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1 ; ' (SEL) (AVR) (Java) (HTML5) (HTML5) ,German, , ,networkadministrators, , , (BIOS,firmware,drivers,ServerViewAgentsa ndServerViewUpdateAgent) ,linksareofferedonthefollowingtopics:lSe rviceDesklManualslProductinformationlSpa repartscatalogueAccesstotheServerViewSui telinkcollectionYoucanreachthelinkcollec tionoftheServerViewSuiteinvariousways: : , , , , , , :liRMCS5 ConfigurationandMaintenanceliRMCS5 ConceptsandInterfacesliRMCS5 WebInterfaceRelatedreadingsThe"ServerVie wembeddedLifecycleManagement(eLCM) " "ServerViewRAIDM anager" ' 'snewThefollowingchangesaremadeinthisedi tion:lThestorageontheSDcardoftheiRMCcann owbeviewedandmanagedlThecommunicationbet weenmanagedserverandiRMCcanalsobeconfigu redin-bandviaLANoverUSBlThefollowingeLCM taskscanbescheduledusingaTaskManager:lOn lineupdatelOfflineupdatelPrimeCollectlRe portgenerationlSearchforcustomimagelDown loadcustomimagelIftheiRMCneedstobereboot edafteranupdateyoucannowlettheBIOS decidewiththeDualbootoption, (HardwareCompatibilityList)support:durin gupdatepreparationofamanagedserverwithVM wareESXioperatingsystem,inventorydataare comparedwiththeHCLfile, , :NotationalconventionsIndicatesVariousty pesofrisks,namelyhealthrisks, , <abc>Variableswhichmustbereplacedwithrealvalu es.

2 [abc]Optionsthatcanbespecified(syntax).[ Key] ,theShiftkeyisspecified, [Shift]+[A] , (AVR)andVirtualMedia, :lPlatformEventTraps(PET) ,suchasvoltagemonitoring, , (SSO)authenticationTheiRMCsupportsCentra lizedAuthenticationService(CAS)configura tion, ( )withintheSSOdomainoftheCASservice, , (CSS) ,theerrorlistofthesystemeventlog(SEL) (DNS). , :lMicrosoft ActiveDirectorylNovell eDirectorylOpenLDAPlOpenDS,OpenDJ,Apache DSHand-helddevicesThewebinterfaceoftheiR MCS5canalsorunonatabletwithanOSasofthefo llowingversions: ,inventorydataiscomparedwiththeHCLfile, :lTherearenoentriesforthecomponent:thene westversionisaddedtotheupdatelistlThenew erversioniscompatiblewiththecurrentESXiv ersion:thenewerversionisaddedtotheupdate listlThenewerversionisnotcompatiblewitht hecurrentESXiversion:thecomponentisnotad dedtotheupdatelist Headless systemoperationThemanagedserverdoesnotre quireamouse, , ,forinstanceifitisinstalledinafullypopul atedrack, ,theLANinterfaceofthefittedsystemNIC(Net workInterfaceCard) , , , , , , ,filterandsavethesystemeventlog(SEL)Youc anview,saveanddeletethecontentsoftheSELu singachoiceofinterfaces.

3 LTheiRMCwebinterfacelTheTelnet/SSH-based interface(RemoteManager)oftheiRMCRead,fi lterandsavetheinternaleventlog(iEL)Youca nview,saveanddeletethecontentsoftheiELus ingachoiceofinterfaces:lTheiRMCwebinterf acelTheTelnet/SSH-basedinterface(RemoteM anager)oftheiRMCS ecurity(TLS,SSH)Secureaccesstothewebserv erandsecuregraphicalconsoleredirection,i ncludingmouseandkeyboard, ( ) ( ),SNMPMIB-2, ,informationondevicessuchasfans, , (serialoverLAN)andSSH(SecureShell).UEFI supportUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterfac e(UEFI)isaspecificationforasoftwareprogr amthatconnectsacomputer' , ,validationoffirmware,andadefinitionofth einterface(protocol) ,theiRMCalsosupportsAdvancedVideoRedirec tion,VirtualMediaandembeddedLifecycleMan agement(eLCM).Theseextendedfunctionsrequ ireavalidlicensekey, (AVR) (includingmouseandkeyboard).

