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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5.1 User's Manual

1. 00 162 omconfig Pause Check Consistency 000 162 omconfig Resume Check Consistency 00 163 omconfig Delete VirtualDisk 2005 163 omconfig Format Virtual Disk 2000 164 omconfig Reconfiguring Virtual Disks 164 omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy 0 4 164 omconfig Rename Virtual Disk 2 005 165 omconfig Physical Disk Commands 166 omconfig Blink Physical Disk 22000 4 166 omconfig Unblink Physical Disk 2 5 167 omconfig Prepare to Remove Physical Disk 167 Contents 9 10 omconfig Initialize Physical Disk 2 005 168 omconfig Offline PhysicalDisk 000 000 168 omconfig Offline PhysicalDisk 00000005 169 omconfig Online Physical Disk 2000000 169 omconfig Assign Global Hot Spare 00 170 omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare 171 omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk 2000 171 omconfig Cancel Rebuild Physical Disk 172 omconfig Remove Dead Segments 000 172 omconfig Clear PhysicalDisk 0 0 0 0 0000 0s 173 omconfig Cancel Clear Physical Disk 00 173 omconfig Battery Commands 20004 174 omconfig Recondition Battery 00000 174 omconfig Start Battery Learn Cyc
2. Error No current probes found on this system Command omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 3 3000 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 enter 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 16 Introduction 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 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
3. password lt text gt callbacknumber lt number gt callbacktype lt text gt omconfig rac authentication Use the omconfig rac authentication command to specify whether you want to enable local operating system authentication of a system that is seeking to use the remote access interface To enable local operating system authentication type omconfig rac authentication localauthenable true To disable local operating system authentication type omconfig rac authentication localauthenable false Local Operating System Authentication Use the omconfig rac authentication command to determine whether local operating system authentication of users is enabled or disabled for the remote access controller The RAC has two methods of authenticating user access RAC authentication and local operating system authentication RAC authentication is always enabled Administrators can set up specific user accounts and passwords that allow access to the RAC Operating systems also require administrators to define different levels of users and user accounts each user level has different privileges Local operating system authentication on the RAC is an option for administrators who do not want to define one set of privileges for users in the operating system and a separate set of users and accounts for the RAC If you enable local operating system authentication for the RAC you enable any user with Administrator statu
4. Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac reset Use the omconfig rac reset command to reset the RAC omconfig rac uploadcert Use the omconfig rac uploadcert command to upload the server or CA certificate to the RAC You must enter the fully qualified pathname of the certificate and select the type of certificate to upload The two types of certificate that you can upload are a server certificate or a certificate that you can obtain from a certificate authority CA Examples of certificate authorities are Thawte Server CA or VeriSign Inc F NOTE This command makes use of the FTP protocol to communicate with the RAC firmware The command may fail if firewall software is installed in the system Table 7 14 shows the valid parameters for the command omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 129 Table 7 14 omconfig rac uploadcert name value pair Description file lt text gt type server ca The absolute pathname including filename and extension of the certificate to be uploaded to the RAC required Indicates whether the certificate you are uploading is a server certificate or a CA certificate omconfig rac users Use the omconfig rac users command to specify user property values Table 7 15 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 15 omconfig rac users name value pair Description username lt text gt index lt number 0 15 gt userpas
5. Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac rmdialinuser Use the omconfig rac rmdialinuser command to remove a dial in user Table 7 10 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 10 omconfig rac rmdialinuser name value pair Description username lt text gt Specifies the user name of entry which is to be deleted If no user name is specified an index must be specified index lt n gt Specifies the index of the entry which is to be deleted If no index is specified a user name must be specified omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 127 Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac rmdialinuser username jdo The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac rmdialoutuser Use the omconfig rac rmdialoutuser command to remove a dial out user Table 7 11 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 11 omconfig rac rmdialoutuser name value pair Description username lt text gt Specifies the user name of entry which is to be deleted If no user name is specified an index must be specified index lt n gt Specifies the index of the entry which is to be deleted If no index is specified a user name must be specified Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac rmdialoutuser username jdo The following message appears Comma
6. VESA Acronym for Video Electronics Standards Association VGA Abbreviation for video graphics array VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards To display a program at a specific resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution Similarly the number of colors that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor the video driver and the amount of video memory installed for the video adapter Glossary 207 VGA feature connector On some systems with a built in VGA video adapter a VGA feature connector allows you to add an enhancement adapter such as a video accelerator to your computer A VGA feature connector can also be called a VGA pass through connector video adapter The logical circuitry that provides in combination with the monitor your computer s video capabilities A video adapter may support more or fewer features than a specific monitor offers Typically a video adapter comes with video drivers for displaying popular application programs and operating systems in a variety of video modes On some Dell computers a video adapter is integrated into the system board Also available are many video adapter cards that plug into an expansion card connector Video adapters often include memory separate from RAM on the system board The amount of video mem
7. can load device drivers and memory resident programs UPS Abbreviation for uninterruptible power supply A battery powered unit that automatically supplies power to your computer in the event of an electrical failure USB Abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus A USB connector provides a single connection point for multiple USB compliant devices such as mice keyboards printers and computer speakers USB devices can also be connected and disconnected while the system is running utility A program used to manage system resources memory disk drives or printers for example UTP Abbreviation for unshielded twisted pair UUID Acronym for Universal Unique Identification V Abbreviation for volt s VAC Abbreviation for volt s alternating current varbind An algorithm used to assign an object identifier or OID The varbind gives rules for arriving at the decimal prefix that uniquely identifies an enterprise as well as the formula for specifying a unique identifier for the objects defined in that enterprise s MIB variable A component of a managed object A temperature probe for example has a variable to describe its capabilities its health or status and certain indexes that you can use to help you in locating the right temperature probe vccl Abbreviation for Voluntary Control Council for Interference VCR Abbreviation for video cassette recorder VDC Abbreviation for volt s direct current
8. name value pairs omcontfig chassis biossetup 54 omcontig chassis bmc 60 74 omconfig chassis currents 68 network omconfig rac 124 omreport rac 114 NIC property values 114 nics omreport chassis 34 NMI button 31 0 offline physical disk omconfig 168 omconfg cancel initialize virtual disk 158 omconfig 52 about 53 assign dedicated hot spare 160 assign global hot spare 170 blink physical disk 166 blink virtual disk 157 cancel background initialize 159 cancel check consistency 162 cancel rebuild physical disk 172 change virtual disk policy 164 chassis 54 check consistency 162 command levels 1 2 and 3 50 command parameter table conventions 49 command summary 49 create virtual disk 148 delete virtual disk 163 disable controller alarm 146 disable enclosure alarm 178 disable smart thermal shutdown 178 enable controller alarm 146 enable enclosure alarm 177 enable smart thermal shutdown 178 format virtual disk 164 getting help 52 global disable smart thermal shutdown 143 global enable smart thermal shutdown 142 global rescan controller 143 145 initialize physical disk 168 initialize virtual disk 157 offline physical disk 168 online physical disk 169 pause check consistency 162 prepare to remove physical disk 167 quiet controller alarm 146 rac 117 rebuild physical disk 171 recondition battery 174 reconfiguring virtual disks 164 re
9. where id is the controller number For example controller 0 omreport Connector Status Table 8 7 omreport Connector Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Displays all batteries present on all controllers on the system Some controllers do not have batteries Displays the battery on the specified controller Use omreport storage connector controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 Displays all connectors present on all controllers on the system NOTE This command works only when the controller id is specified Displays the connector on the specified controller Using the Storage Management Service 137 138 Table 8 7 omreport Connector Commands continued Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport Enclosure Status controller id Displays information for the specified ahaa ddae the eauirellee connector on the controller number For example controller 0 connector id where id is the connector number For example connector 0 Table 8 8 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 enclosure Displays the specified enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt and its components where id is the controller number and the enc
10. 4 omreport chassis fancontrol 00 20055 30 omreport chassis firmware 00000 ee eres 31 omreport chassis frontpanel 22 20005 31 omreport chassis fru 2 2 0000 eee ee eee 31 omreport chassis info oo aaa eee 31 omreport chassis intrusion 00 500000 32 omreport chassis leds 00000 eee ee eee 33 omreport chassis memory 2 0000 00000 5 33 omreport chassis nics oaoa eee eee eee 34 omreport chassis ports oaa 0000 eee eee eee 34 omreport chassis processors o oo 02ers 35 omreport chassis pwrsupplies o oa 37 omreport chassis remoteaccess o oo 37 omreport chassis slots o aaa 0000 eee eee 37 omreport chassis temps ooa 00000 eee eee 38 omreport chassis volts o aaa eee eee 38 omreport system Commands naaa aa 000000 38 omreportsystem 2 on a a a a G a e a a a 38 Commands for Viewing Logs oaa a 39 omreport system alertaction ooa oaa 40 omreport system assetinfo o oo a 41 omreport system events oaoa eee ee ee 41 omreport system operatingsystem ooo a 42 omreport system pedestinations o oo a 42 omreport system platformevents a oaoa a 44 omreport system recovery noaoo eee eee ee ee ee 44 omreport system shutdown o oo a 44 omreport system SsUMMAary aooaa eee eee ee ee 44 omreport system thrmshutdown aooaa a 4 omreportsystemversion 0
11. NMI Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt A device sends an NMI to signal the microprocessor about hardware errors such as a parity error noninterlaced Atechnique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially refreshing each horizontal line on the screen ns Abbreviation for nanosecond s one billionth of a second NTFS Abbreviation for the NT File System option in the Windows NT operating system and later Windows operating systems NuBus Proprietary expansion bus used on Apple Macintosh personal computers 200 Glossary NVRAM Acronym for nonvolatile random access memory Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn off your computer NVRAM is used for maintaining the date time and system configuration information OEM Abbreviation for original equipment manufacturer An OEM is a company that supplies equipment to other companies to resell or incorporate into another product using the reseller s brand name OID Abbreviation for object identifier An implementation specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object online access service A service that typically provides access to the Internet e mail bulletin boards chat rooms and file libraries OTP Abbreviation for one time programmable parallel port An I O port used most often to connect a parallel printer to your computer You can usually identify a parallel port on your computer by its 25 hole connector paramete
12. disable setting on off setting enabled disabled enablednonepxe setting enabled disabled enablednonepxe setting on off setting off Ipt lpt2 lpt3 on Enables this device off Disables this device force true Verification of setting change off Disables the device auto Automatically detect and enable the device enable 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 disable Disables the intrusion check during system boot on Enable the mouse off Disable the mouse enabled Enable the NIC during system boot with PXE on if the system has PXE disabled Disable the NIC during system boot enablednonepxe Enable the NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabled Enable the second NIC during system boot with PXE on if the system has PXE disabled Disable the second NIC during system boot enablednonepxe Enable the second NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE on Use the keypad as number keys off Use the keypad as arrow keys off Disable the parallel port address Iptl Locate the device on LPT Ipt2 Locate the device onLPT72 Ipt3 Locate the device on LPT3 56 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 attribute
13. e Manufacturer BIOS version e Release date e BIOS firmware information e Name e BIOS firmware version 46 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Firmware Name e Version Network Interface Card The following details are listed for each NIC in the system e IP address Subnet mask e Default gateway e MAC address Storage Enclosures The following details are listed for each storage enclosure attached to the system e Name e Product ID omreport system thrmshutdown Use the omreport system thrmshutdown command to view which properties if any have been 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 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 Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 47 omreport system version Use the omreport system version command to list the version numbers of the BIOS firmware systems management software and operating system that are installed on your system Example Command Output When you type omreport system ver
14. 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 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 Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config serial continued mode directbasic directterminal directbasicterminal modembasic modemterminal modembasicterminal privilegelevel administrator operator user 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 that 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 privil
15. SATA and ATA Controllers For example to disable the alarm on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers For example to disable the alarm on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller 1 enclosure 1 2 omconfig Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown The omconfig storage enclosure action enablests command was supported in previous releases of Storage Management This command has been replaced by the omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests command When enabling smart thermal shutdown and creating CLI scripts it is preferable to use the omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests command See the omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown command for more information omconfig Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown The omconfig storage enclosure action disablests command was supported in previous releases of Storage Management This command has been replaced by the omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests command When disabling smart thermal shutdown and creating CLI scripts it is preferable to use the omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests command See the omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown command for more information omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Tag Use the following omconfig command syntax to specify the e
16. Table 8 24 omconfig Battery Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage battery action recondition controller id battery id action startlearn controller id battery id action delaylearn controller id battery id days d hours h omconfig Recondition Battery Use the following omconfig command to recondition a controller battery For more information on batteries and the recondition process see the online help Complete Syntax omconfig storage battery action recondition controller id battery id where id is the controller ID and battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for the controller battery Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax For example to recondition the battery on controller 1 enter omconfig storage battery action recondition controller 1 battery 0 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for the controlle
17. The following is an example output Flash chassis indentify LED state Off Flash chassis indentify LED 300 timeout value omreport chassis memory Use omreport chassis memory to see details for each memory module slot 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 The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays information for all memory on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific memory module Output for an occupied memory slot may resemble the following Index papel 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 22 Status Unknown Connector Name DIMM D Type Not Occupied Size Unknown omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 33 If your system supports redundant memory the redundancy output may resemble the following emory Redundancy Redundancy Status gt Full Fail Over State Inactive Redundancy Configuration SpareBank Attributes Location emory Array 1 Proprietary Add on Card Attributes Use emory Array 1 Unknown Attributes Installed Capa
18. information about a manageable component Attributes can be combined to form groups If an attribute is defined as read write it may be defined by a management application authentication The Server Administrator remote access controller has two methods of authenticating user access RAC authentication and local operating system authentication RAC authentication is always enabled Administrators can set up specific user accounts and passwords that allow access to the RAC Operating systems also require administrators to define different levels of users and user accounts each user level has different privileges Local operating system authentication on the RAC is an option for administrators who do not want define one set of privileges for users in the operating system and a separate set of users and accounts for the RAC If you enable local operating system authentication for the RAC you enable any user with Administrator status on the operating system to log into the RAC Glossary 189 autoexec bat file The autoexec bat file is executed when you boot your computer after executing any commands in the config sys file This start up file contains commands that define the characteristics of each device connected to your computer and it finds and executes programs stored in locations other than the active directory backup A copy of a program or data file As a precaution you should back up your computer s hard drive on a re
19. more information Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action removedeadsegments controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt 172 Using the Storage Management Service where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 remove dead disk segments on 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 remove dead segments on the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action removedeadsegments controller 1 pdisk OS Example for SAS Controllers To remove dead segments on the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action removedeadsegments controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pd
20. name value pair 2 setting Description attribute ppmode attribute primaryscsi attribute romb attribute romba attribute rombb attribute sata setting at ps2 ecp epp setting on off force true setting raid off scsi force true setting raid scsi force true setting raid scsi force true setting off ata raid at Set the parallel port mode to type AT ps2 Set the parallel port mode to type PS 2 ecp Set the parallel port mode to type ECP extended capabilities port epp Set the parallel port mode to type EPP enhanced parallel port NOTICE If you modify the setting for primary scsi romb romba or rombb your system becomes inoperable until you reinstall the operating system on Enable this device off Disable this device force true Verification of setting change raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard as a RAID device off Disable the device during system boot scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change 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 raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard channel B as a RAID device scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force true Verification of s
21. 1 vdisk 4 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action initialize controller 1 vdisk 4 Using the Storage Management Service 157 158 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to cancel the initialization of virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action cancelinitialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command
22. 115200 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed 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 Takes the default configuration settings 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config terminalmode continued echocontrol enabled disabled handshakingcontrol enabled disabled inputlinesequence cr null lineediting enabled disabled newlinesequence none crlf null cr lfcr 1f enabled Enables characters to be sent to the screen disabled Disables
23. 147 omconfig Create Virtual Disk 0 00000 000 148 omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate 152 omconfig Set Background Initialization Rate 152 omconfig Set Reconstruct Rate 00000 153 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate 153 omconfig Export the ControllerLog 0 000 153 omconfig Import Foreign Configuration 0 154 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration 04 154 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode 0000 155 omconfig Start PatrolRead 2 0 000000 eee 155 omconfig Stop PatrolRead 20000020 155 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands 156 omconfig Blink Virtual Disk 22000 157 omconfig Unblink Virtual Disk 2005 157 omconfig Initialize Virtual Disk 2000 157 omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk 158 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk 158 omconfig Slow Initialize Virtualize Disk 158 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize 159 omconfig Restore Dead Segments 000 159 omconfig SplitMirror 2 2 ee 159 omconfig Unmirror 2 22 2 ee ee 160 omconfig Assign Dedicated HotSpare 160 omconfig Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare 161 omconfig Check Consistency 0 0000 ee ae 162 omconfig Cancel Check Consistency
24. 44 shutdown action omconfig system platformevents 91 slot ID omreport chassis slots 38 slots omreport chassis 37 smart thermal shutdown status 137 Index 219 snmp omconfig preferences 85 SNMP trap property values 114 SNMP traps 93 disabling 92 enabling 92 snmptraps omconfig rac 126 omreport rac 114 specify remote features property values for your RAC 127 specify user property values 130 split mirror omconfig 159 start battery learn cycle omconfig 175 state omreport chassis processors 35 storage management 133 storage management CLI 133 successful commands 15 summary omreport system 44 support information adding 108 syntax overview CLI commands 17 system 99 system asset information 99 system information 220 Index adding 109 T table format for CLI command output 187 temperature probe warning threshold 83 temps omconfig chassis 82 omreport chassis 38 thermal shutdown about 47 configuring 96 example commands 97 thrmshutdown omconfig system 96 omreport system 47 U unassign dedicated hot spare omconfig 161 unassign global hot spare omconfig 171 unblink physical disk omconfig 167 unmirror omconfig 160 upload the CA certificate to the RAC 129 uploadcert omconfig rac 123 129 uploading a certificate to a RAC 122 uploading a certificate to your RAC 129 user access to Server Administ
25. NOTE See Table 4 4 for more information on the name value pair dracusergroup custom dracusergroup none Does not enable User privileges id number ID number of the user being configured lanaccesslevel administrator User 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 67 Table 4 4 omconfig chassis bme config user id lt user id gt dracusergroup custom name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config user id user id logindrac true false continued dracusergroup custom configuredrac true false configure users true false clearlogs true false executeservercommands true false accessconsoleredir true false accessvirtualmedia true false testalerts true false omconfig chassis currents Use the omconfig chassis currents command to set amperage probe warning thresholds As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure thresholds Your system s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure thresholds F NOTE Settable thresholds v
26. NOTE The export log file command is not supported on the PERC 2 SC 2 DC 4 IM CERC ATA 100 4ch and CERC SATA 1 5 2s controllers 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 Example Syntax For example to import foreign configurations on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action importforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to clear or delete all virtual disks that reside on physical disks that are 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 For example to clear foreign configurations on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig controller 1 154 Using the Storage Management Service 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 control
27. RAID level for a virtual disk Different controllers support different RAID levels See the online help for information on the RAID levels a controller supports and for general information about RAID levels and concatenation The following table indicates how to specify the raid n parameter for each RAID level and concatenation Table 8 17 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 10 raid rl0 RAID 50 raid r50 RAID 1 concatenated raid rlc Concatenation raid c size lt number max min gt Parameter Required The following table indicates how to specify the size lt number max min gt parameter Table 8 18 Size Parameter size lt number max min gt Parameter Description 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 Using the Storage Management Service 149 PDISKID lt connector enclosurelD portiD connector targetID gt Us
28. Severity Parameters Command Result Description omconfig system events type lt component name gt severity info omconfig system events type lt component name gt severity warning omconfig system events type lt component name gt severity critical omconfig system events type lt component name gt severity none Enables notification for informational warning and critical events Enables notification for warning and critical events Enables notification for critical events only Disables event notification Least restrictive form of event notification Omits informational event notification for example when a component returns to normal status Restrictive form of event notification No event notification 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 When a system contains more than one fan for example 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 As a result of the example command Server Administrator will send an SNMP trap only when the first fan in the system chassis index 0 has reached critical fan RPMs omconfig system webserver Use the omconfig system webserver command to start
29. 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 will shut 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 This command will 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 enter the following omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests F 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 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 online help for more information about using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan Using the Storage Management Service 143 144 Example Syntax Th
30. Storage Management Service Integration Layer 1 x x Server Administrator 5 x x omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 53 omconfig chassis Use the omconfig chassis commands to default or to set values for current 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 command to see a list of all omconfig chassis commands F NOTE When you issue CLI commands to a server module in a modular system chassis refers only to the server module omconfig chassis biossetup Use the omconfig chassis biossetup command to configure system BIOS settings that are normally available only in your system s BIOS setup boot time settings NOTICE Changing certain BIOS setup options might disable your system or require you to reinstall the operating system F NOTE You must reboot your system before any changes to the BIOS setup options take effect F NOTE Not all BIOS setup options are available on every system Table 4 2 shows the name value pairs you can use with this command Table 4 2 BIOS Setup name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute acpwrrecovery setting off last on off System is turned off last System returns to previous state on System is turned on attribute bezel set
31. Table 4 7 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 7 omconfig chassis fancontrol name value pair Description speed quiet Sets fan speed for quiet operation speed maxcool Sets fan speed for maximum cooling omconfig chassis frontpanel Use the omconfig chassis frontpanel command to configure the Power button and the Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button and to specify and configure the LCD line number F NOTE The Power and NMI buttons can be configured only if present on the system Table 4 8 shows the valid parameters for the command 70 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 8 omconfig chassis frontpanel name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description Icdindex lt index gt NA Specify the LCD line number config none default NA none Set the LCD text to none custom default Set the LCD text to default custom Set the LCD text to custom text lt custom text gt NA Set the custom text for LCD when config custom nmibutton enable true false true Enables the NMI button on the system false Disables the NMI button on the system powerbutton enable true false true Enables the Power button on the system false Disables the Power button on the system omconfig chassis info Use the omconfig chassis info command to enter an asset tag name for your system and a chassis name for your system If your system is a modular one you can enter asset tag names for
32. To make a file that contains all of 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 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 omconfig about command Product name Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 5 x x Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2006 All rights reserved Company Dell Inc For more details about the environment for Server Administrator type omconfig about details true 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 your configuration and the version of Server Administrator that is available Contains Instrumentation Service 5 x x Storage Management Service 3 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 3 x x Secure Port Server 1 x x Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 x x
33. Warning Thresholds Ei NOTE The capabilities for managing sensors vary by systems 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 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 Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds F NOTE In PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems warning threshold for the temperature probe can be set only for the ambient temperature If you prefer to specify values for the temperature probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum and 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 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Temperature probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig chassis volts Use the omconfig chassis 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 thresholds Your system s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure thresholds Valid Parameters
