Intel 747116-011 manual

Installation Guide for the Intel ® Serv er Control Order Number: 747116- 011 T his gu i d e exp la i ns h o w t o inst a l l and la u nc h th e I nt el ® Se rve r Co nt rol ( IS C) so ftw are . IS C i s a se rver m ana gem ent tool th a t pr ovide s real time moni t oring and ale rting for serve r hardware, emerg enc y r emote m a na gement, a nd[...]

2 Installation Guide for the Intel Se rver Con t rol Contents Platform Co mpatibilit y .........................................................................................5 System Require ments ..........................................................................................6 M anaged Server Req uirem ents ............................[...]

3 Launching ISC ....................................................................................................20 LANDe sk ® Serv er M anager............................................................................................... 20 HP Netw ork Node M anager ..............................................................................[...]

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5 Plat form Compatibility Fe at ure avail ability can dep end on which ve rsion of the Inte l® S erve r Co ntrol (ISC) is r unn ing on whi ch platfo r m . Spec ificall y, c om pa tibili t y is an issue when an ISC 3.1 con s ole is m anaging a net w or k of sys t ems tha t a r e r u nni n g o l d er ver s i ons of IS C . For f ea t ur e a va ila b [...]

6 Installation Guide for the Intel Se rver Con t rol Sy stem Requireme nt s IS C c ont a i ns tw o p a rt s : • IS C C ons o l e S of t wa r e • ISC Serve r In str ume ntation Sof t w ar e IS C Co n sole So ftw are al low s in t e racti on wi th th e m a n age d s e rve r . I t can b e in stal led on th e s e sy st em config ura tion s: • Win[...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 7 Red Ha t Li nux Requir e ments If yo u intend to m anage a Linux file serve r , it m ust meet the following m inim u m r eq u ir em en ts : • R ed H a t L inu x 6. 2 S BE 2 r u nni n g i n m u lt ip l e -p r oc es s o r ker n e l • 32 MB of RAM • 60 MB of a vail a ble disk spa ce SC[...]

8 Installation Guide for the Intel Se rver Con t rol Wi ndows 98 S ec ond Edi tion • Intel ® Pe n t i um ® mic roproc e ss or o r highe r . • At l ea s t 3 2 M B of R AM . • At lea s t 1 0 MB of ava ila b l e dis k spa ce. • Mic rosoft W indows com patibl e m odem m ust be used for if yo u connect to the s erve r by mode m. Wi ndo ws 2000[...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 9 Ser vic e P artition and P opulation The se rvice par titi on is a speci al hard disk partiti on . It is e stablished when ini t ial ly s e tting up the se rve r sy st em and contain s utili tie s, diagnostic s, a nd o t he r so ft ware req uired for remo t e m a n agement. The se r vice [...]

10 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Ins ta llat ion Thi s pr oced ur e i s f or in stalling the SP on a cle an for m atted hard d r ive only . CAUTION To pr e ven t data lo ss, do no t attem pt to run the in stallation uti lit y from any devi c e ot he r than the Soft w a re Kit CD. 1. Back up a ll data on all hard drive . 2. Di sabl[...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 11 Boot the Serv er from t he Serv ice Partition Boo t the s erve r from t he s e r v ice pa rtiti on when you want to run the utili ties a n d di a gno st ics found on the s ervi ce pa r tition . You can r e boot a se rver: • Lo cally • Rem otely • U s ing the DP C con s ole m ana ge[...]

12 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 13. Enter t he followi ng in t he Eme rgency Ma nagem ent P ort (EMP) di alog box: Opt ion Entr y Enter New Passwo r d: Enter the EMP passw ord, up to 16 characte rs. Ver i f y New P a s s w or d : Re- ent er th e E M P p a s s w or d. ESC Se quence: +++ (de fault ) Hangup S tri ng: ATH (defau lt) [...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 13 12. Click the C onfig ur e LAN button . 13. Enter t he followi ng on the B MC LAN Configuration (LA N) di alog box: Opt ion Entr y Enable LAN Alerts: Click to enable BMC LAN-ale rts. Enter New Passwo r d: Enter the BMC LAN Conf iguration password , up t o 16 charac te rs. Defau l t is NU[...]

14 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Inst alling ISC Managed Serv e r Prepar ation IS C u s es t he e v ent - l o g gi n g f ea t u r e of t h e B IO S f or s ys t em ma na g e men t s t a t us a nd i nf or ma t i o n. T o en able t h is f e atur e for each se rver to be m a naged with ISC, yo u m ust boo t the se rver(s) using the S [...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 15 NetWa r e F or ins t a lla t i o n o n s ys t ems u s ing N etW a r e, b e a wa r e of t he f o l lo w i ng : • Co nnect as a u se r w ith supervi s o r righ ts when in stalling ISC to a Ne tWar e se r ve r. • All Ne tWare s e rvers requi r e two m anual r e b oots following the ISC [...]

