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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 2.3 User's Manual

1. 119 Example Command for Adding Service Information 119 Adding Support Information 0 004 120 Example Command for Adding Support Information 120 Adding System Information 0 000005 121 Example Command for Adding System Information 121 Adding Warranty Information 004 122 Example Command for Adding Warranty Information 122 Using the Storage Management Service 123 CLI Command Syntax 0000002 e eee 123 Syntax for Required Optional and Variable Command Elements 124 User Privileges for omreport storage and omconfig storage 126 omreport Command 00000 eee eee 126 Contents 7 omreport Storage Help 2 2 2 ee 126 omreport Controller Status 2 2 0 2 ee ee ee 127 omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status 127 omreport Battery Status 2 ee ee 127 omreport Connector Status 0 0 0 0 00 eee 128 omreport Enclosure Status 2 2 00 0 ee eee 128 omreport Temperature Probe Status 00 129 omreportFan Status 2 1 ee 129 omreport Power Supply Status 0 000005 130 omreportEMM Status 0 0 0 0000 ee ee 130 omreport Array Disk Status 2 2 2 2 ee ee 131 omreport Virtual Disk Status 2 ee ee 132 omconfig GlobalCommands 0000 132 omconfig Global Enable Sma
2. 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 id Displays the specified enclosure where id is the controller number and its components and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 128 Using the Storage Management Service omreport Temperature Probe Status Table 8 9 omreport Temperature Probe Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use and name value pair omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system Displays the temperature probes for the specified enclosure controller id enclosure id info temps where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 Displays the specified temperature probe controller id enclosure id info temps index n 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 omreport storage enclosure Optional name value pairs Use Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure id Displays the fans for the
3. 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 speaker beeping if a current probe detects a warning event type omconfig system alertaction event currentwarn beep 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 set fan warning alert actions to default type omconfig system alertaction event fanwarn defaultall true To generate alerts when a fan probe detects a failure value type omconfig system alertaction event fanfail alert true omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 103 Example Chassis Intrusion Actions To clear all alert actions for chassis intrusion 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
4. 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 wel nwc fwb gt parameter for each of the write policies Table 8 21 Write Policy Parameters Write Policy writepolicy wb wt we nwc Parameter Specification Write back cache writepolicy wb Write through cache writepolicy wt Write cache writepolicy we Force write back writepolicy fwb No write cache writepolicy nwe 140 Using the Storage Management Service 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 created with a default name spanlength lt n gt Parameter Required for RAID 50 Use this parameter to specify the number of array 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
5. config sys file The config sys file is executed when you boot your computer before running 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 184 Glossary 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 CRC Abbreviation for cyclic redundanc
6. 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 112 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 7 2 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 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 depreciation percent lt n gt
7. 133 134 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 adisk lt ADISKID gt stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt readpolicy lt ra nra 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 0 to 100 gt action setbgirate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setreconstructrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setcheckconsistency controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action exportlog controller id action
8. To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to clear array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To clear the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action clear controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To clear the array disk described in this example you would enter omconfig storage adisk action clear controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 omconfig Cancel Clear Array Disk Use the following omconfig command to cancel a clear operation that is in progress on an array disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action cancelclear controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller 164 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax In this example you want to cancel the clear of array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and
9. Using the Storage Management Service 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 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 the lt install directory gt sm directory where lt install directory gt is the directory where you have installed Server Administrator 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 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 array disks newly attached to the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action impo
10. are enabled or disabled 38 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 1 omreport Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command User Use level 1 level 2 level 3 privilege required fru U PA Shows the Field Replaceable Unit FRU information info U PA Shows a status summary for main system chassis components intrusion U PA Shows the status of the system s intrusion sensor s leds U RA Shows the properties you have set for LEDs to flash under various alert conditions memory U PA Shows properties of your system s memory arrays nics U PA 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 slots U PA Shows properties of your system s expansion slots and other slot types temps U PA Shows the status and thresholds for the system temperature sensors volts U PA Shows the status and thresholds for the system voltage sensors storage A See omreport storage Using the Storage Reports and Using the Storage Management Service system U PA Shows a high level summary of system components alertactio
11. parameters 109 omconfig system warranty 122 omconfig system webserver name value pairs parameters 108 omconfig virtual disk commands 145 omdiag 19 about 21 chassis 22 command levels 1 2 and 3 19 storage 29 system 35 omdiag about details true 22 omdiag chassis 22 cmos 22 memory 23 modem 23 network 24 parallelport 26 pci 27 rac 28 omdiag chassis continued serialport 28 usbctrl 29 omdiag chassis cmos checksum test 22 omdiag chassis modem Broadcom modem AT command test 24 Broadcom modem dialtone detection test 24 Broadcom modem loopback test 24 Broadcom modem test 24 Hayes basic command test 23 Hayes extended command test 23 S registers test 24 omdiag chassis network Broadcom network diagnostic test 24 generic network diagnostic test 24 omdiag chassis parallelport 26 ECP Protocol Test 27 FIFO test 27 parallel port register test 27 omdiag chassis pci 27 omdiag chassis rac in band access test 28 out of band test 28 POST result test 28 omdiag chassis serialport baud rate test 28 internal loopback test 28 interrupt test 28 serial port register test 28 omdiag chassis usbctrl USB node detection test 29 omdiag storage 29 29 cddvd 29 floppy 30 idedevdiag 31 raidctrl 31 scsidevdiag 34 omdiag storage cddvd driver mechanism test 30 extremity test 30 read exerciser test 30 omdiag storage floppy extremi
12. provider lt provider gt startdate lt startdate gt restrictions lt string gt Date the extended warranty agreement ends Business entity providing the maintenance service Date the maintenance begins Activities not covered by the maintenance contract Example Command for Adding Maintenance Information To provide a value for a maintenance parameter type a command of the form omconfig system 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 7 6 shows the valid parameters for adding outsource information Table 7 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 lt compo
13. rented the system 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 SY j parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 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 7 8 shows the valid parameters for adding contract information Table 7 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
14. such as video drivers must load when you start the program for which they were designed 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
15. user Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial connection to User 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 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 6 3 omconfig chassis bmc 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 If omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service enabled Enables char
16. 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca Table tbl Use the tbl or table formatting option to have your data formatted in table rows and columns To see the following example command output in table format type omreport system summary fmt tbl 178 Working With CLI Command Results The example output displays as follows Network Interface Card 0 Data 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 ATTRIBUTE IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway MAC Address VALUE 143 166 152 DOD 62D AO Ds 143 166 152 00 02 b3 23 108 d2 ca 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 raw xml format type omreport system summary fmt xml The example output displays as follows lt NICStatus gt 1 lt NICS
