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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.5 Command Line Interface Guide

1. 216 omconfig ControllerCommands 217 omconfig RescanController 220 omconfig Enable Controller Alarm 220 omconfig Disable Controller Alarm 221 omconfig Quiet Controller Alarm 221 omconfig Test Controller Alarm 222 omconfig Reset Controller Configuration 222 omconfig Create Virtual Disk 223 omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate 229 omconfig Change Controller Properties 230 omconfig Discard Preserved Cache 231 omconfig Create EncryptionKey 231 omconfig Change Encryption Key 232 omconfig Delete EncryptionKey 232 Contents 11 omconfig Set Background Initialization Rate 2 2 ee ee 233 omconfig Set Reconstruct Rate 233 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate 234 omconfig Export the Controller Log 234 omconfig Import Secure Foreign Configuration 235 omconfig Unlock DKM Foreign Configuration 235 omconfig Import Foreign Configuration 236 omconfig Import Recover Foreign Configuration 236 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration 237 omconfig Physical Disk Power Management 237 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode 238 omconfig Start Patrol Read 238 omconfig Stop PatrolRead 239 omconfig Create Cachecade 239 omconfig Enable LKM Controller 240 omconfig Swi
2. 9 Working With CLI Command Results Output Options for Command Results Controlling Command Output Display Contents 13 14 Writing Command Output to a File Saving Command Results to a File That Can Be Overwritten Append Command Results to an Existing File aaa aaa Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output List It o 2 oaeen paea an a E Table tbl s so sd et a OS ee a Semicolon separated Values ssv Custom Delimited Format cdv Contents Introduction Overview Dell OpenManage Server Administrator OMSA provides a comprehensive one to one systems management solution in two ways from an integrated Web browser based graphical user interface GUI and from a command line interface CLI through the operating system Server Administrator is designed for system administrators to manage systems locally and remotely on a network It allows system administrators to focus on managing their entire network by providing comprehensive one to one systems management In the context of Server Administrator a system refers to a stand alone system a system with attached network storage units in a separate chassis or a modular system consisting of one or more server modules in a modular enclosure Server Administrator provides easy to use management and administration of local and remote systems through a compre
3. Chassis Asset Tag ED state Off 300 Flash chassis indentify al J Flash chassis indentify timeout value omreport chassis intrusion Use the omreport chassis intrusion command to find out whether the cover of your system is open or not Server Administrator tracks chassis intrusion events because intrusions may indicate an attempt to steal a system component or to perform unauthorized maintenance on the system Type omreport chassis intrusion A message that resembles the following displays Status Ok Probe Name Main chassis intrusion State Chassis is closed omreport chassis leds omreport mainsystem leds Use the omreport chassis leds or omreport mainsystem leds command to find out whether clear hard drive fault is supported and what severity level lights up the LED Type omreport chassis leds index n or omreport mainsystem leds index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of LED information for chassis 0 If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific chassis 50 omreport Viewing System Status The following is an example output Flash chassis indentify LED state Off Flash chassis indentify LED timeout 300 value omreport chassis memory omreport mainsystem memory Use omreport chassis memory or omreport mainsystem memory to view details for each memory module slot
4. Type omreport system pedestinations or omreport servermodule pedestinations The output of the omreport system pedestinations or omreport servermodule pedestinations command lists each of the valid parameters K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable K NOTE The actual number of destinations that can be configured on your system may differ Table 3 7 shows the available settings Table 3 7 Settings for the omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations Output Attributes Description Destination List Destination Number destination 1 Displays the first Destination destination Destination IP Address 101 102 103 104 IP address of the first 101 102 103 104 destination Destination Number destination 2 Displays the second Destination 2 destination Destination IP Address 110 120 130 140 IP address of the 110 120 130 140 second destination Destination Number destination 3 Displays the third Destination 3 destination Destination IP Address 201 202 203 204 IP address of the third 201 202 203 204 destination 72 omreport Viewing System Status Table 3 7 Settings for the omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations continued Output Attributes Description Destination Number destination 4 Displays the fourth Destination 4 destin
5. Takes the default configuration settings config deletecontrol outputdel terminalmode outputbkspspbksp handshakingcontrol enabled disabled inputlinesequence cr null lineediting enabled disabled 124 omconfig Managing Components outputdel BMC outputs a lt del gt character when lt bksp gt or lt del gt is received outputbkspspbksp BMC outputs a lt bksp gt lt sp gt lt bksp gt character when lt bksp gt or lt del gt is received enabled Directs the BMC to output a character sequence that indicates when its input buffer is ready to accept another command disabled Does not direct the BMC to output a character sequence that indicates when its input buffer is ready to accept another command cr The console uses lt CR gt as a new line sequence null The console uses lt NULL gt as a new line sequence enabled Enables line editing as a line is typed disabled Disables line editing as a line is typed Table 4 11 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description newlinesequence none crlf null cr lfcr If none BMC does not use a termination sequence crlf BMC uses lt CR LF gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console null BMC uses lt Null gt as a new line seguence when the BMC writes a new line to the console cr BMC use
6. where id is the controller ID and the temperature probe ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure In this syntax n is a user specified value for the temperature in Celsius Example Syntax For example you may want to specify the minimum and maximum warning thresholds for temperature probe 3 to 10 and 40 Celsius Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example temperature probe 3 resides in the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To set the temperature probe thresholds to 10 and 40 Celsius type omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 index 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 omconfig Reset Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds back to their default values K NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action resettempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id where id is the controller ID and the temperature probe ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to reset the thresholds for temperature probe 3 to the default values 248 omconfig storage Commands Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example temperature probe 3 resides in the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controll
7. Commands documented in this chapter vary in whether they define the fields that appear in the results of a particular omreport command Fields are defined only if they have a special or less familiar use As with all other components you can use omreport to view component status and omconfig to manage a component For information on configuring components for management see omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service on page 83 You can use omreport commands to get information you need to execute an omconfig command For example if you want to edit the minimum temperature fora warning event on a temperature probe you need to know the index of the probe you want to configure You can use omreport chassis temps to display a list of probes and their indexes Table 3 1 System Availability for the omreport Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable To omreport modularenclosure Modular system servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system preferences Modular Non modular system omreport Viewing System Status 29 Conventions for Parameter Tables When listing the parameters that a command can take the parameters are listed in alphabetical order instead of the order in which they appear in the command line interface The symbol often called pipe is the logical exclusive or operator For example enable disable means that
8. name value pair 2 setting Description attribute ide setting on off force true on Enables this device off Disables this device force true Verification of setting change attribute idepridrv setting off auto off Disables the device auto Detects and enables the device automatically attribute intrusion setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the intrusion check during system boot If the system also has bezel intrusion checking then the intrusion option checks for removal of the bezel of the system disabled Disables the intrusion check during system boot attribute intusb 1 2 NOTE The following option is deprecated attribute intusb setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the internal USB port disabled Disables the internal USB port attribute mouse setting on off omconfig Managing Components on Enables the mouse off Disables the mouse 99 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute nicl setting enabled enabled Enables the first NIC during enabledwithpxe system boot disabled enabledonly enabledwithpxe Enables the first NIC AEn A during system boot with PXE on if the enabledwithiscsi system has PXE disabled Disables the first NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the first NIC during system boot with PX
9. name value pair1 name value pair 2 attribute setting Description attribute setting off auto off Disables serial port 1 serialport com com3 i auto Maps serial port 1 to a COM port bmcserial bmcnic rac comlbme coml Maps serial port 1 to COM port 1 com3 Maps serial port 1 to COM port 3 bmcserial Maps serial port 1 to BMC Serial bmcnic Maps serial port 1 to the Baseboard Management Controller BMC NIC rac Maps serial port 1 to the Remote Access Controller RAC comlbmc Maps serial port 1 to COM port bme NOTE This command is applicable to select x8xx systems attribute setting off auto off Disables serial port 2 serialport2 com2 com4 auto Maps serial port 2 to a COM port com2 Maps serial port 2 to COM port 2 com4 Maps serial port 2 to COM port 4 attribute speaker setting on off on Enables the speaker off Disables the speaker attribute cputurbomode setting enabled disabled omconfig Managing Components CPU turbo mode can increase the CPU frequency when your system is operating below the thermal power or current limits enabled Enables CPU Turbo Mode disabled Disables CPU Turbo Mode 105 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute uausb setting on backonly on Enables the user accessible off USB port s backonly Enables only the user
10. K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable omreport Viewing System Status 61 For each power supply profile in the system values display for the following fields Status Location Type Rated Input Wattage in Watts Maximum Output Wattage Online Status Power Monitoring Capable omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess Use the omreport chassis remoteaccess or omreport mainsystem remoteaccess command to view general information on baseboard management controller or integrated Dell remote access controller BMC iDRAC and remote access controller if DRAC is installed Type Es omreport chassis remoteaccess or omreport mainsystem remoteaccess NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command and the subsequent command levels has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable The output of the omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess command lists each of the valid parameters Table 3 5 shows the available settings 62 omreport Viewing System Status Table 3 5 omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess name value pair Description config additional Reports the current state of Pv and IPv6 addresses on iDRACO config advsol Reports advanced
11. static Static if the IP address of the BMC LAN interface is a fixed assigned IP address dhcp DHCP if the source of the IP address of the BMC LAN interface is the dynamic host configuration protocol systemsoftware System software if the source of the IP address of the BMC LAN interface is from the system software NOTE Not all commands may be supported on your system 119 Table 4 11 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description config ipsourcev6 static auto static Pv6 address source is set to static auto IPv6 address source is set to auto config nic privilegelevel administrator Sets the maximum continued administrator operator privilege level that can be accepted on a user LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to Operator user Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to User prefdnsserverv6 Validates the preferred DNS server for lt value gt configuration subnet Subnet Sets a subnet mask if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface vlanenable true false true Enables the virtual LAN identification false Disables the virtual LAN identification vlanid number number Virtual LAN identification in the range of 1 to 4094 vlanpriority number number Pri
12. the system lt business gt type owned Whether the user of the leased system owns leases or rented rents the system Example Command for Adding Owner Information To provide a value for an owner parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info owner lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info owner lt name yvalue pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info owner type rented or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info owner type rented The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 166 omconfig system or servermodule Adding Service Contract Information A service contract is an agreement that specifies fees for preventive maintenance and repair of the system Table 5 9 shows the valid parameters for adding contract information Table 5 9 omconfig system assetinfo info service omconfig servermodule assetinfo info service Command CommandLevel Command Name Name Value Description Level 1 2 Level3 Value Pair1 Pair2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info service renewed Whether the service true false agreement has been
13. 0 00 21 0 25 023 212 omconfig storage Commands Example for SAS Controllers In this example type omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller 1 vdisk 4 raid r5 pdisk O02220 02221 02222 02223 Example Syntax to resize To increase the size of the virtual disk by 20 percent using the available free space use RAID 5 and physical disks 0 through 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disks reside in enclosure 2 In this example type omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller 1 vdisk 4 raid r5 pdisk 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 vdcapacityexpansion yes sizeinpercent 20 K NOTE vdcapacityexpansion parameter is supported only on PERC H700 and PERC H800 controllers If you set vdcapacityexpansion yes you should specify sizeinpercent If you do not set vdcapacityexpansion you should specify size omconfig Secure Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to encrypt a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action securevd controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To encrypt virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action securevd controlle
14. List Ist The default format is Ist or list format Use this format when you want to optimize output for simple readability You need to specify a format for your command output only if you want a format other than the Ist format To see the following example command output in Ist format type omreport system summary or omreport servermodule summary No special formatting option is required because list format is the default display format The network data part of the example system summary appears as follows Working With CLI Command 265 Network Interface Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 MAC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca Table tbl Use the tbl or table formatting option to have your data formatted in table rows and columns To see the following example command output in table format type omreport system summary fmt tbl or omreport servermodule summary fmt tbl The example output displays as follows t ATTRIBUTE VALUE IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 MAC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca Semicolon separated Values ssv Use the ssv formatting option to deliver output formatted in semicolon separated value format This format also allows you to import your command output results into a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or into a database program T
15. action importsecureforeignconfig controller id passphrase lt passphrase for foreign configuration to be imported gt action unlockdkmforeignconfig controller id NOTE The DKM feature will be available later 218 omconfig storage Commands Table 8 4 omconfig Controller Commands continued Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs action importforeignconfig controller id action importrecoverforeignconfig controller id action clearforeignconfig controller id action setpdiskpwrmanagement controller id spindownunconfigureddrives lt enabled disabled gt spindownhotspares lt enabled disabled gt spindowntimeinterval lt 30 to 1440 gt lt minutes gt action setpatrolreadmode controller id mode lt manual auto disable gt action startpatrolread controller id action stoppatrolread controller id action createcachecade controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt name lt string gt action enablelkm controller id keyid lt keyid gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path action switchtolkm controller id keyid lt keyid gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path action rekeylkm controller id action switchtodkm controller id
16. lt name gt Person who signed or authorized the service 164 omconfig system or servermodule Example Command for Adding Outsource Information To provide a value for an outsource parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info outsource lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info outsource lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info outsource providerfee 75 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info outsource providerfee 75 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 Adding Owner Information The owner is the party that holds legal property title to the system Table 5 8 shows the valid parameters for adding owner information omconfig system or servermodule 165 Table 5 8 omconfig system assetinfo info owner omconfig servermodule assetinfo info owner Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair 1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info owner insuranceco Name of the insurance company that insures the lt company gt system ownername Business entity that owns
17. name VirtualDiskl spanlength lt n gt Parameter Required for RAID 50 and RAID 60 and optional for RAID 10 Use this parameter to specify the number of physical disks to be included in each stripe This parameter only applies to RAID 50 virtual disks If you are not creating a RAID 50 virtual disk do not specify this parameter For example spanlength 3 For RAID 10 on SAS controllers with firmware version 6 1 and later spanlengtnh is optional Also you can now specify the spanlength as an even number with a maximum of 8 spans with 32 physical disks each For example omconfig storage controller action createvdisk controller 1 raid r10 size min pdisk LrdesO pleted db lS led 4s Peden 6 ps Ted Tee lB el 29 spanlength 4 228 omconfig storage Commands Example Syntax For example you may want to create a RAID 5 virtual disk on a PERC 3 QC controller See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for information on read write and cache policies are supported by this controller For example to create a virtual disk with the following read write and cache policy e Read ahead e Write through caching e Cache I O The virtual disk is 500 MB with a stripe size of 16 KB The name of the virtual disk is vd and it resides on connector 0 of controller 1 Because the virtual disk is a RAID 5 it requires at least three physical disks In this example you specify four physical disks These are physical disks 0 through 3 To create th
18. 06 90 omconfig chassis omconfig mainsystem 92 omconfig chassis biossetup omconfig mainsystem biossetup 92 omconfig chassis currents omconfig mainsystem currents 107 omconfig chassis fans omconfig mainsystemfans 107 omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsystem frontpanel 108 omconfig chassis info omconfig mainsysteminfo 110 omconfig chassis leds omconfig mainsystemleds 111 Contents omconfig chassis memorymode omconfig mainsystem memorymode 112 omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement 114 omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring 116 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess 117 omconfig chassis temps omconfig mainsystemtemps 129 omconfig chassis volts omconfig mainsystemvolts 130 omconfig preferences 132 omconfig preferences cdvformat 132 omconfig preferences dirservice 132 omconfig preferencessnmp 133 omconfig preferences useraccess 135 omconfig preferences webserver 135 omconfig system omconfig servermodule 137 omconfig system alertaction omconfig servermodule alertaction 137 Commands for Clearing Logs 142 omconfig system pedestinations omconfig servermodule pedestinations 142 omconfig sy
19. Demand Based Power Management DBS Displays whether DBS is enabled or disabled on the system Embedded Hypervisor Displays whether the embedded hypervisor is enabled or disabled IDE Displays whether the drive is enabled or disabled omreport Viewing System Status 43 Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Description IDE Primary Drive 0 Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled IDE Primary Drive 1 Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled Intrusion Displays whether the intrusion check is enabled or disabled during system boot Mouse Displays whether the mouse is enabled or disabled Optical Drive Displays whether the optical drive controller is enabled or Controller disabled Parallel port address Displays whether the address is located on LPT 1 LPT2 and LPT3 or if it is disabled Parallel port mode Displays the setting associated with the parallel port Primary SCSI Displays whether the device is on or off RAID on motherboard Displays whether RAID on motherboard is detected as a RAID device a SCSI device or if the device is disabled during system boot RAID Channel A Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel A is detected as a RAID device or a SCSI device RAID Channel B Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel
20. Ds and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to rebuild physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig storage Commands 199 omconfig Cancel Rebuild Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel a rebuild that is in progress If you cancel a rebuild the virtual disk remains in a degraded state See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Cancel Rebuild Physical Disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action cancelrebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to cancel the rebuild or physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a S
21. K NOTE This command is applicable only to selected Dell xx0x systems that support PMBus 48 omreport Viewing System Status Depending on your system s configuration you may notice the following output Hardware Performance Index 2 50 Probe Name System Board Power Optimized Status Normal Cause N A omreport chassis info omreport mainsystem info Use the omreport chassis info or omreport mainsystem info command to see a summary of installed component versions omreport chassis info index n or omreport mainsystem info index n The index parameter specifies a chassis number and is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays summary chassis information for each chassis If you specify the index Server Administrator displays summary information for a specific chassis K NOTE If iDRAC is installed Server Administrator displays the LCC version If BMC is installed Server Administrator displays the USC version Depending on your system s configuration you may notice the following output Index 0 Chassis Name Main System Chassis Host Name everglades Baseboard Management Controller 1 80 Version Primary Backplane Version 2 02 Sensor Data Record Version SDR Version 0 33 Chassis Model PowerEdge 1750 omreport Viewing System Status 49 System Revision Name 2 DI Chassis Lock Present Chassis Service Tag 8RLNB1S Express service cod 19083204784
22. U PA U PA U P A U PA U PA U PA U PA Shows the status and thresholds for system fans Shows the name and version of the firmware Shows whether the front panel button settings such as the Power button and or Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button if present on the system are enabled or disabled It also displays the front panel encryption access information and the front panel LCD information Shows the Field Replaceable Unit FRU information Shows the status and cause for the system s performance degradation Shows a status summary for main system chassis components Shows the status of the system s intrusion sensor s Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Level 1 Command Level 3 User Privilege Required Use leds memory nics ports processors pwrmanagement pwrmonitoring pwrsupplies U P A U P A U P A U P A U P A U P A U P A U P A Shows the properties you have set for light emitting diodes to flash under various alert conditions Shows properties of your system s memory arrays Shows the NIC and Team interface properties Shows the properties for your system s parallel and serial ports such as I O address IRQ level connector type and maximum speed Shows properties of your system s processors including speed manufacturer
23. Use the following omconfig command syntax to stop the patrol read task on the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action stoppatrolread controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To stop the patrol read task on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action stoppatrolread controller 1 K NOTE To be able to stop patrol read the current patrol read mode should be set to Manual omconfig Create Cachecade Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to create a cachecade on the given controller K NOTE The cachecade feature will be available from first half of calendar year 2011 omconfig storage Commands 239 Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action createcachecad controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt name lt string gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command and PDISKID is specified as pdisk connector enclosurelID targetID connector targetID Example Syntax To create a cachecade on the controller 0 type omconfig storage controller action createcachecad controller 0 pdisk 0 2 3 name Cachecadel omconfig Enable LKM Controller Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to enable the LKM mode and create the encryption key for the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action enablelkm controller id keyid
24. configuration information for import or clear operations Displays the empty and occupied slot details of enclosures in the controller NOTE This command is not supported on Blackplane SCSI and SWRAID controllers omreport storage Commands 181 omreport Enclosure Status Table 7 5 describes the syntax for the omreport Enclosure Commands Table 7 5 omreport Enclosure Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id Displays all enclosures where dis thecontioller connected to the controller number controller id enclosure Displays the specified enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt and its components where id is the controller number and lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the enclosure ID Example for SCSI controllers controller 0 enclosure 2 Example for SAS controllers controller 0 enclosure 1 2 182 omreport storage Commands The following sections provide the omreport storage enclosure command syntax required to execute the enclosure commands omreport Temperature Probe Status Table 7 6 describes the syntax for the omreport Probe Commands Table 7 6 omreport Temperature Probe Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure controller id enclosure lt ENC
25. directterminal directbasicterminal modembasic modemterminal modembasicterminal config serial continued privilegelevel administrator operator user omconfig Managing Components directbasic Type of messaging used for IPMI messaging over a serial connection directterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and allows a limited number of text commands over a serial connection directbasicterminal Both basic and terminal mode messaging over a serial connection modembasic Type of messaging used for IPMI messaging over a modem modemterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and allows a limited number of text commands over a modem modembasicterminal Both basic and terminal messaging over a modem NOTE Not all commands may be supported on the system administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial connection to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial connection to Operator user Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial connection to User Table 4 11 remoteaccess continued omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description config config enable true false true Enables serial over LAN for serialoverlan the BMC baudrate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200
26. omconfig Export the Controller Log Use the following omconfig command syntax to export the controller log to a text file See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about the exported log file Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action exportlog controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To export the log on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action exportlog controller 1 By default the log file is exported to C WINNT or C Windows on Microsoft Windows systems based on the Windows version used and var log on all Linux systems 234 omconfig storage Commands Depending on the controller the log file name is afa_ lt mmdd gt log or Isi_ lt mmdd gt log where lt mmdd gt is the month and date See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information on the controller log file K NOTE The export log file command is not supported on the 4 IM CERC ATA and 100 4ch controllers omconfig Import Secure Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to unlock the encrypted Local Key Management LKM foreign configuration drives Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action importsecureforeignconfig controller id passphrase lt passphrase string for the foreign configuration gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To
27. omconfig chassis omconfig mainsystem Use the omconfig chassis or omconfig mainsystem commands to default or to set values for fan voltage and temperature probes to configure BIOS behavior during system start up to clear memory error counts and to enable or disable power button control features where system configuration permits Use the omconfig chassis or omconfig mainsystem command to view a list of all omconfig chassis omconfig mainsystem commands omconfig chassis biossetup omconfig mainsystem biossetup Use the omconfig chassis biossetup or omconfig mainsystem biossetup command to configure system BIOS settings that are normally available only in the BIOS setup boot time settings of your system A CAUTION Changing certain BIOS setup options might disable your system or require you to reinstall the operating system K NOTE Reboot your system for the BIOS setup options take effect K NOTE Not all BIOS setup options are available on every system K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator l omconfig Managing Components Table 4 3 shows the name value pairs you can use with this command Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute acpwrrecovery setting off last on off System is turned
28. omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 1 2 assettag encl120 246 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Name Use the following omconfig command syntax to specify the asset name for an enclosure Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setassetnam controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assetname lt string gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure In this syntax lt string gt is a user specified alphanumeric string Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To specify the asset name to encl43 for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action setassetnam controller 1 enclosure 2 assetname enc143 Example for SAS Controllers To specify the asset name to encl43 for enclosure 2 attached to connector 1 on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action setassetnam controller 1 enclosure 1 2 assetname enc143 omconfig Set Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds for a specified temperature probe K NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers omconfig storage Commands 247 Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id minwarn n maxwarn n
29. support automaticfix Name of any lt programname gt application used to fix a problem automatically helpdesk The help desk name lt text gt or contact information such as a phone number e mail address or website address 168 omconfig system or servermodule Table 5 10 omconfig system assetinfo info support omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support continued Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair 2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 outsourced true Whether an external false business entity provides technical support or the system owner s employees provide technical support type network Whether support is storage for network attached devices or for storage devices Example Command for Adding Support Information To provide a value for a support parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info support lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info support outsourced true or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support outsourced true The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands
30. 73 recovery 73 shutdown 74 summary 74 thrmshutdown 80 version 81 omreport system assetinfo 69 omreport system commands 65 omreport system events name value pairs 70 omrpeort system components 65 online physical disk omconfig 197 operating system omreport system 71 outsource information 164 Overall 66 overall health status of the ESM log 66 owner information 165 P parameters for fan warning thresholds 107 pause check consistency omcontig 205 pdisk 192 omconfig storage 173 174 omconfig virtual disk 223 224 omreport physical disk 179 omreport storage 178 pedestinations omconfig system 142 omreport system 72 Physical disks in each stripe 228 platformevents omconfig system 143 omreport system 73 port type omreport chassis ports 53 ports omreport chassis 53 prepare to remove physical disk 194 195 primary CLI command omcontig 18 omhelp 18 25 omreport 18 primary CLI commands 18 processor family omreport chassis processors 54 processor version omreport chassis processors 54 processors omreport chassis 54 pwrmanagement 57 pwrsupplies omreport chassis 61 read policy parameters 227 rebuild physical disk omcontig 199 reconfiguring virtual disks omcontig 212 reconstruct rate omcontig 233 recovery omcontig system 149 omreport system 73 recovery from a hung operating system 73 rename virtual disk omcontig 216 replac
31. B is detected as a RAID device or a SCSI device SATA Serial Port 1 Displays whether serial port 1 is mapped to a COM port a COM port 1 a COM port 3 a COM1 BMC a BMC Serial a BMC NIC a BMC RAC or is disabled Serial Port 2 Displays whether serial port 2 is mapped to a COM port a COM port 2 a COM port 4 or is disabled Speaker Displays whether the speaker is on or off USB or USBB Displays whether the USB port is enabled or disabled Secondary SCSI Displays whether the device is enabled or disabled Serial Communications Displays whether COM port 1 and COM port 2 are off or on with or without console redirection 44 omreport Viewing System Status Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Description Console Redirection Displays whether console redirection after system reboot is After Boot enabled or disabled External Serial Displays whether the external serial connector is mapped to Connector Serial Device 1 Serial Device 2 or a Remote Access Device Console Redirection Displays the setting for console redirection failsafe baud Failsafe Baud Rate rate Serial Address Select Displays port address for the serial devices To view all available boot devices alias names and boot order sequences type omreport chassis biossetup attribute bootorder K NOTE On Linux systems user user groups upgraded to administrator administrator groups cannot view the boot order sequence