34. alert generation when the system s fans and or power supplies become inoperative resulting in less than full redundancy for that component Sets action or enables disables alert generation when the system s fans and or power supplies become inoperative resulting in a lost or a no redundant components working condition for that component Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a temperature probe detects that the temperature is approaching the maximum high or low limits Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a temperature probe detects that the temperature is either too high or low for proper operation Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a voltage probe detects that the voltage is too low for proper operation Enables or disables alert generation configured by the ASR when the system has hung or is not responding omconfig system events Use the omconfig system events command to enable and disable SNMP traps for components on your system F 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 92 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Source At present source snmpt raps is a required name value pair because SNMP is currently the only supported source of event notification for your system s compone
35. and files The following is an example command using the fully qualified path and filename enclosed in quotation marks omconfig rac generatecert file c security files certificates sslcert cer F NOTE Except for the two letter country code all other parameter values are strings Parameters are required only if indicated required F NOTE This command makes use of the FTP protocol to communicate with the RAC firmware The command may fail if firewall software is installed in the system Table 7 4 shows required and optional parameters that are used to generate your CSR 122 omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Table 7 4 omconfig rac generatecert name value pair Description commonname lt text gt Enter a unique text string that distinguishes your system from others for which you may be requesting certificates required countrycode lt text gt Two letter code representing the country where your system is located See ISO Standard 3166 required emailaddress lt text gt The e mail address of your system file lt text gt The absolute pathname or filename with extension of the CSR to be generated required If you provide only a filename the CSR file is placed in your current working directory locality lt text gt City name or other location name where your system is located orgname lt text gt Name of your organization required orgunit lt text gt Name of the sub unit
36. are used in computers Direct RDRAM chips are housed in RIMM modules which are similar to DIMMs but have different pin settings The chips can be built with dual channels doubling the transfer rate to 3 2 GB sec read only file A read only file is one that you are prohibited from editing or deleting A file can have read only status if e Its read only attribute is enabled e It resides on a physically write protected diskette or on a diskette in a write protected drive e It is located on a network in a directory to which the system administrator has assigned read only rights to you readme file Atext file included with a software package or hardware product that contains information supplementing or updating the documentation for the software or hardware Typically readme files provide installation information describe new product enhancements or corrections that have not yet been documented and list known problems or other things you need to be aware of as you use the software or hardware real mode An operating mode supported by 80286 or higher microprocessors real mode imitates the architecture of an 8086 microprocessor refresh rate The rate at which the monitor redraws the video image on the monitor screen More precisely the refresh rate is the frequency measured in Hz at which the screen s horizontal lines are recharged sometimes also referred to as its vertical frequency The higher the refresh rat
37. as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to unmirror virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action unmirror controller 1 vdisk 4 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 Ei NOTE The PERC 2 SC 2 DC and CERC SATA 1 5 2s controllers do not support dedicated hot spares 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 Using the Storage Management Service To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and physical disk enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter 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 4 On a Serial Attached SCSI SAS controller the physical disk resides in encl
38. 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 Using the Storage Management Service 169 170 To obtain these values you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter 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 1 back online On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To bring the physical disk described in this example back online enter 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 enter 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 PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport s
39. cachepolicy c readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different read policies See the online help for more information The following table indicates how to specify the readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt parameter for each of the read policies 150 Using the Storage Management Service Table 8 20 Read Policy Paramaters Read Policy readpolicy ra ara nra re nre 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 writepolicy lt wb wt we nwc gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different write policies See the online help for more information The following table indicates how to specify the writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt parameter for each of the write policies Table 8 21 Write Policy Parameters Write Policy writepolicy wb wt we fwb nwe 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 nwce name lt string gt Parameter Optional Use this parameter to specify a name for the virtual disk For example name VirtualDiskl F NOTE The CERC SATA 1 5 2s controller does not allow you to specify a virtual disk name The virtual disk will be create
40. characters to be sent to the screen 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 disable Disables line editing as a line is typed 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 sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console cr BMC uses lt CR gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console lfcr 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 79 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config user id numberenable true false id number ID number of the user id numberenableserialoverlan true false id number name text id number newpw text confirmnewpw text id n
41. chassis information On Microsoft Windows systems data about the external chassis does not appear in omreport output omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 21 Table 3 1 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 system and rac 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 section Table 3 1 shows 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 Table 3 1 omreport Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command Command Command User Use level 1 level 2 level 3 privilege required omreport about U P A Shows version number and properties for the Server Administrator program details true U PA Displays information for all of the Server Administrator programs that are installed chassis U PA Shows a general stat
42. command levels 1 2 3 omreport 22 command syntax overview 17 commands for clearing logs 89 commands for viewing logs 39 components alert actions 88 event notification 93 events 41 failure messages 16 instrumentation service 49 omreport 21 22 omreport system 38 omreport system summary 24 omreport system version 24 RAG 111 SNMP traps 92 storage 135 summary 44 updating 15 warning and failure thresholds 68 69 configure remote access service 117 configuring Active Directory service 84 network parameter values for your RAC 124 RAC to authenticate users 119 RAC user access 119 requirements for RAC dial in users 120 requirements for RAC dial out users 121 SNMP trap property values 126 system events 92 configuring power button NMI button 70 Connector 137 connector omcontig storage 176 connector commands omcontig 176 connector name omreport chassis processors 35 connector status omreport 137 controller battery 137 BMC 29 37 43 51 52 display IDs 134 omcontig storage 144 omreport storage 136 RAC 111 117 SATA 57 controlling CLI command output 183 conventions for command parameter tables 21 core count omreport chassis processors 35 CSR about 122 generating parameters 122 user access levels 118 current speed omreport chassis processors 35 currents omconfig chassis 68 omreport chassis 30 D data bus width omreport cha
43. connect up to seven devices 15 for some newer SCSI types to one SCSI interface SDMS Abbreviation for SCSI device management system sec Abbreviation for second s Glossary 203 SEC Abbreviation for single edge contact serial port An I O port used most often to connect a modem to your computer You can usually identify a serial port on your computer by its 9 pin connector settings Settings are conditions of a manageable object help to determine what happens when a certain value is detected in a component For example a user can set the upper critical threshold of a temperature probe to 75 degrees Celsius If the probe reaches that temperature the setting results in an alert being sent to the management console so that user intervention can be taken Some settings when reached can trigger a system shutdown or other response that can prevent damage to the system service tag number A bar code label on the computer that identifies it when you call Dell for customer or technical support SGRAM Acronym for synchronous graphics RAM shadowing A computer s system and video BIOS code is usually stored on ROM chips Shadowing refers to the performance enhancement technique that copies BIOS code to faster RAM chips in the upper memory area above 640 KB during the boot routine SIMD Abbreviation for Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMM Acronym for single in line memory module A small circuit board containin
44. 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 only one of the two attributes usb and usbb is available for configuring the USB port s It will be replaced by the command omconfig chassis F NOTE You have to enter the user ID to configure user information Type omconfig chassis bmc omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 59 The output from the omconfig chassis bme command lists each of the available configurations Table 4 3 shows the valid parameters Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config advsol characcuminterval number number Sets the character accumulate interval charsendthreshold number config nic enable true false encryptkey text gateway gateway enablenic true false IP address IP config nic ipsource static dhep continued systemsoftware in 5 millisecond intervals number Sets the number of characters BMC automatically sends a serial over LAN data packet that contains this number of characters as soon as this number of characters or greater has been accepted from the baseboard serial controller into the BMC true Enables IPMI over LAN false Disables IPMI over LAN text Text to encrypt IPMI sessions NOTE The option text is supported only on Power
45. 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 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 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 Server Administrator omreport about details true Introduction 17 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 re
46. 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 temps Reports events for temperatures type volts Reports events for voltages Example Command for Event Type When you type omreport system events type fans The following is an example output Settings Enable Critical Disable Informational and Warning omreport system operatingsystem Use the omreport system operatingsystem command to display operating system information omreport system pedestinations Use the omreport system 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 Type omreport system pedestinations 42 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service The output from the omreport system pedestinations command lists each of the valid parameters F 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 omreport system pedestinations Output Attributes Description Destination List Destination Number Destination destination 1 Displays the first Destination IP Address 101 1
47. 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 To bypass operating system shutdown before the system is powered off type omconfig system shutdown action reboot osfirst false omconfig system thrmshutdown Use the omconfig system 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 29 shows the valid parameters for the command 96 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 29 Thermal Shutdown Parameters name value pair Description severity disabled warning failure disabled Disable thermal shutdown An administrator must intervene warning Perform a shutdown when a temperature warning event is detected A warning event occurs when any temperature probe inside a chassis reads a temperature in degrees Celsius which exceeds the maximum temperature warning threshold 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 Example Thermal Shutdown Commands To trigger a thermal shutdown when a temperature probe detects a fail
48. gt enclosure connector enclosureID To obtain these values you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage enclosure controller id to display the IDs for the enclosures attached to the controller Using the Storage Management Service Table 8 2 Syntax For Name Value Pairs For Parameters continued Syntax Description pdisk lt PDISKID gt Indicates a particular physical disk by specifying either connector targetID or connector enclosureID portID To obtain the values for the connector enclosure and physical disk targetID or portID you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller id to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller battery id Indicates the battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter 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 Virtual Disk The bracket symbols indicate optional elements that you can choose to specify or not For example when creating a virtual disk the name lt string gt parameter indicates that you have the option o
49. 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 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 For example to enable the alarm on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers For example to enable the alarm on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 1 2 Using the Storage Management Service 177 178 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable the enclosure 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 Example for SCSI
50. installed on your system Server Administrator issues a message that the component or feature is not found on the system omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 49 Table 4 1 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 Table 4 1 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command Command Command User privilege Use level 1 level 2 level 3 required omconfig about U P A Shows version number and properties for the Server Administrator program details true U PA Displays information for all of the Server Administrator programs that are installed preferences cdvformat A Specifies the delimiter for separating data fields reported in custom delimited format cdv dirservice A Configures the Active Directory service snmp A Sets the SNMP root password useraccess A Determines whether users below the administrator level are allowed to use Server Administrator or not system alertaction PA Determines in advance what actions are to be taken for warning or failure events on intrusion
51. ipaddress ip address Sets the IP address for the destination 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 Use the omconfig system 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 generation NOTICE If you set a platform event shutdown action to anything other than none your system will 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 22 shows the valid parameters for the command F 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 90 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 22 Shutdown Action Shutdown Action Description alert disable alert enable action none action powercycle action poweroff action reboot Disables the SNMP alert Enables the SNMP alert to be sent Takes no action when the system is hung or has crashed Turns the electrical power to
52. is specified by lt text gt This address is the IP address that the RAC calls back after being contacted by a demand dial out user index lt n gt Displays the demand dial out user entry whose index is equal to n The index is usually 0 to 15 and specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC NOTE The index number corresponds to a user position on the RAC omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components 113 omreport rac network Use the omreport rac network command to display the NIC property values omreport rac modem Use the omreport rac modem command to display the onboard modem property values omreport rac remote Use the omreport rac remote command to display the remote features property values omreport rac snmptraps Use the omreport rac snmptraps command to display the SNMP trap property values Table 6 4 displays the valid parameters for the command Table 6 4 omreport rac snmptraps name value pair Description ipaddr lt text gt Displays the trap entry whose IP address is specified by lt text gt index lt n gt Displays the trap entry whose index is equal to n The index is usually 0 to 15 and specifies one of the 16 trap positions on the RAC NOTE The index number corresponds to the trap position on the RAC omreport rac users Use the omreport rac users command to display the RAC user name properties Table 6 5 displays the valid parameters for the command Table 6 5 omr
53. nwc 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller For information on the controller specific read write and cache policy see the online help For information on how to specify 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 cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional Example Syntax For example to change the read policy of virtual disk 4 on controller 1 to no read ahead enter omconfig storage vdisk action changepolicy controller 1 vdisk 4 readpolicy nra omconfig Rename Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to rename a virtual disk F NOTE On a CERC SATA 1 5 2s controller you cannot change the default name of a virtual disk Complete Syntax 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and t
54. rac authentication 120 omconfigracdialinusers 0 000002 e eee 120 Example Commands 0000 eee eee 121 omconfig racdialoutusers 0 00000 ee eeae 121 Example Commands 0000 eee eee eae 122 omconfig rac generatecert 0 0000s 122 omconfigracmodem 0 0000 ee eee eee 123 omconfigracnetwork 0 0000 eee eee eee 124 ExampleCommand 0000 eee eee 125 omconfigracsnmptraps 22 0202000 126 Example Commands 00000 eee eae 126 omconfigracremote 0 000 eee eee eae 127 ExampleCommand 0000 eee eee eae 127 omconfig racrmdialinuser 0 0000000 127 ExampleCommand 0000 eee eee 128 omconfig racrmdialoutuser 0 000000 128 ExampleCommand 0000 eee eee 128 omconfigracrmsnmptrap 22 200000 128 ExampleCommand 0000 eee eee 129 Contents 7 omconfigracrmuser 0 0 00 eee eee eee 129 ExampleCommand 0000 eee eee 129 omconfigracreset 0 0 0 0 0 ee eee 129 omconfigracuploadcert 2 22 00050 129 omconfigracusers 2 0 ee 130 ExampleCommand 0000 eee eee 131 Using the Storage Management Service 133 CLI Command Syntax 000 0000s 133 Syntax for Required Optional and Variable Command Elements 134 User Privileges for omreport s
55. syntax and use of the command appear later in this section Table 7 1 Command Level 1 Command Level 2 and Command Level 3 Options for omconfig rac Command Command Command User Use level 1 level 2 level 3 privilege required omconfig rac authentication A Sets authentication properties dialinusers A Sets dial in user properties dialoutusers A Sets dial out user properties generatecertt lt A Generates an certificate signing request CSR modem A Configures modem properties network A Configures network properties snmptraps A Sets SNMP trap properties remote A Configures remote features properties rmdialinuser lt A Removes the dial in user rmdialoutuser A Removes the dial out user rmsnmptrap A Removes the SNMP trap rmuser A Removes the user reset A Resets the RAC uploadcert A Uploads a server or CA certificate users A Sets user properties omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Help With the omconfig rac Command Use the omconfig rac command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig rac Use omconfig rac lt command level 3 gt to see a list of name value pairs that you may need to use with dialinusers dialoutusers modem network remote and so on Type omconfig rac dialinusers The following is an excerpt of the Server Administrator response dialinusers Set dial in user properties Valid parameters are username lt text Reqd gt index lt number 0 15 gt
56. that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific voltage probe omreport system Commands Use the omreport system commands to view logs to see how shutdown actions are configured and to view threshold values cost of ownership information and information about how recovery actions are configured omreport system Use the omreport system command to see a general status for your system components When you specify a level 3 command such as omreport system shutdown you can get detailed information for one system component rather than the high level status that you get with omreport system Type omreport system 38 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service If your system has both a main system chassis and at least one direct attached storage device Server Administrator may display a summary that resembles the following example F NOTE As with all output shown in this guide the following output is an example and may vary depending on your system configuration SEVERITY COMPONENT Ok Main System Chassis Critical Storage Commands for Viewing Logs You can use the omreport system command to view logs the alert log the command log the hardware or ESM log and the POST log F 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 clearin
57. the system rented owns leases or 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 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info owner type rented The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Adding Service Contract Information A service contract is an agreement that specifies fees for preventive maintenance and repair of the system Table 5 8 shows the valid parameters for adding contract information Table 5 8 omconfig system assetinfo info service Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info service renewed true false Whether the service agreement has been renewed type lt string gt Type of service covered by the contract vendor lt business gt Business entity that 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 servi
58. the system off pauses turns the power on and reboots the system Turns off the electrical power to the system Forces the operating system to shut down and initiates system startup performs BIOS checks and reloads the operating system Table 4 23 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 23 omconfig system platformevents Event Name Description alertsenable true false event batterywarn event batteryfail event discretevolt event fanfail event hardwarelogfail event intrusion event powerwarn event powerabsent 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 Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a battery device detects that the battery is pending a failure condition Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a battery device detects that the battery has failed Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a discrete voltage probe detects that the voltage is too low for proper operation Sets action or enables disables alert ge
59. up enables software upgrading and other management tasks to be performed on users machines after the work day is over It also enables remote users to gain access to machines that have been turned off Intel calls remote wake up Wake on LAN WH Abbreviation for watt hour s win ini file A start up file for the Windows operating system When you start Windows it consults the win ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating environment Among other things the win ini file records what printer s and fonts are installed for Windows The win ini file also usually includes sections that contain optional settings for Windows application programs that are installed on the hard drive Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the win ini file On other occasions you may need to change or add options to the win ini file manually with a text editor such as Notepad write protected Read only files are said to be write protected You can write protect a 3 5 inch diskette by sliding its write protect tab to the open position or by setting the write protect feature in the System Setup program XMM Abbreviation for extended memory manager a utility that allows application programs and operating systems to use extended memory in accordance with the XMS XMS Abbreviation for eXtended Memory Specification ZIF Acronym for zero insertion force Some computers use ZIF socket
60. 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to cancel background initialization on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action cancelbginitialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Restore Dead Segments Use the following omconfig command syntax to recover data from a RAID 5 virtual disk that has been corrupted This task attempts to reconstruct data from a corrupt portion of a physical disk included in a RAID 5 virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action restoresegments controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to restore segments on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action restoresegments controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Split Mirror Use the following omconfig command syntax to separate mirrored data originally configured as a RAI
61. virtual disk tasks NOTICE The omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id command deletes a virtual disk Deleting a virtual disk destroys all information including file systems and volumes residing on the virtual disk Table 8 22 omconfig Manage Virtual Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs 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 action slowinit controller id vdisk id action cancelinitialize controller id vdisk id action cancelbginitialize controller id vdisk id action restoresegments controller id vdisk id action splitmirror controller id vdisk id action unmirror 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 r0 rl rle 15 110 gt size lt size gt pdisk lt PDISKID gt action changepolicy controller id vdisk id readpolicy lt ra nra ara re nrc gt writepolicy lt wb
62. warning or failure event from intrusion current probes fans voltage probes and temperature probes For information on how to use the omconfig system command to view and to manage cost of ownership information assetinfo see omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 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 for a 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 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 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 you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature omconfig Command Summary F 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 that is not
63. 00000 eee eee 48 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation SEVICE ore kee a hE eee eyo oe eran ease aide 49 Conventions for Parameter Tables 20 05 49 omconfig Command Summary 008 49 Help With the omconfig Command 52 omconfig about aaa aaa es 53 Contents omconfig chassis 0 0000 eee ee eee 54 omconfig chassis biossetup 00 20055 54 omconfigchassisbmc 0 0000 eee eee 59 omconfig chassis currents 0000 002s eee 68 omconfig chassis fans 0 00000 eee 69 omconfig chassis fancontrol 2 20055 70 omconfig chassis frontpanel 2 20055 70 omconfig chassis info 2 0 ee 71 omconfig chassis leds 1 ee ee 72 omconfig chassismemorymode 000000 ae 72 omconfig chassisremoteaccess 20005 73 omconfig chassis temps 00 0005022 82 omconfig chassis volts aaa 00000 eee eee 83 omconfig preferences nauhaa haaa a 84 omconfig preferences cdvformat aoaaa 84 omconfig preferences dirservice o oo 84 omconfig preferences SAMp ooa 85 omconfig preferences UsSeraccess onou 86 omconfig system aaa a eee ee 87 omconfig system alertaction oaoa 87 Commands for Clearing Logs aoaaa a 89 omconfig system pedestinations o oo 90 omconfig system platformevents aoaaa 90 omconfig sys
64. 02 103 104 destination 101 102 103 104 IP address of the first destination Destination Number Destination 2 destination 2 Displays the second Destination IP Address 110 120 130 140 lestination 110 120 130 140 IP address of the second destination Destination Number Destination 3 destination 3 Displays the third Destination IP Address 201 202 203 204 lestination 201 202 203 204 IP address of the third destination Destination Number Destination 4 destination 4 Displays the fourth Destination IP Address 210 211 212 213 lestination 210 211 212 213 IP address of the fourth destination Destination Configuration Settings attribute communitystring communitystring Displays the text string that acts as a password and is used to authenticate SNMP messages sent between the baseboard management controller BMC and the destination management station omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 43 omreport system platformevents Use the omreport system platformevents command to view how the system responds for each listed platform event omreport system recovery Use the omreport system 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 to be hung omreport system shutdown Use the omreport system shutdown command to view any pending shu
65. 1 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 For example if you want to enter more than one parameter value for info acquisition use the following example as a syntax guide omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost 5000 waybill 123456 installdate 120501 purchasedate 050601 ponum 9999 Ssignauth John Smith expensed yes costcenter finance The following message appears Asset information set successfully 100 omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 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 depreciation command to add details about how your system s depreciation is to be computed Table 5 2 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 2 omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration lt n gt Number of years or months over which a system is depreciated method lt text gt Steps and assumptions used to compute the system s depr
66. CA Root O Thawte Certification OU TEST TEST TEST L San Jose ST CA C US E name thawte com omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components 115 116 omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller The omconfig rac command enables you to configure the operational components of the Remote Access Service RAS The CLI command omconfig rac uses the remote access controller RAC software interface to configure these operational components NOTE Some features documented may not be available on your system s RAC For example dial up modem use is supported only on DRAC III NOTE The commands are available only on systems with DRAC III DRAC III XT ERA and ERA O not for systems with DRAC 4 and DRAC 5 For information on how to use Server Administrator to configure other system and main system chassis components see omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service For information on how to use the omconfig system command to view and to manage cost of ownership information assetinfo see omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Often you must use omreport rac commands to get information you need to execute an omconfig rac command For information about the omreport rac command see omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Conventions for Parameter Tables Parameter tables list input param
67. CH New Zealand NW Czech and Slovak Republic CZ Norway NO Denmark DE Philippines PH Finland FI Poland PO France FR Portugal PR Germany GE Russia RU Greece GR Singapore SI Hong Kong HO Spain SP Hungary HU Sweden SW India IN Switzerland SZ Ireland IR Taiwan TA Israel IS United Kingdom UK Italy IT United States US omconfig rac network Use the omconfig rac network command to specify network parameter values Table 7 7 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 7 omconfig rac network name value pair Description ipaddr lt text gt Sets the IP address which must be specified in dotted decimal notation subnetmask lt text gt Sets the subnet mask which must be specified in dotted decimal notation gateway lt text gt Sets the gateway which must be specified in dotted decimal notation nicenable true false true Enables the NIC false Disables the NIC 124 omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Table 7 7 omconfig rac network continued name value pair Description dhcpenable true false true Enables the DHCP false Disables the DHCP smtpaddr lt text gt Sets the SMTP address which must be specified in dotted decimal notation smtpenable true false true Enables the SMTP false Disables the SMTP dialinenable true false true Enables the dial in communications false Disables the dial in communications dialindhcpenable true false true Enables the dial in dynamic h
