IBM 26R0881, Installation And User Manual

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Page 4: ...sion 2 1 of IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2007 20...

Page 5: ...iguration 20 Viewing the configuration in a local chassis 20 Retrieving the current configuration 21 Chapter 5 Using OFM and OFM Advanced upgrade 23 Using OFM 23 Initial deployment 23 Adding a new cha...

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Page 7: ...Ethernet switches that support OFM 4 6 Pass thru modules and switches that support OFM 5 7 Supported software OFM Advanced upgrade 6 8 BladeScanner and ChassisUpdate log file locations 8 9 Blade addr...

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Page 9: ...ser s guide This user s guide is for system administrators and operators using OFM from IBM Director or the Advanced Management Module AMM to replace and recover blades in their environment Copyright...

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Page 11: ...dance or advice Important These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid inconvenient or difficult situations CAUTION These notices indicate possible damage to programs devices...

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Page 13: ...ent module Web interface you can create addresses for blade servers save the addresses to a configuration file deploy the addresses to the blade slots in the same chassis or in up to 100 different cha...

Page 14: ...Important OFM is a prerequisite of OFM Advanced upgrade 2 IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Installation and User s Guide...

Page 15: ...h for IBM BladeCenter 39Y9306 1 43 or later v1 46 or later Emulex 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card 39Y9186 6 02a2 or later 6 02a7 or later Emulex 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card CFFv for IBM Blad...

Page 16: ...5601 Any version Brocade Enterprise SAN Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 90P0165 Any version Brocade 10 port SAN Switch Module for IBM eServer BladeCenter 32R1813 Any version Brocade 20 port SAN Swit...

Page 17: ...or IBM BladeCenter 32R1861 Any version Nortel Layer 2 7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter 32R1859 Any version Nortel Networks TM Layer 2 7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for IBM eServ...

Page 18: ...first update the firmware of the BladeCenter and blades including BMC BIOS and additional expansion cards in your environment For a list of the latest firmware see Software and device drivers IBM Bla...

Page 19: ...n access from the administrative console Note Do not unzip the firmware update package in the BladeCenterUpdates directory Each firmware update package includes a readme file If you unzip the package...

Page 20: ...the parameter from the response file and updates the applicable systems BladeScanner and ChassisUpdate record the transactions that they perform in a single log file The log file is created in the fo...

Page 21: ...HBA firmware updates 2 Create a bootable DOS diskette image containing the doslpcfg exe flash tool and the flash image name prg flash file 3 Boot the blade to the downloaded image by either creating...

Page 22: ...with the Standalone Diagnostics CD ROM to download firmware to the Emulex or QLogic HBA After starting the Standalone Diagnostics CD ROM the Diagnostics CD must be removed and replaced with the CD you...

Page 23: ...ector console machines Installing the IBM Director extension version of OFM Advanced upgrade for Windows Follow these steps to install the IBM Director extension version of OFM Advanced upgrade for Wi...

Page 24: ...dvanced upgrade for Linux Make sure that IBM Director 5 20 2 is installed and running on the server Specifically check that the IBM Director Server services are running For IBM Director download infor...

Page 25: ...wnload 46C3551GMAR iso 2 Mount the iso image to a mount point and directory mkdir mnt iso mount 46C3551GMAR iso mnt iso t iso9660 cd mnt iso 3 Run the script file BOFMAUxx_StandAlone_Linux sh 4 Instal...

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Page 27: ...te Another option for Vendor is User Defined 4 For the FC Address Type use the pull down under Vendor and select Emulex or QLogic 5 Click Advanced option and check the box next to Generate an FC targe...

Page 28: ...a vendor automatically sets values within that range You can also set it to user defined mode and select any range by editing the From and To fields The default address ranges are as follows Emulex WW...

Page 29: ...the NetXen 10 Gb Ethernet Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter 39Y9271 do not use the Advanced option button to apply Fibre Channel addresses to ports This will generate errors v Using the Advanced opt...

Page 30: ...M configuration to the blades the AMM disables the OFM configuration on all the blades that are about to be re configured As a result there can be no address duplication even if the operation has not...

Page 31: ...on File Has Been Created page click creating a requirements report Creating a requirements report from the main Open Fabric Manager Configuration Management page on the AMM Web interface 1 Login to th...

Page 32: ...ter you locate your configuration file and select advanced options click OK The AMM will start to prepare for applying the new OFM configuration and any errors that occur during this process will be r...

Page 33: ...ons of device address type Ethernet FC or FC target In addition this page displays information about whether devices attached to this slot support OFM and if any address type and value was consumed by...

Page 34: ...onfiguration file automatically on page 15 5 Click Retrieve The AMM will start to retrieve the information On completion your browser will launch the File Save window allowing you to save the generate...

Page 35: ...pply the OFM configuration See Applying a new configuration on page 20 Adding a new chassis to the domain When you need to add a new chassis to the domain you will need to add its OFM configuration to...

Page 36: ...n the chassis the OFM configuration is cleared If the current AMM is functioning the best approach is to insert the new AMM in the second slot as a standby AMM for a few minutes This allows the primar...

Page 37: ...M Director discover a chassis automatically or you can manually add a chassis to the IBM Director Console interface Follow these steps to perform chassis discovery Discovering a chassis automatically...

Page 38: ...en to ensure that there will be no address duplications in any of the profiles 8 To assign Ethernet MAC addresses to slots click the Automatically Assign Addresses check box next to the Ethernet MAC a...

