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Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX400 User Manual

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User Guide - English
PRIMERGY BX400 Blade Server Systems
ServerView Management Blade S1
User Interface Description
October 2012
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  • Page 1 User Guide - English PRIMERGY BX400 Blade Server Systems ServerView Management Blade S1 User Interface Description October 2012...
  • Page 2 Certified documentation according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 To ensure a consistently high quality standard and user-friendliness, this documentation was created to meet the regulations of a quality management system which complies with the requirements of the standard DIN EN ISO 9001:2008. cognitas.
  • Page 3 The contents of this manual may be revised without prior notice. – Fujitsu assumes no liability for damages to third party copyrights or other rights arising from the use of any information in this manual. – No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of Fujitsu.
  • Page 4 (hereafter, "high safety use"). Customers should not use this product for high safety use unless measures are in place for ensuring the level of safety demanded of such use. Please consult the sales staff of Fujitsu if intending to use this product for high safety use.
  • Page 5 ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...
  • Page 6 ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ............. 11 Notational conventions .
  • Page 8 Configuring an eDirectory server ......... . . 54 5.3.1 Installating the eDirectory server .
  • Page 9 ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...

  • Page 11: Introduction

    – Dynamic Scalability: high density combined with stacking ability allow flexible scaling The PRIMERGY BX400 S1 system unit can accommodate up to 8 server blades (or a mixture of server blades and up to 4 single slot storage blades) in a 6U chassis for 19-inch racks or in a floorstand case.

  • Page 12: Notational Conventions

    Notational conventions Introduction Notational conventions The following notational conventions are used in this manual: This symbol points out hazards that can lead to personal injury, loss of data, or Caution damage to equipment. This symbol highlights important information and tips. This symbol refers to a step that you must carry out in order to continue with the Ê...

  • Page 13: Primergy Bx Blade Server System - Overview

    PRIMERGY BX blade server system – overview In this chapter an overview is given of the blade server system. The concept underlying this system is explained, and its major features are described. Furthermore, the system component is described that enables the user to communicate with the system.
  • Page 14 Blade Server Management BX Blade Server System Overview Supported programs The ServerView management blade is compliant with IPMI (Internet Protocol Multicast Iniative) 2.0. It supports schemes like FRU (Field Replaceable Units), SEL (System Event Log), and SDR (Sensor Data Records). It also allows the configuration of a watchdog timer.

  • Page 15: Redundancy Of The Serverview Management Blade

    BX Blade Server System Overview Blade Server Management 2.2.2 Redundancy of the ServerView management blade Of the two ServerView management blades within the blade server system, one will take over the role of the master, who is in charge of the server management, while the other one will remain in a standby status as a redundant component.
  • Page 16 Blade Server Management BX Blade Server System Overview ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...

  • Page 17: Web User Interface

    Web user interface On the web server an interactive and user-friendly web user interface, known as web console, is provided for server management. It does not depend on any special operating system for a platform. You log into this interface via the web browser.

  • Page 18: Dashboard

    Dashboard Web user interface It is strongly recommended that you change the password immediately. If you enter an incorrect password more than three times, the message No Access Right! will appear. Dashboard After you have logged in successfully, a home page (start page) is displayed which provides –...
  • Page 19 Web user interface Dashboard Provides, among other things, information on the health status and shows a schematic overview of the front side system unit components: – server blades – storage blades – front-side I/O module Rear View Provides, among other things, information on the health status and shows a schematic overview of the rear side system unit components: –...

  • Page 20: The System Page For Advanced Mode

    A link for signing out (Sign out) beside the name of the user who is currently logged in. ● A HELP field at the far right below the Fujitsu logo. The HELP field is in turn subdivided into three fields. These fields become visible as soon as the cursor points to HELP.
  • Page 21 Web user interface The system page for advanced mode The banner frame is collapsible ( ). 2. Status frame (2) The status frame consists of a number of graphical or text controls or displays. Taking our example in figure we will describe the various elements below, showing the graphical elements in a list and separating them with ⏐.
  • Page 22 The system page for advanced mode Web user interface Power Consumption Mode: none⏐Minimum⏐ Low Noise⏐Enforced⏐Limitation⏐Scheduled This field is a link to the Information / Operation → Operation → Power Management → Configuration page in the navigation tree. It indicates the Operation Mode configured. You configure the Operation Mode in the Configuration tab by selecting the Consumption Mode item in the Power Consumption Options block using the pull-down menu;...
  • Page 23 Web user interface The system page for advanced mode The other fields have the same meaning as described above for the status frame. 3. Navigation frame (3) The navigation frame consists of three different views: – Front View Displays the BX400 S1 system unit with the existing blades (server blades and storage blades). When you point the cursor to a blade, a tooltip with the relevant name is displayed.