17. 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 degrees celsius and 40 degrees celsius enter omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 index 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 Example for SAS Controllers In this example temperature probe 3 resides in enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To set the temperature probe thresholds to 10 degrees celsius and 40 degrees celsius enter omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 index 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 Using the Storage Management Service 171 172 omconfig Reset Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds back to their default values 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 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 temperatu
18. ID number of the user being configured enable true Enables user enable false Disables user 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 90 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 6 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config user id number _ lanaccesslevel id number ID number of the user continued administrator operator user none 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 lanaccess
19. 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 array 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 array 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 146 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax For example to blink the array disks in virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action unblink controller 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 s
20. To rebuild the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action rebuild controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To rebuild the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action rebuild controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 omconfig Cancel Rebuild Array 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 adisk action cancelrebuild controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax In this example you want to cancel the rebuild or array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To cancel the rebuild of the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action cancelrebuild controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To cancel the rebuild of the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action cancelrebuild controlle
21. Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign one or more array disks that were previously assigned as a hot spare to a virtual disk Using the Storage Management Service Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id adisk lt ADISKID gt assign no where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and array disk you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID and omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks and array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you are unassigning array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a dedicated hot spare to virtual disk 4 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 adisk 0 3 assign no Example for SAS Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 adisk 0 2 3 assign no omconfig Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to initiate a check consistency on a virtua
22. disk on a particular controller Displays detailed information for a particular operating system disk Displays operating system disk properties Displays properties for all volumes Displays properties for all enclosures Displays detailed information for a particular enclosure omreport storage Commands When you type omreport storage Server Administrator displays a general status for storage components 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 Array Subsystems Warning OS Disks Ok Volumes 66 omreport storage Using the Storage Reports omreport storage arraydisks Use the omreport storage arraydisks controller ZD command where ID is the ID number for the controller that controls the disks in the array to view information for all enclosures and disks attached to a specific RAID controller For example if the controller s ID is 447244640307 enter the following command to see all enclosures and disks attached to that controller omreport storage arraydisks controller 47244640307 The report includes the following information for each enclosure in the array e e ID Assigned ID number for the enclosure Status Status of the enclosure Name Name of the enclosure Application Version Version of firmware installed on the enclosure Product ID Vend
23. lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt Using the Storage Management Service 167 168 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 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 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 3 Using
24. omconfig 149 S registers test omdiag chassis modem 24 start battery learn cycle omconfig 166 214 Index state omreport chassis processors 51 storage diagnostics 29 storage management 123 storage management CLI 123 successful commands 13 summary omreport system 60 support information adding 120 syntax overview CLI commands 15 system 111 system asset information 111 system information adding 121 T table format for CLI command output 178 tape changer automation test SCSI tape library changer test 35 tape device self test SCSI Tape Library Changer Tests 35 tape device self test SCSI tape drive test 34 tape drive eject test SCSI tape drive test 34 tape drive insert test SCSI tape drive test 34 tape drive media test SCSI tape drive test 34 temperature probe warning threshold 97 temps omconfig chassis 96 omreport chassis 53 test modems 23 test system configuration in CMOS setting 22 test the systems s RAM 23 tests battery 31 CD DVD 21 30 chassis 19 CMOS 20 22 diskette drive 30 hardware 12 IDE drive 21 memory 20 23 35 modem 20 23 24 NIC 20 24 omdiag chassis 22 parallel port 20 26 PCIL 20 27 RAC 28 RAC test 20 RAID 31 32 SCSI controller 21 33 34 serial port 20 28 storage components 19 USB 20 29 thermal shutdown about 63 configuring 110 example commands 110 thrmshutdown omconfig system 110 omrepo
25. operating system 59 remove dead segments omconfig 163 rename virtual disk omconfig 155 rescan connector omconfig 167 rescan controllers 133 reset all temperature probe thresholds omconfig 173 restore dead segments omconfig 148 resume check consistency omcontig 153 S scripting 15 scripting with the CLI 15 SCSI channel communication test 34 SCSI disk test omdiag storage scsidevdiag 34 SCSI tape drive test check tape drive firmware 34 tape device self test 34 tape drive eject test 34 tape drive insert test 34 tape drive media test 34 SCSI tape drive tests omdiag storage scsidevdiag 34 SCSI tape library changer test check tape changer library firmware 35 tape changer automation test 35 SCSI tape library changer tests omdiag storage scsidevdiag 35 tape device self test 35 separate mirrored data 149 serial port diagnostics 28 serial port register test omdiag chassis serialport 28 Index 213 service contract information 119 adding 119 set enclosure asset name omconfig 170 set enclosure asset tag omconfig 170 set temperature probe thresholds omconfig 171 173 shutdown omconfig system 109 omreport system 59 shutdown action omconfig system platformevents 105 slot ID omreport chassis slots 53 slots omreport chassis 53 smart thermal shutdown status 127 snmp omconfig preferences 99 SNMP traps 107 disabling 107 enabling 107 split mirror
26. physical memory is divided For example one mapped area may have 640 KB and the other mapped area may have between 1 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 Glossary 193 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
27. threshold 92 97 modem diagnostics 23 modem test 23 name value pairs omconfig chassis biossetup 80 omconfig chassis bmc 85 omconfig chassis currents 91 network diagnostics 24 NIC communication test generic network diagnostic test 24 NIC team test generic network diagnostic test 24 nics omreport chassis 50 NMI button 47 NVRAM and battery test Adaptec RAID controller hardware test 31 0 offline array disk omconfig 159 omconfg cancel initialize virtual disk 147 omcontig 78 about 79 assign dedicated hot spare 150 assign global hot spare 160 blink array disk 156 blink virtual disk 146 cancel background initialize 148 cancel check consistency 152 cancel rebuild array disk 162 change virtual disk policy 155 chassis 80 check consistency 151 command levels 1 2 and 3 76 command parameter table conventions 75 command summary 76 create virtual disk 137 delete virtual disk 153 disable controller alarm 136 disable enclosure alarm 169 disable smart thermal shutdown 169 enable controller alarm 135 enable enclosure alarm 168 enable smart thermal shutdown 169 format virtual disk 154 getting help 78 global disable smart thermal shutdown 133 global enable smart thermal shutdown 132 global rescan controller 133 135 initialize array disk 158 initialize virtual disk 147 omconfig continued offline array disk 159 online array disk 160 pause check consis
28. which shows the properties for all of the controllers in the system omreport storage Using the Storage Reports 67 omreport storage arrays Use the omreport storage arrays command to view detailed information about the disk controller and the storage subsystems attached to the controller The following information is provided about the controller e ID Assigned ID number for the controller e Name Name of the controller e State Current state of the controller e Firmware Version Version of firmware installed on the controller For each controller you can view the following information about the virtual disks controlled by the controller ID Assigned ID number for the virtual disk e Status Status of the virtual disk e Name Name of the virtual disk e State Current state of the virtual disk e Read Cache Read policies indicate whether or not the controller should read sequential sectors of the logical drive when seeking data The read policies are as follows Read Ahead When using read ahead policy the controller reads sequential sectors of the logical drive when seeking data Read ahead policy may improve system performance if the data is actually written to sequential sectors of the logical drive No Read Ahead Selecting no read ahead policy indicates that the controller should not use read ahead policy Adaptive Read Ahead When using adaptive read ahead p