32. Do not allow writes Make the diskette drive read only 96 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 attribute setting Description attribute dualnic setting off on pxeboth nicl pxe nic2pxe isciboth niclisci nic2isci nicl pxenic2isci nicliscinic2pxe onpxeboth onpxenone onpxenicl onpxenic2 off Disables the Network Interface Controllers NICs on Enables the network interface PXE or iSCSI is not enabled on either of the NICs pxeboth Enables PXE on both NICs nicl pxe Enables PXE on first NIC and none No PXE or iSCSI on second NIC nic2pxe Enables none No PXE or iSCSI on first NIC and PXE on second NIC isciboth Enables iSCSI on both NICs niclisci Enables iSCSI on first NIC and none No PXE or iSCSI on second NIC nic2isci Enables none No PXE or iSCSI on first NIC and iSCSI on second NIC niclpxenic2isci Enables PXE on first NIC and iSCSI on second NIC nicliscinic2pxe Enables iSCSI on first NIC and PXE on second NIC NOTE The following options are deprecated onpxeboth Enables PXE on both NICs onpxenone PXE is not enabled on either of the NICs onpxenicl Enables PXE on NIC 1 onpxenic2 Enables PXE on NIC 2 attribute embhypvisor setting enabled disabled enabled Enables embedded hypervisor disabled Disables embedded hypervisor omconfig Ma
33. Information on a BMC or RAC user e Information on IPv6 and IPv4 interfaces K NOTE You have to Enter the user ID to configure user information Type omconfig chassis remoteaccess or omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess omconfig Managing Components 117 The output of the omconfig chassis remoteaccess or omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess command lists each of the available configurations Table 4 11 shows the valid parameters Table 4 11 remoteaccess omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config additional ipv enable disable ipv6 enable disable enable IPv4 stack to load on iDRAC6 disable IPv4 stack to flush on iDRAC6 enable Enables IPv6 stack to load on iDRACO disable Disables IPv6 stack to unload on IDRAC6 config advsol characcuminterval number charsendthreshold number number Sets the character accumulate interval in 5 millisecond intervals number Sets the number of characters BMC automatically sends a serial over LAN data packet that contains the number of characters as soon as this number of characters or greater has been accepted from the baseboard serial controller into the BMC config nic 118 enable true false nicselection sharedwithfailoveronall nicl teamedniclnic2 dracnic altdnsserverv6 omconfig Managing Components true Enables PMI over LAN fals
34. SATA and ATA Controllers To prepare to remove the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To prepare to remove the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Instant Erase Secured Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to erase the given encrypted disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action instantsecureerase controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to erase physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 Ona SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 omconfig storage Commands 195 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To erase the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action instantsecureerase controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To erase the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Initialize Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax
35. a failure value 138 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 22 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions continued Event Name Description event fanwarn Sets actions when a fan probe detects a warning value event fanfail Sets actions when a fan probe detects a failure value event hardwarelogwarn Sets actions when a hardware log detects a warning value event hardwarelogfull Sets actions when a hardware log is full event intrusion Sets actions when a chassis intrusion event is detected event memprefail Sets actions when a memory probe detects a prefailure value event memfail Sets actions when a memory probe detects a failure value event systempeakpower Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects peak power value event systempowerwarn Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects a warning value event systempowerfail Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects a failure value event powersupply Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a failure value event powersupplywarn Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a warning value event processorwam Sets actions when a processor probe detects a warning value event processorfail Sets actions when a processor probe detects a failure value event redundegrad Sets actions when a redundant component becomes inoperative re
36. and processor family Shows power inventory details such as system idle power system maximum potential power and power budget information Shows properties of power consumption Shows properties of power supplies omreport Viewing System Status 33 Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command User Use Level 1 Level 3 Privilege Required remoteaccess U P A Shows general information on remote access slots U P A Shows properties of your system s expansion slots and other slot types temps U P A Shows the status and thresholds for the system temperature sensors volts U PA Shows the status and thresholds for the system voltage sensors removableflashmedia U PA Shows the system s virtual flash vFlash and secure digital SD card details storage U P A See Using the Storage Management Service on page 173 system servermodule U P A Shows a high level summary of system components alertaction U P A Shows warning and failure threshold values as well as actions configured when an essential component detects a warning or failure state 34 omreport Viewing System Status Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Level 1 Command Level 3 User Privilege Required Use alertlog assetinfo cmdlog esmlog events operatingsystem pe
37. be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Defining Alert Actions An alert action is an action that you specify for your system to take when specified conditions are met Alert actions determine in advance what actions are to be taken for warning or failure events on intrusion fans temperatures voltages power supplies memory and redundancy For example if a fan probe on your system reads a fan RPM of 300 and your minimum warning threshold value for that fan probe is 600 RPM then your system generates a fan probe warning Alert action settings determine how users are notified of this event You can also configure alert actions for temperature voltage and probe readings that fall within the warning or failure range Syntax for Setting Alert Actions Setting an alert action requires two name value pairs The first name value pair is the event type The second name value pair is the action to take for this event For example in the command omconfig system alertaction event powersupply broadcast true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event powersupply broadcast true omconfig Managing Components 137 The event is a power supply failure and the action is to broadcast a message to all Server Administrator users Available Alert Actions Table 4 21 shows the alert actions for each component that allows you to configure an alert action Table 4 21 Alert Actions You Can Set for Warning and Failur
38. changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable Table 3 4 omreport chassis pwrmonitoring omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring name value pair Description config stats Reports power statistics in Watts omreport Viewing System Status 59 Power Consumption Information Power Consumption Index Status Probe Name Reading Warning Threshold Failure Threshold Power Headroom Name Reading Name Reading Amperage Location Reading Location Reading 60 omreport Viewing System Status 2 Ok System Board System Level 539W 994W 1400 W System Instantaneous Headroom 300 W System Peak Headroom 340 W PS 1 Current 1 1 2 A PS 2 Current 2 1 0 A Power Tracking Statistics Statistics Energy consumption Measurement Start Time Thu Jun 28 11 03 20 2007 Measurement Finish FRI Jun 28 11 05 46 2007 Time Reading 5 9 KWH Statistics System Peak Power Measurement Start Time Mon Jun 18 16 03 20 2007 Peak Time Wed Jun 27 00 23 46 2007 Peak Reading 630 W Statistics System Peak Amperage Measured Since Mon Jun 18 16 03 20 2007 Read Time Tue Jun 19 04 06 32 2007 Peak Reading 22 5 A omreport chassis pwrsupplies omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies Use the omreport chassis pwrsupplies or omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies command to view properties of your system s power supplies Type omreport chassis pwrsupplies or omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies
39. chassis batteries omreport mainsystem batteries omreport chassis bios omreport mainsystem bios omreport chassis biossetup omreport mainsystem biossetup omreport chassis currents omreport mainsystem currents omreport chassis removableflashmedia omreport mainsystem removableflashmedia omreport chassis fans omreport mainsystemfans omreport chassis firmware omreport mainsystem firmware omreport chassis frontpanel omreport mainsystem frontpanel omreport chassis fru omreport mainsystemfru omreport chassis hwperformance omreport mainsystem hwperformance omreport chassis info omreport mainsysteminfo omreport chassis intrusion omreport chassis leds omreport mainsystemleds omreport chassis memory omreport mainsystem memory omreport chassis nics omreport mainsystemnics 52 omreport chassis ports omreport mainsystem ports 53 omreport chassis processors omreport mainsystem processors 54 omreport chassis pwrmanagement omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement 57 omreport chassis pwrmonitoring omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring 58 omreport chassis pwrsupplies omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies 61 omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess 62 omreport chassis slots
40. clear the LED for the system s hard drive memorymode lt A Enables or disables the spare bank mirroring raid and DDDC Double Device Data Correction memory modes and also specify which mode to use pwrmanagement P A Allows you to choose between maximum power economy and optimized performance of the system pwrmonitoring PA Configures power consumption information and thresholds remoteaccess A Configures remote access information temps P A Sets warning threshold values by default or value NOTE You cannot change threshold values on ESM3 and PowerEdge x8xx systems volts PA Sets warning threshold values by default or value NOTE You cannot change threshold values on ESM3 and PowerEdge x8xx systems 88 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Level Command Level3 User Use Level 1 2 Privilege Required storage See Using the Storage Management Service on page 173 Help With the omconfig Command Use the omconfig command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig Use omconfig lt command level 2 gt to get help on the about chassis preferences and system s level 2 commands The following information on omconfig system applies equally to getting help for the omconfig chassis command Use the omconfig system command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig system Use the
41. connectorID enclosureID s lotID is the connector number enclosure number and slot number For example pdisk 0 2 or pdisk 0 1 2 omreport storage Commands 179 omreport Virtual Disk Status Table 7 3 describes the syntax for the omreport Virtual Disk Commands Table 7 3 omreport Virtual Disk Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Use Levels 1 2 3 omreport storage vdisk Displays property information for all virtual disks on all controllers controller id Displays all virtual disks on ea Besa ache onal the specified controller number For example controller 0 controller id vdisk id Displays the specified virtual where id is the controller disk on the controller number and the virtual disk number For example controller 0 vdisk 1 180 omreport storage Commands omreport Controller Status Table 7 4 describes the syntax for the omreport Controller Commands Table 7 4 omreport Controller Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Levels 1 2 3 Use omreport storage controller controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 controller id info foreignkeyids controller id info pdslotreport Displays property information for all controllers attached to the system Displays the specified controller and all attached components such as enclosures virtual disks physical disks and so on Displays the locked foreign
42. diskcachepolicy lt disabled enabled gt parameter for each of the cache policies Disk Cache Policy diskcachepolicy disabled enabled Parameter Specification Disabled diskcachepolicy disabled Enabled diskcachepolicy enabled readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different read policies Table 8 8 indicates how to specify the readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt parameter for each of the read policies Table 8 8 Read Policy Paramaters Read Policy readpolicy ra ara nra re nrc Parameter Specification Read ahead readpolicy ra Adaptive read ahead readpolicy ara No read ahead readpolicy nra Read cache readpolicy re No read cache readpolicy nre omconfig storage Commands __ 227 writepolicy lt wb wt wc nwc gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different write policies Table 8 9 indicates how to specify the writepolicy lt wb wt wc nwe fwb gt parameter for each of the write policies Table 8 9 Write Policy Parameters Write Policy writepolicy wb wt we fwb nwc Parameter Specification Write back cache writepolicy wb Write through cache writepolicy wt Write cache writepolicy we Force write back writepolicy fwb No write cache writepolicy nwe name lt string gt Parameter Optional Use this parameter to specify a name for the virtual disk For example
43. execute battery tasks Table 8 11 omconfig Battery Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage battery action startlearn controller id battery id action delaylearn controller id battery id days d hours h omconfig Start Battery Learn Cycle Use the following omconfig command to start the battery learn cycle Complete Syntax omconfig storage battery action startlearn controller id battery id where id is the controller ID and battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for the controller battery omconfig storage Commands 251 Example Syntax To start the learn cycle on controller 1 type omconfig storage battery action startlearn controller 1 battery 0 omconfig Delay Battery Learn Cycle Use the following omconfig command to delay the battery learn cycle for a specified period of time The battery learn cycle can be delayed for a maximum of seven days or 168 hours Complete Syntax omconfig storage battery action delaylearn controller id battery id days d hours h where id is the controller ID and battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for
44. fan probe status and settings Type omreport chassis fans index n or omreport mainsystem fans index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for any fan probes that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific fan probe omreport chassis firmware omreport mainsystem firmware Use the omreport chassis firmware or omreport mainsystem firmware command to view current firmware properties Type omreport chassis firmware or omreport mainsystem firmware Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s firmware properties K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable K NOTE If iDRAC is installed Server Administrator displays Life Cycle Controller LCC version If BMC is installed Server Administrator displays Unified Server Configurator USC version omreport chassis frontpanel omreport mainsystem frontpanel Use the omreport chassis frontpanel or omreport mainsystem frontpanel command to view if the front panel button control settings such as the Power button and or Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button if present on the system are enabled or disabled If the Power button override is present on your system you can see whether
45. following parameters e Controller controller id e RAID level raid lt c rO rl rle r5 r6 110 150 160 gt e Size size lt number max min gt Physical disk is specified as either For SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers pdisk connector enclosureID targetID where connector enclosureID targetID is the connector number enclosure number and slot number For example pdisk 0 1 2 For SAS Controllers pdisk connector targetID where connector D targetID is the connector number and the slot number For example pdisk 0 2 omconfig storage Commands 223 Storage Management supplies default values for any of the other parameters that you do not specify For creating an encrypted virtual disk specify secureflag yes Encrypted virtual disks can be created only with SED drives Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action createvdisk controller id raid lt c rO r1i rlc r5 r6 r10 r50 r60 gt size lt number max min gt pdisk lt PDISKID gt stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt diskcachepolicy lt disabled nabled gt readpolicy lt ra nra ara re nrce gt writepolicy lt wb wt wc nwc fwhb gt name lt string gt spanlength lt n gt secureflag yes K NOTE If you are configuring RAID for SAS controllers with firmware version 6 1 and later spanlength is an optional parameter default 2 Spanlength should be an even number a
46. for configurable objects Examples of assetinfo configuration capabilities include setting values for system owner purchase price details of any lease that is in effect depreciation methods and rates and location of the system warranty and extended warranty duration outsourcing details and service level agreement User Level Required for Adding Asset Information Power Users and Administrators can add and edit asset information Table 5 1 System Availability for the omconfig Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable to omconfig servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system Adding Acquisition Information Acquisition refers to the facts about a business entity s purchase or lease of a system Use the omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition command to add detailed information about the purchase or lease of a system Table 5 2 shows the valid parameters for the command omconfig system or servermodule 155 Table 5 2 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition Command Command Command Name Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair1 Pair2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info acquisition costcenter The name or code for lt text gt the business entity that acquired the system expensed yes Whether the system i
47. for power supplies type redundancy Configures events for redundancy type systempower Configures events for system power type temps Configures events for temperatures type volts Configures events for voltages type systempeakpower Configures events for system peak power type removableflashmedia Configures events for removable flash media omconfig Managing Components 147 Severity In the context of configuring events severity determines how severe an event must be before Server Administrator notifies you of the event for a component type When there are multiple components of the same type in the same system chassis you can specify whether you want to be notified for event severity according to the number of the component by using the index lt n gt parameter Table 4 27 shows the valid severity parameters Table 4 27 System Event Severity Parameters Command Result Description omconfig system events type Enables notification Least restrictive form of lt component name gt severity info for informational event notification or warning and critical omconfig servermodule events events type lt component name gt severity info omconfig system events type Enables notification Omits informational event lt component name gt severity for warning and notification for example warning critical events when a component returns or to normal status omconfig s
48. in percentage config profile profile maxperformance Sets the processor maxperformance ape osctrl custom 114 omconfig Managing Components to the highest supported processor state It offers maximum performance mode with minimal power economy ape Active Power Control apc enables the demand based power management controlled by BIOS osctrl OS Control osctrl enables the demand based power management controlled by the operating system custom This profile allows you to configure individual BIOS settings It offers added control by displaying the underlying BIOS settings Table 4 9 omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description cpupowermode min max systemdbpm osdbpm min Sets the CPU power consumption to minimum max Sets the CPU power consumption to maximum systemdbpm Sets the mode to system demand based power management osdbpm Sets the mode to operating system demand based power management NOTE These options are applicable only when a custom profile is selected memorypowe rmode min 800 1067 1333 max min Sets the mode to minimum power utilization 800 1067 1333 Set the mode to 800 1067 or 1333 MHz max Sets the mode to maximum performance NOTE These options are applicable only when a custom profile is selected fanmode min max m
49. in your system If your system supports redundant memory this command also displays the status state and type of memory redundancy implemented on your system Type omreport chassis memory index n or omreport mainsystem index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays information for all memory modules on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific memory module K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command and the subsequent command levels has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable Output for an occupied memory slot may resemble the following Index sal Status OK Connector Name DIMM B Type SDRAM SYNCHRONOUS Size 256 MB An unoccupied memory slot still has a connector name Output for an unoccupied memory slot may resemble the following Index 2 Status Unknown Connector Name DIMM D Type Not Occupied Size Unknown omreport Viewing System Status 51 If your system supports redundant memory the redundancy output may resemble the following Memory Redundancy Redundancy Status Full Fail Over State Inactive Redundancy Configuration DDDC Attributes of Memory Array s Attributes Location Memory Array 1 System Board or Motherboard Attributes Use Memory Array 1 System memory Attributes
50. index 0 warnthresh settodefault or omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring config probe index 0 warnthresh settodefault You cannot default one value and set another If you default the minimum warning threshold value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value 116 omconfig Managing Components Specify a Value for Warning Thresholds If you prefer to specify values for the power consumption probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the warning threshold value You can configure the values to be displayed either in BTU hr or Watts In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 4 omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring config probe index 4 warnthresh 325 unit watt or omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring config probe index 4 warnthresh 325 unit btuphr When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Power consumption probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess Use the omconfig chassis remoteaccess or omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess command to configure e Remote access on a local area network LAN e The serial port for BMC or RAC whichever is installed The BMC or RAC on a serial over LAN connection e Terminal settings for the serial port e Advanced settings for a serial over LAN connection e
51. lt ENCLOSUREID gt action setassettag controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt action setassetname controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assetname lt string gt action settempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id minwarn n maxwarn n action resettempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id action setalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt minwarn n maxwarn n action resetalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt action blink controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt 244 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Enable Enclosure Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable the enclosure alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To enable the alarm on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To enable the alarm on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 1 2 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable the e
52. off last System returns to previous state on System is turned on delay random immediate timedelay time lt value gt random System is turned on with random delay immediate System returns to previous state immediately timedelay lt value gt System is turned on based on user specified time delay attribute bezel setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the bezel removal intrusion check during system boot disabled Disables the bezel removal intrusion check during system boot attribute setting diskettefirst Instructs the BIOS which device is used bootsequence hdonly devicelist to boot the system and the order in cdromfirst which the boot routine is to check each opticaldrive device NOTE On Linux systems user user groups upgraded to administrator administrator groups cannot configure this BIOS setup setting attribute setting uefi bios uefi Enables the system to boot to bootmode operating systems that support Unified omconfig Managing Components Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI bios Enables the system to boot to operating systems that do not support UFFI 93 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute bootorder sequence aliasnamel aliasname2 aliasnameN Configures the boot sequence according to the set aliasnames To view the set alias names ru
53. omconfig Managing Components false Disables serial over LAN for the BMC 9600 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 19200 bits per second 38400 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems NOTE Baud rates of 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed NOTE Baud rate of 19200 57600 and 115200 are supported on xx0x systems that have iDRACE installed 123 Table 4 11 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description privilegelevel administrator operator user administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to Operator user Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to User config settodefault
54. omconfig chassis info tag buildsys or omconfig mainsystem info tag buildsys An acceptable command when executed results in the following message Chassis info set successfully For some chassis you can assign a different name You cannot rename the main system chassis In the example below the command renames chassis 2 from storscsil to storscsia omconfig chassis info index 2 name storscsia or omconfig mainsystem info index 2 name storscsia As with other commands the CLI issues an error message if you do not have a chassis 2 the main chassis 0 The CLI allows you to issue commands only for the system configuration you have omconfig chassis leds omconfig mainsystem leds Use the omconfig chassis leds or omconfig mainsystem leds command to specify when to flash a chassis fault LED or chassis identification LED This command also allows you to clear the LED of the system hard drive Table 4 7 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 7 omconfig chassis leds omconfig mainsystem leds name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description index lt n gt NA Number of the chassis where the LED resides defaults to chassis 0 main system chassis led fault severity warning Select to flash the LED either when a critical warning event occurs or when a critical event occurs led hdfault action clear Sets the number of faults for the hard drive back to zero 0 led identify flash off on Sets the cha
55. omconfig preferences command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig preferences such as cdvformat which is the custom delimiter format cdv Type the following command to display the list of delimiter values for the cdv omconfig preferences cdvformat Use a command of the form omconfig system lt command level 3 gt to get a list of the parameters you must use to execute a particular omconfig system command For example the following commands produce a list of valid parameters for omconfig system alertaction and omconfig system shutdown omconfig system alertaction omconfig system shutdown In case of the omconfig system alertaction command you can use various options to prevent all of the command line interface CLI help from scrolling before you can read it omconfig Managing Components 89 To scroll command output one screen at a time type omconfig system alertaction more where more allows you to press the spacebar to see the next screen of the CLI help output To make a file that contains all the help for the omconfig system alertaction command type omconfig system alertaction outa alert txt where outa directs the output of the command to a file called alert txt To read the help for the alertaction command on a Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system type more alert txt omconfig about Use the omconfig about
56. omconfig servermodule esmlog action clear omconfig system pedestinations omconfig servermodule pedestinations Use the omconfig system pedestinations or omconfig servermodule pedestinations command to set IP addresses for alert destinations Table 4 23 shows the valid parameters for the command K NOTE You can either specify the index and IP address as parameters together or you can set the only community string as a parameter K NOTE Index 1 to 4 accepts an IPv4 address and index 5 to 8 accepts an IPv6 address 142 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 23 omconfig system pedestinations omconfig servermodule pedestinations name Value Pair Description destenable true true Enables an individual platform event filter destination false after a valid IP address has been set false Disables an individual platform event filter index number Sets the index for the destination ipaddress ipv ipv6 Sets the IP address for the destination address communitystr text Sets the text string that acts as a password and is used to authenticate SNMP messages sent between the BMC and the destination management station omconfig system platformevents omconfig servermodule platformevents Use the omconfig system platformevents or omconfig servermodule platformevents command to configure shutdown action if any to be taken for a specific platform event You can also enable or disable platform event filter alert g
57. omreport Physical Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage pdisk 1733 controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 vdisk id where id is the virtual disk number For example Displays all physical disks attached to the specified controller NOTE If a physical disk was replaced by another disk as part of the replace member operation the state of the physical disk is displayed as Replacing Displays all physical disks included in the specified virtual disk on the controller vdisk 1 omreport storage Commands Table 7 2 omreport Physical Disk Commands continued Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use and name value pair cachecade id Displays all physical disks included in the specified cachecade on the controller where id is the cachecade number For example cachecade 1 NOTE The cachecade feature will be available from first half of calendar year 2011 connector id Displays all physical disks attached to the specified connector on the controller where id is the connector number For example connector 1 pdisk connectorID Displays the specified targetID connectorID physical disk on the enclosureID slotID specified connector on the where controller connectorID targetID is the connector number and the physical disk number and
58. omreport chassis currents omreport mainsystem currents This command is no longer available through Server Administrator omreport chassis removableflashmedia omreport mainsystem removableflashmedia Use the omreport chassis removableflashmedia or omreport mainsystem removableflashmedia to view the removable flash media details on the system along with its health status Type omreport chassis removableflashmedia or omreport mainsystem removableflashmedia Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s removable flash media information K NOTE If the vFlash or SD card size is less than 1 GB size is displayed in MB omreport Viewing System Status 45 Depending on your configuration of your system you may notice the following output Removable Flash Media Information Health Critical Internal Dual SD Module Redundancy Critical Attribute Redundancy Value Lost Internal SD Modules Status Status OK Connector Name System Board SD Status 1 State Present Storage Size 512 MB Status OK Connector Name System Board SD Status 2 State Present Storage Size 512 MB VFlash Media Details Connector Name System Board SD Status 1 Type vFlash SD Card State Present Available Size 472 MB Storage Size 512 MB 46 omreport Viewing System Status omreport chassis fans omreport mainsystem fans Use the omreport chassis fans or omreport mainsystem fans command to view the
59. particular enclosure by specifying either enclosure connector or enclosure connector enclosureID To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage enclosure controller idto display the IDs for the enclosures attached to the controller pdisk lt PDISKID gt Indicates a particular physical disk by specifying either connector targetID or connector enclosureID targetID To obtain the values for the connector enclosure and physical disk targetID type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage pdisk controller id to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Using the Storage Management 175 Table 6 2 Syntax For Name Value Pairs For Parameters continued Syntax Description battery id Indicates the battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage battery controller id to display the ID for the controller battery lt gt The caret symbols lt gt enclose variable elements that you must specify For example the name lt string gt parameter might be specified as name VirtualDisk1 The bracket symbols indicate optional elements that you can choose whether or not to specify For example when creating a virtual disk the name lt string
60. probes and temperature probes e Power user and administrator privilege to set alert actions in the event of a warning or failure event from intrusion fans voltage probes and temperature probes For information on using the omconfig system command to view and manage cost of ownership information assetinfo see omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values on page 155 Often you must use the omreport commands to get the information you need to execute an omconfig command For example if you want to edit the minimum temperature fora warning event on a temperature probe you need to know the index of the probe you want to configure You can use the omreport chassis temps or omreport mainsystem temp command to display a list of probes and their indexes For more information on using the omreport command see omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service on page 29 omconfig Managing Components 83 Table 4 1 System Availability for the omconfig Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable to omconfig servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system Conventions for Parameter Tables When listing the parameters that a command can take the parameters are listed in alphabetical order instead of the order in which they appear in the command line interface The symbol often called pipe is the logical exc
61. programs that are installed A Specifies the delimiter for separating data fields reported in custom delimited format cdv A Configures the Microsoft Active Directory service A Sets the SNMP root password Configures SNMP Set Operations A Determines whether users below the administrator level are allowed to use Server Administrator or not A Allows the administrator to set the encryption levels of the Web server and configure the URL launch point in the Server Administrator Web server environment 85 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Level Command Level 3 Level 1 2 User Privilege Required Use alertaction alertlog assetinfo cmdlog esmlog events pedestinations platformevents recovery 86 omconfig Managing Components PA BA P A PA P A P A P A PA Determines in advance the actions to be taken for warning or failure events on intrusion fans temperatures voltages power supplies memory and redundancy Allows the administrator to clear the alert log Enters and edits cost of ownership information for your system including values for depreciation lease maintenance service and support Allows the administrator to clear the command log Allows the administrator to clear the ESM log Enables and disables SNMP traps Sets IP addresses for alert destina
62. reconfigured virtual disk The physical disk specification applies to physical disks in the original virtual disk and continues to be in the reconfigured virtual disk and to any new physical disks being added to the reconfigured virtual disk Some controllers allow you to remove a physical disk from a virtual disk In this case do not specify the physical disk to be removed The pdisk lt PDISKID gt parameter indicates a physical disk by specifying either connector enclosureID targetID or connector targetID stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different stripe sizes See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information on stripe sizes supported for a controller All stripe sizes are specified in kilobytes For example when specifying 128 KB as the stripe size type stripesize 128kb 226 omconfig storage Commands cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different cache policies Table 8 7 indicates how to specify the cachepolicy lt d c gt parameter for each of the cache policies Table 8 7 Cache Policy Parameters Cache Policy cachepolicy d c Parameter Specification Direct I O cachepolicy d Cache I O cachepolicy c diskcachepolicy lt disabled enabled gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different disk cache policies The following table indicates how to specify the