  • Page 24: Error Handling

    The system page for advanced mode Web user interface Error handling Errors and warnings are displayed simultaneously in the status frame, the navigation frame and the main frame. The example below shows a start page with the complete error display in all three frames: Figure 8: Start page with error display The meaning of the error icons in the status frame has already been explained above.
  • Page 25 Web user interface The system page for advanced mode Figure 9: Start page with error display in the case of collapsed frames ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...
  • Page 26 The system page for advanced mode Web user interface Two notes: The error icon is seemingly displayed 4 times in our example (System, System Unit, Server Blades, Server Blade-8 menu items) – see the next figure and detail. The reason for this is that an error is always displayed at the highest level (System) and is "passed down"...

  • Page 27: Changing The User Name And Password

    Web user interface Changing the user name and password Changing the user name and password In the navigation frame (cf. figure 4, 3) you choose the header Information / Operation. Open the items Operation → User Management → Local User. Figure 12: Choose user name ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...
  • Page 28 Changing the user name and password Web user interface In the next screen you enter the new user name in the Name field and the new password in the Password and Confirm Password field: Figure 13: Enter new user name and password Confirm your entries with the Apply button.

  • Page 29: Power Management

    Power management The maximum power consumption of a BX400 S1 system unit depends on the number and type of PSUs which are equipped in the system unit. It is important to distinguish here between the PSUs which can be seen in the Navigation Frame, the number of PSUs which are actually activated (item Available PSUs in the Information / Operation →...

  • Page 30: Power Consumption Display

    Power consumption display Power management Each fan can be substituted by an additional PSU. The bays for PSUs and fans have the numbers 1 to 4, counting from left to right. Each bay must be filled with a PSU or a fan to ensure the cooling air flow for the system unit.

  • Page 31: Control Via Tabs

    Power management Control via tabs Control via tabs On the Power Management page three tabs are available which are described in detail below: 1. Monitoring tab 2. Control tab 3. Configuration tab 4.2.1 Monitoring tab Figure 16: Power management – monitoring tab Actual Power Consumption box The power consumption values of the system unit are displayed in a table, presenting the PSU input and output values separately.

  • Page 32: Control Tab

    Control via tabs Power management The history chart of each component is hidden under a grey bar marked with a “+” symbol and the denotation of the respective component. Click on the bar to open the history chart. The colors of the lines in the chart correspond to the colors in the bar chart.

  • Page 33: Configuration Tab

    Power management Control via tabs 4.2.3 Configuration tab Various settings for and dependencies on the power consumption are controlled in the Configuration tab. It comprises eight boxes which cannot be shown in a single screenshot. Figure 18: Power management – configuration tab (upper area) ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...
  • Page 34 Control via tabs Power management Figure 19: Power management – configuration tab (lower area) ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...
  • Page 35 Power management Control via tabs Power consumption options box Figure 20: Power Consumption Options box Consumption Mode The following modes can be selected: Figure 21: Consumption modes None No power consumption control. Minimum Sets power consumption to the lowest possible value. Default setting. Low Noise The management blade controls the power consumption of the server blades to ensure that the system unit fans make not more noise than 45 dB.
  • Page 36 Control via tabs Power management Available PSUs Displays the number of PSUs which are currently activated. PSU Dynamic Mode Enables/disables the PSU Dynamic Mode. PSU Dynamic Mode together with No Redundancy can cause an immediate system power off if the last active PSU can no longer provide sufficient power.
  • Page 37 Power management Control via tabs This setting has to be made if the Power Consumption Options → Consumption Mode was set to Enforced for the system unit (first box on the page). Maximum Input Power Limit For the AC input power, a Maximum Input Power Limit can be defined, e.g. to limit the power consumption to a value lower than the circuit breaker of the AC line phase allows.
  • Page 38 Control via tabs Power management Server Blade Consumption Control box Figure 26: Server Blade Consumption Control box Displays consumption values for each server blade. Additionally, each server blade can be selected and its Consumption Mode and Input Limit can be set depending on the Consumption Mode setting and the Adaptive Budgeting activation for the system unit (both in the first box on the page).
  • Page 39 Power management Control via tabs Consumption Limitation box Figure 27: Consumption Limitation box This setting has to be made if the Power Consumption Options → Consumption Mode was set to Limitation for the system unit (first box on the page). Limit Threshold Specifies the limit threshold.

