iRMC S5 - Configuration and Maintenance

1 ; ' , ,anumberofvendorsfoundedthe IntelligentPlatformManagementInterface (IPMI)initiativewiththeobjectiveofdefini ngastandardized,abstract,message-basedin terfacebetweenthecentralsystemcontroller (BaseboardManagementController-BMC) ,seethe"iRMCS5-ConceptsandInterfaces" , ,theiRMCallowsforout-of-bandmanagement(L ightsOutManagement,LOM) , :iRMCS5onthesystemboardofaPRIMERGY serverAsanautonomoussystemonthesystemboa rdofaPRIMERGYorPRIMEQUEST server,theiRMChasitsownoperatingsystem,i tsownwebserver, , ,theenhancedfunctionsoftheiRMC,whichcome swithanintegratedSDcard, ("embedded")inandentirelycontrolledbythe iRMC,itiscalled"embeddedLifecycleManagem ent(eLCM)". ,networkadministrators, :lTheOverviewprovidesthebasicfactsofthei RMC , ,linksareofferedonthefollowingtopics: (BIOS,firmware,drivers,ServerViewAgentsa ndServerViewUpdateAgent) ,linksareofferedonthefollowingtopics:lSe rviceDesklManualslProductinformationlSpa repartscatalogueAccesstotheServerViewSui telinkcollectionYoucanreachthelinkcollec tionoftheServerViewSuiteinvariousways: : , , , , , , :liRMCS5 ConfigurationandMaintenanceliRMCS5 ConceptsandInterfacesliRMCS5 WebInterfaceRelatedreadingThe"ServerView embeddedLifecycleManagement(eLCM) " "ServerViewRAIDM anager" ' 'snewThefollowingchangeshavebeenmadeinth isedition:lThestorageontheSDcardoftheiRM CcannowbeviewedandmanagedlThecommunicati onbetweenmanagedserverandiRMCcanalsobeco nfiguredin-bandviaLANoverUSBlThefollowin geLCMtaskscanbescheduledusingaTaskManage r.

2 LOnlineupdatelOfflineupdatelPrimeCollect lReportgenerationlSearchforcustomimagelD ownloadcustomimagelIftheiRMCneedstobereb ootedafteranupdate, Mehlowplatformoffersuptoa50%performancei mprovementonmulti-threadedworkloads, Eprocessors(CoffeeLake-S).lHCL(HardwareC ompatibilityList)support:Duringupdatepre parationofamanagedserverwithVMwareESXiop eratingsystem,inventorydataiscomparedwit htheHCLfile, , :NotationalconventionsIndicatesVariousty pesofrisks,namelyhealthrisks, , <abc>Variableswhichmustbereplacedwithrealvalu es.[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: :thecomponentisnotaddedtotheupdatelist Headless systemoperationThemanagedserverdoesnotre quireamouse, , ,forinstanceifitisinstalledinafullypopul atedrack, ,theLANinterfaceofthefittedsystemNIC(Net workInterfaceCard) , , , , , , ,filterandsavethesystemeventlog(SEL)Youc anview,saveanddeletethecontentsoftheSELu singachoiceofinterfaces:lTheiRMCwebinter facelTheTelnet/SSH-basedinterface(Remote Manager)oftheiRMCRead,filterandsavethein ternaleventlog(iEL)Youcanview,saveanddel etethecontentsoftheiELusingachoiceofinte rfaces.

3 LTheiRMCwebinterfacelTheTelnet/SSH-based interface(RemoteManager)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).lRemoteacces sforbootmonitoring, 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) (eLCM) , (embedded)withintheserverwithouttheneedf orexternalmedialikeUSB, :lTheembeddedInstallationManagement(eIM) , (eRM) (eDM) , ,CPU,HDD, , , ' (High-SpeedTransferInterface),theAgentle ssServicehasonlyaverysmallfootprintonthe serveroperatingsystem,withnegligibleimpa ctonthesystem' (SVSP) :Interactiveoperationviaconsole(physical orredirected) (Power-OnSelf-Test)press[F5].

4 , "iRMCS5-ConceptsandInterfaces" (EFI)orPCcompatible(legacy). SysRollOutService :liRMCwebinterface(webinterface)Theconne ctiontotheiRMCwebserverisestablishedviaa standardwebbrowser( ,MozillaFirefox).Amongotherthings,theweb interfaceoftheiRMCprovidesaccesstoallsys teminformationanddatafromthesensors,such asfanspeeds,voltages, (AdvancedVideoRedirection,AVR).Inadditio n, , "iRMCS5-WebInterface" :Text-basedTelnet/ , (SecureShell), "iRMCS5-ConceptsandInterfaces" (Serial):Text-basedserialinterfaceoverSe rial1 TheRemoteManager(serial) (ApplicationProgrammingInterface) , ,suchasPython, ,seethe"iRMCS5 ConceptsandInterfaces" :RemotesideoftheconnectionCommunicationd irectioniRMCsideoftheconnection( )ConfigurableEnabledbydefaultCAS/SingleS ign-On 3170/TCPyesyesE-mail/SMTP 25/TCPyesnoHTTPS 443/TCPyesyesLDAP 389/TCP/UDPyesnoRedfish 443/TCPyesyesREST 80/TCPyesyesRMCP 623/UDPnoyesSNMP 161/UDPyesnoSNMP trap 162/UDPnoyesSSDP 1900/UDPyesyesSSH 22/TCPyesyesTelnet 3172/TCPyesnoTFTP/repository 69 (Nexperiencedesign):StatusoftheserverLED ontheserverS5 LED(green)PowerLED(green)AC-OFFoffoffS5( shutdown)onoffS0(power-on)offonS3(sleepm ode)offflashingwith1Hz(BIOS-controlled) (iRMC-controlled)Power-ondelayononStatus LEDsonthefrontpanel(legacydesign).