Page 39: ...e you will need to select a chassis and a blade then edit the address settings The following steps will guide you through this process a Select a chassis in the Select Chassis box by clicking on the I...

Page 40: ...Address Configuration Profile Select a chassis 3 A Blade Address Configuration chassis name window will launch Click Execute now to create a schedule job for this task or execute immediately 4 Wait f...

Page 41: ...rt based VLANs are migrated from the active blade to the standby blade The software will connect to all of the Ethernet Switches in the active blade s chassis and read the VLAN port information associ...

Page 42: ...failover is in use Creating an event action plan Refer to the IBM Director documentation for instructions to create event action plans For detailed instructions see Managing event action plans http p...

Page 43: ...and application problems Problem Solution No blades show up in the available blades section Make sure that the blades and the BladeCenter chassis have been completely detected Only the blades from on...

Page 44: ...er Click on the name of the blade Verify that the OFM configuration is enabled Verify that the blade supports OFM Verify that the blade system management processor supports OFM If not then upgrade the...

Page 45: ...option to provide an alternate user name and password for the chassis If you check the box next to use this user and password for the rest of the AMMs this user name and password will be attempted on...

Page 46: ...e OFM configuration for the slots that are about to be re configured If there is a failure disabling the OFM configuration for any of the blades the Web interface displays an Open Fabric Manager Confi...

Page 47: ...uration file contains a reference to a slot that has not been defined when referenced Attempt to write non Ethernet data to Ethernet port The OFM configuration file includes an attempt to define a non...

Page 48: ...is required Invalid integer Cannot parse an integer number mac or wwnn field is too short or too long Too few or too many bytes in an EUI field Maximum value is 0xfffffffe for longer values use EUI no...

Page 49: ...he forum for IBM Director installations on all supported operating systems and hardware Although participating in the customer forum does not guarantee an answer from an IBM representative the forum c...

Page 50: ...tion for instructions for using the diagnostic programs The troubleshooting information or the diagnostic programs might tell you that you need additional or updated device drivers or other software I...

Page 51: ...BladeCenter and x86 based system information Before you contact IBM for assistance or append to the customer forum you should gather the following information for the affected systems Note Frequently...

Page 52: ...ges that occur v The version of IBM Director that is installed Also note whether it is a new installation or an upgrade installation If it is an upgrade installation note from which version of IBM Dir...

Page 53: ...or electronic assistance with usage configuration and software problems with System p servers Fixes and updates are part of the warranty of the SWMA product and are included in your license for this p...

Page 54: ...hnical Support ETS which is a proactive support option to Support Line for non IBM x86 systems For information about which products are supported by Support Line in your country or region go to www 93...

Page 55: ...in the original structure as much as possible in order to retain the readability of the file For certain purposes it might be appropriate to extract a smaller section of the domain into a new file so...

Page 56: ...for the ordering of the file The BladeCenter section should always come before slots belonging to it and only one BladeCenter section can exist for a particular BladeCenter If no BladeCenter section e...

Page 57: ...given the system creates one based on the IP address Restriction Quotes are not allowed Commas can only be included if the string is quoted Port section There are currently three types of port entrie...

Page 58: ...the OS level MAC2 optional This is the secondary MAC address for those Ethernet cards that support this option If you do not supply a value for this field it is not applied VLAN2 optional This is the...

Page 59: ...et LUN required This is the LUN of the target For numbers less than four bytes long this can be specified as a decimal or hexadecimal number where hexadecimal numbers are preceded by 0x For longer num...

Page 60: ...vices on the blade is as follows v Ports 1 and 2 are reserved for the on board Ethernet devices v Ports 3 and 4 are reserved for standard expansion cards v Ports 5 to 8 are reserved for high speed exp...

Page 61: ...For detailed information related to the AMM Web interface see the IBM BladeCenter Management Module User s Guide ftp ftp software ibm com systems support system_x_pdf 44r5274 pdf Accessibility Accessi...

Page 62: ...would cause inconsistencies with the configuration of other chassis The OFM configuration is chassis based and will not transfer with the physical AMM When an AMM is moved to a new chassis it clears...

Page 63: ...for that slot 2 If a slot has OFM configuration enabled and the system management processor of the blade in that slot does not support OFM then a warning event is generated 3 If a slot has OFM configu...

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Page 65: ...rector 5 10 Update 2 5 10 2 IBM Director 5 10 Update 1 5 10 1 IBM Director 5 10 IBM Director 4 22 IBM Director 4 22 Upward Integration Modules UIMs IBM Director 4 21 IBM Director 4 20 v IBM Director H...

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Page 71: ...metric multiprocessors SMP BladeCenter chassis A BladeCenter unit that acts as an enclosure It enables the individual blade servers to share resources such as the management switch power and blower mo...

Page 72: ...uter on which IBM Director Console is installed management module The BladeCenter component that handles system management functions It configures the chassis and switch modules communicates with the...

Page 73: ...e channel 3 network 3 passthru 3 requirements 3 I IBM technical support center information to provide 39 incorrect OFM address usage troubleshooting OFM address usage 32 initial deployment 23 installi...

Page 74: ...M firmware 6 updating AMM firmware using BladeScanner 7 updating AMM firmware using ChassisUpdate 7 updating AMM firmware using UXBC 7 updating blade BIOS 9 updating blade BMC firmware 8 updating Emul...

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