Fujitsu PRIMERGY B900, Reference Manual

Page 1: ...Reference Manual English PRIMERGY B900 Blade Server Systems Contents of the MMB S1 Help System December 2010 ...

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Page 3: ...System Information Dump 19 Dump Post Mortem 20 Operation 20 Local Service Display 20 Message 20 PIN 20 Power Management 20 User Management 24 Local Users 24 New Local User Account 24 Global Users 25 User Session Information 25 Backup Restoration Management 25 BIOS 25 iRMC 26 Firmware Update 27 Certificate Handling 27 System Certificate 27 User Certificate 28 Settings 28 System Unit 28 Network Inte...

Page 4: ...Contents Rack 36 VIOM Manager 36 4 ...

Page 5: ...cted a component in the Navigation Tree you are offered an associated help text via Help On Page top right in the Banner Frame 4 Main Frame 5 Bottom Frame Details of the content of the various frames are provided in the User Guide PRIMERGY BX900 Blade Server Systems Notes You get back from a selected help text to this overview in various ways by right clicking the particular page and using the Bac...

Page 6: ...error of the type Warning or PDA Error has occurred in the system CSS LED When the yellow icon is in the blinking state it is not a warning or PDA Error but indicates an error of the type Critical Error Error LED An error of the type Warning or PDA Error has occurred in the system Error LED When the red icon is in the blinking state it is not a warning or PDA Error but indicates an error of the ty...

Page 7: ...the system unit Automatic Inventory Retrieval If set to AUTOMATIC inventory retrieval is performed automatically for the server blades which are inserted or when the system unit is powered on If set to MANUAL automatic inventory retrieval is not performed Update All Connection Blade Names On Changing System Name or Rack Name When this function is enabled the names of all connection blades are upda...

Page 8: ...terface of the MMB o Firmware Version Displays the management blade management firmware version o Hardware Version Displays the management blade hardware version o Service LAN MAC Address Physical address MAC address of the service LAN interface of the MMB Voltage Information o Voltage Status Displays the voltage status of the management blade o Maximum Voltage Value Displays the maximum voltage v...

Page 9: ...be displayed later when you choose the path for the local file Memory USB Backup Status Shows the memory USB backup status Restore Configuration Backup Media Click the radio button to choose the source media Memory USB Backup Files If Memory is selected as backup media a list of files found in the MMB memory or on the selected USB device is displayed Select a file Local Backup Files If Local File ...

Page 10: ...ration Network Card Information FibreChannel Card Information Infiniband Card Information Displays information like MAC address WWPN Port GUID IP address WWNN NIC type BIOS enabled ekeying enabled and information about the associated connection blades Event Log Displays all system events and can be filtered by component and severity by selecting filtering factors and clicking the Apply button Even...

Page 11: ...ehavior of the server blade after AC Fail Configuration ASR Automatic Server Restart Enables disables the Boot Watchdog timer and configures the action when it times out Boot Options Selects the server blade LAN port for a PXE boot Host Name The user can enter a host name here which is also contained in the SNMP If the ServerView agents are installed on the server blade the MMB takes over the OS h...

Page 12: ...de product name Product Model Displays the storage blade product model name Model Name Displays the storage blade model name Serial Number Displays the storage blade serial number Identification Serial Number Displays the storage blade identification serial number Product Version Displays the storage blade product version Production Date Displays the storage blade production date Hardware Version ...

Page 13: ...on blade up to this point in time User Assigned Name Enter the connection blade s user assigned name The user assigned name may not be longer than 31 characters and must start with a letter that can be followed by letters digits underscores _ and hyphens Changing the rack name via the menu item System Unit in the Web UI may overwrite the here defined name affects the types GbE Connection Blade x a...

Page 14: ...r connection blade s web home page Note If the preconfigured user and password settings are changed via the connection blade s command line interface or WebUI these login settings have to be made here too Otherwise the MMB is no longer able to access the connection blade Port Group Speed Settings for 10 GbE Connection Blade x only Here you can set the transfer speed separately for port groups comp...

Page 15: ... MAC address o WWN Address Displays the WWN address for FC connection blade o Firmware Mode Displays the firmware mode 8Gb FC Connection Blade x can have the values Access Gateway Native or Interop The mode can be set via the connection blade s built in command line interface or via the Configuration tab Firmware Mode Settings Afterwards the blade has to be rebooted or reboots automatically o Admi...

Page 16: ...ent IP address subnet mask gateway address o Current Value The IP address subnet mask gateway address Current Value is the current connection blade management IP address subnet mask gateway address Reset Interface Settings to Default Resets the interface settings listed below to their default values o User Assigned Name rack name enclosure name last 6 digits of enclosure serial no CB bay no As def...

Page 17: ...emory USB Backup Files Here you can select the version which you wish to restore from all the versions which have been backed up so far o Local Backup Files Offers you the option of searching for particular versions which have been backed up in local files o Restoration Status After you have clicked the Restore button the status is displayed here After restoration has been completed you can click ...

Page 18: ...s Link to the rear fan unit s details Power Supplies Monitoring Group Status Information Status Displays the overall status for the system power supply Redundancy Displays the power redundant status of this system Unit Information Fan1 Fan8 Status Displays the status of fan1 to fan8 in the selected power supply OVP 12V Status Displays the OVP 12V status UVP 12V Status Displays the UVP 12V status O...

