HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide Version 2

HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator User Guide

Version 2.10

Part Number 416216-006 November 2007 (Sixth Edition)

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Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 7

Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Access requirements .................................................................................................................................. 7 Running Onboard Administrator for the first time ........................................................................................... 8 Signing in to the Onboard Administrator GUI ............................................................................................... 9 Running the setup wizard ......................................................................................................................... 10 Using online help .................................................................................................................................... 11 Changing enclosure and device configurations ........................................................................................... 11 Recovering the administrator password ...................................................................................................... 11 Flash disaster recovery............................................................................................................................. 12

HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure hardware installation.................................................................. 13

Installing Onboard Administrator modules .................................................................................................. 13 Onboard Administrator cabling ................................................................................................................ 14

HP BladeSystem Insight Display .................................................................................................... 16

HP BladeSystem c7000 Insight Display components..................................................................................... 16 HP BladeSystem c3000 Insight Display components..................................................................................... 17 Insight Display overview........................................................................................................................... 17 Accessing the HP BladeSystem c3000 Insight Display .................................................................................. 18 Running the Insight Display installation steps ............................................................................................... 19 Navigating the Insight Display .................................................................................................................. 24

Health Summary screen.................................................................................................................. 25 Enclosure Settings screen ................................................................................................................ 26 Enclosure Info screen ..................................................................................................................... 27 Blade or Port Info screen ................................................................................................................ 28 Turn Enclosure UID On/Off screen................................................................................................... 29 View User Note screen................................................................................................................... 31 Chat Mode screen ......................................................................................................................... 31 Insight Display errors ............................................................................................................................... 32 Power errors ................................................................................................................................. 32 Cooling errors............................................................................................................................... 32 Location errors .............................................................................................................................. 32 Configuration errors....................................................................................................................... 33 Device failure errors....................................................................................................................... 33

First Time Setup Wizard .............................................................................................................. 34

Before you begin..................................................................................................................................... 34 Enclosure Selection screen........................................................................................................................ 35 Configuration Management screen ............................................................................................................ 37 Rack and Enclosure Settings screen............................................................................................................ 39 Administrator Account Setup screen ........................................................................................................... 41 Local User Accounts screen....................................................................................................................... 42 Enclosure Bay IP Addressing ..................................................................................................................... 43 Directory Services Configuration screen ..................................................................................................... 46 Onboard Administrator Network Settings screen ......................................................................................... 48 Enclosure SNMP Settings screen................................................................................................................ 50

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Power Management screen ...................................................................................................................... 51 Finish..................................................................................................................................................... 53

Navigating Onboard Administrator .............................................................................................. 54

Navigation overview ............................................................................................................................... 54 Tree view ............................................................................................................................................... 54 Graphical view navigation ....................................................................................................................... 57

Rack View.................................................................................................................................. 60

Rack View screen .................................................................................................................................... 60 Topology modes ..................................................................................................................................... 61 Rack Topology tab .................................................................................................................................. 62 Rack Power and Thermal tab .................................................................................................................... 64 Rack Firmware Summary tab .................................................................................................................... 65

Configuring the HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and enclosure devices ......................................... 66

Viewing the status screens ........................................................................................................................ 66 Enclosure settings .................................................................................................................................... 67