29. 165 166 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 controller 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 IDs 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 omconfig Connector Commands
30. 50 maximum speed 51 port type 50 Index 211 omreport chassis processors cache properties 51 connector name 51 core count 51 current speed 51 external clock speed 51 manufacturer 51 processor family 51 processor version 51 state 51 omreport chassis slots adapter 53 data bus width 53 index 53 slot ID 53 omreport enclosureinfo fans temperature probes 70 power supplies 70 omreport storage adisk 131 arraydisks 67 arrays 68 battery 127 128 command levels 1 2 and 3 65 command levels 1 2 and 3 65 command summary 65 components 65 controller 127 enclosure 128 130 enclosureinfo 70 enclosures 71 globalinfo 127 osdiskinfo 71 osdisks 73 vdisk 132 volumes 74 212 Index omreport storage commands 66 omreport storage osdisks ID 73 name 73 state 73 status 73 type 73 unallocated space 73 vendor 73 omreport storage volumes file system 74 free space 74 ID 74 label 74 size 74 state 74 status 74 omreport system alertaction 55 alertlog 55 assetinfo 56 cmdlog 55 esmlog 55 events 57 operatingsystem 58 pedestinations 58 platformevents 59 postlog 55 recovery 59 shutdown 59 summary 60 thrmshutdown 63 version 64 omreport system assetinfo 56 omreport system commands 54 omreport system events name value pairs 57 omrpeort system components 54 online array disk omconfig 160 operating system omreport system 58 osdis
31. Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 Use omreport storage Displays a list of storage components for which omreport commands are available adisk Displays a list of the omreport storage adisk parameters for displaying array disk information vdisk Displays a list of omreport storage vdisk parameters for displaying virtual disk information controller Displays a list of the omreport storage controller parameters for displaying controller information enclosure Displays a list of the omreport storage enclosure parameters for displaying enclosure information connector Displays a list of the omreport storage connector parameters for displaying connector information battery Displays a list of the omreport storage battery parameters for displaying battery information globalinfo Displays a list of the omreport storage globalinfo parameters for displaying global storage property information 126 Using the Storage Management Service omreport Controller Status Table 8 4 omreport Controller Commands 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 array disks and so on omreport Global Informati
32. Components Using the Instrumentation Service 000 75 Conventions for Parameter Tables 004 75 omconfig Command Summary aaa aaa 76 Contents 5 6 Help With the omconfig Command 78 omconfig about 2 0 0 a 79 omconfigchassis 00000 eee eee eee 80 omconfig chassis biossetup 022 020005 80 omconfigchassisbmc 0 00002 eee eee 85 omconfig chassis currents 0000 00200 91 omconfig chassis fans 0 00002 eee eee 92 omconfig chassis fancontrol 2 20055 93 omconfig chassis frontpanel 02 20085 94 omconfig chassisinfo 00 0c eee eee ees 94 omconfig chassis leds 0 0000p eee ee eee 95 omconfig chassis memorymode 2 55 95 omconfig chassis temps 00 000522 eee 96 omconfig chassisvolts 000000 eee ee eee 97 omconfig preferences 00 0000s 98 omconfig preferences cdvformat 5 98 omconfig preferences dirservice 02 00 0 98 omconfig preferencessnmp 005 020005 99 omconfig preferences useraccess 0 5 100 omconfigsystem 0000002 ee 101 omconfig system alertaction 005 101 Commands for ClearingLogs 2 000 000 eee 104 omconfig system pedestinations 2 0 5 104 omconfig system pla
33. DMA channel allows certain types of data transfer between RAM and a device to bypass 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 Glossary 185 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 drive
34. 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 S 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 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 82 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 6 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute primaryscsi attribute romb attribute romba attribute rombb attribute sata 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 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 o
35. 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 j 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 Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 75 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 installed on your system
36. ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to unblink array disks 0 through 2 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unblink the array disks described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action unblink controller 1 adisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 Example for SAS Controllers To unblink the array disks described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action unblink controller 1 adisk 09220 0222 1 08 2 3 2 omconfig Prepare to Remove Array Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to prepare an array disk for removal Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action remove controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Using the Storage Management Service 157 Example Syntax In this example you want to prepare array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 for removal On a SAS controller
37. Management Service omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy Use the following omconfig command syntax to change a virtual disk s read write or cache policy Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action changepolicy controller id vdisk id readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrce gt writepolicy lt wb wt wc 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
38. Management Service 141 142 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 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 controller 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
39. 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 The available formats include e List Ist e Semicolon separated values ssv e Table tbl e Raw xml xml e Custom delimited format cdv Working With CLI Command Results 177 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 Interface Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 1922108 Subnet Mask 2250 25 9 250 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 AC Address
40. Server Administrator issues a message that the component or feature is not found on this system F NOTE For Microsoft Windows systems use Array Manager to configure an external chassis See the Dell OpenM anage Array M anager User s Guide for instructions Table 6 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 6 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
41. Storage Reports omreport storage enclosures Use the omreport storage enclosures command to view the enclosures that contain array disks for a particular controller The following information displays for each enclosure on the controller ID Assigned ID number for the enclosure e Status Status of the enclosure e Name Name of the enclosure e Application Version Version of firmware on the enclosure e Product ID Identifying information for the storage enclosure such as model and short description e Asset Tag A label that specifies either manufacturer s information or in the case of a customer specified asset tag customer s information such as inventory number serial number and so on Service Tag An alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a storage device omreport storage osdiskinfo Use the omreport storage osdiskinfo osdisk ZD command where ID is the ID number for the operating system disk to view detailed information for the operating system disks For example if the operating system disk s ID is 4472446407 14 enter the following command to see the disks that comprise the operating system disk omreport storage osdiskinfo osdisk 447244640714 F NOTE You can find the ID by using the omreport storage osdisks command which provides information for all operating system disks The osdiskinfo command provides information as applicable about the volumes virtual disks and array di
42. about the actions that can be performed using omdiag More details about syntax and use of the command appear later in this section Table 3 1 omdiag Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command Command Command name value Use level 1 level 2 level 3 pair omdiag about Displays version number and properties for the Server Administrator program details Displays information for all of the Server true Administrator programs that are installed omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 20 Table 3 1 omdiag Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command name value_ Use level 1 level 2 level 3 pair system any level 3 Runs the test for specified chassis or storage command component for chassis or storage passes lt n gt Runs a test n time s time Runs a test for the specified number of minutes lt minutes gt lt minutes gt quicktest Uses a faster algorithm to conduct a specific test lt true false gt if one is available haltonerror Stops the tests if an error is encountered lt true false gt Device Specifies the device on which to run test lt number gt chassis cmos Runs the CMOS test memory Runs the memory test modem Runs the modem test network Runs the NIC test parallelport Runs the parallel port test pci Runs the PCI test serialport Runs the serial port test rac Runs the RAC test usbctrl Tests the Universal Serial Bus USB controller s passes lt n gt Runs a t
