Intel 747116-011 User Manual

Installation Guide

for the

Intel®Server Control

Order Number: 747116-011

This guide explains how to install and launch the Intel®Server Control (ISC) software. ISC is a server management tool that provides real time monitoring and alerting for server hardware, emergency remote management, and remote server setup. It is implemented using a client-server architecture.

Contents

Platform Compatibility.........................................................................................5

System Requirements..........................................................................................6

Managed Server Requirements............................................................................................6

Windows 2000/NT Requirements.................................................................................6

NetWare Requirements................................................................................................6

Red Hat Linux Requirements........................................................................................7

SCO UnixWare Requirements......................................................................................7

Additional Requirements for DMI-SNMP Translation....................................................7

Console Requirements..........................................................................................................7

Windows 98 Second Edition.........................................................................................8

Windows 2000/NT........................................................................................................8

Service Partition and Population........................................................................9

Service Partition Installation..................................................................................................9

Requirements...............................................................................................................9

Installation..................................................................................................................10

Boot the Server from the Service Partition..........................................................................11

Locally Booting the Serverfrom the Service Partition Boot.........................................11

Remotely Booting the Server from the Service Partition Boot.....................................11

Configuring EMP and Console Redirection Settings...................................................11

Configuring the Server for LAN Access......................................................................12

Using the DPC Console Manager...............................................................................13

Using the Client SSU..................................................................................................13

Installing ISC.......................................................................................................14

Managed Server Preparation..............................................................................................14

Compatibility and Upgrade Issues.......................................................................................14

LSC and LDSM..........................................................................................................14

NetWare ....................................................................................................................15

Windows NT ...............................................................................................................15

Windows 98 Second Edition.......................................................................................15

UnixWare...................................................................................................................15

Red Hat Linux ............................................................................................................16

Windows 2000............................................................................................................16

LSC, LDSM, W indows, NetWare, and UnixWare Installation...............................................16

Red Hat Linux Installation...................................................................................................16

Installing Linux DMI Service Provider.........................................................................1 7

Installing ISC Server Instrumentation.........................................................................17

Configuring the SNMP–DMI Mapper ..........................................................................18

Customizing NetWare Servers After Setup......................................................19

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Launching ISC ....................................................................................................20

LANDesk®Server Manager............................................................................................... 20

HP Network Node Manager................................................................................................20

CA-Unicenter TNG..............................................................................................................20

Stand-alone ISC Console....................................................................................................21

Launching the ISC Console with Internet Browsers....................................................21

Launching the ISC Console with Microsoft Management Console..............................22

Platform Compatibility Matrix ...........................................................................23

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Platform Compatibility

Feature availability can depend on which version of the Intel® Server Control (ISC) is running on which platform. Specifically, compatibility is an issue when an ISC 3.1 console is managing a network of systems that are running older versions of ISC. For feature availability, refer to the Platform CompatibilityMatrix beginning on page 23 near the end of this guide.

System Requirements

ISC contains two parts:

• ISC Console Software

• ISC Server Instrumentation Software

ISC Console Software allows interaction with the managedserver. It can be installed on these system configurations:

• Windows NT

• Windows

• Windows 2000 workstation

ISC Server Instrumentation Software, when installed, creates a managed server that can be managed from the system running ISC Console Software. It can be installed on these systems:

• Windows NT 4.0 server

• Windows 2000 server

• NetWare

• UnixWare

• Linux

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4.0 server or workstation, Enterprise Edition

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98 Second Edition workstation

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server

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server

6.2 server

Managed Server Requirements

ISC supports several Intel®motherboards. For a complete list of supported server motherboards and qualified BIOS revision levels, see the f iles README.TXT and ERRATA.TXT. You can find thesefileintheappropriatelanguagedirectoryoftheDocsdirectoryontheSoftwareKitCD. The following requirements must be met for a managed server.