Selecting enclosures....................................................................................................................... 67 Enclosure Settings screen ................................................................................................................ 67 AlertMail ...................................................................................................................................... 70 Date and Time .............................................................................................................................. 72 Network Access ............................................................................................................................ 74 SNMP Settings .............................................................................................................................. 75 Enclosure Virtual Buttons tab ........................................................................................................... 77 Configuration Scripts ..................................................................................................................... 77 FRU Summary ............................................................................................................................... 78 Active to Standby .......................................................................................................................... 80 DVD Drive .................................................................................................................................... 81 Device Summary ........................................................................................................................... 82 Reset Factory Defaults .................................................................................................................... 82 Managing enclosures .............................................................................................................................. 83 Powering off the enclosure .............................................................................................................. 83 Linking enclosures.......................................................................................................................... 83 Managing multiple enclosures ......................................................................................................... 83 Onboard Administrator Module ................................................................................................................ 85 Active Onboard Administrator screen............................................................................................... 85 Active Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab .............................................................................. 86 TCP/IP Settings screen ................................................................................................................... 87 Information tab.............................................................................................................................. 89 Certificate Request tab ................................................................................................................... 90 Certificate Upload tab.................................................................................................................... 92 Firmware update ........................................................................................................................... 93 System log.................................................................................................................................... 94 Standby Onboard Administrator module .......................................................................................... 97 Standby Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab ........................................................................... 98 Standby Certificate Request tab....................................................................................................... 98 Standby Certificate Upload tab ..................................................................................................... 100 Device bays.......................................................................................................................................... 100 Device Bay Overview screen......................................................................................................... 100 Device Bay Status tab .................................................................................................................. 102 Server blade information tab......................................................................................................... 107 Boot Options tab ......................................................................................................................... 109 Device Bay Status screen .............................................................................................................. 110

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IML Log tab................................................................................................................................. 110 Storage blades............................................................................................................................ 111 Interconnect bays .................................................................................................................................. 115 Interconnect Bay Summary screen.................................................................................................. 115 Interconnect Bay screen................................................................................................................ 116 Interconnect Bay Virtual Buttons ..................................................................................................... 117 Interconnect Bay Port Mapping screen............................................................................................ 118 Enclosure power management ................................................................................................................ 119 Power Supplies ........................................................................................................................... 119 Power Management settings ......................................................................................................... 119 Setting power management options ............................................................................................... 121 Power management planning........................................................................................................ 123 Enclosure Power Meter................................................................................................................. 124 Enclosure Power Meter Table view................................................................................................. 126 Enclosure DVD/CD-ROM Drive ............................................................................................................... 127 DVD/CD-ROM Drives .................................................................................................................. 127 Interactive installation and configuration of DVD/CD-ROM drive ....................................................... 128 Unattended OS deployment .......................................................................................................... 135 Ad-hoc access to DVD-based media for application installation or data import .................................... 140 Updating blade firmware with HP Smart Update Manager ............................................................... 140 Fans and cooling management ............................................................................................................... 141 Fan management and settings ....................................................................................................... 141 Fan Zones .................................................................................................................................. 145 Thermal monitoring...................................................................................................................... 146 c7000 Fan location rules.............................................................................................................. 151 c3000 Fan location rules.............................................................................................................. 153 Managing users .................................................................................................................................... 153 Users/Authentication ................................................................................................................... 153 Signed-in users............................................................................................................................ 153 User roles and privilege levels....................................................................................................... 154 User accounts ............................................................................................................................. 155 Directory Settings screen .............................................................................................................. 157 Directory Groups screen ............................................................................................................... 158 Uploading a Certificate ................................................................................................................ 159 SSH Administration...................................................................................................................... 160 HP SIM integration ...................................................................................................................... 160 Edit Local User Certificate Information tab....................................................................................... 161 c3000 Fan location rules ....................................................................................................................... 162 Two-Factor Authentication....................................................................................................................... 162 Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Information tab ....................................................................... 163 Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Upload tab............................................................................. 163 Virtual Connect Manager ....................................................................................................................... 163 iLO 2 Integration ................................................................................................................................... 164

Port mapping ........................................................................................................................... 165

Port mapping explained ......................................................................................................................... 165 Mapping half-height c3000 enclosures .................................................................................................... 167 Mapping full-height c3000 enclosures ..................................................................................................... 169

Using the command line interface ............................................................................................... 171

Command line overview......................................................................................................................... 171

Using the serial connection ........................................................................................................ 172

Setting up Onboard Administrator using serial connection .......................................................................... 172

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