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NEC Express5800 320La System Configuration Manual

NEC Express5800 320La System Configuration Manual

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  • Page 1 5800/320La/320La-R XPRESS L i n u x N e t w o r k O p e r a t i n g S y s t e m C o n f i g u r a t i o n G u i d e...

  • Page 2: Proprietary Notice And Liability Disclaimer

    NEC Solutions (America), Inc. To allow for design and specification improvements, the information in this document is subject to change at any time, without notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Replacing Internal Disk(s)......................2-19 Replacing the Disk ........................2-20 Reinstalling Linux ........................2-22 ESMPRO Agent for Linux NEC ESMPRO Agent ....................... 3-2 Required Software Modules ...................... 3-2 Installing the Agent ........................3-2 Starting portmap......................3-2 Setting SNMP Service ....................3-3 New Installation ......................
  • Page 4 Shutdown Properties......................3-23 ESMPRO Agent Considerations....................3-24 Module Status Messages ....................3-24 Devices Not Supported....................3-24 Monitoring with NEC ESMPRO Manager Version 3.7 or Before........3-24 Display of the Ethernet Board Status ................3-24 Change of Installation States of CPU and PCI Modules ..........3-24 LAN Monitoring Report....................3-24 Current Value of MTBF ....................3-24...

  • Page 5: About This Guide

    Introduction About this Guide Document Conventions How this Guide is Organized Related Documents Where to go from here...
  • Page 6 About This Guide This guide contains supplemental instructions needed to install and configure the Red Hat Linux® Network Operating System. This document is intended to complement the more detailed procedural documents available from the vendor of the network operating system. This document is not intended as the central source of installation and configuration information for your system.

  • Page 7: Related Documents

    Related Documents In addition to this guide, the following system documentation is included with your server either as electronic files on EXPRESSBUILDER or as paper copy shipped with your server. System Release Notes Release Notes provide you with the latest information about your system. This information was not available at the time your configuration guide was developed.

  • Page 9: Configuring Linux

    Configuring Linux Overview Powering up the Server Configuring the Network Interface Configuring Internal Disk Drives...
  • Page 10 Overview This chapter contains supplemental instructions needed to configure hardware and software used with the Linux Operating System. This information is intended to supplement the more detailed Linux procedural documents available from RED HAT, Inc. This information is not intended to be the central source of installation and configuration information for your system.

  • Page 11: Onboard Integrated Network Interface Controllers

    The following applications are loaded : apache sendmail bind NEC ESMPRO Agent Configuring the Network Interface After initial power up of the server, the onboard integrated network interface controllers (NICs) and any installed network controller cards must be configured.
  • Page 12 3. Add the NICs of slot 7 to the VND list. Type: vndctl add 7 4. Confirm the status. Type: vndctl status 7 --Virtual Network Status-- virtual status config slot real(s) OKAY 7 *epro01.06 epro09.06 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:4C:0F:F7:E0 BROADCAST MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0...
  • Page 13 7. Confirm the status. Type: vndctl status --Virtual Network Status-- virtual status config slot real(s) OKAY 7 epro01.06 *epro09.06 slot real status link left - right - left - right - left - right - left - right - left - right - left - right -...

  • Page 14: Adding Optional Pci Network Interface Controllers

    Adding Optional PCI Network Interface Controllers Optional PCI network interface controllers (NICs) are added to your server in pairs (one controller to each PCI module) to ensure total system redundancy and mirroring. Perform the following steps to configure added 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-SX NICs.

  • Page 15: Confirming Information Ip Addresses

    Confirming Information IP Addresses To confirm NIC IP addresses, enter the following command. Type: vndctl status n where n indicates the slot number (1 - 7) of the slot containing the optional NIC boards. --Virtual Network Status-- virtual status config slot real(s) ha0 OKAY 7 epro01.06 *epro09.06 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:4C:0F:F7:E0...

  • Page 16: Configuring Internal Disk Drives

    Configuring Internal Disk Drives The hard disk drive storage bays can house up to six hard disk drives, which when mirrored results into three logical drives. The physical disk drive slots are numbered 1 to 6 (left to right), but the SCSI ID is numbered 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2. When mirrored into two pair of three logical disk drives, the first mirrored pair consists of hard disks 1 and 4 (SCSI ID 0), the other two disk mirrored pairs are hard disks 2 and 5 (SCSI ID 1) and hard disks 3 and 6 (SCSI ID 2).
  • Page 17 A server configured as RAID Level 1 with disks in the paired slots is shown in the Figure below. SLOT1 - SLOT4 SLOT2 - SLOT5 SLOT3 - SLOT6 Slots for mirroring SLOT4 SLOT1 SLOT5 SLOT2 SLOT6 SLOT3 Group 1 Group 2 Note: Paired hard disk drives in a RAID Level 1 configuration must have the same capacity and the same logical structure.