68. D 1 RAID 1 concatenated or RAID 10 virtual disk Splitting a RAID 1 or RAID concatenated mirror creates two concatenated nonredundant virtual disks Splitting a RAID 10 mirror creates two RAID 0 striped nonredundant virtual disks Data is not lost during this operation Using the Storage Management Service 159 160 Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action splitmirror controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to initiate a split mirror on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action splitmirror controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Unmirror Use the following omconfig command syntax to separate mirrored data and restore one half of the mirror to free space Unmirroring a RAID 1 or RAID 1 concatenated virtual disk results in a single nonredundant concatenated virtual disk Unmirroring a RAID 10 virtual disk results in a single nonredundant RAID 0 striped virtual disk Data is not lost during this operation See the online help for more information about using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action unmirror controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID
69. Dell OpbenManage Server Administrator Version 5 1 Command Line Interface User s Guide www dell com support dell com Notes and Notices F NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer NOTICE A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem Information in this document is subject to change without notice 2006 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell the DELL logo PowerEdge and Dell OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows MS DOS and Windows NT are registered trademarks and Windows Server is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Red Hat is a registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks and Itanium and Intel386 are trademarks of Intel Corporation VESA is a registered trademark of Video Electronic Standards Association UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries OS 2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell Inc disclaims any
70. E LINUX Enterprise Server version 10 on Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology Intel EM64T systems e Added support for Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 on Intel EM64T systems Introduction 13 Using CLI Commands from Windows Command Prompts If you are running the Windows operating system use the 32 bit command prompt to issue a Server Administrator CLI command You can access the 32 bit command prompt by clicking the Start button and pointing to Programs Accessories Command Prompt shortcut or by clicking the Start button and selecting Run then typing cmd exe in the Run dialog box 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 e 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 action 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
71. EISA Acronym for Extended Industry Standard Architecture a 32 bit expansion bus design The 194 Glossary expansion card connectors in an EISA computer are also compatible with 8 or 16 bit ISA expansion cards To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA expansion card you must use the EISA Configuration Utility This utility allows you to specify which expansion slot contains the card and obtains information about the card s required system resources from a corresponding EISA configuration file EMC Abbreviation for Electromagnetic Compatibility EMI Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference EMM Abbreviation for expanded memory manager A utility that uses extended memory to emulate expanded memory on computers with an Intel386_ or higher microprocessor EMS Abbreviation for Expanded Memory Specification EPP Abbreviation for Enhanced Parallel Port which provides improved bidirectional data transmission Many devices are designed to take advantage of the EPP standard especially devices such as network or SCSI adapters that connect to the parallel port of a portable computer EPROM Acronym for erasable programmable read only memory ERA Acronym for embedded remote access ERA O Acronym for embedded remote access option ESD Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge ESM Acronym for embedded server management expanded memory A technique for accessing RAM above 1 MB To enable e
72. Edge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems Gateway Sets a gateway address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface true Enables the DRAC NIC false Disables the DRAC NIC NOTE The option enablenic is supported only on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems that have DRAC installed IP Sets the IP address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface 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 the system 60 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 config Description nicselection nicl teamedniclnic2 dracnic privilegelevel administrator operator user subnet Subnet config nic vlanenable true false continued vlanid number vlanpriority number nicl Enables NIC 1 teamedniclnic2 Enables NIC teaming functionality dracnic Enables DRAC NIC if DRAC 5 is installed NOTE The option nicselection is supported only on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems NOTE If there are m
73. OS screen is redirected over a particular serial port or if it is turned off Displays whether console redirection after system reboot is enabled or disabled Displays whether the diskette is disabled auto enabled or read only Displays whether DBS is enabled or disabled on the system Displays whether NIC 1 and NIC 2 with PXE is enabled or disabled Displays whether the external serial connector is mapped to COM port 1 or COM port 2 or a Remote Access Device Displays the setting for console redirection failsafe baud rate Displays whether the drive is enabled or disabled Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled Displays whether the intrusion check is enabled or disabled during system boot Displays whether the mouse is enabled or disabled Displays whether the first and second NICs are enabled with or without PXE or disabled during system boot Displays whether the keypad can be used as number keys Displays whether the address is located on LPT 1 LPT2 and LPT3 or if it is disabled Displays the setting associated with the parallel port Displays whether the device is on or off Displays whether RAID on motherboard is detected as a RAID device a SCSI device or if the device is disabled during system boot Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel A is d
74. PA Configures current probe warning thresholds by default or by value fans PA 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 fancontrol PA Allows you to optimize fan speed for maximum cooling or quiet operation frontpanel A Configures the Power button and Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button if present on the system info PA Allows you to set an initial value for or to edit the value for asset tag or chassis name leds PA Specifies when to flash a chassis fault LED or chassis identification LED and allows you to clear the LED for the system s hard drive omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 51 Table 4 1 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command User privilege Use level 1 level 2 level 3 required memorymode lt A Enables or disables the spare bank and mirroring memory modes and also specify which mode to use remoteaccess PA Configures remote access information temps PA 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 storage See Using the Storage Management Service Help With the omconfig Comman
75. SA or XT bus architecture so older cards cannot be used with it memory A computer can contain several different forms of memory such as RAM ROM and video memory Frequently the word memory is used as a synonym for RAM for example an unqualified statement such as a computer with 16 MB of memory refers to a computer with 16 MB of RAM memory address A specific location usually expressed as a hexadecimal number in the computer s RAM memory manager A utility that controls the implementation of memory in addition to conventional memory such as extended or expanded memory memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board MHz Abbreviation for megahertz Acronym for management information base MIB is used to send detailed status commands from or to an SNMP managed device microprocessor The primary computational chip inside the computer that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic functions Software written for one microprocessor must usually be revised to run on another microprocessor CPU is a synonym for microprocessor MIDI Abbreviation for musical instrument digital interface MIF Acronym for management information format A MIF file contains information status and links to component instrumentation MIF files are installed into the MIF database by the DMI service layer The content of a MIF is defined by a DTMF working committ
76. SI controllers the ID specified in enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the connector number and for Serial Attached SCSI SAS controllers ID is the connectorNumber Enclosurelndex Displays the fans for the specified enclosure controller id enclosure Displays the specified fan lt ENCLOSUREID gt info fans index n where id is the controller number and the enclosure number and n is the number of a fan For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info fans index 1 Using the Storage Management Service 139 140 omreport Power Supply Status Table 8 11 omreport Power Supply Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs and name value pair Use omreport storage enclosure controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info pwrsupplies where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info pwrsupplies index n where id is the controller number and the enclosure number and n is the number of a power supply For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info pwrsupplies index 1 Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system Displays the power supplies for the specified enclosure Displays the specified power supply omreport EMM Status Table 8 12 omreport EMM Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional nam
77. Speed is the actual processor speed in MHz at system boot time External Clock Speed is the speed of the processor s external clock in MHz State refers to whether the processor slot is enabled or disabled Core Count refers to the number of processors integrated onto one chip Cache Properties for a Specific Processor To learn the cache properties for a processor on a given connector type omreport chassis 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 a cache present on a particular microprocessor If the cache is internal to the processor the fields do not appear in the cache report Speed e Cache Device Supported Type e Cache Device Current Type External Socket Name omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 35 Fields Reported for Each Cache on a Particular Processor Status reports whether a specific cache on the processor is enabled or disabled Level refers to 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 chip set outside the processor The internal processor cache is referred to as
78. System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 37 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 Adapter refers to the name and or type of the card that fits into the slot for example a storage array controller SCSI adapter or HBA Data bus width is the width in bits of the information pathway between the components of a system Data bus width range is 16 to 64 bits omreport chassis temps Use the omreport chassis temps command to view properties of your system s temperature probes When you type omreport chassis 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 Use the omreport chassis volts command to view properties of your system s voltage probes When you type omreport chassis 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
79. Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds back to their default values F 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 Using the Storage Management Service 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 reset the thresholds for temperature probe 3 to the default values enter 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 F 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
80. 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 produces reports of your system s management information F NOTE For an overall summary of CLI commands type omhe 1p 14 Introduction Table 1 1 lists the primary CLI commands used by Server Administrator This guide contains a section for each primary command Table 1 1 CLI Commands and Sections in This Guide Primary CLI Section Title Related Sections Command omconfig omconfig Managing Components Using the omconfig system assetinfo Editing Instrumentation Service Cost of Ownership Values omhelp omhelp Getting Help With CLI Commands omreport omreport Viewing System Status Using omreport rac Viewing Remote Access the Instrumentation Service Controller Components F 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 components download the Dell Update Package and run lt package name gt s f See the Dell Update Packages for M icrosoft Windows Operating Systems User s Guide the Dell Update Packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux User s Guide or the Server Update Utility User s Guide for more information on corresponding CLI syntax Additional useful topics about t
81. 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 LI therefore internal Speed refers to the rate that the cache can forward data from main memory to the processor Max Size is the maximum amount of memory that the cache can hold in KB Installed Size is the actual size of the cache Type indicates whether the cache is primary or secondary Location is the location of the cache on the processor or on a chip set 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 main memory when the system bus is available In a write through policy the processor writes through the cache to main memory The write cycle does not complete until the data is stored into main memory Associativity refers to the way 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 A 4 way set associative cache directly maps four specific lines of memory to the same four lines of cache e A 3 way set associative cache directly ma
82. ac U PA Use Shows warning and failure threshold values as well as actions that have been configured when an essential component detects a warning or failure state Allows the administrator to show the alert log Shows cost of ownership information for your system Allows the administrator to show the command log Allows the administrator to show 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 Shows your system s POST log Shows how your system is configured to respond to a hung operating system Shows how the shutdown action is to be performed Shows key facts for all system components including main system chassis software and storage Shows what shutdown action if any is to be taken when a temperature warning or failure condition is detected Shows a summary for all updatable components on your system See omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components 24 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 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 7to get help on the level 2 commands about chassis and sys
83. ace Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 AC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca 186 Working With CLI Command Results 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 The example output displays as follows Network Interface Card 0 Data ATTRIBUTE VALUE IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Maski 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 To see the following example command output in semicolon separated value format type omreport system summary fmt ssv The example output displays as follows Network Data Network Interface Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 AC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca Raw XML xml Use the xml formatting option to produce output suitable for use by systems management applications or for input into other applications that use xml To see the following example command output in ra
84. al of overall health status for systems on your network At the component level you can view information about the voltages temperatures current fan RPM memory functioning and many other critical component details You see a detailed account of many relevant cost of ownership COO facts about your system in summary view Version information for BIOS firmware operating system and all installed software is easy to retrieve Configuration features allow the Server Administrator to perform essential tasks described in detail in the following sections F NOTE You can use the CLI instead of the Server Administrator home page and turn the Server Administrator Web server off if you have security 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 every time a system starts up See omconfig system webserver for more information What s New for Version 5 1 e Diagnostics is no longer available through Server Administrator To run diagnostics on your system install Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics from your Dell PowerEdge Service and Diagnostic Utilities CD or download and install Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics from the Dell Support website at support dell com Dell PowerEdge Diagnostics is a stand alone application that can be run without installing Server Administrator e Added support for SUS
85. alse true false Enables disables configuration of users clearlogs true false true false Enables disables log clearance executeservercommands true false Enables disables true false execution of server commands accessconsoleredir true true false Enables disables access false to console redirection accessvittualmedia true true false Enables disables access false to virtual media testalerts true false true false Enables disables test alerts omconfig chassis temps Use the omconfig chassis 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 thresholds Your system s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure thresholds F NOTE Settable thresholds 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 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 1 decimal place maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warning threshold 1 decimal place 82 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Default Minimum and Maximum
86. alue pairs parameters 83 omconfig command 49 omconfig controller commands 144 omconfig enclosure commands 176 omcontfig global commands 142 omconfig physical disk commands 166 omconfig preferences 84 cdvformat 84 dirservice 84 snmp 85 86 useraccess 86 216 Index omconfig preferences dirservice name value pair parameters 85 omconfig preferences snmp name value pairs parameters 86 omcontfig rac 119 authentication 119 command summary 117 dialinusers 120 dialoutusers 121 generatecert 122 getting help 119 modem 123 network 124 remote 127 reset 129 rmdialinuser 127 rmdialoutuser 128 rmsnmptrap 128 rmuser 129 snmptraps 126 uploadcert 123 129 users 130 omconfig rac authentication example command 120 omconfig rac dialinusers name value pairs parameters 120 omconfig rac dialoutusers name value pairs parameters 121 omconfig rac generatecert name value pairs parameters 123 omconfig rac modem name value pairs parameters 123 omconfig rac network name value pairs parameters 124 omconfig rac remote name value pairs parameters 127 omconfig rac rmdialinuser name value pairs parameters 127 omconfig rac rmdialoutuser name value pairs parameters 128 omconfig rac rmsnmptrap name value pairs parameters 128 omconfig rac rmuser name value pairs parameters 129 omconfig rac snmptraps name value pairs parameters 126 om
87. an 8 KB read write data cache IP The Internet Protocol IP is the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet Each computer known as a host on the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it from all other computers on the Internet IPMI Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management Interface which is an industry standard for management of peripherals used in enterprise computers based on Intel architecture The key characteristic of IPMI is that inventory monitoring logging and recovery control functions are available independent of the main processors BIOS and operating system IPX Acronym for internetwork packet exchange IRQ Abbreviation for interrupt request A signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number For example the first serial port in your computer COM1 is assigned to IRQ4 by default Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously ISA Acronym for Industry Standard Architecture A 16 bit expansion bus design The expansion card connectors in an ISA computer are also compatible with 8 bit ISA expansion cards ITE Abbreviation for information technology equipment jumper Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from
88. an omconfig rac command and another entry exists for that position the key field parameter is used to decide if the command should be executed If the key field supplied by the user matches the key field of the entry on that specific position of the RAC the RAC entry is edited Otherwise the command fails password lt text gt Sets the password for this PPP user callbacknumber lt n gt Sets the callback number callbacktype none preset usr specified Sets the type of call back omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Example Commands The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac dialinusers username jdo The next example supplies values for all command parameters that you can use with the omconfig rac dialinusers command Type omconfig rac dialinusers username jdoe index 0 password steven70 callbacknumber 4441022 callbacktype preset The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac dialoutusers Use the omconfig rac dialoutusers command to specify requirements for each user who is to have dial out privileges The administrator can specify values for a surname password IP address and other properties for each dial out user Table 7 3 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 3 omconfig rac dialoutusers name value pair Description ipaddr lt text gt Sets the IP address which must be specified in dotted decimal nota
89. ands have multiple name value pairs These name value pairs may include required optional and variable parameters The following table describes the syntax used to indicate these parameters Table 8 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage connector controller id to 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter 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 Indicates a particular enclosure by specifying either enclosure connector or lt ENCLOSUREID
90. apability certain peripheral devices such as the video adapter circuitry can be designed to run much faster than they would with a traditional expansion bus Some local bus designs allow peripherals to run at the same speed and with the same width data path as the computer s microprocessor 198 Glossary LPT The device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your computer are LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 LRA Acronym for local response agent LS drive A drive that uses laser servo technology to read LS 120 diskettes that hold up to 120 MB of data as well as standard 3 5 inch diskettes LSI Acronym for large scale integration LUN Acronym for logical unit number a code used to select a specific device among several that share a SCSI ID mA Abbreviation for milliampere s mAh Abbreviation for milliampere hour s math coprocessor See coprocessor Mb Abbreviation for megabit MB Abbreviation for megabyte s The term megabyte means 1 048 576 bytes however when referring to hard drive storage the term is often rounded to mean 1 000 000 bytes MB sec Abbreviation for megabytes per second Mbps Abbreviation for megabits per second MBR Abbreviation for master boot record MCA Abbreviation for Micro Channel Architecture which is designed for multiprocessing MCA eliminates potential conflicts that arise when installing new peripheral devices MCA is not compatible with either EI
91. ary from one system configuration to another F NOTE Systems that contain embedded systems management 3 ESM3 capabilities do not allow you to set warning threshold values to default values Valid Parameters for Current Warning Thresholds Table 4 5 shows the valid parameters for setting current warning thresholds F NOTE The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for all current probes present on your system Current probes are not present in all systems If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific current probe Table 4 5 omconfig chassis currents 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 3 decimal places maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warning threshold 3 decimal places 68 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you want to set both the upper and lower current warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis currents 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 th
92. ase of a system Table 5 1 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 1 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level2 _ level3 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition costcenter lt text gt The name or code for the business entity that acquired the system omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 99 Table 5 1 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition continued Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 expensed yes no Whether the system is charged to a specific purpose or department such as research and development or sales installdate Date the system was put into lt mmddyy gt service ponum lt n gt Number of the document that authorized payment for the system purchasecost lt n gt _ Price the owner paid for the system purchasedate Date the owner purchased lt mmddyy gt the system signauth lt text gt Name of the person who approved the purchase or the service call on the system waybill lt n gt Receipt from the carrier for the goods received 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 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasedate 12210
93. at Can Be Overwritten Use the outc option when you want to overwrite data that is 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 Partial results written to the file are Index 0 Status OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 2380RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 600RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5700RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 5000RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM 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 The 3 00 PM data overwrites the 11 00 A M data in the fans txt file Fans txt now reads as follows Index 30 Status z OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 3001RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 7OORPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5500RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 5000RPM 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 184 Working With CLI Command Results Append Command Results to an Existing File Use the outa option when you want to append new command resu
94. 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 name of the system s insurance company 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 components 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
95. 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 half 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 Table 4 11 shows the valid parameters for the command 72 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 11 omconfig chassis 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 Spare disables the memory module that has a correctable memory event and copies the mirror disabled raid5 failing module s data to a spare bank Disabled indicates that the system is not to use other available memory modules if uncorrectable memory events are detected Mirror switches the systems to a mirrored copy of the memory if the failing module has an uncorrectable memory event In mirror mode the operating system does not switch back to the original module until the system reboots RAIDS is a method of system memory configuration This is lo
96. bering system often used in programming to identify addresses in the computer s RAM and I O memory addresses for devices The sequence of decimal numbers from 0 through 16 for example is expressed in hexadecimal notation as 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 10 In text hexadecimal numbers are often followed by A heat sink A metal plate with metal pegs or ribs that help dissipate heat Most microprocessors include a heat sink HIP Abbreviation for Dell OpenManage Hardware Instrumentation Package HMA Abbreviation for high memory area The first 64 KB of extended memory above MB A memory manager that conforms to the XMS can make the HMA a direct extension of conventional memory See also upper memory area and XMM 196 Glossary host adapter A host adapter implements communication between the computer s bus and the controller for a peripheral device Hard drive controller subsystems include integrated host adapter circuitry To add a SCSI expansion bus to your system you must install or connect the appropriate host adapter hot plug The ability to remove and replace a redundant part while the system is being used Also called a hot spare HPFS Abbreviation for the High Performance File System option inthe Windows NT and later Windows operating systems HTTPS Abbreviation for HyperText Transmission Protocol Secure HTTPS is a variant of HTTP used by Web browsers for handling secure transactio
97. bles or disables user access to the RAC based on how the Administrator has set up each user s local operating system user account privileges dialinusers U P A Displays the dial in user properties dialoutusers U P A Displays the dial out user properties network U P A Displays the onboard NIC properties modem U P A Displays the onboard modem properties remote U PA Displays the remote features properties snmptraps U P A Displays the SNMP trap properties users U BRA Displays the user name properties viewcertificate U P A Displays the server or CA certificate Help With the omreport rac Command Use the omreport rac command to get a list of the available commands for omreport rac omreport rac authentication Use the omreport rac authentication command to determine whether local operating system authentication of users is enabled or disabled for the RAC The RAC has two methods of authenticating user access RAC authentication and local operating system authentication RAC authentication is always enabled Administrators can set up specific user accounts and passwords that allow access to the RAC Operating systems also require administrators to define different levels of users and user accounts each user level has different privileges Local operating system authentication on the RAC is an option for administrators who do not want to define one set of privileges for users in the operating system and a separate set of users a
98. 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 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 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 specify 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 Working With CLI Command Results 183 Save Command Results to a File Th
99. ce enddate lt enddate gt Date the extended warranty agreement ends provider lt provider gt Business entity providing the maintenance service startdate lt startdate gt Date the maintenance begins restrictions lt string gt 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 assetinfo info maintenance lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance startdate 012504 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Adding Outsource Information Outsourcing is the practice of contracting with another business to maintain the system in good working order Table 5 6 shows the valid parameters for adding outsource information Table 5 6 omconfig system assetinfo info outsource Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info outsource levels lt n gt Levels of service offered by the provider problemcomponent System component that lt
100. ce lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info service vendor fixsystemco The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 107 108 Adding Support Information Support refers to technical assistance that the system user can seek when the user desires guidance on the proper use of a system to perform tasks Table 5 9 shows the valid parameters for adding support information Table 5 9 omconfig system assetinfo info support Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info support automaticfix Name of any application used to fix a lt programname gt problem automatically helpdesk The help desk name or contact lt text gt information such as a phone number e mail address or web site address outsourced true Whether an external business entity false provides technical support or the system owner s employees provide technical support type network Whether support is for network attached storage devices or for storage devices Example Command for Adding Support Informa
101. ce of the IP address of the BMC LAN interface is from the system software NOTE Not all commands may be supported on the system nicl Enables NIC 1 teamedniclnic2 Enables NIC teaming functionality dracnic Enables DRAC NIC if DRAC 5 is installed NOTE The option nicselection is supported only on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a 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 subnet Sets a subnet mask if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 75 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 config Description config nic continued vlanenable true false vlanid number vlanpriority number config serial baudrate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 flowcontrol none rtscts true Enables the virtual LAN identification false Disables the virtual LAN identification number Virtual LAN identification in the range of 1 to 4094 number Priority of virtual LAN identification in the range of 0 to 7 9600 Sets connection speed to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets connection speed to 19200 b
