Admin N ame Name of the administrator responsib le (optional). Only active f or the ITS mail f ormat (see page 270 ). Admin Ph one Phone number of the adminis trator responsible (optional ). Only active f or the ITS mail f ormat (see page 270 ). REMCS Id This ID is an additional s er ver ID , similar t[...]

iRMC S2/S3 263 User Mana gem ent 7.14 User Manageme nt The User Manag ement entr y contains the links to the pages f or local user management as well as for the c onfiguration of the directory ser vice for glo bal user management (LD AP configurati on): – "iRMC S2/S3 User - local user management on the iRMC S2/S 3" on page 263 . – &qu[...]

264 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent Figure 150: User M anagement page Delete The table of c onfigured users includes a Delete button after each user entry . Click this b utton to delete the associated user after confirming this choice . New Us er When y ou click this b utton, the New User Conf iguration page open s (see page 265 ). Y ou can configure [...]

iRMC S2/S3 265 User Mana gem ent 7.14.1.1 New User Configuration - Co nfiguring a new user The Ne w User Conf iguration page all ows you to configure the basic settings for a new user . Y ou will find e xplanations of the fiel ds and selection lists on the New Us er Co nfigurati on page as of page 267 under the descr iption of the Use r “<na m[...]

266 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent 7.14.1.2 User “<name>” Configu ration - User configuration (details) The User “<n ame>” Conf igur atio n page allows y ou to vie w , modify and e xtend the settings f or a user . In figure 152 y ou can see the configuration of the user created in figure 151 . I The user ID is shown in brac k ets [...]

iRMC S2/S3 267 User Mana gem ent User Information - Configuring user access data The User Information group allo ws you to configure the access data f or the user . Figure 153: User Management - User “<name>” Configuration page, User Inf or mation User Enabled Disabl e this option to loc k the user . Name Enter the name of the user . P as[...]

268 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent Privileges / P ermissions - Assigning user privileg es The Privile ges / P ermissions group allows y ou to configure the channel-specific user privileges. Figure 154: User M anagement - U ser “<name>” Configuration page, Privilege / P ermissions LAN Channel Privile ge Assign a privilege group f or a LAN ch[...]

iRMC S2/S3 269 User Mana gem ent Ê Click Apply to activate y our settings . User SSHv2 public ke y upload f rom file The User S SHv2 pu blic K e y uploag fr om f il e group allo ws you to load an user SSHv2 pub lic ke y from a local fi le. Figure 155: User Management - User “<name>” C onfiguration page, User SSHv2 public ke y upload from[...]

270 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent Email Configuration - C onfigure user-specific email settings The Email Configur ation group allo ws you to c onfigure the user-specific settings go verning the email f ormat. Figure 156: User M anagement - U ser “<name>” Configuration page, Email Configuration Email Enabled Specify whether the user is to [...]

iRMC S2/S3 271 User Mana gem ent Pr eferr ed Mail Server Select the pref erred mail server . Y ou can choose one of the f ollowing options: – Automatic If the email cannot be sent successfully immediately , f or instance because the preferred mail server is not av ailab le, the email is sent to the second mail server . – Prim ary Only the mail [...]

272 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent P aging Se verity Conf iguration Here you can configure system e v ents about which an iRMC S2/S3 user is to be inf ormed by email. I Ev er y entr y in the e vent log f or the iRMC S2/S3 is assig ned to a par ticular paging group . The fol lowing settings are a vailab le for eac h ev ent group: None The notification[...]

iRMC S2/S3 273 User Mana gem ent 7.14. 2 Dire ctor y Ser vic e Configuration (LD AP) - Configuring the director y service at the iRMC S2/S3 In order to perf or m global user management via a directory ser vice (see the "User Management in ServerVie w" manual), y ou must configure the iRMC S2/S3 appropriately in the Dir ectory Service Conf[...]

274 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent LD AP Enabled This option specifies whether the iRMC S2/S3 can access a directory serv ice via LD AP . Director y ser vice access via LD AP is only possible if LD AP Enab le has been activ ated. I If LD AP Enable is check ed then the login inf ormation (see page 136 ) is alwa ys tr ansf erred with SSL encr yption be[...]

iRMC S2/S3 275 User Mana gem ent Dir ectory Server T ype T ype of director y ser ver used: The fol lowing directory ser vices are suppor ted: – Active Directo ry : Microsoft Active Directory – Novell : Nov ell eDirectory – OpenLDAP : OpenLD AP – Open DS Ê Click Apply to activate y our settings. Diff erent input fields are pro vided, depend[...]

276 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent 7.14.2.1 Configuring iRMC S2/S3 for Micr osoft Active Directo ry After you ha v e confir med the Active Directory you ha v e chosen by clic king Apply , the f ollowing v ar iant of the Dir ectory Service Configur ation page is sho wn: Figure 158: Directory Ser vice Configuration: Specifications f or Micr osoft Activ[...]

iRMC S2/S3 277 User Mana gem ent Proceed as f ollo ws: Ê Complete y our specifications in the Global Dir ectory Service Conf iguration group: Figure 159: Global Directory Ser v ice Configuration: Specifications for Microsoft Active Directory Primary LDAP Server LD AP directory ser ver that is to be used. LD AP Server IP address or DSN name of the [...]

278 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent Domain Name Complete DNS path name of the directory ser ver . Base DN Base D N is automaticall y derived from Domain Name . Gr oups dir ecto ry as su b-tr ee f r om b ase DN P athname of the organizational u nit (OU) which as a subtree of Base D N (Group DN Conte xt) contains the OUs SV S or iRMCgr oups . Department[...]

iRMC S2/S3 279 User Mana gem ent T es t LDAP Access Checks the access data to the LD AP directory server and shows the LD AP status as the result (see figure 161 ). I This test only chec ks the basic access data (“Is the LD AP ser ver present?”, “Is the user configured?”), but does not fully authenticate the user . Figure 161: Microsoft Act[...]

280 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent 7.14.2.2 Configuring iRMC S2/S3 for No vell eDirectory / OpenLDAP / OpenD S After you ha v e confirmed you choice of No vell or OpenLDAP by click ing Apply , the f ollowing v ar iant of the Dir ect ory Service Co nfigu ra tion page is sho wn. I The Dir ectory Service Conf iguration page has an identical structure f [...]

iRMC S2/S3 281 User Mana gem ent Proceed as f ollo ws: Ê Complete y our specifications in the Global Dir ectory Service Conf iguration group: Figure 164: Global Directory Ser vice Configuration: Specifications f or Novel l eDirector y / Open LDAP / OpenDS Primary LDAP Server LD AP directory ser ver that is to be used. LD AP Server IP address or DS[...]

