HP Insight Control for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization User Guide
Version 7.3
Abstract
This guide describes HP Insight Control tools you can use with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. This guide is intended
for use by system integrators and network administrators who are familiar with HP-branded server system products and Red
Hat Enterprise Virtualization version 3.2 or later.
HP Part Number: 757150-001
Published: December 2013
Edition: 1
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Contents
1 Overview of HP Insight Control for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization..................5
HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI.................................................................................................6
The HP Insight Control for RHEV host information tabs...................................................................7
The HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar...........................................................................8
2 Installation and discovery............................................................................9
Installing and configuring HP Insight Control for RHEV...................................................................9
Discovering hosts....................................................................................................................11
3 Viewing inventory, performance, and health data for HP ProLiant host servers...13
Credentials tab.......................................................................................................................13
Communication Status tab.......................................................................................................13
Global Newsfeed tab.............................................................................................................14
Overview tab.........................................................................................................................15
Newsfeed tab........................................................................................................................16
Host tab................................................................................................................................17
Infrastructure tab.....................................................................................................................19
Networking tab......................................................................................................................21
Interpreting the networking data diagram details....................................................................22
4 Managing your HP ProLiant systems............................................................23
Monitoring system events and taking corrective action.................................................................23
Controlling devices and linking to HP management tools.............................................................23
Controlling the server power................................................................................................24
Controlling the server UID light............................................................................................24
Using the Single-Sign-On iLO Web interface.........................................................................24
Using the Single-Sign-On iLO Remote Console.......................................................................24
Using the Single-Sign-On Onboard Administrator Web interface.............................................25
Accessing the Virtual Connect login page.............................................................................25
Using Online Help..................................................................................................................25
Using the Reports icon.............................................................................................................25
Accessing HP’s Insight Control Web page.................................................................................25
5 Managing discovery credentials.................................................................26
Creating user credentials.........................................................................................................26
Updating user credentials........................................................................................................27
Deleting user credentials..........................................................................................................27
6 Viewing entity traps in RHEV-M..................................................................28
7 Generating reports...................................................................................29
Installing support for reporting..................................................................................................29
Pre-requisite RHEV-M packages............................................................................................29
Configure support for HP Insight Control for RHEV reporting....................................................29
Creating ad hoc reports..........................................................................................................29
Customizing the fields in an ad hoc report............................................................................31
Adding a title to an ad hoc report............................................................................................32
Creating and viewing the VC_Profiles report..............................................................................32
8 Troubleshooting........................................................................................34
9 Uninstalling HP Insight Control for RHEV......................................................35
Uninstalling the HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI........................................................................35
Uninstalling the HP Insight Control for RHEV database.................................................................35
Contents 3
10 Support and other resources.....................................................................36
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................36
Subscription Service...........................................................................................................36
Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................36
Customer self repair................................................................................................................37
11 Documentation feedback..........................................................................38
A Regulatory information..............................................................................39
Turkey RoHS material content declaration...................................................................................39
Ukraine RoHS material content declaration................................................................................39
Warranty information..............................................................................................................39
Glossary....................................................................................................40
4 Contents
1 Overview of HP Insight Control for Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization
By collecting system health and inventory data and monitoring events from a variety of physical
sources, HP Insight Control for RHEV provides information you can use to manage your HP ProLiant
hosts and to take appropriate actions as determined by your site policies. HP Insight Control for
RHEV integrates with the RHEV Management Console (RHEV-M) GUI to provide a single point from
which to manage both the virtualization and HP ProLiant HW environments.
This guide describes how to use HP Insight Control for RHEV to perform everyday system monitoring
tasks as well as to facilitate management tasks in the RHEV-M environment. HP Insight Control for
RHEV will allow you to:
• Manage your HP ProLiant servers
• View inventory data about HP ProLiant servers, blade enclosures and Virtual Connect modules
• View performance and health data about HP ProLiant host servers, blade enclosures and
Virtual Connect modules
• Take corrective action in response to events
• Control servers using the iLO interface
• Link to the iLO, iLO Remote Console, Onboard Administrator, or Virtual Connect user interfaces
for a selected host being viewed in RHEV-M
• Log HP hardware events to RHEV-M
• Visualize networking connections from RHEV-defined networks, through physical NIC ports
and Virtual Connect, to uplinked external switches
• Generate reports of HP hardware inventory details through RHEV-M's reporting infrastructure
NOTE: HP Insight Control for RHEV supports HTML 5 browsers, including:
• Mozilla Firefox 17 and Later
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and later
When you first access HP Insight Control for RHEV, click the HP Insight Control tab, located at the
top of the RHEV-M screen. The HP Insight Control for RHEV Welcome tab appears:
5
Figure 1 HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access tab
Table 1 HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access screen details
DescriptionName
Learn about how to use HP Insight Control for RHEVHP Insight Control for RHEV Welcome tab
HP Insight Control for RHEV Credentials tab
HP Insight Control for RHEV Communication Status tab
HP Insight Control for RHEV Global Newsfeed tab
HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI
Figure 2 HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI
View existing credentials. For more information, see
“Credentials tab” (page 13)
View communication status messages for all hosts. For more
information, see “Communication Status tab” (page 13)
View newsfeed items for all hosts. For more information,
see “Global Newsfeed tab” (page 14)
Table 2 HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI Details
NameCallout Number
1
6 Overview of HP Insight Control for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
Insight Control tab. Opens the HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access screen, which has the
following tabs:
• Welcome
• Credentials
Table 2 HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI Details (continued)
NameCallout Number
• Communication Status
• Newsfeed
HP Insight Control for RHEV host information tabs2
HP Insight Control for RHEV Activation tab3
HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar4
The HP Insight Control for RHEV host information tabs
The host information tabs (shown in the red rectangle in the following figure), allow you to view
pertinent information about your HP ProLiant servers.