  • Page 18: Disk Administrator Tool (Ftdiskadm)

    Disk Administrator Tool (ftdiskadm) The disk administrator tool (ftdiskadm) confirms internal SCSI disk status or set RAID configurations. Use ftdiskadm to perform the following functions: Confirm the status of all the internal SCSI disks Confirm RAID status of internal SCSI disks Recover RAID of internal SCSI disks Add internal SCSI disks Remove internal SCSI disks.

  • Page 19: Confirming Scsi Disk Status

    Confirming SCSI Disk Status Use the ftdiskadm command to confirm SCSI disk status. The following is a display sample when [Status(All Disks)] of [=> RAID] is executed: [SCSI DISK STATUS] -- BUS -- pci(haddr) 01:05.00(10.5.0) 09:05.01(11.5.1) 01:05.01(10.5.1) 09:05.00(11.5.0) 01:02.00(10.2.0) 09:02.00(11.2.0) -- SYSTEM -- slot name...
  • Page 20 The following are determined: <SCSI tuple> = b<BUS No.>t<TARGET No.>l<LUN> <SCSI path> = d<DOMAIN No.>H<HOST No.>c<CHANNEL No.>t<TARGET No.>l<LUN> The tuple and path first displayed for a device, correspond to the primary path used to access the device. NOTE: If an extension SCSI board is mounted in a PCI slot, topology setting is necessary.

  • Page 21: Setting Scsi Topology

    Consequently, the topology setting is restored when the system restarts. Note: To delete a topology setting item, execute "rm /opt/nec/ftras/etc/scsi-topology.save," remove the topology file, restart the system, and then perform the procedure starting with step 1. For example, when two Qlogic 2310F extension boards are mounted in slot #4 of each PCI module, you can execute the following commands: echo ‘setdomain 2’>/proc/scsi/topo...
  • Page 22 Domain 0 Domain 1 Host 01:05 Channel 0 connects to Bus 0 Device b0t8l0 ( ) Channel 1 connects to Bus 1 Device b1t8l0 ( ) Host 09:05 Channel 1 connects to Bus 0 Device b0t8l0 ( ) Channel 0 connects to Bus 1 Device b1t8l0 ( ) Domain 2 Host 01:03...

  • Page 23: Starting Scsi Disk(S)

    Starting SCSI Disk(s) Use ftdiskadm to start a SCSI disk(s) in manual mode. The following is an example of starting a SCSI disk(s): Command action 1 => SCSI 2 => RAID 3 => Environment 9 Quit Command: 1 Command action 1 Status(All Disks) 2 Status(System Disks) 3 Status(Extended Disks)

  • Page 24: Stopping Scsi Disk(S)

    Stopping SCSI Disk(s) Use ftdiskadm to stop a SCSI disk(s) in manual mode. The following is an example of stopping a SCSI disk(s): Command action 1 => SCSI 2 => RAID 3 => Environment 9 Quit Command: 1 Command action 1 Status(All Disks) 2 Status(System Disks) 3 Status(Extended Disks)

  • Page 25: Adding Internal Disks

    Adding Internal Disks Internal SCSI disks are mounted in slots 1 and 4 in standard configuration. You can mount additional internal SCSI disks in paired slots 2 and 5, and paired slots 3 and 6. Note: Be sure to add internal SCSI disks in pairs. Use ftdiskadm to configure additional internal SCSI disks.
  • Page 26 Confirm the disk status (check if the disk(s) has been added normally). Command action Status(Raid) Status(All Disks) Repair Disk New Disks Remove Half Disk Remove Full Disks <= RETURN Command: 1 [Status(Raid)] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- name partition label status member /boot /boot DUPLEX (1)sda1 (4)sdd1...