102. city emory Array 1 1536 MB Attributes Maximum Capacity emory Array 1 12288 MB Attributes Slots Available emory Array 1 2 12 omreport chassis nics Use the omreport chassis nics command to view NIC properties Type omreport chassis nics index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties about all NICS on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific NIC Values display for the following fields Index number of the NIC card IP address Vendor Description and Connection Status omreport chassis ports Use the omreport chassis 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 IRO 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 Base I O Address is the starting I O address expressed in hexidecimal 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 ove
103. component gt requires maintenance providerfee lt providerfee gt Amount of money charged for maintenance servicefee lt servicefee gt Amount of money charged for service signauth lt name gt Person who signed or authorized the service 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 ndame value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info outsource providerfee 75 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 105 106 Adding Owner Information The owner is the party that holds legal property title to the system Table 5 7 shows the valid parameters for adding owner information Table 5 7 omconfig system assetinfo info owner Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info owner insuranceco lt company gt Name of the insurance company that insures the system ownername lt business gt Business entity that owns the system type owned leased Whether the user of
104. config rac uploadcert name value pairs parameters 130 omconfig rac users example command 131 name value pairs parameters 130 omconfig rac viewcertificate name value pair parameters 115 omconfig storage battery 174 connector 176 controller 144 enclosure 176 globalinfo 142 pdisk 133 166 vdisk 156 omconfig system alertaction 87 alertlog 19 50 89 assetinfo 99 cmdlog 90 esmlog 90 events 92 extwarranty 102 name value pairs parameters 93 pedestinations 90 platformevents 90 recovery 95 shutdown 95 thrmshutdown 96 webserver 94 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition 99 100 info depreciation 101 info extwarranty 102 info lease 103 info maintenance 104 info outsource 105 info owner 106 info service 107 info support 108 info system 109 info warranty 110 omconfig system events 92 omconfig system extwarranty 102 omconfig system pedestinations name value pairs parameters 90 omconfig system recovery name value pairs parameters 95 omconfig system shutdown name value pairs parameters 96 omconfig system warranty 109 omconfig system webserver name value pairs parameters 94 omconfig virtual disk commands 156 omhelp 14 19 omreport 25 about 25 battery status 137 chassis 26 command levels 1 2 3 22 command summary 21 connector status 137 controller status 136 EMM status 140 enclosure status 138 fan status 139 getti
105. d 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 level 2 commands about chassis preferences and system 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 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 the case of the omconfig system alertaction command you can use various options to prevent all of the CLI help from scrolling by before you can read it To scroll command output one screen at a time type omconfig system alertaction more 52 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service where more allows you to press the spacebar to see the next screen of CLI help output
106. d area may have between megabyte and 127 megabytes PIC Acronym for programmable interrupt controller PIP Acronym for peripheral interchange program A CP M utility program that was used to copy files pixel A single point on a video display Pixels are arranged in rows and columns to create an image A video resolution such as 640 x 480 is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down PLCC Acronym for plastic leaded chip carrier Plug and Play An industry standard specification that makes it easier to add hardware devices to personal computers Plug and Play provides automatic installation and configuration compatibility with existing hardware and dynamic support of mobile computing environments PME Abbreviation for Power Management Event A PME is a pin on a peripheral component interconnect that allows a PCI device to assert a wake event POST Acronym for power on self test Before the operating system loads when you turn on your computer the POST tests various system components such as RAM the disk drives and the keyboard power supply An electrical system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the DC currents required by the computer circuitry The power supply in a personal computer typically generates multiple voltages power unit A set of power supplies in a system chassis ppm Abbreviation for pages per minute POFP Abbreviation for plastic quad f
107. d with a default name spanlength lt n gt Parameter Required for RAID 50 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 Using the Storage Management Service 151 152 Example Syntax For example you may want to create a RAID 5 virtual disk on a PERC 3 QC controller The online help will help you understand which read write and cache policies are supported by this controller In this example you decide 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 will be 500 MB with a stripe size of 16 KB The name of the virtual disk will be vd1 and it will reside on connector 0 of controller 1 Because the virtual disk will be 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 the virtual disk described in this example enter 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 defa
108. data and event notifications from a variety of sources Providers forward this information to the CIM Object Manager for integration and interpretation PS Abbreviation for power supply PS 2 Abbreviation for Personal System 2 PXE Abbreviation for Pre boot eXecution Environment OFP Acronym for quad flat pack 202 Glossary RAC Acronym for remote access controller Dell OpenManage Server Administrator supports all RACs These include the DRAC II DRAC IHI DRAC III XT ERA and ERA O RAID Acronym for redundant array of independent drives RAM Acronym for random access memory The computer s primary temporary storage area for program instructions and data Each location in RAM is identified by a number called a memory address Any information stored in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer RAMBUS Acronym for Rambus DRAM a type of memory DRAM developed by Rambus Inc RAMDAC Acronym for random access memory digital to analog converter RAW Unprocessed The term refers to data that is passed along to an I O device without being interpreted In contrast cooked refers to data that is processed before being passed to the I O device It often refers to uncompressed text that is not stored in any proprietary format The term comes from UNIX which supports cooked and raw modes for data output to a terminal RDRAM Acronym for Rambus DRAM A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus Inc Direct RDRAMs
109. disk drive capability Refers to the actions that an object can perform or actions that can be taken on a managed object For example if acard is hot pluggable it is capable of being replaced while the system power is ON CDRAM Abbreviation for cached DRAM which is a high speed DRAM memory chip developed by Mitsubishi that includes a small SRAM cache CD ROM Abbreviation for compact disc read only memory CD drives use optical technology to read data from CDs CDs are read only storage devices you cannot write new data to a CD with standard CD drives certificate authority A certificate authority is an industry recognized entity that verifies the identity of an organizations requesting credentials to identify them to other systems over networks or the Internet Before issuing a certificate to an applicant the certificate authority requires proof of identity and other security information chip A set of microminiaturized electronic circuits that are designed for use as processors and memory in computers Small chips can hold froma handful to tens of thousands of transistors They look like tiny chips of aluminum no more than 1 16 square by 1 30 thick which is ahere the term chip came from Large chips which can be more than a half inch square hold millions of transistors It is actually only the top one thousandth of an inch of a chip s surface that holds the circuits The rest of it is just a base CIM Acron
110. dy state status Refers to the health or functioning of an object For example a temperature probe can have the status normal if the probe is measuring acceptable temperatures When the probe begins reading temperatures that exceed limits set by the user it reports a critical status SVGA Abbreviation for super video graphics array VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards To display a program at a specific resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution Similarly the number of colors that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor the video driver and the amount of video memory installed in the computer switch On a computer system board switches control various circuits or functions in your computer system These switches are known as DIP switches they are normally packaged in groups of two or more switches in a plastic case Two common DIP switches are used on system boards slide switches and rocker switches The names of the switches are based on how the settings on and off of the switches are changed syntax The rules that dictate how you must type a command or instruction so that the computer understands it A variable s syntax indicates its data type system board As the main circuit board the system board usually contains most of you
111. e buyout lt amount gt Amount of money paid to purchase a system from a lessor lessor lt lessor gt Business entity that is leasing the system out multischedule true Whether cost of leasing the system false is computed by more than one rate schedule ratefactor lt factor gt Factor used to calculate the lease payment value lt residual gt Fair market value of the system at the end of the lease period 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 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info lease value 4500 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 103 104 Adding Maintenance Information Maintenance refers to activities required to keep the system in good working order Table 5 5 shows the valid parameters for adding maintenance information Table 5 5 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenan
112. e resulting in a lost or a no redundant components working condition for that component Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a warning value Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a failure value omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 20 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions continued Event Name Description event voltwarn Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a warning value event voltfail Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a failure value 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 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 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 To enable broadcast messages if a current probe detects a failure event type omconfig system 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 Example Chassis Intrusion Actions To clear all alert actions for chassis in
113. e the less video flicker can be seen by the human eye The higher refresh rates are also noninterlaced RFI Abbreviation for radio frequency interference RGB Abbreviation for red green blue RIMM Acronym for Rambus In line Memory Module which is the Rambus equivalent of a DIMM module ROM Acronym for read only memory Your computer contains some programs essential to its operation in ROM code Unlike RAM a ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off your computer Examples of code in ROM include the program that initiates your computer s boot routine and the POST ROMB Acronym for RAID on motherboard When a RAID controller is integrated into acomputer s system board the system has ROMB technology RPM Abbreviation for revolutions per minute RTC Abbreviation for real time clock Battery powered clock circuitry inside the computer that keeps the date and time after you turn off the computer SAS Acronym for Serial Attached SCSI SCA Acronym for single connector attachment schema Acollection of class definitions that describes managed objects in a particular environment A CIM schema is a collection of class definitions used to represent managed objects that are common to every management environment which is why CIM is called the Common Information Model scsi Acronym for small computer system interface An I O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports You can
114. e default value for the maximum warning threshold value Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you prefer to specify values for the current 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 omconfig chassis currents index 0 minwarnthresh 3 310 maxwarnthresh 3 381 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Current probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig chassis fans Use the omconfig chassis 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 s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure thresholds Valid Parameters for Fan Warning Thresholds Table 4 6 shows the valid parameters for setting fan warning thresholds Table 4 6 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 waring threshold maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warning threshold Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds F NOTE Systems that contain ESM3 ESM4 and BMC capabili
115. e globalinfo action enablests action disablests action globalrescan 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 If you have implemented connector redundancy on the PV220S and PV221S enclosures however 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 shutdown during excessive temperatures is known as Smart Thermal Shutdown See the online help for more information Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable smart thermal shutdown Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests 142 Using the Storage Management Service 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 enter the following omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests F 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 To locate this status select the Storage object and the Information Configuration tab omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal
116. e 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 Takes the default configuration settings 64 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config terminalmode fig t Imod deletecontrol outputdel outputbkspspbksp echocontrol enabled disabled handshakingcontrol enabled disabled inputlinesequence cr null lineediting enabled disabled newlinesequence none crlf null cr Ifcr If 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 Enables characters to be sent to the screen disabled Disables characters to be sent to the screen 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 disab
117. e 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 enter the following omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan F NOTE Global rescan is not supported on non RAID SCSI and SAS controllers You must reboot the system before Storage Management can see configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers omconfig Controller Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute controller tasks NOTICE 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 If the system or boot partition resides on these virtual disks it will be destroyed Table 8 16 omconfig Controller Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage controller action rescan controller id action globalrescan action enablealarm controller id action disablealarm controller id action quictalarm controller id action testalarm controller id action resetconfig controller id force yes action createvdisk controller id raid lt c rO rl rle r5 r10 150 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 readpolicy lt ra n
118. e this parameter to specify the physical disks that will be included in the virtual disk When reconfiguring a virtual disk you must specify all physical disks to be included in the reconfigured virtual disk The physical disk specification applies to physical disks that were in the original virtual disk and will continue 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 you would not specify the physical disk to be removed The pdisk lt PDISKID gt parameter indicates a physical disk by specifying either connector enclosureID portID or connector targetID stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different stripe sizes See the online help for information on which stripe sizes are supported for a controller All stripe sizes are specified in kilobytes For example when specifying 128 KB as the stripe size enter stripesize 128kb cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different cache policies See the online help for more information The following table indicates how to specify the cachepolicy lt d c gt parameter for each of the cache policies Table 8 19 Cache Policy Parameters Cache Policy cachepolicy d c Parameter Specification Direct I O cachepolicy d Cache I O
119. e value pair 1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty cost lt cost gt Cost of the extended warranty service enddate lt enddate gt Date the extended warranty agreement ends provider lt provider gt Business entity that provides the extended warranty service startdate lt startdate gt 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 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty enddate 012503 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 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 4 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 4 omconfig system assetinfo info lease Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info leas
120. e value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info emms where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 Using the Storage Management Service Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system Displays the enclosure management modules EMMs for the specified enclosure Table 8 12 omreport EMM Commands continued Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info emms index n where id is the controller number and the enclosure number and n is the number of an EMM For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info emms index 1 Displays the specified EMMs omreport Physical Disk Status Table 8 13 omreport Physical Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair omreport storage pdisk controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 Optional name value pairs connector id where id is the connector number For example connector 1 vdisk id where id is the virtual disk number For example vdisk 1 pdisk connectorID targetID connectorID enclosureID slotID where connectorID targetID is the connector number and the physical disk number and connectorID enclosurelD slotID is the connector number enclo
121. eciation percent lt n gt Portion of 100 that an asset is devalued or depreciated unit months years Unit is months or 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 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method straightline The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 101 102 Adding Extended Warranty Information Use the omconfig system 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 Table 5 3 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 3 omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty Command Command Command nam
122. ee and is published in the form of a MIF definition document This document identifies the groups and attributes that are relevant to DMI manageable components mm Abbreviation for millimeter s modem A device that allows your computer to communicate with other computers over telephone lines MOF Acronym for managed object format which is an ASCII file that contains the formal definition of a CIM schema mouse A pointing device that controls the movement of the cursor ona screen Mouse aware software allows you to activate commands by clicking a mouse button while pointing at objects displayed on the screen MPEG Acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group MPEG is a digital video file format ms Abbreviation for millisecond s MTBF Abbreviation for mean time between failures multifrequency monitor A monitor that supports several video standards A multifrequency monitor can adjust to the frequency range of the signal from a variety of video adapters Glossary 199 mV Abbreviation for millivolt s name The name of an object or variable is the exact string that identifies it in an SNMP Management Information Base MIB file or ina DMI Management Information Format MIF file or ina CIM Management Object File MOF NDIS Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface Specification NIC Acronym for network interface controller NIF Acronym for network interface function This term is equivalent to NIC
123. ege 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 63 Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config serialoverlan enable true false true Enables serial over LAN for the BMC baudrate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 privilegelevel administrator operator user config settodefault 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 nonvolatile connection speed to 19200 bits per second 38400 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privileg
124. eport rac users name value pair Description username lt text gt Displays the RAC user entry whose user name is specified by lt text gt index lt n gt Displays the RAC user entry whose index is equal to n The index is usually 0 to 15 and specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC NOTE The index number corresponds to the user position on the RAC 114 omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components omreport rac viewcertificate Use the omreport rac viewcertificate command to view the server or certificate authority CA certificate on the RAC The only parameter you must specify is whether the certificate you want to view is a CA certificate or a server certificate Table 6 6 displays the valid parameters for the command Table 6 6 omreport rac viewcertificate name value pair Description type server ca Indicates whether the certificate you are viewing is a server certificate or a CA certificate In the sample output that follows the subject is the company or organization that is requesting the certificate signature The issuer is the organization that is granting the certificate The following example is sample output from the command omreportt rac viewcertificate type ca Type CA Certificate Serial 100 Keysize 1024 Valid From DSU 15 34 31 Valid To DSU 15 34 31 Subject CN test O test OU test L Austin ST Texas C US E name company com Issuer CN Thawte Test
125. er as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to offline physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 enter omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 3 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 To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 enter omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To offline the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Online Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to
126. er of the user being configured newpw text New password of the user confirmnewpw text Confirm new password of the user id number ID number of the user being configured serialaccesslevel administrator User with an 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 66 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config user id user id id user id User ID of the user being continued dracusergroup admin poweruser configured guest testalert custom none id number lanaccesslevel administrator operator user none NOTE Only RAC groups can be configured The option dracusergroup is available only if DRAC 5 is present on the system dracusergroup admin Enables the Administrator User privileges dracusergroup poweruser Enables the Power User privileges dracusergroup guest Enables the Guest User privileges dracusergroup testalert Enables the Test Alert User privileges dracusergroup custom Enables the Custom User privileges
127. er omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to resume a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action resumecheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Delete Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to delete a virtual disk NOTICE 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 in all circumstances You should be certain that you are not deleting the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id wwon deletevdisk controller 1 vdisk 4 Using the Storage Management Service 163 omconfig Format Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to format a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action format controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs fo
128. erform a cold boot by pressing the reset button or by turning the computer off and then back on bootable diskette You can start your computer from a diskette To make a bootable diskette insert a diskette in the diskette drive type sys a at the command line prompt and press lt Enter gt Use this bootable diskette if your computer does not boot from the hard drive bpi Abbreviation for bits per inch bps Abbreviation for bits per second BTU Abbreviation for British thermal unit bus An information pathway between the components of a computer Your computer contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for all the various peripheral devices connected to the computer Your computer also contains an address bus and a data bus for communications between the microprocessor and RAM byte Eight contiguous bits of information the basic data unit used by your computer c Abbreviation for Celsius CA Abbreviation for certificate authority cache A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quicker data retrieval For example your computer s BIOS may cache ROM code in faster RAM Or a disk cache utility may reserve RAM in which to store frequently accessed information from your computer s disk drives when a program makes a request to a disk drive for data that is in the cache the disk cache utility can retrieve the data from RAM faster than from the
129. essable RAM by using the hard drive For example in a computer with 16 MB of RAM and 16 MB of virtual memory set up on the hard drive the operating system would manage the system as though it had 32 MB of physical RAM virus Aself starting program designed to inconvenience you Virus programs have been known to corrupt the files stored on a hard drive or to replicate themselves until a computer or network runs out of memory The most common way that virus programs move from one computer to another is via infected diskettes from which they copy themselves to the hard drive To guard against virus programs you should do the following e Periodically run a virus checking utility on your computer s hard drive e Always run a virus checking utility on any diskettes including commercially sold software before using them VLSI Abbreviation for very large scale integration VLVESA Acronym for very low voltage enterprise system architecture vpp Abbreviation for peak point voltage VRAM Acronym for video random access memory Some video adapters use VRAM chips or a combination of VRAM and DRAM to improve video performance VRAM is dual ported allowing the video adapter to update the screen and receive new image data at the same time VRM Abbreviation for voltage regulator module w Abbreviation for watt s Wakeup on LAN The ability for the power in a client station to be turned on by the network Remote wake
130. et for LEDs to flash under various alert conditions memory U P A Shows properties of your system s memory arrays nics U P A Shows number of NICs installed in your system NIC vendor NIC description IP address and connection status ports U P A Shows properties for your system s parallel and serial ports such as I O address IRQ level connector type and maximum speed processors U P A Shows properties of your system s processors including speed manufacturer and processor family pwrsupplies U P A Shows properties of power supplies remoteaccess U PA Shows general information on remote access slots U P A Shows properties of your system s expansion slots and other slot types temps U PRA Shows the status and thresholds for the system temperature sensors volts U PA Shows the status and thresholds for the system voltage sensors storage U PA See Using the Storage Management Service system U P A Shows a high level summary of system components omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 23 Table 3 1 omreport Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command User level 1 level 2 level 3 privilege required alertaction U PA alertlog U PRA assetinfo U PRA cmdlog U PA esmlog U PA events U PA operatingsystem U P A pedestinations U P A platformevents U P A postlog U PA recovery U PA shutdown U P A summary U PA thrmshutdown U PA version U PA r
131. etected as a RAID device or a SCSI device 28 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 3 2 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Description RAID Channel B SATA SATA port Secondary SCSI Serial Communications Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Speaker USB or USBB User accessible USB Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel B is detected as a RAID device or a SCSI device Displays whether the onboard SATA controller is set to ATA mode RAID mode or is disabled Displays if the SATA port is enabled or disabled Displays whether the device is enabled or disabled Displays whether COM port 1 and COM port 2 are enabled or disabled with or without console redirection 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 Displays whether serial port 2 is mapped to a COM port a COM port 2 a COM port 4 or is disabled Displays whether the speaker is on or off Displays whether the USB port is enabled or disabled Displays whether the user accessible USB port is enabled or disabled omreport chassis bmc F NOTE This command will be phased out in future releases It will be replaced by the command omreport chassis remoteaccess Use the omreport chassis bmc command to view baseboard management controller BMC general information Type omreport chassis b
132. eters for a command in the order in which you must configure them 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 you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature omconfig rac Command Summary F NOTE You must reset the remote access controller after execution of each omconfig rac command After resetting the remote access controller you must also wait approximately one minute before executing a subsequent omconfig rac command F NOTE Although this section lists all possible omconfig rac 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 that is not installed on your system Server Administrator issues a message that the component or feature is not found on this system omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 117 118 Table 7 1 is a high level summary of the omconfig rac command The column titled Command level 3 lists the major arguments that can be used with omconfig rac User privilege required refers to the type of privilege you need to execute 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 rac More details about
133. etting change off Disables SATA controller ata Sets the onboard SATA controller to ATA mode raid Sets the onboard SATA controller to RAID mode omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 57 Table 4 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute sataport 0 7 setting off auto off Disables the SATA port or A H auto Automatically enable the SATA port attribute secondaryscsi setting on off on Enables this device off Disables this device attribute serialcom setting off on com com2 off Disables serial communication setting on Enables serial communication setting without console redirection com Enables serial communication setting with console redirection via COM 1 com2 Enables serial communication setting with console redirection via COM 2 attribute serialport1 setting off auto com com3 off Disables serial port 1 bmeserial bmenic rac auto Maps serial port 1 to a COM port comlbmc 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 Network Interface Controller NIC rac Maps serial port 1 to the Remote Access Controller RAC comlbmc Maps serial port 1 to COM port 1 bmc NOTE This command is valid on PowerEdge 1850 2800 and 2850 sy
134. example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 3 assign no Using the Storage Management Service 161 Example for SAS Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 2 3 assign no 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to run a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter 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 it is 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 enter omreport stora
135. 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 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 omconfig 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 F NOTE This command is not supported on SCSI RAID controllers 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 Using the Storage Management Service 181 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 enter omconfig storage enclosure action resetalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 omconfig Blink Use the following omconfig command to blink the l