Figure 3 HP Insight Control for RHEV host information tabs
The following table lists the information that is available on each tab:
Table 3 HP Insight Control for RHEV host information tab details
DescriptionTab Name
Overview
Newsfeed
Host
Infrastructure *
Networking *
The Overview tab contains a summary of inventory, performance, and health status
information for the currently selected host. For a more detailed description of this data, see
“Overview tab” (page 15)
The Newsfeed tab displays events relevant to the selected host, for example: if you enter
invalid credentials, a message would show up here. For a more detailed description of this
data, see “Newsfeed tab” (page 16)
The Host tab displays host inventory, performance, and health status data for the selected
host. For a more detailed description of this data, see “Host tab” (page 17)
The Infrastructure tab displays inventory, performance, and health status data for the blade
enclosure containing the selected host. For a more detailed description of this data, see
“Infrastructure tab” (page 19)
The Networking tab draws a diagram of the Virtual Connect (VC) network topology relevant
to the host. This includes logical networks, host network interfaces, VC modules and
networks, and uplinked external switches. For a more detailed description of this data, see
“Networking tab” (page 21)
NOTE: * For DL servers and ML servers, Infrastructure and Networking tabs are not present in
the Host tab.
The HP Insight Control for RHEV host information tabs 7
The HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar
The Actions toolbar, displayed to the right of the HP Insight Control for RHEV host information tabs,
contains icons that let you view the host’s current status, control devices, link directly to HP
management tools, access online Help, access RHEV-M reports, and access a link to the HP Insight
Control Support Web site.
HP Insight Control for RHEV toolbar icons
Figure 4 HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar
Table 4 HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar details
DescriptionIcon
Status icon
One of five icons is displayed to indicate overall status of all monitored subsystems for the selected
host.
DescriptionStatusStatus Icon
Critical
Major
Informational
Displays the Tools menu
A failure has occurred in a subsystem that has stopped operation.
For example, it may indicate that a temperature sensor detected
a dangerous thermal condition.
Corrective action is necessary to prevent a critical event. For
example, it may indicate that a fan has failed and there is no
redundant backup.
A redundant component has failed.Minor
The subsystem is operating normally.Normal
A message that may require attention, but that has not affected the
status of any subsystem. For example, it can indicate that a Drive
Array was reconfigured.
Opens online Help for HP Insight Control for RHEV
Help→About displays the current version of HP Insight Control for RHEV
Accesses RHEV-M ad-hoc reports
Links to the HP Support Web site
8 Overview of HP Insight Control for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
2 Installation and discovery
Prerequisites for installing HP Insight Control for RHEV
The following are prerequisites for installing HP Insight Control for RHEV:
• RHEV-M must be installed and configured. Refer to Red Hat's documentation for installation
and configuration of RHEV-M.
• The RHEV-M credentials used during configuration of RHEV-M will be needed.
• The postgres password used during configuration of RHEV-M will be needed.
• The RHEV-M reports package must be installed in order for the reporting functionality in HP
Insight Control for RHEV to be installed and available.
Installing and configuring HP Insight Control for RHEV
You must ensure that HP Insight Control for RHEV is installed on the (RHEV-M) management console.
To install HP Insight Control for RHEV:
1. Unpack and install the HP Insight Control for RHEV packages:
[root@rhevm ~]# tar zxf hp-icrhev-x.x.x.x.tar.gz
[root@rhevm ~]# rpm -ivh hpcs-x.x.x.x-1.x86_64.rpm
hpicrhev-x.x.x.x-1.x86_64.rpm
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2. Configure HP Insight Control for RHEV by running the setup script. You will need the postgres
database password and the RHEV-M credentials you entered when you ran the rhevm-setup
script.
[root@rhevm ~]# /opt/hp/hpcs-x.x.x.x/hpcs_setup.py
Welcome to HP Insight Control for RHEV.....
Enter Postgres Password:
Creating database....
Enter Username with Domain name for RHEV [admin@internal]:
Password:
Configuring events....
Importing reports....
Configuring snmptrapd....
Backup copy of "snmptrapd.conf" has been renamed to
"snmptrapd-20131118_105135.conf" and placed in
"/etc/snmp/".
Starting HP Insight Control for RHEV services
NOTE: hpcs_setup.py will ensure the /opt/hp subdirectory has the appropriate
permissions (read/write/execute for owner and read/execute for group and other, i.e.
rwxr-xr-x). If the subdirectory does not have the correct permissions, the setup script will
ask if you want to change them:
The /opt/hp directory already exists but does not have
appropriate permissions.
HP Insight Control for RHEV requires read/write
permissions to this directory in order to function
properly.
Allow HP Insight Control for RHEV to change permissions
of this directory? [yes/no]:
Answering yes will continue the setup procedure. Answering no will abort the setup.
NOTE: Entering an incorrect Postgres password will result in the following error message:
Please confirm your database password and ensure that
"md5" authentication method is selected.
If Postgres has been configured with the ident authentication method, you must change the
authentication method to md5 or trust.
NOTE: If you do not have the RHEV Reports package installed, the Importing reports step
will fail. This is a non-fatal error.
NOTE: If you do not have the net-snmp package installed, the Configuring snmptrapd
step will fail. This is a non-fatal error.
Before HP Insight Control for RHEV can display information about hosts (iLOs/servers, blade
enclosures and Virtual Connect) in your environment, they must first be discovered.