  • Page 27: Replacing Internal Disk(S)

    Replacing Internal Disk(s) If an internal SCSI disk problem occurs, take the following steps to replace the disk: 1. Execute [Remove half disk] of [=>RAID] of ftdiskadm to disconnect the RAID of the disk to be specified with the slot number and disconnect the disk from the system.
  • Page 28 [Status(Raid)]] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- name partition label status member /boot /boot DUPLEX (1)sda1 (4)sdd1 /usr /usr DUPLEX (1)sda5 (4)sdd5 /home /home DUPLEX (1)sda10 (4)sdd10 /var /var DUPLEX (1)sda6 (4)sdd6 DUPLEX (1)sda8 (4)sdd8 /tmp /tmp DUPLEX (1)sda9 (4)sdd9 /swap DUPLEX (1)sda7 (4)sdd7 extra_s1 SIMPLEX (3)sdc1 (6)sdf1...
  • Page 29 [Status(Raid)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- name partitio label status member /boot /boot DUPLEX (1)sda1 (4)sdd1 /usr /usr DUPLEX (1)sda5 (4)sdd5 /home /home DUPLEX (1)sda10 (4)sdd10 /var /var DUPLEX (1)sda6 (4)sdd6 DUPLEX (1)sda8 (4)sdd8 /tmp /tmp DUPLEX (1)sda9 (4)sdd9 /swap DUPLEX (1)sda7 (4)sdd7 extra_s1 SIMPLEX -(3)sdc1 (6)sdf1...

  • Page 30: Reinstalling Linux

    Reinstalling Linux Before starting reinstallation, remove all the peripheral equipment, added SCSI boards, and NICs. Carry out the reinstallation with two internal SCSI disks inserted in slots 1 and 4. Choosing wrong slots or a wrong number of disks results in an installation failure. In this case, perform the installation procedure again.
  • Page 31 Perform the following steps to reinstall Linux: 1. Insert the install disk into the floppy disk drive, and insert backup CD- ROM1 into the CD-ROM drive immediately after turning on the power. Installation starts. A message is displayed after a short time. 2.

  • Page 33: Esmpro Agent For Linux

    ESMPRO Agent for Linux NEC ESMPRO Agent Required Software Modules Installing the Agent Report Setting Agent Monitoring ESMPRO Agent Considerations Alert Report Device IDs...

  • Page 34: Starting Portmap

    NEC ESMPRO Agent NEC ESMPRO Agent is a utility that serves as an agent between the server and NEC ESMPRO Manager (management PC). Using the agent, you can set and reset values for a number of parameters and also establish threshold limits for your server.

  • Page 35: Setting Snmp Service

    Setting SNMP Service The SNMP service needs to be set for using NEC ESMPRO Agent. IMPORTANT: If reinstalling the ucd-snmp package after installing NEC ESMPRO Agent, you need to reinstall NEC ESMPRO Agent. To monitor the SNMP service from NEC ESMPRO Manager, change the SNMP environment setting file (/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf), and set the community right...

  • Page 36: Updating The Agent

    Selecting "3" terminates operation without installing NEC ESMPRO Agent. A message is displayed prompting you to enter the directory where NEC ESMPRO Agent is to be installed. ESMPRO_SA_DIR==> 7. Specify an arbitrary directory. If you do not specify any directory and press <Enter>, NEC ESMPRO...
  • Page 37 IMPORTANT: When installing updated NEC ESMPRO Agent with all the current settings being cleared: To get NEC ESMPRO Agent to report data to NEC ESMPRO Manager, set a reporting method by the "report setting function" after restarting the system. For the setting of a reporting method, read the explanation later.

  • Page 38: Report Setting

    1. Log in the system as a root-authorized user. 2. Move to the directory containing NEC ESMPRO Agent. If no particular installation destination is specified, NEC ESMPRO Agent is installed in "/opt/nec/esmpro_sa." The procedure here is explained with NEC ESMPRO Agent installed in "/opt/nec/esmpro_sa."...

  • Page 39: Base Settings

    Base Settings The Agent can respond to an event using any of the three methods selected in the Base Setting menu, but only if the method is enabled and configured. The report contents include a detailed message, support method, and the alert type. Manager - Select this setting to use SNMP as the reporting method to send alerts to the Manager.

  • Page 40: Manager Snmp Trap Setting

    Manager SNMP Trap Setting When you select Manager (SNMP) from the Base Setting menu, the SNMP Trap Setting menu displays. To allow the Agent to send alerts to the manager, you must include the manager’s IP address in the Agent’s list of SNMP trap destinations.

