HP rx5670 User Manual

HP Networking Utilities User Guide

HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems

Manufacturing Part Number: 5991-3711

February 2007

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

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1. Replicate Agent Settings tool

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Tool usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Viewing Task Results page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2. Network Adapter License Utility

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Tool usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Command line syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Command line arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Return codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Command line examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3. SetLACState Utility

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Tool usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Command line syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Command line arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Command line examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Contents

4. Network Adapter Scripting Utility

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Order of NICs on target systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Teams on target systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

The scripting application (CQNICCMD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Script conversion issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Tool usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Command line syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Command line arguments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Command line examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Command line help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuration properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

NIC configuration properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Team configuration properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

XML data file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Error handling and reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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1 Replicate Agent Settings tool

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Overview

The HP Network Configuration Utility (NCU) enables configuration of network adapters and teams of network adapters installed on an Integrity server. To better support server management, the NCU has been enhanced using the Replicate Agent Settings tool of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). The replication tool enables HP SIM to retrieve Web Agent configuration settings from a source server and distribute that configuration remotely to one or more target servers.

This chapter assumes that you have a basic familiarity with HP SIM, and provides step-by-step instructions to replicate network configuration settings from one server to a group of target servers using the Replicate Agent Settings tool of HP SIM.

You can use the Replicate Agent Settings tool to configure target servers based on configuration information transferred from a source server. The target system does not have to be identical to the source system. Both NICs and teams of NICs can be configured on the target system. The Replicate Agent Settings tool modifies the configuration of the NICs on the target system according to the NIC properties specified on the source system.

When the Replicate Agent Settings tool runs, NICs are identified by their relative order in the system. The relative order is determined by the slot and port order in the system. NICs embedded on the system board are assigned the lowest numbers, followed by NICs ordered by their slot number with the lowest slot number listed first. Multiport NICs are ordered by ascending port number within each slot.

NICs on the target system are configured to match the corresponding NIC number on the source server. The first NIC on the target system is configured using data from the first NIC on the source server; the second NIC on the target system is configured according to the saved data for the second NIC on the source server, and so on. If the target system has more NICs than the source server, then the extra NICs retain their current settings. If the target system has fewer NICs than the source server, data for additional NICs on the source server is ignored.

Teams are created on the target system consisting of the same relative NICs that are teamed on the source server. For example, if NICs 3 and 5 are teamed on the source server, then the same teaming information is transferred to the target server, and NICs 3 and 5 are teamed on the target system during the replication operation. In general, the NICs on the target system team do not have to be the same type of NICs that are teamed on the source server. However, some NICs cannot be teamed and an error is returned if an attempt to form a team is made with invalid combinations of NICs. For example, NICs without common speed capabilities cannot be teamed on a load balancing team.

An error is returned if the NICs forming the team on the source server are not present on the target system. For example, if NICs 3 and 5 are teamed on the source server but the target system has only four NICs, an error is reported and the configuration is not applied.

When teams are configured on the target system, the team properties are set to the values transferred from the corresponding team on the source server. Properties not transferred (and properties specified with invalid data values) are configured using their default settings.

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If there are no teams configured on the source server, no teaming information is transferred, and configuration of the target system consist of configuring individual NICs only.

If the transferred information defines an advanced team, but a valid Integrity Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack license is not on the target system, an error message is returned and the operation exits without performing any actions. For information on how to add an Integrity Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack license to the system or to display licenses previously installed on the system, see the Intelligent Networking Pack User Guide, or the Integrity Essentials Network License Manager online help.

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Tool usage

To replicate network configuration settings from source server to target server:

Step 1. From the HP SIM home page, select

window.

Figure 1-1 All Systems window

All Systems to display all servers in the All Systems

Step 2. Select the desired target systems from the list.

Step 3. Select

Systems” page displays with the selected targets listed.

Configure > Replicate Agent Settings from the menu, and the “Step 1: Verify Target

Figure 1-2 Step 1: Verify Target Systems window

NOTE If the systems selected are not compatible with the Replicate Agent Settings tool, the

“Tool launch OK?” column provides a brief explanation of the problem. To change the targeted list, click “Keep?” column.

Change Targets. To remove the selected system, click Remove in the

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Step 4. Click Next. The “Step 2: Choose Source System” displays.

Figure 1-3 Step 2: Choose Source System window

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Step 5. Select the specific server with a configured network to replicate on the target servers

(the Web Agent that supports network configuration is the one labeled “HP Network Configuration Utility”).

Step 6. Click

Next. The “Step 3: Choose Source Configuration Settings” page appears.

Figure 1-4 Step 3: Choose Source Configuration Settings window

Step 7. Expand the HP Network Configuration Utility tree to view the networking components

that can be replicated. These components are located under Networking Properties.

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An overview of the networking configuration provides the following information:

• Teams — number of teams in the configuration

• Team VLANs — total number of team VLANs defined (multiple teams can use the

same VLAN)

• Adapters — total number of adapters in the configuration

• Adapter VLANs — total number of adapter VLANs defined (multiple adapters can

use the same VLAN)

• Version — version of the teaming utility

NOTE Currently, the edit function is not operational for network configuration settings.

Step 8. Select

Adapter Configuration. You also can select Wake target systems from low power mode

before configuring the target servers. This option initiates the Wake-on LAN (WOL) feature to remotely power up the target servers, if they are equipped with a WOL-enabled NIC or if they have ACPI support in the operating system. See the section “Replicate Agent Settings - Reference” in the HP SIM online help file for more information.

Step 9. Select one of the following options to execute the task:

•Click

Schedule to specify when the task will run. For more information, see the

“Scheduling a Task” section in the HP SIM online help file.

•Click

Run Now to run the task immediately. The Task Results page displays. See the

“Task Results List” section in the HP SIM online help file for more information.

•Click

Prev to return to the previous page.

NOTE The Replicate Agent Settings task in HP SIM uses Secure Task Execution (STE) to issue

its commands to the system. STE enables an HP SIM system to securely request execution of the task from a managed system. It ensures that the user requesting the task has the appropriate rights to perform it. For more information, see the “About Secure Task Execution” section in the HP SIM online help file.

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Viewing Task Results page

The Task Results page displays the task instance results of each targeted server.

Figure 1-5 Task Results page

Status information messages indicate the success or failure of the configuration and may include one of the following messages:

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Table 1-1 Status information messages

Status Message

Agent Configured Successfully

Networking Configuration Replication Error

Network Configuration — Agent Configured Successfully.

Network Configuration Replication Error — Error retrieving system model. Insure that network configuration utilities are not executing on this target.

Network Configuration Error — System is not licensed for Intelligent Networking.

Network Configuration Error — Adapter configuration version mismatch.

Network Configuration Error — Adapter configuration error; see log file for additional details.

Network Configuration Error — Another Networking application is executing.

Network Configuration Error — Unidentified error; see log file for additional details.

Network Configuration Error — Number or type of adapter mismatch.

HP SIM Connecting VLAN Error

NOTE See CPQSYSTEM\log\remnetcfg.log for additional error details.

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Network Configuration Replication Error — Processing HP SIM connection.

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