NOTE: Host credentials are required in order for discovery to succeed.
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Discovering hosts
1. Log in to the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) with a valid username and
password.
2. In the RHEV-M window, select the Hosts tab.
3. In the Hosts tab, from the list of available hosts, click to select the host whose information you
want to discover.
4. Click the HP Insight Control tab.
5. In the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click . The Tools menu is displayed.
6. Select Discovery. The Discovery Wizard dialog box is displayed:
NOTE: Installing Single Sign-On certificates requires Administrator access to the target
devices. If you do not want to use Administrator-level access or if the target device has no free
Single Sign-On slots, clear this checkbox.
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7. Enter the hostname or IP address and your credentials for the iLO you want to discover. Click
OK.
NOTE: To discover entities, entities should have at least the following minimum versions:
• iLO
Minimum version for iLO 3 is1.50
Minimum version for iLO 4 is1.20
• OA
Minimum version for OA is 3.32
• VC
Minimum version for VC is 3.00
NOTE: If the server is a blade server, you can enter OA and VC credentials. OA and VC
inputs are hidden for non-blade servers. If the OA or VC is already discovered, the OA or VC
fields are disabled.
NOTE: If an authentication failure occurs, an error message is added to the host’s newsfeed
and global newsfeed.
NOTE: If the host's Power Management iLO data has been entered in RHEV-M, this data
(with the exception of password) will be pre-populated in the Discovery wizard.
NOTE: When discovering blade servers using the Discovery Wizard (Hosts→HP Insight
Control→Tools Menu→Discovery), if the OA and VC credential fields are blank, the Discovery
Wizard will attempt to discover the OA and VC using the credentials entered for iLO.
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3 Viewing inventory, performance, and health data for HP
ProLiant host servers
HP Insight Control for RHEV collects inventory, performance and health data from HP ProLiant
servers, blade enclosures, and Virtual Connect modules. The HP Insight Control for RHEV data tabs
list specific information about your servers and devices.
NOTE: All of the tasks described in this chapter assume that discovery has already taken place.
Credentials tab
You can view the credentials for all devices managed by HP Insight Control for RHEV. You can
also view discovery failures initiated from the Credentials tab.
To view the Credentials tab data:
1. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access screen, click Credentials. The Credentials
tab data is displayed.
2. This displays the HP HP Insight Control for RHEV Credentials tab that lists the credentials for
all the devices managed by HP Insight Control for RHEV. The passwords are listed, but are
encrypted.
The Credentials tab lists the credentials for the following types of host subsystems Insight Control
manages:
• iLO
• Onboard Administrator
• Virtual Connect
See also
• Creating credentials “Creating user credentials” (page 26)
• Updating credentials “Updating user credentials” (page 27)
• Deleting credentials “Deleting user credentials” (page 27)
Communication Status tab
The Communication Status tab provides information regarding the ability to communicate with
each managed device. To view communication status:
Credentials tab 13
1. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access screen, click the Communication Status
tab. The Communication Status data is displayed.
2. To sort by Status, click the button.
The default number of entries displayed is ten. To change the number of entries, select a value
from the Show drop-down list. You can also search the entries by entering a search term in
the Search box.
3. To sort information within a specific column, single-click the desired column heading.
4. To scroll through multiple pages of entries, click Previous, Next, First, or Last at the bottom of
the screen. You can also move between pages by clicking the corresponding page number
button at the bottom of the screen.
Data that is displayed includes:
• Status—Available statuses include:
Normal—Communication OK◦
◦ Minor—Failover in progress
◦ Major—Communication failed; continuing to retry
◦ Critical—Communication failed; initial retries failed – continuing to retry at infrequent
intervals
◦ Disabled—All communication attempts have failed – will not retry
◦ Unknown—No attempt yet made at communication
• IP Address—The IP Address and DNS name (if available)
• Entity Type—iLO, Virtual Connect, Onboard Administrator
• Description—Communication status description
Global Newsfeed tab
From the Newsfeed tab, you can view global Newsfeed data for all hosts. To view global Newsfeed
data:
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1. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access screen, click the Newsfeed tab. The
Newsfeed data is displayed.
When new events are generated, they are displayed in the bubble notification, located below
the Newsfeed tab. Click the Newsfeed tab to close the notification bubble.
The default number of entries displayed is ten. To change the number of entries, select a value
from the Show drop-down list. You can also search the entries by entering a search term in
the Search box.
2. To delete an entry, click the appropriate check box and click Delete.
3. To scroll through multiple pages of entries, click Previous, Next, First, or Last at the bottom of
the screen. You can also move between pages by clicking the desired page number button
at the bottom of the screen.
Data that is displayed includes:
• Status—For message status descriptions, see “HP Insight Control for RHEV toolbar icons”.
• Message—A description of the event that has occurred.
• Source—The IP address or DNS name of the device that generated the event.
• Date and Time—The date and time of the event (in both local time and GMT).
Overview tab
To get an overview of the host's newsfeed, inventory and networking data:
• From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Host data tabs, click the Overview tab. The Overview
data is displayed:
Newsfeed
The Newsfeed table contains:
• Status—For message status descriptions, see “HP Insight Control for RHEV toolbar icons”.
• Message—Messages from HP Insight Control for RHEV on host events.
Host Information
Overview tab 15
The Host Information table contains:
• Server Name—The server name defined by the host operating system or defined in the iLO
GUI.
• Product—The product within which the iLO processor is integrated.
• UUID—The universally unique identifier assigned when the host is manufactured.
• Serial Number—The server serial number, which is assigned when the host is manufactured.