  • Page 41: Destination Id Settings

    Destination ID Settings Once you have established the Base Setting method, you are returned to the Report Setting menu. Selecting the Destination ID Setting displays the Destination ID Setting menu. To specify how the Agent responds to a particular event, you associate one or more destination IDs with the event number. When the Agent detects that event, assuming the Agent has been set to monitor that event number, the Agent performs the action specified by the method that the destination ID is based on.

  • Page 42: Scheduling Responses

    Scheduling Responses You can schedule which hours of the day a particular destination ID is active. For example, you can set the agent to respond to the same alert type by displaying a message during regular working hours. Selecting Schedule from the ID Setting menu above displays the Schedule menu.

  • Page 43: Manager (Tcp_Ip Out-Of-Band)

    IP Address – The address or name of the remote manager. Make sure the remote manager is not also specified as the trap destination on the SNMP service. If a duplicate is made, more than one alert will be reported. Port Number –...

  • Page 44: Agent Events Setting

    Agent Events Setting The Agent Events Setting menu lets you configure internal events generated by the Agent. Selecting Agents Events Setting at the Report Setting menu displays the Agent Events Setting menu. Source: The origin of a particular Agent event. Event ID: The destination ID of a particular Agent event.

  • Page 45: Syslog Events Setting

    Destination ID List: Highlight the method of reporting to be used should this selected event occur. Then tab to Add and press ENTER to add the selected method to the Report to: list. Report to: Lists the active method of reporting an event. Syslog Events Setting The Syslog Events Setting menu lets you configure internal events generated by the operating system.

  • Page 46: Agent Monitoring

    1. Log in the system as a root-authorized user. 2. Move to the directory containing NEC ESMPRO Agent. If no particular installation destination is specified, NEC ESMPRO Agent is installed in "/opt/nec/esmpro_sa." The procedure here is explained with NEC ESMPRO Agent installed in "/opt/nec/esmpro_sa."...

  • Page 47: General Properties

    General Properties Enable the ESMPRO Manager to modify SNMP Setting - Indicates whether the Manager can modify server parameters via SNMP. A check enables Manager modifications; no check disallows Manager changes. Enable Remote Shutdown/Reboot - Specifies whether the Manager can perform a remote shutdown or reboot.

  • Page 48: Cpu Properties

    CPU Properties Sample Interval - This is the CPU load monitoring cycle. It defines how often the CPU load is sampled. In the example to the right, if the CPU load is sampled every 10 seconds, you are collecting six data points every minute. Utilization Rate - CPU load is measured for the time period shown in this field.

  • Page 49: File System Properties

    File System Properties Alert messages are generated when the amount of used disk space exceeds the fatal and warning limits defined on the File System tab. Sample Interval - Indicates how often the drive is monitored. The range is 1 to 3600 seconds.

  • Page 50: Lan Properties

    Fatal Reset - When Enable Threshold (ratio of used capacity) is indicated, the Agent status is reset from Abnormal to Warning when the amount of used disk space falls below this value. When Enable Threshold (amount of free bytes) is indicated, the Agent status is reset when the amount of free space rises above this value.

  • Page 51: Temperature Properties

    Network Hardware Error Percentage - The percentage of network hardware errors that were detected during the Sampling Interval. Hardware errors can include packet collisions due to alignment errors or FCS errors. Errors may also occur when the network cables are not securely fastened or the HUB power is not turned on.
  • Page 52 Fatal High Limit > Fatal High Reset > Warning High Limit > Warning High Reset The high temperature limit can range from 30 C to 70 C (86 F to 160 F). Warning high/report - (warning high limit) When the temperature exceeds this value, a warning alert message is generated and the status of the Agent changes to warning.

  • Page 53: Voltage Properties

    Voltage Properties Voltages sensors measure the operating voltages of processors located in the CPU modules and option boards located within the PCI modules. Voltage Sensor - The name of the voltage sensor. Upper Fatal - The high voltage limit that triggers a fatal alert. Upper Warning - The high voltage limit that triggers a warning alert.

  • Page 54: Watchdog Timer Properties

    Watchdog Timer Properties Monitor OS Stall (Server) - When this item is checked, the watch dog timer on the mother board in the Agent sends a message to ESMPRO Manager when it detects that the operating system in the Agent is hung. Note: Your computer must be restarted before this setting takes effect.