282 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent Backup LD AP Serve r LD AP directory server which is maintained as the back up ser ver and used as the directory ser ver if LD AP Server 1 fai ls . LD AP Server IP address or DSN name of the Back up LD AP server . LD AP P ort LD AP por t of the Back up LD AP server . LD AP SSL P ort Secure LD AP por t of the Bac kup[...]

iRMC S2/S3 283 User Mana gem ent Ê Configure the LD AP acc ess data in the Dir ectory Service Access C onfigur ation group: Figure 165: Nov ell eDirector y / Open LD AP: Directory Ser vice Acces s Configuration LD AP A uth P a sswor d P ass word the Principal User uses to authenticate themselv es on the LD AP server . Conf irm P asswor d Repeat th[...]

284 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent Enhanced User Login Enhanced fle xibility when users l og in. V CA UTION! Only activ ate this option if y ou are f amiliar with the LD AP syntax. If you inadv ertently specify and activate an in v alid search filter , users can only l og in to the iRMC S2/S3 under a global login after the Enhanced User Login option [...]

iRMC S2/S3 285 User Mana gem ent T es t LDAP Access Checks the access data to the LD AP directory server and shows the LD AP status as the result (see figure 161 ). I This test only chec ks the basic access data (“Is the LD AP ser ver present?”, “Is the user configured?”), but does not fully authenticate the user . Figure 168: eDirect ory /[...]

286 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent 7.14.3 Centralized A uthenticat ion Service (CAS) Configuration - Configuring the CAS Service I This view i s not suppor ted by all PRIM ERGY ser vers with i RMC S2/S3. SSO is only supported for accessing the iRMC S2/S3 via the web inte rface. SS O is not suppor ted for accessing the iRMC S 2/S3 via the Remote Manag[...]

iRMC S2/S3 287 User Mana gem ent CAS Generic Configuration The CAS Gener ic Co nfigurat ion group allo ws you to configure CAS access data. Figure 171: CAS Generic Configuration CAS Enab led Enables SSO using the CAS service that you specify in the CAS Generic Configur ation group . Enable SSL/HTTPS All comm unication between the CAS service and th[...]

288 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent Always Display Lo gin P age I If Alwa ys Disp lay Login P age is disabled and the CAS service cannot be reached, type /login after the IP address of the iRMC S2/S3 in y our browser’ s na vigation bar . Alwa ys displ ays the iRMC S 2/S3 login page: Figure 172: Login page Figure 173: Login page - explicit authentica[...]

iRMC S2/S3 289 User Mana gem ent CAS Logi n Logs the user in to the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace via SSO : – If the user has not been authenticated b y the CAS service yet: The user is redirected to the CAS service for authentic ation with the specified v alues f or User name and Pa s s w o r d . – If the user has already been authenti cated by th[...]

290 iRMC S2/S3 User Mana gem ent P ermissions r etrieved via LD AP The authorization profile defined in the LD AP directory ser vice applies to the user . I The P ermissions r etrieved via LDAP option is only a v ailab le, if LD AP is enab led (see option " LD AP Enabl ed " on page 274 ). CAS User Privilege and Permissions The CAS Us er P[...]

iRMC S2/S3 291 User Mana gem ent Conf igur e iRMC S2/S3 Settings P ermission to configure the iRMC S2/S3 settings . V id eo R edirection enab led P ermission to use Advanced Video Redirection (A VR) in “View Only” and “Full Control” mode. Remot e Storage en abled P ermission to use the Remote Storage functionality .[...]

292 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console 7.15 Console Redirection - Redirecting the console The f ollo wing pages are av ailab le f or console redirection: – "BIOS T ext Console - Configure and st art text console redirection" on page 292 . – "Adv anced Video Redirection - Start Advanced Video Redi rection (A[...]

iRMC S2/S3 293 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console 7.15.1.1 BIOS Console Redirection Op tions - Configure text console redirection BIOS Co nsole Redir ection Opt ions allo ws you to configure te xt console redirection. Figure 176: BIOS T ext Console page - BI OS Console Re direction Options Cons ole Redir ection Ena bled This option allo[...]

294 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console Cons ole Redir ection P ort T wo seri al por ts are av ailab le: Serial 1 , Serial 2 . I If console redirection is to be performed via LAN, Seri al 1 must be set. If Seri al 2 is selected, only the connecti on over the n ull modem cab le w orks. Serial P ort Baud Rate The fol lowing baud[...]

iRMC S2/S3 295 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console 7.15.1.2 T e xt Console Redirectio n (via Serial o ver LAN) - Star t text console redirection T ext Console Redir ection (via Serial Over LAN) allo ws you to start text cons ole redirection. I T ext console redirection via Serial o ver LAN (SOL) assumes that the operating system and / or[...]

296 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console Figure 178: Window for pow er management and te xt console redirection (before login) Ê Click Logon to log in to the iRMC S2/S3. Y ou ar e then prompted to enter your iRMC S 2/S3 user name and pass word: Figure 179: P ower management and te xt console redirection - Login win dow[...]

iRMC S2/S3 297 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console Ê Enter your user name and pass word and clic k Login to confir m. The window f or po wer management and te xt console redirection is then displa y ed: Figure 180: Window f or power management and t ext console redirection Status bar Console area Login bar Console redirect ion bar P owe[...]

298 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console The elements of the console redire ction windo w are ex plained below: Login bar The login bar shows the IP address and current firmware v ersion of the iRMC S2/S3. The Login and Log out b uttons allow you to l og in to and log out of the iRMC S2/S3. P o wer management bar The pow er man[...]

iRMC S2/S3 299 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console Ê Click Enter Console . Y ou are then connected to the console and can e x ecute the required command, either b y entering it directly in the console area or by c licking it i n the Command drop-down list (IPMI commands only): Figure 181: Entering SAC or IPMI commands at the console. Ê[...]

300 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console 7.15.1.3 T e xt console redirection w hile the operating system is runnin g Depending on the operating s ystem used on the managed ser v er , you c an continue to us e console redirection after the BIOS / UEFI POST phase. DOS I Condition: The BIOS setting f or console redirection mode mu[...]

iRMC S2/S3 301 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console Settings required The settings ma y differ betw een program v ersions. SuSe an d RedHat Add the f ollowing l ine to the end of the file /etc/inittab : xx:123 45:r espawn :/sbi n/ag etty < baud- rate> ttyS 0 RedHat Inser t the fol lowing k er nel boot parameter in the fi le /etc/gru[...]

302 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console 7.15.2 Adv anced Video Redirection - Star t Adv anced Video Redirection (A VR) The Advanced V id eo Redir ection page allows y ou to star t graphic al console redirection. The “Adv anced Video Redirection” f eature redirects graphical output from the managed server to the remote work[...]

iRMC S2/S3 303 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console Figure 183: Advanced Video Redirection page[...]

