Sun Microsystems X4200 User Manual

Sun Fire

X4200 Servers System

X4100 and Sun Fire

Management Guide

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Part No. 819-1160-11 December 2005, Revision 01

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1. System Management and ILOM Overview 1–1

1.1 About System Management and ILOM 1–1

1.1.1 Classes of System Management 1–1

1.1.2 Sun N1 System Manager 1–2

1.1.3 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Interfaces 1–2

1.1.4 Common Tasks That You Can Perform With ILOM 1–3

2. Interfaces 2–1

2.1 About the Sun N1 System Manager 2–1

2.1.1 Sun N1 System Manager 2–1

2.2 About SNMP 2–2

2.2.1 How SNMP Works 2–2

2.2.2 SNMP MIB Files 2–3

2.2.3 MIBs Integration 2–3

2.2.4 SNMP Messages 2–4

2.3 How to Configure SNMP on the SP 2–4

2.3.1 What to Do 2–4

2.3.2 Integrating the MIBs 2–5

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2.3.3 Adding Your Server to Your SNMP Environment 2–6

2.3.4 Configuring Receipt of SNMP Traps 2–6

2.4 About IPMI 2–6

2.4.1 IPMItool 2–6

2.5 IPMI Reference Information 2–8

2.5.1 Supported IPMI 2.0 Commands 2–8

2.5.2 Sensors 2–11

3. SP Initial Setup 3–1

3.1 About Initial Setup and Configuration of the Service Processor 3–1

3.1.1 Task Map 3–3

3.1.2 ILOM Default Settings 3–4

3.2 How To Configure ILOM Using a Serial Connection 3–4

3.2.1 Before You Begin 3–4

3.2.2 What To Do 3–5

3.3 How To Configure ILOM Using an Ethernet Connection 3–6

3.3.1 Before You Begin 3–7

3.3.2 What To Do 3–8

3.4 How to Update Your ILOM Firmware 3–11

3.4.1 Before You Begin 3–11

3.4.2 What to Do 3–12

3.5 How to Configure ILOM Using a Static IP Address 3–12

3.5.1 Before You Begin 3–12

3.5.2 Configuring ILOM With the CLI and a Serial Connection 3–13

3.5.3 Configuring ILOM With the CLI and an Ethernet Connection 3– 13

3.5.4 Configuring ILOM With the Web GUI and an Ethernet Connection 3–14

4. Remote Console Application 4–1

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4.1 About ILOM and the Remote Console Application 4–1