  • Page 55: Shutdown Properties

    Action After Timeout – None- No action is taken. Hard Reset – The system is rebooted. Power Cycle – The system is powered OFF, then immediately powered ON to clear an abnormal condition (Ex: hung operating system). Power Down (default) – The system is shutdown completely and powered off.

  • Page 56: Esmpro Agent Considerations

    Some items cannot be monitored with NEC ESMPRO Manager, version 3.7 or before. In addition, some malfunctions may occur in the disk array monitoring function of the data viewer. Use of NEC ESMPRO Manager version 3.8 or later is highly recommended.

  • Page 57: Bios And Agent Temperature Monitoring

    NEC ESMPRO Agent are independent of values set in BIOS. The same temperature threshold values set in BIOS must also be set in the NEC ESMPRO Agent for the agent to correctly monitor temperature changes.

  • Page 58: Warning Message About Cpu Load

    (Code=xxxx) If NEC ESMPRO Agent cannot get performance information, it processes the load rate as 0%. If events, which do not permit NEC ESMPRO Agent to get information occur consecutively, the displayed CPU load rate may be lower than the actual value.

  • Page 59: Alert Report Device Ids

    Alert Report Device IDs Alert report Device IDs for the NEC Express5800/ft server are listed in the following table. Table 3-1. Alert Report Device IDs Device Name Device ID CPU module 1 DIMM1 on CPU module 1 DIMM2 on CPU module 1...

  • Page 61: Monitoring The Ft Server

    Monitoring the ft Server Introduction Express5800/ft Maintenance Monitoring ft Server Using ESMPRO Manager Monitoring ft Server using ESMPRO Agent...
  • Page 62 Introduction ESMPRO provides several unique maintenance functions for the Express5800/ft Server. These include switching system modules Off and On and updating firmware in the Express5800/ft Server. Many maintenance functions may be executed in the online state in which the system continues normal operation. They may be executed at the managed ft server or from the ESMPRO management console.
  • Page 63 ESMPRO Manager for remote maintenance and the other is to use the ft Server Utility located on the managed Express5800/ft server. Note: To start the NEC ESMPRO Agent ft server utility installed in the NEC Express5800/ft, type: /opt/nec/esmpro_sa/ESMftcutil The maintenance functions that can be executed from ESMPRO include three types, those common to all components, those specific to particular components, and general system settings.
  • Page 64 Monitoring ft Server Using ESMPRO Manager The Data Viewer lets you check hardware and software features on servers monitored by ESMPRO Manager. The left pane of the Data Viewer display contains a directory of categories for the server or desktop. Click on + to expand the directory and - to contract it.

  • Page 65: Starting The Data Viewer

    Starting the Data Viewer To start the Data Viewer: 1. From the ESMPRO Manager Operation Window, select your ft Server Agent icon. 2. Select any one of the following: Data Viewer from the Tools menu Data Viewer icon in the toolbar Data Viewer from the Command menu (displays when you right click on the server or desktop icon).

  • Page 66: Cpu Modules

    CPU Modules Your ft server includes two CPU modules that you may monitor using the Data Viewer. When you select a CPU module, five folder icons display: General, Maintenance, Update, CPU, and DIMM. General Selecting the General folder Data Viewer displays the CPU module General screen.
  • Page 67 Update Select the Update folder. Data Viewer displays the CPU module Update screen. The Update display screen allows the device identification information of the CPU modules to be viewed and the firmware of the CPU modules to be updated. Firmware Update This function is not supported remotely.
  • Page 68 Maintenance Select the Maintenance folder. Data Viewer displays the CPU module Maintenance screen. Bring Up/Bring Down: Using the Maintenance screen you can bring the selected CPU module up or down. When a module is brought down (stopped), firmware in this module may be updated or this module can safely be removed from your server.
  • Page 69 Dump Button: Pressing the Dump button copies current memory contents to a log file. Information in this log file may be used during troubleshooting procedures. Procedure: 1. In Data Viewer, select the General folder of CPU module 1. The General screen displays.
  • Page 70 Select the CPU folder. Data Viewer displays the CPU module CPU screen. The CPU screen displays information about the selected CPU processor. This information includes CPU processor specifications, CPU core and level2 cache information and current CPU processor status. CPU Information: Specifications on the selected CPU. Core Information: Reported core information includes the frequency of the selected CPU processor, the current voltage level of the CPU, as well as the predefined high and low voltage limits set for the CPU.
  • Page 71 DIMM Select the DIMM folder. Data Viewer displays the DIMM screen. The DIMM screen displays information about a specific memory DIMM located in the selected CPU module. This information includes DIMM specifications and information about the DIMM manufacturer. DIMM Error Correction Code (ECC) information is also included in this display screen.