Page 19: ...lter Displays all system events and can be filtered by component and severity by selecting filtering factors and clicking the Apply button All event entries in the event repository are cleared by clicking the Clear All Entries button Event Log Content Events are shown in the following format Time stamp Year Month Day HH MM SS Severity Informational Event Major Event Minor Event or Critical Event D...

Page 20: ...rmation Operation Dump Post Mortem Dump Post Mortem Enables the user to define where System Dump Post Mortem information is to be exported to Clicking the View Dump button will create a dump for viewing 20 ...

Page 21: ...ver blades sequentially Power On Off Time o In this box you set a power on off time for the system either for each individual weekday or for the entire week Every Day Caution The times set here may overrule the corresponding times of one or more server blades You can prevent such conflicts by using the Optimum Time button which displays the optimum time from the point of view of the server blades ...

Page 22: ...es the reliability and availability of this output power level because 1 or m PSUs can fail without operational disorder Three PSUs are required for the smallest redundant PSU configuration in a BX900 S1 system unit Server Blade Stop Sequence Definition This setting applies to stopping server blades under exceptional circumstances e g in failover or power limiting situations The regular Power Off ...

Page 23: ... reaching the defined limit o Threshold Definition You can set Relative or Absolute as threshold Depending on this setting the adjacent Limit Threshold field shows and requires a percentage value Relative or a W or BTU h value Absolute Scheduled Consumption Configuration This setting has to be made if the Power Consumption Options Consumption Mode was set to Scheduled for the system unit first box...

Page 24: ... user name hyperlink Permission Displays the basic user permission rights Possible basic user permissions are Administrator OEM Operator User For details refer to the help text for the New Local User Account page displayed after clicking the New User button Delete Deletes a user account New User Switches to the configuration page for a new user account New Local User Account Enabled Checkbox for s...

Page 25: ...tionality e g to install OS patches Configure Connection Blades Enables disables the privilege to configure connection blades Access Bays Access to bays can be granted restricted This privilege enables the user to configure the connection blade via a Command Line Interface which is provided or by means of web access from the MMB Global Users Defines if the users authenticated by the directory serv...

Page 26: ...ects available server blades to load the iRMC settings and backs up the iRMC settings using the selected parameters This function enables a configuration of a server blade s service processor iRMC to be used to simplify configuration of all server blades in the system unit up to 18 in a BX900 For this purpose defined configuration values iRMC config variables from the sectors a user management and...

Page 27: ...Information Operation Firmware Update Management Blade Management Blade Firmware Update Certificate Handling System Certificate 27 ...

Page 28: ...te key Downloads the private key from the MMB User Certificate User name The user name for which the MMB will issue the certificate Password for User Certificate Enter the password for the user certificate Confirm Password Enter the password for the user certificate again for confirmation Start Certificate Generation Generates the user certificate Download Certificate Downloads the generated user ...

Page 29: ...ort o Downlink port Duplex Execution Mode Displays the duplex execution mode of the NIC of the MMB s management port Duplex Setting Mode Sets the duplex mode of the NIC of the MMB s management port IP Address Settings o IPv4 Enable DHCP Enables disables the DHCP function for the MMB s IP address IP Address Sets MMB s IPv4 address Subnet Mask Sets the MMB s subnet mask Gateway Sets the MMB s gatewa...

Page 30: ...ber Session Timeout o Session Timeout For Web Based And Text Based Access 30 65535 Timeout setting in seconds If no user input is received by the system the management and service sessions are terminated automatically after the specified time VLAN VLAN Group Information The MMB supports up to 27 VLAN groups The group of network devices with a common VLAN ID is a VLAN group The settings of all VLAN...

Page 31: ...sses subnets for this protocol is set to default value 255 255 255 255 if disabled the value is set to 0 0 0 0 IP Filter List Here the IP filter settings are listed They are only active if global permission is disabled New IP Filter Here you can specify a permissible protocol and an IP address or a range of IP addresses in the form of a subnetwork mask which may access the MMB For example if the h...

Page 32: ...troller s IP settings of all included blades and IP settings made in the AuDi MIP Advanced page will be replaced Advanced This page allows to assign the IP addresses individually for each device 18 iRMC addresses for server blades 8 addresses for connection blades and one for the master MMB Advanced configuration o Enable AuDi MIP Enables disables the automatic distribution of management IP addres...

Page 33: ... Permission Selects the read write permission o Security Level Determines the security level Authentication No Authentication Privacy o Authentication Hash Method Selects the authentication method MD5 or SHA o Authentication Password Enter the authentication password o Privacy Password Enter the privacy password V3 Trap Destination Displays the V3 trap destination table The SNMP V3 trap destinatio...

Page 34: ...ame o AUTH Password Enter the authentication password Email Format dependent Configuration The user can configure the sender email address administrator name and phone number here Up to 5 user email addresses that can be modified are supported Date Time Controller Time Sets the date and time for the MMB The format is MM DD YYYY and HH MM SS Time Zone Sets the time zone for this system Network Time...

Page 35: ...M DD YYYY and HH MM SS Import Settings Enables the system unit settings to be imported from a USB memory stick or from a local file to the system unit Identification Settings The Identification menu provides input boxes to define the rack name system name system contact system location Caution The system name may not be longer than 14 characters Network Settings o IPv4 Allows to enable the managem...

Page 36: ...mismatch conflict Export Settings The Export Settings menu is used to copy the current system unit settings to a local file or a file on a USB memory stick Rack When cascading system units Interconnect are integrated into a rack these are displayed on this page This view is enabled by means of Base Configuration Wizard Network Settings Interconnect If the rack contains only one system unit just th...