4.1.1 Server (Host) Installation Requirements 4–1

4.1.2 Client Installation Requirements 4–2

4.2 How to Launch the Remote Console Application 4–2

4.2.1 How to Launch the Remote Console Application From the ILOM Web Interface 4–3

4.2.2 How to Launch the Remote Console Application From a Java Web Start Web Page 4–5

4.2.3 How to Launch the Remote Console Application From a Java Web Start Web Page Using a Shortcut 4–6

4.3 How to Redirect Keyboard, Video, Mouse, or Storage Devices 4–6

4.3.1 How to Redirect Keyboard Devices 4–7

4.3.2 How to Redirect Mouse or Pointing Devices 4–8

4.3.3 How to Redirect Storage Devices 4–9

5. Command Line Interface Overview 5–1

5.1 About the ILOM Service Processor CLI 5–1

5.1.1 Connecting to the CLI 5–1

5.1.2 Using the CLI 5–2

6. Command Line Interface Reference 6–1

6.1 ILOM Service Processor CLI Quick Reference 6–1

7. Command Line Interface Tasks 7–1

7.1 How to Log In to the ILOM Service Processor CLI 7–1

7.1.1 What to Do 7–1

7.2 About LDAP 7–3

7.2.1 How LDAP Works 7–3

7.2.2 How LDAP Servers Organize Directories 7–3

7.2.3 How LDAP Clients and Servers Work 7–5

7.3 How to Configure LDAP 7–6

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7.3.1 Before You Begin 7–6

7.3.2 What to Do 7–6

7.3.3 What Next 7–8

7.4 How to Manage Access to the Service Processor 7–8

7.4.1 Displaying Access Settings 7–8

7.4.2 Configuring Access Settings 7–9

7.4.2.1 Syntax 7–9

7.4.2.2 Targets, Properties, and Values 7–9

7.4.2.3 Examples 7–9

7.5 How to Manage the Host State 7–10

7.5.1 Managing the Host 7–10

7.5.2 Managing the Host Console 7–10

7.6 How to Manage ILOM Network Settings 7–10

7.6.1 Displaying Network Settings 7–11

7.6.2 Configuring Network Settings 7–11

7.6.2.1 Syntax 7–11

7.6.2.2 Targets, Properties, and Values 7–11

7.6.2.3 Examples 7–12

7.7 How to Manage ILOM Serial Port Settings 7–12

7.7.1 Displaying Serial Port Settings 7–12

7.7.2 Configuring Serial Port Settings 7–12

7.7.2.1 Syntax 7–13

7.7.2.2 Targets, Properties, and Values 7–13

7.7.2.3 Example 7–13

7.8 How to Manage ILOM User Accounts 7–13

7.8.1 Adding a User Account 7–14

7.8.2 Deleting a User Account 7–14

7.8.3 Displaying User Accounts 7–14

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7.8.4 Configuring User Accounts 7–14

7.8.4.1 Syntax 7–14

7.8.4.2 Targets, Properties, and Values 7–15

7.8.4.3 Examples 7–15

7.9 How to Manage SNMP User Accounts 7–15

7.9.1 Adding a User Account 7–15

7.9.2 Deleting a User Account 7–16

7.9.3 Configuring User Accounts 7–16

7.9.3.1 Syntax 7–16

7.9.3.2 Targets, Properties, and Values 7–16

7.9.3.3 Examples 7–17

7.10 How to Manage ILOM Alerts 7–17

7.10.1 Displaying Alerts 7–17

7.10.2 Configuring Alerts 7–17

7.10.2.1 Syntax 7–17

7.10.2.2 Targets, Properties, and Values 7–18

7.10.2.3 Examples 7–18

7.11 How to Manage Clock Settings 7–18

7.11.1 Displaying Clock Settings 7–18

7.11.2 Configuring the Clock to Use NTP Servers 7–18

7.11.2.1 Syntax 7–19

7.11.2.2 Targets, Properties, and Values 7–19

7.11.2.3 Example 7–19

7.12 How to Display Information About the Service Processor 7–19

7.13 Displaying Version Information 7–20

7.13.1 Displaying CLI Commands 7–20

7.13.2 Displaying Active Sessions 7–20

7.13.3 Displaying Available Targets 7–20

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7.14 How to Update the Service Processor Firmware 7–20