• iLO Address—The network IP address of the iLO subsystem.
• iLO License—The level of licensed iLO functionality.
• iLO Firmware—The version and date of the installed iLO firmware.
• Host Power Status—ON, OFF.
• UID Light—The state of the UID (ON, OFF, FLASHING).
• CPUs—The number of populated CPU sockets in the host.
• Memory—The total amount of RAM in the host.
• NICs—The number of available network interfaces on the motherboard. This does not include
PCIe cards or MEZZ cards.
• System ROM—Host BIOS type and date.
Enclosure Information
NOTE: The Enclosure data is available only for BL servers. For ML/DL servers, it is not displayed.
The Enclosure data table contains:
• Enclosure Name—The name of the enclosure as defined in the OA interface.
• Rack Name—The name of the rack containing the enclosure.
• Fan Bays—The total number of fan bays, including empty bays.
• Power Supply Bays—The total number of power supply bays, including empty bays.
• Power Consumed—The total amount of power consumed by the enclosure.
Networking Information
The Networking data table contains:
• Network Name—Name of the network associated with this port (value can be the network
name, “Unassigned”, or "Multiple Networks").
• Downlink—An internal port (enclosure midplane) on an Interconnect Module (blade switch or
Virtual Connect) that directly connects to a server blade’s NIC port.
• Uplink—An external port on an Interconnect Module (blade switch or Virtual Connect module)
that directly connects to an external, upstream network device.
Newsfeed tab
To view messages from HP Insight Control for RHEV, click the Newsfeed tab. The Newsfeed tab
contains the following information:
Newsfeed
The Newsfeed table contains:
• Status—For status descriptions, see Figure 4 (page 8).
• Message—Integrated messages from HP Insight Control for RHEV host events.
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• Source—The IP address/hostname of the device that generated the event.
• Date and Time—The time of the event (in both local time and GMT).
To delete a message, select it, and click Delete.
Host tab
To view inventory and status information about the selected host, click the Host tab. The Host
information tables are displayed.
Host Information
The Host Information table contains:
• Server Name—The server name defined by the host operating system or defined in the iLO
• Product—The product name of the selected host.
• UUID—The universally unique identifier assigned when the system is manufactured.
• Serial Number—The server serial number, which is assigned when the system is manufactured.
• iLO Address—The network IP address of the iLO subsystem.
• iLO License—The level of licensed iLO functionality.
• iLO Firmware—The version and date of the installed iLO firmware.
• Host Power Status—ON, OFF.
GUI.
• UID Light—The state of the UID (ON, OFF, FLASHING).
• CPUs—The number of populated CPU sockets in the host.
• Memory—The total amount of RAM in the host.
• NICs—The number of available network interfaces on the motherboard. This does not include
PCIe cards or MEZZ cards.
• System ROM—The host BIOS type and date.
• Backup ROM—The host backup BIOS type and date.
Server Power
The Server Power table contains (all values in Watts):
• Present Power Reading—The current power being consumed by the host.
• Average Power Reading—The average measured power reading for the specified time period.
If the server has not been running for the specified time period, the value is the average of all
readings since the server was booted.
• Minimum Power Reading—The least measured power reading for the specified time period.
If the server has not been running for the specified time period, the value is the minimum
reading since the server was booted.
• Maximum Power Reading—The highest measured power reading for the specified time period.
If the server has not been running for the specified time period, the value is the highest reading
since the server was booted.
DIMMs
The DIMMs table contains, for each DIMM socket:
• Socket—The label and location of the DIMM on the motherboard.
• Size—The DIMM capacity in MB.
• Speed—The DIMM speed in MHz.
CPU Information
Host tab 17
The CPU Information table contains, for each CPU socket:
• Socket—The label of the CPU socket.
• Speed—The CPU speed in MHz.
• Cores—The number of CPU cores and threads in this socket.
• Memory—The memory architecture of the socket.
Power Supplies (ML/DL only)
The Power Supplies table contains, for each supply:
• Status—On or Off.
• Location—The bay in which the power supply is located.
On Gen8 systems, the Power Supply table also contains:
• Capacity—The total number of watts the power supply can provide.
• Serial Number—The HP power supply serial number.
• Part Number—The HP power supply part number.
• Spare Part Number—The HP power supply spare part number.
Fans (ML/DL only)
The Fans table contains, for each fan:
• Status—On or Off.
• Zone—The general area (zone) within the server chassis that the fan is intended to cool.
• Location—The Fan’s location within the enclosure.
• Speed—The current fan speed (as a percent of maximum speed).
Temperature Sensors
The Temperature Sensors table contains, for each sensor:
• Status—The current status of the sensor.
• Zone—The general area (zone) where the sensor is located.
• Location—The sensor location within the enclosure.
• Temperature—The current sensor reading of the temperature within the enclosure.
• Caution threshold—The temperature at which a graceful shutdown is initiated to prevent
damage.
• Critical threshold—The temperature at which the server is forcefully shut down.
Integrated Management Log
The Integrated Management Log table contains, for each log entry:
• Severity—The status of the event from critical and major to normal and informational.
• Class—The type of event.
• Count—The number of times this event occurred.
• Description—A description of the event.
• Last Update—When the event last occurred.
• Initial Update—When the event first occurred.
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Infrastructure tab
NOTE: The Infrastructure inventory and status information is displayed only for BL servers.
Infrastructure information For ML/DL servers is not displayed.
To view enclosure inventory, performance and health status data about the selected host, click the
Infrastructure tab. The Infrastructure information tables are displayed:
Enclosure Information
The Enclosure Information table contains:
• Enclosure Name—The name of the enclosure as defined in the OA interface.