136. f 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 omreport Command The following sections provide the omreport command syntax required to display the status of various storage components Using the Storage Management Service 135 136 omreport Storage Help The following table provides the omreport storage command syntax Table 8 3 omreport storage help Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 Use omreport storage pdisk vdisk controller enclosure connector battery globalinfo omreport Controller Status Table 8 4 omreport Controller Commands Displays a list of storage components for which omreport commands are available Displays a list of the omreport storage pdisk parameters for displaying physical disk information Displays a list of omreport storage vdisk parameters for displaying virtual disk information Displays a list of the om
137. fans temperatures voltages power supplies memory and redundancy alertlog PA Allows the administrator to clear the log assetinfo PA Enters and edits cost of ownership information for your system including values for depreciation lease maintenance service and support cmdlog PA Allows the administrator to clear the log esmlog PA Allows the administrator to clear the log events PA Enables and disables SNMP traps pedestinations P A Sets IP addresses for alert destinations 50 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 1 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command User privilege Use level 1 level 2 level 3 required platformevents A Determines the shutdown action if any to be taken for a specific platform event Also enables and disables platform events filter alert generation recovery PA Determines in advance how your system responds to a hung operating system shutdown A Allows the administrator to select from several options when shutting down the system thrmshutdown A Sets the severity level at which a thermal event triggers a system shutdown webserver A Starts or stops the Web server chassis biossetup A Configures behavior of specific system components that are controlled by the BIOS bmc PA Configures remote access information NOTE This subcommand will be phased out in future releases and replaced by the subcommand remoteaccess currents
138. fields Status Location Type Max Wattage and Online Status omreport chassis remoteaccess F NOTE This command is applicable to Dell PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems only Use the omreport chassis remoteaccess command to view general information on baseboard management controller BMC and remote access control RAC if DRAC is installed Type omreport chassis remoteaccess The output from the omreport chassis remoteaccess command lists each of the valid parameters Table 3 5 shows the available settings Table 3 5 omreport chassis remoteaccess name value pair Description config advsol Reports advanced BMC or RAC information on a serial over local area network LAN connection config nic Reports BMC or RAC information for the LAN config serial Reports serial port information for BMC or RAC config serialoverlan Reports BMC or RAC information on a serial over LAN connection config terminalmode Reports terminal mode settings for the serial port config user Reports information on BMC or RAC users omreport chassis slots Use the omreport chassis slots command to view properties of your system s slots Type omreport chassis slots index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays P P y pecity play properties for all of the slots in your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific slot omreport Viewing
139. fig storage enclosure action setassetname controller 1 enclosure 2 assetname encl43 Example for SAS Controllers For example to specify the asset name to encl43 for enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassetname controller 1 enclosure 1 2 assetname encl43 Using the Storage Management Service 179 180 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 F NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id minwarn n maxwarn n 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 enter omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 index 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 omconfig Reset
140. for Voltage Warning Thresholds Table 4 15 shows the valid parameters for setting voltage warning thresholds F NOTE Settable thresholds vary from one system configuration to another Table 4 15 omconfig chassis volts name value pair Description index lt n gt Probe index must be specified warnthresh default Sets minimum and maximum warning thresholds to default minwarnthresh lt n gt Minimum warming threshold 3 decimal places maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warning threshold 3 decimal places omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 83 Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds F NOTE Systems that contain ESM3 capabilities do not allow you to set warning threshold values to default 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 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 Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds F NOTE Minimum and maximum warning thresholds for the voltage cannot be set on PowerEdge x8xx systems If you prefer 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
141. g DRAM chips that connects to the system board 204 Glossary SIP Acronym for single in line package which is a type of housing for electronic components in which the connecting pins protrude from one side A SIP is also called a Single In line Pin Package SIPP SKU Acronym for stock keeping unit SMART Acronym for Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology A technology that allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS which then displays an error message on the screen To take advantage of this technology you must have a SMART compliant hard drive and the proper support in the system BIOS SMBIOS Acronym for system management BIOS SMD Acronym for surface mount device SMTP Acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol a method for exchanging e mail over the internet SNMP Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP is an industry standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations SODIMM Acronym for small outline DIMM A DIMM module with a thinner profile due to the use of TSOP chip packages SODIMMs are commonly used in laptop computers SRAM Abbreviation for static random access memory Because SRAM chips do not require continual refreshing they are substantially faster than DRAM chips state Refers to the condition of an object that can have more than one condition For example an object may be in the not rea
142. g the log by typing omconfig system alertlog action clear or omconfig system cmdlog action clear resolves the issue If you need to retain the log information for future reference you should save a copy of the log before clearing the log See Commands for Clearing Logs for more information about clearing logs To view the contents of the alert log type omreport system alertlog To view the contents of the command log type omreport system cmdlog To view the contents of the ESM log type omreport system esmlog To view the contents of the POST log type omreport system postlog ESM Log Overall Health Status When you type omreport system esmlog the Embedded Systems Management ESM report 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 esmlog is occupied with messages If 80 percent or more of the allotted space for the esmlog 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 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 39 omreport system alertaction Use the omreport system alertaction command to see a summary of alert actions that have been configured for warning and failure events on your system components Alert actions determine how Server Administrat
143. ge controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to cancel a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action cancelcheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Pause Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to pause a check consistency while it is in progress See the online help for more information 162 Using the Storage Management Service 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to pause a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter 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 ent
144. gically similar to the RAID 5 mode used in hard drive storage systems This memory mode gives you 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 parity omconfig chassis remoteaccess F NOTE This command is applicable to PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems only Use the omconfig chassis remoteaccess command to configure e e Remote access on a local area network LAN The serial port for BMC or RAC whichever is installed The BMC or RAC on a serial over LAN connection Terminal settings for the serial port Advanced settings for a serial over LAN connection Information on a BMC or RAC user F NOTE You have to enter the user ID to configure user information Type omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 73 The output from the omconfig chassis remoteaccess command lists each of the available configurations Table 4 3 shows the valid parameters Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config advsol characcuminterval number number Sets the character accumulate charsendthreshold number config nic enable true false encryptkey text confirmencryptkey text gateway Gateway enablenic true false IP address IP interval in 5 millisecond intervals number Sets the number
145. 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 it is omsa 84 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Therefore for a computer named myOmsa running Server 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 F 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 Specify 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 false gt true Enables Active Directory service authentication support 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 lt text gt Specify the name of the
146. gular basis Before making a change to the configuration of your computer you should back up important start up files from your operating system baud rate A measurement of data transmission speed For example modems are designed to transmit data at one or more specified baud rate s through the COM serial port of a computer BGA Abbreviation for Ball Grid Array an IC package that uses an array of solder balls instead of pins to connect to a PC board binary A base 2 numbering system that uses 0 and to represent information The computer performs operations based on the ordering and calculation of these numbers BIOS Acronym for basic input output system Your computer s BIOS contains programs stored on a flash memory chip The BIOS controls the following e Communications between the microprocessor and peripheral devices such as the keyboard and the video adapter e Miscellaneous functions such as system messages bit The smallest unit of information interpreted by your computer 190 Glossary BMC Abbreviation for baseboard management controller which is a controller that provides the intelligence in the IPMI structure boot routine When you start your computer it clears all memory initializes devices and loads the operating system Unless the operating system fails to respond you can reboot also called warm boot your computer by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt otherwise you must p
147. he CLI include e Working With CLI Command Results e Glossary CLI Error Checking and Error Messages The CLI checks your commands for correct syntax when you enter them If you enter a command and the command is executed successfully a message displays stating that your command has been successful Success Messages For a successful omreport command data about the component displays When data for the component displays your command is successful The following omconfig command examples show valid CLI commands and their success messages Command omconfig chassis temps index 0 warnthresh default Message Temperature probe warning threshold value s set successfully Command omconfig chassis biossetup attribute speaker setting on Introduction 15 Message BIOS setup configured successfully 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 error 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 that is not present in your system configuration the error message states that the component is not present Command omreport chassis currents Example message
148. hen enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to rename virtual disk 4 on controller 1 to vd4 enter omconfig storage vdisk action rename controller 1 vdisk 4 name vd4 Using the Storage Management Service 165 166 omconfig Physical Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute physical disk tasks Table 8 23 omconfig Physical Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs comeonfig 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 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 removedeadsegments controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt omconfig Blink Physical Disk You can blink 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 blink one or more physical disks Complete Syntax action blink controller ID action blink controller id pdi
149. iewing Remote Access Controller Components the parameters are listed in the order in which you must configure them The symbol often called pipe is the logical exclusive 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 omreport rac Command Summary F NOTE Although this section lists all possible omreport rac 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 that is not installed on your system Server Administrator issues a message that the component or feature is not found on the system Table 6 1 is a high level summary of the omreport rac command The column titled Command level 3 lists the major arguments that can be used with omreport rac 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 the omreport rac command More details about syntax and use of the command appear later in this section omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components 111 Table 6 1 omreport rac Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command Command Command User Use level 1 level 2 level 3 privilege required omreport rac authentication U PA Ena
150. ight 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 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers For example to blink the LEDs for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers For example to blink the LEDs for enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 3 182 Using the Storage Management Service Working With CLI Command Results Server Administrator Command Line Interface CLI users can use 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 Output Options for Command Results CLI command output displays to standard output on your system in a command window in an X terminal or on a screen depending on your operating system type 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
151. input access Refers to the actions a user can take on a variable value Examples include read only and read write adapter card An expansion card that plugs into an expansion card connector on the computer s system board An adapter card adds some specialized function to the computer by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device Examples of adapter cards include network cards sound cards and SCSI adapters ADB Abbreviation for assign database AGP Abbreviation for accelerated graphics port A high performance graphics interface available for Intel Pentium Pro systems ASCII Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange A text file containing only characters from the ASCII character set usually created with a text editor such as Notepad in Microsoft Windows is called an ASCII file ASIC Acronym for application specific integrated circuit ASPI Advanced SCSI programming interface ASR Abbreviation for automatic system recovery ASR consists of those procedures that restore the system to running all properly configured domains after one or more domains have been rendered inactive due to software or hardware failures or due to unacceptable environmental conditions asset tag code An individual code assigned to a computer usually by a system administrator for security or tracking purposes attribute An attribute or property contains a specific piece of
152. ions Table 4 19 shows the alert actions for each component that allows you to configure an alert action Table 4 19 Alert Actions You Can Set for Warning and Failure 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 drives mapped to the system Windows or who are logged into the system Linux false Disables alert broadcasts omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 87 Table 4 19 Alert Actions You Can Set for Warning and Failure Events continued Alert Action Setting Description clearall true execappath lt string gt execapp false Clears all actions for this event Sets the fully qualified path and filename of the application you want to execute in case of an event for the component described in this window Disables the executable application Components and Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions Table 4 20 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 20 Events for Which You Can Set Ale
153. isable logical processor hyper threading enable Enable virtualization disable Disable virtualization enable Enables Demand Based Power Management DBS on the system disable Disables DBS on the system off Disable the diskette drive auto Auto enable the diskette drive writeprotect Do not allow writes Make the diskette drive read only off The NICs are disabled onpxeboth Both the NICs are PXE enabled onpxenone PXE is not enabled on either of the NICs onpxenicl PXE is enabled on NIC 1 onpxenic2 PXE is enabled on NIC 2 com1 Maps external serial connector to COM 1 com2 Maps external serial connector to COM 2 rad Maps external serial connector to remote access device 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 55 Table 4 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute ide attribute idepridrv attribute intrusion attribute mouse attribute nic attribute nic2 attribute numlock attribute ppaddress setting on off force true setting off auto setting enable
154. isk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example 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 Example for SAS Controllers To clear the physical disk described in this example you would enter 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 that is in progress on a physical disk Using the Storage Management Service 173 174 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 enter omconfig storage pdisk action cancelclear controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Battery Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute battery tasks
155. its per second 38400 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600 19200 38400 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 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 76 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config serial continued mode directbasic directterminal directbasicterminal modembasic modemterminal modembasicterminal privilegelevel administrator operator user directbasic Type of messaging used for IPMI messaging over a serial connection directterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and that 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
156. ive Table 4 10 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 10 omconfig chassis leds name value pair 1 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 critical Select to flash the LED either when a 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 identity flash off on Sets the chassis identification LED to off or on Set the me outar time out value for the LED to flash to a number of seconds omconfig chassis memorymode Use the omconfig chassis memorymode command to specify the redundancy mode you want to use for your system s 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 it is currently using The omconfig chassis memorymode command allows you to disable redundancy when you disable redundancy j you instruct the system not to switch to other available memory modules when the module the system is using begins to encounter errors If you want to enable redundancy you must choose among spare mirror and RAID 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
157. lat pack a type of microprocessor socket in which the microprocessor chip is permanently mounted probe An electronic sensor for measuring a quantity or determining system state at a particular point within a system Server Administrator can monitor temperature voltage fan memory current and chassis intrusion probes The probes provide a snapshot of the measured quantity suchas the temperature at a particular place and time or state a chassis intrusion has or has not occurred Glossary 201 program diskette set The set of diskettes from which you can perform a complete installation of an operating system or application program When you reconfigure a program you often need its program diskette set protected mode An operating mode supported by 80286 or higher microprocessors protected mode allows operating systems to implement e Amemory address space of 16 MB 80286 microprocessor to GB Intel386 or higher microprocessor e Multitasking e Virtual memory a method for increasing addressable memory by using the hard drive The Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP 0S 2 and UNIX 32 bit operating systems run in protected mode MS DOS cannot run in protected mode however some programs that you can start from MS DOS such as the Windows operating system are able to put the computer into protected mode provider A provider is an extension of a CIM schema that communicates with managed objects and accesses
158. layed If the command results are directed to a file the format is captured by the file to which you write your command results Ei NOTE The omconfig command ignores most output format options and returns plain text messages However if you use the xml option the omconfig command returns XML code Working With CLI Command Results 185 The available formats include e List Ist e Semicolon separated values ssv e Table tbl e Raw xml xml e Custom delimited format cdv Syntax for the formatting option is lt command gt fmt lt format option gt For example type omreport system 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 where fmt tbl specifies table format and outa specifies that you append the command results to a file called summary txt 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 Ist format To see the following example command output in Ist format type omreport system 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 Network Data Network Interf
159. le 04 175 omconfig Delay BatteryLearnCycle 175 omconfig ConnectorCommands 00 4 176 omconfigRescanConnector 000020 e eae 176 omconfig EnclosureCommands 004 176 omconfig Enable Enclosure Alarm 20084 177 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm 2 5 178 omconfig Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown 2 178 omconfig Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown 178 omconfig Set Enclosure AssetTag 2000000 178 omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Name 000 179 omconfig Set Temperature Probe Thresholds 180 omconfig Reset Temperature Probe Thresholds 180 omconfig Set All Temperature Probe Thresholds 181 omconfig Reset All Temperature Probe Thresholds 181 omconfigBlink 2 00002 182 9 Working With CLI Command Results 183 Output Options for Command Results 183 Controlling Command Output Display 183 Writing Command OutputtoaFile 183 Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output 185 Contents Contents 11 12 Contents Introduction Whether you are using the graphical user interface GUI or the command line interface CLI Dell OpenManage Server Administrator performs essential systems management tasks The reporting and viewing features allow retriev
160. le Disables line editing as a line is typed 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 sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console cr BMC uses 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 If BMC uses lt LF gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 65 Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config user id numberenable true false id number ID number of the user being id numberenableserialoverlan true false id number name text id number newpw text confirmnewpw text id number serialaccesslevel administrator operator user none configured enable true Enables user enable false Disables user id number ID number of the user being configured enableserialoverlan true Enables serialoverlan enableserialoverlan false Disables serialoverlan NOTE The option enableserialoverlan is supported only on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems number ID number of the user being configured name text Name of the user number ID numb
161. ler The omconfig storage controller action globalrescan command was supported in previous releases of Storage Management This command has been replaced by the omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan command When rescanning all controllers on the system and creating CLI scripts it is preferable to use the omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan command See the online help for more information about using this command Using the Storage Management Service 145 omconfig Enable Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable the controller alarm See the online help for more information about using this command 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 For example to enable the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action enablealarm controller 1 omconfig Disable Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable the controller alarm See the online help for more information about using this command 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 For example to disable the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action disablealarm controller 1 omc
162. ler ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax For example to set the patrol read on controller 1 to manual mode enter 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 Example Syntax For example to start the patrol read task on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action startpatrolread controller 1 F NOTE To be able to start patrol read the current patrol read mode should be set to Manual omconfig Stop Patrol Read 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 For example to stop the patrol read task on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action stoppatrolread controller 1 F NOTE To be able to stop patrol read the current patrol read mode should be set to Manual Using the Storage Management Service 155 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute
163. ler action setreconstructrate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the check consistency rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setcheckconsistency controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax For example to set the check consistency rate to 50 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action setcheckconsistency controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Export the Controller Log Use the following omconfig command syntax to export the controller log to a text file For more information about the exported log file see the online help Using the Storage Management Service 153 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 For example to export the log on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action exportlog controller 1 By default the log file is exported to C WinNt or C Windows for Microsoft Windows systems based on the Windows version used and var log on all Linux systems Depending on the controller the log file name will be either afa_ lt mmdd gt log or lsi_ lt mmdd gt log where lt mmdd gt is the month and date For more information on the controller log file see the online help F
164. losure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unassign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 3 assign no Example for SAS Controllers To unassign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 assign no 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 For more information see the online help 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 Using the Storage Management Service 171 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Exa
165. losure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 omreport Temperature Probe Status Table 8 9 omreport Temperature Probe Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure Displays the temperature probes lt ENCLOSUREID gt for the specified enclosure info temps where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 Using the Storage Management Service Table 8 9 omreport Temperature Probe Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use and name value pair controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info temps index n Displays the specified temperature probe where id is the controller number and the enclosure number and n is the number of a temperature probe For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info temps index 1 omreport Fan Status Table 8 10 omreport Fan Status Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info fans where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 NOTE For SC
166. lowing message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac generatecert Use the omconfig rac generatecert command to generate the certificate signing request CSR that you send to a certificate authority CA A certificate authority is a business entity that is recognized in the IT industry for meeting high standards of reliable screening identification and other important security criteria Examples of CAs include Thawte and VeriSign After the CA receives your CSR they review and verify the information the CSR contains If the applicant meets the CA s security standards the CA issues a certificate to the applicant that uniquely identifies that applicant for transactions over networks and on the Internet For the purposes of the RAC you can use the omconfig rac generatecert command to generate a CSR Then you send the CSR in your application to the CA the CA approves the CSR and sends you a certificate Then use the omconfig rac uploadcert command to upload the certificate to the RAC Uploading your new certificate replaces the default RAC certificate that you received with your RAC F NOTE Whenever you have a fully qualified pathname or filename that contains spaces you must place double quotation marks around the string For example if your update package is located at c security files certificates sslcert cer you must place the fully qualified path in double quotations because there is a space between security
167. lts 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 Fans txt now reads as follows Index 0 Status 7 CORK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 2380RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 600RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5700RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 5000RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM Index 0 Status gt OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 3001RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 700RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5500RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 5000RPM 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 disp
168. lue pairs parameters 114 omreport rac users name value pairs parameters 114 omreport storage battery 137 controller 136 enclosure 138 140 globalinfo 137 pdisk 141 vdisk 142 omreport system alertaction 40 alertlog 39 assetinfo 41 cmdlog 39 esmlog 39 events 41 operatingsystem 42 pedestinations 42 platformevents 44 postlog 39 recovery 44 shutdown 44 summary 44 thrmshutdown 47 version 48 omreport system assetinfo 41 omreport system commands 38 omreport system events name value pairs 42 omrpeort system components 38 online physical disk omconfig 169 operating system omreport system 42 outsource information 105 owner information 106 P parameters for fan warning thresholds 69 parameters for setting current warning thresholds 68 pause check consistency omcontig 162 pdisk 166 omconfig storage 133 134 omconfig virtual disk 148 omreport physical disk 141 omreport storage 141 pedestinations omconfig system 90 omreport system 42 Physical disks in each stripe 151 platformevents omconfig system 90 omreport system 44 port type omreport chassis ports 34 ports omreport chassis 34 postlog omreport system 39 prepare to remove physical disk 167 primary CLI command omconfig 14 omhelp 14 19 omreport 14 primary CLI commands 14 processor family omreport chassis processors 35 processor version omreport chassis proce
169. m or boot partition However this warning message is not generated in all circumstances You should be certain that you are not deleting 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 In some circumstances you may receive a warning message if this command will delete 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 For example to reset the configuration on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller 1 Using the Storage Management Service 147 148 omconfig Create Virtual Disk The online help provides additional information about creating virtual disks The omconfig syntax for creating a virtual disk has several parameters You must specify the following parameters e Controller controller id e RAID level raid lt c rO rl rlc 15 110 r50 gt e Size size lt number max min gt e Physical disk is specified as either pdisk connector enclosureID portID or pdisk connector targetID Storage Management supplies default values for any of the other parameters that you do not specify Complete Syntax omconfig storage cont