7.14.1 Updating the Service Processor Firmware 7–21

7.14.2 Example 7–21

8. Sun ILOM Web GUI 8–1

8.1 Overview of the Sun ILOM Web GUI 8–1

8.1.1 Browser and Software Requirements 8–2

8.1.2 Common Tasks Performed With the ILOM Web GUI 8–2

8.1.3 Features of the ILOM Web GUI 8–3

8.2 How to Log In and Out of the Sun ILOM Web GUI 8–4

8.2.1 Before You Begin 8–4

8.2.2 What to Do 8–5

8.3 To log out of the ILOM web GUI: 8–6

8.3.1 What Next 8–7

9. System Monitoring and Maintenance Using the SP GUI 9–1

9.1 How to Upgrade the SP Firmware 9–1

9.1.1 Before You Begin 9–1

9.1.2 What to Do 9–2

9.2 How to Reset the SP 9–5

9.2.1 Before You Begin 9–5

9.2.2 What to Do 9–5

9.3 How to Reset the SP and BIOS Passwords 9–6

9.3.1 What to Do 9–7

9.4 How to View Replaceable Component Information 9–7

9.4.1 Before You Begin 9–7

9.4.2 What to Do 9–7

9.5 How to View Temperature, Voltage, and Fan Sensor Readings 9–8

9.5.1 Before You Begin 9–9

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9.5.2 What to Do 9–9

9.6 How to Configure Alerts and View Alert Destinations 9–13

9.6.1 Before You Begin 9–13

9.6.2 What to Do 9–13

9.7 How to View and Clear the System Event Log 9–16

9.7.1 Before You Begin 9–16

9.7.2 What to Do 9–16

9.7.3 Interpreting the SEL Time Stamps 9–17

9.8 How to Enable SNMP Settings and View SNMP Users 9–18

9.8.1 Before You Begin 9–19

9.8.2 What to Do 9–19

9.9 How to Control the Server Locator Indicator 9–21

9.9.1 Before You Begin 9–22

9.9.2 What to Do 9–22

10. Managing Redirection and Remote Control Using the SP GUI 10–1

10.1 About the Remote Console Software and Redirection 10–1

10.1.1 CD and Floppy Redirection Operational Model 10–1

10.2 How to Control Power on the Host Server 10–3

10.2.1 Before You Begin 10–3

10.2.2 What to Do 10–3

10.3 How to Change the Mouse Mode 10–4

10.3.1 Before You Begin 10–5

10.3.2 What to Do 10–5

10.4 How to Start and Stop Console Redirection 10–6

10.4.1 Before You Begin 10–6

10.4.2 What to Do 10–7

10.5 How to Start and Stop CD-ROM Drive Redirection 10–9

10.5.1 Before You Begin 10–9

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10.5.2 What to Do 10–10

10.5.2 To Redirect a CD-ROM Drive 10–10

Note – To redirect a CD-ROM image: 10–10

10.5.3 Host and Client Device Configuration 10–11

10.6 How to Start and Stop Floppy Drive Redirection 10–12

10.6.1 Before You Begin 10–12

10.6.2 What to Do 10–13

10.6.2 To Redirect a Floppy Drive 10–13

Note – To redirect a Floppy Drive image: 10–13

10.6.3 Host and Client Device Configuration 10–14

10.7 How to Start and Stop Keyboard and Mouse Redirection 10–14

10.7.1 Before You Begin 10–15

10.7.2 What to Do 10–15

10.7.3 Troubleshooting Keyboard and Mouse Redirection 10–16

11. System Configuration Using the SP GUI 11–1

11.1 How to Set the SP Session Time-Out 11–1

11.1.1 Before You Begin 11–1

11.1.2 What to Do 11–1

11.2 How to Configure the SP Serial Port 11–2

11.2.1 Before You Begin 11–3

11.2.2 What to Do 11–3

11.3 How to Set the SP Clock 11–4

11.3.1 Before You Begin 11–4

11.3.2 What to Do 11–5

11.3.3 Interpreting SP Clock Settings 11–6

11.4 How to Configure Network Settings 11–6

11.4.1 Before You Begin 11–7

11.4.2 What to Do 11–7

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11.5 How to Upload a New SSL Certificate 11–8