  • Page 72: Pci Modules

    PCI Modules Your ft server includes two PCI modules that you may monitor using the Data Viewer. Each PCI module contains four PCI adapter card slots and three embedded adapters (LAN, SCSI disk, and BMC). When you select a PCI module, seven folder icons display: General, Update, Maintenance, PCI Slot, SCSI Adapter, BMC and Ethernet Board.
  • Page 73 Update Select the Update folder. Data Viewer displays the PCI module Update screen. The Update screen displays technical information about the selected Prom located in the selected PCI Module. Monitoring the ft Server 4-13...
  • Page 74 Maintenance Select the Maintenance folder. Data Viewer displays the PCI module Maintenance screen. Bring Up/Bring Down: Using the Maintenance screen you can bring the selected PCI module up or down. When a module is brought down (stopped), firmware in this module may be updated or this module can safely be removed from your server.
  • Page 75 MTBF Information: The MTBF (Mean-Time-Between-Failures) information of a component can be viewed or cleared (initialized). Your server manages the MTBF of each component. If a fault occurs in a component, the module calculates the MTBF of the component again. If the calculated value is lower than the pre-defined threshold, the system performs one of the following predefined three functions: Use Threshold: MTBF is calculated when a fault occurs.
  • Page 76 PCI Slots General Select the General folder. Data Viewer displays the PCI Slot General screen. The General screen displays technical information about the PCI adapter located in the selected PCI slot. Status: Status of this PCI adapter in this PCI slot. The color of this display indicates the current status of the adapter in this PCI slot as compared to the predefined threshold values set for this adapter.
  • Page 77 Maintenance Select the Maintenance folder. Data Viewer displays the PCI slot Maintenance screen. Bring Up Demand: Bringing up individual slots with in the PCI module is not currently supported. Monitoring the ft Server 4-17...
  • Page 78 PCI Device General Select the General folder. Data Viewer displays the PCI Device General screen. The General screen displays a summary of technical information about the selected PCI device connected to the PCI adapter located in the selected PCI slot. 4-18 Monitoring the ft Server...
  • Page 79 Detail Select the Detail folder. Data Viewer displays the PCI Device Detail screen. The Detail screen displays detailed technical information about the selected PCI device connected to the PCI adapter located in the selected PCI slot. Monitoring the ft Server 4-19...

  • Page 80: Scsi Adapter

    SCSI Adapter General Select the General folder. Data Viewer displays the SCSI Adapter General screen. The SCSI adapter is located within the selected PCI module. The General screen displays information pertaining to the selected SCSI adapter’s serial number, firmware release, and ROMBIOS revision. The current status of the adapter is also displayed.
  • Page 81 Update Select the Update folder. Data Viewer displays the SCSI adapter Update screen. Firmware update of individual SCSI adapters is not currently supported. Monitoring the ft Server 4-21...
  • Page 82 Maintenance Select the Maintenance folder. Data Viewer displays the SCSI adapter Maintenance screen. Bring Up/Bring Down: Not currently supported. MTBF Information: The MTBF (Mean-Time-Between-Failures) information of a component can be viewed or cleared (initialized). Your server manages the MTBF of each component.

  • Page 83: Bmc

    The General screen displays technical information pertaining to the BMC in the selected PCI module. Monitoring the ft Server 4-23...

  • Page 84: Ethernet Board

    Ethernet Board General Select the General folder. Data Viewer displays the Ethernet board General screen. The Ethernet board screen displays summary technical information pertaining to the selected Ethernet board. The current status of the adapter is also displayed. Status: Status of this Ethernet board located in the selected PCI module. The color of this display indicates the current status of the SCSI adapter as compared to the set threshold values.
  • Page 85 Detail The Detailed Ethernet board screen displays detail technical information pertaining to the selected Ethernet board. Monitoring the ft Server 4-25...
  • Page 86 Maintenance Select the Maintenance folder. Data Viewer displays the Ethernet board Maintenance screen. Bring Up/Bring Down: Not currently supported. MTBF Information: The MTBF (Mean-Time-Between-Failures) information of a component can be viewed or cleared (initialized). Your server manages the MTBF of each component.