  • Page 40: Sequence Power-On/Off Time Tab

    Control via tabs Power management 4.2.4 Sequence Power-On/Off Time tab Figure 29: Power Management – Sequence Power-On/Off Time tab Power-On/Off Policy box Enable Sequence Power-On/Off Time Enables/disables time-delayed power-on/off for server blades. If the system is populated with storage blades, they are excluded from the power-on/off sequence.
  • Page 41 Power management Control via tabs This applies in all cases that make it necessary to stop server blades (for example when a server blade is powered on and insufficient electricity is available). Server Blade Power-Off Action Graceful Shutdown and Power Off and Hard Power Off can be selected. A server blade shutdown requires installed and running ServerView agents.
  • Page 42 Control via tabs Power management ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...

  • Page 43: Global User Management

    Global user management There are three interfaces to Global User Management: 1. Active Directory (for Windows systems) 2. OpenLDAP (for Linux systems) 3. eDirectory (for Windows and Linux systems) Configuring an Active Directory Server 5.1.1 Installing the Windows Active Directory Server First a Windows Server Operation System (Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 2008 or 2008 R2, in this example Windows Server 2008 R2) is installed on any server.

  • Page 44: Creating The Ldap Structure (Based On Microsoft Active Directory)

    Configuring an Active Directory Server Global user management 5.1.2 Creating the LDAP structure (based on Microsoft Active Directory) To permit the management blade to be accessed by means of an LDAP user, a particular structure consisting of Organizational Units (OUs) and Groups must be set up. A sample configuration is described here. The tool SVS_LDAPDeployer (v.

  • Page 45: Assigning Domain Users To The Mmb

    Global user management Configuring an Active Directory Server 5.1.3 Assigning domain users to the MMB To enable a user to log in on the management blade as a domain user, AuthorizationRoles must be set for this user: 1. Create a new user if none exists. 2.
  • Page 46 Configuring an Active Directory Server Global user management 10. Dept. Name: Name of the department. 11. LDAP Auth. User Name: Not required. 12. LDAP Auth. User Password: Not required. Figure 33: MMB settings Web User Interface Alternatively MMB configuration can be performed using the SMASH-CLP interface. Open the BX400 MMB SMASH-CLP interface and navigate to the target: /OemFujitsuSiemens/AgentInfo/LdapAuthentication.

  • Page 47: Logging In On The Management Blade As An Ad User

    Global user management Configuring an Active Directory Server Figure 34: MMB settings SMCLP 5.1.5 Logging in on the management blade as an AD user When a user logs in on the management blade as an AD user, the domain is appended in the login mask. The notation is [username]@[domain] (e.g.
  • Page 48 Configuring an Active Directory Server Global user management Figure 36: Check Login ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...

  • Page 49: Configuring An Openldap Server

    Global user management Configuring an openLDAP server Configuring an openLDAP server 5.2.1 Base configuration of openLDAP A RedHat Enterprise Linux Server is taken as a basis. The services required were selected during system instal- lation (openLDAP Server packages). Set up openLDAP as a system service. After installation is complete the configuration files are located at /etc/openldap.

  • Page 50: Creating The Ldap Structure (Based On Openldap)

    Configuring an openLDAP server Global user management Or as in the example: # ldapadd -x -D "cn=Manager,dc=testdomain2,dc=local" -W -f testdomain2.ldif After the base structure is created various LDAP browsers can be used to view and manage the domain (e.g. phpLDAPadmin). 5.2.2 Creating the LDAP structure (based on openLDAP) To permit the management blade to be accessed by means of an LDAP user, a particular structure consisting of Organizational Units (OUs) and Groups must be set up.

  • Page 51: Setting Up The Management Blade

    Global user management Configuring an openLDAP server Figure 37: Domain Users for MMB 5.2.4 Setting up the management blade Open the BX400 MMB WebUI in advanced mode and navigate to Information/Operation → User Management → Global Users. The following screenshot shows an example of the settings required for communication with an openLDAP Server: 1.
  • Page 52 Configuring an openLDAP server Global user management Figure 38: LDAP settings on the management blade Alternatively MMB configuration can be performed using the SMASH-CLP interface. Open the BX400 MMB SMASH-CLP interface and navigate to the target OemFujitsuSiemens/AgentInfo/LdapAuthentication. The settings are the same as in the WebUI and can be set using the command notation: set [property]="[value]", e.g.