304 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console Creating an ASR screenshot The ASR Sc r eenshot page allows you to – take a screenshot of the current V GA screen on the managed s er ver (video screenshot) and store it in the firmware of the iRMC S2/S3, – vie w the screenshot stored in the iRMC S2/S3 firmware, – delete the screen[...]

iRMC S2/S3 305 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console A VR Active Session T able - Show current A VR sessions The A VR Active Session T able lists the currently active A VR s essions . If no A VR session is currently activ e then the A VR Act ive Ses sion T a ble is not display ed. If two A VR Sessions are currently active , a Disconnect bu[...]

306 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console None No USB por t will be disab led. Fro n t U S B Only the USB port on the front of the ser ver will be dis abled. Rear USB Only the USB port on the back of the server will be disa bled. Dis able All All USB por ts of the server will be disab led. Ê Click Appl y to activ ate y our sett[...]

iRMC S2/S3 307 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console Enable Local Monitor Of f This option allo ws you to activ ate the f ollo wing options: – In full-control mode of an A VR session, you can s witch the local monitor on and off (A VR Ex tras menu, see page 102 ). –F o r u sers with administrator or OEM permissions , the toggl e butt o[...]

308 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console Video Redirection - S tarting A VR Y ou s tar t A VR under V ideo Re dir ection . Figure 189: Advanced Video Redirection page - Local Monitor Ê Click Start V id eo Re direction or Start V ideo R edir ec tion ( Ja va W eb-St art) to start a second A VR session. The Ja v a applet for Adv [...]

iRMC S2/S3 309 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console Ê Select Extras - T ake Full Contr ol... in the A VR menu (see page 103 f or details), to take o v er full control of the managed server . I If you attempt to tak e full control of the managed server using A VR, an already ex isting full-control session will be notified. b y the foll ow[...]

310 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection - Red irecting the console The two activ e A VR sessions are shown as f ollo ws on the Advanced V ideo Redir ection page: Figure 192: A VR window with two active A VR sessions Disc onnec t If you c lick Discon nect , a confirmation dialog bo x appears in which you can close the A VR session to the left of the butt[...]

iRMC S2/S3 311 Console Redirection - R edirecting the console The fol lowing windo w appears if the managed ser v er is powered do wn: Figure 193: A VR window when the server is pow ered down[...]

312 iRMC S2/S3 Remote Storage 7.1 6 Re mo te S torag e The Remote Storage f eature provides the managed ser ver with a “virtual” dr iv e which is ph ysical ly located else where in the netw ork. The source for the vir tual drive can be a ph y sical driv e (flopp y disk drive CD-ROM/D VD-ROM) or an ISO image (image file). I In order to use the i[...]

iRMC S2/S3 313 Remote Storage Figure 194: Remote S torage page Remote Storage Connect ion Status Displa ys the status of the remote storage connection: No Displa ys the sequential n umber of the remote storage de vice. IP Address Displa ys the IP address of the server or workstation on whic h the remote storage de vice is installed. Share Index Dis[...]

314 iRMC S2/S3 Remote Storage Share Statu s Displa ys the current status of the connection: – Connected : Connected – Idle : Not connected Remote Storage Server Allows y ou to speci fy a computer on which a remote storage server is installed. No Displa ys the sequential number of the remote stor age server . IP Address or DN S Name Specifies th[...]

iRMC S2/S3 315 Operating iRMC S2/S3 via Telnet / SSH (Remote Manager) 7.17 Operating iRMC S2/S3 via T elnet / SSH (Remote Manager) A T elnet / SSH-based interfac e is av ailab le f or the iRMC S2/S3. This is known as the Remote Manager . T he alphanumeric user interf ace of the Remote Manager provides y ou with access to system and sensor inf orm a[...]

316 iRMC S2/S3 Operating iRMC S2/S3 via T elnet / SSH (Remote Manager) Establishing an SSH / T elnet connectio n and logging into t he Rem ote Ma na ger I If the screen displa ys f or SSH and T elnet connections diff er only with respect to the connection-specific in formation displa yed, the displa y f or an SSH connection is sho wn below . Ê In [...]

iRMC S2/S3 317 Operating iRMC S2/S3 via Telnet / SSH (Remote Manager) Ê In the connection bar , clic k Connect . As soon as the connection to the iRMC S2/S3 has been es tab lished, you are requested to enter the user name and pass word. – Loggin g into t he Rem ote Ma nager over an SSH conne ction I If the host ke y of the managed server is not [...]

318 iRMC S2/S3 Operating iRMC S2/S3 via T elnet / SSH (Remote Manager) – Loggin g into the Remote Manager over a T elnet connection The Remote Manager login window i s display ed: Figure 197: T elnet conn ection: Logging in to t he Remote Manager I Depending on whether ServerVie w agents hav e already been star ted at some point on the system, th[...]

iRMC S2/S3 319 Operating iRMC S2/S3 via Telnet / SSH (Remote Manager) Figure 198: Main menu of the Remote Ma nager Closing a T e lnet / SSH conn ection Ê Close the connection to the Re mote Manager by clic king the Disconnect button in the connection bar of the Remote Manager window or b y pressing the [0] key in the main menu of the Remote Manage[...]

320 iRMC S2/S3 Operating iRMC S2/S3 via T elnet / SSH (Remote Manager)[...]

iRMC S2/S3 321 8 iRMC S2/S3 via T elnet/SSH (Remote Manager) A T elnet-based interface is a v ailab le for the iR MC S2/S3. This is known as the Remote Manager . Y ou can call the Remo te Manager ov er the fol lowing interf aces: – iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace (see page 315 ) – any T elnet/SSH client The iRMC S2/S3 supports secure connections ov e[...]

322 iRMC S2/S3 Requirements on the m anaged server 8.1 Requirements on the managed server Access via T elnet must be activ ated f or the iRMC S 2/S3 (see the section "P or ts and Network Ser vices - Configuring por ts and network ser vices" on page 245 ). I Access via the T elnet protocol is deactivated b y def ault f or security reasons,[...]

iRMC S2/S3 323 Operating Remote Manager 8.2 Operating Remote Manager Operation of Remote vie w is described on the basis of the e xample in figure 199 , which shows an e x cer pt from the main menu of the Remote Manager . Figure 199: Operating t he Remote Manager Ê Select the required menu item b y entering the number or letter which precedes the [...]

324 iRMC S2/S3 Overview of menus 8.3 Ove rvie w of men us The Remote Manager menu f or the iRMC S2/S3 has the f ollo wing structure: ● System Information – View Chassis Inf or mation – View Ma inboard Information – View OS and SNMP Information – Set ASSET T ag ● P ower Man age ment – Immediate P o wer Off – Immediate Reset –P o w [...]

iRMC S2/S3 325 Overview of menus – Internal Eventlog – View Internal Ev entlog (te xt, newes t last) – Dump Internal Eventlog (ra w , newest last) – View Internal Ev entlog Inf ormation – Clear Internal Eventlog – Change Internal Eventlog mode – T emperature – V oltages/C urrent – F ans – P ow er Supplies – Memory Sensor – D[...]