• Product—The HP product name for the enclosure.
• Rack Name—The name of the rack containing the enclosure.
• Blade Bays—The total number of blade bays available in the enclosure, including empty bays.
• Fan Bays—The total number of fan bays available in the enclosure, including empty bays.
• Power Supply Bays—The total number of power supply bays available in the enclosure,
including empty bays.
• Interconnect Bays—The total number of bays available in the enclosure for interconnect modules.
• Serial Number—The HP serial number.
• UUID—The universally unique identifier assigned when the enclosure was manufactured.
• Part Number—The HP part number for the enclosure.
• Spare Part Number—The HP spare part number for the enclosure.
Power Information
The Power Information data table contains:
• Redundancy—The status of power subsystem redundancy: either in a redundant configuration,
not in a redundant configuration, or status unknown.
• Capacity—The maximum amount of power that can be delivered by the power subsystem.
• Redundant Capacity—The amount of redundant power available. This is the backup power
available if the subsystem power supply fails.
• Output Power—The amount of power in Watts that the subsystem is producing.
• Power Consumed—The current power consumed by the subsystem.
• Good Power Supplies—The number of power supplies that are currently operating in the
subsystem.
• Wanted Power Supplies—The needed number of power supplies plus the redundant number
of power supplies in the subsystem.
• Needed Power Supplies—The number of power supplies needed for the subsystem to work
properly.
Thermal Information
The Thermal Information data table contains:
• Redundancy—The status of thermal subsystem redundancy: either in a redundant configuration,
not in a redundant configuration, or status unknown.
• Ambient Temperature—The temperature inside the enclosure.
• Good Fans—The number of fans currently operating in the enclosure.
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• Wanted Fans—The needed number of fans plus the redundant number of fans.
• Needed Fans—Number of fans required for the subsystem not to overheat.
Fan Information
The Fan Information table contains, for each fan bay:
• Bay—The location of the fan.
• Status—The current status of the fan.
• Name—The HP product name of the fan.
• Speed—Fan speed for thermal management of server.
• Power—The amount of power currently being consumed by the fan.
• Part Number—The HP fan part number.
• Spare Part Number—The HP fan spare part number.
Power Supplies
The Power Supplies table contains, for each power supply bay:
• Bay—The location of the power supply.
• Status—The current status of the power supply.
• Name—The HP product name of the power supply.
• Power—The amount of power currently supplied and the total amount of power that can be
supplied.
• Serial Number—The HP serial number for the power supply.
• Part Number—The HP part number for the power supply.
• Spare Part Number—The HP spare part number for the power supply.
Interconnect trays
The Interconnect Trays table contains, for each interconnect bay:
• Bay—The number of the bay containing the interconnect tray.
• Status—The current status of the enclosure tray.
• Name—The HP product name of the interconnect module.
• Power—The amount of power currently being used by the interconnect module.
• Serial Number—The HP module serial number.
• Part Number—The HP module part number.
• Spare Part Number—The HP module spare part number.
Onboard Administrator
The Onboard Administrator table contains:
• Bay—The location of the Onboard Administrator (OA).
• Status—The current status of the OA.
• Active—Whether the module is currently in active or standby status.
• Name—The HP product name of the OA module.
• Firmware—The HP OA firmware version number.
• Serial Number—The HP OA serial number.
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• Part Number—The HP OA part number.
• Spare Part Number—The HP spare part number for the OA.
Enclosure Syslog
The Enclosure Syslog table contains, for each log entry:
• Time—The local date and time of the entry.
• Subsystem—The subsystem that produced the message.
• Message—The description of the event.
Networking tab
To view a diagram of the Virtual Connect network topology for a selected host, click the Networking
tab. The network configuration diagram is displayed:
Figure 5 HP Insight Control for RHEV Networking configuration display
The Networking tab displays a diagram of the network topology from RHEV-defined networks,
through physical NIC ports and Virtual Connect, to uplinked external switches.
The network configuration data contains:
• Logical networks—Networks defined in the RHEV manager.
• Host network interfaces (Linux NICs)—These include the Linux names for the interface (bonds),
the Linux names for the adapters (ethxx) and the HP names for the physical adapters
(BLOMx:y-z).
• Virtual Connect (VC) modules and the virtual connect networks as defined by those modules.
• Uplinked external switches.
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Interpreting the networking data diagram details
• The lines in the network diagram represent the network connections.
• A solid line indicates a primary network connection, proportioned according to bandwidth;
the thicker the line, the greater the bandwidth.
• A dashed line indicates a standby connection.
• If you move the cursor over an information bubble or a switch port , details about the
network hardware are displayed.
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4 Managing your HP ProLiant systems
HP Insight Control for RHEV lets you monitor events that occur on devices. From the HP Insight
Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, you can view the host’s current status, control devices, link
directly to HP management tools, access online Help, generate reports of HP hardware inventory
details through RHEV-M's reporting infrastructure, and access a link to the HP Support Web site.
The icons located on the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar
let you manage your HP ProLiant systems. The following table lists the statuses may be displayed
for the monitored host and devices:
Table 5 HP Insight Control for RHEV status icons
DescriptionStatusStatus Icon
Critical
Major
Minor
Informational
A failure has occurred in a subhost that has stopped operation. For example,
a temperature sensor detected a dangerous thermal condition. Corrective
action is necessary.
Corrective action is necessary to prevent a critical event. For example, a fan
has failed and there is no redundant backup.
NOTE: A message status can be major while the related device status is
normal.
A redundant component has failed. Corrective action may be taken to avoid
a critical event should other components fail.