4 LRemoteaccessforbootmonitoring, virtualconnections ,youcanconfigurealowerbandwidth(bitsperp ixel,bpp) (eLCM)TheembeddedLifecycleManagement(eLC M) :leLCMupdatemanagementleLCMimagemanageme nt(CustomImage)leLCMdeploymentleLCMhealt hmanagement(PrimeCollect)Forfurtherinfor mationseethe"ServerViewembeddedLifecycle Management(eLCM)" virtual :lReadandwritedatalBootfromVirtualMedial InstalldriversandsmallapplicationslUpdat eBIOS fromremoteworkstationl(BIOS updateviaUSB) , ' (SEL).XXSaveEventlog(SEL). (iEL).XXSaveEventLog(iEL). ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) (LDAP) (CAS). (ASR&R) (FanTestgroup). ) ) :RedfishaccessrightsiRMCS5-WebInterface2 2iRMCS5-WebInterface222 MainWindowThemainwindowofthewebinterface containsthefollowingsections,fromtoptobo ttom:lThetitlebarwiththelanguageanduserm enuslThemenubarwiththefunctionmenusandth eglobaliconslThefunctionsareawherethefun ctionsoftheselectedmenuaredisplayedaslin kslTheworkingarea,thatdisplaysthepageoft heselectedfunctionFigure1:Structureofthe mainwindowoftheiRMCwebinterfaceTitlebarT hetitlebarresidesatthetopofthemainwindow andcontainsthefollowingmenus:lLanguageme nutoselecttheuserinterfacelanguageCurren tlythewebinterfaceoftheiRMCcanbedisplaye dinthefollowinglanguages:lEnglishlGerman lJapanesel<User> :IconMeaningOpenstheTaskManagerdialogbox ,see"TaskManagerdialogbox" ,see"LastMessagesdialogbox".

5 LaunchestheAdvancedVideoRedirection(AVR) viatheselectedprotocol, ,thusdisplayingthestatusoftheLED:lGray: sCSSLED:lOff:Theserverisoperational(noli ght)lOn:PrefailureeventforaCSScomponent( lightred)lAlarm:DefectiveCSScomponent(bl inkingred)Indicatesthestatusoftheserver sGlobalErrorLED:lOff:Nocriticalevent(nol ight)lOn:PrefailureeventforanonCSScompon ent(lightred)lAlarm:Criticalevent(blinki ngred)PowerControl: ,thusdisplayingthestatusoftheserver:lRed : ,acontextmenuopenswithoptionsthatspecify , Connected . Connected . , (coldstart), , (ASR&R)group(formoreinformation,see"Serv erManagement"onpage136).PulseNMII nitiatesanon-maskableinterrupt(NMI). , , :pending(waitingforexecution), ,see"TaskLogdialogbox" , :TaskLogdialogboxUntilthetaskisnotcomple tedorterminated, , , ,thelinkisenabledandtheworkingareafortha tfunctionisdisplayedshowingtherelatedout put,dialogboxes,options, , , , :GrouponafunctionpageAgroupconsistsofthe following:lGrouptitlewithanindicatorandt hegroupnamelParametersconsistingofanamea ndavaluelButtonsApplyandCancelTheindicat orinthegrouptitlesignalstheexpandingstat usofthegroup:^ (configured) ,checktheLANconnection,seethe"iRMCS5 ConfigurationandMaintenance" : ,itisrecommendedthatyoucreateanewadminis tratoraccountonceyouhaveloggedin, ,see"CentralAuthenticationService(CAS)" <User> :lEnglishlGermanlJapaneseInthetitlebar.

6 (CSS) ,Agent,BIOS,orVIOME ntrieswiththevalueiRMC,Agent,BIOS,orVIOM intheDesignationcolumnindicatethattheiRM C,agent,BIOS, <n>,agentlessHDDmonitoring(out-of-bandHDDmo nitoring)EntrieswiththevalueHDDorHDD<n>orPCIeSSD<n>(wheren=0,1,2,..)intheDesignationcolumni ndicatethestatusofHardDiskDrives(HDD) <n>orPCIeSSD<n>(withn=0,1,2,..) "agentlessHDDmonitoring"function(alsokno wnas"out-of-bandHDDmonitoring").Iftheser equirementsaremet,theHDD<n>orPCIeSSD<n>statusofeachindividualHDDorSSDisreported directlytotheiRMC, ,therefore,dependontheserverstateandwhet hertheserversupports"agentlessHDDmonitor ing" ,N/A(notavailable) <n>orPCIeSSD<n>(wheren=0,1,2,..)areonlydisplayedifthema nagedserversupports"agentlessHDDmonitori ng". , ,aPowerOnCounterrecordsthetotalmonths, :lKVM:LicensekeyforAVRlMedia: , , :SystemBoardpageThefollowinggroupsarepre sent:ProcessorsProvidesinformationonthes tatus,IDs,CSScapability, (s) (60values).