43. actions are to be taken for warning or failure events on intrusion 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 76 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 6 1 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command User privilege Use level 1 level 2 level 3 required esmlog PA Allows the administrator to clear the log events PA Enables and disables SNMP traps pedestinations PA Sets IP addresses for alert destinations 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 the baseboard management controller BMC currents PA Configures curr
44. 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 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 Table 6 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config serial baudrate 9600 19200 38400 9600 Sets connection speed to 9600 57600 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 flowcontrol none rtscts none No control over the flow of communication through the serial port rtscts R
45. and the result codes are verified and displayed either textually or numerically Only important commands that are common across different modems are used during this test omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 23 S Registers Test Uses the selected range of S Registers to exercise and diagnose the functionality of the modem The test saves the current S register values sets a new value verifies that the new value can be read and is correct and restores the original value The result codes are verified and displayed either textually or numerically F NOTE In cases where the Windows registry with modem drivers is corrupted due to bad installs uninstalls the modem diagnostic might give unexpected results e Broadcom Modem Test Used for both external for example connected to a serial port and internal modems for example connected to a PCI slot The Broadcom Modem test performs the following tests E NOTE The following tests are not supported on systems running a Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system Broadcom Modem Dialtone Detection Test Verifies the correct operation of the codec DAA and control logic on the Broadcom V 92 56K modem This is accomplished by detecting the presence of a dial tone on the telephone line A telephone line must be attached to the modem for this test to pass If a dialtone is not detected a warning is reported Broadcom Modem Loopback Test Instructs the Broadcom V 92 56K
46. are installed into the MIF database by the DMI service layer The content of a MIF is defined by a DTMF working committee 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 192 Glossary 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 orina DMI Management Information Format MIF file or in a CIM Management Object File MOF NDIS Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface Specification NI
47. 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 Glossary 181 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 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 regular basis Before making a change to the configuration of your computer you should back up important start u
48. assetinfo info service 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 119 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 7 9 shows the valid parameters for adding support information Table 7 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 lt programname gt fix a 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 false entity provides technical support or the system owner s employees provide technical support type network Whether support is for network storage attached devices or for storage devices Example Command for Adding Su
49. command log resolves this condition 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 6 18 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 6 18 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 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 104 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 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 y
50. 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 then 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 155 156 omconfig Array Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute array disk tasks Table 8 23 omconfig Array Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs action blink controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action unblink controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action remove controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action initialize controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action offline controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action online controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action assignglobalhotspare controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt assign lt yes no gt action rebuild controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action cancelrebuild controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt action removedeadsegments controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt omconfig Blink Array Dis
51. corrupted due to bad installs uninstalls of RAC drivers the RAC diagnostic might give unexpected results The following tests are performed by the RAC test POST Result Test Runs the power on self test post on the RAC hardware and firmware gets the result of the POST operation and reports any errors In Band Access Test Checks the status of the RAC specific service running on the system that is used for the in band access of the RAC through the operating system Out of Band Test Verifies the connectivity to the out of band interface of the RAC the NIC on the RAC It first checks if the NIC is enabled on the RAC and if a valid IP address is assigned to it It then checks if it can connect to the HTTPS and FTP services running at this IP address omdiag chassis serialport Use the omdiag chassis serialport command to test all 9 pin AT and 25 pin PC XT and PS 2 serial ports The following tests are performed 28 Serial Port Register Test Writes different data patterns to the read write registers of the serial port reads them back and verifies the data against the written data If this test detects differences between the written and read data it logs an error message and the test fails Internal Loopback Test Tests serial ports that have an internal loop back mode specifically for testing This test uses the internal loop back mode to transmit and receive data and compare that the data received is the s
52. diagnostic This test does not require a tape cartridge This diagnostic can vary based on the type of the drive Tape Changer Automation Test Tests the functionality of the robotic components in the autoloader or library The test consists of two individual tests a slot to slot test and a slot to drive test The complete tape changer automation test repeats both tests twice The slot to slot test is not supported on all devices For devices that support this type of functionality the test randomly moves tape cartridges from one storage slot to another and back again The slot to drive test randomly loads and unloads tape cartridges to and from one or more drives Check Tape Changer Library Firmware optional Checks the tape changer library firmware revision and verifies if an update is required omdiag system You can use the omdiag system command to test any of the components for the system regardless of whether they are part of the chassis For example omdiag system memory tests the memory just the same as if you run omdiag chassis memory omdiag system Use the omdiag system command to see a list of all components on the system omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 35 36 omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 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
53. drivers and your monitor must support the resolution virtual memory A method for increasing addressable 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 Serra 4 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 Ww Abbreviation for
54. error recovery at the expense of some memory capacity The RAID mode supported is RAID level 5 striping with rotational parity 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 6 11 shows the valid parameters for setting temperature warning thresholds Table 6 11 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 96 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Default Minimum and Maximum 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
55. 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 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 14 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 eac
56. importforeignconfig controller id action clearforeigncontig controller id Using the Storage Management Service Table 8 16 omconfig Controller Commands continued Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs 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 Ei NOTE The rescan controller is not supported on non RAID SCSI controllers You must reboot the system before Storage Management can see configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers omconfig Global Rescan Controller 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 informat