16 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Red Ha t Li nux For instal lation on systems using Red Hat Li nux, be aware of the following : • R emot e I S C ins t a l la t io n is not a va ila b l e. • Addition a l steps a re r eq u ir ed to config ur e t he Lin ux D MI se rvice pr ov ider. • Addition a l steps a re r eq u ir ed to conf[...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 17 Ins tal li ng Linux DMI Servi ce Pr ovide r 1 . I n s e r t t h eS o f t w a r eK i t C D i n t ot h eL i n u x s e r v e r C DR O M r e a d e r . 2. Mo unt t he CD using either of the f ollowing me t hods: • Ent er t h e mou nt co mma nd a s fol l o ws : mount /mnt/cdrom • U s e the[...]

18 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Yo u sho u ld see file names similar to the fo llowing: ipmidrvr-2.2.14.6.1.1smp-1.i386.rpm ipmidrvr-2.2.16.22smp-1.i386.rpm isc-3.1-1.i386.rpm installme 4. Run the ISC instal l script from the di r ec t ory yo u l isted in the previous ste p by ente ri ng the follow ing comm and at the comm a nd- [...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 19 Custo miz ing NetW are Ser v ers A f te r S et up While in stalling PIC, the config ur ation and Se tup pro gram in sta ll s Ad aptec and LSI (Sym bios) SCSI , and In t e l ® LAN Ad apter instrum en ta tion on the NetW ar e s e r ve r but d oe s no t enable the in strumen t ation suppor[...]

20 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Launching IS C ISC can be l aunc hed from and can man a ge your serve r from one o f thes e en t erprise m ana gem ent envi ronments: • L AN D es k S er v er M a na g er ( L D S M ) • HP Netwo rk Node Ma nage r • CA-Uni center TNG Once the ISC appli cation is launc hed from an en t erprise ma[...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 21 Stand-alone ISC Con sole U s e the stand-alone ISC Con sole t o m anage ISC-enabled serve r s witho ut in stalling an en t e rpr ise m a nagem ent console application. The e nvironme nt i s impleme nted a s an e x e cutable prog ra m ; a s an applic ation within Mi crosof t Ma n agement [...]

22 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Launchi ng the ISC Console w i th Microsof t Mana gem ent Cons ole To launch the stan d- alone ISC C o nsole wi t hin Micro s oft Ma nag em ent C on sole (MMC), do the follow i ng: 1. From a S ta rt Men u in Window s or from the Start->Run se lect ion , run MMC. 2. Wit hi n M M C , c ho os e F i[...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 23 Plat form Comp at ibilit y M atrix Table 1li sts ISC feature s spec ific to hardw ar e platfo r m s . In the table , c ol umns presen t grouped platfo r m s while rows desc r ibe specific f e atur es. More gene ra l f e at ures, w hich can c onsi st of mult ip l e sp ec i fi c f eat u r [...]

24 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control T able 1 Platform Compatibili ty M atri x (con t.) Platf orm Features L440GX SRPL8 2 SRKA4 SPKA4 ISP4400 SBT2 STL2 Out-of-Band Remote Management W in3 2 ba s ed D ir ec t Pla tform Contr ol (DPC) Console Yes Yes No Re m ote Manage m ent via Mode m /Ser ial (DPC over M ode m / E m ergency Manage m e[...]

Ins talla tio n Gu ide f or the Inte l Se rve r Co n tro l 25 T able 1 Platform Compatibili ty M atri x (con t.) Platf orm Features L440GX SRPL8 3 SRKA4 SPKA4 ISP4400 SBT2 STL2 In-Band ( Instrumen tation based) Alerts Ne twork Ale rt s (Popup Me ssages) Yes Yes Ye s DMI I ndication Ye s Yes Ye s SNMP Traps ( v ia DMI- SNMP Tr a nsl at or) Yes Yes Y[...]

26 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control T able 1 Platform Compatibili ty M atri x (con t.) Platf orm Features L440GX SRPL8 4 SRKA4 SPKA4 ISP4400 SBT2 STL2 En terp ris e S e rver Mana ge ment Con sole (ES M C ) In tegra tio n’s LANDesk® Server Manage r ( LDSM) 6 . 1 (Linux/Unix W are serve rs are not discove red / managed b y LDSM Yes [...]

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