7 Sinceonemeasurementisgeneratedeveryminut e, (every5thmeasurement,144valuesinall). (every10thmeasurement,144valuesinall). (every60thmeasurement,168valuesinall). (every120thmeasurement,168valuesinall). (every240thmeasurement,30valuesinall). (every480thmeasurement,180valuesinall). (every2880thmeasurement,180valuesinall). ,IDs, (TPM)OnPRIMERGY serverswithsupportforTPM, (POST) :PowerpagePowerSuppliesThePowerSuppliesg roupprovidesinformationonthepowersupplys pecificationsandtheIDPROM dataoftheFRUs(FieldReplaceableUnit) ' + + + +2(2 ACsources) +1(2 ACsources)EachPSU(of2 PSUsintotal) ,minimum, (60values).Sinceonemeasurementisgenerate deveryminute, (every5thmeasurement,144valuesinall). (every10thmeasurement,144valuesinall). (every60thmeasurement,168valuesinall). (every120thmeasurement,168valuesinall).

8 (every240thmeasurement,30valuesinall). (every480thmeasurement,180valuesinall). (every2880thmeasurement,180valuesinall). ,suchastheCPU, : , (AISagent) ,whichallowsatechniciantoconnectremotely toit,eveniftheiRMCisnotaccessibledirectl yviaLAN,isusedfortransferringsysteminfor mation(PrimeCollectarchives,systemreport setc.) :lWarrantyModeInWarrantyMode,AISC onnectcontactstheenterpriseenvironment(S erviceSystem)onadailybasisandsendsdatacr eatedbyPrimeCollectattheuser' , ' ,seethe"ServerViewembeddedLifecycleManag ement(eLCM)" , : "PRIMERGYiRMCEMBEDDEDAGENT" (WarrantyModeorContractMode). ,youalsohavetheoptiontoswitchtheembedded AISC onnectagenttoServiceMode, : performs, , , performs, , , (SEL) ,fanfailures, ,formoreinformation,see"Logging" ,thesettingsyoumakethereareonlyvalidunti lthenextlogout, :SystemEventLog(SEL) performs, , , :ColumnMeaning, (loginevents,AVRconnectionevents,etc.)

9 Andadditionalinformation( ).Youcanmodifythefiltercriteriaforthecur rentsessionontheLoggingpageoftheSettings menu,formoreinformation,see"Logging" ,thesettingsyoumakethereareonlyvalidunti lthenextlogout, performs, , , :ColumnMeaning, ,thatcanbeupto240characterslong, , ,deployment,reporting, , , ( ).Youwillfindtheappropriatefirmwareimage foryourPRIMERGY serverontheServerViewSuiteDVD2 (firmwareimage1).HighfirmwareImageSelect sthefirmwareimagewiththehigherversionnum ber(firmwareimage2). (). , (). , (). (PRIMERGYS upportPackages,forfurtherinformationseet he"LocalSystemUpdateforPRIMERGYS erver"userguide).AlthoughtheESXiCIMprovi derconnectstotheiRMCasanagent(andisthere foredisplayedintheSystemInformation), ,ifyouplantheupdatecheck:displaystheinpu tfieldstoselectaday, ,see"TaskManagerdialogbox" ,theAvailableUpdateslistisdisplayedinthe OnlineUpdategroup, "essential" ,ifyouplantheonlineupdate:displaystheinp utfieldstoselectaday, , ,see" Software " ,ifyouplantheupdatecheck:displaystheinpu tfieldstoselectaday, ,see"TaskManagerdialogbox" ,ifyouplantheonlineupdate:displaystheinp utfieldstoselectaday, "uploadfromfile" ,thecurrentupdatestatusisindicatedintheB IOSU pdategroupoftheUpdatepage,formoreinforma tion,see"Update" :lInthefirststep,youdownloadtheupdatefil eafterwhichthefollowingoccurs.

10 LIftheserverispoweredoff, , , , , ,theserverispoweredoffandthefollowingent ryiswrittentothesystemeventlog(SEL): , ,formoreinformation,see" Software " ,whichisdisplayedintheExecuteOnlineUpdat egroupaftertheupdatecheckhasbeencomplete d, , , , , ,roughlyknowingtheinternalbehaviormaybeh elpfulforinterpretingthemessagesdisplaye dwhiletheupdateisbeingexecuted, :lIfnecessary, ,theiRMCS5unmountsthevirtualCD-ROMcontai ningtheupdatecatalogandreplacesitwiththe ISOimagegeneratedfromtheUpdateRepository , , (D:) , "RebootRequired" , , (inparticulartheeLCMofflineupdatemanager ,whichisaslimversionoftheServerViewUpdat eManagerExpress) ,whichisnowdisplayedinthefilesystemofthe managedserverasCDDrive(D:) ,whichisaslimversionoftheServerViewUpdat eManagerExpress, , , , , (SVSP) (). , :OptionMeaningPCcompatible(legacy) (EFI)ThesystemisbootedinUEFI bootmode(onlyon64-bitoperatingsystems).