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    User ’ s Guide for Server Configuration Wizard (SCW) Utility For Intel ® Server Boards and Platforms based on the SE72xx, SE7320, SE75xx, and SE8500 Chipsets Revision 1 .1 for Server Configuration Wizard through v 2.1.6 Part Number: D17937-002[...]

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    Disclaimers Copyright ©2001-2005 Intel Corporatio n. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduce d, transmitted, tr anscribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer la nguage, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanic al, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or other wise, without t[...]

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    Content s User’s Guide for Server Configuration Wizard (SCW) Utility .......................... 1 1 Overview of Server Configurati on Wizard .................................................... 5 Technical Details .............................................................................................................. ....... 5 User’s Guid[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity Configuring the Advanced Features...................................................................................... 25 Advanced Screen 1 – SNMP, KVM and Telnet Configuration ..................................... 25 Advanced Screen 2 – Web Configuration ..........................[...]

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    1 Overview of Server Configuration Wizard The Server Configuration Wizard (SCW) is a comb ination of multiple utilities and data files that allow quick initial configuration of an Intel® Server. The SCW utility is available on the Intel® Server Deployment Toolkit CD, which can be used to boot the server. SCW is a DOS-based application, run from t[...]

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    2 Quick Links (for Experienced Users of SCW) • Run DOS Utilities outside of SCW • Make Device Driver Diskettes by Operating System or by Device • From Disk Install for unattended Configuration, Cl oning, or to restore previous settings • ISM Question • Load FRU/SDRs • Add System Asset Tag • Set up Channels: LAN 1, Advanced LAN 3, or S[...]

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    4 General Wizard Format and Synt ax Configuration options will be presented in a Wizard. Current settings will be displayed and can be accepted or changed. Square checkboxes allow mult iple choices in a section. Round radio buttons allow one choice per section (exclusive). The basic layout of each screen is: Figure 1. Screen Layout Syntax Feature D[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity 5 Getting S t arted Booting the Server When booting the server from an Intel Server Deployment Toolkit CD, the startup files (autoexec.bat and config.sys) will create a RAMdrive . This RAMdrive will be used as a temporary storage area for the different components of the utility. Informa[...]

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    Start Screen When the Wizard starts, the following Welcome screen is displayed. Figure 2. Start Screen Initial Options Choose Server Configuration Wizard to configure Channels, Us ers, and Advanced Settings. Choose Create Diskettes to place device drivers on re movable media. Choose Server Configuration Utilities to view which DOS Utilities can be [...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity 6 Configuration Screens Intel® Server Management (ISM) Question Both SCW and ISM have options to configure certain sections of the server’s firmware. By default, servers with the In tel® Management Module should: • Load FRUs and SDRs (can be done with SCW or FRU/SDR utility) • C[...]

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    7 Selecting Options to Configure – Main Page The initial options screen shows subgroups of compone nts that SCW is capable of configuring. To have SCW perform the configuration, the component must be checked on this menu. Item s without check marks will NOT be configured by SCW and w ill not appear in subsequent screens. Whether or not the compon[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity BIOS Date and Time: This screen also displays the BIOS, HSC, PIA, and Firmware versions. Figure 7. BIOS Date and Time Setting a System Asset Tag Figure 8. System Asset Tag • Acts as serial number or ID for the server. • The Continue button will be disabled until a System Asset Tag h[...]

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    Channel Configuration (LANs and Serial/Modem) The number of channels available depends on the pl atform . Not all channels must be configured. Figure 9. Channels to Configure Feature Description Channel 1 d NIC1. On servers is not configu through the OS. On S The onboar NIC with dual ports onboard, the second red by SCW. This NIC can be used either[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity LAN Channel Screens LAN Channels 1 and 3 use similar configuration scr eens, which will be illustrated here only once. Items that apply only for the GCM NIC (default is Channel 3) will not appear or will be gra y ed out when the standard NIC is chosen. Advanced F eatures configuration i[...]

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    Resolve Gateway MAC Address Figure 11. Address Resolution If Alerts must cross subnets, the software will attempt to verify the gateway address to reach the Alert Destination. The Alert Destination is the console receiving the alert message from the configured server. It will use an entered MAC addr ess or attempt to find the IP address for the Ale[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity LAN Channel, Screen 2 – Configure Out of Band (OOB) Access Figure 12. LAN Screen 2 – OOB and SOL Setup This screens sets up NIC1 or the GCM NIC for Out of Band access. Also sets up SOL (Serial over LAN) on NIC1. • Enable LAN Access: Enable access to the BMC when OOB.. • Enable S[...]