170. mc The output from the omreport chassis bme command lists each of the valid parameters Table 3 3 shows the available settings omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 29 Table 3 3 omreport chassis bmc name value pair Description config advsol Reports advanced BMC information on a serial over local area network LAN connection config nic Reports BMC information for the LAN config serial Reports serial port information for BMC config serialoverlan Reports BMC information on a serial over LAN connection config terminalmode Reports terminal mode settings for the serial port config user Reports information on BMC users P omreport chassis currents Use the omreport chassis currents command to view current amperage probe status and settings When you type omreport chassis currents 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 all current probes present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific current probe omreport chassis fans Use the omreport chassis fans command to view fan probe status and settings When you type omreport chassis 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 migh
171. modem modemterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and that 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 77 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config serialoverlan enable true false baudrate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 privilegelevel administrator operator user config settodefault config terminalmode 5 deletecontrol outputdel outputbkspspbksp true Enables serial over LAN for the BMC 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 nonvolatile connection speed to 19200 bits per second 38400 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second
172. modular components as well Table 4 9 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 9 omconfig chassis 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 cannot 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 Index 0 always defaults to main system chassis The following command omits index n but accomplishes the same thing omconfig chassis 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 71 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 Use the omconfig chassis leds command to specify when to flash a chassis fault LED or chassis identification LED and allow you to clear the LED for the system s hard dr
173. move dead segments 172 rename virtual disk 165 rescan connector 176 rescan controller 145 reset controller configuration 147 reset temperature probe thresholds 180 181 restore dead segments 159 resume check consistency 163 set controller rebuild rate 152 set enclosure asset name 179 set enclosure asset tag 178 set temperature probe thresholds 180 split mirror 159 system 87 test controller alarm 147 unassign dedicated hot spare 161 unassign global hot spare 171 unblink physical disk 167 unblink virtual disk 157 unmirror 160 omconfig about details true 53 omconfig battery commands 174 omconfig channel commands 176 omcontfig chassis 54 54 biossetup 54 bmc 59 73 currents 68 fancontrol 70 fans 69 frontpanel 70 info 71 leds 72 memorymode 72 temps 82 volts 83 omconfig chassis biossetup name value pairs 54 omconfig chassis bmc name value pair 60 74 omconfig chassis currents name value pairs 68 omconfig chassis fancontrol name value pairs parameters 70 omconfig chassis fans Index 215 name value pairs parameters 69 omconfig chassis frontpanel name value pair parameters 71 omcontfig chassis info name value pair parameters 71 omconfig chassis leds name value pairs parameters 72 omconfig chassis memorymode name value pairs parameters 73 omconfig chassis temps name value pairs paramaters 82 omconfig chassis volts name v
174. mple Command for Adding Support Information 108 Adding System Information 20000005 109 Example Command for Adding System Information 109 Adding Warranty Information 008 109 Example Command for Adding Warranty Information 110 omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components 111 Conventions for Parameter Tables 00 4 111 omreport rac Command Summary 000 111 Help With the omreport rac Command 112 omreportrac authentication 00 112 Example Command for omreport rac authentication 113 omreportracdialinusers 2 2220004 113 omreportracdialoutusers 22220050 113 omreportracnetwork 2 2 a 114 omreportracmodem 2 0000000 eee 114 Contents omreportracremote a 114 omreportracsnmptraps 22 0 0000000 114 omreportracusers 2 00 2 ee 114 omreport rac viewcertificate 2 20050 115 omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 117 Conventions for Parameter Tables 4 117 omconfig rac Command Summary 0 117 Help With the omconfigrac Command 119 omconfig rac authentication 000008 119 Local Operating System Authentication 119 Example Command for omconfig
175. mple for SAS Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 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 online help for more information 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 SAS 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 enter 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 enter omconfig storage pdisk action cancelrebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Remove Dead Segments Use the following omconfig command syntax to recover unusable disk space See the online help for
176. n on how to configure components for management see omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Often 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 for a 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 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 you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature omreport Command Summary F NOTE Although this chapter lists all possible omreport commands the commands available on your system depend on your system configuration The results that display for the omreport command vary from one system to another Data displays for installed components only 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
177. nable true false true Enables SNMP traps false Disables SNMP traps community lt text gt Sets the community Example Commands The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac snmptraps ipaddr 123 166 555 216 index 1 community dell The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card The next example supplies values for all command parameters that you can use with the omconfig rac snmptraps command Type omconfig rac snmptraps ipaddr 123 166 555 216 index 0 trapsenable true community dell The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller omconfig rac remote Use the omconfig rac remote command to specify the remote features property values Table 7 9 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 9 omconfig rac remote name value pair Description floppytftpenable true false true Enables remote boot false Disables remote boot floppytftpipaddr lt text gt Sets the floppy TFTP address floppytftppath lt text gt Sets the floppy TFTP path fwupdatetftpipaddr lt text gt Sets the firmware TFTP address fwupdatetftppath lt text gt Sets the directory path on the TFTP server where the firmware update images reside Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac remote floppytftpenable true The following message appears
178. nclosure s asset tag Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt Using the Storage Management Service 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 For example to specify the asset tag to encl20 on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 2 assettag encl20 Example for SAS Controllers For example to specify the asset tag to encl20 on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 1 2 assettag encl20 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 setassetname 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 For example to specify the asset name to encl43 for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omcon
179. nd Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac rmsnmptrap Use the omconfig rac rmsnmptrap command to remove an SNMP trap Table 7 12 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 12 omconfig rac rmsnmptrap name value pair Description ipaddr lt text gt Specifies the IP address of entry which is to be deleted This value must be specified in dotted decimal notation If no IP address is specified an index must be specified index lt n gt Specifies the index of the entry which is to be deleted If no index is specified an IP address must be specified 128 omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac rmsnmptrap ipaddr 123 199 152 216 The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac rmuser Use the omconfig rac rmuser command to remove a user Table 7 13 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 13 omconfig rac rmuser name value pair Description username lt text gt Specifies the user name of entry which is to be deleted If no user name is specified an index must be specified index lt n gt Specifies the index of the entry which is to be deleted If no index is specified a user name must be specified Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac rmuser username jdo The following message appears
180. nd accounts for the RAC If you enable local operating system authentication for the RAC you enable any user with Administrator status on the operating system to log into the RAC 112 omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components Example Command for omreport rac authentication When you type omreport rac authentication the results that display show whether authentication of users for access to the RAC using the operating system user access definitions is disabled or enabled For example omreport rac authentication localauthenable true omreport rac dialinusers Use the omreport rac dialinusers command to display the dial in user property values Table 6 2 displays the valid parameters for the command Table 6 2 omreport rac dialinusers name value pair Description username lt text gt Displays the dial in user entry whose user name is specified by lt text gt index lt n gt Displays the dial in user entry whose index is equal to n The index is usually 0 15 and specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC NOTE The index number corresponds to a user position on the RAC omreport rac dialoutusers The omreport rac dialoutusers command displays the demand dial out user property values Table 6 3 displays the valid parameters for the command Table 6 3 omreport rac dialoutusers name value pair Description ipaddr lt text gt Displays the demand dial out user entry whose IP address
181. nents of the following types that are present in your system System Attributes e Host name e System location Main System Chassis Chassis e Chassis model e Chassis service tag e Chassis lock e Chassis asset tag If you run this command on a PowerEdge 1655MC system the following additional information displays Server Module Service Tag The service tag of the server module that you are currently logged into The Chassis Service Tag field indicates the service tag of your PowerEdge 1655MC system chassis Server Module Asset Tag The asset tag of the server module that you are currently logged into Server Module Location A number assigned to the server module that indicates its position in the PowerEdge 1655MC system chassis omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 45 Processor The following are listed for each processor in the system e Processor manufacturer e Processor family e Processor version e Current speed e Maximum speed e External clock speed Voltage Memory e Total installed capacity e Memory available to the operating system e Total maximum capacity e 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 e Location e Use e Installed capacity e Maximum capacity e Slots available Slots used ECC type
182. neration when a fan probe detects that the fan is running too slow or not at all Enables disables alert generation when a hardware log detects a failure value Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a chassis has been opened 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 Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the power supply is absent omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 91 Table 4 23 omconfig system platformevents continued Event Name Description event powerfail event processorwam event processorfail event processorabsent event redundegrad event redunlost event tempwam event tempfail event voltfail event watchdogasr 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 Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor is running at less than peak performance or speed Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor has failed Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor is absent Sets action or enables disables
183. nformation about assigning values for the name and option fields Partial results for the request omconfig system assetinfo are as follows assetinfo Set asset information 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 20 omhelp Getting Help With CLI Commands 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 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 informatio
184. ng additional information displays Server Module Service Tag The service tag of the server module that you are currently logged into The Chassis Service Tag field indicates the service tag of your PowerEdge 1655MC system chassis e Server Module Asset Tag The asset tag of the server module that you are currently logged into Server Module Location A number assigned to the server module that indicates its position in the PowerEdge 1655MC system chassis 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 may display Status Ok Probe Name Main chassis intrusion State Chassis is closed 32 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport chassis leds Use the omreport chassis 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 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
185. ng help 25 global information 137 physical disk status 141 power supply status 140 system 38 temperature probe status 138 virtual disk status 142 omreport chassis acswitch 26 bios 27 biossetup 27 29 30 currents 30 fancontrol 30 fans 30 firmware 31 frontpanel 31 fru 31 info 31 intrusion 32 leds 33 memory 33 nics 34 ports 34 processors 35 pwrsupplies 37 slots 37 temps 38 volts 38 omreport chassis bmc name value pairs parameters 30 37 omreport chassis fancontrol name value pairs parameters 30 omreport chassis ports base I O address 34 connector type 35 external name 34 IRQ level 34 maximum speed 35 port type 34 omreport chassis processors cache properties 35 connector name 35 Index 217 core count 35 current speed 35 external clock speed 35 manufacturer 35 processor family 35 processor version 35 state 35 omreport chassis slots adapter 38 data bus width 38 index 38 slot ID 38 omreport rac 111 112 authentication 112 command levels 1 2 and 3 112 command summary 111 dialinusers 113 dialoutusers 113 getting help 112 modem 114 network 114 remote 114 snmptraps 114 users 114 viewcertificate 115 omreport rac authentication example command 112 omreport rac dialinusers name value pairs parameters 113 omreport rac dialoutusers name value pairs parameters 113 omreport Tac snmptraps 218 Index name va
186. ng message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Warranty Information Use the omconfig system 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 how to edit extended warranty values see Adding Extended Warranty Information Table 5 11 shows the valid parameters for adding warranty information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 109 Table 5 11 omconfig system assetinfo info warranty Command Command Command name value pair1 name value Use level 1 level 2 level 3 pair 2 omconfig system assetinfo info warranty cost lt cost gt duration lt duration gt enddate lt enddate gt unit days months Cost of the warranty service Number of days or months that the warranty is in force Date the warranty agreement ends Whether the number for duration refers to days or months Example Command for Adding Warranty Information To provide a value for a warranty parameter type a command of the f
187. ning any commands in the autoexec bat file This start up file contains commands that specify which devices to install and which drivers to use This file also contains commands that determine how the operating system uses memory and controls files controller A chip that controls the transfer of data between the microprocessor and memory or between the microprocessor and a peripheral device such as a disk drive or the keyboard control panel The part of the computer that contains indicators and controls such as the power switch hard drive access indicator and power indicator conventional memory The first 640 KB of RAM Conventional memory is found in all computers Unless they are specially designed MS DOS programs are limited to running in conventional memory coo Acronym for cost of ownership cooling unit Sets of fans or other cooling devices in a system chassis coprocessor A chip that relieves the computer s microprocessor of specific processing tasks A math coprocessor for example handles numeric processing A graphics coprocessor handles video rendering The Intel Pentium microprocessor for example includes a built in math coprocessor cpi Abbreviation for characters per inch CPU Abbreviation for central processing unit See also microprocessor 192 Glossary CRC Abbreviation for cyclic redundancy code which is a number derived from and stored or transmitted with a block of data in
188. ns HTTPS is a unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP You need to use https for HTTP URLs with SSL whereas you continue to use http for HTTP URLs without SSL Hz Abbreviation for hertz ICES Abbreviation for Interference Causing Equipment Standard in Canada ICU Abbreviation for ISA Configuration Utility IDE Abbreviation for Integrated Device Electronics IDE is a computer system interface used primarily for hard drives and CDs 1 0 Abbreviation for input output The keyboard is an input device and a printer is an output device In general I O activity can be differentiated from computational activity For example when a program sends a document to the printer it is engaging in output activity when the program sorts a list of terms it is engaging in computational activity ID Abbreviation for identification IHV Acronym for independent hardware vendor IHVs often develop their own MIBs for components that they manufacture interlacing A technique for increasing video resolution by only updating alternate horizontal lines on the screen Because interlacing can result in noticeable screen flicker most users prefer noninterlaced video adapter resolutions internal microprocessor cache An instruction and data cache built in to the microprocessor The Intel Pentium microprocessor includes a 16 KB internal cache which is set up as an 8 KB read only instruction cache and
189. nts omconfig system events source snmptraps Type The event type refers to the name of the component s involved in the event Table 4 24 shows the valid parameters for system event types Table 4 24 System Event Type Parameters name value pair Description type accords type battery type all type currents type fanenclosures type fans type intrusion type log type memory type powersupplies type redundancy type temps type volts Configures events for AC power cords Configures events for battery Configures events for all device types Configures events for amperage Configures events for fan enclosures Configures events for fans Configures events for chassis intrusion Configures events for logs Configures events for memory Configures events for power supplies Configures events for redundancy Configures events for temperatures Configures events for voltages 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 also 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 25 shows the valid severity parameters omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 93 Table 4 25 System Event
190. o 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 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 Current SNMP Trap Configuration Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None Power Supplies Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None Settings Enable Critical Disable Informational and Warning 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 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 F NOTE Some component types may be unavailable on your system omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 41 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 currents Reports events for fan amperage probes type fanenclosures Reports events for fan enclosures type fans Reports events for
191. of characters BMC automatically sends a serial over LAN data packet that contains this number of characters as soon as this number of characters or greater has been accepted from the baseboard serial controller into the BMC true Enables IPMI over LAN false Disables PMI over LAN text Text used for encryption and confirmation of encryption NOTE The option text is supported only on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems Gateway Sets a gateway address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface true Enables DRAC NIC false Disables DRAC NIC NOTE The option enablenic is supported on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems that have DRAC installed ip Sets the IP address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface 74 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config nic continued ipsource static dhcp systemsoftware nicselection nicl teamedniclnic2 dracnic privilegelevel administrator operator user subnet Subnet 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 sour
192. omconfig Subsequent command levels provide a greater degree of specificity regarding the type of object on which the command will operate or the information that the command will display For example the following omconfig command syntax has three levels omconfig storage pdisk The following table describes these command levels Table 8 1 Example Command Levels Command level1 Command level2 Command level3 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 will implement P P Using the Storage Management Service 133 134 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 portID connector targetID gt In this example the id in cont roller 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 omconfig comm
193. on critical e LowerThresholdCritical e LowerThresholdFatal time out A specified period of system inactivity that must occur before an energy conservation feature is activated tpi Abbreviation for tracks per inch TOFP Acronym for thin quad flat pack TSR Abbreviation for terminate and stay resident A TSR program runs in the background Most TSR programs implement a predefined key combination sometimes referred to as a hot key that allows you to activate the TSR program s interface while running another program When you finish using the TSR program you can return to the other application program and leave the TSR program resident in memory for later use TSR programs can sometimes cause memory conflicts When troubleshooting rule out the possibility of such a conflict by rebooting your computer without starting any TSR programs UART Acronym for universal asynchronous receiver transmitter the electronic circuit that makes up the serial port UDP Acronym for user datagram protocol UL Abbreviation for Underwriters Laboratories UMB Abbreviation for upper memory blocks unicode A fixed width 16 bit world wide character encoding developed and maintained by the Unicode Consortium upper memory area The 384 KB of RAM located between 640 KB and 1 MB If the computer has an Intel386 or higher microprocessor a utility called a memory manager can create UMBs in the upper memory area in which you
194. onfig Quiet Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to silence an activated controller alarm See the online help for more information about using this command 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 For example to quiet the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action quietalarm controller 1 146 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Test Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to test the functionality of the controller alarm The alarm will sound for about two seconds See the online help for more information about using this command 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 For example to test the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action testalarm controller 1 omconfig Reset Controller Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the controller configuration NOTICE Resetting a configuration permanently destroys all data on all virtual disks attached to the controller If the system or boot partition resides on these virtual disks it will be destroyed You may receive a warning message if this command will result in deleting the syste
195. or department in your organization that is applying for the certificate required state lt text gt Name of your state or province Once you have generated the CSR you can upload the certificate to the RAC using the omconfig rac uploadcert command omconfig rac modem Use the omconfig rac modem command to configure properties for your RAC s modem if present Table 7 5 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 5 omconfig rac modem name value pair Description baudrate lt n gt The modem speed in bits per second The default baud rate is 38400 initstring lt text gt The required initialization string for your RAC dialtype tone pulse Specifies whether the dial type for your modem is tone or pulse countrycode lt two letter country code gt Specifies the code for the country where your system is located Use the omconfig rac modem command with the countrycode parameter to specify the code for the country where your system is located for example omconfig rac modem countrycode US Table 7 6 shows the country codes that you must use to set this parameter omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 123 Table 7 6 Country Codes for countrycode Parameter of omconfig rac modem Country Country Code Country Country Code Australia AU Japan JA Austria AS Korea KO Belgium BE Luxembourg LU Bulgaria BU Mexico ME Canada CA Netherlands NE China
196. or responds when a component has a warning or failure event The omreport system alertaction command is useful for viewing which alert actions have been specified for components To set an alert action for a component you must use the omconfig system alertaction command See omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 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 e fan warning e fan failure e memory pre failure e memory failure e power supply warning e power supply failure e degraded redundancy e lost redundancy e temperature warning e temperature failure e voltage warning e voltage failure e processor warning e processor failure e hardware log warning e hardware log full e watchdog ASR 40 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport system assetinfo Use the omreport system assetinfo command to see cost of ownership data for the system such as acquisition depreciation and warranty information To set any of these fields you must use the omconfig system assetinfo command See omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omreport system events Use the omreport system events command t
197. or stop the Web server Table 4 26 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 26 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 94 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig system recovery Use the omconfig system recovery command to set the action that is to be taken when the operating system has hung or crashed You can also set the number of seconds that must pass before the system is considered to have a hung operating system Table 4 27 shows the valid parameters for the command Ea NOTE Upper and lower limits for the timer are dependent on your system model and configuration Table 4 27 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 reinitialize system components such as hard drives timer lt n gt Number of seconds that must pass before a system is considered to have a hung operating system from 20 seconds to 480
198. ord When you type omconfig preferences snmp setting rootpw the system prompts you to supply values for the required parameters When you type omconfig preferences snmp you must supply all of the parameters in the initial command line For example omconfig preferences snmp setting rootpw oldpw openmanage newpw serveradmin confirmnewpw serveradmin omconfig preferences useraccess Depending on the policies of your enterprise 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 18 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 18 Enabling User Access for Administrators Power Users and Users Command Result Description omconfig preferences useraccess enable user Grants Server Least restrictive form Administrator access of user access to Users Power Users and Administrators omconfig preferences useraccess enable poweruser Grants Server Excludes user level Administrator access access only to Power Users and Administrators omconfig preferences useraccess enable admin Grants Server Most restrictive form Administrator access of user access to Administrators only 86 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig system Use the omconfig system commands to clear logs determine how various
199. order to detect corruption By recalculating the CRC and comparing it to the value originally transmitted the receiver can detect some types of transmission errors CSR Abbreviation for certificate signing request A complex text file generated by a Web server to identify and authenticate systems that seek connections to other systems The digital signature that is present in every CSR contributes to secure identification of systems When a remote access controller is present on a system running Server Administrator the CSR that comes with the remote access controller belongs to Dell If your company wants to generate its own CSR you can request a unique CSR from a certificate authority and overwrite the Dell CSR cursor A marker such as a block underscore or pointer that represents the position at which the next keyboard or mouse action will occur DAT Acronym for digital audio tape dB Abbreviation for decibel s dBA Abbreviation for adjusted decibel s DC Abbreviation for direct current device driver A program that allows the operating system or some other program to interface correctly with a peripheral device such as a printer Some device drivers such as network drivers must be loaded from the config sys file with a device statement or as memory resident programs usually from the autoexec bat file Others such as video drivers must load when you start the program for which they were de
200. orm omconfig system assetinfo info warranty lt name vyalue pair 2 gt For example type y pie typ omconfig system assetinfo info warranty unit days The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information 110 omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components The remote access controller RAC is a system component that provides a full set of system management capabilities Server Administrator integrates the RAC features into its interface allowing users to view and manage the controller from within Dell OpenManage Server Administrator and Dell OpenManage IT Assistant E NOTE Some features documented may not be available on your system s RAC For example dial up modem use is supported only on DRAC III F NOTE The commands are available only on systems with DRAC III DRAC III XT ERA and ERA O not for systems with DRAC 4 and DRAC 5 The omreport rac command enables Server Administrator to display reports on RAC components Conventions for Parameter Tables Parameter tables list input parameters for a command in the order in which they appear in the command line interface In omreport rac V
201. orts 34 extwarranty omconfig system 102 Index 213 F failure messages 16 fan status omreport 139 fancontrol omconfig chassis 70 omreport chassis 30 fans omconfig chassis 69 omreport chassis 30 firmware omreport chassis 31 format virtual disk 164 formatting CLI command output 185 frontpanel omcontig chassis 70 omreport chassis 31 G generatecert omconfig rac 122 globalinfo omconfig storage 142 omreport storage 137 help levels of 20 hot spare 160 214 Index l import foreign configuration omconfig 154 index omreport chassis slots 38 info omconfig chassis 71 omreport chassis 31 initialize physical disk omconfig 168 initialize virtual disk omconfig 157 introduction 13 intrusion omreport chassis 32 IP address alert destinations 90 IRQ level omreport chassis ports 34 L lease information 103 leds omconfig chassis 72 omreport chassis 33 levels of help for a CLI command 20 local operating system authentication 112 119 local operating system user access 119 maintenance information 104 adding 104 manufacturer omreport chassis processors 35 maximum speed omreport chassis ports 35 maximum warning threshold 69 83 memory arrays 23 46 omreport chassis 33 memorymode omconfig chassis 72 minimum warning threshold 69 83 modem omconfig rac 123 omreport rac 114 modem property values 114
202. ory along with the adapter s video drivers may affect the number of colors that can be simultaneously displayed Video adapters can also include their own coprocessor for faster graphics rendering video driver A program that allows graphics mode application programs and operating systems to display at a chosen resolution with the desired number of colors A software package may include some generic video drivers Any additional video drivers may need to match the video adapter installed in the computer video memory Most VGA and SVGA video adapters include memory chips in addition to your computer s RAM The amount of video memory installed primarily influences the number of colors that a program can display with the appropriate video drivers and monitor capabilities 208 Glossary video mode Video adapters normally support multiple text and graphics display modes Character based software displays in text modes that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters Graphics based software displays in graphics modes that can be defined as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors video resolution Video resolution 800 x 600 for example is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down To display a program ata specific graphics resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution virtual memory A method for increasing addr