326 iRMC S2/S3 Logging in 8.4 Logging i n When connecting to the iRMC S2/S3, y ou are required to enter your logi n credentials (username and passw ord). As soon as a connection to the iRMC S2/S3 has been estab lished, the main men u window of the Remote Manager (T elnet/SSH window) is displa yed at the terminal client at the remote workst ation . [...]

iRMC S2/S3 327 Logging in Figure 201: Remot e Manager : Main menu window (without system inf or mation) The Remote Manager window contains inf ormation on the affected system. This inf ormation identifies the ser ver and indic ates its operating status (P ower Status). Some details (e.g. the S ystem Name) are only shown f or servers and only if the[...]

328 iRMC S2/S3 Main menu of the Rem ote Manager 8.5 Main menu of the Rem ote Manager Figure 202: Remote Manager: Main menu The main menu of the Remote Manager pro vides the f ollowing func tions: System Information ... Vie w information on the managed server and set the Asset T ag (see section "System Inf or mation - Inf or mation on the manag[...]

iRMC S2/S3 329 Main menu of th e Remote Manager Servi ce P r oc esso r ... Configure the iRMC S2/S3iRMC S2/S3 (e.g. update fir mware or change IP address) (see section "Ser vice processor - IP parameters , identification LE D and iRMC S2/S3 reset" on page 339 ). Change pass word Change the pass word (see section "Change the passw ord[...]

330 iRMC S2/S3 Required user permission s 8.6 Required user perm issions In tabl e 9 is given an overview of the user permissions which are required in order to use the individual Remote Manager functions. Remote Manager menu items Permitted with IPMI privi leg e level Required perm issi on OEM Administrator Operator User Configure User Accounts Co[...]

iRMC S2/S3 331 Required user permissions Service Pr ocessor ... - Configur e IP P aram eters X Service Processor ... - T oggle Ident ify LED XXXX Service Pr oc. ... - Reset iRMC S2/S3 (warm/ cold r eset) XX Change P asswor d X Console Redirection (EMS/SAC) XXX Star t a comm and Line shell... XXXX Console Logging XXX 1) Act ion is only poss ible if [...]

332 iRMC S2/S3 Change the p assw ord 8.7 Change the p ass wor d The Change pass word men u item allows a user with the privilege Configu r e User Accounts (see page 68 ) to change their own pass word or the passw ords of other users. 8.8 Syst em Inform atio n - Inf ormation on the managed server The f ollo wing menu appears if y ou choose System I [...]

iRMC S2/S3 333 System Information - Information on the m anaged server Set A SSET T ag Sets a customer-specific asset tag f or the managed server . T able 10: System Information menu[...]

334 iRMC S2/S3 P ower Managem ent 8.9 P o wer Management The f ollo wing menu appears if y ou choose P o wer M anageme nt.. . from the main menu: Figure 204: Remote Manager: Po wer Management menu The submenu contains the f ollowing functions: Immediate P ower Off P ow ers the ser v er down, regardless of the status of the operating system. Immedia[...]

iRMC S2/S3 335 Enclosure Information 8.10 Enc losure Inf ormation - System e vent log and status of the sensors The fol lowing men u appears if you choose Enclosure Informa tion... from the main menu: Figure 205: Remote M anager : Enclosure In f ormation m enu[...]

336 iRMC S2/S3 Enclosure Inf ormation The submenu contains the f ollowing functions: System Eventlog Cal l the Sy stem Eventlog menu (see the section "Syste m Ev entlog" on page 337 ). Internal Eventlog Call the internal Eventlog menu (see the section "Internal Eventlog" on page 338 ). Te m p e r a t u r e Displa y inf ormation [...]

iRMC S2/S3 337 Enclosure Information System Eventlog The fol lowing men u appears if you sele ct System E ventlog from the Enclosure Information... submenu: Figure 206: Remot e Manager : System Eventlog menu The submenu contains the f ollowi ng functions: V iew System Eventlog (tex t, n ewe st fi rst) The contents of the System Ev ent log are outpu[...]

338 iRMC S2/S3 Enclosure Inf ormation Internal Eventlog The f ollo wing menu appears if y ou select Internal Even tlog from the Enclosur e Information... submenu: Figure 207: Remote Manager: Inter nal Ev entlog menu The submenu contains the f ollowing functions: V iew Internal Eventlog (te xt, newest last) The contents of the internal ev ent log ar[...]

iRMC S2/S3 339 Service Processor 8.11 Service pr ocessor - IP pa rameter s, identification LED and iRMC S2/S3 reset The fol lowing men u appears if you choose Service Pr ocessor ... from the main menu: Figure 208: Remot e Manager : Ser vice Pro cessor menu The submenu contains the f ollowi ng functions: I It is recommended that y ou reboot the ser [...]

340 iRMC S2/S3 Console Redirection (EMS/SA C) 8.12 Console Redirection (EMS/SA C) - Start text console redire ction Y ou c an star t console redirection with the Console Redir ection (EMS/SA C) item from the main menu. I T ext-based console redirection only works ov er the LAN with Serial 1. If console redirection is also to be used whil e the oper[...]

iRMC S2/S3 341 Console Loggin g 8.14 Console Logging - Redirect message output to the text console (serial) The Cons ole L ogging item in the main men u allows y ou to redirect message output (logging) to the te xt console (serial interfac e). When y ou select (l) C onsole Logging fr om the main menu, the f ollow ing window appears: Figure 210: Rem[...]

342 iRMC S2/S3 Console Logging Console Logging Run State Menu Figure 211: Remote Manager: Conso le Logging Run State menu The Cons ole Log ging R un Stat e Menu provi des the fo llowing functions : Start C ons ole Loggin g Star t output of messages to the te xt console. Stop C onsol e Loggin g Stop output of messages to the te xt console . T oggle [...]

iRMC S2/S3 343 Command Line P rotocol (C LP) 8.15 Comm and Line Pr otocol (CLP) The iRMC S2/S3 supports v arious text-based user interf aces, kno wn as user shells, whi ch can be configured differently for indi vidual users. The S ystem M anagement A rchitecture f or S er ver H ardware (SMASH) initi ativ e defines a number of specificati ons with t[...]

344 iRMC S2/S3 Command Line P rotocol (CLP) <options> Command options modify the actio n or the behavior of a v erb . Options can immediately f ollo w the v erb in a command line and must alw a ys be introduced by a dash ("-"). Options allo w you to , for instance , – define the output f ormat, – permit recursive e x ecution of [...]

iRMC S2/S3 345 Command Line P rotocol (C LP) User data in the CLP (overview) Data within the CLP is structured hierarchi cally . The command cd allows y ou to navi gate within this structure. An ov erview of the user data in the CLP is show n in figure 212 . The names in rectangles indicate command targets . On e very lev el of the hier archy , the[...]