5 StatusoftheserverPowerLEDontheserverAC-O FFoffS5(shutdown)orangeS0(power-on)green S3(sleepmode)flashinggreenwith1Hz(BIOS-c ontrolled)iRMCnotreadyflashingalternatel yinorange/greenwith1Hz(iRMC-controlled)P ower- , "SpanningTree"treefortheconnectionofthei RMCmustbedeactivated( ;FastForwarding=enabled). "iRMCS5 ConceptsandInterfaces" , , , :PortsfortheiRMC(indicatedbywrenchsymbol ) (portexclusivelyfortheiRMC;withtheiRMCaL ANspeedupto1000 Mbit/sisavailable,dependingontheserverha rdware)ManagementLAN(LANportexclusivelyf orthesystem)SharedLAN(iRMCandsystem)TwoI PaddressesarerequiredTheLANcontrolleroft hePRIMERGY serverrequiresaseparateIPaddressfortheiR MCinordertoensurethatdatapacketsarerelia blytransferredtotheiRMC(andnottotheopera tingsystem).TheIPaddressoftheiRMCmustbed ifferentfromthatofthesystem(operatingsys tem).Agatewayisconfiguredforaccessfromad ifferentsubnetIftheremoteworkstationacce ssestheiRMCofthemanagedserverfromadiffer entsubnetandDHCP isnotused, [F2] :ServerMgmt , , ,seethe"iRMCS5-WebInterface"userguideand /orrefertothe"BIOS(Aptio)SetupUtility" ,continuewithconfiguringtextconsoleredir ection,seethesection"Configuringtextcons oleredirectionfortheiRMCS5"inthe"iRMCS5- ConceptsandInterfaces" ,exittheUEFI setupandcontinuewithtestingtheLANinterfa ce("TestingtheLANinterface"onpage26).

6 , :Ontheremoteworkstation:lWindows:Interne tExplorerasofversion11orGoogleChromeasof version50lLinux:MozillaFirefoxasofversio n50 , , ://[2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7 334]. , ("Usermanagement"onpage29).DefaultDHCP nameoftheiRMCT hedefaultDHCP nameoftheiRMCusesthefollowingpattern:iRM C<SerialNumber> , (configured) , : , ("Usermanagement"onpage29). <User> :lLocaluseridentificationsarestoredlocal lyintheiRMC :lMicrosoft ActiveDirectorylNovell eDirectorylOpenLDAPlOpenDJFordetailedinf ormationonglobalusermanagementusingthein dividualdirectoryservices,seethe"UserMan agementinServerView" (username,password)whichusersenterwhenlo ggingintooneoftheiRMCinterfaces, (usernameandpasswordarevalid) , ,theiRMCcontinuesasfollows:lIfServerView -specificLDAP groupswithauthorizationsettingsintheSVSs tructureontheLDAP serverareused,theiRMCdeterminestheuser , ,theiRMCdeterminestheuser , :Channel-specificprivileges(viaassignmen ttochannel-specificpermissiongroups)Thei RMCassignseachuseridentificationtooneoft hefollowingfourchannel-specificpermissio ngroups:lUserlOperatorlAdministratorlOEM S incetheiRMCassignsthesepermissionsonacha nnel-specificbasis,userscanhavedifferent permissions, (lowestpermissionlevel)throughOperatoran dAdministratoruptoOEM(highestpermissionl evel).

7 ( ) (formoreinformation,seethe"ServerViewOpe rationsManager"userguide).Permissionstou sespecialiRMCfunctionsAswellasthechannel -specificpermissions,youcanalsoindividua llyassignusersthefollowingpermissions:Pe rmissionMeaningConfigureUserAccountsPerm issiontoconfigurelocaluseridentification sConfigureiRMCS ettingsPermissiontoconfiguretheiRMCsetti ngsVideoRedirectionEnabledPermissiontous eAdvancedVideoRedirection(AVR)in ViewOnly and FullControl sLANinterfacemustbeconfigured("Configuri ngtheLANinterfaceusingUEFI"onpage24).lTh elicensekeyforuseoftheiRMCfunctions AdvancedVideoRedirection(AVR) and VirtualMedia (DVDorInstallationManagerbootimage) : , ,forexample, , , , ,beforestartingtheinstallation,youmustse tupavirtualmediaconnection:lTothestorage medium(CD-ROM/DVD-ROMorISOimage) virtual (withdriveletter, D: fordriveD). "VirtualMedia"feature,seethe"iRMCS5-WebI nterface" , , , sinstallationCD/DVD: (ISOimage) (ISO/NRGimage), , ,enterthenameofthedrive, (Windows)/dev/.