63. renewed type Type of service that the lt string gt contract covers vendor Business entity that lt business gt offers service on the system Example Command for Adding Service Information To provide a value for a service parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info service lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig system assetinfo info service lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info service vendor fixsystemco or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info service vendor fixsystemco The following message appears Asset information set successfully omconfig system or servermodule 167 You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 Adding Support Information Support refers to technical assistance that the system user can seek when the user seeks guidance on the proper use of a system to perform tasks Table 5 10 shows the valid parameters for adding support information Table 5 10 omconfig system assetinfo info support omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair 2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 omconfig system server module assetinfo info
64. shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 5 omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsystem frontpanel name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description Icdindex NA lt index gt Specifies the LCD line number config none NA default custom none Sets the LCD text to none default Sets the LCD text to default custom Sets the LCD text to custom text lt custom NA text gt Sets the custom text for LCD when config custom nmibutton NA enable disable enable Enables the NMI button on the system disable Disables the NMI button on the system powerbutton NA enable disable true Enables the Power button on the system false Disables the Power button on the system config sysname NA Sets the name of the system config syspower NA Sets the system power information config servicetag NA Sets the system service tag information config NA Sets the remote access Pv4 information remoteaccessipv config NA Sets the remote access IPv6 information remoteaccessipv6 omconfig Managing Components 109 Table 4 5 omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsystem frontpanel continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config NA Sets the remote access MAC address remoteaccessmac config ipv4idrac Sets IPv4 DRAC information config ipv6idrac Sets IPv6 DRAC information config macidrac NA S
65. the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To resume a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action resumecheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig storage Commands 205 omconfig Blink Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink the physical disks included in a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action blink controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To blink the physical disks in virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action blink controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Unblink Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to unblink the physical disks included in a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action unblink controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To blink the physical disks in
66. the command command level 1 one or more subcommands command level 2 and command level 3 if present and one or more name value pair s By appending space dash question mark to any command you can get help for that command Example Help Commands When you type omconfig you get general help about the omconfig command The help at this level lists the available subcommands for omconfig e about e preferences e chassis e system When you type omconfig system CLI help lists all the subcommands available for omconfig system e alertaction e alertlog e assetinfo cmdlog e esmlog e events e platformevents e pedestinations Using the omhelp Command 25 e recovery e shutdown e thrmshutdown e webserver Figure 2 1 shows the levels of help for a command Figure 2 1 Different Levels of Help for a Command omconfig omconfig system levels for help omconfig system assstinfo omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method lt text gt 4 level for command execution You can also parse the omconfig system assetinfo command as follows lt command level 1 command level 2 command level 3 gt lt name value pair 1 gt name value pair 2 where command levels 1 2 and 3 are represented by omconfig system assetinfo name value pair is represented by info depreciation and name value pair 2 is represented by method straightline To s
67. the controller battery Example Syntax To delay the learn cycle for three days and 12 hours on controller 1 type omconfig storage battery action delaylearn controller 1 battery 0 days 3 hours 12 omconfig Global Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute the global commands When executed these commands apply to all controllers These global commands also correspond to the global tasks provided by the Storage tree view object s Information Configuration subtab 252 omconfig storage Commands Table 8 12 omconfig Global Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests action disablests action globalrescan action setprotectionpolicies type ghs or dhs omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown By default the operating system and server shut down when the PV220S and PV221S enclosures reach a critical temperature of 0 or 50 Celsius However if you have implemented connector redundancy on the PV220S and PV221S enclosures you can specify that only the enclosure and not the operating system and server be shut down when the enclosure reaches a critical temperature of 0 or 50 Celsius Specifying that only the enclosure be shut down during excessive temperatures is known as Smart Thermal Shutdown See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Smart Thermal Shutdown Use the following o
68. to initialize a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action initialize controller id pdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To initialize physical disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage pdisk action initialize controller 1 pdisk 4 omconfig Offline Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to offline a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk 196 omconfig storage Commands To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to offline physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To offline the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To offline the phy
69. unlock the ecncrypted LKM configuration drives on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action importsecureforeignconfig controller 1 passphrase Dell 123 omconfig Unlock DKM Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to unlock the encrypted DKM Foreign configuration drives K NOTE The DKM feature will be available later Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action unlockdkmforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command omconfig storage Commands 235 Example Syntax To unlock the encrypted DKM configuration drives on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action unlockdkmforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Import Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to import all virtual disks that reside on physical disks newly attached to the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action importforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command K NOTE This command is supported only in firmware version 5 0 x Example Syntax To import foreign configurations on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action importforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Import Recover Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to import and recover all virtual disks that reside on p
70. values for the voltage cannot be set on PowerEdge x8xx systems omconfig preferences Use the omconfig preferences command to set system preferences Use the command line to set the SNMP root password and specify the user levels able to access Server Administrator You can also configure the Active Directory service and SNMP set operations omconfig preferences cdvformat Use the omconfig preferences cdvformat to specify the delimiters for separating data fields reported in the custom delimited format The valid values for delimiters are exclamation semicolon at hash dollar percent caret asterisk tilde question colon comma and pipe The following example shows how to set the delimiter for separating data fields to asterisk omconfig preferences cdvformat delimiter asterisk omconfig preferences dirservice Use the omconfig preferences dirservice command to configure the Active Directory service The lt productname gt oem ini file is modified to reflect these changes If the adproductname is not present in the lt productname gt oem ini file then a lt computername gt lt productname gt default value is used lt computername gt refers to the name of the computer running Server Administrator and lt productname gt refers to the name of the product defined in omprv32 ini For Server Administrator the product name is omsa 132 omconfig Managing Components Therefore for a computer named myOmsa running Serve
71. you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature Command Summary of the omreport Command K NOTE Although this chapter lists all possible omreport commands the commands available on your system depend on your system configuration The results of the omreport command vary from one system to another Data displays for installed components only K NOTE When a system includes an external chassis the displayed results vary by operating system On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems omreport commands display external chassis information in a separate section after the main chassis information On Microsoft Windows systems data about the external chassis does not appear in the omreport output Table 3 2 is a high level summary of the omreport command The column titled Command level 1 shows the omreport command at its most general Command level 2 shows the major objects or components that you can view using omreport about chassis storage and system Command level 3 lists the specific objects and components for which you can view reports User privilege required refers to the type of privilege you need to perform the command where U User P Power User and A Administrator Use is a very general statement about the actions that can be performed using omreport More details about syntax and use of the command appear later in this s
72. 5 MDS Sets the key signing algorithm signalgorithm SHAI SHA256 to MD5 SHAS 12 SHAL Sets the key signing algorithm to SHAI SHA256 Sets the key signing algorithm to SHA256 SHAS 12 Sets the key signing algorithm to SHA512 For example to set the URL launch point use the following command omconfig preferences webserver attribute seturl host lt name ip fqdn gt port lt number gt The host input must contain a valid Pv or IPv6 address or a valid hostname To set the signing algorithm value use the following command omconfig preferences webserver attribute signalgorithm algorithm lt MD5 SHA1 SHA256 SHA512 gt For more information on configuring Web server preferences see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User s Guide 136 omconfig Managing Components omconfig system omconfig servermodule Use the omconfig system or omconfig servermodule commands to clear logs determine how various shutdown actions occur set initial values or edit values for cost of ownership information and determine how to respond to a hung operating system omconfig system alertaction omconfig servermodule alertaction You can use the omconfig system alertaction or omconfig servermodule alertaction command to determine how Server Administrator responds when a component has a warning or failure event K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not
73. AS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To cancel the rebuild of the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action cancelrebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To cancel the rebuild of the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action cancelrebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 200 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Cancel Replace Member Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel a replace member operation Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action cancelreplacemember controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the physical disk IDs as reported by the omreport command Example Syntax To cancel replace member operation on disk 0 0 1 which is connected to controller 0 type omconfig storage pdisk action cancelreplacemember controller 0 pdisk 0 0 1 omconfig Clear Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command to clear data or a configuration from a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action clear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Exam
74. BMC iDRAC6 or remote access information on a serial over local area network LAN connection config nic Reports BMCADRAC6 or remote access information for the LAN config serial Reports serial port information for BMC or remote access config serialoverlan Reports BMC iDRAC6 or remote access information on a serial over LAN connection config Reports terminal mode settings for the serial port terminalmode config user Reports information on BMC iDRAC6 or remote access users omreport chassis slots omreport mainsystem slots Use the omreport chassis slots or omreport mainsystem slots command to view properties of your system s slots Type omreport chassis slots index n or omreport mainsystem slots index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for all of the slots in your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific slot K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable For each slot in the system values display for the following fields Index Slot ID Adapter and Data Bus Width Index is the number of the slot in the system Slot ID is the silk screen name printed on your system s motherboard next to the slot Alphanumeric text uniquely identifies each slot in the system omrepor
75. Controllers In this example type omconfig storage cachecade action resize controller 1 cachecade 4 pdisk 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 omconfig storage Commands 259 omconfig Rename Cachecade Use the following omconfig command syntax to rename a cachecade Complete Syntax omconfig storage cachecade action rename controller id cachecade id name lt string gt where id is the controller ID and cachecade ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage cachecade controller ID to display the IDs for the cachecades of the controller Example Syntax To rename cachecade 4 on controller lto cc4 type omconfig storage cachecade action rename controller 1 cachecade 4 name cc4 260 omconfig storage Commands Working With CLI Command Results Server Administrator Command Line Interface CLI users can use the command output in various ways This section explains how to save command output to a file and how to select a format for your command results that fits different objectives Table 9 1 System Availability for the omreport Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable To omreport modularenclosure Modular system servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system Output Options for Command Results CLI command output displays to standard
76. Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6 5 Command Line Interface Guide Notes and Cautions K NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer VAN CAUTION A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed Information in this publication is subject to change without notice 2011 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell PowerEdge and OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows Active Directory MS DOS and Windows Server are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries Intel Pentium and Itanium are registered trademarks and Intel386 is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries AMD AMD Opteron AMD V and AMD PowerNow are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc VMware is a registered trademark and ESX Server is a trademark of VMware Inc in the United States and or other jurisdictions Citrix Xen XenServer an
77. E off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe enablednonepxe Enables the first NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabledwithiscsi Enables the first NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI attribute nic2 setting enabled enabled Enables the second NIC during enabledwithpxe system boot disabled enabledonly enabledwithpxe Enables the second paces NIC during system boot with PXE on if enabledwithiscsi the system has PXE disabled Disables the second NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the second NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe Enables the second NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe enabledwithiscsi Enables the second NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI 100 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 attribute setting Description attribute nic3 setting enabled enabledwithpxe disabled enabledonly enablednonepxe enabledwithiscsi enabled Enables the third NIC during system boot enabledwithpxe Enables the third NIC during system boot with PXE on if the system has PXE disabled Disables the third NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the third NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE e
78. For each component the report shows which severities are set to be reported and which severities are set not to be reported The following is an example output for a few components omreport system events or omreport servermodule events Current SNMP Trap Configuration Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None omreport Viewing System Status 69 Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None Settings Enable Critical Disable Informational and Warning Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None The full report lists the settings for all components in your system for which events can be generated To view the status for components of a specific type use the omreport system events type lt component name gt or omreport servermodule event type lt component name gt command This command displays a summary of each component in your system for which events can be generated Table 3 6 shows the events displayed for various component types HA NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Table 3 6 System Events by Component Type name value pair Description type accords Reports events for AC power cords type battery Reports events for batteries type fanenclosures Reports events for fan enc
79. ID has access privileges of an Administrator for the serial port channel serialaccesslevel operator User with an ID has access privileges of an Operator for the serial port channel serialaccesslevel user User with an ID has access privileges of a User for the serial port channel serialaccesslevel none User with an ID does not have access privileges for the serial port channel config user id number id number ID number of the user continued lanaccesslevel being configured administrator operator lanaccesslevel administrator User user none with an ID has access privileges of an Administrator for the LAN channel lanaccesslevel operator User with an ID has access privileges of an Operator for the LAN channel lanaccesslevel user User with an ID has access privileges of a user for the LAN channel lanaccesslevel none User with an ID does not have access privileges for the LAN channel 126 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 11 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config user continued id user id dracusergroup admin poweruser guest custom none id user id extipmiusergroup admin operator readonly custom none NOTE extipmiusergroup user group is available only on Dell xx0x modular systems omconfig Managing Components id user id User ID of the user b
80. Installed Capacity Memory Array 1 131072 MB Attributes Maximum Capacity Memory Array 1 1048576 MB Attributes Slots Available Memory Array 1 ee Attributes Slots Used Memory Array 1 A OZ Attributes Error Correction Memory Array 1 Multibit ECC omreport chassis nics omreport mainsystem nics Use the omreport chassis nics or omreport mainsystem nics command to view NIC and Team interface details To view NIC properties type omreport chassis nics index n or omreport mainsystem nics index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties of all NICs on your system and the values for the following fields Index NIC card number Interface Name Vendor Description Connection Status and Slot 52 omreport Viewing System Status If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific NIC and the values for the following fields Physical Interface Interface name IPv4 Addresses IPv6 Addresses Physical Interface Receive Statistics Physical Interface Transmit Statistics Interface Receive Statistics and Interface Transmit Statistics K NOTE The Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE and iSCSI over Ethernet iSoE features of Converged Network Adapter CNA cards are not supported on VMware ESX and VMware ESXi systems To view Team interface properties type omreport chassis nics config team index n or omre
81. LOSUREID gt info temps where id is the controller number and lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the enclosure ID Example for SCSI controllers controller 0 enclosure 2 info temps Example for SAS controllers controller 0 enclosure 1 2 info temps controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info temps index n where id is the controller number and lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the enclosure number and n is the number of a temperature probe For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info temps index 1 Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system Displays the temperature probes for the specified enclosure Displays the temperature probes for the specified enclosure omreport storage Commands 183 omreport Fan Status Table 7 7 describes the syntax for the omreport Fan Commands Table 7 7 omreport Fan Status Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs 1 2 3 and name value pair Use omreport storage enclosure controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info fans where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 NOTE For SCSI controllers the ID specified in enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the connector number and for Serial Attached SCSI SAS controllers ID is the connectorNumber Enclosureln dex controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info fans index n where id
82. PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to assign physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a global hot spare On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To assign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare type omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 3 assign yes 198 omconfig storage Commands Example for SAS Controllers To assign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare type omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 assign yes omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to rebuild a failed physical disk Rebuilding a disk may take several hours If you need to cancel the rebuild use the Cancel Rebuild task See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Rebuild Physical Disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller
83. System Status Help With the omreport Command Use the omreport command to get a list of the available commands for omreport Use omreport lt command level 2 gt to get help on the level 2 about chassis and system commands The following information on omreport system also applies to get help for the omreport chassis command To see a list of valid commands for omreport system type omreport system more omreport modularenclosure Use the omreport modularenclosure command to view details of the modular system Type omreport modularenclosure K NOTE This CLI command is available when Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is installed on Dell modular systems Server Administrator displays information related to the modular enclosure and chassis management controller CMC if available K NOTE The output varies depending on the configuration of your system Modular Chassis Information Chassis Information Attribute Model Value Modular Server Enclosure Attribute Lock Value true Attribute Service Tag Value 8RLNB1S Attribute Express Service Cod Value 18955029124 CMC Information omreport Viewing System Status 37 Attribute Value Attribute Value Attribute Value Attribute Value Attribute Value Attribute Value Attribute Value omreport about Product Chassis Management Controller CMC Description The system
84. Warning Thresholds Table 4 4 shows the valid parameters for setting fan warning thresholds Table 4 4 omconfig chassis fans omconfig chassis fans name value pair Description index lt n gt Number of the probe or probe index must be specified warnthresh default Sets minimum and maximum warning thresholds to default minwarnthresh lt n gt Minimum warning threshold maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warning threshold Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds K NOTE Systems that contain ESM3 ESM4 and BMC capabilities do not allow you to set warning threshold values to default values If you want to set both the upper and lower fan warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis fans index 0 warnthresh default or omconfig mainsystem fans index 0 warnthresh default You cannot default one value and set another In other words if you default the minimum warning threshold value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value 107 omconfig Managing Components Specifying a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you prefer to specify values for the fan probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum and or maximum warning threshold values In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 0 The first command sets only the minimum thresh
85. accessible USB port s located at the back of the system off Disables the user accessible USB port s attribute usb setting enabled enabled Enables the USB port s disabled disabled Disables the USB port s NOTE Depending on your system s hardware you can configure either usb or usbb attribute usbb setting enabled enabled Enables the USB port s during enabledwithbios system boot without BIOS support disabled enabledwithbios Enables the USB port s during the system boot with BIOS support disabled Disables the USB port s during system boot NOTE Depending on your system s hardware you can configure either usb or usbb attribute cstates setting enabled enabled Enables the processor to go disabled into a deep sleep state when the system is not utilized disabled Disables the processor to go into a deep sleep state when the system is not utilized 106 omconfig Managing Components omconfig chassis currents omconfig mainsystem currents K NOTE This command is no longer available through Server Administrator omconfig chassis fans omconfig mainsystem fans Use the omconfig chassis fans or omconfig mainsystem fans command to set fan probe warning thresholds As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure thresholds Your system manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure thresholds Valid Parameters for Fan
86. al disk omcontig 201 CLI clearing logs 142 error messages error checking 19 CLI command levels 1 2 and 3 defined 26 CLI command output 261 appending command output to a file 263 controlling display 261 formatting output 264 saving to a file that can be overwritten 262 table format 266 writing to a file 262 CLI commands eZ primary commands 18 Windows command prompt 18 cmdlog omconfig system 142 omreport system 66 command levels 1 2 and 3 omcontig 85 command levels 1 2 3 omreport 31 command syntax overview 23 commands for clearing logs 142 commands for viewing logs 66 components alert actions 138 event notification 148 events 69 70 failure messages 20 instrumentation service 83 omreport 29 30 omreport system 65 omreport system summary 36 omreport system version 36 SNMP traps 146 storage 177 191 summary 74 updating 19 warning and failure thresholds 107 configuring Active Directory service 132 system events 146 configuring power button NMI button 108 Connector 189 connector omcontig storage 256 connector commands omconfig 256 connector name omreport chassis processors 54 connector status omreport 188 controller battery 187 189 BMC 62 73 88 display IDs 175 omcontig storage 217 omreport storage 181 SATA 103 controlling CLI command output 261 conventions for command parameter tables 30 core count o
87. alue o 153 W Attribute System Maximum Potential Power Value 597 W Power Budget Attribute Enable Power Cap Values Enabled Attribute Power Cap Values 400 W 56 omreport chassis pwrmonitoring omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring Use the omreport chassis pwrmonitoring or omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring command to view the properties of your system s power consumption The values display either in Watts or BT U Hr based on the configuration Type omreport chassis pwrmonitoring or omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring 58 omreport Viewing System Status For each power monitoring profile in the system values display for the following fields e Power Consumption Status Probe Name Reading e Warning Threshold e Failure Threshold e Amperage Location and Reading e Power Tracking Statistics e Energy Consumption e Measurement Start Time e Measurement Finish Time e Reading System Peak Power System Peak Amperage K NOTE The omreport chassis pwrmonitoring or omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring command is applicable only to selected Dell xx0x and xx1x systems that support PMBus K NOTE Power Management features are only available for PowerEdge systems that have hot swappable power supplies and not systems that have a fixed non redundant power supply installed K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command and the subsequent command levels has
88. ands See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about the controller specific diskcache read write and cache policy For information on specifying these parameters using the omconfig command see the following e readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt Parameter Optional e writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt Parameter Optional e cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional diskcachepolicy lt enabled disabled gt Parameter Optional Example Syntax To change the read policy of virtual disk 4 on controller 1 to no read ahead type omconfig storage vdisk action changepolicy controller 1 vdisk 4 readpolicy nra omconfig Replace Member Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to replace the member of a given virtual disk with the destination disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action replacememberdisk controller id vdisk id source lt PDISKID gt destination lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and physical disk type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID and omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks and physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you are replacing physical dis
89. as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change attribute sata setting off ata raid off Disables the SATA controller ata Sets the onboard SATA controller to ATA mode raid Sets the onboard SATA controller to RAID mode attribute sataport setting off auto 0 7 or a h omconfig Managing Components off Disables the SATA port auto Automatically enable the SATA port 103 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute setting on off on Enables this device secondaryscsi off Disables this device attribute setting default default Maps to Serial device COM1 serialportaddr alternate com1 Serial device COM2 com2 alternate Maps to Serial device COM2 Serial device COM1 com Sets serial port address to COM1 com2 Sets serial port address to COM2 attribute setting off on off Disables serial communication serialcom coml com2 setting onwithconsole on Enables serial communication setting without console redirection coml Enables serial communication setting with console redirection via COM 1 com2 Enables serial communication setting with console redirection via COM 2 onwithconsole Enables serial communication with console redirection via COM 1 and COM 2 104 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued
90. ation Destination IP Address 210 211 212 213 IP address of the 210 211 212 213 fourth destination Destination Configuration Settings attribute communitystring Displays the text communitystring string that acts as a password and is used to authenticate SNMP messages sent between the BMC and the destination management station omreport system platformevents omreport servermodule platformevents Use the omreport system platformevents or omreport servermodule platformevents command to view how the system responds for each listed platform event K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable omreport system recovery omreport servermodule recovery Use the omreport system recovery or omreport servermodule recovery command to see whether there is an action configured for a hung operating system You can also view the number of seconds that must elapse before an operating system is considered hung omreport Viewing System Status 73 omreport system shutdown omreport servermodule shutdown Use the omreport system shutdown or omreport servermodule shutdown command to view any pending shutdown actions for your system If properties for shutdown are configured executing this command displays these properties NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may
91. be 64 omreport Viewing System Status omreport system Commands omreport servermodule Commands Use the omreport system or omreport servermodule commands to view logs threshold values cost of ownership information and information about how shutdown actions and recovery actions are configured omreport system omreport servermodule Use the omreport system or omreport servermodule command to see a general status of the components of your system When you specify a level 3 command such as omreport system shutdown omreport servermodule shutdown you can get detailed information for one system component rather than the high level status obtained with omreport system or omreport servermodule Type omreport system or omreport servermodule If your system has both a main system chassis main system and at least one direct attached storage device Server Administrator may display a summary that resembles the following example SEVERITY COMPONENT Ok Main System Chassis Critical Storage omreport Viewing System Status 65 Commands for Viewing Logs You can use the omreport system or omreport servermodule command to view logs the alert log the command log and the hardware or ESM log K NOTE If the Alert log or Command log displays invalid XML data such as when XML data generated for the selection is not well formed to clear the log and resolve the issue type omconfig system alertlog action cl
92. bles disables true false configuration of users clearlogs true true false Enables disables false log clearance executeservercom true false Enables disables mands true execution of server false commands accessconsoleredir true false Enables disables true false access to console accessvirtualmedia redirection true false true false Enables disables testalerts true 9 cess to virtual media false true false Enables disables test alerts Table 4 13 omconfig chassis remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt extipmiusergroup custom omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt extipmiusergroup custom name value pair 1 name value pair 2 name value pair 3 Description config user id user id loginidrac true true false extipmiusergroup false Enables disables custom logging into iDRAC6 NOTE extipmiusergroup configureidrac true false user group Is available only true false Enables disables on Dell xx0x modular configuration of systems iDRACO 128 omconfig Managing Components omconfig chassis temps omconfig mainsystem temps Use the omconfig chassis temps or omconfig mainsystem temps command to set warning thresholds for temperature probes As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure threshold values Your system manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure threshold values K NOTE Threshold values
93. command level is the command name omreport or omconfig Subsequent command levels provide a greater degree of specification regarding the type of object on which the command operates or the information that the command displays For example the following omconfig command syntax has three levels omconfig storage pdisk Using the Storage Management 173 Table 6 1 describes these command levels Table 6 1 Example Command Levels Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level 3 Use omconfig Specifies the command storage Indicates the Server Administrator service in this case Storage Management that implements the command pdisk Specifies the type of object on which the command operates Following the command levels the omreport and omconfig command syntax may require one or more name value pairs The name value pairs specify exact objects such as a specific physical disk or options such as blink or unblink that the command implements For example the following omconfig command syntax for blinking a physical disk has three levels and three name value pairs omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where PDISKID lt connector enclosureID targetID connector targetID gt In this example the id in controller id is the controller number such that controller 1 would be specified as controller 1 Syntax for Required Optional and Variable Command Elements The omreport and omconf