346 iRMC S2/S3 Command Line P rotocol (CLP) T able 18: Hi erarchy of the CLP commands[...]

iRMC S2/S3 347 9 Configuri ng iRMC S2/S3 using the Server Configuration Manager Y ou can use the Server Configuration Manager to – configure the iRMC S2/S3, – configure and manage user IDs at the iRMC S2/S3, – configure a directory ser vice on the iRMC S2/S3, – configure the CAS service on the iRMC S2/S3. I Requirements : The current Server[...]

348 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring via Se rver Configuration M anager 9.1 Calling the Ser ver Configur ation Manager fr om the ServerView Inst allation Manager Y ou can call the Ser v er Configuration Manager from the Ser v erView Installation Manager (Installation Manager f or shor t). Configuration via the Installation Manager is of significance when ins[...]

iRMC S2/S3 349 Configuring via Se rver Configuration Manager Ê Accept the preset v alues. Ê Click OK . The tab view of the System C onfigura tion window opens . Y ou can scroll to the left and right through the tabs by clicking the arrows ne xt to the tabs. Applying settings T o apply the settings made in the individual tabs , proceed as f ollows[...]

350 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring via Se rver Configuration M anager 9.3 alling the Server Con figuration Manage r fr om the Operations M anager The Ser v er Configuration Manager dialog box es f or configuring the iRMC S2/S 3 are also a vailab le from the graphi cal user interf ace of the Operations Manager . This allows y ou to configure the iRMC S2/S3 [...]

iRMC S2/S3 351 Configuring via Se rver Configuration Manager Ê Choose S erver Configur ation from the Admini str ation menu of the Operati ons Manager star t window . This opens the f ollo wing window: Figure 215: Operations Manager: Ser ver Configurati on window - S erver list (1) t ab[...]

352 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring via Se rver Configuration M anager Ê In the hierarchy tree of the Server list tab , select the server to be configured. This opens the f ollo wing window: Figure 216: Operations Manager: Ser ver Configur ation window - Server list (2) tab Ê In the right-hand side of the window , specify the details on the selected serve[...]

iRMC S2/S3 353 10 Firmware update This chapter provides y ou with inf orm ation about the f ollo wing topics: – iRMC S2/S3 fir mware (ov erview) – Creating a memory stick f or updating the firmware – Updating firmware images – Emergency flash – flash tools I The current fir mware versions are present on the Serve rV iew Sui te D VD 1 or c[...]

354 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 firmware (o verview) 10.1 iRMC S2 /S3 firm war e (over view) The iRMC S2/S3 uses two diff erent firmware images. The two firmware images are stored on a 16-MB EEPR OM ( E lectrica lly E rasa ble P r ogram mable R ead- O nly M emory): – Firmware image 1 (lo w FW image) – Firmware image 2 (high FW image) The firmware of [...]

iRMC S2/S3 355 iRMC S2/S3 firmware (overview) Structure of the iRMC S2/S3 EEPR OM The EEPRO M of the iRMC S2/S3 contains one area f or firmware image 1 and one area for fi r mware image 2: Figure 217: Str ucture of the iRMC S2/S3 EEPROM – Bootloader The bootloader chec ks the fir mware image that is currentl y active . If a fir mware error is det[...]

356 iRMC S2/S3 iRMC S2/S3 firmware (o verview) Firmware selector The firmware selector specifies the iRMC S2/S3 firmware to be e x ecuted. Ev er y time the iRMC S2/S3 is reset and restar ted, the fir mware selector is e v aluated and processing branches to the correspondin g fir mware . The firm ware selec tor can hav e the f ollowing v alues: I De[...]

iRMC S2/S3 357 Setting up the US B memory stic k 10.2 Setting up the USB m emor y stic k I Y ou do not need the USB memory stick if y ou update the firmware of the iRMC S2/S3 in one of the f ollo wing wa y s: – using the Ser v erView Update Manager – using Ser v erView Update Manager Express or ASP – using the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace and TF[...]

358 iRMC S2/S3 Setting up the USB memor y stic k Figure 218: Copying the image file to the US B mem ory stick (with iRMC_<Fir mware version.e xe)) Figure 219: Copying the image file to the US B mem ory stick (with USBImage.e xe) I If you ha v e called USBImag.e xe , then under Image F ile: , y ou must e xplicitly spec ify the file iRMC_<F irm[...]

iRMC S2/S3 359 Setting up the US B memory stic k Ê Click Copy Imag e F ile to USB Device to cop y the file BMC_<F irmwar e-V ers ion>.IMA to the USB memo r y stick and e xtrac t it. V CA UTION! This action o verwrites the content of the USB memory stick. When the cop y operation is complete, the flas h tools and image files are p resent on t[...]

360 iRMC S2/S3 Upda tin g firm ware image s 10.3 Upda ting f irmware images Since the iRMC S2/S3 firmware e x ecutes in the SRAM memory of the iRMC S2/S3, it is possible to update both activ e and inactive firmware images online , i.e. with the server operating system running. The f ollo wing methods are av ailab le f or updating the fir mw are ima[...]

iRMC S2/S3 361 Updating firmw are images 10.3.2 Update using the Se rverView Update Manager Using the ServerVie w Update Manager , y ou can star t the update of the iRMC S2/S3 firmware via a graphical user interface or via a command line interf ace (Windows and Lin ux). The ServerVie w Update Manager accesses the update data via its Update Reposito[...]

362 iRMC S2/S3 Upda tin g firm ware image s 10.3.3 Online update using Se rverVie w Update Manager Express or ASP Under Windows and Linux operating systems , you c an update the iRMC S2/S3 firmware either using the graphic al user interfac e of Ser verV iew Update Manager Express or b y using the ASP (Auto nomous Suppor t P ackage) command interf a[...]

iRMC S2/S3 363 Updating firmw are images 10.3.4 Update using the ope rating system flash tools. I An online update using the oper ati ng system flash tools is only performed as a recov ery flash, i.e. no v ersion check is perf ormed. I Prerequisite: The flash tools and the files f or the fir mw are update must be present in the file system of the m[...]

364 iRMC S2/S3 Upda tin g firm ware image s Proceed as f ollows: I An online update usin g a USB memor y stick is des cribed below (see section "Setting up the USB memory stick" on page 357 ). Ê Connect the USB memory stick to the managed se r ver . Ê In the Windows comma nd line or the Linux Command Line Interf ace (CLI) s witch to the[...]

iRMC S2/S3 365 Updating firmw are images 10.3.5 Update via the la shDisk men u I F or an update via the FlashDisk menu, y ou require a bootable USB memory stick (se e sec tion " Setting up the USB memory stic k" on page 357 ). Proceed as f ollows: Ê Connect the USB memory stick to the managed server (directly or via remote storage). Ê B[...]