11.5.1 Before You Begin 11–9

11.5.2 What to Do 11–9

11.6 How to Enable HTTP or HTTPS Web Access 11–10

11.6.1 Before You Begin 11–10

11.6.2 What to Do 11–10

12. Managing System Information Using the SP GUI 12–1

12.1 How to Find SP Hardware, Firmware, and IPMI Versions 12–1

12.1.1 Before You Begin 12–1

12.1.2 What to Do 12–1

12.2 How to View Active Connections to the SP 12–2

12.2.1 Before You Begin 12–2

12.2.2 What to Do 12–2

13. Managing Users Using the SP GUI 13–1

13.1 How to Add an SP User Account 13–1

13.1.1 User Roles and Privileges 13–1

13.1.2 Before You Begin 13–2

13.1.3 What to Do 13–2

13.2 How to Modify an SP User Account 13–4

13.2.1 User Roles and Privileges 13–4

13.2.2 Before You Begin 13–4

13.2.3 What to Do 13–5

13.3 How to Change the SP User Account Password 13–7

13.3.1 Before You Begin 13–7

13.3.2 What to Do 13–7

13.4 How to Remove an SP User Account 13–9

13.4.1 Before You Begin 13–9

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13.4.2 What to Do 13–9

13.5 How to View and Modify LDAP Settings 13–10

13.5.1 Before You Begin 13–10

13.5.2 What to Do 13–11

Glossary Glossary–1

Index Index–1

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Preface

This Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers System Management Guide provides instructions for managing the Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers.

Product Updates

For product updates that you can download for the Sun Fire X4100 or X4200 servers, please visit the following Web site:

http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x4100/downloads.jsp

This site contains updates for firmware and drivers, as well as CD-ROM .iso images.

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System Management and ILOM Overview

1.1 About System Management and ILOM

Whether you are managing your server as a stand-alone server or as a component in a more comprehensive data center environment, Sun offers multiple classes of system management solutions.

1.1.1 Classes of System Management

There are two classes of system management technology available for your server:

■ Multiple-enclosure system management – If you plan to manage your server as

one resource in a comprehensive data center management solution, you can integrate it with the Sun N1 System Manager. This software suite provides advanced virtualization features that enable you to monitor, maintain, and provision multiple Solaris™, Linux, and Microsoft Windows servers in your data center.

■ Single-enclosure system management – If you need to manage your server apart

from a data center solution, you can take advantage of the Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) product that is preinstalled on your server. ILOM is a powerful combination of hardware, the ILOM Service Processor, and software, the ILOM software suite, that provides flexible, industry-standard interfaces and features.

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1.1.2 Sun N1 System Manager

The Sun N1 System Manager is available to download from www.sun.com or you can install it from the Sun N1 System Manager DVD. This software suite is installed on a dedicated server in your data center and allows one or more remote management clients to perform the following tasks on multiple managed servers:

■ Manage multiple servers – Configure, provision, deploy, manage, monitor, patch,

and update from one to thousands of Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 servers.

■ Monitor system information – System manufacturer, make, model, serial number,

management MAC addresses, disk information, expansion slot information, and platform CPU and memory information.

■ Manage power remotely – Power off, power on, power reset, and power status.

■ Manage service processors and BIOS – Information about system service

processor firmware, version, and status. You can also perform remote upgrades to firmware on system service processors.

■ Manage system boot commands and options – Remote boot control via IPMI and

remote mapping of boot devices and boot options.

■ Manage remote system health checks – Information about the status of a server.

■ Manage operating systems – Deploy, monitor, and patch both Solaris and Linux

operating systems.

■ Perform bare-metal discovery.

To learn more about this suite of powerful data center management tools, see

http://www.sun.com/software/products/system_manager/.

1.1.3 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Interfaces

The Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) product that ships with your server consists of service processor hardware and integrated system management software. You do not need to install additional hardware or software to begin managing your server with ILOM.

ILOM offers four industry-standard management interfaces:

■ Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) v2.0 – Using a Secure Shell

(SSH), you can interact with the ILOM Service Processor to do the following: establish secure remote control of your server, monitor the status of hardware components remotely, monitor system logs, receive reports from replaceable components, and redirect the service processor console.

■ Web user interface – The ILOM Service Processor also provides a powerful, yet

easy-to-use browser interface. Once you log in to the service processor browser interface from your local web browser, you can perform IPMI tasks and system monitoring. ILOM also enables you to redirect your server's graphical console to

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a remote web browser running on your workstation or laptop. You can configure your workstation or laptop mouse and keyboard to act as the server mouse and keyboard. You can even configure the floppy disk drive or CD-ROM drive on your workstation or laptop as a device virtually connected to your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server.

■ Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) interface – ILOM also provides an

SNMP v3.0 interface (with limited support for SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c) for external data center management applications such as Sun N1 System Manager, IBM Tivoli, and Hewlett-Packard OpenView.

■ Command-line interface (CLI) – You can use the ILOM command-line interface to

send the service processor specific commands.

Which ILOM interface you use depends on your overall system management plan and the specific tasks that you wish to perform.

1.1.4 Common Tasks That You Can Perform With ILOM

Using one or more of these system management interfaces, you can perform the following system management tasks easily and reliably.

TABLE 1-1

Task

Redirect the system graphical console to a remote client browser.

Connect a remote floppy disk drive to the system as a virtual floppy disk drive.

Connect a remote CD-ROM drive to the system as a virtual CD-ROM drive.

Monitor system fans, temperatures, and voltages remotely.

Monitor system BIOS messages remotely. Yes Yes Yes

Monitor system operating system messages remotely. Yes Yes Yes

Interrogate system components for their IDs and/or serial numbers.

Redirect the system serial console to a remote client. Yes

Monitor system status (health check) remotely. Yes Yes Yes Yes

Interrogate system network interface cards remotely for MAC addresses.

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Web Interface CLI IPMI SNMP

Ye s

Ye s Ye s Ye s Yes

Ye s Ye s Yes

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TABLE 1-1

Task

Web Interface CLI IPMI SNMP

Manage service processor user accounts remotely. Yes Yes Yes

Manage system power status remotely (power on,

Ye s Ye s Ye s

power off, power reset).

Monitor and manage environmental settings for key

Yes Yes Yes Monitor

system components (CPUs, motherboards, fans).

only

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CHAPTER

Interfaces

2.1 About the Sun N1 System Manager

If you plan to manage your server as one resource in a comprehensive data center management solution, you can integrate it with the Sun N1™System Manager. This software suite provides advanced virtualization features that enable you to monitor, maintain, and provision multiple Solaris™, Linux, and Microsoft Windows servers in your data center.

2.1.1 Sun N1 System Manager

The Sun N1 System Manager is distributed separately from your server and available to download from

http://www.sun.com/software/products/system_manager/. This software

suite is installed on a dedicated server in your data center and enables one or more remote management clients to perform the following tasks on multiple managed servers:

■ Monitor system information – System manufacturer, make, model, serial number,

management MAC addresses, disk information, expansion slot information, and platform CPU and memory information.

■ Manage power remotely – Power off, power on, power reset, and power status.

■ Manage service processors and BIOS – Information about system service

processor firmware, version, and status. You can also perform remote upgrades to firmware on system service processors.

■ Manage system boot commands and options – Remote boot control via IPMI and

remote mapping of boot devices and boot options.

■ Manage remote system health checks – Information about the status of a server.

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■ Manage serial-over-LAN connections – Via the Intelligent Platform Management

Interface (IPMI).

To learn more about this suite of powerful data center management tools, see

http://www.sun.com/software/products/system_manager/.

2.2 About SNMP

The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) interface, versions 1, 2c, and 3. SNMP is an open technology that enables the management of networks and devices, or nodes, connected to the network. SNMP messages are sent over IP using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Any management application that supports SNMP can manage your server.

2.2.1 How SNMP Works

Utilizing SNMP requires two components, a network management station and a managed node. Network management stations host management applications, which monitor and control managed nodes. Managed nodes are any number of devices, including servers, routers, and hubs, which host SNMP management agents responsible for carrying out the requests from management stations. The management station monitors nodes by polling management agents for the appropriate information using queries. Managed nodes can also provide unsolicited status information to a management station in the form of a trap. SNMP is the protocol used to communicate management information between the management stations and agents.

The SNMP agent is preinstalled and runs on the service processor, so all SNMP management of the server should occur through the service processor. To utilize this feature, your operating system must have an SNMP client application. See your operating system vendor for more information.

The SNMP agent on your service processor provides the following capabilities: inventory management, and sensor and system state monitoring.