8 (Linux) (DVD) , sBIOSPOST phase, CD-ROMDRIVE intheBIOS bootsequence:IfalocalCD-ROM/DVD-ROMdrive andaCD-ROM/DVD-ROMdriveconnectedasavirtu almediumarebothpresentonthemanagedserver themanagedserverbootsfromtheCD- [F2] , (highestpriority)fortheServerViewSuiteDV D1, (ServerViewSuiteDVD1orInstallationManage rbootimage) ,theInstallationManagerstartupdisplaysad ialogboxinwhichyouareaskedtoselectamediu mforthestatusbackuparea(statusbackupmedi um). , (floppy/USBstick). ,seethe ServerViewInstallationManager , , (deployment).Topreparetheinstallation, ("InstallingWindowsonthemanagedserver"on page50).Onceyouhavecompletedtheconfigura tionwiththeInstallationManager,theInstal lationInfopagefortheWindowsinstallation( "InstallingWindowsonthemanagedserver"onp age50)orfortheLinuxinstallation("Install ingLinuxonthemanagedserver"onpage51) , :InstallationManager-InstallationInfopag eIfyouhaveconfiguredthelocalCD-ROM/DVD-R OMdriveofthemanagedserverastheinstallati onsource, , , , , , , , , , , , Safelyremove thestoragedevice, , , , , , (ElectricallyErasableProgrammableRead-On lyMemory):lFirmwareimage1(lowFWimage)lFi rmwareimage2(highFWimage)Oneofthetwofirm wareimagesisactive(running)atanygiventim e, ("Firmwareselector"onpage54).

9 ThefirmwareoftheiRMCisnotexecutedintheEE PROM, , (WindowsorLinux) , ,notethattheproblem-freeoperationofthefi rmwarecanonlybeguaranteediftheruntimefir mwareandtheSDR(SensorDataRecord) , ,readthesupplementarydocumentationsuppli edwiththenewfirmwarecarefully(inparticul artheReadmefiles).InformationontheiRMCfi rmwareandEEPROM canbefound:lIntheiRMCwebinterface,Overvi ewpageoftheSystemmenulUsingtheflashtool( "Commandlineinterface"onpage62) , :0 Firmwareimagecontainingthemostrecentfirm wareversion1 Firmwareimage12 Firmwareimage23 Firmwareimagecontainingtheoldestfirmware version4 Firmwareimagemostrecentlyupdated5 Firmwareimagethathasbeenupdatedleastrece ntlyDependingontheupdatevariantused, :lOntheSystemOverviewpageoftheiRMCwebint erfaceintheRunningiRMCF irmwaregroup(formoreinformation,seethe"i RMCS5-WebInterface"userguide)lUsingthefl ashtool("Commandlineinterface"onpage62) ,itispossibletoupdatebothactiveandinacti vefirmwareimagesonline, :WiththeiRMCwebinterfaceTheUpdatepageoft heToolsmenuallowsyoutoupdatethefirmwareo ftheiRMCbyprovidingthefirmwareimageeithe r.

10 LLocallyontheremoteworkstationlOnanetwor ksharelOnaTFTP server(formoreinformation,seethe"iRMCS5- WebInterface"userguide)UsingtheServerVie wUpdateManagerUsingtheServerViewUpdateMa nager,youcanstarttheupdateoftheiRMCfirmw areviaagraphicaluserinterfaceorviaacomma ndlineinterface(WindowsandLinux). ,seethe ServerViewUpdateManager ,youcanupdatetheiRMCfirmwareeitherusingt hegraphicaluserinterfaceofServerViewUpda teManagerExpressorbyusingtheASP(Autonomo usSupportPackage) ,youcanalsostartanASPintheWindowsExplore rbydouble-clickingthecorrespondingASP-*. ,seethe LocalSystemUpdateforPRIMERGYS ervers ,see"Commandlineinterface" , , ,youonlyhavetosetthefirmwareselectortoth isprevious-versionimage("Firmwareselecto r"onpage54) , ,note: , :WindowsYoucanperformthedowngradeifyoust arttheASPbydouble-clickingthecorrespondi ng*. ,youmustexplicitlyspecifytheForce= ,youdonotneedtheUSBmemorystick:lUsingthe ServerViewUpdateManagerlUsingServerViewU pdateManagerExpressorASPlUsingtheiRMCweb interfaceandTFTP serverforanonlineupdateIfyouwanttousethe flashtoolsviaFlashDiskmenuorthecommandli neinterface, <Server-Type>iRMC(Kronos[4|5]) (The<spec>partofthenameprovidesinformationonthesys temtype,systemboard,firmware/SDRR versionetc.)