57. is available only after it has been safely written to the disk Cache Policy Indicates whether the cache policy for privileges to read from and write to the disk cache is enabled or not The direct I O and cache I O cache policies apply to reads on a specific logical drive These settings do not affect the read ahead policy The Cache I O and Direct I O cache policies are as follows Cache I O Specifies that all reads are buffered in cache memory Direct I O default Specifies that reads are not buffered in cache memory When using direct I O data is transferred to the controller cache and the host system simultaneously during a read request If a subsequent read request requires data from the same data block it can be read directly from the controller cache The direct I O setting does not override the cache policy settings Layout RAID level on the virtual disk See your Array Manager documentation for more information Size Amount of storage on the virtual disk in GB omreport storage Using the Storage Reports The omreport storage osdiskinfo command provides the following information about the physical array disks that comprise the operating system disk Status Status of the array disk e Label Name of the array disk If more than one array disk comprises a virtual disk the name may include the number of the array disk for example ArrayDisk0 0 ArrayDisk0 1 means the first and second array disk
58. is in the cache the disk cache utility can retrieve the data from RAM faster than from the 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 a card 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 from a 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 where 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
59. it is disabled Parallel port mode Displays the setting associated with the parallel port 44 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 2 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Description Primary SCSI Displays whether the device is on or off RAID on motherboard Displays whether RAID on motherboard is detected as a RAID device a SCSI device or if the device is disabled during system boot RAID Channel A Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel A is detected as a RAID device or a SCSI device RAID Channel B Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel B is detected as a RAID device or a SCSI device SATA Displays whether the onboard SATA controller is set to ATA mode RAID mode or is disabled SATA port Displays if the SATA port is enabled or disabled Secondary SCSI Displays whether the device is enabled or disabled Serial Port 1 Displays whether serial port 1 is mapped to a COM port a COM port 1 a COM port 3 a BMC Serial a BMC NIC a BMC RAG or is disabled Serial Port 2 Displays whether serial port 2 is mapped to a COM port a COM port 2 a COM port 4 or is disabled Speaker Displays whether the speaker is on or off USB or USBB Displays whether the USB port is enabled or disabled omreport chassis bmc Use the omreport chassis bmc command to view baseboard management controller BMC general information Type omreport chassis bmc The output from the omre
60. 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 for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller to encl43 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassetname controller 1 enclosure 2 assetname encl43 Using the Storage Management Service Example for SAS Controllers For example to specify the asset name for enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 to encl43 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassetname controller 1 enclosure 2 3 assetname encl43 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 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 degrees celsius and 40 degrees celsius
61. mode provider A provider is an extension of a CIM schema that communicates with managed objects and accesses 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 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 termina
62. modem to perform a standard local analog loopback test A test pattern is looped back and checked by the modem The test fails if the modem reports any errors during the test Broadcom Modem AT Command Test Verifies the correct operation of the AT command microprocessor and associated control functions on the Broadcom V 92 56K modem A series of AT commands are issued and the responses are checked for correctness Each command must correctly return OK or an error is reported omdiag chassis network Use the omdiag chassis network command to test the NIC e Generic Network Diagnostic Test The following two tests are available on all Dell supported NICs NIC Communication Test Checks whether the NIC under test is physically connected wired to the network It also checks whether the NIC has a valid IP address F NOTE The network team test is only available on systems running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system NIC Team Test Checks whether the NIC under test is in team mode NIC teaming is one method for providing high availability and fault tolerance in systems The following test runs on the Broadcom NIC F NOTE The following Broadcom NIC tests are not supported on systems running a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for Intel x86 and Intel EM64T operating system Broadcom Network Diagnostic Test Analyzes overall controller health by checking for I O conflicts memory faults EEPROM opera
63. 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 false the system 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 115 116 Adding Maintenance Information Maintenance refers to activities required to keep the system in good working order Table 7 5 shows the valid parameters for adding maintenance information Use Table 7 5 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance Command Command Command name value pair1 name value pair 2 level 1 level 2 level 3 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance enddate lt enddate gt
64. 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 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 example output from the omconfig about command Product name Server Administrator Version 2 x x Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2005 All rights reserved Company Dell Inc For even 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 Diagnostic Service 2 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 2 x x omconfig Managing Components Using the I
65. omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 25 NOTE The following tests are only available on systems running a supported Microsoft Windows operating system Intel Control Registers Test Checks for any conflicts in the I O address and tests the accessibility of the registers This test includes all General Registers Receive Registers and Transmit Registers It does not test the EEPROM Control Data Register Intel EEPROM Test Verifies the integrity of data read from the EEPROM This test completes a write and read from the EEPROM and then compares the results for consistency Intel Interrupt Test Uses the Interrupt registers to confirm that all NIC interrupts work Intel MAC Loopback Test Tests the NIC s ability to send and receive packets by sending packets to itself This test uses the MAC Loopback mode F NOTE The Intel MAC Loopback Testis not supported on the Intel PRO 1000 MF and the Intel PRO 1000 MT DP network cards Intel PHY Loopback Test Tests the NIC s ability to send and receive packets by sending packets to itself This test uses the PHY Loopback mode Not all NICs support PHY Loopback Intel Link Test Checks the network connection and the NICs send and receive functionality by sending 1000 proprietary packets out on the network and retrieving those same packets The Intel Online Diagnostics tests and the Intel Offline Diagnostics tests are only available on systems runnin
66. 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 Diagnostic Service 2 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 2 x x omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 41 42 omreport chassis Commands 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 NOTE The omreport chassis command does not list the health status of the Diagnostics Service To view the health of the Diagnostics Service see the Properties page for the Main System Chassis object on the Server Administrator home page 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 Viewing System Status Using the In
67. 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 you type omconfig you get general help about the omconfig command The help at this level lists the available subcommands for omconfig e about e preferences e chassis e system When you type omconfig system CLI help lists all 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 17 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 d
68. 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 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 6 25 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 25 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 109 Table 6 25 Shutdown Parameters continued name value pair Description action powercycle Turns the electrical power to the system off pauses
69. seek Test Tests the integrity of the diskette drive mechanics Moves the diskette drive heads continuously in a funnel fashion For example the test moves the heads from the first track on the disk to the last then to the second track and from the second to the last track and then to the third track and so on omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service e Extremity Test Attempts to access sectors beyond the range and confirms the error received Read Write Test Targets an appropriate number of sectors The data on each of these sectors is read into a buffer where it is stored until it is restored The algorithm then writes a stream of roving data onto each sector It then returns to the first designated sector and reads back the data to confirm the data integrity After this the original data is restored NOTICE On systems running a supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system disconnecting the USB cable of a USB diskette drive while the test is running might cause unpredictable results Ei NOTE Defective diskettes may cause the diskette drive test to fail If an error occurs insert a different diskette and run the test again F NOTE Read only diskettes will cause diskette drive test failures If the test fails ensure that the read only switch on the diskette is in the read write or unlocked position and run the test again omdiag storage idedevdiag Use the omdiag storage idedevdiag to test IDE hard drives to ve