  • Page 87: Monitoring Ft Server Using Esmpro Agent

    Monitoring ft Server using ESMPRO Agent NEC Express5800/ft series maintenance is administered in two ways; one is to use NEC ESMPRO Manager for remote maintenance and the other is to use the NEC ESMPRO Agent ft server utility on the NEC Express5800/ft series for local maintenance.

  • Page 88: Cpu Modules

    CPU Modules Your server includes two CPU modules that you may monitor using the ft Server Utility. When you select a CPU module, six CPU maintenance functions are displayed: MTBF Clear, Start/Stop, Module Diagnostic, Firmware Update, Board Switch and Dump. Module Diagnostic and Board Switch are not supported.
  • Page 89 Start/Stop Using the ft Server Utility you can bring the selected CPU module up or down. When a module is brought down (stopped), firmware in this module may be updated or this module can safely be removed from your server. If one CPU module is down or removed, the system continues normal operation using the companion CPU module.
  • Page 90 CPU Module Diagnostic CPU Module Diagnostic is not supported. Firmware Update To update the firmware of a CPU module, the firmware image file of the updated firmware must previously be stored on the hard drive in the ft server. During the firmware update procedure you specify the absolute path of the firmware image.
  • Page 91 5. Enter the directory in which the updated firmware image is located (Step 1). After you have entered the absolute path of the firmware image, click on the Execute button to update the firmware. The “Firmware update completed” screen displays when the update has completed. CAUTION At this point in the firmware update procedure, each CPU module may be at different revision levels.

  • Page 92: Pci Modules

    Procedure 1. In the ft server utility, select CPU Module #1. The above screen displays. 2. In the Dump section of the display, select whether you want to perform the memory dump with the CPU module up or down. IF you are performing the memory dump with the CPU module down, bring down the CPU module by performing the steps in Bring Up/Bring Down above.
  • Page 93 Note: A disabled component with the MTBF lower than the threshold, can be forcibly enabled by clearing the MTBF. Procedure: To clear the MTBF information of the PCI module, click on the MTBF button displayed in the ft Server Utility PCI module screen. Start/Stop Using the ft Server Utility you can bring the selected PCI module up or down.

  • Page 94: Scsi Adapter

    Diagnostics Information PCI Module Diagnostic is not supported. SCSI Adapter MTBF Information Clear The MTBF (Mean-Time-Between-Failures) information of a PCI Module may be cleared (initialized). Your server manages the MTBF of each component. Each time a fault occurs in a component in a PCI module, the module recalculates the MTBF of the component.

  • Page 95: Ethernet Board

    Ethernet Board MTBF Information Clear The MTBF (Mean-Time-Between-Failures) information of a PCI Module may be cleared (initialized). Your server manages the MTBF of each component. Each time a fault occurs in a component in a PCI module, the module recalculates the MTBF of the component. If the calculated value is lower than the pre-defined threshold, the system performs one of the following predefined three functions: Use Threshold: MTBF is calculated when a fault occurs.

  • Page 96: Bmc Firmware

    BMC Firmware The firmware located on the base management controller (BMC) can be updated using the BMC firmware update utility. The screen below displays when the BMC folder in the ft server utility is selected. Note: To update the BMC firmware, an image of the firmware image file must previously be stored on the server.
  • Page 97 4. Select BMC FW update Property Setting. The BMC FW Update Property Setting screen displays. 5. Enter the directory in which the updated firmware image is located (Step 1 into the Data File Path. Other optional parameters may also be entered at this time.
  • Page 98 10. Selecting Configuration in the above menu displays the Configuration Menu as shown below. 11. Select New or Change to configure System Management parameters. Refer to the Management Workstation Application (MWA) Setup and Configuration Guide included with your system for more information on configuring System Management.

  • Page 99: Index

    Index About this guide, 1-2 Linux Agent agent event setting, 3-12 CPU tab, 3-16 syslog events setting, 3-13 for Linux, 3-14 General tab, 3-15 PCI Module LAN tab, 3-18 monitoring with data viewer, 4-12 settings, Linux, 3-14 monitoring with ft server utility, 4-32 Temperature tab, 3-19 Voltage tab, 3-21 Watch Dog Timer (WDT) tab, 3-22...
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