203. os omreport chassis 27 biossetup omconfig chassis 54 omreport chassis 27 blink omcontig 182 blink physical disk omcontig 166 bmc omconfig chassis 59 73 omreport chassis 29 37 C cache policy parameters 150 cache properties omreport chassis processors 35 cancel background initialize omconfig 159 cancel check consistency omconfig 162 cancel clear physical disk omconfig 173 cancel initialize disk omconfig 158 cancel rebuild physical disk omconfig 172 cdvformat omconfig preferences 84 Index 211 certificate authority 122 certificate signing request 122 change virtual disk policy omconfig 164 chassis omconfig 54 chassis fault LED 72 chassis identification LED 72 chassis information summary 31 check consistency omconfig 162 check consistency rate omconfig 153 clear foreign configuration omconfig 154 clear physical disk omconfig 173 CLI clearing logs 89 error messages error checking 15 CLI command levels 1 2 and 3 defined 20 CLI command output 183 appending command output to a file 185 controlling display 183 formatting output 185 raw XML format 187 saving to a file that can be overwritten 184 table format 187 212 Index writing to a file 183 CLI commands 19 primary commands 14 Windows command prompt 14 cmdlog omconfig system 90 omreport system 39 command levels 1 2 and 3 omconfig 50
204. ost configuration protocol DHCP false Disables the dial in dynamic host configuration protocol DHCP dialinpaddr lt text gt Sets the base IP address which must be specified in dotted decimal notation dialinauthtype any encrypted Sets the type of authentication required Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac network ippaddr 123 169 555 216 The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 125 126 omconfig rac snmptraps Use the omconfig rac snmptraps command to specify the SNMP trap property values Table 7 8 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 8 omconfig rac snmptraps name value pair Description ipaddr lt text gt Sets the IP address which must be specified in dotted decimal notation index lt number 0 15 gt Sets the SNMP trap index The index specifies one of the 16 trap positions on the RAC If an index is not specified for an omconfig rac command the entry is added to the next available position on the RAC If an index is specified for an omconfig rac command and another entry exists for that position the key field parameter is used to decide if the command should be executed If the key field supplied by the user matches the key field of the entry on that specific position of the RAC the RAC entry is edited Otherwise the command fails trapse
205. osure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To assign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter 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 enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 2 3 assign yes omconfig Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign one or more physical disks that were previously assigned as a hot spare to a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign no 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter 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 unassigning physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a dedicated hot spare to virtual disk 4 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this
206. pha pager ID apphacustommsg lt text gt Sets the alpha custom message alphapagerpassword lt text gt Sets the alpha pager password Example Command The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac users username jdo The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 131 132 omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Using the Storage Management Service Storage Management has a fully featured command line interface CLI that enables you to perform all of Storage Management s reporting configuration and management functions 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 This chapter only documents the omreport and omconfig commands that apply to Storage Management See the Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User s Guide for installation information See the Storage Management online help and Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User s Guide for more information on Storage Management CLI Command Syntax Like all the Server Administrator commands the omreport and omconfig command syntax consists of specifying command levels The first command level is the command name omreport or
207. physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Initialize Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to initialize a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action initialize 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 initialize 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 initialize the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action initialize controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To initialize the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action initialize controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 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 connectorID targetID Using the Storage Management Service where id is the controller ID and connectorID target ID is the connector number and physical disk numb
208. product as defined in the Active 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 systems management interventions You can configure the SNMP root password normally by typing all of the parameters in one command line or interactively NOTICE Interactive mode is the more secure method of setting the SNMP root password In noninteractive mode the values you enter for the newpw and confirmnewpw options appear on your system s monitor when you type them In 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 F 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 85 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 passw
209. proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own May 2006 Contents Mi UNPOPUCHON serere oa erp ccne 2 tinea tedar oe ee os 13 What s New forVersion51 0 00000 ee eee 13 Using CLI Commands from Windows Command Prompts 14 Primary CLI Commands 000000 ee eae 14 CLI Error Checking and Error Messages 15 Success Messages aoaaa a es 15 Failure Messages 000 0 ee ee ee 16 Scripting and Comparing With the CLI 17 Command Syntax Overview 0 00002 e eae 17 2 ombhelp Getting Help With CLICommands 19 Example HelpCommands 0 2 000000 19 3 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation SENICE 294 FW e ce e VS Ss OES Pee Wine Son ati 21 Conventions for Parameter Tables 004 21 omreport Command Summary 0 020005 21 Help With the omreportCommand 4 25 omreportabout 0 0002 eee 25 omreport chassis Commands 0 00000 0s 26 mreportehassiS ii ae W Gee bole a a ar Kat 2 areg 26 omreport chassis acswitch oaoa 0000005 26 omreport chassis batteries ooa a 27 omreport chassis bios o oo a a 27 omreport chassis biossetup o oo a 27 omreport chassis bme aoaaa 0000 eee eee 29 omreport chassis currents aoaaa 0000005 30 omreport chassis fans oaaae 30 Contents 3
210. ps three specific lines of memory to the same three lines of cache e A 2 way set associative cache directly maps two specific lines of memory to the same two lines of cache e A l way set associative cache directly maps a specific line of memory in the same line 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 correctable ECC or uncorrectable ECC This report shows cache information for each cache present on the microprocessor 36 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport chassis pwrsupplies Use the omreport chassis pwrsupplies command to view properties of your system s power supplies Type omreport chassis pwrsupplies index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for all power supplies in your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific processor For each power supply in the system values display for the following
211. puter s System Setup program must match the actual drive s installed in the computer The System Setup program also allows you to specify physical parameters logical cylinders logical heads cylinder Glossary 193 number and logical sectors per pack for drives not included in the table of drive types stored in NVRAM DTE Abbreviation for data terminal equipment Any device such as a computer system that can send data in digital form by means of a cable or communications line The DTE is connected to the cable or communications line through a data communications equipment DCE device such as a modem ECC Abbreviation for error checking and correction ECP Abbreviation for Extended Capabilities Port EDO Acronym for extended data output dynamic random access memory which is a type of DRAM that is faster than conventional DRAM EDO RAM can start fetching the next block of memory at the same time that it sends the previous block to the CPU EEPROM Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read only memory EIDE Abbreviation for enhanced integrated drive electronics EIDE devices add one or more of the following enhancements to the traditional IDE standard e Data transfer rates of up to 16 MB sec Support for drives other than just hard drives such as CD drives e Support for hard drives with capacities greater than 528 MB Support for up to two controllers each with up to two devices attached
212. quire 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 In each section command syntax and other information about commands is formatted with any of the following fields that apply command level 1 command level 2 command level 3 name value pair 1 name value pair 2 18 Introduction omhelp Getting Help With CLI Commands The omhelp command and its equivalent lt command gt accesses the CLI s detailed help text interface You can get help at several levels of detail Each fully qualified CLI command may have a variable number of distinct parts 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 on the command Example Help Commands When yo
213. r A value or option that you specify to a program A parameter is sometimes called a switch or an argument partition You can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command Each partition can contain multiple logical drives After partitioning the hard drive you must format each logical drive with the format command PCI Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect A standard for local bus implementation developed by Intel Corporation PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association An international trade association that has developed standards for devices such as modems and external hard drives that can be plugged into portable computers PERC Acronym for Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller peripheral device An internal or external device such as a printer a disk drive or a keyboard connected to a computer PGA Abbreviation for pin grid array a type of microprocessor socket that allows you to remove the microprocessor chip physical memory array The physical memory array is the entire physical memory of a system Variables for physical memory array include maximum size total number of memory slots on the motherboard and total number of slots in use physical memory array mapped The physical memory array mapped refers to the way physical memory is divided For example one mapped area may have 640 KB and the other mappe
214. r a peripheral component interconnect card the IRQ level is a standard way to identify the type of device that is sending the interrupt request 34 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 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 Use the omreport chassis processors command to view properties of your system s processors Values display for the following fields Connector Name Manufacturer Processor Family Processor Version Current Speed External Clock Speed and State Connector Name refers to the name or number of the device that occupies the processor slot in the system Manufacturer is the business entity that sells the processor Processor Family refers to the type of processor made by a manufacturer such as Intel Itanium or Pentium III Processor Version refers to the model and stepping number of the processor Current
215. r battery Example Syntax For example to start the learn cycle on controller 1 enter 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for the controller battery Example Syntax For example to delay the learn cycle for three days and 12 hours on controller 1 enter omconfig storage battery action delaylearn controller 1 battery 0 days 3 hours 12 Using the Storage Management Service 175 omconfig Connector Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute connector tasks Table 8 25 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 similar
216. r computer s integral components such as the following e Microprocessor e RAM e Controllers for standard peripheral devices such as the keyboard Various ROM chips Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard and logic board system configuration information Data stored in memory that tells a computer what hardware is installed and how the computer should be configured for operation system diskette System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette system memory System memory is a synonym for RAM System Setup program A BIOS based program that allows you to configure your computer s hardware and customize the computer s operation by setting such features as password protection and energy management Some options in the System Setup program require that you reboot the computer or the computer may reboot automatically in order to make a hardware configuration change Because the System Setup program is stored in NVRAM any settings remain in effect until you change them again Glossary 205 system ini file A start up file for the Windows operating system When you start Windows it consults the system ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating environment Among other things the system ini file records which video mouse and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the system ini file On o
217. r the Redundancy Status and Redundancy Mode fields omreport chassis batteries Use the omreport chassis batteries command to view battery properties omreport chassis bios Use the omreport chassis bios command to view current BIOS information When you type omreport chassis bios Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s BIOS information omreport chassis biossetup Use the omreport chassis biossetup command to view BIOS setup parameters that are normally available only during system boot Type omreport chassis biossetup Table 3 2 displays the BIOS setup parameters that are available NOTE Not all the parameters are displayed Only those BIOS setup properties that are configured during system boot are displayed omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 27 Table 3 2 BIOS Setup Parameters Parameters Description Bezel Displays whether the bezel removal intrusion check during system reboot is enabled or disabled Bootsequence Displays the device that is used to boot the system Console Redirection Console Redirection After Boot Diskette Demand Based Power Management DBS Dual NIC External Serial Connector Console Redirection Failsafe Baud Rate IDE IDE Primary Drive 0 IDE Primary Drive 1 Intrusion Mouse NIC and NIC 2 Numlock Parallel port address Parallel port mode Primary SCSI RAID on motherboard RAID Channel A Displays if the BI
218. r the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to format virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action format controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Reconfiguring Virtual Disks You can reconfigure a virtual disk in order to change the virtual disk s RAID level or increase its size by adding physical disks 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 rlc r5 rl0 gt size lt size gt pdisk lt PDISK gt Example Syntax For example 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 enter omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller 1 vdisk 4 raid r5 size 800m pdisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers In this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller 1 vdisk 4 raid r5 pdisk 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy Use the following omconfig command syntax to change a virtual disk s read write or cache policy 164 Using the Storage Management Service Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action changepolicy controller id vdisk id readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nre gt writepolicy lt wb wt wc
219. ra ara rc nrc gt writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt name lt string gt spanlength lt n gt action setrebuildrate controller id rate lt Q to 100 gt action setbgirate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setreconstructrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt Using the Storage Management Service Table 8 16 omconfig Controller Commands continued Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs action setcheckconsistency controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action exportlog controller id action importforeignconfig controller id action clearforeigncontig controller id action setpatrolreadmode controller id mode manual auto disable action startpatrolread controller id action stoppatrolread controller id omconfig Rescan Controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to rescan a controller See the online help for more information about using this command 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 For example to rescan controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action rescan controller 1 F NOTE The rescan controller is not supported on non RAID SCSI and SAS controllers You must reboot the system before Storage Management can see configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers omconfig Global Rescan Control
220. rator administrators only 86 determining 86 least restrictive 86 most restrictive 86 power users and administrators only 86 useraccess omconfig preferences 86 users omconfig rac 130 omreport rac 114 V vdisk omconfig storage 156 omreport storage 142 version omreport system 48 viewcertificate omreport rac 115 viewing alert actions for specific components and events 40 viewing properties for system temperature probes 38 viewing properties for system voltage probes 38 viewing properties of system power supplies 37 viewing properties of system slots 37 voltage warning thresholds 83 volts omconfig chassis 83 omreport chassis 38 Ww warranty adding 109 components 102 109 omconfig system 109 webserver omconfig system 94 starting and stopping 94 what s new 13 Windows command prompts CLI 14 write policy parameters 151 Index 221 222 Index
221. red lanaccesslevel administrator User 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 id user id id user id User ID of the user dracusergroup admin poweruser guest testalert custom none being configured dracusergroup admin Enables the Administrator User privileges dracusergroup poweruser Enables the Power User privileges dracusergroup guest Enables the Guest User privileges dracusergroup testalert Enables the Test Alert user privileges dracusergroup custom Enables the Custom User privileges NOTE See Table 4 13 for more information on the name value pair dracusergroup custom dracusergroup none Does not enable user privileges omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 81 Table 4 13 omconfig chassis 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 false true false Enables disables continued dracusergroup custom logging into DRAC configuredrac true false true false Enables disables configuration of DRAC configure users true f
222. report storage controller parameters for displaying controller information Displays a list of the omreport storage enclosure parameters for displaying enclosure information Displays a list of the omreport storage connector parameters for displaying connector information Displays a list of the omreport storage battery parameters for displaying battery information Displays a list of the omreport storage globalinfo parameters for displaying global storage property information Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage controller controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 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 Using the Storage Management Service omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status Table 8 5 omreport Global Information Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage globalinfo Displays whether smart thermal shutdown is enabled or disabled See the omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown command for more information omreport Battery Status Table 8 6 omreport Battery Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage battery controller id
223. roller action createvdisk controller id raid lt c rO rl ric r5 r10 r50 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 readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nre gt writepolicy lt wb wt wc nwe fwb gt name lt string gt spanlength lt n gt 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 10 rl rlc r5 rl10 r50 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 readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt Parameter Optional writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt Parameter Optional name lt string gt Parameter Optional spanlength lt n gt Parameter Optional Using the Storage Management Service controller id Parameter Required Specify the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command For example controller 2 raid lt c rO r1 ric r5 r10 r50 gt Parameter Required Use the raid lt c 10 r1 rlc 15 110 150 gt parameter to specify concatenation or a
224. rst out In computer programming FIFO first in first out is an approach to handling program work requests from queues or stacks so that the oldest request is handled next flash bios APC BIOS that is stored in a flash memory rather than in a ROM A flash BIOS chip can be updated in place whereas a ROM BIOS must be replaced witha newer chip flash memory A type of EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed from a utility on diskette while still installed in a computer most EEPROM chips can only be rewritten with special programming equipment format To prepare a hard drive or diskette for storing files An unconditional format deletes all data stored on the disk FPBGA Acronym for field programmable gate array a programmable logic chip PLD with a high density of gates FRU Acronym for field replaceable unit ft Abbreviation for feet FTP Abbreviation for file transfer protocol g Abbreviation for gram s G Abbreviation for gravities Glossary 195 GB Abbreviation for gigabyte s A gigabyte equals 1 024 megabytes or 1 073 741 824 bytes graphics coprocessor See coprocessor graphics mode A video mode that can be defined as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors group As it relates to DMI a group is a data structure that defines common information or attributes about a manageable component GUI Acronym for graphical user interface h Abbreviation for hexadecimal A base 16 num
225. rt Actions Event Name Description event batterywarn event batteryfail event currentwam event currentfail event fanwarn event fanfail event hardwarelogwarn event hardwarelogfull event intrusion event memprefail event memfail event powersupply event powersupplywarn event processorwam event processorfail event redundegrad event redunlost event tempwam event tempfail Sets actions when a battery probe detects a warning value Sets actions when a battery probe detects a failure value Sets actions when a current probe detects a warning value Sets actions when a current probe detects a failure value Sets actions when a fan probe detects a warning value Sets actions when a fan probe detects a failure value Sets actions when a hardware log detects a warning value Sets actions when a hardware log is full Sets actions when a chassis intrusion event is detected Sets actions when a memory probe detects a prefailure value Sets actions when a memory probe detects a failure value Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a failure value Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a warning value Sets actions when a processor probe detects a warning value Sets actions when a processor probe detects a failure value Sets actions when a redundant component becomes inoperative resulting in less than full redundancy for that component Sets actions when one or more redundant components become inoperativ
226. s Use omreport chassis commands to view details for the entire chassis or for a particular component omreport chassis When you type omreport chassis Server Administrator displays a general status for your main system chassis components F NOTE When you issue CLI commands to a server module in a modular system chassis refers only to the server module F NOTE As with all output shown in this guide the following output is an example and may vary depending on your system configuration SEVERITY COMPONENT Ok Fans Critical Intrusion Ok Memory Ok Power Supplies Ok Temperatures Ok Voltages omreport chassis acswitch Use the omreport chassis acswitch command if your system has redundant AC power lines that are configured in a failover arrangement When you type omreport chassis acswitch Server Administrator displays the following output AC Failover Switch AC Switch Redundancy Redundancy Status gt Full Number of devices required for full 8 redundancy Redundancy Mode Redundancy Configuration Input Source Line 1 26 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service upon redundancy restoration return to Line 1 AC Power Lines Status Ok Location AC Power Line 1 AC Present Power Present Active Source Active Status OK Location AC Power Line 2 AC Present Power Present Active Source Not Active Server Administrator reports values fo
227. s and connectors to allow devices such as the microprocessor chip to be installed or removed with no stress applied to the device ZIP A 3 5 inch removable disk drive from lomega Originally it provided a 100 MB removable cartridges The drive is bundled with software that can catalog the disks and lock the files for security A250 MB version of the Zip drive also reads and writes the 100 MB Zip cartridges Glossary 209 210 Glossary Index Symbols omconfig 52 omcontig chassis 54 omconfig rac 119 omreport 25 omreport rac 112 request for help 19 A about omconfig 53 acquisition information 99 optional parameters 20 acquisition information adding 99 acswitch omreport chassis 26 omreport command level 3 26 adapter omreport chassis slots 38 alert action defining 87 example valid commands 89 setting 87 setting events 88 alertaction omconfig system 87 omreport system 40 alertlog clearing logs 89 omconfig system 19 50 omreport system 39 arrays memory 23 46 assetinfo acquisition 41 omreport system 41 assign dedicated hot spare omconfig 160 assign global hot spare omconfig 170 authentication omconfig rac 119 omreport rac 112 available alert actions 87 background initialization rate omconfig 152 base I O address omreport chassis ports 34 battery ID 135 omconfig storage 174 omreport storage 137 recondition 174 status 137 bi
228. s on the operating system to log into the RAC omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 119 120 Example Command for omconfig rac authentication When you type omconfig rac authentication localauthenable true you have configured the RAC to allow access to any user who has Administrator privileges on the operating system When you type omconfig rac authentication localauthenable false you have configured the RAC to allow access only to users with user names and passwords that are defined by the RAC administrator omconfig rac dialinusers F NOTE Some features documented may not be available on your system s RAC For example dial up modem use is supported only on DRAC III Use the omconfig rac dialinusers command to specify requirements for each user who is to have dial in privileges The administrator can specify values for a user name password and other properties for each user Table 7 2 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 2 omconfig rac dialinusers name value pair Description username lt text gt Sets the user name for the point to point protocol PPP user index lt number 0 15 gt Sets the dial in user index to populate with user name password and so on The index specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC If an index is not specified for an omconfig rac command the entry is added to the next available position on the RAC If an index is specified for
229. seconds Example Recovery Commands To set the action on hung operating system detection to powercycle type omconfig system 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 omconfig system shutdown Use the omconfig system shutdown command to determine how 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 you can use the parameter osfirst false Table 4 28 shows the valid parameters for the command omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 95 Table 4 28 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 the electrical power to the system off action powercycle Turns the electrical power to the system off pauses turns the power on and reboots the system Power cycling is useful when you want to reinitialize 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
230. 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 You can use the omconfig system alertaction command to determine how Server Administrator responds when a component has a warning or failure event Defining Alert Actions An alert action is an action that you can 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 persons are notified of this event For temperature voltage and current probe readings that fall within the warning or failure range you can also configure alert actions 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 you want to take for this event For example in the command omconfig system alertaction event powersupply broadcast true the event is a power supply failure and the action is to broadcast a message to all Server Administrator users Available Alert Act
231. signed DHCP Acronym for dynamic host configuration protocol A method of configuring a network in which IP addresses are issued by a server rather than statically assigned to each system DIMM Acronym for dual in line memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board DIN Acronym for Deutsche Industrie Norm which is the standards setting organization for Germany A DIN connector is a connector that conforms to one of the many standards defined by DIN DIN connectors are used widely in personal computers For example the keyboard connector for PCs is a DIN connector DIP Acronym for dual in line package A circuit board such as a system board or expansion card may contain DIP switches for configuring the circuit board DIP switches are always toggle switches with an ON position and an OFF position directory Directories help keep related files organized on a disk in a hierarchical inverted tree structure Each disk has a root directory for example a c gt prompt normally indicates that you are at the root directory of hard drive C Additional directories that branch off of the root directory are called subdirectories Subdirectories may contain additional directories branching off of them display adapter See video adapter DMA Abbreviation for direct memory access A DMA channel allows certain types of data transfer between RAM and a device to bypass
232. sion the output that appears in your CLI window depends on the version of the BIOS RAID controllers and firmware installed on your system The following partial command results are unique and may not resemble the results for your system s configuration Version Report ain System Chassis Name BIOS Version z O26 Updateable N A Name BMC Version 05 26 Updateable N A Name Primary Backplane Version 1 01 Updateable N A Software Name Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Version 5 2 lt Build 3790 Service Pack 1 gt lt x86 gt Updateable N A Name Dell Server Administrator Version 6 Seil Updateable N A 48 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 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 the administrator s privilege to clear command alert and hardware logs the administrator s privilege to configure and execute system shutdown power user and administrator s privilege to default or specify values for warning events on current probes fans voltage probes and temperature probes power user and administrator s privilege to set alert actions in the event of a
233. sk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter 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 enter omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller 1 pdisk 0 0 Using the Storage Management Service Example for SAS Controllers To blink the physical disk described in this example enter 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 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 physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example S
234. ssis slots 38 default maximum warning threshold 69 default minimum warning threshold 69 defining alert actions 87 delay battery learn cycle omconfig 175 delete virtual disk omconfig 163 delimiters data fields 84 depreciation information about 101 adding 101 dialinusers omconfig rac 120 omreport rac 113 dialoutusers omconfig rac 121 omreport rac 113 dirservice omconfig preferences 84 disable enclosure alarm omconfig 178 disable smart thermal shutdown omconfig 178 display IDs 134 135 display reports RAC components 111 E enable enclosure alarm omconfig 177 enable smart thermal shutdown omconfig 178 enclosure omconfig storage 176 omreport storage 138 140 error checking and error messages CLI 15 error messages 15 esmlog omconfig system 90 omreport system 39 event name alert actions 88 omconfig system platformevents 91 event notification configuring 92 index 94 severity 93 source 93 type 93 events alert actions 88 classified by component type 42 omconfig system 92 omreport system 41 SNMP 24 50 92 example command omconfig rac rmdialinuser 128 omconfig rac rmdialoutuser 128 omconfig rac rmsnmptrap 129 omconfig rac rmuser 129 omconfig rac snmptraps 126 example help commands 19 extended warranty information 102 external clock speed omreport chassis processors 35 external name omreport chassis p