70. 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 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 omdiag about and omreport about commands all 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 Introduction 15 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
71. supplies in a system chassis ppm Abbreviation for pages per minute POFP Abbreviation for plastic quad flat 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 194 Glossary 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 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 A memory address space of 16 MB 80286 microprocessor to 4 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 OS 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
72. 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 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 In some circumstances you may receive a warning message if you attempt to delete a virtual disk containing the system or boot partition You can override this warning by using the force yes parameter In this case the syntax is as follows omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id force yes Example Syntax For example to delete virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller 1 vdisk 4 Using the Storage Management Service 153 omconfig Format Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to format a virtual disk Complete Syntax omc
73. 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 information 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
74. tests against system hardware to isolate problems The omhelp command displays short text help for CLI commands The shorthand equivalent of omhelp is the command for which you want help followed by For example to display help for the omreport command type one of the following commands omhelp omreport omreport The omreport command produces reports of your system s management information F NOTE For an overall summary of CLI commands type omhe 1p Table 1 1 lists the primary CLI commands used by Server Administrator This guide contains a section for each primary command Table 1 1 CLI Commands and Sections in This Guide Primary CLI Section Title Related Sections Command omconfig omconfig Managing Components omconfig system assetinfo Editing Using the Instrumentation Service Cost of Ownership Values omconfig rac Managing the Remote Access Controller 12 omdiag omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service omhelp omhelp Getting Help With CLI Commands omreport omreport Viewing System Status omreport storage Using the Storage Using the Instrumentation Service Reports omreport rac Viewing Remote Access Controller Components Introduction 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 Upda
75. 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 clearing 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 system alertaction Use this command to see a summary of alert actions that have been configured for warning and failure events on your syst
76. the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To prepare to remove the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action remove controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To prepare to remove the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action remove controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 omconfig Initialize Array Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to initialize an array disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action initialize controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to initialize array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To initialize the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action initialize controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To initialize the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action initialize controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 158 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Offline Array Disk Use the follo
77. this command must be issued every time a system starts up See omconfig system webserver for more information What s New for Version 2 3 Added Serial Attached SCSI SAS support for Dell PowerEdge 6800 and 6850 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 Introduction 11 Primary CLI Commands The commands that carry out the functions of Server Administrator are e omconfig e omdiag 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 omdiag command runs diagnostic
78. 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 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 6 26 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 26 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 Example Thermal Shutdown Commands To trigger a thermal shutdow
79. virtual disk and to any new array disks being added to the reconfigured virtual disk Some controllers allow you to remove an array disk from a virtual disk In this case you would not specify the array disk to be removed The adisk lt ADISKID gt parameter indicates an array 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 Using the Storage Management Service 139 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 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
80. watt s Wakeup on LAN The ability for the power in a client station to be turned on by the network Remote wake 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 Glossary 201 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 th
81. 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 or stop the Web server Table 6 23 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 23 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 108 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 6 24 shows the valid parameters for the command F NOTE Upper and lower limits for the timer are dependent on your system model and configuration Table 6 24 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
82. 005 Contents Mi Introd cton s cise esos ene inonsan radisti eee eS 11 What s New for Version23 20 022000005 11 Using CLI Commands from Windows Command Prompts 11 Primary CLI Commands 00 0000 eee 12 CLI Error Checking and Error Messages 13 Success Messages 2 eee ee es 13 Failure Messages 2 a t aa ee ee 14 Scripting and Comparing With the CLI 15 Command Syntax Overview 0 000020 15 2 ombhelp Getting Help With CLICommands 17 Example HelpCommands 000 0000 17 3 omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 19 omdiagabout 2 2 0 0 a 21 omdiag about details true 2 nna anaa ee 22 omdiag chassis 0 0 0 0 cee ee es 22 omdiagichassis2 oes ws Swe aces owe aR ea ww ae 22 omdiag chassiscmos 0000 eee eee eee 22 omdiag chassis memory 000000 teres 23 omdiag chassismodem 0000 eee eeeae 23 omdiag chassisnetwork 1 ee ee ee 24 omdiag chassis parallelport 2 20 55 26 omdiag chassis pci a 27 omdiagchassisrac 2 e n p ee 28 omdiag chassis serialport 0000 000020005 28 omdiag chassis usbetrl 2 0 000000 eee eee 29 Contents 3 4 omdiag storage 2 es 29 omdiag storagecddvd 0 000002 29 omdiag storage floppy 000000222 ee 30 omdiag sto
83. 161 omconfig Rebuild Array Disk 2 22005 162 omconfig Cancel Rebuild Array Disk 0 4 162 omconfig Remove Dead Segments 000 163 omconfig Clear Array Disk 1 0 0 eee ee 164 omconfig Cancel Clear Array Disk 0000 164 Contents 9 omconfig Battery Commands 0000 165 omconfig Recondition Battery 2 00 165 omconfig Start Battery Learn Cycle 0 4 166 omconfig Delay BatteryLearnCycle 0 4 166 omconfig ConnectorCommands 04 167 omconfigRescanConnector 00000 e eae 167 omconfig EnclosureCommands 00 167 omconfig Enable Enclosure Alarm 005 168 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm 169 omconfig Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown 169 omconfig Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown 169 omconfig Set Enclosure AssetTag 0 00000 170 omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Name 000 170 omconfig Set Temperature Probe Thresholds 171 omconfig Reset Temperature Probe Thresholds 172 omconfig Set All Temperature Probe Thresholds 172 omconfig Reset All Temperature Probe Thresholds 173 omconfig Blink 2 ka e i ea a i a e A a 174 9 Working With CLI Command Results 175 Output Options for Command Results 175 Contr
84. ATA Controllers To cancel the clear of the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action cancelclear controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To cancel the clear of the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action cancelclear controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 omconfig Battery Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute battery tasks 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 Example Syntax For example to recondition the battery on controller 1 enter omconfig storage battery action recondition controller 1 battery 0 Using the Storage Management Service
85. C Acronym for network interface controller NIF Acronym for network interface function This term is equivalent to NIC 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 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 you
86. Dell OpbenManage Server Administrator Version 2 3 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 2005 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 Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Inc Intel Pentium and Xeon 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 proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own November 2
