NEC N8100-2834F Maintenance Manual page 64

Chapter 1 Maintenance
● Notes for using VMware ESXI
This caution is about the screen display of VMware vSphere : Monitor > Hardware > System Sensor >
Sensor when the ESXi is booted.
1. There are cases where the following Heartbeat Lost sensor displays "Warning(Yellow)".
[Device] I/O Module (n) LOM_Link_P(n)：Heartbeat Lost-Assert
[Device] I/O Module (n) NIC_Link_P(n)：Heartbeat Lost-Assert
*n represents LAN port number P1-P4
<Environment iLO5 firmware ：1.40 or latest is applied>
In case that the screen display of Heartbeat Lost sensor Health(vCenter：Status) shows
"Warning(Yellow)" after ESXi completes boot, the "Warning(Yellow)" will disappear and turn to
"Normal(Green)" within a couple of minutes. Please wail for a couple of minutes.
2. In case of non-redundant FAN configuration, there are cases where the screen display of following
sensor Health(vCenter：Status) shows "Warning(Yellow)" after ESXi completes boot, This
"Warning(Yellow)" does not indicate hardware malfunction and there is no impact to the system
operation.
- Cooling Unit 1 Fans
3. There are some cases where the screen display of following sensor Health(vCenter：Status) shows
" ? " after ESXi completes boot, this does not indicate hardware malfunction and there is no impact to
the system operation.
- System Chassis 1 UID
Caution for the case where Admin Password is set from system utility(*1), or the case where the
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setting "Require Host Authentication" is enabled from iLO web interface(*2).
(*1) "System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Server Security"
Set password by "Set Admin Password option"
(*2) This caution is for iLO firmware version 1.40 or higher.
Set "Require Host Authentication" Enabled in "Security > Access setting > iLO"
When the setting described above is executed, the following symptoms are expected
・Many messages "Remote Insight/ Integrated Lights-Out Unauthorized Login Attempts" are displayed in
alert viewer.
・Error occurs, when Starter Pack( Standard Program package) is applied.
The following services and functions are not supported
・Report services for hardware faults in Express Report Service
・Report services in RAID Report Service
・Server diagnosis function in Server Diagnostic Karte
・Function to display Device information and configuration collected by iLO
・Function to collect event logs collected by iLO
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5. Troubleshooting