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2.2.2 SNMP MIB Files

The base component of an SNMP solution is the Management Information Base (MIB). A MIB is a text file that describes a managed nodes' available information and where it is stored. When a management station requests information from a managed node, the agent receives the request and retrieves the appropriate information from the MIBs. The Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server supports the following SNMP classes of Management Information Base (MIB) files. Download and install the product-specific MIB files from your Resource CD.

■ The system group and SNMP group from RFC1213 MIB

■ SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

■ SNMP-USER-BASED-MIB

■ SNMP-MPD-MIB SUN-PLATFORM-MIB

■ ENTITY-MIB

2.2.3 MIBs Integration

Use the server's MIBs to integrate the management and monitoring of the server into SNMP management consoles. The MIB branch is a private enterprise MIB, located at MIB object iso(1).org (3). dod (6). internet (1). private (4). enterprises (1). sun (42). products (2). The standard SNMP port 161 is used by the SNMP agent on the service processor.

FIGURE 2-1 Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server MIB Tree

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2.2.4 SNMP Messages

SNMP is a protocol, not an operating system so you need some type of application to use SNMP messages. Your SNMP management software may provide this functionality, or you can use an open source tool like net-SNMP, which is available at

http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/.

Both management stations and agents use SNMP messages to communicate. Management stations can send and receive information. Agents can respond to requests and send unsolicited messages in the form of a trap. There are five functions that management stations and agent use:

Get GetNext GetResponse Set Trap

By default, port 161 is used for SNMP messages and port 162 is used to listen for SNMP traps.

2.3 How to Configure SNMP on the SP

The Sun™ Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Service Processor has a preinstalled SNMP agent that supports trap delivery to an SNMP management application.

2.3.1 What to Do

To use this feature, you must integrate the platform-specific MIBs into your SNMP environment, tell your management station about your server, then configure the specific traps.

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2.3.2 Integrating the MIBs

Use the MIBs to integrate the management and monitoring of the server into SNMP management consoles. The MIB branch is a private enterprise MIB, located at MIB object iso(1).org (3). dod (6). internet (1). private (4). enterprises (1). sun (42). products (2).

FIGURE 2-2 Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server MIB Tree

This example shows how to use SNMP with a third-party MIB browser.

1. From the Manager Preferences menu, choose Load/Unload MIBS: SNMP.

2. Locate and select the SUN-PLATFORM-MIB.mib.

The SUN-PLATFORM-MIB is available on your Resource CD.

3. Click Load.

4. Specify the directory where server MIBs are placed and click Open.

5. Repeat Steps 2 through 4 to load other MIBs.

6. Exit the Manager Preferences menu.

7. Open an SNMP MIB browser.

The SNMP standard tree displays in the MIB browser.

8. Locate the Sun branch located under private.enterprises.

Verify that the SUN-PLATFORM_MIB is integrated.

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2.3.3 Adding Your Server to Your SNMP Environment

Add your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server as a managed node using your SNMP management application. See your SNMP management application documentation for further details.

2.3.4 Configuring Receipt of SNMP Traps

Configure a trap in your ILOM service processor. See How to Manage ILOM Alerts using the CLI, or How to Configure Alerts and View Alert Destinations, using the GUI.

2.4 About IPMI

The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is an open-standard hardware management interface specification that defines a specific way for embedded management subsystems to communicate. IPMI information is exchanged though baseboard management controllers (BMCs), which are located on IPMI-compliant hardware components. Using low-level hardware intelligence instead of the operating system has two main benefits: first, this configuration allows for out-ofband server management, and second, the operating system is not burdened with transporting system status data.

Your ILOM Service Processor is IPMI v2.0 compliant. You can access IPMI functionality through the command line with the IPMItool utility either in-band or out-of-band. Additionally, you can generate an IPMI-specific trap from the web interface, or manage the server's IPMI functions from any external management solution that is IPMI v1.5 or v2.0 compliant. For more information about the IPMI v2.0 specification, go to

http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm#spec2.