The subhost is operating normally.Normal
A message that may require attention, but that has not affected the status of
any subsystem. For example, a Drive Array was reconfigured.
Monitoring system events and taking corrective action
To monitor system events and determine if corrective action is necessary:
1. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click the Status button (for example,
), located on the far left of the toolbar. The toolbar status list is displayed:
2. To view the devices associated with a particular status, hover your cursor over the status. The
devices are listed.
3. If the status is Critical ( ), you can then take the appropriate corrective actions to resolve any
issues.
Controlling devices and linking to HP management tools
To control devices and link to HP management tools, click the Tools icon . The Tools menu
options are displayed. The following table lists the tasks that you can perform from the Tools menu:
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Table 6 Tools menu options
DescriptionOption Name
Discovery
Server Power
UID Light
iLO Web Administration
iLO Remote Console
Onboard Administrator
Virtual Connect
Launches the Discovery Wizard to allow you to the enter the credentials needed to access
HP management devices (iLO, OA, VC). For more information, see “Discovering hosts”
(page 11).
Power server on or off. For more information, see “Controlling the server power” (page
24).
Turn the UID light on or off. For more information, see “Controlling the server UID light”
(page 24)
Allows automatic login to the iLO web GUI. For more information, see “Using the
Single-Sign-On iLO Web interface” (page 24).
Allows automatic login to the iLO Remote Console. For more information, see “Using the
Single-Sign-On iLO Remote Console” (page 24).
Allows automatic login to Onboard Administrator. For more information, see “Using the
Single-Sign-On Onboard Administrator Web interface” (page 25).
Launches the Virtual Connect login page (VCM does not support automatic login). For
more information, see “Accessing the Virtual Connect login page” (page 25).
NOTE: For DL servers, the Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect options are not
available in the Tools menu.
NOTE: All of the tasks described in this section assume that discovery has already taken place.
Controlling the server power
To power the server on or off:
1. In the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click to open the Tools menu.
2. Click Power Switch to toggle the server power on and off.
Controlling the server UID light
To turn the UID light on or off:
1. In the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click to open the Tools menu.
2. Click UID to toggle the UID light on and off.
Using the Single-Sign-On iLO Web interface
If you have the proper credentials (“SuperUser”, “InsightAdmin”, InsightOperator” or “InsightUser”,
you can access the Single-Sign-On function to access the iLO Web interface.
1. In the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click to open the Tools menu.
2. Click iLO Web. A new browser window opens, and you are automatically logged in to the
iLO Web.
Using the Single-Sign-On iLO Remote Console
If you have the proper credentials (“SuperUser”, “InsightAdmin”, InsightOperator” or “InsightUser”,
you can access the Single-Sign-On function to access the iLO Remote Console.
1. In the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click to open the Tools menu.
2. Click iLO Remote Console. A new browser window opens, and you are automatically logged
in to the iLO Remote Console.
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Using the Single-Sign-On Onboard Administrator Web interface
If you have the proper credentials (“SuperUser”, “InsightAdmin”, InsightOperator” or “InsightUser”,
you can access the Single-Sign-On function to access the Onboard Administrator Web interface.
1. In the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click to open the Tools menu.
2. Click Onboard Administrator. A new browser window opens, and you are automatically
logged in to the Onboard Administrator.
Accessing the Virtual Connect login page
1. In the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click to open the Tools menu.
2. Click Virtual Connect. A new browser window opens, and you are directed to the Virtual
Connect login page.
NOTE: Virtual Connect does not allow single-sign-on.
Using Online Help
To access the online Help system for HP Insight Control for RHEV:
• From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click . Click Help. The Help opens
in a new browser window.
To view the version of HP Insight Control for RHEV you are running:
1. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click . Click About. The Version
dialog box is displayed.
2. Click Close.
Using the Reports icon
To generate ad hoc reports of HP hardware inventory details through RHEV-M’s reporting
infrastructure, click . For more information about HP Insight Control for RHEV’s ad hoc reporting
through RHEV-M’s reporting infrastructure, see “Generating reports” (page 29).
Accessing HP’s Insight Control Web page
From the Tools menu, click .
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5 Managing discovery credentials
HP Insight Control for RHEV lets you control which users have access to hosts and subsystems. From
the HP Insight Control for RHEV Credentials button, you can list existing user credentials, create
new user credentials, or update or delete existing user credentials. Although most of your tasks
regarding the creation of credentials are performed during Discovery, you may need to occasionally
change or delete credentials.
Instead of navigating to each host individually and using the Discovery wizard, you can use the
Credentials Editor to enter credentials for all hosts you are aware of. Discovery will be carried out
as a background task, and is not dependent on the host already being managed by RHEV-M.
NOTE: If you use the “*” wildcard as Host name, Discovery will not be initiated from the
Credentials Editor.
HP Insight Control for RHEV lets you list all of the user credentials for hosts and subsystems.
To list credentials (usernames and encrypted passwords):
• In the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) window, click the HP Insight Control
tab, located at the top of the screen. The HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access screen is
displayed. Click Credentials.
The Credentials tab lists the credentials for the following types of host subsystems Insight Control
manages:
• iLO
• Onboard Administrator
• Virtual Connect
Creating user credentials
To create user credentials for access to hosts and/or subsystems:
1. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Quick Access screen, click Credentials. The Credentials
tab data is displayed.
You can hover your cursor over the icon in the Info column to view information about the host
associated with the credentials.
2. Click New. The New Credential dialog box is displayed:
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3. Enter the Host.
4. Type the username, and password.
5. Select the Host Type from the drop-down list.
NOTE: Host is a mandatory field.