94. command to learn the product name and version number of the systems management application installed on your system The following is an example output of the omconfig about command Product Dell OpenManage Server Administrator name Version FO i Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc xxxx xxxx All rights reserved Company Dell Inc For more details about the environment for Server Administrator type omconfig about details true 90 omconfig Managing Components Server Administrator includes a number of services each of which has a version number of its own The Contains field reports version numbers for the services and provides other useful details The output that follows is an example and it can change depending on the configuration of your system and the version of Server Administrator that is available Contains Broadcom SNMP Agent 10 xx xx Common Storage Module 3 x x Data Engine 5 x x Hardware Application Programming Interface 5 X X Instrumentation Service 6 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer baxe Intel SNMP Agent 1 xx x OpenManage Inventory Collector 6 x x OpenManage Tools 6 x x Remote Access Controller 4 Data Populator 4 X X Remote Access Controller 4 Managed Node 4 6 3 Secure Port Server 1 x x Server Administrator Framework 6 x x Agent for Remote Access 1 x x Storage Management 3 x x Sun Java Runtime Environment 1 x xx omconfig Managing Components 91 92
95. component provides a complete set of remote management functions for Dell systems Version 3 20 IP Address 01 102 103 104 P Address Source P Address Type 1 I Dynamic Source T I Pv4 Remote Connect Interface Launch CMC Web Interface Use the omreport about command to learn the product name and version number of the systems management application installed on your system The following is an example output from the omreport about command Product name Version Copyright Company Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 56 SX Copyright C Dell Inc xxxx xxxx All rights reserved Dell Inc For details about the environment for Server Administrator type omreport about details true 38 omreport Viewing System Status Server Administrator includes a number of services each of which has a version number of its own The Contains field reports version numbers for the services as well as other useful details The output below is an example and can change depending on your system s configuration and the version of Server Administrator installed on your system Contains Instrumentation Service 6 x x Storage Management Service 2 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 1 x x Secure Port Server 3 x x Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 x x Storage Management Service Integration Layer 1 x x Server Administrator 6 x x omreport chassis omreport mainsys
96. config storage controller action testalarm controller 1 omconfig Reset Controller Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the controller configuration A CAUTION Resetting a configuration permanently destroys all data on all virtual disks attached to the controller System or boot partition residing on these virtual disks is destroyed You may receive a warning message if this command results in deleting the system or boot partition However this warning message is not generated always Ensure that you do not delete the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command 222 omconfig storage Commands In some circumstances you may receive a warning message if this command deletes the system or boot partition You can override this warning by using the force yes parameter In this case the syntax is as follows omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller id force yes Example Syntax To reset the configuration on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller 1 omconfig Create Virtual Disk The Dell OpenManage Online Help provides additional information about creating virtual disks The omconfig syntax for creating a virtual disk has several parameters You must specify the
97. cription NIC 1 Displays whether the first NIC is enabled with or without PXE SCSI or disabled during system boot NIC 2 Displays whether the second NIC is enabled with or without PXE iSCSI or disabled during system boot NIC 3 Displays whether the third NIC is enabled with or without PXE SCSI or disabled during system boot NIC 4 Displays whether the fourth NIC is enabled with or without PXE iSCSI or disabled during system boot Trusted Cryptographic Module TCM Displays if TCM is on or off Trusted Platform Displays if TPM is off on with pre boot measurements or Module TPM on without pre boot measurements Security Internal USB Port Displays if the internal USB is enabled or disabled number NOTE Server Administrator may not display the USB sequence number if there is only one USB port on the system Operating System Watchdog Timer Displays whether the operating system watchdog timer is enabled or disabled HT Assist Displays the status of the probe filter chipset option Internal SD Card Displays whether the internal SD card is enabled or disabled Bezel Displays whether the bezel removal intrusion check during system reboot is enabled or disabled Console Redirection Displays if the BIOS screen is redirected over a particular serial port or if it is turned off Diskette Displays whether the diskette is disabled auto enabled or read only
98. ction your system is to take when a certain warning or failure event occurs You can also use the omconfig command to assign specific values to your system s asset information parameters such as the purchase price of the system the system s asset tag or the system s location The omhelp command displays short text help for CLI commands The shorthand equivalent of omhelp is the command for which you want help followed by For example to display help for the omreport command type one of the following commands omhelp omreport omreport The omreport command displays reports of the management information of your system K NOTE For an overall summary of CLI commands type omhe 1p Table 1 1 lists the primary CLI commands used by Server Administrator This guide contains a section for each primary command 18 Introduction Table 1 1 CLI Commands and Sections in This Guide Primary CLI Section Title Related Sections Command omconfig omconfig Managing Components omconfig system or Using the Instrumentation Service servermodule assetinfo Editing on page 83 Cost of Ownership Values on page 155 omhelp Using the omhelp Command on page 25 omreport omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service on page 29 K NOTE omupdate commands are no longer supported in Server Administrator and are replaced by Dell Update Package or Server Update Utility commands To update the different compone
99. d Table 4 28 Web Server Configuration Parameters name value pair Description action start Starts the Web server action stop Stops the Web server action restart Restarts the Web server omconfig system recovery omconfig servermodule recovery Use the omconfig system recovery or omconfig servermodule recovery command to set the action to be taken when the operating system hangs or crashes You can also set the number of seconds that must pass before the system is considered to have a hung operating system Table 4 29 shows the valid parameters for the command K NOTE Upper and lower limits for the timer are dependent on your system model and configuration omconfig Managing Components 149 Table 4 29 Recovery Parameters name value pair Description action none Takes no action when the operating system is hung or has crashed action reboot Shuts down the operating system and initiates system startup performing BIOS checks and reloading the operating system action poweroff Turns off electrical power to the system action powercycle Turns off electrical power to the system pauses turns the power on and reboots the system Power cycling is useful when you want to re initialize system components such as hard drives timer lt n gt Number of seconds that must pass before the operating system in a system is considered hung operating system from 20 seconds to 480 seconds E
100. d Command Use Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 connector Displays a list of the omreport storage connector parameters for configuring connectors cachecade Displays a list of the omconfig storage cachecade parameters for configuring cachecades NOTE The cachecade feature will be available from first half of calendar year 2011 omconfig Physical Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute physical disk tasks Table 8 2 omconfig Physical Disk Commands Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs 1 2 3 omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action unblink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action remove controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action instantsecureerase controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action initialize controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action offline controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action online controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action assignglobalhotspare controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign lt yes no gt action rebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action cancelrebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action cancelreplacemember controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action clear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action cancelclear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt 192 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Blink Physical Disk You can blink the light light emitting diod
101. d XenMotion are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems Inc in the United States and or other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this publication to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell Inc disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own 2011 03 Contents 1 Introduction 15 OVOIVIOW 2 aes ocd Ra ee eee eee ee 15 What s New in Version 6 5 16 Using CLI Commands From Windows Command Prompts 18 Primary CLI Commands 18 CLI Error Checking and Error Messages 19 Success Messages 19 Failure Messages 20 Scripting and Comparing With the CLI 22 Command Syntax Overview 23 2 Using the omhelp Command 25 Example HelpCommands 25 3 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 29 Conventions for Parameter Tables 30 Command Summary of the omreportCommand 30 Help With the omreport Command 37 Contents Contents omreport modularenclosure omreport about omreport chassis omreport mainsystem Commands omreport chassis omreport mainsystem omreport chassis acswitch omreport mainsystem acswitch omreport
102. d concatenation Table 8 5 indicates how to specify the raid n parameter for each RAID level and concatenation Table 8 5 Raid Level and Concatenation RAID Level or Concatenation raid n Parameter Specification RAID 0 raid r0 RAID 1 raid rl RAID 5 raid r5 RAID 6 raid r6 RAID 10 raid r10 RAID 50 raid r50 RAID 60 raid r60 RAID 1 concatenated raid rlc Concatenation raid c omconfig storage Commands 225 size lt number max min gt Parameter Required Table 8 6 indicates how to specify the size lt number max min gt parameter Table 8 6 Size Parameter size lt number max min gt Description Parameter Specification size lt n gt Use this specification to indicate a specific size for the virtual disk The virtual disk size may be specified in b bytes m megabytes or g gigabytes For example size 500m indicates that the virtual disk should be 500 MB size max To create a virtual disk that is the maximum size possible specify size max When creating a RAID 50 virtual disk this parameter must be specified as size max size min To create a virtual disk that is the minimum size possible specify size min PDISKID lt connector enclosurelD targetID connector targetID gt Use this parameter to specify the physical disks to included in the virtual disk When reconfiguring a virtual disk you must specify all physical disks to be included in the
103. d levels 1 2 3 31 command summary 30 connector status 188 controller status 181 EMM status 186 187 enclosure status 182 190 fan status 184 getting help 37 global information 188 physical disk status 178 190 power supply status 185 system 65 temperature probe status 183 virtual disk status 180 omreport chassis acswitch 40 bios 41 biossetup 41 45 currents 45 fancontrol 47 fans 47 firmware 47 frontpanel 47 fru 48 intrusion 50 leds 50 memory 51 nics 52 processors 54 pwrsupplies 61 slots 63 temps 64 volts 64 omreport chassis bmc name value pairs parameters 63 omreport chassis ports Index 277 base I O address 54 connector type 54 external name 53 IRQ level 54 maximum speed 54 port type 53 omreport chassis processors cache properties 55 connector name 54 core count 54 current speed 54 external clock speed 54 manufacturer 54 processor family 54 processor version 54 state 54 omreport chassis slots adapter 64 data bus width 64 index 63 slot ID 63 omreport modularchassis 37 omreport preferences commands 82 omreport preferences webserver 82 omreport storage battery 187 189 controller 181 enclosure 182 187 globalinfo 188 pdisk 178 vdisk 180 190 omreport system 278 Index alertaction 67 alertlog 66 assetinfo 69 cmdlog 66 esmlog 66 events 69 operatingsystem 71 pedestinations 72 platformevents
104. d or maximum warning threshold value In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 4 omconfig chassis temps index 4 minwarnthresh 11 2 maxwarnthresh 58 7 or omconfig mainsystem temps index 4 minwarnthresh 11 2 maxwarnthresh 58 7 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Temperature probe warning threshold s set successfully K NOTE In PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems warning threshold for the temperature probe can be set only for the ambient temperature omconfig chassis volts omconfig mainsystem volts Use the omconfig chassis volts or omconfig mainsystem volts command to set voltage probe warning thresholds As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure threshold values Your system manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum values for the failure thresholds Valid Parameters for Voltage Warning Thresholds Table 4 15 shows the valid parameters for setting voltage warning threshold values K NOTE Threshold values that you can set vary from one system configuration to another 130 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 15 omconfig chassis volts omconfig mainsystem volts name value pair Description index lt n gt Probe index must be specified warnthresh default Sets minimum and maximum warning threshold values to default minwarnthresh lt n
105. d to execute controller tasks VAN CAUTION The omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller id resets the controller configuration Resetting the controller configuration permanently destroys all data on all virtual disks attached to the controller System or boot partition residing on these virtual disks is destroyed K NOTE The Dell Key Manager DKM feature will be available later Table 8 4 omconfig Controller Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Levels 1 2 3 omconfig storage controller action rescan controller id action enablealarm controller id action disablealarm controller id action quietalarm controller id action testalarm controller id action resetconfig controller id force yes action createvdisk controller id raid lt c r0 rl rlc r5 r6 110 150 r60 gt size lt number b m g max min gt pdisk lt PDISKID gt stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb 256kb 512kb Imb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nre gt writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt diskcachepolicy lt disabled enabled gt name lt string gt spanlength lt n gt secureflag yes NOTE For RAID 10 on SAS controllers with firmware version 6 1 and later spanlength is an optional parameter default 2 action setrebuildrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt omconfig storage Commands __ 217 Table 8 4 omconfig Controller C
106. destinations platformevents U P A U P A U PA U PA U P A U P A U P A U P A Allows the administrator to display the alert log Shows the cost of ownership information for your system Allows the administrator to display the command log Allows the administrator to display the hardware log Shows the system s Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP event settings Shows the name and version of your operating system Shows destinations where alerts for platform events are configured to be sent Shows the system s response for each listed platform event omreport Viewing System Status 35 Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command Level 1 Level 3 User Use Privilege Required recovery shutdown summary thrmshutdown version preferences webserver PA Shows how your system is configured to respond to a hung operating system PA Shows how the shutdown action is to be performed U P A Shows the key facts for all system components including main system chassis software and storage PA Shows the shutdown action if any to be taken when a temperature warning or failure condition is detected U P A Shows a summary for all updatable components on your system U P A Shows the URL information of your Server Administrator Web server 36 omreport Viewing
107. ds omconfig Set Background Initialization Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the background initialization rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setbgirate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To set the background initialization rate to 50 on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action setbgirate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Set Reconstruct Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the reconstruct rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setreconstructrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To set the reconstruct rate to 50 on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action setreconstructrate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig storage Commands 233 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the check consistency rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setcheckconsistencyrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To set the check consistency rate to 50 on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action setcheckconsistencyrate controller 1 rate 50
108. dule assetinfo info warranty lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info warranty unit days or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info warranty unit days The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 172 omconfig system or servermodule Using the Storage Management Service The CLI of Storage Management enables you to perform reporting configuration and management functions of Storage Management from an operating system command shell The Storage Management CLI also enables you to script command sequences The Storage Management CLI provides expanded options for the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator omreport and omconfig commands For more information see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Installation Guide and Dell OpenManage Management Station Software Installation Guide See the Storage Management online Help or the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User s Guide for more information on Storage Management CLI Command Syntax Like all Server Administrator commands the omreport and omconfig command syntax consists of specifying command levels The first
109. e omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 2 3 assign yes 210 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Delete Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to delete a virtual disk A CAUTION Deleting a virtual disk destroys all information including file systems and volumes residing on the virtual disk You may receive a warning message if you attempt to delete the system or boot partition However this warning message is not generated always Ensure that you do not delete the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller In some circumstances you may receive a warning message if this command deletes the system or boot partition You can override this warning by using the force yes parameter In this case the syntax is as follows omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id force yes Example Syntax To delete virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Format Virtual Disk Use t
110. e Disables IPMI over LAN sharedwithfailoveronall Configures the new NIC selection option nicl Enables NIC 1 teamedniclnic2 Enables NIC teaming functionality dracnic Enables DRAC NIC if DRAC 5 is installed NOTE The nicselection option is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems Validates the address of the alternate DNS server for configuration Table 4 11 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description dnssourcev6 static auto static DNS source is set to static auto DNS source is set to auto config nic encryptkey text continued confirmencryptkey text gateway Gateway gatewayv6 lt value gt enablenic true false ipaddress ip ipaddressv6 lt IPv6 address gt ipsource static dhcp systemsoftware omconfig Managing Components text Text used for encryption and confirmation of encryption NOTE The text option is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems Gateway Sets a gateway address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface Validates the IPv6 gateway true Enables DRAC NIC false Disables DRAC NIC NOTE The enablenic option is supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems that have DRAC 5 installed ip Sets the IP address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface Validates the IPv6 address for configuration
111. e Events Alert Action Setting Description alert true false true Enables your system s console alert When enabled the monitor attached to the system from which you are running Server Administrator displays a visual alert message false Disables your system s console alert broadcast true false true Enables a message or alert to be broadcast to all users who have an active terminal or Remote Desktop session Windows or to operators that have an active shell on the local system Linux false Disables alert broadcasts clearall true Clears all actions for this event execappath lt string gt Sets the fully qualified path and file name of the application you want to execute in case of an event for the component described in this window NOTE On Linux systems user user groups upgraded to administrator administrator groups cannot configure this alert action setting execapp false Disables the executable application Components and Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions Table 4 22 lists the components and the events for which you can set alert actions Components are listed in alphabetical order except that warning events always precede failure events for a component Table 4 22 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions Event Name Description event batterywarn Sets actions when a battery probe detects a warning value event batteryfail Sets actions when a battery probe detects
112. e member virtual disk omcontig 215 rescan connector omcontig 256 rescan controllers 254 reset all temperature probe thresholds omconfig 250 resume check consistency Index 279 omconfig 205 S scripting 22 scripting with the CLI 22 secure virtual disk 213 service contract information 167 adding 167 set enclosure asset name omconfig 247 set enclosure asset tag omconfig 246 set temperature probe thresholds omconfig 247 250 shutdown omconfig system 151 omreport system 74 shutdown action omconfig system platformevents 143 slot ID omreport chassis slots 63 slots omreport chassis 63 smart thermal shutdown status 188 snmp omcontig preferences 133 SNMP traps 147 280 Index disabling 146 enabling 146 start battery learn cycle omconfig 251 state omreport chassis processors 54 storage management CLI 173 successful commands 19 summary omreport system 74 support information adding 168 syntax overview CLI commands 23 system 155 system information adding 170 T table format for CLI command output 266 temperature probe warning threshold 130 temps omconfig chassis 129 omreport chassis 64 thermal shutdown about 80 configuring 152 example commands 152 thrmshutdown omconfig system 152 omreport system 80 U unblink physical disk omcontig 193 unlock DKM foreign configuration omcontig 235 user access to Server Admin
113. e or LED display on one or more physical disks attached to a controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink one or more physical disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to blink physical disk 0 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To blink the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller 1 pdisk 0 0 Example for SAS Controllers To blink the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller 1 pdisk 0 2 0 omconfig Unblink Physical Disk You can unblink the light light emitting diode or LED display on one or more physical disks attached to a controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to unblink one or more physical disks omconfig storage Commands 193 Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the p
114. e virtual disk described in this example type omconfig storage controller action createvdisk controller 1 raid r5 size 500m pdisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 stripesize 16kb cachepolicy c readpolicy ra writepolicy wt The only parameters that require specification are for the controller RAID level virtual disk size and physical disk selection Storage Management supplies default values for all other unspecified parameters omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the controller rebuild rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setrebuildrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command omconfig storage Commands 229 Example Syntax To set the rebuild rate to 50 on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action setrebuildrate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Change Controller Properties Use the following omconfig command to change any or all of the following controller properties Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setchangecontrollerproperties controller lt id gt bgirate lt rate gt reconstructrate lt rate gt checkconsistencyrate lt rate gt rebuildrate lt rate gt clearredundantpath clear abortcheckconsistencyonerror lt enabled disabled gt loadbalance lt auto disabled gt allowrevertiblehotspareandreplacemember lt enabled disabled gt autoreplacemember
115. e virtual disks attached to the controller In some circumstances you may receive a warning message if this command deletes the system or boot partition You can override this warning by using the force yes parameter In this case the syntax is as follows omconfig storage vdisk action fastinit controller id vdisk id force yes omconfig storage Commands __ 207 Example Syntax To fast initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action fastinit controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Slow Initialize Virtualize Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to slow initialize a virtual disk A CAUTION You may receive a warning message if you attempt to delete the system or boot partition However this warning message is not generated always Ensure that you do not delete the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller In some circumstances you may receive a warning message if this command deletes the system or boot partition You can override this warning by using the force yes parameter In this case the syntax is as
116. ear or omconfig system cmdlog action clear If you need to retain the log information for future reference save a copy of the log before clearing See Commands for Clearing Logs on page 142 for more information about clearing logs To view the contents of the alert log type omreport system alertlog or omreport servermodule alertlog To view the contents of the command log type omreport system cmdlog or omreport servermodule cmdlog To view the contents of the ESM log type omreport system esmlog or omreport servermodule esmlog Overall Health Status of the ESM Log When you type omreport system esmlog or omreport servermodule esmlog the ESM log displays The first line of the report reflects the overall health of the system hardware For example Health OK means that less than 80 percent of the space allotted for the ESM log is occupied by messages If 80 percent or more of the allotted space for the ESM log is occupied the following caution appears Health Non Critical If a caution appears resolve all warning and critical severity conditions and then clear the log 66 omreport Viewing System Status omreport system alertaction omreport servermodule alertaction Use the omreport system alertaction or omreport servermodule alertaction command to view a summary of alert actions that have been configured for warning and failure events on your system components Alert actions determine how Server Administ
117. ection Table 3 2 displays the omreport commands available for about system and main system chassis For information about viewing storage components see omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service on page 29 30 omreport Viewing System Status Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport Command Command Level 2 Level 1 Command Level 3 User Privilege Required Use omreport modularenclosure about chassis mainsystem details true acswitch batteries bios biossetup U PA U P A U P A U P A U P A U P A U P A Shows information for all the modular chassis Shows version number and properties for Server Administrator Displays information for all the Server Administrator programs installed Shows the general status of all the main components Shows failover settings where redundant AC power lines are supported in a system Shows the properties set for batteries Shows BIOS information such as manufacturer version and release date Shows BIOS setup properties configured during system boot omreport Viewing System Status 31 Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command Level 1 Level 3 User Privilege Required Use fans firmware frontpanel fru hwperformance info intrusion 32 omreport Viewing System Status
118. ector Status Table 7 13 describes the syntax for the omreport Connector Commands Table 7 13 omreport Connector Commands Required Command Optional name Use Levels 1 2 3 value pairs omreport Displays all connectors present on all controllers storage on the system connector controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 controller id connector id where id is the connector number For example connector 0 NOTE This command works only when the controller ID is specified Displays the connectors on the specified controller Displays the specified connector NOTE When the connectors are connected to the enclosure in redundant path mode the Name of the connector is displayed as Logical Connector omreport storage Commands 189 omreport Cachecade Status Table 7 14 describes the syntax for the omreport Cachecade Commands K NOTE The cachecade feature will be available from first half of calendar year 2011 Table 7 14 omreport Virtual Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage Displays property information cachecade for all cachecades on all controllers controller id Displays all cachecades on the where id is the controller specified controller number For example controller 0 controller id cachecade id Displays the specified hereid aatic coutollas cachecade on the controll
119. eing configured dracusergroup admin Enables the Administrator user privileges dracusergroup powetuser Enables the Power User privileges dracusergroup guest Enables the Guest user privileges dracusergroup custom Enables the Custom User privileges NOTE See Table 4 12 for more information on dracusergroup custom dracusergroup none Does not enable user privileges id user id User ID of the user being configured extipmiusergroup admin Enables the Administrator user privileges extipmiusergroup operator Enables the Operator privileges extipmiusergroup readonly Enables the Read Only privileges extipmiusergroup custom Enables the Custom User privileges NOTE It is recommended that you use the operator and readonly options for systems with iDRACE6 Enterprise NOTE See Table 4 13 for more information on extipmiusergroup custom extipmiusergroup none Does not enable user privileges 127 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt dracusergroup custom omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt dracusergroup custom name value pair1 name value pair 2 name value pair 3 Description config user id user id logindrac true true false Enables disables continued dracusergroup false logging into DRAC custom configuredrac true false Enables disables true false configuration of DRAC configure users true false Ena
120. electrical power to the system pauses turns the power on and reboots the system Power cycling is useful when you want to re initialize system components such as hard drives osfirst true false true Closes the file system and exits the operating system before shutting down the system false Does not close the file system or shut down the operating system before shutting down the system Example Shutdown Commands To set the shutdown action to reboot type omconfig system shutdown action reboot or omconfig servermodule shutdown action reboot omconfig Managing Components 151 To bypass operating system shutdown before the system is powered off type omconfig system shutdown action reboot osfirst false or omconfig servermodule shutdown action reboot osfirst false omconfig system thrmshutdown omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown Use the omconfig system thrmshutdown or omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown command to configure a thermal shutdown action A thermal shutdown can be configured to occur when a temperature probe detects a temperature probe warning or failure event Table 4 31 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 31 Thermal Shutdown Parameters name value Description pair severity disabled Disable thermal shutdown An administrator must intervene disabled warning Perform a shutdown when a temperature warning event is cig detected A warning event occurs when any temperat
121. ement Servic Integration Layer 1 x x Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 Build 2XXX Fri Sep 20 18 02 52 2XXX Wed Sep 18 18 37 58 2XXX omreport Viewing System Status 75 Host Name System Location Model Life Cycle Controller Asset Tag Service Tag Express service code Slot Number Form Factor Remote Access Information Remote Access Device vFlash Media vFlash Media Type vFlash Media Available Size vFlash Media Size Processor 1 Processor Brand Processor Version svctag dxxxxs Please set the valu PowerEdge 1955 Enabled Test 6JS4V1S 14256807472 Slot 01 02 Half Height Dual Width iDRAC6 Enterprise Present vFlash SD Card 922 MB 976 MB Intel R Xeon R CPU Model 15 Stepping 6 76 omreport Viewing System Status Voltage Processor 2 Processor Brand Processor Version Voltage Memory Total Installed Capacity Memory Available to the OS Total Maximum Capacity Memory Array Count 1400 mv Intel R Xeon R CPU Model 15 Stepping 6 1400 mv 2048 MB 2048 MB 32768 MB Remote Access Controller Remote Access Controller Information Product P Address P Subnet P Gateway Pv6 Address E E I I IPv6 Address I Pv6 Gateway Network Data Network Interface 0 iDRAC6 Enterprise 192 XXX X XXX 255 XXX X XXX 192 XXX X XXX omreport Viewing System Status 71 IP Addr
122. eneration A CAUTION If you set a platform event shutdown action to anything other than none or power reduction your system is forcefully shutdown when the specified event occurs This shutdown is initiated by firmware and is carried out without first shutting down the operating system or any of the applications running on your system Table 4 24 shows the valid parameters for the command K NOTE Alert settings are mutually exclusive and can be set one at a time only The action settings are also mutually exclusive and can be set one at a time only However alert and action settings are not mutually exclusive of each other Table 4 24 Parameters for Alert Action Command Action Description alert disable Disables the SNMP alert alert enable Enables the SNMP alert to be sent action none Takes no action when the system is hung or has crashed action powercycle Turns off the electrical power to the system pauses turns the power on and reboots the system action poweroff Turns off the electrical power to the system omconfig Managing Components 143 Table 4 24 Parameters for Alert Action Command continued Action Description action Reduces the processor speed until the power consumption powerreduction comes down and reaches below the warning threshold If the system power consumption stays below the warning threshold increases the processor speed NOTE This action is applicable only t
123. er Example Syntax To cancel background initialization on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action cancelbginitialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig storage Commands 209 omconfig Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to assign one or more physical disks to a virtual disk as a dedicated hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign yes where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and physical disk type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID and omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks and physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you are assigning physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a dedicated hot spare to virtual disk On a Serial Attached SCSI SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To assign the dedicated hot spare described in this example type omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 3 assign yes Example for SAS Controllers To assign the dedicated hot spare described in this example typ