235. ssors 35 processors omreport chassis 35 pwrsupplies omreport chassis 37 RAC authentication local operating system authentication 119 read policy parameters 151 rebuild physical disk omconfig 171 recondition battery omconfig 174 reconfiguring virtual disks omconfig 164 reconstruct rate omconfig 153 recovery omconfig system 95 omreport system 4 recovery from a hung operating system 44 remote omconfig rac 127 omreport rac 114 remote access controller 111 remote features property values 114 remove a dial in user 127 remove a dial out user 128 remove a user 129 remove an SNMP trap 128 remove dead segments omconfig 172 rename virtual disk omconfig 165 requesting a certificate for your RAC 122 rescan connector omconfig 176 rescan controllers 143 reset omconfig rac 129 reset all temperature probe thresholds omconfig 181 reset the rac 129 restore dead segments omconfig 159 resume check consistency omconfig 163 rmdialinuser omconfig rac 127 rmdialoutuser omconfig rac 128 rmsnmptrap omconfig rac 128 rmuser omconfig user 129 S scripting 17 scripting with the CLI 17 separate mirrored data 160 service contract information 107 adding 107 set enclosure asset name omconfig 179 set enclosure asset tag omconfig 178 set temperature probe thresholds omconfig 180 181 shutdown omconfig system 95 omreport system
236. stems only attribute serialport2 setting off auto com2 com off Disables serial port 2 auto Maps serial port 2 toa 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 58 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute uausb setting on backonly off on Enables the user accessible USB port s backonly Enables only the user accessible USB port s at the back of the system off Disables the user accessible USB port s attribute usb setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the USB port s disabled Disables the USB port s NOTE Depending on your system s hardware only one of the two attributes usb and usbb is available for configuring the USB port s attribute usbb setting enabled enabled Enables the USB port s during system enabledwithbios disabled omconfig chassis bmc F NOTE This command will be phased out in future releases remoteaccess Use the omconfig chassis bmc command to configure The BMC on a local area network LAN The serial port for BMC The BMC on a serial over LAN connection Terminal settings for the serial port Advanced settings for a serial over LAN connection Information on a BMC user boot without BIOS support
237. sure number and slot number For example pdisk 0 2 or pdisk 0 1 2 Use Displays all physical disks attached to the specified controller Displays all physical disks attached to the specified connector on the controller Displays all physical disks included in the specified virtual disk on the controller Displays the specified physical disk on the specified connector on the controller Using the Storage Management Service 141 omreport Virtual Disk Status Table 8 14 omreport Virtual Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage vdisk Displays property information for all virtual disks on all controllers controller id Displays all virtual disks on the where id is the controller number specified controller For example controller 0 controller id vdisk id Displays the specified virtual disk where id is the controller number P the controller and the virtual disk number For example controller 0 vdisk 1 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 Table 8 15 omconfig Global Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storag
238. sword lt text gt numericpagingenable true false numericpagernumber lt n gt numericpagermsg lt text gt emailpagingenable true false emailaddress lt text gt emailmsg lt text gt alphapagingenable true false Sets the user name Specifies the index of the entry The index specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC If an index is not specified for an omconfig rac command the entry is added to the next available position on the RAC If an index is specified for an omconfig rac command and another entry exists for that position the key field parameter is used to decide if the command should be executed If the key field supplied by the user matches the key field of the entry on that specific position of the RAC the RAC entry is edited Otherwise the command fails Sets the password true Enables numeric paging false Disables numeric paging Sets the numeric pager number Sets the numeric pager message true Enables e mail paging false Disables e mail paging Sets the e mail address Set the e mail message true Enables the alpha paging false Disables the alpha paging omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller Table 7 15 omconfig rac users continued name value pair Description alphanumber lt n gt Sets the alpha number alphaprotocol 8N1 7E0 Sets the alpha protocol alphabaudrate lt n gt Sets the alpha baud rate alphapagerid lt n gt Sets the al
239. syntax to fast initialize a virtual disk 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 you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to fast initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter 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 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 you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to slow initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller 1 vdisk 4 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Cancel Background Initialize Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel the background initialization process on a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage
240. t be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific fan probe omreport chassis fancontrol Use the omreport chassis fancontrol command to see how fan speed is set on your system Fan speed can be set to optimize speed for cooling or for quiet operation Table 3 4 shows the available settings Table 3 4 Fan Control Settings name value pair Description speed quiet Set fan speed for quiet operation speed maxcool Set fan speed for maximum cooling 30 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport chassis firmware Use the omreport chassis firmware command to view current firmware properties When you type omreport chassis firmware Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s firmware properties omreport chassis frontpanel Use the omreport chassis frontpanel command to view whether the front panel button control settings such as for 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 the Power button override is enabled or not If enabled the Power button turns the power to the system On and Off 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 s
241. tdown actions for your system If properties for shutdown are configured executing this command displays them omreport system summary Use the omreport system summary command to view a comprehensive summary of software and hardware components currently installed on your system Example Command Output When you type omreport system summary the output that appears in your CLI window depends on the systems management software operating system and hardware components and options that are installed on your system The following partial command results are unique and may not resemble the results for your system s hardware and software configuration System Summary Software Profile System Management Name Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version SD en Description Systems Management Software 44 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Contains Instrumentation Service 5 x x Storage Management Service 3 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 3 x x Secure Port Server 1 x x Dell OpenManage Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 x x Storage Management Service Integration Layer 1 x x Operating System Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Version Service Pack 3 Build 2XXX System Time Fri Sep 20 18 02 52 2XXX System Bootup Time Wed Sep 18 18 37 58 2XXX The system summary hardware information includes data values for installed compo
242. tem The following information on omreport system applies equally to getting help for the omreport chassis command To see a list of valid commands for omreport system type omreport system more omreport about 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 nam Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version ty DO Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2006 All rights reserved Company Dell Inc For even more details about the environment for Server Administrator type omreport about details true 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 configuration and the version of Server Administrator that is installed on your system Contains Instrumentation Service 5 x x Storage Management Service 3 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 3 x x Secure Port Server 1 x x Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 x x Storage Management Service Integration Layer 1 x x Server Administrator 5 x x omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 25 omreport chassis Command
243. tem events aaa 000502 e eee 92 omconfig system webserver aoaaa 94 omconfig system recovery oaaae 95 omconfig system shutdown aooaa 00000 95 omconfig system thrmshutdown aoaaa 96 omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 99 omconfig System Asset Info Overview naana aaa aaa aaa 99 User Level Required for Adding Asset Information 99 Adding Acquisition Information 99 Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information 100 Adding Depreciation Information 101 Example Commands for Adding Depreciation Information 101 Contents 5 6 Adding Extended Warranty Information 102 Example Command for Adding Extended Warranty Information 102 Adding Lease Information 0000008 103 Example Command for Adding Lease Information 103 Adding Maintenance Information 104 Example Command for Adding Maintenance Information 104 Adding Outsource Information 004 105 Example Command for Adding Outsource Information 105 Adding Owner Information 00004 106 Example Command for Adding Owner Information 106 Adding Service Contract Information 107 Example Command for Adding Service Information 107 Adding Support Information 04 108 Exa
244. the microprocessor DMI Abbreviation for Desktop Management Interface DMI enables the management of your computer system s software and hardware DMI collects information about the system s components such as the operating system memory peripherals expansion cards and asset tag Information about the system s components is displayed as a MIF file DMTF Abbreviation for Distributed Management Task Force a consortium of companies representing hardware and software providers of which Dell is a member dpi Abbreviation for dots per inch DPMS Abbreviation for Display Power Management Signaling A standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA that defines the hardware signals sent by a video controller to activate power management states in a monitor A monitor is said to be DPMS compliant when it is designed to enter a power management state after receiving the appropriate signal from a computer s video controller DRAC Refers to a remote management capability See RAC DRAM Acronym for dynamic random access memory A computer s RAM is usually made up entirely of DRAM chips Because DRAM chips cannot store an electrical charge indefinitely your computer continually refreshes each DRAM chip in the computer drive type number Your computer can recognize a number of specific hard drives Each is assigned a drive type number that is stored in NVRAM The hard drive s specified in your com
245. them Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins The wire connects the pins and creates a circuit Jumpers provide a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in a printed circuit board JVM Acronym for Java virtual machine K Abbreviation for kilo indicating 1 000 KB Abbreviation for kilobyte s 1 024 bytes KB sec Abbreviation for kilobyte s per second Kbit s Abbreviation for kilobit s 1 024 bits Kbit s sec Abbreviation for kilobit s per second Glossary 197 key combination Acommand requiring you to press multiple keys at the same time For example you can reboot your computer by pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt key combination kg Abbreviation for kilogram s 1 000 grams kHz Abbreviation for kilohertz 1 000 hertz LAN Acronym for local area network A LAN system is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated specifically to the LAN lb Abbreviation for pound s LCC Acronym for leaded or leadless chip carrier LIF Acronym for low insertion force Some computers use LIF sockets and connectors to allow devices such as the microprocessor chip to be installed or removed with minimal stress to the device LED Abbreviation for light emitting diode An electronic device that lights up when a current is passed through it local bus On a computer with local bus expansion c
246. ther occasions you may need to change or add options to the system ini file manually with a text editor such as Notepad table In SNMP MIBs a table is a two dimensional array that describes the variables that make up a managed object termination Some devices such as the last device at each end of a SCSI cable must be terminated to prevent reflections and spurious signals in the cable When such devices are connected in a series you may need to enable or disable the termination on these devices by changing jumper or switch settings on the devices or by changing settings in the configuration software for the devices text editor An application program for editing text files consisting exclusively of ASCII characters Windows Notepad is a text editor for example Most word processors use proprietary file formats containing binary characters although some can read and write text files text mode A video mode that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters 206 Glossary threshold values Systems are normally equipped with various sensors that monitor temperature voltage current and fan speed The sensor s threshold values specify the ranges min and max values for determining whether the sensor is operating under normal noncritical critical or fatal conditions Dell supported threshold values are e UpperThresholdFatal e UpperThresholdCritical e UpperThresholdNon critical e Normal e LowerThresholdN
247. threshold values In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 0 omconfig chassis volts index 0 minwarnthresh 1 900 maxwarnthresh 2 250 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Voltage probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig preferences Use the omconfig preferences command to set system preferences On the command line you can set the SNMP root password and specify which user levels are able to access Server Administrator You can also configure the Active Directory service omconfig preferences cdvformat You can 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 You can 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 default value will be used The default value will be lt computername gt lt productname gt where lt computername
248. ties 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 69 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 Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds Ea NOTE Minimum and maximum warning thresholds for the fan probe cannot be set on PowerEdge x8xx and X9Xxx systems 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 threshold the second sets minimum and maximum thresholds omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 omconfig chassis 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 omconfig chassis fancontrol Use the omconfig chassis fancontrol command to set fan speed You can optimize speed for cooling or for quiet operation
249. ting enable disable enable Enable the bezel removal intrusion check during system boot disable Disable the bezel removal intrusion check during system boot attribute bootsequence _ setting diskettefirst hdonly Tells the BIOS which device is used to boot the devicelist cdromfirst system and the order in which the boot routine is to check each device attribute conredirect setting enable disable enable Redirects the BIOS screen over Serial Port 1 Keyboard and text output are redirected over Serial Port 2 disable Turns off the BIOS console redirection 54 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute crab attribute cpuht attribute cpuvt attribute dbs attribute diskette attribute dualnic attribute extserial attribute fbr setting enable disable setting enable disable setting enable disable setting enable disable setting off auto writeprotect setting off onpxeboth onpxenone onpxenicl onpxenic2 setting com com2 rad setting 9600 19200 57600 115200 enable Enable BIOS console redirection after system reboot disable Disable BIOS console redirection NOTE The command crab is valid for Dell PowerEdge 2900 2950 1950 and 1955 systems only enable Enable logical processor hyper threading disable D
250. tion 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 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info support outsourced true The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system 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 an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Adding System Information System information includes the primary user of the system the phone number for the primary user and the system location Table 5 10 shows the valid parameters for adding system information Table 5 10 omconfig system assetinfo info system Command Command Command name value name value pair 2 Use level 1 level 2 level 3 pair 1 omconfig system assetinfo info system location lt text gt Location of the system primaryphone lt n gt Phone number of the system s primary user primaryuser lt user gt 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 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info system location firstfloor The followi
251. tion index lt number 0 15 gt Sets the dial out user index to populate with user name password and so on The index specifies one of the 16 user positions on the RAC If an index is not specified for an omconfig rac command the entry is added to the next available position on the RAC If an index is specified for an omconfig rac command and another entry exists for that position the key field parameter is used to decide if the command should be executed If the key field supplied by the user matches the key field of the entry on that specific position of the RAC the RAC entry is edited Otherwise the command fails username lt text gt Sets the user name for the point to point protocol PPP dial out user password lt text gt Sets the password for this PPP user phonenumber lt n gt Sets the number where you can reach the PPP user authtype any encrypted Sets the type of authentication required for this user omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 121 Example Commands The following example sets one name value pair Type omconfig rac dialoutusers ipaddr 14 16 53 18 The following message appears Command Successful Please reset RAC card The next example supplies values for all command parameters that you can use with the omconfig rac dialoutusers command Type omconfig rac dialoutusers ipaddr 14 16 53 18 index 1 username sustein password 74chaunu phonenumber 4021027 authtype any The fol
252. to performing a controller rescan F 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage connector controller ID to display the IDs for the connectors attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to rescan connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage connector action rescan controller 1 connector 2 omconfig Enclosure Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute enclosure tasks Table 8 26 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 lt ENCLOSUREID gt action enablests action disablests action setassettag controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt 176 Using the Storage Management Service Table 8 26 omconfig Enclosure Commands continued Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs action setassetname controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assetname lt string gt action settempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt
253. torage and omconfig storage 135 omreport Command 00000 eee ee 135 omreport Storage Help 2 2 00 ee ee 136 omreport Controller Status 2 2 ee ee ee 136 omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status 137 omreport Battery Status 2 ee 137 omreport Connector Status 2 0 0 0 0 ee eee 137 omreport Enclosure Status 2 0 0 0 0 00 pee eae 138 omreport Temperature Probe Status 0 4 138 omreportFan Status 2 2 ee ee 139 omreport Power Supply Status 0 000005 140 omreportEMM Status 0 0 0 000 eee ee 140 omreport Physical Disk Status 2 2 eee ee ee 141 omreport Virtual Disk Status 2 ee ee ee 142 omconfig GlobalCommands 22000 142 omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown 142 omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown 143 omconfig Global Rescan Controller 00 143 omconfig ControllerCommands 04 144 omconfig RescanController 0 000000 eae 145 omconfig Global Rescan Controller 00 145 omconfig Enable Controller Alarm 00005 146 omconfig Disable Controller Alarm 0005 146 omconfig Quiet ControllerAlarm 2 2 0 0 0 00 002 ae 146 Contents omconfig Test Controller Alarm 2 0 0 2 0000000 147 omconfig Reset Controller Configuration
254. torage 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 enter omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 3 assign yes Example for SAS Controllers To assign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 assign yes Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign a physical disk as a global hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign no where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 unassign physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a global hot spare On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enc
255. trusion type omconfig system alertaction event intrusion clearall true Commands for Clearing Logs F NOTE For more information about alert messages see the Dell OpenM anage Server Administrator M essages Reference Guide You can use the omconfig system 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 F NOTE Entering an invalid RAC user name may prevent the command log from displaying Clearing the command log resolves this condition omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 89 To clear the contents of the command log type omconfig system cmdlog action clear To clear the contents of the ESM log type omconfig system esmlog action clear omconfig system pedestinations Use the omconfig system pedestinations command to set IP addresses for alert destinations Table 4 21 shows the valid parameters for the command F NOTE You can either specify the index and IP address as parameters together OR you can set the community string as a parameter alone Table 4 21 omconfig system pedestinations name Value Pair Description destenable true false true Enables an individual platform event filter destination after a valid IP address has been set false Disables an individual platform event filter index number Sets the index for the destination
256. u 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 of the subcommands that are available for omconfig system e alertaction e alertlog e assetinfo e cmdlog e esmlog e events e recovery e shutdown e thrmshutdown e webserver Figure 2 1 shows the levels of help for a command omhelp Getting Help With CLI Commands 19 Figure 2 1 Different Levels of Help for a Command omconfig omconfig system levels for help omconfig system assetinfo omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method lt fexf lt 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 set 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 i
257. ult 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 Example Syntax For example to set the rebuild rate to 50 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action setrebuildrate controller 1 rate 50 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 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax For example to set the background initialization rate to 50 on controller 1 enter 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 For example to set the reconstruct rate to 50 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage control
258. ultiple embedded NICs on your system you can select the NIC teaming option to share the BMC management traffic between them administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a 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 subnet Sets a subnet mask if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface true Enables the virtual LAN identification false Disables the virtual LAN identification number Virtual LAN identification in the range of 1 to 4094 number Priority of virtual LAN identification in the range of 0 to 7 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 61 62 Table 4 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config serial baudrate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 flowcontrol none rtscts 9600 Sets connection speed to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets connection speed to 19200 bits per second 38400 Sets connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 19200 38400 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 9600
259. umber serialaccesslevel administrator operator user none being configured enable true Enables user enable false Disables user id number D number of the user being configured enableserialoverlan true Enables serial over LAN enableserialoverlan false Disables serial over LAN NOTE The option enableserialoverlan is supported only on PowerEdge 1950 1955 2900 and 2950 systems number ID number of the user being configured name text Name of the user number ID number of the user being configured newpw text New password of the user confirmnewpw text Confirm new password of the user id number ID number of the user being configured serialaccesslevel administrator User with an 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 80 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config user id number lanaccesslevel id number ID number of the user being continued administrator operator user none configu
260. ure event type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity failure To disable thermal shutdown so that an administrator has to initiate an omconfig system shutdown type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity disabled omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 97 98 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values omconfig System Asset Info Overview The omconfig system assetinfo command helps you to edit a comprehensive set of parameters that make up your system s total cost of ownership This section explains the parameters that can be reported and configured under the omconfig system assetinfo command Using the omconfig system assetinfo command you can set governing values 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 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 command to add detailed information about the purchase or le
261. us for all main components acswitch U PA Shows failover settings where redundant AC power lines are supported in a system batteries U P A Shows properties set for batteries bios U P A Shows BIOS facts such as manufacturer version and date last updated biossetup U P A Shows BIOS setup properties configured during system boot bmc U P A Shows general information on remoteaccess NOTE This subcommand will be phased out in future releases It will be replaced by the subcommand remoteaccess currents U PA Shows the status and thresholds for the system current sensors fancontrol U P A Shows properties set for fan speed fans U P A Shows status and thresholds for system fans firmware U P A Shows firmware properties such as version date of last update and whether the firmware is updatable 22 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 3 1 omreport Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command User Use level 1 level 2 level 3 privilege required frontpanel U PA Shows whether the front panel button settings such as for the Power button and or Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button if present on the system are enabled or disabled fru U P A Shows the Field Replaceable Unit FRU information info U P A Shows a status summary for main system chassis components intrusion U PA Shows the status of the system s intrusion sensor s leds U P A Shows the properties you have s
262. w xml format type omreport system summary fmt xml Working With CLI Command Results 187 188 The example output displays as follows lt NICStatus gt 1 lt NICStatus gt lt IPAddress gt 143 166 152 108 lt IPAddress gt lt Subne tMask gt 255 255 255 0 lt SubnetMask gt lt DefaultGateway gt 143 166 152 1 lt Defau 1tGateway gt lt MACAddr gt 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca lt MACAddr gt 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 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 Results Glossary The following list defines or identifies technical terms abbreviations and acronyms used in Dell user documents A Abbreviation for ampere s AC Abbreviation for alternating current AC power switch Aswitch with two AC power inputs that provides AC power redundancy by failing over to a standby AC input in the event of a failure to the primary AC
263. wt we nwe fwb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt action rename controller id vdisk id 156 Using the Storage Management Service 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to blink the physical disks in virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to blink the physical disks in virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action unblink controller
264. xpanded memory on your computer you must use an EMM You should configure your system to support expanded memory only if you run application programs that can use or require expanded memory expansion bus Your computer contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for peripheral devices such as a network card or an internal modem expansion card connector A connector on the computer s system board or riser board for plugging in an expansion card extended memory RAM above MB Most software that can use it such as the Windows operating system requires that extended memory be under the control of an XMM external cache memory ARAM cache using SRAM chips Because SRAM chips operate at several times the speed of DRAM chips the microprocessor can retrieve data and instructions faster from external cache memory than from RAM F Abbreviation for Fahrenheit FAT Acronym for file allocation table The file system structure used by MS DOS to organize and keep track of file storage The Windows NT operating systems and later Windows versions can optionally use a FAT file system structure FCC Abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission FEPROM Acronym for Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Flash memory is a kind of nonvolatile storage device similar to EEPROM but the erasing is done only in blocks or the entire chip FiFO Abbreviation for first in fi
265. ym for Common Information Model which is a model for describing management information from the DMTF CIM is implementation independent allowing different management applications to collect the required data from a variety of sources CIM includes schemas for systems networks applications and devices and new schemas will be added It provides mapping techniques for interchange of CIM data with MIB data from SNMP agents and MIF data from DMI compliant systems CIMOM Acronym for common information model object manager cl O Acronym for comprehensive input output cm Abbreviation for centimeter s CMOS Acronym for complementary metal oxide semiconductor In computers CMOS memory chips are often used for NVRAM storage COM 7 The device names for the first through fourth serial ports on your computer are COM1 COM2 COM3 and COM4 The default interrupt for COM1 and COM3 is IRQ4 and the default interrupt for COM2 and COM4 is IRQ3 Therefore you must be careful when configuring software that runs a serial device so that you don t create an interrupt conflict component As they relate to DMI manageable components are operating systems computer systems expansion cards or peripherals that are compatible with DMI Each component is made up of groups and attributes that are defined as relevant to that component Glossary 191 config sys file The config sys file is executed when you boot your computer before run
266. yntax 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 enter omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller 1 pdisk 0 0 Example for SAS Controllers To unblink the physical disk described in this example enter 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 enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter 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 prepare physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 for removal On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Using the Storage Management Service 167 168 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To prepare to remove the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To prepare to remove the
267. ystems omreport chassis fru Use the omreport chassis fru command to view the Field Replaceable Unit FRU information When you type omreport chassis fru Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s FRU information This information is available through the Server Administrator GUI SNMP and Common Information Model and is primarily used to support troubleshooting activities omreport chassis info Use the omreport chassis info command to see a summary of installed component versions When you type omreport chassis 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 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 31 Depending on your configuration output may resemble the following example Index Chassis Name Host Name Baseboard Management Controller Version Primary Backplane Version Sensor Data Record Version Chassis Model Chassis Lock Chassis Service Tag Chassis Asset Tag Flash chassis indentify LED state Flash chassis indentify LED timeout value 0 Main System Chassis everglades 1 80 1 01 SDR Version 0 33 PowerEdge 1750 Present 8RLNB1S Off 300 If you run this command on a PowerEdge 1655MC system the followi

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