87. Example for SAS Controllers To offline the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action offline controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 Using the Storage Management Service 159 160 omconfig Online Array Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to bring an offline array disk back online Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action online controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to bring array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 back online On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To online the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action online controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To online the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action online controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 omconfig Assign Global Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to assign an array disk as a global hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action assignglobalhotspare controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt assign yes where id is the con
88. ID 0 raid r0 RAID 1 raid rl RAID 5 raid r5 Using the Storage Management Service Table 8 17 Raid Level and Concatenation continued RAID Level or Concatenation raid n Parameter Specification 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 ADISKID lt connector enclosurelD portiD connector targetlD gt Use this parameter to specify the array disks that will be included in the virtual disk When reconfiguring a virtual disk you must specify all array disks to be included in the reconfigured virtual disk The array disk specification applies to array disks that were in the original virtual disk and will continue to be in the reconfigured
89. OTE This command is applicable only on systems running the Windows operating system Table 6 13 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 13 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 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 ente
90. PHY Loopback Test Verifies that the NDIS driver is able to send and receive packets from the NIC It issues IOCTL Input Output Controls to request driver setup PHY layer loop back in hardware BRCMNetwork On Chip CPU Test Tests the internal processor s on the chip The test will halt all on chip processors download an executable binary to the processor memory and execute the program BRCMNetwork LED Test Blinks the LEDs on the NIC BRCMNetwork ASF Test Tests various processor event registers and SMBus control registers Exercises ASF related hardware on the chip The following tests run on the Intel NIC e Intel FIFO Registers Test Tests FIFO memory on the adapter by writing and reading patterns to and from the FIFO memory Intel Network Diagnostic Test Analyzes overall controller health by checking for I O conflicts memory faults EEPROM operability and transmit and receive functionality The following tests are available on Dell supported Intel NICs F NOTE The Intel PROSet management agent is required for the Intel network adapter diagnostics If the management agent is not installed or partially installed the Intel vendor tests are not available only the default network diagnostics are available You can access the Intel PROSet from either the Installation and Server M anagement CD version 8 x or from support dell com The Intel PROSet is listed under the Intel PRO Family of Adapters
91. 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 113 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 7 3 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 3 omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty Command Command Command name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Use lev
92. 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 40 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 to get help on the level 2 commands about chassis and system 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 example output from the omreport about command Product name Server Administrator Version 2 2 X Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2005 All rights reserved Company Dell Ines 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
93. 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 1 144 Using the Storage Management Service 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 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute 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 Optional name value pairs 1 2 3 omconfig storage vdisk action checkconsistency controller id vdisk id action cancelcheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action pausecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action resumecheck
94. TS is ready to send and CTS is clear to send mode directbasic directterminal directbasic Type of messaging used directbasicterminal modembasic for IPMI messaging over a modemterminal modembasicterminal serial connection directterminal 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 modem modemterminal 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 87 Table 6 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config serial continued config settodefault config terminalmode 5 privilegelevel administrator operator user enable true false baudrate 9600 19200 privilegelevel administrator operator user deletecontrol outputdel outputbkspspbksp 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
95. 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 to performing a controller rescan 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 id action disablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt action enablests action disablests action setassettag controller id enclosure
96. acters 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 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 89 Table 6 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config user id number enable true false id number name text id number newpw text confirmnewpw text id number _ serialaccesslevel administrator operator user none id number
97. 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 F NOTE When a system includes an external chassis the displayed results vary by operating system For Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems omreport commands display external chassis information in a separate section after the main chassis information On Microsoft Windows systems data about the external chassis does not appear in omreport output Use Array Manager to get information about an external chassis attached to a Windows system for instructions see the Dell OpenM anage Array M anager User s Guide omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 37 Table 4 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 comman
98. ame as the data transmitted The write only and read only buffers are tested Error conditions such as buffer overrun are also detected Baud Rate Test Verifies the speed of the port against the system clock to ensure that the baud rate is within an acceptable range The baud rate is controlled by writing appropriate values to the Divisor Latch bytes The port transmits and receives in internal loop back mode for 2 seconds and checks whether the number of characters transmitted and received is two times the baud rate divided by 10 10 bits are used to transfer 1 byte Interrupt Test Verifies that the serial port is generating or receiving interrupt requests IRQs correctly when key events occur Otherwise error events are generated and the test fails NOTICE This test may disrupt normal operation of a device connected to the serial port for example a modem It is recommended that any connected external device is turned off when this test is running omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service omdiag chassis usbctrl Use the omdiag chassis usbctrl command to test the USB controller s The USB test performs the following test F NOTE The following test is available on systems running supported Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 and later operating systems F NOTE On systems running supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems connecting or removing a USB device from the server while the diagnostics e
99. asing is done only in blocks or the entire chip FiFO Abbreviation for first in first 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 Glossary 187 flash bios A PC BIOS that is stored in 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 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 188 Glossary group As it relates to DMI a group is a data structure that defines common information or attributes about a manageable c
100. assis Service Tag 8RLNB1S Chassis Asset Tag Flash chassis indentify LED state 2 OLE Flash chassis indentify LED timeout 300 value omreport chassis intrusion Use the omreport chassis intrusion command to find out whether the cover to your system is open 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 48 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 The following is 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 a
101. ate 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 maps 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 l
102. bility and transmit and receive functionality 24 omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service The following tests are available on Dell supported Broadcom NICs BRCMNetwork Control Registers Test Tests most of the internal registers on the chip Each chip contains many internal registers Each register can contain some read only bits and some read write bits This diagnostic tests read only bits that cannot be overwritten and tests if read write bits can be written properly BRCMNetwork MII Registers Test Tests most MII registers on the chip Each chip contains many MII registers Each MII register may contain some read only bits and some read write bits This diagnostic tests read only bits that cannot be overwritten and tests if read write bits can be written properly BRCMNetwork EEPROM Test Tests the EEPROM checksum of the bootstrap record and the configuration block on the chip BRCMNetwork Internal Memory Test Tests most of the internal memory of the chip Each chip contains a certain amount of on chip memory to support on chip processor operations BRCMNetwork Interrupt Test Tests the interrupt capability of the chip by verifying that the NDIS driver is able to receive interrupts from the NIC BRCMNetwork MAC Loop back Test Verifies that the NDIS driver is able to send and receive packets from the NIC It issues IOCTL Input Output Controls to request driver setup MAC layer loop back in hardware BRCMNetwork