366 iRMC S2/S3 Upda tin g firm ware image s Recovery _L A r ecovery flash f or fir mware image 1 (low firmware image) is carr ied out. In the case of a recov er y flash, the flash is perfo r med for all three areas of firmware image 1 without any v ersion chec k. Recovery _U A reco very flash f or firmware image 2 (high firmware image) is carried o[...]

iRMC S2/S3 367 Emergency flash 10.4 Emer gency flas h If the iRMC S2/S3 firmware can no longer be e x ecuted, e. g. because the SDRs are not compatib le with the system, then you c an use the emergency mode to star t the fir mware running again. In emergency mode, the system automatically branches to the bootloader and i s the ready for the firmwar[...]

368 iRMC S2/S3 Flash tools 10.5 Flash tools I The tools WinFLIRMCS2, rFLIRMCS2 and sFLIRMCS2 diff er from flirmcs2 only in respect of the name and the en vironment in which they are called. This means that the description below also applies to WinFLIRMCS2, rFLIRMCS2 and sFLIRMCS2. Instead of “flirmcs2”, you simply enter “WinFLRMCS2”, “rFL[...]

iRMC S2/S3 369 Flash tools <file1> through <file3> Specify one or more files to deter mine which updates are to be made: The fol lowing files are to be selected: boot< FW -V ersion >.bin Updates the bootloader firmware. dcod <FW-V e rsion> .bi n Updates the runtime firmware. <SDR -V er sion>. SDR Updates the SDR. I T o[...]

370 iRMC S2/S3 Flash tools Return values 0 Firmware update was e x ecuted successfully . 1 Illegal or missing arguments . 3 PROM ty pe not av ailab le 4 Communication wi th iRMC S2/S3 not possib le. 5 Incorrect binar y file . 8 Error accessing K eyboard Control Style interf ace (KCS). 9 Timeout during communic ation with the target EEPR OM. 10 No b[...]

iRMC S2/S3 371 11 Remote installation of the operating sy stem via iRMC S2/S3 This chapter describes how y ou use the Ser verVi ew Installation Manager (abbre viated to Installation Manager belo w) and the iRMC S2/S3 f eatures "Adv anced Video Redirection (A VR)" and "Remote Storage" to install the operating system on the admini[...]

372 iRMC S2/S3 Gene ral pro ced ure 11.1 Install ing the operating system via iRMC S2/S3 - g eneral procedure F or the Installation Manager , the remote installation of the operati ng system via iRMC S2/S3 represents a local c onfigur ation and installatio n of the operating system on the administered server which y ou perf or m from the remote wor[...]

iRMC S2/S3 373 Gene ral proce dure – If you i nstall without the Installation Manager then all the s ettings required for mous e cursor synchronization must subsequently be performed manually . – Installation using the Installation Manager does not ta ke significantl y longer than installation using t he operating system CD/D VDs. Installing Li[...]

374 iRMC S2/S3 Remote Storage connectio ns 11.2 Connecting a storage medium as remote storage Remote Stor age makes a “vir tual” drive a vai lable which is located el sewhere i n the network. The source f or the vir tual dr ive c an be: – Ph ysical driv e or image file at the remote workstation. The image file ma y also be on a network drive [...]

iRMC S2/S3 375 Remote Storage connectio ns Connecting a storag e medium as remote storage at the remot e storage workstation Proceed as f ollo ws at the remote workstation to establish the remote storage connection: Ê Log into the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace with Remote Stor age Enabled permission (see page 136 ). Ê Open the Adv anced V ideo Red ir[...]

376 iRMC S2/S3 Remote Storage connectio ns Figure 222: Storage Devices dialog box: Ser verView Suite D VD 1 Ê Click Connect to conn ect the D VD ROM drive (D VD 1) or the Installation Manager boot image as remote storage. Connect the ISO image (imag e file) pr ovided b y the remote storage server as remote storage Y ou c an use an image file pro v[...]

iRMC S2/S3 377 Booting from DV D 1 11.3 Booting the managed server from ServerVie w Suite D VD 1 and configuring it with the Installation Mana ger Proceed as f ollo ws at the remote workstation: Ê Use the iRMC S2/S3 web interf ace to star t up the managed server or reboot the ser ver (see page 189 ). Y ou can foll ow the progress of th e boot proc[...]

378 iRMC S2/S3 Booting from DV D 1 It tak es about 5 minutes to boot from ServerVie w Suite D VD 1 via a remote storage medium. The boot progress is indica ted dur ing the boot process. Once the boot process has completed, the Ins tallation Manager star tup displa ys a dialog bo x in which y ou are asked to selec t a medium f or the status backup a[...]

iRMC S2/S3 379 Booting from DV D 1 Start ing local deployment The W elcome screen appears when y ou star t the Installation Manager : Figure 223: Installation M anager - Welcome screen Ê Click Deployment to star t preparation of the local installation (d eployment). T o prepare the installation, the In stallation Manager wizards tak e you through [...]

380 iRMC S2/S3 Installing the operatin g system 11.4 Installi ng the operating system on the mana g ed server after configuration Once you ha v e completed configuration, y ou should install the operating system on the managed server . 11.4.1 Installing Windo ws on the mana ged server after configuration After configur ation has been completed, the[...]

iRMC S2/S3 381 Installing the operating syst em If you ha v e configured the local CD R OM/D VD ROM drive of the managed server as the installation source , proceed as foll ows at the remote workstation: Ê Clear your currently activ e remote storage connections . F or more detailed inf ormation on clearing remote storage connections, see page 125 [...]

382 iRMC S2/S3 Installing the operatin g system I F or a Windows installati on from the Windows install ation CD/D VD: T o ensure per f ect mouse cursor synchronization, you m ust adapt the f ollo wing settings at the managed s erver once the operating system has been installed: – Speed of the mouse pointer – Hardware acceleration F or inf or m[...]

iRMC S2/S3 383 Installing the operating syst em 11.4.2 Installing Linux on th e mana ged se rver after configuration I The mouse can be used but not s ynchronized during Linux installatio n. I Whene ver y ou change a remote storage medium, y ou must remo ve the remote storage connection f or the currently connec ted medium and then connect the ne w[...]

384 iRMC S2/S3 Installing the operatin g system Ê Clear your currently active remote storage c onnections. F or more detailed inf ormation on clear ing remote storage connections , see page 125 . Ê Remov e ServerVie w Suite D VD 1 from the D VD ROM drive at the remote w orkstation. Ê Inser t the Linux installation CD/D VD in this D VD R OM drive[...]

iRMC S2/S3 385 12 Appendix The appendix provides y ou with inf ormation about the follo wing topics: – "IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted b y the iRMC S2/S3" on page 385 – "Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via SC CI and scripted configuration" on page 412 12.1 IPM I OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 This section des cribes a se[...]