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    LAN Channel, Screen 3 – Alerts Alerts can be sent over the network from the NIC or via e-mail (system dependent). The information needed is configured on Screen 3. Figure 13. LAN Screen 3 – Alerts • Enable LAN Alerting : Must be checked for alerts to be sent. • Alert Destination Console 1 IP Address • Alert Destination Console 2 IP Addres[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity LAN Alert Filters If the user presses the LAN Alert Filters button on Sc reen 3 of LAN configuration, the available filters for LAN alerts (or email alerts with the Advanced module) are listed. Each item is an event that, if checked, will trigger an alert if that feature crosses the upp[...]

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    Configuring the Serial/Modem Channel This option allows the setup of a modem on the Seri al Channel (default channel 4). Inform ati on on the modem’s strings is required and 3 screens are used to cover the options. • The first screen sets data specific to configuring the modem. • The second screen sets data specific to the access modes. • T[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity Serial/Modem Screen 2 – Remote Server Management Figure 16. Serial 2 – Privilege and Mode • Enable Access: Allows OOB server management access via Modem on the serial channel • Privilege Level (see Access Level under Figure 13) : Note: Some platfor ms used Acce ss Mod e and Rest[...]

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    Serial/Modem Screen 3 – Alerting Figure 17. Serial 3 – Alerts • Enable Paging : If enabled, sends alerts. • Alert Destination Phone Number: Phone number of the device to Receive the alerts. Device can be a pager, cell phone, modem of managing system . • Paging String: Characters sent after connect. This is c oncatenated with the Alert Des[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity Serial Alert Filters Similar to LAN Alert Filters screen, this configur es the alerts to be used on the Serial Channel. Each item lists a filter that if checked, will send an alert if either threshold is crossed. Choose from none to all on an individual basis. The Select All and Clear A[...]

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    Configuring Users – Selection Screen Up to 4 users can be configured for OOB Server Management access, depending on the platform. Click to place a checkmark in the box on each of the Users you wish to setup. Figure 19. User Selection • Choices are which of the 4 Users to configure. • Choosing multiple Users or Select All will run through the [...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity Settings Available per User Screens are similar for all users except if multiple users are chosen on the Advanced Module, User 1 (if enabled) must be the anonymous user. Figure 20. User Configuration • Enable User: If this box is checked, this user will be able to log into the BMC. ?[...]

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    Configuring the Advanced Features The IMM – Advanced Edition provides m ultiple additional options for OOB management, provided regardless of the state of the OS using the GCM NIC. • SNMP – ability to manage via SNMP gets, sets, and traps. • KVM (ARSC) – Advanced Remote Server Console providing full access to the managed server by control[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity Advanced Features Screen 2 – Web Configuration Figure 22. Advanced Screen 2 – Web • Enable HTTP: When enabled, HTTP sockets ar e opened and threads enabled. • HTTP Port #: Default port number is 80. Range is 1-6553 • HTTP Host Name: Domain name and HTTP host name of this serve[...]

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    8 Set and Save the Configuration By default, the configuration is saved only to the local server and not to a file. If you wish to save the configuration for later restoration on this serve r or for unattende d configuration on an identical server model, place a checkmark in the Save Serv er Configuration to Disk box. A Windows style GUI is used to[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity 10 Loading a Configuration from a Diskette If a previous SCW configuration has been saved to removable media, that file may be used on identical machines to run SCW in unattended m ode. The GUI displays the standard Windows interface to help locate the file. Settings from this file will[...]

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    Appendix A. Acronyms and Glossary Term Definition Alerts LAN, Modem, or email notifications ARSC Advanced Remote Server Control (KVM redirect) BMC Baseboard Management Controller – found on the IMM BYO/PCT Platform Confidence Test CLI Command Line Interface FAT File Allocation Table, FAT 16 is a DOS 6.22 file format. DOS 7.1 and Windows after Win[...]

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    User’s Guide for Server Confi guration Wizard (SCW) Util ity Appendix B. Removable Media Considerations 1. Required Format: The working environment of the Intel® Server Resource Toolkit CD at boot and hence the environment for SCW and the other utilities for the SE 73xx, SE75xx and SE8500 platform s is ROM-DOS, which uses the FAT16 file format. [...]