124. er number and the cachecade number For example controller 0 cachecade 1 190 omreport storage Commands omconfig storage Commands The omconfig commands allows you to configure physical disks virtual disks controllers enclosures batteries global information connectors and cachecades The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to display the status of various storage components To see a list of valid commands for omconfig storage type omconfig storage Table 8 1 provides the omconfig storage command syntax Table 8 1 omconfig storage help Command Command Command Use Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 omconfig storage Sets the storage component properties for which omconfig commands are available pdisk Displays the list of omconfig storage pdisk parameters for configuring physical disks vdisk Displays the list of omconfig storage vdisk parameters for configuring virtual disks controller Displays a list of the omconfig storage controller parameters for configuring controllers enclosure Displays a list of the omconfig storage enclosure parameters for configuring enclosures battery Displays a list of the omconfig storage battery parameters for configuring batteries globalinfo Displays a list of the omconfig storage globalinfo parameters for configuring global storage properties omconfig storage Commands 191 Table 8 1 omconfig storage help continued Command Comman
125. er 1 To reset the thresholds for temperature probe 3 to the default values type omconfig storage enclosure action resettempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 index 3 omconfig Set All Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds for all temperature probes in the enclosure K NOTE This command is not supported on SCSI RAID controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt minwarn n maxwarn n where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to specify the minimum and maximum warning thresholds for all temperature probes to 10 and 40 Celsius Example for SAS Controllers In this example the temperature probes reside in enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To set the thresholds for all temperature probes to 10 and 40 Celsius type omconfig storage enclosure action setalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 omconfig storage Commands 249 omcontfig Reset All Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds back to their default value for all temperature probes in the enclosure K NOTE This command is not supported on SCSI RAID control
126. ervermodule events type lt component name gt severity warning omconfig system events type Enables notification Restrictive form of event lt component name gt severity for critical events notification critical only or omconfig servermodule events type lt component name gt severity critical omconfig system events type Disables event No event notification lt component name gt severity notification none or omconfig servermodule events type lt component name gt severity none 148 omconfig Managing Components Index Index refers to the number of an event for a particular component Index is an optional parameter When you omit the index parameter events are configured for all components of the specified type such as all fans For example when a system contains more than one fan you can enable or disable event notification for a particular fan An example command is as follows omconfig system events type fan index 0 severity critical or omconfig servermodule events type fan index 0 severity critical As a result of the example command Server Administrator sends an SNMP trap only when the first fan in the system chassis index 0 has reached critical fan RPMs omconfig system webserver omconfig servermodule webserver Use the omconfig system webserver or omconfig servermodule webserver command to start or stop the Web server Table 4 28 shows the valid parameters for the comman
127. es 230 change encryption key controller 232 change virtual disk policy 214 chassis 92 check consistency 204 command levels 1 2 and 3 85 Index command parameter table conventions 84 command summary 84 Create Encryption Key Controller 231 create virtual disk 223 delete encryption key controller 232 delete virtual disk 211 258 260 disable controller alarm 221 disable enclosure alarm 245 discard preserved cache controller 231 enable controller alarm 220 enable enclosure alarm 245 format virtual disk 211 getting help 89 global disable smart thermal shutdown 254 global enable smart thermal shutdown 253 global rescan controller 254 initialize virtual disk 196 207 online physical disk 197 pause check consistency 205 prepare to remove physical disk 194 195 quiet controller alarm 221 rebuild physical disk 199 reconfiguring virtual disks 212 rename virtual disk 216 replace member virtual disk 215 rescan connector 256 rescan controller 220 reset controller configuration 222 reset temperature probe thresholds 248 250 resume check consistency 205 secure virtual disk 213 set controller rebuild rate 229 set enclosure asset name 247 set enclosure asset tag 246 set temperature probe thresholds 247 system 137 test controller alarm 222 unblink physical disk 193 unblink virtual disk 206 258 omconfig about details true 90 omconfig battery c
128. ess No Value Network Interface 1 IP Address No Value The system summary hardware information includes data values for installed components of the following types present in your system System Attributes e Host name e System location e Life Cycle Controller Main System Chassis Main System Chassis e Chassis Model e Chassis Service Tag e Express Service Code e Chassis Lock e Chassis Asset Tag Remote Access Information e Remote Access Device vFlash Media vFlash Media Size 78 omreport Viewing System Status Processor The following are listed for each processor in the system Processor Brand Processor Family Processor Version Current Speed Maximum Speed External Clock Speed Voltage Memory Total Installed Capacity Memory Available to the Operating System Total Maximum Capacity Memory Array Count Memory Array The following details are listed for each memory board or module in the system for example the system board or the memory module in a given slot number Location Use Installed Capacity Maximum Capacity Slots Available Slots Used Ecc Type omreport Viewing System Status 79 BIOS e Manufacturer e BIOS Version Release Date Firmware e Name e Version Network Data The following details are listed for each NIC and Team interface if Team interface is configured in the system e IP Address Subnet Mask e Default Gateway e MAC Address St
129. et your depreciation method to straight line type omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method straightline The CLI responds with the following message Asset information set successfully When you type omconfig system assetinfo the help that displays provides information about assigning values for the name and option fields Partial results for the request omconfig system assetinfo are as follows assetinfo Set asset information 26 Using the omhelp Command For one info value specify one or more optional parameter s Table 2 1 displays the optional parameters for info acquisition Table 2 1 Optional Parameters Info Value Optional parameters Info acquisition purchasecost lt num gt waybill lt num gt installdate lt mmddyy gt purchasedate lt mmddyy gt ponum lt num gt signauth lt text gt expensed lt yes no gt costcenter lt text gt info depreciation method lt text gt duration lt num gt percent lt percent gt unit lt months years unknown gt Using the omhelp Command 27 28 Using the omhelp Command omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service The omreport command allows you to see detailed information about your system components You can retrieve summaries for many system components at one time or you can get details about a specific component This chapter shows you how to get reports with the level of detail that you want
130. eters for the command Table 4 19 Enabling User Access for Administrators Power Users and Users Command Result Description omconfig preferences useraccess Grants Server Least restrictive form enable user Administrator access of user access to Users Power Users and Administrators omconfig preferences useraccess Grants Server Excludes user level enable poweruser Administrator access access only to Power Users and Administrators omconfig preferences useraccess Grants Server Most restrictive form enable admin Administrator access of user access to Administrators only omconfig preferences webserver Use the omconfig preferences webserver command to set the encryption levels of the Server Administrator Web server and configure the URL launch point in the Server Administrator Web server environment omconfig Managing Components 135 Table 4 20 shows the name value pairs you can use with this command Table 4 20 Configuring Webserver Preferences name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting autonegotiate autonegotiate Sets the encryption sslencryption 128bitorhigher levels automatically based on your web browser settings 128bitorhigher Sets the encryption levels to 128 bit or higher attribute seturl host lt string gt port Enables you to configure the URL lt value gt launch point in the Server Administrator Web server environment attribute algorithm MDs
131. ether the keypad can be used as number keys Embedded Video Displays whether the Embedded Video Controller option is Controller enabled or disabled Boot Mode Displays whether the boot mode is configured to BIOS or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI Processor C1 E Displays the Processor C1 E status CPU Execute Disable Displays whether the Execute Disable XD option is enabled or disabled Processor C State Control Displays whether the Processor C State Control option is enabled or disabled Processor CMP Displays the number of cores enabled per processor User accessible USB Displays whether the user accessible USB port is enabled or Ports disabled CPU Virtualization Displays the additional hardware capabilities provided by Technology Virtualization Technology AC Power Recovery Mode Displays the system state when input power is restored after an outage Embedded SATA Displays whether the embedded SATA controller is set to Controller ATA mode RAID mode or is disabled SATA port 0 Displays the state of SATA port 0 SATA Port 1 Displays the state of SATA port 1 Dual NIC 1 2 Displays whether NIC 1 and NIC 2 with PXF iSCSI is enabled or disabled Dual NIC 3 4 4 amp 2 Displays whether NIC 3and NIC 4 with PXE iSCSI is enabled or disabled omreport Viewing System Status Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Des
132. ets the DRAC s MAC address config NA Sets the system temperature in centigrade ambienttemp security modify NA Allows you to modify the LCD text security view NA Provides read only access to the LCD text security disabled NA Provides limited access to the LCD text remoteindication NA LCD flashes when the system detects an true active remote session K NOTE The options ipv4idrac ipv6idrac and macidrac are deprecated omconfig chassis info omconfig mainsystem info Use the omconfig chassis info or omconfig mainsystem info command to enter an asset tag name and a chassis name for your system If your system is a modular one you can enter asset tag names for modular components as well Table 4 6 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 6 omconfig chassis info omconfig mainsystem info name value pair Description index lt n gt Number of the chassis whose asset tag or name you are setting tag lt text gt Asset tag in the form of alphanumeric text Letters or numbers should not exceed 10 characters name lt text gt Name of the chassis In the following example the asset tag for the main system chassis is being set to buildsys omconfig chassis info index 0 tag buildsys or omconfig mainsystem info index 0 tag buildsys 110 omconfig Managing Components Index 0 always defaults to the main system chassis The following command omits index n but accomplishes the same thing
133. f a current probe detects a failure event type omconfig system alertaction event currentfail broadcast true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event currentfail broadcast true Example Fan Probe Actions To generate alerts when a fan probe detects a failure value type omconfig system alertaction event fanfail alert true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event fanfail alert true Example Chassis Intrusion Actions To clear all alert actions for chassis intrusion type omconfig system alertaction event intrusion clearall true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event intrusion clearall true 141 omconfig Managing Components Commands for Clearing Logs NOTE For more information about alert messages see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide You can use the omconfig system or omconfig servermodule command to clear three logs the alert log the command log and the hardware or ESM log To clear the contents of the alert log type omconfig system alertlog action clear or omconfig servermodule alertlog action clear K NOTE Entering an invalid RAC user name may prevent the command log from displaying Clearing the command log resolves this condition To clear the contents of the command log type omconfig system cmdlog action clear or omconfig servermodule cmdlog action clear To clear the contents of the ESM log type omconfig system esmlog action clear or
134. f of the installed system memory in this mode RAID mode provides an extra level of memory checking and error recovery at the expense of some memory capacity The ddde mode enables double device data correction This ensures data availability after hard failure of x4 DRAM 112 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 8 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 8 omconfig chassis memorymode omconfig mainsystem memorymode name value pair 1 Description index lt n gt Number of the chassis where the memory module resides the default is chassis 0 the main system chassis redundancy spare mirror disabled raid5 dddc spare Disables the memory module that has a correctable memory event and copies the failing module s data to a spare bank mirror Switches the systems to a mirrored copy of the memory if the failing module has an uncorrectable memory event In the mirror mode the operating system does not switch back to the original module until the system reboot disabled Indicates that the system is not to use other available memory modules if uncorrectable memory events are detected raid5 Method of system memory configuration This is logically similar to the RAID 5 mode used in hard drive storage systems This memory mode provides an extra level of memory checking and error recovery at the expense of some memory capacity The RAID mode supported is RAID level 5 striping with rotational
135. follows omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller id vdisk id force yes Example Syntax To slow initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller 1 vdisk 4 208 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel the initialization of a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action cancelinitialize controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To cancel the initialization of virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action cancelinitialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel the background initialization process on a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action cancelbginitialize controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controll
136. for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 omconfig system or servermodule 169 170 Adding System Information System information includes the primary user of the system the phone number for the primary user and the location of the system Table 5 11 shows the valid parameters for adding system information Table 5 11 assetinfo info system omconfig system assetinfo info system omconfig servermodule Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair 2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Value Pair 1 omconfig system server module assetinfo info system location lt text gt primaryphone lt n gt primaryuser lt user gt Location of the system Phone number of the primary user of the system Primary user of the system Example Command for Adding System Information To provide a value for a system parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info system lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info system lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info system location firstfloor or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info system location firstfloor The following message appears Asset information set successfully omconfig system or servermodule You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name
137. g Service Information Adding Support Information Example Command for Adding Support Information Adding System Information Example Command for Adding System Information Adding Warranty Information Example Command for Adding Warranty Information Using the Storage Management SOVICE ae ra E BEE we TEA CLI Command Syntax Syntax for Required Optional and Variable Command Elements User Privileges for omreport storage and omconfig storage omreport storage Commands omreport Physical Disk Status omreport Virtual Disk Status omreport Controller Status omreport Enclosure Status omreport Temperature Probe Status Contents omreportFan Status 184 omreport Power Supply Status 185 omreportEMM Status 186 omreport Enclosure Slot Occupancy Reportt 187 omreport Battery Status 187 omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status Hot Spare Protection Policy 188 omreport Connector Status 189 omreport Cachecade Status 190 8 omconfig storage Commands 191 omconfig Physical Disk Commands 192 omconfig Blink Physical Disk 193 omconfig Unblink Physical Disk 193 omconfig Prepare to Remove Physical Disk 194 omconfig Instant Erase Secu
138. g omconfig command syntax to disable the controller alarm See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Disable Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action disablealarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To disable the alarm on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action disablealarm controller 1 omconfig Quiet Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to silence an activated controller alarm See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Quite Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action quietalarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To quiet the alarm on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action quietalarm controller 1 omconfig storage Commands 221 omconfig Test Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to test the functionality of the controller alarm The alarm sounds for about two seconds See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Test Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action testalarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To test the alarm on controller 1 type om
139. gt parameter indicates that you have the option of specifying the virtual disk name If you omit this parameter from the syntax then a default name for the virtual disk is chosen for you The pipe symbol separates two or more options from which one only must be selected For example when creating a virtual disk the cachepolicy d c indicates that the cache policy must be specified as either cachepolicy d or cachepolicy c User Privileges for omreport storage and omconfig storage Storage Management requires Administrator privileges to use the omconfig storage command User and Power User privileges are sufficient to use the omreport storage command 176 Using the Storage Management omreport storage Commands The omreport command allows you to view storage component information for disks controllers enclosures batteries global storage properties connectors and cachecades that are part of your storage system This chapter explains how to get reports with the level of detail that you want Commands documented in this chapter vary in whether they define the fields that appear in the results of a particular omreport command Fields are defined only if they have a special or less familiar use The following sections provide the omreport command syntax required to display the information of various storage components To see a list of valid commands for omreport storage type omreport storage Table 7 1 provide
140. gt Sets minimum warning threshold value 3 decimal places maxwarnthresh lt n gt sets maximum warning threshold value 3 decimal places Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Threshold Values If you want to set both the upper and lower voltage warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis volts index 2 warnthresh default or omconfig mainsystem volts index 2 warnthresh default You cannot default one value and set another In other words if you default the minimum warning threshold value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value K NOTE Systems that contain ESM3 capabilities do not allow you to set warning threshold values to default values Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you want to specify values for the voltage probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum and or maximum warning threshold values In the following example the probe being configured is probe 0 omconfig chassis volts index 0 minwarnthresh 1 900 maxwarnthresh 2 250 or omconfig mainsystem volts index 0 minwarnthresh 1 900 maxwarnthresh 2 250 131 omconfig Managing Components When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Voltage probe warning threshold s set successfully K NOTE Minimum and maximum warning threshold
141. gt diskcachepolicy lt enabled disabled gt action replacememberdisk controller id vdisk id source lt PDISKID gt destination lt PDISKID gt action rename controller id vdisk id omconfig storage Commands 203 omconfig Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to initiate a check consistency on a virtual disk The check consistency task verifies the virtual disk s redundant data Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action checkconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To run a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action checkconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Cancel Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel a check consistency while in progress Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action cancelcheckconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks a
142. he ASR when the system has hung or is not responding omconfig system events omconfig servermodule events Use the omconfig system events or omconfig servermodule events command to enable and disable SNMP traps for the components on your system K NOTE Not all event types may be present on your system There are four parameters in the name value pair component of the omconfig system events command e Source e Type e Severity e Index 146 omconfig Managing Components Source At present source snmptraps is a required name value pair because SNMP is currently the only supported source of event notification for your system s components omconfig system events source snmptraps or omconfig servermodule events source snmptraps Type Type refers to the name of the component s involved in the event Table 4 26 shows the valid parameters for system event types Table 4 26 System Event Type Parameters name value pair Description type accords Configures events for AC power cords type battery Configures events for battery type all Configures events for all device types type fanenclosures Configures events for fan enclosures type fans Configures events for fans type intrusion Configures events for chassis intrusion type log Configures events for logs type memory Configures events for memory type powersupplies Configures events
143. he following omconfig command syntax to format a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action format controller id vdisk id omconfig storage Commands __ 211 where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To format virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action format controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Reconfiguring Virtual Disks You can reconfigure a virtual disk to change the virtual disk s RAID level or increase its size by either adding physical disks or using the available free space On some controllers you can also remove physical disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller id vdisk id raid lt c rO rl ric r5 r6 rl0 gt pdisk lt PDISK gt size lt size gt vdcapacityexpansion yes sizeinpercent lt 1 to 100 gt Example Syntax to reconfigure To reconfigure virtual disk 4 to a size of 800 MB use RAID 5 and physical disks 0 through 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disks reside in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example type omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller 1 vdisk 4 raid r5 size 800m pdisk
144. hensive set of integrated management services Server Administrator is the sole installation on the system being managed and is accessible both locally and remotely from the Server Administrator home page Remotely monitored systems may be accessed by dial in LAN or wireless connections Configuration features allow Server Administrator to perform essential tasks described in detail in the following sections This CLI guide documents all the commands that apply to Server Administrator and Storage Management Introduction 15 The reporting and viewing features allow retrieval of overall health status for systems on your network At the component level you can view information about voltage temperature fan s revolutions per minute RPM memory functioning and many other critical component details You can see a detailed account of cost of ownership COO facts about your system in a summary view You can retrieve version information for BIOS firmware operating system and all installed software is easy to retrieve K E E NOTE You can use the CLI instead of the Server Administrator home page and turn the Server Administrator Web server off if you have encryption concerns The CLI does not use the Web server Use the omconfig system webserver action stop command to turn off the Web server The Web server starts automatically after a reboot so this command must be issued each time a system starts up See omconfig system web
145. hysical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to unblink physical disk 0 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unblink the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller 1 pdisk 0 0 Example for SAS Controllers To unblink the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller 1 pdisk 0 2 0 omconfig Prepare to Remove Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to prepare a physical disk for removal Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller 194 omconfig storage Commands Example Syntax In this example you want to prepare physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 for removal On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI
146. hysical disks newly attached to the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action importrecoverforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command K NOTE This command is supported only in firmware version 5 1 1 236 omconfig storage Commands Example Syntax To import and recover foreign configurations on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action importrecoverforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to clear or delete all virtual disks that reside on physical disks newly attached to the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To clear foreign configurations on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Physical Disk Power Management Use the following omconfig command syntax for managing the power of physical disks in a controller by spinning down hot spares and drives that are not configured Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setpdiskpwrmanagement spindownunconfigureddrives lt enabled disabled gt spindownhotspares lt enabled disabled gt spindowntimeinterval lt 30 to 1440 minutes gt controller id where id is the con
147. ify a filename and a directory path if necessary to which you want the command results to be written When specifying the path to which you want your file to be written use the appropriate syntax for your operating system You can save command results in two ways You can overwrite any file that has the same name as the output file you specify or you can keep adding results of commands to a file of the same name Saving Command Results to a File That Can Be Overwritten Use the oute option when you want to overwrite data stored in previously written files For example at 11 00 A M you capture fan probe RPM readings for fan probe 0 on your system and write the results to a file called fans txt You type omreport chassis fans index 0 outc fans txt or omreport mainsystem fans index 0 outc fans txt Partial results written to the file are ndex 70 Status OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 2380RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 600RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5700RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 500RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM 262 Working With CLI Command Four hours later you repeat the command You have no interest in the 11 00 A M snapshot as written to fans txt You type the same command omreport chassis fans index 0 outc fans txt or omreport mainsystem fans index 0 outc fans txt The 3 00 PM data overwrites the 11 00 A M data in the fans txt file Fans txt now reads as foll
148. ig commands have multiple name value pairs These name value pairs may include required optional and variable parameters Table 6 2 describes the syntax used to indicate these parameters 174 Using the Storage Management Table 6 2 Syntax For Name Value Pairs For Parameters Syntax Description controller id Indicates the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage pdisk controller id to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller For example the controller id parameter might be specified as controller 1 connector id Indicates the connector ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage connector controller idto display the IDs for the connectors attached to the controller For example the connector id parameter might be specified as connector 2 vdisk id Indicates the virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage vdisk controller id to display the IDs for the virtual disks on the controller For example the vdisk id parameter might be specified as vdisk 3 enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt Indicates a
149. in Sets the mode to minimum power utilization max Sets the mode to maximum performance NOTE These options are applicable only when a custom profile is selected K NOTE Reboot your system for the power profiles setup options to take effect omconfig Managing Components 115 omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring Use the omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring or omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring command to configure power consumption information Table 4 10 omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description index lt n gt NA Number of the probe or probe index must be specified config probe warnthresh Sets minimum and maximum settodefault warning thresholds values to default warnthresh lt n gt Sets a value for the warning threshold unit watt btuphr watt Displays the unit in Watts btuphr Displays the unit in BTU hr config resetreading type energy energy Resets the system energy peakpower reading peakpower Resets the system peak power K NOTE This command is applicable to select Dell xx0x systems that support PMBus only Default Warning Thresholds K NOTE Sensor managing capabilities vary across systems If you want to set both the upper and lower power consumption probe warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring config probe
150. is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the co enclosure number and n is the number of a fan For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info fans index 1 Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system Displays the fans for the specified enclosure Displays the specified fan 184 omreport storage Commands omreport Power Supply Status Table 7 8 describes the syntax for the omreport Power Supply Commands Table 7 8 omreport Power Supply Commands Required Command Levels 1 Optional name value pairs Use 2 3 and name value pair omreport storage Displays property enclosure information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure Displays the power supplies lt ENCLOSUREID gt for the specified enclosure info pwrsupplies where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 controller id enclosure Displays the specified power lt ENCLOSUREID gt supply info pwrsupplies index n where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number and n is the number of a power supply For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info pwrsupplies index 1 omreport storage Commands 185 omreport EMM Status K NOTE The status of the EMMs is displayed as degraded if there is a mismatch between the EMM firmware Table 7 9 describes the syntax for the om
151. is valid for Dell PowerEdge x9xx systems only attribute cpucle setting enabled disabled enabled Enables processor C1 E after system reboot disabled Disables processor C1 E after system reboot attribute cpuht setting enabled disabled enabled Enables logical processor hyperthreading disabled Disables logical processor hyperthreading attribute cpuvt setting enabled disabled enabled Enables virtualization disabled Disables virtualization omconfig Managing Components 95 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute setting enabled enabled Enables Execute Disable XD cpuxdsupport disabled support on system disabled Disables XD support on system attribute cpucore setting 1 2 4 6 1 Enables one core per processor 8 10 12 all 2 Enables two cores per processor 4 Enables four cores per processor 6 Enables six cores per processor 8 Enables eight cores per processor 10 Enables ten cores per processor 12 Enables twelve cores per processor all Enables the maximum cores per processor attribute dbs setting enable enable Enables Demand Based disable Switching DBS on the system disable Disables DBS on the system attribute diskette setting off auto off Disables the diskette drive wrteprotect auto Auto enables the diskette drive writeprotect
152. istrator administrators only 135 determining 135 least restrictive 135 most restrictive 135 power users and administrators only 135 useraccess omcontig preferences 135 V vdisk omconfig storage 203 omreport storage 180 190 version omreport system 81 viewing alert actions for specific components and events 67 viewing properties for system temperature probes 64 viewing properties for system voltage probes 64 viewing properties of system power supplies 61 viewing properties of system slots 63 voltage warning thresholds 130 volts omconfig chassis 130 omreport chassis 64 W warranty adding 171 components 159 171 omconfig system 171 webserver omconfig system 149 starting and stopping 149 what s new 16 Windows command prompts CLI 18 write policy parameters 228 Index 281 Index 282
153. it months Unit is months or years years Example Commands for Adding Depreciation Information To provide a value for a depreciation parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation lt name value pair 2 gt For example type 158 omconfig system or servermodule omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method straightline or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation method straightline The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 Adding Extended Warranty Information Use the omconfig system extwarranty or omconfig servermodule extwarranty command to assign values for extended warranty information A warranty is a contract between the manufacturer or dealer and the purchaser of a system The warranty identifies the components that are covered for repair or replacement for a specified length of time or usage The extended warranty comes into force after the original warranty expires For details on how to edit warranty values see Adding Warranty Information on page 171 omconfig system or se
154. k 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 of virtual disk 4 with physical disk 5 On a Serial Attached SCSI SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 omconfig storage Commands 215 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To replace the member disk described in this example type omconfig storage vdisk action replacememberdisk controller 1 vdisk 4 source 0 3 destination 0 5 Example for SAS Controllers To replace the member disk described in this example type omconfig storage vdisk action replacememberdisk controller 1 vdisk 4 source 0 2 3 destination OS 255 omconfig Rename Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to rename a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action rename controller id vdisk id name lt string gt where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command and lt string gt is the new name for the virtual disk To obtain the values for controller ID and virtual disk ID type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To rename virtual disk 4 on controller 1 to vd4 type omconfig storage vdisk action rename controller 1 vdisk 4 name vd4 216 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Controller Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax require
155. keyid lt keyid gt Ikmpassphrase lt LKM passphrase string gt NOTE The DKM feature will be available later action enabledkm controller id action rekeydkm controller id action unlockdkmforeignconfig controller id omconfig storage Commands 219 omconfig Rescan Controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to rescan a controller See Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Rescan Controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action rescan controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To rescan controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action rescan controller 1 K NOTE The rescan controller is not supported on non RAID SCSI and SAS controllers Reboot the system for the configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers to be visible omconfig Enable Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable the controller alarm See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Enable Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action enablealarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To enable the alarm on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action enablealarm controller 1 220 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Disable Controller Alarm Use the followin