386 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 ● Firmware-specific command s – 2004 Set Firmware Selector – 2005 Get Firmware Selector – C019 Get Remote Storage Connection – C01A Set Video Displa y on/off ● BIOS-specific command – F109 Get BIOS POST State – F115 Get CPU Inf o ● iRMC S2/S3-specific commands – F510 [...]

iRMC S2/S3 387 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 12.1.2 Description of the IPMI OEM commands The fol lowing sections describe the individual OEM-specific IPMI commands . 12.1.2.1 Description format The OEM-specific IPMI commands c ontained in this chapter are described in the f or mat used b y the IPMI standard for describing IPMI comma[...]

388 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 12.1.2.2 SCCI-compliant Pow er On/Off commands 01 15 - Get P o wer On Source This command returns the reason for the most recent P o wer On. The possib le reasons are listed belo w . Request Data - B8 NetFnlLUN: OE M/Group - 01 Cmd : Comm and Group Communication 1:3 80 28 00 I ANA-Enter [...]

iRMC S2/S3 389 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 01 16 - Get P ower Off Source This command returns the reason for the most recent P ow er Off. The pos sible reasons are listed belo w . Request Data - B8 NetFnlLU N: OEM/Group - 01 Cmd : Command Group Communication 1:3 80 28 00 IANA-E nter prise-Number FTS, LS byte first 4 16 Command Spe[...]

390 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 01 1C - Set Po wer Off Inhibit This command sets the Po w e r O f f I n h i b i t flag, which temporar ily suppresses any unf ounded attempt to pow er down the server . If the P ower Of f Inhib it flag is set, the fir mware sa ves the cause of any attempt to perfo r m a “P ow er Off ?[...]

iRMC S2/S3 391 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 01 1D - Get Po wer Off Inhibit This command gets the v alue of the Po w e r O f f I n h i b i t flag. F or fur ther details on the Po w e r O f f I n h i b i t flag, see the description of "01 1C - Set P o wer Off Inhibit" on page 390 Request Data - B8 NetFn|LUN: OEM/Group - 01 [...]

392 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 01 20 - Set Next P o wer On Time This command s w itches on a sys tem at the giv en time i ndependent of the stored On/Off times in the Configur ation Space. I The command takes eff ec t only once. Y ou cancel a “P o wer On” time pre viously set with a 01 20 command b y specifying th[...]

iRMC S2/S3 393 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 12.1.2.3 SCCI-compliant com m unication com mands I Die SCCI-compliant communi cation commands require that the Agent Ser vice is running under the OS . T o e xec ute the commands, the iRMC S2/S3 communicates with Agent which finally perf orms the action. 02 05 - System OS Shutdown Reques[...]

394 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 02 08 - Agent Conn ect Status This command checks whether the agent is activ e . 02 09 Shutd own Request Cancelled This command cancels a shutdown reques t that has been issued. Request Data - B8 NetFnlLUN: OE M/Group - 02 Cmd : Comm and Group Communication 1:3 80 28 00 I ANA-Enter prise[...]

iRMC S2/S3 395 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 12.1.2.4 SCCI-compliant sign aling command 10 02 - Write to System Display This command is used to write characters to the Local View displa y (if connected). Request Data - B8 NetFnlLU N: OEM/Group - 10 Cmd : Comm and Group Fan T est 1:3 80 28 00 IANA-E nter prise-Number FTS, LS byte fir[...]

396 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 12.1.2.5 Firmware-specific commands 20 04 - Set Firmware Selector This command configures the fir mware image of the iRMC S2/S3 whic h is to be activ e after a fir mware reset. Request Data - 20 NetFnlLUN: Firmware - 04 CMD : Comm and Group Fir mware 1 Selector: 0 = A uto (Select firmwar[...]

iRMC S2/S3 397 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 20 05 - Get Firmware Selector This command retur ns the current firmware selector setti ng. Request Data - 20 NetFnlLUN: Firmware - 05 CMD : Command Group Fir mware Response Data - 24 - 05 1 Completion Code 2 Next Boot Selector: 0 = Auto (Select EEPROM with highest fir mware version.) 1 =[...]

398 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 C0 19 - Get Remote Storage Connect ion or Status Depending on the parameters pass ed, this command returns inf ormation on – whether any Remote Stora ge connections are av ailab le, – the status and type of any Remote Storage connection(s). If Request Data 1 is set to “1”, the co[...]

iRMC S2/S3 399 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 If Request Data 1 is set to “2”, the command returns information on the status and type of any Remote Storage c onnection(s). Request Data - C0 NetFnlLUN: OEM - 19 CMD : Command Group Fir mware 10 2 20 0 3 00 = Connection 0 01 = Connection 2 Response Data - C4 - 19 1 Completion Code 2[...]

400 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 C0 1A - Set Video Display On/Off This command allows y ou to s witch the local console on or off . 12.1.2.6 BIOS-specific command s F1 09 - Get BIOS POST State This command pro vides information whether BIOS is in POST . Request Data - C0 NetFnlLUN: OEM - 1A Cmd : Comm and Group F an T e[...]

iRMC S2/S3 401 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 F1 15 - Get CPU Info This command returns CPU-inter nal inf or mation. The iRMC S2/S3 gets this inf ormation from the BIOS dur ing the POST phase. Request Data - B8 NetFnlLU N: OEM/Group - F1 Cmd : Comm and Group BI OS 1:3 80 28 00 IANA-E nter prise-Number FTS, LS Byte first 4 15 Command [...]

402 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 12.1.2.7 iRMC S2/S3-specific commands F5 10 - Get System Status This command returns a variety of internal information on the system such as the power s tate, error status, etc. I The Timestamp is only rele v ant f or ev aluating the Notifications Byte. Request Data - B8 NetFnlLUN: OE M/[...]

iRMC S2/S3 403 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 Signaling Bit 7 - Localize LED Bit 6 - Bit 5 - Bit 4 - Bit 3 - CSS LED Bit 2 - CSS LED Bit 1 - Global Error LED Bit 0 - Global Error LED Notifications Bit 7 - SEL Modified (New SEL Entry) Bit 6 - SEL Modified (SEL Cleared) Bit 5 - SDR Modified Bit 4 - Nonv olatile IPMI V ar iabl e Modifie[...]

404 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 12 - Get EEPROM V ersion Info This command retur ns inf orm ation on the current versions (bootloader , firmware and SDR) stored in the EEPR OM(s). Request Data - B8 NetFnlLUN: OE M/Group - F5 Cmd : Command Group Memor y 1:3 80 28 00 I ANA-Enter prise-Num ber FTS, LS byte first 4 12 C[...]

iRMC S2/S3 405 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 42 - Get HDD light path status (Comp onent Status S ignal Read) This command returns information on the state of a Hard Disk Dr ive (HDD) slot. Request Data - B8 NetFn|LUN: OEM/Group - F5 Cmd : Comm and Group iRMC 1:3 80 28 00 IANA-E nter prise-Number FTS, LS Byte first 4 42 Command Sp[...]