  • Page 53: Logging In On The Management Blade As An Openldap User

    Global user management Configuring an openLDAP server 5.2.5 Logging in on the management blade as an openLDAP user No special notation is needed to log in to the MMB as an openLDAP user. The login name and password can be used as configured in the LDAP Server.

  • Page 54: Configuring An Edirectory Server

    Configuring an eDirectory server Global user management Configuring an eDirectory server 5.3.1 Installating the eDirectory server Novell eDirectory is available for many operating systems. In this manual a Windows Server 2008 R2 system is used as the basis for eDirectory installation. The Novell iManager is used to administer the eDirecory after instal- lation.

  • Page 55: Assigning Domain Users To The Mmb

    Global user management Configuring an eDirectory server When configuration is performed you can execute the SVS_LDAPDeployer by opening a CMD window, navigating to the SVS_LDAPDeployer folder and using the following command: # java -jar SVS_LdapDeployer.jar -deploy Configuration_InitialDeploy_Generic.xml The SVS_LDAPDeployer starts, asks for the administrator's password and creates the structure in the eDirectory which is needed to authenticate users of the MMB.
  • Page 56 Configuring an eDirectory server Global user management 4. Always Use SSL Login: Enables only SSL logins at the MMB WebUI. (This option will be enabled automatically, LDAP requires HTTPS to be enabled.) 5. Directory Server Type: Sets the LDAP Server type (eDirectory). 6.

  • Page 57: Logging In On The Management Blade As An Edirectory User

    Global user management Configuring an eDirectory server Figure 45: eDirectory MMB settings SMCLP 5.3.5 Logging in on the management blade as an eDirectory user No special notation is needed when logging in to the MMB as an eDirectory user. The login name and password can be used as configured in the LDAP Server.
  • Page 58 Configuring an eDirectory server Global user management Figure 47: Check eDirectory login ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...

  • Page 59: Abbreviations

    Abbreviations Active Directory ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface Advanced Encryption Standard Address Resolution Protocol ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Automatic System Recovery AuDi-MIP Automatic Distribution of Management IP Addresses for PRIMERGY Blade Systems BIOS Basic Input Output System BTU/h British Thermal Unit per hour Certification Authority...
  • Page 60 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DIMM Dual-in-Line Memory Module Dual In-Line Package DMTF Distributed Management Task Force Domain Name Server Daylight Saving Time Digital Versatile Disk EEPROM Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory EULA End User License Agreement Emergency Management Port EPOW Early Power Off Warning Fibre Channel...
  • Page 61 Intelligent Blade Panel Import Convert Export ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol Identifier Internet Protocol IPMB Intelligent Platform Management Bus IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface iRMC integrated Remote Management Controller Invitation to Send Keyboard, Video, Mouse Layer 2 (Data Link Layer) Local Area Network Liquid Crystal Display LDAP...
  • Page 62 Management Blade Multiplexer Not Applicable Novell Directory Services Network Interface Card Non-Maskable Interrupt Network Time Protocol OverCurrent Protection Original Equipment Manufacturer Out Of Band OverVoltage Protection Operating System Peripheral Component Interconnect Prefailure Detection Analysis Personal Identity Number PROM Programmable Read Only Memory Power Supply Unit Preboot eXecution Environment PWOK...
  • Page 63 Rivest Cipher 4 REMCS Remote Customer Support System Reliant Monitor Services Read Only Memory Rotations / Revolutions Per Minute Rivest, Shamir, Adleman Real Time Clock Receiver Cross Sensor Data Records SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory System Event Log Secure Hash Algorithm SM CLP Server Management Command Line Protocol SMASH...
  • Page 64 Trusted Platform Module Transmitter Cross UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter User Interface Unit Identification Light Uninterruptible Power Supply Uniform Resource Locator Universal Serial Bus User-based Security Model UnderVoltage Protection Volts Alternating Current VACM View-based Access Control Model VIOM Virtual I/O Manager VLAN Virtual Local Area Network World Wide Name...

  • Page 65: Related Publications

    (for the EMEA market) and http://primeserver.fujitsu.com/primergy/manual.html for the Japanese market). You will find further useful information in the documentation for your operating system. PRIMERGY BX400 S1 Blade Server Operating Manual PRIMERGY BX400 Blade Servers Manuals for various connection blades ServerView Deployment Manager...
  • Page 66 Related publications ServerView BX400 Management Blade S1...

  • Page 67: Index

    Index Active Directory redundancy auto configuration ServerView management blade blade server concept redundancy blade server Management special characters password start page change password web user interface change user name supported programs concept blade server system page console redirection advanced mode controller target group dashboard...

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