2.4.1 IPMItool

IPMItool is a simple command-line interface that is useful for managing IPMIenabled devices. You can use this utility to perform IPMI functions with a kernel device driver or over a LAN interface. IPMItool enables you to manage system fieldreplaceable units (FRUs), monitor system health, and monitor and manage system

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environmentals, independent of the operating system. Download this tool from

http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/, or locate IMPItool and its related

documentation on your server Resource CD.

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2.5 IPMI Reference Information

2.5.1 Supported IPMI 2.0 Commands

TABLE 2-1 Supported IPMI 2.0 Commands

General Commands

Get Device ID

Cold Reset

Warm Reset

Get Self Test Results

Set/Get ACPI Power State

Reset/Set/Get Watchdog Timer

Set/Get BMC Global Enables

Clear/Get Message Flags

Enable Message Channel Receive

Get/Send Message

Read Event Message Buffer

Get Channel Authentication Capabilities

Get Session Challenge

Activate/Close Session

Set Session Privilege Level

Get Session Info

Set/Get Channel Access

Get Channel Info Command

Set/Get User Access Command

Set/Get User Name

Set User Password Command

Master Write-Read

Set/Get Chassis Capabilities

Get Chassis Status

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TABLE 2-1 Supported IPMI 2.0 Commands

Chassis Control

Chassis Identify

Set Power Restore Policy

Get System Restart Cause

Set/Get System Boot Options

Set/Get Event ReceiverIPMI

System Interface Support

• KCS

•BT

Serial Over LAN

RCMP

Multiple Payloads Enhanced Authentication Encryption

PEF and Alerting Commands

Get PEF Capabilities

Arm PEF Postpone Timer

Set/Get PEF Configuration Parameters

Set/Get Last Processed Event ID

Alert Immediate

PET Acknowledge

Sensor Device Commands

Get Sensor Reading Factors

Set/Get Sensor Hysteresis

Set/Get Sensor Threshold

Set/Get Sensor Event Enable

Get Sensor Reading

Set Sensor Type

FRU Device Commands

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TABLE 2-1 Supported IPMI 2.0 Commands

Get FRU Inventory Area Info

Read/Write FRU Data SDR Device Commands

Get SDR Repository Info

Get SDR Repository Allocation

Reserve SDR Repository

Get/Add SDR

Partial Add SDR

Clear SDR Repository

Get SDR Repository Time

Enter/Exit SDR Repository Update

Run Initialization Agent

SEL Device Commands

Get SEL Info

Get SEL Allocation Info

Reserve SEL

Get/Add SEL Entry

Clear SEL

Set/Get SEL Time

LAN Device Commands

Get LAN Configuration Parameters

Suspend BMC ARPs

Serial/Modem Device Commands

Set/Get Serial Modem Configuration

Set Serial Modem MUX

Get TAP Response Codes

Serial/Modem Connection Active

Callback

Set/Get User Callback Options

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Sun Microsystems X4200 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Preface

System Management and ILOM Overview

1.1 About System Management and ILOM

1.1.1 Classes of System Management

1.1.2 Sun N1 System Manager

1.1.3 Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) Interfaces

1.1.4 Common Tasks That You Can Perform With ILOM

Interfaces

2.1 About the Sun N1 System Manager

2.1.1 Sun N1 System Manager

2.2 About SNMP

2.2.1 How SNMP Works

2.2.2 SNMP MIB Files

2.2.3 MIBs Integration

2.2.4 SNMP Messages

2.3 How to Configure SNMP on the SP

2.3.1 What to Do

2.3.2 Integrating the MIBs

2.3.3 Adding Your Server to Your SNMP Environment

2.3.4 Configuring Receipt of SNMP Traps

2.4 About IPMI

2.4.1 IPMItool

2.5 IPMI Reference Information

2.5.1 Supported IPMI 2.0 Commands