156. ld 500RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM You can use a text editor to insert the time that each block of data was captured In comparing the two snapshots for fan probe 0 you can see that the second report shows several changes The reading of fan RPM has increased by 621 RPM but is still within normal range Someone has raised the minimum warning threshold by 200 RPM and has decreased the maximum warning threshold by 2000 RPM Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output You can specify a format for your CLI command results The format determines how the command output is displayed If the command results are directed to a file the format is captured by the file to which you write your command results The available formats include e List Ist e Semicolon separated values ssv e Table tbl e Custom delimited format cdv 264 Working With CLI Command The Syntax for the formatting option is lt command gt fmt lt format option gt For example type omreport system summary fmt tbl or omreport servermodule summary fmt tbl where fmt tbl specifies table format You can combine the formatting option with the option to direct output to a file For example type omreport system summary fmt tbl outa summary txt or omreport servermodule summary fmt tbl outa summary txt where fmt tbl specifies table format and outa specifies that you append the command results to a file called summary txt
157. le ECC or uncorrectable ECC This report shows cache information for each cache present on the microprocessor omreport chassis pwrmanagement omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement Use the omreport chassis pwrmanagement or omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement command to view the power budget cap and power management profiles of your system The values display either in Watts or BTU Hr based on the configuration Type omreport chassis pwrmanagement or omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command and the subsequent command levels has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable For each power management profile in the system values display for the following fields Maximum Performance Active Power Controller OS Control and Custom omreport Viewing System Status 57 Custom attributes are CPU Power and Performance Management Memory Power and Performance Management and Fan Power and Performance Management K NOTE The omreport chassis pwrmanagement or omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement command is applicable only to selected Dell xx1x systems that support Power Management Bus PMBus K NOTE Power Management features are only available for PowerEdge systems that have hot swappable power supplies and not systems that have a fixed non redundant power supply installed Power Inventory Attribute System Idle Power V
158. lers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action resetalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to reset the thresholds for all temperature probes in enclosure 2 on controller 1 Example for SAS Controllers In this example the temperature probes reside in enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To reset the thresholds for all temperature probes type omconfig storage enclosure action resetalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 omconfig Blink Use the following omconfig command to blink the light emitting diodes LEDs on the enclosure Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure 250 omconfig storage Commands Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To blink the LEDs for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To blink the LEDs for enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 3 omconfig Battery Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to
159. losures 70 omreport Viewing System Status Table 3 6 System Events by Component Type continued name value pair Description type fans Reports events for fans type intrusion Reports events for chassis intrusion type log Reports events for logs type memory Reports events for memory type powersupplies Reports events for power supplies type redundancy Reports events for redundancy type systempower Reports events for system power type temps Reports events for temperatures type removableflashmedia Reports events for removable flash media type volts Reports events for voltages Example Command for an Event Type Type omreport system events type fans or omreport servermodule events type fans The following is an example output Settings Enable Critical Disable Informational and Warning omreport system operatingsystem omreport servermodule operatingsystem Use the omreport system operatingsystem or omreport servermodule operatingsystem command to display information about your operating system omreport Viewing System Status 71 omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations Use the omreport system pedestinations or omreport servermodule pedestinations command to view destinations where alerts for platform events are configured to be sent Depending on the number of destinations displayed you can configure a separate IP address for each destination address
160. lt keyid string gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To create the encryption key for the controller type omconfig storage controller action enablelkm controller 1 keyid Dell 123 passphrase Dell 123 scrow yes filepath C escrow xml K NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path 240 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Switch to LKM Controller Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to change the encryption key from DKM to LKM mode on the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action switchtolkm controller id keyid lt keyid string gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To change the encryption key for the controller type omconfig storage controller action switchtolkm controller 1 keyid Dell 123 passphrase Dell 123 scrow yes filepath C escrow xml K NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path omconfig Rekey LKM Controller Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to re key the encryption key in LKM mode for the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage co
161. lue event storagectrlwarn Sets actions when a storage controller detects a warning value event storagectrlfail Sets actions when a storage controller detects a failure value event pdiskwarn Sets actions when a physical disk detects a warning value event pdiskfail Sets actions when a physical disk detects a failure value event vdiskwarn Sets actions when a virtual disk detects a warning value event vdiskfail Sets actions when a virtual disk detects a failure value event enclosurewarn Sets actions when an enclosure detects a warning value event enclosurefail Sets actions when an enclosure detects a failure value event storagectrlbatterywarn Sets actions when a storage controller battery detects a warning value event storagectrlbatteryfail Sets actions when a storage controller battery detects a failure value K NOTE storagectrlbatterywarn and storagectrlbatteryfail events are not available on modular systems Example Set Alert Action Commands The examples below are valid example commands For each successful command issued the following message appears Alert action s configured successfully 140 omconfig Managing Components Example Current Probe Actions To disable system console alert if a current probe detects a warning event type omconfig system alertaction event currentwarn alert false or omconfig servermodule alertaction event currentwarn alert false To enable broadcast messages i
162. lusive or operator For example enable disable means that you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature omconfig Command Summary K NOTE Although this section lists all possible omconfig commands the commands available on your system depend on your system configuration If you try to get help or execute a command for a component not installed on your system Server Administrator issues a message that the component or feature is not found on the system Table 4 2 is a high level summary of the omconfig command The columns titled Command level 2 and Command level 3 list the major arguments that can be used with omconfig User privilege required refers to the type of privilege you need to perform the command where U User P Power User and A Administrator Use is a very general statement about the actions that can be performed using omconfig More details about syntax and use of the command appear later in this section 84 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command Command Level CommandLevel3 User Use Level 1 2 Privilege Required omconfig about U PA Shows version number and details true preferences cdvformat dirservice snmp useraccess webserver system servermodule properties for the Server Administrator program U PA Displays information for all of the Server Administrator
163. mconfig command syntax to enable smart thermal shutdown Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for enabling thermal shutdown does not require that you specify a controller or enclosure ID To enable thermal shutdown type the following omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests omconfig storage Commands __ 253 K NOTE You can use the omreport storage globalinfo command to determine whether smart thermal shutdown is currently enabled or disabled The status of smart thermal shutdown is also displayed by the Server Administrator graphical user interface GUI To locate this status select the Storage object and the Information Configuration tab omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown If you have previously enabled smart thermal shutdown using the omconfig command you can disable smart thermal shutdown and return the system to its default setting When smart thermal shutdown is disabled the operating system and the server shuts down when the PV220S and PV221S enclosures reach a critical temperature of 0 or 50 Celsius Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable smart thermal shutdown for all controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for disabling thermal shutdown does not require that you specify a controller or enclosure ID To disable thermal shutdown
164. mconfig rekey DKM controller 243 omconfig rekey LKM controller 241 omconfig set hot spare protection policy 255 omconfig set patrol read mode 238 omconfig start patrol read 238 276 Index omconfig stop patrol read 239 omconfig storage battery 251 connector 256 controller 217 enclosure 244 257 globalinfo 253 pdisk 174 192 vdisk 203 omconfig switch to DKM controller 242 omconfig switch to LKM controller 241 omconfig system alertaction 137 alertlog 25 86 142 assetinfo 155 cmdlog 142 esmlog 142 events 146 extwarranty 159 name value pairs parameters 147 pedestinations 142 platformevents 143 recovery 149 shutdown 151 thrmshutdown 152 webserver 149 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition 155 157 info depreciation 158 info extwarranty 160 info lease 162 info maintenance 163 info outsource 165 info owner 166 info service 167 info support 169 info system 170 info warranty 172 omconfig system events 146 omconfig system extwarranty 159 omconfig system pedestinations name value pairs parameters 143 omconfig system recovery name value pairs parameters 150 omconfig system shutdown name value pairs parameters 151 omconfig system warranty 171 omconfig system webserver name value pairs parameters 149 omcontfig virtual disk commands 202 omhelp 18 25 omreport 37 about 38 battery status 187 chassis 39 comman
165. me is the name or number of the device that occupies the processor slot in the system Processor Brand is the type of processor made by a manufacturer such as Intel Itanium Intel Pentium HI Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron Processor Version is the model and stepping number of the processor Current Speed is the actual processor speed in MegaHertz at system boot time State is whether the processor slot is enabled or disabled Core Count is the number of processors integrated into one chip 54 omreport Viewing System Status Capabilities and Cache Properties of a Specific Processor To view the cache properties of a processor on a given connector type omreport chassis processors index n or omreport mainsystem processors index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for all processors If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific processor The following fields are defined for the capabilities present on a particular microprocessor For Intel Processor e 64 bit Support e Hyperthreading HT e Virtualization Technology VT e Demand Based Switching DBS e Execute Disable XD e Turbo Mode For AMD Processor e 64 bit Support e AMD V e AMD PowerNow e No Execute NX The following fields are defined for a cache present on a particular microprocessor If the cache is internal to the processor the fields do not ap
166. milar to performing a controller rescan K NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage connector action rescan controller id connector id where id is the controller ID and the connector ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage connector controller ID to display the IDs for the connectors attached to the controller Example Syntax To rescan connector 2 on controller 1 type omconfig storage connector action rescan controller 1 connector 2 256 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Cachecade Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute cachecade tasks K NOTE The cachecade feature will be available from first half of calendar year 2011 Table 8 14 omconfig Cachecade Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage cachecade action blink controller id cachecade id action unblink controller id cachecade id action deletecachecade controller id cachecade id force yes action resize controller id cachecade id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action rename controller id cachecade id name lt string gt omconfig Blink Cachecade Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink the physical disks included in a cachecade Complete Syntax omconfig storage cachecade acti
167. mmands omconfig Rekey DKM Controller Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to re key the encryption key in DKM mode for the controller K NOTE The DKM feature will be available later Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action rekeydkm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To re key the encryption key for the controller type omconfig storage controller action rekeydkm controller 1 omconfig Unlock DKM Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to unlock the DKM encrypted foreign configuration drives K NOTE The DKM feature will be available later Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action unlockdkmforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To unlock the DKM encrypted foreign configuration drives type omconfig storage controller action unlockdkmforeignconfig controller 0 omconfig storage Commands 243 omconfig Enclosure Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute enclosure tasks Table 8 10 omconfig Enclosure Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt action disablealarm controller id enclosure
168. mreport chassis processors 54 current speed omreport chassis processors 54 currents omcontig chassis 107 omreport chassis 45 D data bus width omreport chassis slots 64 default maximum warning threshold 107 default minimum warning threshold 107 defining alert actions 137 Index 271 delay battery learn cycle omconfig 252 delete virtual disk omconfig 211 258 260 delimiters data fields 132 depreciation information about 158 adding 158 dirservice omcontig preferences 132 disable enclosure alarm omconfig 245 display IDs 175 176 E enable enclosure alarm omconfig 245 enclosure omconfig storage 244 257 omreport storage 182 187 error checking and error messages CLI 19 error messages 19 esmlog omconfig system 142 omreport system 66 event name alert actions 138 omconfig system platformevents 144 272 Index event notification configuring 146 index 149 severity 148 source 147 type 147 events alert actions 138 classified by component type 70 omconfig system 146 omreport system 69 SNMP 35 86 146 example help commands 25 extended warranty information 159 external name omreport chassis ports 53 extwarranty omconfig system 159 F failure messages 20 fan status omreport 184 fans omconfig chassis 107 omreport chassis 47 firmware omreport chassis 47 format virtual disk 211 formatting CLI command ou
169. ms management interventions You can configure the SNMP root password normally by typing all of the parameters in one command line or interactively Using the omconfig preferences snmp command you can also configure SNMP set operations K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator omconfig Managing Components 133 VAN CAUTION Interactive mode is the more encrypted method of setting the SNMP root password In non interactive mode the values you enter for the newpw and confirmnewpw options appear on your system s monitor when you type them In the interactive mode the values you type for passwords are masked The parameters for configuring the SNMP root password are the same whether you configure it interactively or iteratively K NOTE If you specify setting rootpw but do not specify the other name value pair parameters you enter interactive mode and the command line prompts you for the remaining values Table 4 17 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 17 SNMP Root Password Parameters name value pair Description setting rootpw Required oldpw lt oldpassword gt Enter the old SNMP root password newpw lt newpassword gt Sets the new SNMP root password confirmnewpw lt newpassword gt Confirms the new SNMP root password When you type omconfig prefe
170. n the command omreport chassis biossetup attribute bootorder NOTE On Linux systems user user groups upgraded to administrator administrator groups cannot configure this BIOS setup setting attribute hddorder sequence aliasnamel aliasname2 aliasnameN Configures the BIOS setup hard disk sequence according to the set aliasnames Changes takes effect after rebooting the system To view the set alias names run the command omreport chassis biossetup attribute bootorder NOTE On Linux systems user user groups upgraded to administrator administrator groups cannot configure this BIOS setup setting attribute cstates setting enabled disabled 94 omconfig Managing Components enabled Enables the processor to go into a deep sleep state when the system is not utilized disabled Disables the processor to go into a deep sleep state when the system is not utilized Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute conredirect setting enabled disabled enabled Redirects the BIOS screen over Serial Port 1 Keyboard and text output are redirected over Serial Port 2 disabled Turns off the BIOS console redirection attribute crab setting enabled disabled enabled Enables BIOS console redirection after system reboot disabled Disables BIOS console redirection NOTE The command crab
171. n your system The following partial command results are unique and may not resemble the results for the configuration of your system Version Report Name BIOS Version BOE 26 Name BMC Version 0 26 Name Primary Backplane Version OL omreport Viewing System Status 81 Name Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Version 5 2 lt Build 3790 Service Pack 2 gt lt x86 gt Name Dell Server Administrator Version E GSX omreport preferences Commands Use the omreport preferences command to view the URL information of your Server Administrator Web server Table 3 8 shows the available attributes Table 3 8 omreport preferences webserver name value pair Description attribute geturl Reports the URL information of your Web server attribute getsignalgorithm Reports the current key sign algorithm 82 omreport Viewing System Status omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service The omconfig command allows you to provide values that define warning events configure alert actions clear logs and configure system shutdown as well as allowing you to perform other systems management tasks Examples of omconfig capabilities include e Administrator privilege to clear command alert and hardware logs e Administrator privilege to configure and execute system shutdown e Power user and administrator privilege to default or specify values for warning events on fans voltage
172. nablednonepxe Enables the third NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabledwithiscsi Enables the third NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI attribute nic4 setting enabled enabledwithpxe disabled enabledonly enablednonepxe enabledwithiscsi enabled Enables the fourth NIC during system boot enabledwithpxe Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with PXE on if the system has PXE disabled Disables the fourth NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabledwithiscsi Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI omconfig Managing Components 101 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute setting on off on Uses the keypad as number keys numlock off Uses the keypad as arrow keys attribute numa___ setting enabled enabled Enables Node Interleaving disabled disabled Disables Node Interleaving attribute setting off Iptl off Disables the parallel port address ppaddress Ipt2 Ipt3 Ipt1 Locates the device on LPT1 Ipt2 Locates the device onLPT2 Ipt3 Locates the device on LPT3 attribute setting at ps2 ecp at Se
173. naging Components 97 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute setting enabled enabled Enables the embedded video embvideoctrl disabled controller to be the primary video device disabled Disables the embedded video controller to be the primary video device attribute setting off auto off Sets the embedded SATA port value esataport to off auto Sets the embedded SATA port value to auto attribute setting com1 com2 coml Maps external serial connector to extserial rad COM 1 com2 Maps external serial connector to COM 2 rad Maps external serial connector to remote access device attribute fbr setting 9600 19200 57600 115200 9600 Sets the console redirection failsafe baud rate to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets the console redirection failsafe baud rate to 19200 bits per second 57600 Sets the console redirection failsafe baud rate to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the console redirection failsafe baud rate to 115200 bits per second attribute htassist setting enabled disabled 98 omconfig Managing Components enabled Enables the probe filter chipset option disabled Disables the probe filter chipset option NOTE Certain applications do not function fully if you enable or disable this option Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair 1 attribute
174. nclosure alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure omconfig storage Commands 245 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To disable the alarm on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To disable the alarm on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller 1 enclosure 1 2 omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Tag Use the following omconfig command syntax to specify the enclosure s asset tag Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure In this syntax lt string gt is a user specified alphanumeric string Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To specify the asset tag to encl20 on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 type omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 2 assettag encl120 Example for SAS Controllers To specify the asset tag to encl20 on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 type
175. nd should be lesser than or equal to half the number of physical disks specified in size Parameter Specification for Create and Reconfigure Virtual Disk The following sections indicate how to specify the omconfig storage controller action createvdisk parameters controller id Parameter Required raid lt c rO rl rlc r5 r6 r10 r50 r60 gt Parameter Required size lt number max min gt Parameter Required pdisk lt connector targetID connector targetID gt Parameter Required stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt Parameter Optional cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt Parameter Optional readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt Parameter Optional name lt string gt Parameter Optional spanlength lt n gt Parameter Optional 224 omconfig storage Commands controller id Parameter Required Specify the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command For example controller 2 raid lt e rO r1 r1c r5 r6 r10 r50 r60 gt Parameter Required Use the raid lt c 10 r1 rlc 15 16 r10 150 160 gt parameter to specify concatenation or a RAID level for a virtual disk Different controllers support different RAID levels See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about RAID levels a controller supports and for general information about RAID levels an
176. not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator omreport system summary omreport servermodule summary Use the omreport system summary or omreport servermodule summary command to view a comprehensive summary of software and hardware components currently installed on your system Example Command Output Type omreport system summary or omreport servermodule summary K NOTE If the vFlash or SD card size is less than 1 GB size is displayed in MB K NOTE If iDRAC is installed Server Administrator displays LCC version If BMC is installed Server Administrator displays the USC version The output that appears in your CLI window depends on the systems management software operating system and hardware components and options installed on your system The following partial command results are unique and may not resemble the hardware and software configuration of your system 74 omreport Viewing System Status System Summary Software Profile System Management Name Version Description Contains Operating System Name Version System Time System Bootup Time Dell OpenManage Server Administrator OX Systems Management Software Instrumentation Service 6 x x Storage Management Service 3 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 1 x x Secure Port Server 1 x x Dell OpenManage Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 x x Storage Manag
177. ntroller action rekeylkm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To re key the encryption key for the controller type omconfig storage controller action rekeylkm controller 1 omconfig storage Commands 241 omconfig Switch to DKM Controller Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to change the encryption key from LKM to DKM mode on the controller K NOTE The DKM feature will be available later Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action switchtodkm controller id keyid lt keyid string gt lkmpassphrase lt lkm passphrase string gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To change the encryption key for the controller type omconfig storage controller action switchtodkm controller 1 keyid Dell 123 lkmpassphrase Dell 123 omconfig Enable DKM Controller Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to enable the DKM mode and create the encryption key for the controller K NOTE The DKM feature will be available later Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action enabledkm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To change the encryption key for the controller type omconfig storage controller action enablekdm controller 1 242 omconfig storage Co
178. nts download the Dell Update Package and run lt package name gt fs f For more information on corresponding CLI syntax see the Dell Update Packages for Operating Systems User s Guide or the Dell OpenManage Server Update Utility User s Guide at support dell com manuals Additional useful topics about the CLI include Working With CLI Command Results on page 261 CLI Error Checking and Error Messages When you type CLI commands the CLI checks these commands for correct syntax If you type a command and the command is executed successfully a message displays stating that your command has been successful Success Messages When you type a successful omconfig command data for that component displays The following omconfig command examples displays valid CLI commands and their success messages Command omconfig chassis temps index 0 warnthresh default Introduction 19 Message Temperature probe warning threshold value s set successfully Command omconfig chassis biossetup attribute numlock setting on Message BIOS setup configured successfully Change will take effect after the next reboot Command omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration 6 Message Asset information set successfully Failure Messages CLI failure messages provide reasons why some commands do not succeed Some common reasons why commands fail include syntax errors and components that are not present Many e
179. o acquisition purchasecost 5000 waybill 123456 installdate 120501 purchasedate 050601 ponum 9999 signauth John Smith expensed yes costcenter finance or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost 5000 waybill 123456 installdate 120501 purchasedate 050601 ponum 9999 signauth John Smith expensed yes costcenter finance The following message appears Asset information set successfully omconfig system or servermodule 157 Adding Depreciation Information Depreciation is a set of methods for computing the devaluation of your asset over time For example the depreciation of a system that is expected to have a useful life of 5 years would be 20 percent Use the omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation command to add details about how your system s depreciation is to be computed Table 5 3 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 3 omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info depreciation duration Number of years or lt n gt months over which a system is depreciated method Steps and assumptions lt text gt used to compute the system s depreciation percent Portion of 100 that an lt n gt asset is devalued or depreciated un
180. o info maintenance lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance startdate 012504 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info maintenance startdate 012504 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 omconfig system or servermodule 163 Adding Outsource Information Outsourcing is the practice of contracting with another business to maintain the system in good working order Table 5 7 shows the valid parameters for adding outsource information Table 5 7 omconfig system assetinfo info outsource omconfig servermodule assetinfo info outsource Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 omconfig system server module assetinfo info outsource levels lt n gt Levels of service that the provider offers problemcomponent System component lt component gt that requires maintenance providerfee Amount of money lt providerfee gt charged for maintenance servicefee Amount of money lt servicefee gt charged for service signauth
181. o non modular systems action reboot Forces the operating system to shut down and initiates system startup performs BIOS checks and reloads the operating system Table 4 25 lists the components and the events for which you can set platform events Components are listed in alphabetical order except that warning events always precede failure events for a component Table 4 25 omconfig system platformevents Event Name Description alertsenable true false true Enables generation of platform event filter alerts false Disables generation of platform event filter alerts NOTE This setting is independent of the individual platform event filter alert settings For a platform event filter to generate an alert both the individual alert and the global event alert must be enabled event batterywarn Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a battery device detects that the battery is pending a failure condition event batteryfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a battery device detects that the battery has failed event discretevolt Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a discrete voltage probe detects that the voltage is too low for proper operation event fanfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a fan probe detects that the fan is running too slow or not at all event hardwarelogfail Enables disables alert generation when a hard
182. o see the following example command output in semicolon separated value format type 266 Working With CLI Command omreport system summary fmt ssv or omreport servermodule summary fmt ssv The example output displays as follows Network Interface Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 MAC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca Custom Delimited Format cdv Use the cdv formatting option to report exported data in custom delimited format You can specify this option with any omreport command For example to generate a system summary in custom delimited format type omreport system summary fmt cdv or omreport servermodule summary fmt cdv You can also set preferences for the custom delimited format with the omconfig command The valid values for delimiters are exclamation semicolon at hash dollar percent caret asterisk tilde question colon comma and pipe The following example shows how to set the delimiter for separating data fields to asterisk omconfig preferences cdvformat delimiter asterisk Working With CLI Command 267 268 Working With CLI Command Index Symbols omcontig 89 omcontfig chassis 92 omreport 37 request for help 25 A about omcontig 90 acquisition information 155 optional parameters 27 acquisition information adding 155 acswitch omreport chassis 40 omreport command level 3 0 adapter omrep
183. old the second sets minimum and maximum thresholds omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 or omconfig mainsystem fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 maxwarnthresh 9160 or omconfig mainsystem fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 maxwarnthresh 9160 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Fan probe warning threshold s set successfully K NOTE Minimum and maximum warning thresholds for the fan probe cannot be set on PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsystem frontpanel Use the omconfig chassis frontpanel or omconfig mainsystem frontpanel command to e configure the power button and the Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button e configure the LCD to display e No information e Custom information e Default system information e Service tag system name e Remote access MAC addresses System power e Remote access IP address 108 omconfig Managing Components e Ambient temperature of the system e Remote access Pv4 address e Remote access Pv6 address Specify and configure the LCD line number e View the encryption state report of the LCD e Configure LCD to indicate an active remote session when the Kernel based Virtual Machine KVM is available K NOTE You can configure the Power and NMI buttons only if they are present on your system Table 4 5
184. ommands 251 omconfig channel commands 256 omcontig chassis 92 92 biossetup 92 bmc 117 currents 107 fancontrol 108 fans 107 frontpanel 108 info 110 leds 111 memorymode 112 temps 129 volts 130 omcontfig chassis biossetup name value pairs 93 omconfig chassis bmc name value pair 118 omconfig chassis fans name value pairs parameters 107 omconfig chassis frontpanel name value pair parameters 109 omconfig chassis info name value pair parameters 110 omconfig chassis leds name value pairs parameters 111 omconfig chassis memorymode name value pairs parameters 113 omconfig chassis temps name value pairs paramaters 129 omconfig chassis volts name value pairs parameters 131 omconfig clear virtual disk bad blocks 214 omconfig command 83 omconfig controller commands 217 omconfig Create Cachecade 239 omconfig create encryption key 231 omconfig enable DKM controller 242 Index 275 omconfig enable LKM controller 240 omconfig enclosure commands 244 257 omconfig global commands 252 omconfig offline physical disk 196 omconfig physical disk commands 192 omconfig physical disk power management 237 omconfig preferences 132 cdvformat 132 dirservice 132 snmp 133 134 useraccess 135 webserver 135 omconfig preferences dirservice name value pair parameters 133 omconfig preferences snmp name value pairs parameters 134 o
185. ommands continued Required Command Optional name value pairs Levels 1 2 3 action setchangecontrollerproperties controller lt id gt bgirate lt rate gt reconstructrate lt rate gt checkconsistencyrate lt rate gt rebuildrate lt rate gt clearredundantpath clear abortcheckconsistencyonerror lt enabled disabled gt loadbalance lt auto disabled gt allowrevertibilehotspareandreplacemember enabled disabled autoreplacememberonpredictivefailure lt enabled disabled gt persistenthotspare enabled disabled rate lt 0 to 100 gt action discardpreservedcache controller id forcepreservedcachediscard lt enabled disabled gt action createsecuritykey controller id keyid lt keyid gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path action changesecuritykey controller id keyid lt keyid gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt oldpassphrase lt oldpassphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path action deletesecuritykey controller id action setbgirate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setreconstructrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setcheckconsistencyrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action exportlog controller id