Windows 2000/NT Requirements

• Windows 2000 Advance Server, NT Server 4.0 (SP 6a), or Enterprise Edition

• 64 MB of RAM

• 60 MB of available disk space

• Windows NT SNMP or SNMP service installed (required only for connectivity to an SNMP

management console)

NetWare Requirements

• NetWare 4.2 SP8a or 5.1 SP1 symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)

• At least 95 MB of RAM

• At least 60 MB of available disk space

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Red Hat Linux Requirements

If you intend to manage a Linux file server, it must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Red Hat Linux 6.2 SBE 2 running in multiple-processor kernel

• 32 MB of RAM

• 60 MB of available disk space

SCO UnixWare Requirements

If you intend to manage a UnixWare fileserver, you must have an account with root privileges available to you. The server must also meet the following minimum requirements:

• SCO UnixWare v7.1.1

• 32 MB of RAM

• 60 MB of available disk space

Additional Requirements for DMI-SNMP Translation

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support must be installed if you want to integrate ISC with an SNMP-based management framework. For SNMP installation information, see your Windows NT, NetWare, or UnixWare documentation.

On the managed server, you should consider the following issues when configuring SNMP:

• Community string names for SNMP Get and Set operations

• Community string names for sending traps

• The destination address for the management console receiving the traps

On the management console, you should consider the following issues when configuring SNMP:

• Compiling the MIBs into the SNMP management consoles

• Integration of ISC traps into SNMP management consoles

Console Requirements

Console System requirements may change when snapping into one of the supported management applications. Please refer to their installation requirements for additional information.

ISC Console Software integrates into an Enterprise System Management Console or it can be installed on a stand-alone console. The requiredEnterprise SystemManagement Consoles are:

1. Intel

2. HP OpenView

3. CA UnicenterTNG A stand-alone console manages ISC-enabledservers without Enterprise System Management. It is

implemented as an ActiveX application (e.g., Microsoft Management Console, Internet Explorer Navigator during setup. If you do not choose the stand-alone environment and no management console is present, the ISC software will not install.

LANDesk®Server Management 6.xx

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Network Node Manager 6 for Windows NT

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2.2 for Windows NT

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control that runs within its own container or third party container

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v3.0 or later with ActiveX†snap-in). You can choose the stand-alone environment

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v5.0 or later, or Netscape

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Windows 98 Second Edition

• Intel®Pentium®microprocessor or higher.

• At least 32 MB of RAM.

• At least 10 MB of available disk space.

• Microsoft Windows compatible modem must be used for if you connect to the server by

modem.

Windows 2000/NT

• Windows 2000/NT Server, or Workstation 4.0 (SP 6a), or Enterprise Edition.

• Intel Pentium microprocessor or higher.

• At least 64 MB of RAM.

• At least 10 MB of available disk space.

• For Windows NT, Remote Access Service must also be installed. If it is not installed the Direct

Platform Control (DPC) component will not install.

• Microsoft Windows compatible modem must be used for if you connect to the server by

modem.

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Service Partition and Population

The service partition is a special hard disk par tition. It is established when initially setting up the server system and contains utilities, diagnostics, and other software required for remote management. The service partition is not marked as an active partition and the server will only boot from it by a special request. It is not normally visible to the server user because it has a special non-standard partition type that does not appear as an accessible file system to the end user operating system. However, low level disk utilities can see the partition entry as an unknown type, and recognize its space.

The utilities and diagnostics on the service partition can be run locally or remotely. In order to run the utilities and diagnostics the server must boot fr om the service partition. Remote execution is available from the Direct Platform Control (DPC) Console Manager and System Setup Utility (SSU) Client.

Service Partition Installation

It is recommended that you install the service partition:

• On a clean formatted hard drive with no partitions defined.

• Before installing any operating system.

It can also be installed on a hard drive that contains partitions, providing there is unpartitioned space and one free entry in the partition table. However, these are not recommended because some operating systems may no longer boot if partitions are added or removed after that OS has been installed.

Requirements

• The SP can be on any of the first 8 BIOS-supported physical hard drives.

• SP hard drives must support BIOS INT13.

• Current ECO BIOS must be installed.

• Remove old service parititions and create service partition with current Software Kit CD.

• At least 50 MB of unused (not partitioned) hard drive space. On large hard drives this unused

space must be within the first 8 GB.

• A service partition does not already exist on the hard drive.

NOTE

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There are commercial utilities that can resize existing pa rtitions to free space if more is needed. Alternately, you can add a low capacity hard drive for the service partition.

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