6. If you want the credentials to be added only if discovery is successful, click the check box.
7. If you want discovery to take place without the installation of Single sign-on Certificates,
un-check the appropriate box.
8. Click OK.
The respective entry will show a spinning image in the table and then will eventually display either
or . Discovery will be carried out as a background task, and is not dependent on the host
already being managed by RHEV-M. Hovering the mouse over this image will display more details
about that entry in the table.
Updating user credentials
To update existing user credentials:
1. From the Credentials tab, enter the credentials you want to update (username, and/or
password).
2. Click Update.
You can update the credentials for entries which have been successfully discovered. If the update
for an entry failed, the entry is highlighted in red.
Deleting user credentials
To delete existing user credentials:
1. From the Credentials tab, select the row of credentials that need to be deleted.
2. Click Delete.
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6 Viewing entity traps in RHEV-M
From the RHEV-M console you can view HP Insight Control for RHEV entity traps. To view the entity
traps:
• From the RHEV-M console, click the Events tab. The RHEV-M Events screen is displayed:
The Events that are displayed include:
• iLO traps for power failure, iLO reset, health degradation, and so forth
• Onboard Administrator
• Virtual Connect modules
NOTE: To trap the events in RHEV-M, each entity must first be configured with RHEV-M as a
destination.
NOTE: The entity must be discovered in RHEV-M to receive traps from that entity.
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7 Generating reports
The HP Insight Control for RHEV reports package provides the capability to generate custom reports
containing detailed inventory and health data for your managed HP ProLiant servers (via iLO),
enclosures (via Onboard Administrator), and Virtual Connect modules. This capability is provided
by integration with the Reporting module within RHEV-M. You can generate, organize, secure and
deliver up-to-date ad hoc reports for three entity types: iLO, Onboard Administrator, and Virtual
Connect. To create a dynamic ad hoc report, you can drag and drop the data fields in the RHEVM
Reports: Ad Hoc Editor window. You can also generate the pre-defined static VC_Profile report.
The available reports include:
Table 7 Available RHEVM Reports
DescriptionReport Name
Contains information for all discovered iLOsiLO_Report
Contains information for all discovered enclosuresOA_Report
Contains information for all discovered Virtual Connect modulesVC_Report
VC_Profile
Pre-defined static report that lists all servers’ profiles which have been defined within
the domain
Installing support for reporting
Pre-requisite RHEV-M packages
In order to install the HP Insight Control for RHEV reporting functionality, the RHEV-M reporting
packages must first be installed as follows:
1. Install the following RHEV-M reporting packages on the RHEV-M server:
• rhevm-reports-ver.rpm
• rhevm-dwh-ver.rpm
2. Execute the reporting package setup scripts:
• rhevm-dwh-setup
• rhevm-reports-setup
Configure support for HP Insight Control for RHEV reporting
Configure HP Insight Control for RHEV reporting support by completing the following procedure:
1. Switch to directory /opt/hp/hpcs_xxxx.
2. Run the setup file hpcs_Setup.py by using one of the following commands:
./hpcs_setup.py, or
python hpcs_setup.py.
When the script has successfully executed, you are ready to create reports using data from
HP Insight Control for RHEV.
Creating ad hoc reports
NOTE: This section assumes that you have already discovered an iLO, OA or VC host.
To create an HP Insight Control for RHEV ad hoc report:
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1. From the HP Insight Control for RHEV Actions toolbar, click the Reports icon . The RHEVM
Reports: Login window is displayed:
2. Enter your RHEV-M User ID and password. Click Login. The Data Chooser: Source dialog is
displayed:
3. Click Ad Hoc Components, then click Topics.
4. Click HP Insight Control Reports for RHEV.
You may make your selection from four reports:
• iLO_Report
NOTE: When generating the iLO_Report, iLO_Firmware data is displayed only for iLO
4 version. For other iLO versions, the iLO_Firmware data is not be displayed.
• OA_Report
• VC_Profile
• VC_Report
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5. Select the desired ad hoc report.
6. Click Table. The RHEVM Reports: Ad Hoc Editor window is displayed. Select the fields to
include on your report.
Customizing the fields in an ad hoc report
You can customize your reports to display the data you want. To select report fields:
1. In the left pane of the RHEVM Reports: Ad Hoc Editor window, click the report title under the
Fields section to display the list of available fields.
2. Drag and drop your selected field(s) into the Add a field or measure section of the right pane.
When you drag and drop a field, the field’s data is displayed in the report pane:
NOTE: If you prefer, you can easily display all of the available data fields for a selected report.
To display all available data fields, drag and drop the top level report folder (for example,
“iLO_report”) to display all of the fields for that report.
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Adding a title to an ad hoc report
1. In the RHEVM Reports: Ad Hoc Editor window, double-click Click to add a title in the Report
pane:
2. Enter your report title.
Creating and viewing the VC_Profiles report
The VC_Profiles report is a pre-defined static report that lists all servers’ profiles which have been
defined within the domain. To create the VC_Profiles report:
1. At the top of the Ad Hoc Editor screen, click Library. Click OK to exit the Ad Hoc Editor. The
Library screen is displayed:
2. In the Search box, enter VC_Profile and click the Search icon. Select VC_Profile from the results
screen. The Input Controls dialog box is displayed:
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3. Click Apply. Click OK to close the Input Controls dialog box. The VC_Profile Report is displayed:
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8 Troubleshooting
This chapter outlines solutions for situations you may encounter while using HP Insight Control for
RHEV.
Host information does not appear after discovery
You may experience problems during Discovery of an OA or iLO, or you may find that information
for the device does not appear.