186. omreport mainsystem slots 63 omreport chassis temps omreport mainsystemtemps 64 omreport chassis volts omreport mainsystem volts 64 omreport system Commands omreport servermodule Commands 65 omreport system omreport servermodule 65 Commands for ViewingLogs 66 omreport system alertaction omreport servermodule alertaction 67 omreport system assetinfo omreport servermodule assetinfo 69 omreport system events omreport servermodule events 69 omreport system operatingsystem omreport servermodule operatingsystem 71 omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations 72 omreport system platformevents omreport servermodule platformevents 73 Contents omreport system recovery omreport servermodule recovery 73 omreport system shutdown omreport servermodule shutdown 74 omreport system summary omreport servermodule summary 74 omreport system thrmshutdown omreport servermodule thrmshutdown 80 omreport system version omreport servermodule version 81 omreport preferencesCommands 82 4 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 83 Conventions for Parameter Tables 84 omconfig Command Summary 84 Help With the omconfig Command 89 omconfig about
187. on blink controller id cachecade id where id is the controller ID and cachecade ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage cachecade controller ID to display the IDs for the cachecades of the controller Example Syntax To blink the physical disk in cachecade 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage cachecade action blink controller 1 cachecade 4 omconfig storage Commands 257 omconfig Unblink Cachecade Use the following omconfig command syntax to unblink the physical disks included in a cachecade Complete Syntax omconfig storage cachecade action unblink controller id cachecade id where id is the controller ID and cachecade ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage cachecade controller ID to display the IDs for the cachecades of the controller Example Syntax To unblink the physical disks in cachecade 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage cachecade action unblink controller 1 cachecade 4 omconfig Delete Cachecade Use the following omconfig command syntax to delete a cachecade Complete Syntax omconfig storage cachecade action deletecachecad controller id cachecade id where id is the controller ID and cachecade ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values
188. onents and save that summary information to a file for comparison with later system states the CLI is ideal Using CLI commands administrators can write batch programs or scripts to execute at specific times When these programs execute they can capture reports on components of interest such as fan RPMs during periods of high system usage compared with the same measurements at times of lowest system usage Command results can be routed to a file for later analysis Reports can help administrators gain information that can be used to adjust usage patterns to justify purchasing new system resources or to focus on the health of a problem component 22 Introduction Command Syntax Overview Commands vary in complexity The simplest command has only command level 1 The omhelp command is a simple command When you type omhelp a list of the main CLI commands is displayed The next level of complexity includes commands that contain command levels 1 and 2 All of the about commands are examples of command level 2 complexity The omconfig about and omreport about commands cause a very brief summary to display The summary shows version information for the systems management software installed on your system for example Server Administrator 1 x Some commands have command level 1 and command level 2 and one name value pair Consider the following example command that instructs Server Administrator for more details about the environment for Se
189. onfig storage controller action createsecuritykey controller 1 keyid Dell 123 passphrase Dell 123 escrow yes filepath C escrow xml K NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path omconfig storage Commands 231 omconfig Change Encryption Key Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to change the encryption key for the controller if passphrase is provided Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action changesecuritykey controller id keyid lt keyid string gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt oldpassphrase lt old passphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt Example Syntax To change the encryption key for the controller type omconfig storage controller action changesecuritykey controller 1 keyid Dell 123 passphrase Dell 123 oldpassphrase Dell 321 escrow yes filepath C escrow xml K NOTE If you set escrow yes you should specify the escrow file path omconfig Delete Encryption Key Use the following omconfig command syntax to delete the encryption key for the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action deletesecuritykey controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To delete the security key on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action deletesecuritykey controller 1 232 omconfig storage Comman
190. onpredictivefailure lt enabled disabled gt persistenthotspare lt enabled disabled gt Example Syntax To enable allow revertible hot spare and replace member operation type omconfig storage controller action setchangecontrollerproperties allowrevertiblehotspare andreplacemember enabled controller 1 230 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Discard Preserved Cache Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to discard the preserved cache on the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action discardpreservedcache controller id force enabled disabled If you set force enabled the cache is discarded irrespective of whether the controller detects a foreign or an offline virtual disk Example Syntax To discard the preserved cache type omconfig storage controller action discardpreservedcache controller 1 force enabled A CAUTION Discarding the preserved cache can result in data loss It is recommended that you run this command using the force disab ed option omconfig Create Encryption Key Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to create the encryption key for the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action createsecuritykey controller id keyid lt keyid string gt passphrase lt passphrase string gt escrow yes filepath lt Absolute path to the escrow file gt Example Syntax To create the encryption key for the controller type omc
191. orage Enclosures The following details are listed for each storage enclosure attached to the system e Name e Service Tag omreport system thrmshutdown omreport servermodule thrmshutdown Use the omreport system thrmshutdown or omreport servermodule thrmshutdown command to view the properties configured for a thermal shutdown action The three properties that display for thermal shutdown are disabled warning or failure If the CLI displays the following message the thermal shutdown feature has been disabled Thermal protect shutdown severity disabled 80 omreport Viewing System Status If the system is configured to shutdown when a temperature probe detects a warning or failure event one of the following messages displays Thermal protect shutdown severity warning Thermal protect shutdown severity failure omreport system version omreport servermodule version Use the omreport system version or omreport servermodule version command to list the version numbers of the BIOS firmware systems management software and operating system installed on your system Example Command Output Type omreport system version or omreport servermodule version K NOTE If iDRAC is installed Server Administrator displays the LCC version If BMC is installed Server Administrator displays the USC version The output that appears in your CLI window depends on the version of the BIOS RAID controllers and firmware installed o
192. ority of virtual LAN identification in the range of 0 to 7 120 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 11 remoteaccess continued omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config serial 38400 57600 115200 flowcontrol none rtscts baudrate 9600 19200 9600 Sets the connection speed to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets the connection speed to 19200 bits per second 38400 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems NOTE Baud rates of 19200 38400 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems NOTE Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed NOTE Baud rate of 19200 57600 and 115200 are supported on xx0x systems that have iDRACE installed none No control over the flow of communication through the serial port rtscts RTS is ready to send and CTS is clear to send omconfig Managing Components 121 Table 4 11 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description mode directbasic
193. ort chassis batteries omreport mainsystem batteries Use the omreport chassis batteries or omreport mainsystem batteries command to view battery properties Type omreport chassis batteries or omreport mainsystem batteries Server Administrator displays the summary of the battery information for your system omreport chassis bios omreport mainsystem bios Use the omreport chassis bios omreport mainsystem bios command to view the current BIOS information Type omreport chassis bios or omreport mainsystem bios Server Administrator displays the summary of the BIOS information for your system omreport chassis biossetup omreport mainsystem biossetup Use the omreport chassis biossetup or omreport mainsystem biossetup command to view BIOS setup parameters that are normally available only during system boot Type omreport chassis biossetup or omreport mainsystem biossetup K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable omreport Viewing System Status 41 Table 3 3 displays the available BIOS setup parameters K NOTE All the BIOS Setup parameters are not displayed Only those BIOS setup properties configured during system boot are displayed Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters Parameters Description Attribute Bootsequence Displays the device used to boot the system Numlock Displays wh
194. ort chassis slots 64 alert action defining 137 example valid commands 140 setting 137 setting events 138 alertaction omconfig system 137 omreport system 67 alertlog clearing logs 142 omcontig system 25 86 omreport system 66 arrays memory 33 79 asset information 155 assetinfo acquisition 69 omreport system 69 assign dedicated hot spare omcontig 210 assign global hot spare omcontig 198 available alert actions 138 B base I O address omreport chassis ports 54 battery ID 176 omcontig storage 251 omreport storage 187 189 status 187 bios omreport chassis 41 biossetup Index 269 omcontfig chassis 92 omreport chassis 41 blink omconfig 250 blink physical disk omcontig 193 bmc omconfig chassis 117 omreport chassis 62 C cache policy parameters 227 cache properties omreport chassis processors 55 cancel background initialize omconfig 209 cancel check consistency omconfig 204 cancel clear physical disk omconfig 202 cancel initialize disk omconfig 209 cancel rebuild physical disk omconfig 200 cdvformat omconfig preferences 132 change virtual disk policy omconfig 214 chassis omconfig 92 270 Index chassis fault LED 111 chassis identification LED 111 chassis information summary 49 check consistency omcontig 204 check consistency rate omconfig 234 clear foreign configuration omcontig 237 clear physic
195. ost Sets action or enables disables alert generation when the system fans and or power supplies become inoperative resulting in a lost or a no redundant components working condition for that component event systempowerwarn Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects a warning value event systempowerfail Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects a failure value event tempwam Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a temperature probe detects that the temperature is approaching the maximum high or low limits omconfig Managing Components 145 Table 4 25 omconfig system platformevents continued Event Name Description event Sets actions that Server Administrator performs when removableflashmediapresent the system detects a removable flash media event Sets actions that Server Administrator performs when a removableflashmediaremoved removable flash media is removed event Sets actions that Server Administrator performs when a removableflashmediafail removable flash media fails event tempfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a temperature probe detects that the temperature is either too high or low for proper operation event voltfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a voltage probe detects that the voltage is too low for proper operation event watchdogasr Enables or disables alert generation configured by t
196. osure number SCSI and SWRAID For example controller 0 controllers enclosure 2 omreport Battery Status Table 7 11 describes the syntax for the omreport Battery Commands Table 7 11 omreport Battery Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Use Levels 1 2 3 omreport storage Displays all batteries present battery on all controllers on the system Some controllers do not have batteries controller id Displays the battery on the where id is the controller number SPecified controller For example controller 0 controller id battery id Displays the specified where id is the controller number battery For example controller 0 omreport storage Commands 187 omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status Hot Spare Protection Policy Table 7 12 describes the syntax for the omreport Global Information Commands Table 7 12 omreport Global Information Commands Required Command Optional name Use Levels 1 2 3 value pairs omreport storage Displays whether smart thermal shutdown is globalinfo enabled or disabled See the omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown on page 253 command for more information Displays the hot spare protection policy that you have set See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User s Guide for more information on setting hot spare protection policy 188 omreport storage Commands omreport Conn
197. output on your system in a command window in an X terminal or on a screen depending on the type of your operating system You can redirect command results to a file instead of displaying them to standard output Saving command output to a file allows you to use the command output for later analysis or comparison Whether you display command results to standard output or have the command results written to a file you can format the results The format you select determines the way the command output is displayed and the way the command output is written to a file Controlling Command Output Display Each operating system provides a means of controlling the way that command results display to standard output The following is a useful command for ensuring that command results do not scroll by before you can view them The same command syntax works for the Microsoft Windows command prompt the Red Hat Enterprise Linux terminal and the SUSE Working With CLI Command 261 Linux Enterprise Server terminal To display command output with control over scrolling type the CLI command and append the pipe symbol followed by more For example type omreport system summary more or omreport servermodule summary more The multiscreen system summary displays the first screen When you want to see the next screen of command output press the spacebar Writing Command Output to a File When redirecting command results to a file you can spec
198. ows ndex x 0 Status 3 OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 3001RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 7000RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5500RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 500RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM You cannot refer to the previous command results to compare the earlier fan probe 0 output with the present output because in using the outc option you overwrote the fans txt file Append Command Results to an Existing File Use the outa option when you want to append new command results to data stored in a previously written file For example at 11 00 A M you capture fan probe RPM readings for fan probe 0 on your system and write the results to a file called fans txt If you want to compare these results with output for the same probe obtained four hours later you can use the outa command to append the new output to fans txt Type omreport chassis fans index 0 outa fans txt or omreport mainsystem fans index 0 outa fans txt Working With CLI Command 263 Fans txt now reads as follows ndex gO Status x OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 2380RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 600RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5700RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 500RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM ndex 0 Status OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 3001RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 7000RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5500RPM Minimum Failure Thresho
199. parity ddde The ddde mode enables double device data correction This ensures data availability after hard failure of xt DRAM opmode mirror optimizer advecc mirror Switches the systems to a mirrored copy of the memory if the failing module has an uncorrectable memory event In the mirror mode the operating system does not switch back to the original module until the system reboots optimizer Enables the DRAM controllers to operate independently in 64 bit mode and provide optimized memory performance advanced ECC advecc Enables the two DRAM controllers to combine in 128 bit mode and provide optimized reliability Memory that cannot be teamed by the controllers is not reported to the operating system omconfig Managing Components 113 omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement Use the omconfig chassis pwrmanagement or omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement command to configure power cap and manage profiles that control power utilization Table 4 9 omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config budget cap lt value gt Sets the threshold value for power budget setting enable disable enable Enables powercap settings disable Disables powercap settings unit watt btuphr watt Configure the unit in Watts percent btuphr Configure the unit in BTU hr percent Configure the unit
200. pear in the cache report Speed e Cache Device Supported Type e Cache Device Current Type e External Socket Name omreport Viewing System Status 55 K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Fields Reported for Each Cache on a Particular Processor The following fields are displayed for each cache on a particular processor Status reports whether a specific cache on the processor is enabled or disabled Level refers to a primary or secondary cache Primary level cache is a memory bank built into the processor Secondary level cache is a staging area that feeds the primary cache A secondary level cache may be built into the processor or reside in a memory chipset outside the processor The internal processor cache is referred to as a Level 1 or L1 L2 cache is the external cache in a system with an Intel Pentium processor and it is the second level of cache that is accessed The names L1 and L2 are not indicative of where the cache is physically located internal or external but describe which cache is accessed first L1 therefore internal Speed refers to the rate at which the cache can forward data from the main memory to the processor Max Size is the maximum amount of memory that the cache can hold in kilobytes Installed Size is the actual size of the cache Type indicates whe
201. ple Syntax In this example you want to clear physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 omconfig storage Commands 201 Example for SAS Controllers To clear the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action clear controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Cancel Clear Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command to cancel a clear operation in progress ona physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action cancelclear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to cancel the clear of physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To cancel the clear of the physical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action cancelclear controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute virtual disk tasks A CAUTION The omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id command deletes a vi
202. port mainsystem nics config team index n K NOTE This command is applicable only if Team interface is configured in the system Team interface can be configured using NIC vendor tools such as Broadcom The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays details of all the Team interfaces on your system and the values for the following fields Index NIC card number Interface Name Vendor Description and Redundancy Status If you specify the index Server Administrator displays the Team interface details for the specific NIC and the values for the following fields Team Interface Interface IPv4 Addresses IPv6 Addresses Team Interface Receive Statistics Team Interface Transmit Statistics Interface Receive Statistics and Interface Transmit Statistics omreport chassis ports omreport mainsystem ports Use the omreport chassis ports or omreport mainsystem ports command to view properties of your system s parallel and serial ports Values display for the following fields Port Type External Name Base I O Address IRQ Level Connector Type and Maximum Speed Port Type is the detailed type of each system port from the more general serial parallel and USB ports to the names of ports by device type connected to it for example pointing device or keyboard External Name is the name of the port such as serial or parallel USB mouse keyboard and so on omreport Viewing Sys
203. protection policy type omconfig storage globalinfo action setprotectionpolicies type dhs raid lt rl r5 r6 r10 r50 r60 all gt hscount lt 1 16 gt warnlevel lt 0 3 gt where hscount is the number of hot spares to be assigned to the virtual disk and warnlevel is the severity level you want to assign to the generated alert if this policy is violated Use hscount 0 warnlevel 0 to reset the dedicated hot spare protection policy for the RAID level For global hot spare protection policy type omconfig storage globalinfo action setprotectionpolicies type ghs hscount lt 1 16 gt warnlevel lt 0 3 gt includeghsinvdstate lt yes no gt where hscount is the number of hot spares to be assigned to the virtual disk and warnlevel1 is the severity level you want to assign to the generated alert if this policy is violated Use hscount 0 warnlevel 0 to reset the global hot spare protection policy for the RAID level omconfig storage Commands 255 omconfig Connector Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute connector tasks Table 8 13 omconfig Connector Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage connector action rescan controller id connector id omconfig Rescan Connector Use the following omconfig command to rescan a controller connector This command rescans all connectors on the controller and is therefore si
204. r 1 vdisk 4 omconfig storage Commands 213 omconfig Clear Virtual Disk Bad Blocks Use the following omconfig command syntax to clear virtual disk bad blocks Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action clearvdbadblocks controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain the values for controller ID and virtual disk ID type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to clear bad blocks on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action clearvdbadblocks controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy Use the following omconfig command syntax to change a virtual disk s read write or cache policy Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action changepolicy controller id vdisk id diskcachepolicy lt enabled disabled gt readpolicy lt ra nra ara re nrce gt writepolicy lt wb wt wc nwc gt fwb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller 214 omconfig storage Comm
205. r Administrator the default name would be myOmsa omsa This is the name of Server Administrator defined in Active Directory by using the snap in tool This name must match the name for the application object in Active Directory in order to find user privileges K NOTE This command is applicable only on systems running the Windows operating system Table 4 16 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 16 Active Directory Service Configuration Parameters name value pair Description prodname lt text gt Specifies the product to which you want to apply the Active Directory configuration changes prodname refers to the name of the product defined in omprv32 ini For Server Administrator it is omsa enable lt true true Enables Active Directory service authentication support false gt and the Active Directory Login option on the login page false Disables Active Directory service authentication support and the Active Directory Login option on the login page If the Active Directory Login option is not present you can only login to the local machine accounts adprodname Specifies the name of the product as defined in the Active lt text gt Directory service This name links the product with the Active Directory privilege data for user authentication omconfig preferences snmp Setting the SNMP root password allows administrators to restrict access to SNMP set operations that allow important syste
206. r Warning Processor Failure Hardware Log Warning Hardware Log Full Watchdog Asr Storage System Warning Storage System Failure Storage Controller Warning Storage Controller Failure Physical Disk Warning Physical Disk Failure Virtual Disk Warning Virtual Disk Failure Enclosure Warning Enclosure Failure Storage Controller Battery Warning Storage Controller Battery Failure omreport Viewing System Status e Removable Flash Media Present e Removable Flash Media Removed e Removable Flash Media Failure K NOTE Storage Controller Battery Warning and Storage Controller Battery Failure events are not available on modular systems K NOTE System Power Probe Warning is not applicable to modular systems omreport system assetinfo omreport servermodule assetinfo Use the omreport system assetinfo or omreport servermodule assetinfo command to see cost of ownership data for the system such as acquisition depreciation and warranty information To set any of these fields use the omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command For more information see omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values on page 155 omreport system events omreport servermodule events Use the omreport system events or omreport servermodule events command to view the current enabled or disabled SNMP traps This command displays a summary of each component in your system for which events can be generated
207. rator responds when a component has a warning or failure event The omreport system alertaction or omreport servermodule alertaction command is useful for viewing which alert actions have been specified for components To set an alert action for a component use the omconfig system alertaction or omconfig servermodule alertaction command For more information see omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service on page 83 K NOTE To maintain consistency across the commands the output format of this command has changed So you may have to change the user scripts as applicable K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Components and Events for Which You Can View Alert Actions You can view alert action properties for the following components and events if the components events are present on the system e Battery Warning e Battery Failure e Chassis Intrusion e Current Probe Warning e Current Probe Failure Fan Warning e Fan Failure e Memory Pre failure e Memory Failure e System Power Probe Warning e System Power Probe Detects a Failure System Peak Power omreport Viewing System Status 67 Power Supply Warming Power Supply Failure Degraded Redundancy Lost Redundancy Temperature Warning Temperature Failure Voltage Warning Voltage Failure Processo
208. red Physical Disk 2 195 omconfig Initialize Physical Disk 196 omconfig Offline PhysicalDisk 196 omconfig Online Physical Disk 197 omconfig Assign Global Hot Spare 198 omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk 199 omconfig Cancel Rebuild Physical Disk 200 omconfig Cancel Replace Member 201 omconfig Clear Physical Disk 201 omconfig Cancel Clear Physical Disk 202 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands 202 omconfig Check Consistency 204 omconfig Cancel Check Consistency 204 10 l Contents omconfig Pause Check Consistency 205 omconfig Resume Check Consistency 205 omconfig Blink Virtual Disk 206 omconfig Unblink Virtual Disk 206 omconfig Initialize Virtual Disk 207 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk 207 omconfig Slow Initialize Virtualize Disk 208 omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk 209 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize 209 omconfig Assign Dedicated Hot Spare 210 omconfig Delete Virtual Disk 211 omconfig Format Virtual Disk 211 omconfig Reconfiguring Virtual Disks 212 omconfig Secure Virtual Disk 213 omconfig Clear Virtual Disk Bad Blocks 214 omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy 214 omconfig Replace Member Virtual Disk 215 omconfig Rename Virtual Disk
209. rences snmp setting rootpw the system prompts you to supply values for the required parameters When you type omconfig preferences snmp you must supply all the parameters in the initial command line For example omconfig preferences snmp setting rootpw oldpw openmanage newpw serveradmin confirmnewpw serveradmin Table 4 18 SNMP Set Operations Parameters name value pair Description setting snmpset Required enable true Allows SNMP set operations enable false Disallows SNMP set operations 134 omconfig Managing Components For example to disallow SNMP set operations use the following command omconfig preferences snmp setting snmpset enable false K NOTE After executing the command to enable or disable SNMP set operations restart services for the change to take effect On systems running supported Microsoft Windows operating systems restart the Windows SNMP Service On systems running supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems restart Server Administrator services by running the srvadmin services sh restart command omconfig preferences useraccess Depending on the policies of your organization you may want to restrict the access that some user levels have to Server Administrator The omconfig preferences useraccess command allows you to grant or withhold the right of users and power users to access Server Administrator Table 4 19 shows the valid param
210. report EMM Commands Table 7 9 omreport EMM Commands Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs Use 1 2 3 and name value pair omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure Displays the enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt management modules info emms EMMs for the specified where id is the controller enclosure number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 controller id enclosure Displays the specified lt ENCLOSUREID gt EMMs info emms index n where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number and n is the number of an EMM For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info emms index 1 186 omreport storage Commands omreport Enclosure Slot Occupancy Report Table 7 10 describes the syntax for the omreport Enclosure Slot Occupancy Report Commands Table 7 10 omreport Enclosure Slot Occupancy Report Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Use Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair omreport storage Displays property enclosure information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure Displays the empty and lt ENCLOSUREID gt occupied slot details for the info pdslotreport specified enclosure where id is the controller number NOTE This command is not and ENCLOSUREID is the supported on Blackplane encl
211. rror messages provide syntax information that you can use to execute the command successfully If you try to execute a command for a component or feature not present in your system configuration the error message states that the component is not present Command omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 3 3000 20 Introduction Example message Error Number with up to 3 digits after decimal point expected read 3 3000 The value given by the command specifies more than 3 digits after the decimal point A valid minimum warning threshold value for volts contains up to 3 digits after the decimal point Type omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 3 300 When you type the revised command with three decimal points you receive another error message Error This voltage probe min warning threshold must be between 11 400 and 12 480 Revised command omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 11 500 Message Voltage probe warning threshold s set successfully Introduction 21 Scripting and Comparing With the CLI The Server Administrator CLI allows administrators to write batch programs or scripts to be executed by the operating system For an enterprise with many systems an administrator could write a configuration script that specified the warning thresholds for each major component of a system and also specified a set of actions that the administrator wants each system to take in case of a
212. rtual disk Deleting a virtual disk destroys all information including file systems and volumes residing on the virtual disk 202 omconfig storage Commands Table 8 3 omconfig Manage Virtual Disk Commands Required Optional name value pairs Command Levels 1 2 3 omconfig storage vdisk action checkconsistency controller id vdisk id action cancelcheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action pausecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action resumecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action blink controller id vdisk id action unblink controller id vdisk id action initialize controller id vdisk id action fastinit controller id vdisk id force yes action slowinit controller id vdisk id force yes action cancelinitialize controller id vdisk id action cancelbginitialize controller id vdisk id action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign lt yes no gt action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id force yes action format controller id vdisk id action reconfigure controller id vdisk id raid lt c 10 rl rle r5 rl0 gt pdisk lt PDISKID gt size lt size gt vdcapacityexpansion yes sizeinpercent lt 1 to 100 gt action securevd controller id vdisk id action clearvdbadblocks controller id vdisk id action changepolicy controller id vdisk id readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt cachepolicy lt d c
213. rver Administrator omreport about details true Command level 1 is omreport command level 2 is about and the name value pair is details true Many commands use command level 1 command level 2 and command level 3 but do not require any parameters name value pairs Most omreport commands are of this type For example omreport system alertaction causes a list of alert actions that are configured for components on your system to be displayed The most complex commands have all three command levels and can have multiple name value pairs An example of two name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration 3 An example of nine name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost lt n gt waybill lt n gt installdate lt mmddyy gt purchasedate lt mmddyy gt ponum lt n gt signauth lt text gt expensed lt yes no gt costcenter lt text gt Introduction 23 In each section command syntax and other information about commands is formatted with any of the following fields that apply command command command name value name value level 1 level 2 level 3 pair 1 pair 2 24 Introduction Using the omhelp Command The omhelp command and its equivalent lt command gt accesses the detailed help text interface of Command Line Interface CLI You can get help at several levels of detail Each fully qualified CLI command may have a variable number of distinct parts
214. rvermodule 159 Table 5 4 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 4 omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty omconfig servermodule assetinfo info extwarranty Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Pair 1 Pair 2 Description omconfig system server module assetinfo info extwarranty cost lt cost gt enddate lt enddate gt provider lt provider gt startdate lt startdate gt Cost of the extended warranty service Date the extended warranty agreement ends Business entity that provides the extended warranty service Date the extended warranty service begins Example Command for Adding Extended Warranty Information To provide a value for an extended warranty parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info extwarranty lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty enddate 012503 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info extwarranty enddate 012503 The following message appears Asset information set successfully 160 omconfig system or servermodule You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Command
215. s no charged to a specific purpose or department such as research and development or sales installdate Date the system was lt mmddyy gt put to service ponum lt n gt Number of the document that authorized payment for the system purchasecost Price the owner paid for lt n gt the system purchasedate Date the owner lt mmddyy gt purchased the system signauth Name of the person lt text gt who approved the purchase or the service call on the system waybill lt n gt Receipt from the carrier for the goods received 156 omconfig system or servermodule Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information To provide a value for an acquisition parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasedate 122101 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition purchasedate 122101 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can type more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For example if you want to type more than one parameter value for info acquisition use the following example as a syntax guide omconfig system assetinfo inf