406 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 43 - Get SEL entr y long text This command translates a giv en SEL entr y into long tex t. Request Data - B8 NetFn|LUN: OEM/Gr oup - F5 Cmd : Command Group iRMC 1:3 80 28 00 I ANA-Enter prise-Num ber FTS, LS Byte firs t 4 43 Command Specifier 5:6 Record ID of SEL rec ord, LS B yte fir[...]

iRMC S2/S3 407 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 45 - Get SEL Entry T ext This command translates a given Sys tem Event Log SEL entry into ASCII te xt. Request Data - B8 NetFnlLU N: OEM/Group - F5 Cmd : Comm and Group iRMC 1:3 80 28 00 IANA-E nter prise-Number FTS, LS Byte first 4 45 Command Specifier 5:6 Record ID of SDR, LS Byte fi[...]

408 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 B0 - Set Identif y LED This command allo ws you to s witch the Identify LED (b lue) of the server on and off . In addition, y ou can set and read the GPIOs that are directly connected to the Identify LED . I Y ou can also switch the Identify LED on and off using the Identify switc h o[...]

iRMC S2/S3 409 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 B3 - Get Error LED This command returns information on the status of the server’ s Global Error LED (red) and CSS LED (yell ow). The Global Error LED indicates the most serious error status of the components. The CSS LED indicates , whether the customer himself can rpair the fault. R[...]

410 iRMC S2/S3 IPMI OEM Commands suppor ted by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 DF - Reset Nonv olatile Cfg V ariables to Def ault This command f orces all non-v olatile IPMI settings to be set to def ault v alues. F5 E0 - Reset ConfigSpace variables to default This command f orces all Configuration Space v ariables to be set to def ault v alues. Request Data - B[...]

iRMC S2/S3 411 IPMI OEM Commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3 F5 F8 - Delete User ID The system suppor ts up to 16 users. This command allows indivi dual iRMC S2/S3 users to be deleted. V CA UTION! The system can no longer be managed if all iRMC S2/S 3 users are deleted. Request Data - B8 NetFnlLU N: OEM/Group - F5 Cmd : Co mmand Group BM C 1:3 80 2[...]

412 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration 12.2 Conf iguring th e iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted confi guration This section prov ides inf or mation on the f ollowing topic s: – How to use an SCCI ( S er verV iew C ommon C ommand I nterfac e) compliant interf ace f or configuring the iRMC S2/S3. – Scripted [...]

iRMC S2/S3 413 Configuring t he iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted configuratio n The SCCI is a generic application programm ing interf ace (API) defined by Fujitsu f or different Server Managem ent Controller har dware as wel l as Ser ver Management software (e .g. Ser verVie w Agents). It can be easily e xtended to cov er new commands or new confi [...]

414 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration 12.2.1.2 SCCI file format I The format of the XML configuration fil e ( .pr e ) used is taken from the setup configuration help fil e that is installed together with the ServerVie w agents on Windo ws platforms. A cop y of this description with iRMC S2/S3-specific notes [...]

iRMC S2/S3 415 Configuring t he iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted configuratio n P arameters of SCCI pro vider-specific commands The fol lowing SCCI-provider-specifi c commands are av ailable: Operation Code ( OC ) Hex value or string specifying the command / oper ation code. I The iRMC S2/S3 only suppor ts a limited set of SCCI commands. F or a lis[...]

416 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration – xsd::hexBinary Stream of bytes . Each byte is coded in two ASCII characters . Use the Len parameter as shown in th e example bel ow to specify the length of the stream (i.e. the n umber of bytes). The data type xsd::hexBinary can be used without any restriction. Exam[...]

iRMC S2/S3 417 Configuring t he iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted configuratio n T ransferring the IPv4 address "192.23.2.4" <DATA Type ="xsd: :str ing" >192.23 .2.4 </DATA> V CA UTION! The xsd::string data type is restricted to readable strings, IP addresses and MD5-based user pass words. F or all other data, the xsd[...]

418 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration 12.2.1.3 Restrictions All commands specified in the .pr e file are nor mally e xec uted sequentially . The f ollowing are e x emptions from this rule: – T o prev ent broken netw ork connectivity , commands for IPv4 and VLAN network configuration are e x ecuted at the e[...]

iRMC S2/S3 419 Configuring t he iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted configuratio n 12.2.1.4 Expor ting / impor ting con figuration da ta from / on the iRMC S2/S3 The Save iRMC S2/S3 F irmwar e Settings page of the i RMC S2/S3 web interf ace allows you to sa ve (e xpor t) the current iRMC S2/S3 configuration data in a configuration fil e ( .pr e ). As [...]

420 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration 12.2.2 Scripted config urat ion of the iRMC S2/S3 This section describes provi des information on the f ollowing topi cs: – SCCI commands supported by the iRMC S2/S3. – Using v arious scr ipt languages f or scripted configuration of the iRMC S2/S3. – Generating enc[...]

iRMC S2/S3 421 Configuring t he iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted configuratio n 12.2.2.2 Scripting with cURL The open source command-line tool cURL allo ws y ou to transfer data spec ified with URL syntax. Y ou can download the latest v ersion of the source code as well as precompiled v ersions for diff er ent operating systems from http://curl.hax[...]

422 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration 12.2.2.3 Scripting with Visual Basic (VB) Script The f ollo wing VB script sends a configuration file to the i RMC S2/S3: IP_ADDR ESS = "< iRMC S2/S 3 IP add ress> " USER_NA ME = "adm in" PASSWOR D = "admin" FILE_NA ME = ". Conf[...]

iRMC S2/S3 423 Configuring t he iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted configuratio n 12.2.2.4 Scripting with Python #!/usr /bin /python 3 import sys import htt plib2 from u rlli b.parse imp ort urlenco de # ====== ===== ====== ==== ===== ====== ==== ======= ==== ====== ===== ==== # iRMC USER = 'ad min' PWD = 'ad min' IP_ADD R = &apos[...]

424 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration <CMDSEQ > <!-- Conf Cabi netLoca tion --> <CMD Cont ext= "SCCI" OC ="Co nfig Space" OE ="20 0" OI="0" > <DATA Typ e="xsd: :str ing" >%s</DA TA> </CMD> <!-- Conf Syst emConta ct -->[...]

iRMC S2/S3 425 Configuring t he iRMC S2/S3 via SCCI and scripted configuratio n [-p] <passw ord> P ass word for the gi ven Object ID . Defaul t:1452 (ConfBMCAcctUserPass word) Suppor ted values: 1273 - ConfAlarmEmailSMTP AuthP ass word [-p] <passw ord> P ass word for the gi ven Object ID . Defaul t: 1452 (ConfBMCAcctUserPass word) Suppo[...]

426 iRMC S2/S3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 via S CCI and scripted configuration Figure 226: Contents of the gener ated .pre file[...]