Suggested action
To view the OA or iLO discovery information:
1. Click the HP Insight Control button at the top of the RHEV window.
2. Click Newsfeed to view any error messages regarding discovery.
Error message: Exceeded the maximum number of SSO certificates”
Suggested action
Select one of these solutions:
• Delete one or more of the existing certificates from the OA and initiate Discovery again, or
• Deselect the Discovery option to use Single Sign On, then initiate Discovery again.
Discovery error message “Failed to import the certificate”
Suggested action
Select one of these solutions:
• Delete one or more of the existing certificates from the iLO and initiate Discovery again, or
• Deselect the Discovery option and use Single Sign On, then initiate Discovery again.
Unable to receive SNMP traps
In order to receive SNMP traps, the iptables settings must be adjusted to allow UDP port 162
through the input firewall.
Suggested action
Add the following line to the INPUT section of /etc/sysconfig/iptables:
-A INPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 162 -j ACCEPT
Certification error is generated during installation
If the HP Insight Control for RHEV dependent product hpcs (hpcs-7.3.2.x) is uninstalled, then the
HP Insight Control for RHEV database must be manually deleted before installing a new version
of HP Insight Control for RHEV. If the database is not deleted prior to installing a new version (or
reinstalling the same version), a certification error will be generated.
Suggested action
The following script can be used to delete the database:
$ sh /opt/hp/hpcs-7.3.0.*/db_uninstall.sh.
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9 Uninstalling HP Insight Control for RHEV
Uninstalling the HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI
The HPIC for RHEV-M has two rpms (hpicrhev and hpcs) which have to be removed to completely
uninstall the HPIC for RHEV-M. To uninstall HP Insight Control for RHEV:
1. To uninstall hpicrhev, execute the following command:
rpm -e hpicrhev
This command removes the hpicrhev rpm.
2. To uninstall hpcs, execute the following command:
rpm -e hpcs
This command removes the hpcs rpm, which is a dependency for the hpicrhev rpm.
Uninstalling the HP Insight Control for RHEV database
After the HP Insight Control for RHEV GUI has been successfully uninstalled, uninstall the HP Insight
Control for RHEV database. To uninstall the database:
• Run the following command: db_uninstall.sh at /opt/hp/hpcs-x.x.x.x, where
‘x.x.x.x’ is the version number.
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10 Support and other resources
Contacting HP
For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website:
http://www.hp.com/support
Before contacting HP, collect the following information:
• Product model names and numbers
• Technical support registration number (if applicable)
• Product serial numbers
• Error messages
• Operating system type and revision level
• Detailed questions
Subscription Service
HP strongly recommends that customers register online using the Subscriber's choice web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.
Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,
newest driver versions, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous
other product resources.
After subscribing, locate your products by selecting Business support and then Storage under
Product Category.
Typographic conventions
Table 8 Document conventions
Blue text: Table 8 (page 36)
Bold text
ElementConvention
• Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses
• A cross reference to the glossary definition of the term
in blue text
email addressesBlue, bold, underlined text
Website addressesBlue, underlined text: http://www.hp.com
• Keys that are pressed
• Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box
• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu
and list items, buttons, tabs, and check boxes
Text emphasisItalic text
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Table 8 Document conventions (continued)
ElementConvention
Monospace text
Monospace, italic text
• File and directory names
• System output
• Code
• Commands, their arguments, and argument values
• Code variables
• Command variables
Emphasized monospace textMonospace, bold text
WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.
CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.
IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.
NOTE: Provides additional information.
TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.
Customer self repair
HP customer self repair (CSR) programs allow you to repair your HP product. If a CSR part needs
replacing, HP ships the part directly to you so that you can install it at your convenience. Some
parts do not qualify for CSR. Your HP-authorized service provider will determine whether a repair
can be accomplished by CSR.
For more information about CSR, contact your local service provider, or see the CSR website:
http://www.hp.com/go/selfrepair
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11 Documentation feedback
HP is committed to providing documentation that meets your needs. To help us improve the
documentation, send any errors, suggestions, or comments to Documentation Feedback
(docsfeedback@hp.com). Include the document title and part number, version number, or the URL
when submitting your feedback.
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A Regulatory information
For important safety, environmental, and regulatory information, see Safety and Compliance
Information for Server, Storage, Power, Networking, and Rack Products, available at http://
www.hp.com/support/Safety-Compliance-EnterpriseProducts.
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Warranty information
HP ProLiant and X86 Servers and Options
http://www.hp.com/support/ProLiantServers-Warranties
HP Enterprise Servers
http://www.hp.com/support/EnterpriseServers-Warranties
HP Storage Products
http://www.hp.com/support/Storage-Warranties
HP Networking Products
http://www.hp.com/support/Networking-Warranties
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Glossary
iLO Integrated Lights Out. HP's embedded server management technology enabling you to perform
management activities on an HP server from a remote location.
OA Onboard Administrator. Firmware for both local and remote administration of HP BladeSystems.
RHEV Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. An enterprise virtualization product produced by Red Hat.
RHEV-M Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Management Console. The Red Hat Enterprise virtualization
management tool for managing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization software.
SSO Single-Sign-On. The functionality that allows you to logon to a system without entering a user-id
and password every time.
UID Unit Identification light. The blue UID light is used as a means of locating a specific computer
server in a server room or in a rack in a data center. When you logon to the iLO remote
management port of a ProLiant server, the UID will blink on and off.
VC Virtual Connect. An HP Virtualization technology that enables administrators to define a server
connection profile for each blade server bay before the server is installed. The “Virtual Connect”
will link to the proper Virtual Connect Manager for the VC domain, but you must supply the proper
credentials.
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