216. s lt CR gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console Ifcr BMC uses lt LF CR gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console lf BMC uses lt LF gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console config user id number enable true false id number enableserialoverlan true false id number name text omconfig Managing Components id number ID in numeric format of the user being configured enable true Enables user enable false Disables user id number ID in numeric format of the user being configured enableserialoverlan true Enables serial over LAN enableserialoverlan false Disables serial over LAN NOTE The enableserialoverlan option is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems id number ID in numeric format of the user being configured name text Name of the user 125 Table 4 11 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description config id number newpw text id number ID in numeric format of confirmnewpw text the user being configured newpw text New password of the user confirmnewpw text Confirm the new password id number id number ID in numeric format of serialaccesslevel the user being configured administrator operator serialaccesslevel administrator User user none with an
217. s for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 Adding Lease Information A lease is an agreement to pay for the use of a system for a specified period of time The lessor retains ownership of the system Table 5 5 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 5 omconfig system assetinfo info lease omconfig servermodule assetinfo info lease Command CommandLevel Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 2 Level 3 Pair 1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info lease buyout Amount of money paid lt amount gt to purchase a system from a lessor lessor Business entity that is lt lessor gt leasing the system out multischedule Whether cost of leasing ttue false the system is computed by more than one rate schedule ratefactor Factor used to calculate lt factor gt the lease payment value Fair market value of the lt residual gt system at the end of the lease period omconfig system or servermodule 161 Example Command for Adding Lease Information To provide a value for a lease parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info lease lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info lease lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info lease value 4500 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info lease value 4500 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can t
218. s the omreport storage command syntax Table 7 1 omreport storage help Command Command Command Use Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 omreport storage Displays a list of storage components for which omreport commands are available pdisk Displays a list of the omreport storage pdisk parameters for displaying physical disk information vdisk Displays a list of omreport storage vdisk parameters for displaying virtual disk information controller Displays a list of the omreport storage controller parameters for displaying controller information enclosure Displays a list of the omreport storage enclosure parameters for displaying enclosure information omreport storage Commands 177 Table 7 1 omreport storage help continued Command Command Command Use Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 battery Displays a list of the omreport storage battery parameters for displaying battery information globalinfo Displays a list of the omreport storage globalinfo parameters for displaying global storage property information connector Displays a list of the omreport storage connector parameters for displaying connector information cachecade Displays a list of the omreport storage cachecade parameters for displaying cachecade properties NOTE The cachecade feature will be available from first half of calendar year 2011 omreport Physical Disk Status Table 7 2 describes the syntax for the omreport Physical Disk Commands Table 7 2
219. server omconfig servermodule webserver on page 149 for more information NOTE After installing the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator ensure that you log out and log in to reset the path to access Dell OpenManage CLI utilities NOTE For information on terms used in this document see the Glossary at support dell com What s New in Version 6 5 The release highlights of OpenManage Server Administrator 6 5 16 Added support for the following operating systems VMware ESX 4 0 U3 VMware ESX 4 1 Ul VMware ESXi 4 1 U1 VMware ESXi 4 0 U3 Citrix XenServer 5 6 FP1 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Introduction Deprecated the following operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x VMware ESX 4 0 U2 VMware ESX 4 1 VMware ESXi 4 0 U2 VMware ESXi 4 1 Citrix XenServer 5 6 New Platforms supported PowerEdge R210 II PowerEdge T110 II Server Administrator reports whether a Converged Network Adapter CNA has Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE iSCSI over Ethernet iSoE capability or not Also Server Administrator supports new team types for CNA cards For more information on team types refer to the online help Added support for a new memory redundancy mode called Double Device Data Correction DDDC Added support for display of Lifecycle Controller Unified Server Configurator USC version information To display
220. sical disk described in this example type omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Online Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to bring an offline physical disk back online Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action online controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then type omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to bring physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller l back online On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 omconfig storage Commands 197 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To bring the physical disk described in this example back online type omconfig storage pdisk action online controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To bring the physical disk described in this example back online type omconfig storage pdisk action online controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Assign Global Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to assign a physical disk as a global hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign yes where id is the controller ID The lt
221. ssis identification LED to off or on Set the time out value for the LED time out lt n gt to flash to a number of seconds omconfig Managing Components 111 omconfig chassis memorymode omconfig mainsystem memorymode Use the omconfig chassis memorymode or omconfig mainsystem memorymode command to specify the redundancy mode you want to use for your system memory in case of memory errors Redundant memory enables a system to switch to other available memory modules if unacceptable errors are detected in the modules that the system is currently using The omconfig chassis memorymode or omconfig mainsystem memorymode command allows you to disable redundancy when you disable redundancy you instruct the system not to switch to other available memory modules when the module the system is using begins to encounter errors To enable redundancy choose among mirror raid and ddde Spare mode disables a bank of system memory in which a correctable memory event is detected enables the spare bank and copies all the data from the original bank to the spare bank Spare bank requires at least three banks of identical memory the operating system does not recognize the spare bank Mirror mode switches to a redundant copy of memory when an uncorrectable memory event is detected After switching to the mirrored memory the system does not switch back to the original system memory until the next reboot The operating system does not recognize hal
222. stem platformevents omconfig servermodule platformevents 143 omconfig system events omconfig servermodule events 146 omconfig system webserver omconfig servermodule webserver 149 omconfig system recovery omconfig servermodule recovery 149 omconfig system shutdown omconfig servermodule shutdown 151 Contents 5 omconfig system thrmshutdown omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 4200 e04 442 User Level Required for Adding Asset Information Adding Acquisition Information Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Depreciation Information Example Commands for Adding Depreciation Information Adding Extended Warranty Information Example Command for Adding Extended Warranty Information Adding Lease Information Example Command for Adding Lease Information Adding Maintenance Information Example Command for Adding Maintenance Information Adding Outsource Information Example Command for Adding Outsource Information Adding Owner Information Example Command for Adding Owner Information Contents 7 Adding Service Contract Information Example Command for Addin
223. sulting in less than full redundancy for that component event redunlost Sets actions when one or more redundant components become inoperative resulting in a lost or a no redundant components working condition for that component event tempwam Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a warning value event tempfail Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a failure value event voltwarn Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a warning value event voltfail Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a failure value omconfig Managing Components 139 Table 4 22 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions continued Event Name Description event watchdogasr Sets actions that Server Administrator performs on the next system startup after a watchdog Automatic System Recovery ASR is performed for a hung operating system event Sets actions that Server Administrator performs when the removableflashmediapresent system detects a removable flash media event Sets actions that Server Administrator performs when a removableflashmediaremoved removable flash media is removed event Sets actions that Server Administrator performs when a removableflashmediafail removable flash media fails event storagesyswarn Sets actions when a storage system detects a warning value event storagesysfail Sets actions when a storage system detects a failure va
224. t Viewing System Status 63 Adapter refers to the name and or type of the card that fits into the slot for example a storage array controller SCSI adapter iDRAC6 Enterprise or HBA Data Bus Width is the width in bits of the information pathway between the components of a system The range of the data bus width can be from 16 to 64 bits omreport chassis temps omreport mainsystem temps Use the omreport chassis temps or omreport mainsystem temps command to view properties of your system s temperature probes Type omreport chassis temps index n or omreport mainsystem temps index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for any temperature probes that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific temperature probe omreport chassis volts omreport mainsystem volts Use the omreport chassis volts or omreport mainsystem volts command to view properties of your system s voltage probes Type omreport chassis volts index n or omreport mainsystem volts index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for any voltage probes that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific voltage pro
225. tch to LKM Controller 241 omconfig Rekey LKM Controller 241 omconfig Switch to DKM Controller 242 omconfig Enable DKM Controller 242 omconfig Rekey DKM Controller 243 omconfig Unlock DKM Foreign Configuration 243 omconfig EnclosureCommands 244 omconfig Enable Enclosure Alarm 245 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm 245 omconfig Set Enclosure AssetTag 246 omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Name 247 omconfig Set Temperature Probe Thresholds 247 12 Contents omconfig Reset Temperature Probe Thresholds omconfig Set All Temperature Probe Thresholds omconfig Reset All Temperature Probe Thresholds omconfig Blink omconfig Battery Commands omconfig Start Battery Learn Cycle omconfig Delay Battery Learn Cycle omconfig Global Commands omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown omconfig Global Rescan Controller omconfig Set Hot Spare Protection Policy omconfig Connector Commands omconfig RescanConnector omconfig Cachecade Commands omconfig Blink Cachecade omconfig Unblink Cachecade omconfig Delete Cachecade omconfig Resize Cachecade omconfig Rename Cachecade
226. tem Commands Use the omreport chassis or omreport mainsystem commands to view details for the entire chassis or for a particular component omreport chassis omreport mainsystem Type omreport chassis or omreport mainsystem omreport Viewing System Status 39 Server Administrator displays a general status for your main system chassis main system components EVERITY COMPONENT Fans itical Intrusion Power Supplies Temperatures OOOONO Nn k r k Memory k k k Voltages omreport chassis acswitch omreport mainsystem acswitch Use the omreport chassis acswitch or omreport mainsystem acswitch command if your system has redundant AC power lines that are configured in a failover arrangement Type omreport chassis acswitch or omreport mainsystem acswitch Server Administrator displays the following output AC Failover Switch AC Switch Redundancy Redundancy Status SEALL Number of devices E2 required for full redundancy Redundancy Mode Redundancy Input Source Line 1 upon Configuration redundancy restoration return to Line 1 AC Power Lines Status Ok Location AC Power Line 1 AC Present Power Present Active Source Active Status FOK 40 omreport Viewing System Status Location AC Power Line 2 AC Present Power Present Active Source Not Active Server Administrator reports values for the Redundancy Status and Redundancy Mode fields omrep
227. tem Status 53 Base I O Address is the starting I O address expressed in hexadecimal IRQ Level is a hardware interrupt on a system The hardware interrupt signals the system s CPU that an event has started or ended in a peripheral component such as a modem or printer When communicated over a peripheral component interconnect card the IRQ level is a standard way to identify the type of device that is sending the interrupt request Connector Type refers to the type of plug or cable and plug that connects two devices together in this case the type of connector that attaches an external device to a system There are many connector types each designed to connect a different device type to a system Examples include DB 9 Male AT Access Bus PS 2 and so on Maximum Speed is the port speed Port speed refers to the data transmission rate of an input output channel measured in numbers of bits per second Serial ports usually have a maximum speed of 115 Kbps and USB version 1 x ports have a maximum speed of 12 Kbps omreport chassis processors omreport mainsystem processors Use the omreport chassis processors or omreport mainsystem processors command to view properties of your system s processors Values display for the following fields Index Status Connector Name Processor Brand Processor Version Current Speed State and Core Count Index is the processor number Status is the current status of the processor Connector Na
228. that you can set vary from one system configuration to another Valid Parameters for Temperature Warning Thresholds Table 4 14 shows the valid parameters for setting temperature warning thresholds Table 4 14 omconfig chassis temps omconfig mainsystem temps name value pair Description index lt n gt Number of the probe or probe index must be specified warnthresh default Sets the minimum and maximum warning threshold values to default minwarnthresh lt n gt Sets the minimum warning threshold values 1 decimal place maxwarnthresh lt n gt Sets the maximum warning threshold values 1 decimal place Setting Minimum and Maximum Warning Threshold Values If you want to set both the upper and lower temperature warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis temps index 0 warnthresh default or omconfig mainsystem temps index 0 warnthresh default You cannot default one value and set another In other words if you set the minimum warning threshold value to the default value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum waring threshold value K NOTE The capabilities for managing sensors vary by systems omconfig Managing Components 129 Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you want to specify values for the temperature probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum an
229. the Power button override is enabled or not If enabled the Power button turns the power to the system On and Off omreport Viewing System Status 47 If the NMI button is present on your system you can see whether the NMI button is enabled or not The NMI button can be used to troubleshoot software and device errors when using certain operating systems The Front Panel LCD Security Access displays if the front panel encryption access information is set to View Modify or Disable The Front Panel LCD Information displays information such as service tag remote indication status and so on omreport chassis fru omreport mainsystem fru Use the omreport chassis fru or omreport mainsystem fru command to view FRU information When you type omreport chassis fru or omreport mainsystem fru Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s FRU information This information is available in the Server Administrator GUI SNMP and Common Information Model and is primarily used to support troubleshooting activities omreport chassis hwperformance omreport mainsystem hwperformance Use the omreport chassis hwperformance or omreport mainsystem hwperformance command to view the status and cause for the system s performance degradation When you type omreport chassis hwperformance or omreport mainsystem hwperformance Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s hardware performance degradation information
230. ther the cache is primary or secondary Location is the location of the cache on the processor or on a chipset outside the processor A Write Policy describes how the cache deals with a write cycle In a write back policy the cache acts like a buffer When the processor starts a write cycle the cache receives the data and stops the cycle The cache then writes the data back to the main memory when the system bus is available In a write through policy the processor writes through the cache to the main memory The write cycle does not complete until the data is stored into the main memory 56 omreport Viewing System Status Associativity refers to the way in which main memory content is stored on the cache e A fully associative cache allows any line in main memory to be stored at any location in the cache e An way set associative cache directly maps n specific lines of memory to the same n lines of cache For example line 0 of any page in memory must be stored in line 0 of cache memory Cache Device Supported Type is the type of static random access memory SRAM that the device can support Cache Device Current Type is the type of the currently installed SRAM that the cache is supporting External Socket Name Silk Screen Name is the name printed on the system board next to the socket Error Correction Type identifies the type of error checking and correction ECC that this memory can perform Examples are correctab
231. this information the minimum iDRAC version for Dell monolithic systems is 1 70 and for Dell modular systems is 3 20 Added support for 32x32 GB Dual In line Memory Module DIMM for Server Administrator to report the correct memory capacity Supports Express Service Code for Direct Attached Storage NOTE For the supported operating systems list see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix To access this document go to support dell com manuals click Software and select your product NOTE CLI commands are not supported on systems with VMware ESXi operating system Introduction 17 Using CLI Commands From Windows Command Prompts If you are running the Microsoft Windows operating system use the 32 bit command prompt to issue a Server Administrator CLI command You can access the 32 bit command prompt using one of the following methods e Click Start Programs Accessories Command Prompt e Click Start Run and type cmd exe K NOTE Do not type command into the Run dialog box to launch a command line window this activates the MS DOS emulator command com which has environment variable limitations that can cause subtle problems with the CLI Primary CLI Commands The commands that carry out the functions of Server Administrator are e omconfig omhelp e omreport The omconfig command writes values that you assign to an object s properties You can specify values for warning thresholds on components or prescribe what a
232. tions Determines the shutdown action if any to be taken for a specific platform event Also enables and disables platform events filter alert generation Determines in advance how your system responds to a hung operating system Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Level Command Level 3 Level 1 2 Use shutdown thrmshutdown webserver chassis mainsystem biossetup fans frontpanel info omconfig Managing Components Allows the administrator to select from several options when shutting down the system Sets the severity level at which a thermal event triggers a system shutdown Starts or stops the Web server Configures the behavior of specific system components controlled by the BIOS Configures fan probe warning thresholds by default or by value NOTE You cannot change threshold values on embedded server management ESM3 and Dell PowerEdge x8xx systems Configures the Power button Non Masking Interrupt NMI button encryption access and LCD display of the system Allows you to set an initial value or to edit the value for asset tag or chassis name 87 Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Level Command Level3 User Use Level 1 2 Privilege Required leds PA Specifies when to flash a chassis fault LED or chassis identification LED and allows you to
233. tput 264 frontpanel omcontig chassis 108 omreport chassis 7 G globalinfo omcontig storage 253 omreport storage 188 H help levels of 26 hot spare 210 import foreign configuration omcontig 236 import secure foreign configuration omcontig 235 index omreport chassis slots 63 info omcontig chassis 110 omreport chassis 49 initialize virtual disk omconfig 196 207 introduction 15 intrusion omreport chassis 50 IP address alert destinations 142 IRQ level omreport chassis ports 54 L lease information 161 leds omcontig chassis 111 omreport chassis 50 levels of help for a CLI command 26 maintenance information 162 adding 162 maximum speed omreport chassis ports 54 maximum warning threshold 130 memory arrays 33 79 omreport chassis 51 memorymode omcontig chassis 112 minimum warning threshold 130 Index 273 name value pairs omcontig chassis biossetup 93 omcontig chassis bmc 118 nics omreport chassis 52 NMI button 48 0 omconfg cancel initialize virtual disk 209 omconfig 274 89 about 90 assign dedicated hot spare 210 assign global hot spare 198 background initialization rate 233 blink physical disk 193 blink virtual disk 206 257 cancel background initialize 209 cancel check consistency 204 cancel rebuild physical disk 200 Change Controller Properties 230 change controller properti
234. troller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command omconfig storage Commands 237 Example Syntax To spin down drives that are not configured or hot spares that are unattended for 30 minutes type omconfig storage controller action setpdiskpwrmanagement spindownunconfigureddrives enabled spindownhotspares enabled spindowntimeinterval 30 controller 1 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the patrol read mode for the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setpatrolreadmode controller id mode manual auto disable where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To set the patrol read on controller 1 to manual mode type omconfig storage controller action setpatrolreadmode controller 1 mode manual omconfig Start Patrol Read Use the following omconfig command syntax to start the patrol read task on the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action startpatrolread controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command 238 omconfig storage Commands Example Syntax To start the patrol read task on controller 1 type omconfig storage controller action startpatrolread controller 1 K NOTE To be able to start patrol read the current patrol read mode should be set to Manual omconfig Stop Patrol Read
235. ts the parallel port mode to ppmode epp type AT ps2 Sets the parallel port mode to type PS 2 ecp Sets the parallel port mode to type ECP extended capabilities port epp Sets the parallel port mode to type EPP enhanced parallel port attribute setting on off CAUTION If you modify the setting for primaryscsi force true primary scsi romb romba or rombb your system becomes inoperable until you reinstall the operating system on Enables this device off Disables this device force true Verification of setting change 102 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute romb setting raid off scsi force true raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard as a RAID device off Disables the device during system boot scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change attribute romba setting raid scsi force true raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard channel A as a RAID device scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change attribute rombb setting raid scsi force true raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard channel B as a RAID device scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device
236. ttached to the controller Example Syntax To cancel a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action cancelcheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 204 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Pause Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to pause a check consistency while in progress See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Pause Check Consistency Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action pausecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To pause a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action pausecheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Resume Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to resume a check consistency after it has been paused Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action resumecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display
237. type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage cachecade controller ID to display the IDs for the cachecades of the controller In some circumstances you may receive a warning message You can override this warning by using the force yes parameter In this case the syntax is as follows omconfig storage cachecade action deletecachecad controller id cachecade id force yes 258 omconfig storage Commands Example Syntax To delete cachecade 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage cachecade action deletecachecad controller 1 cachecade 4 omconfig Resize Cachecade Use the following omconfig command syntax to resize a cachecade by adding or removing physical disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage cachecade action resize controller id cachecade id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID and cachecade ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage cachecade controller ID to display the IDs for the cachecades of the controller Example Syntax To resize cachecade 4 use physical disks 0 through 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disks reside in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example type omconfig storage cachecade action resize controller 1 cachecade 4 pdisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 Example for SAS
238. type the following omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests K NOTE You can use the omreport storage globalinfo command to determine whether smart thermal shutdown is currently enabled or disabled The status of smart thermal shutdown is also displayed in the GUI of Server Administrator To locate this status select the Storage object and the Information Configuration tab omconfig Global Rescan Controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to rescan all controllers on the system See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Global Rescan Controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan 254 omconfig storage Commands Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for rescanning all controllers on the system does not require that you specify a controller ID To do a global rescan of all controllers type the following omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan K NOTE Global rescan is not supported on non RAID SCSI and SAS controllers Reboot the system for the configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers to be visible omconfig Set Hot Spare Protection Policy Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the Hot Spare Protection Policy for dedicated or global hot spares See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User s Guide for more information on setting hot spare protection policy Complete Syntax For dedicated hot spare
239. ure probe inside a ailure chassis reads a temperature in degrees Celsius that exceeds the maximum temperature warning threshold value failure Perform a shutdown when a temperature failure event is detected A failure event occurs when any temperature probe inside a chassis reads a temperature in degrees Celsius that exceeds the maximum temperature failure threshold value Example Thermal Shutdown Commands To trigger a thermal shutdown when a temperature probe detects a failure event type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity failure or omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown severity failure 152 omconfig Managing Components To disable thermal shutdown so that an administrator has to initiate an omconfig system shutdown type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity disabled or omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown severity disabled omconfig Managing Components 153 154 omconfig Managing Components omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values The omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command helps you to edit a comprehensive set of parameters that make up the total cost of ownership of your system This section explains the parameters that can be reported and configured under the omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command Using the omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command you can set governing values
240. value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 Adding Warranty Information Use the omconfig system warranty or omconfig servermodule warranty command to assign values for warranty information A warranty is a contract between the manufacturer or dealer and the purchaser of a system The warranty identifies the components that are covered for repair or replacement for a specified length of time or usage For details on editing extended warranty values see Adding Extended Warranty Information on page 159 Table 5 12 shows the valid parameters for adding warranty information Table 5 12 omconfig system assetinfo info warranty omconfig servermodule assetinfo info warranty Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info warranty cost Cost of the warranty lt cost gt service duration Number of days or lt duration gt months that the warranty is in force enddate Date the warranty lt enddate gt agreement ends unit days Whether the number months for duration refers to days or months omconfig system or servermodule 171 Example Command for Adding Warranty Information To provide a value for a warranty parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info warranty lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermo
241. virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action unblink controller 1 vdisk 4 206 omconfig storage Commands omconfig Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to initialize a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action initialize controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 type omconfig storage vdisk action initialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to fast initialize a virtual disk A CAUTION You may receive a warning message if you attempt to delete the system or boot partition However this warning message is not generated always Ensure that you do not delete the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action fastinit controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values type omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then type omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for th
242. ware log detects a failure value 144 omconfig Managing Components Table 4 25 omconfig system platformevents continued Event Name Description event intrusion Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a chassis is opened event powerwarn Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a power device probe detects that the power supply voltage regulator module or DC to DC converter is pending a failure condition event powerabsent Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the power supply is absent event powerfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a power device probe detects that the power supply voltage regulator module or DC to DC converter has failed event processorwam Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor is running at less than peak performance or speed event processorfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor has failed event processorabsent Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor is absent event redundegrad Sets action or enables disables alert generation when the system fans and or power supplies become inoperative resulting in less than full redundancy for that component event redunl
243. warning or failure event In the most critical cases the administrator could write a script so that the system shuts down to prevent damage The administrator could then distribute and execute the script to many managed systems at the same time Such a scenario facilitates configuring any number of new systems acquired by a company and makes implementation of new system administration policies easier across many existing systems that require reconfiguration A similar scenario could be used to populate a large number of newly acquired systems with detailed asset information Much of the information would be the same such as the manufacturer or lessor of the system whether support for the system is outsourced insurance company name of the system method of depreciation and so on Any variable that is common to all systems could be scripted sent to all managed systems and executed Asset information that is unique to a system could be scripted as a group and sent to that managed node for execution For example a script could specify values for all unique variables such as owner primary user phone number asset tag and so on Scripts to populate unique values would set all unique variables at once rather than one by one through the system s command line In many cases the CLI allows a user with a very well defined task in mind to retrieve information about the system rapidly If a user wants to review a comprehensive summary of all system comp
244. xample Recovery Commands To set the action on hung operating system detection to powercycle type omconfig system recovery action powercycle or omconfig servermodule recovery action powercycle To set the amount of time that the system must be hung before a recovery action is initiated to 120 seconds type omconfig system recovery timer 120 or omconfig servermodule recovery timer 120 150 omconfig Managing Components omconfig system shutdown omconfig servermodule shutdown Use the omconfig system shutdown or omconfig servermodule shutdown command to determine the way in which the system shuts down During system shutdown the default is to shut down the operating system before powering off the system Shutting down the operating system first closes down the file system before powering the system down If you do not want to shut down the operating system first use the osfirst false parameter Table 4 30 shows the valid parameters for the command 4 NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Table 4 30 Shutdown Parameters name value pair Description action reboot Shuts down the operating system and initiates system startup performing BIOS checks and reloading the operating system action poweroff Turns off the electrical power to the system action powercycle Turns off the
245. ype more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information on page 157 Adding Maintenance Information Maintenance refers to activities required to keep the system in good working order Table 5 6 shows the valid parameters for adding maintenance information Table 5 6 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance omconfig servermodule assetinfo info maintenance Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info maintenance enddate Date the extended lt enddate gt warranty agreement ends 162 omconfig system or servermodule Table 5 6 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance omconfig servermodule assetinfo info maintenance continued Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 provider Business entity lt provider gt startdate lt startdate gt restrictions lt string gt providing the maintenance service Date the maintenance begins Activities not covered by the maintenance contract Example Command for Adding Maintenance Information To provide a value for a maintenance parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinf

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