103. 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 Table 6 6 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 6 omconfig chassis fancontrol name value pair Description speed quiet Sets fan speed for quiet operation speed maxcool Sets fan speed for maximum cooling omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 93 omconfig chassis frontpanel Use the omconfig chassis frontpanel command to configure the Power button and the Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button F NOTE The Power and NMI buttons can be configured only if present on the system Table 6 7 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 7 omconfig chassis frontpanel Subcommand name value pair Description 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 modular components as well Table 6 8 shows
104. command lists each of the available configurations Table 6 3 shows the valid parameters Table 6 3 omconfig chassis bmc name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description config config advsol characcuminterval number number Sets the character charsendthreshold number config nic enable true false gateway Gateway IP address IP omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service accumulate interval 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 gateway Sets a gateway address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface ip Sets the IP address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface 85 Table 6 3 omconfig chassis bmc continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config nic continued ipsource static dhep systemsoftware privilegelevel administrator operator user subnet Subnet vlanenable true false vlanid number vlanpriority number 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
105. consistency 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 unmizrror controller id vdisk id Using the Storage Management Service 145 Table 8 22 omconfig Manage Virtual Disk Commands continued Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs 1 2 3 action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id adisk lt ADISKID 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 adisk lt ADISKID gt action changepolicy controller id vdisk id readpolicy lt ra nra ara re nrc gt writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt action rename controller id vdisk id omconfig Blink Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink the array 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
106. controller 0 enclosure 2 130 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 id info emms index n Displays the specified EMMs where id is the controller number and the enclosure number and is the number of an EMM For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info emms index 1 u n omreport Array Disk Status Table 8 13 omreport Array Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and Optional name value pairs name value pair Use omreport storage adisk controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 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 adisk connectorID targetID where id is the connector and array disk number For example adisk 0 3 Displays all array disks attached to the specified controller Displays all array disks attached to the specified connector on the controller Displays all array disks included in the specified virtual disk on the controller Displays the specified array disk on the specified connector on the controller Us
107. d appear later in this section Table 4 1 shows the omreport commands available for about system and main system chassis For information about viewing storage components see omreport storage Using the Storage Reports Table 4 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 BA Shows version number and properties for the Server Administrator program details true U BA Displays information for all of the Server Administrator programs that are installed chassis U PA Shows a general status for all main components acswitch U PA Shows failover settings where redundant power units are installed in a system bios U PA Shows BIOS facts such as manufacturer version date last updated biossetup U P A Shows BIOS setup properties that you have configured during system boot bmc U P A Shows general information on the baseboard management controller BMC currents U P A Shows the status and thresholds for the current system sensors fancontrol U P A Shows properties you have set for fan speed fans U PA Shows status and thresholds for system fans firmware U PA Shows firmware properties such as version date of last update and whether the firmware is updatable 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
108. d for each storage enclosure attached to the system Name 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 63 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 version 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 System Version Report Main System Chassis Name BIOS Version s ALZ Updateable N A Name Baseboard Management Controller Versi
109. d to see detailed information for that enclosure omreport storage enclosureinfo enclosure 47244640512 F NOTE You can find an enclosure ID by running the omreport storage enclosures command which shows the properties for all of the enclosures in the system The following information displays for the enclosure e Fans Status Status of the fan Name Name of the fan State Current state of the fan Speed Speed at which the fan is running e Temperature Probes Status Status of the temperature probes State State of the temperature probes Reading Actual temperature measured by a particular probe Readings are always a snapshot of a device s measurements at a point in time Minimum Warning Threshold Minimum temperature expressed in degrees that will activate an alarm Maximum Warning Threshold Maximum temperature expressed in degrees that will activate an alarm Minimum Failure Threshold Minimum temperature expressed in degrees that will cause the enclosure to fail Maximum Failure Threshold Maximum temperature expressed in degrees that will cause the enclosure to fail Units Measurement type of temperature such as Celsius e Power Supplies Status Status of the power supplies Name Name of the power supply such as Power Supply 1 State Current state of the power supply 70 omreport storage Using the
110. des a 16 KB internal cache which is set up as an 8 KB read only instruction cache and 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 IROQ4 by default Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously Glossary 189 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 technolo
111. diag commands from more than one console when the secure port server for systems running Microsoft Windows or omawsd for systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not running then the test in the first console will run to completion but the test s in the subsequent console s may exit with a Test was interrupted message NOTE You can abort a Diagnostic Service test run through the CLI by using the Diagnostic Status window in the Server Administrator GUI Click the Diagnostics tab click Status and click Abort to stop the currently running test or click Abort All to stop the currently running test and all queued tests NOTE You cannot use lt Ctrl C gt to cancel a CLI session from the console However tests started from the CLI can be aborted using the Abort link in the Diagnostic Status page in the GUI NOTE If the secure port server is not running when you type an omdiag command there will be a noticeable delay before the command executes because the system must check the hardware to determine the diagnostic information to display NOTE On systems running the Microsoft Windows operating system the enumeration process requires that the Windows Management Instrumentation WMI services be running Table 3 1 is a high level summary of the omdiag command The columns titled Command level 2 and Command level 3 list the major arguments that can be used with omdiag The Use column provides a very general statement
112. e XMS XMS Abbreviation for eXtended Memory Specification ZIF Acronym for zero insertion force Some computers use ZIF sockets 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 Iomega 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 202 Glossary Index Symbols omconfig 78 omconfig chassis 80 omdiag chassis 22 omdiag storage 29 omdiag system 35 omreport 41 request for help 17 A about omconfig 79 omdiag 21 acquisition information 111 optional parameters 18 acquisition information adding 111 acswitch omreport chassis 43 omreport command level 3 43 Adaptec and LSI array disk test omdiag storage raidctrl 32 Adaptec and LSI blink disk light omdiag storage raidctrl 33 Adaptec RAID controller hardware test device scan test 31 global cache test 31 NVRAM and battery test 31 omdiag storage raidctrl 31 pause resume I O test 31 Adaptec SCSI RAID controller diagnostics 31 adapter FIFO memory tests 25 omreport chassis slots 53 adisk 156 omconfig storage 123 124 omconfig virtual disk 137 138 omreport array disk 131 omreport storage 131 alert action defining 101 e
113. eature omreport storage Command Summary F NOTE Although this section lists all possible omreport storage commands the commands available on your system depend on your system configuration The results that display for the omreport storage command vary from one system to another Data displays for installed components only Table 5 1 is a high level summary of the omreport storage 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 storage Command level 3 lists the specific storage 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 storage More details about syntax and use of the command appear later in this section omreport storage Using the Storage Reports 65 Table 5 1 omreport storage Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command Command Command User privilege Use level 1 level 2 level 3 required omreport storage A arraydisks A arrays A osdiskinfo A osdisks A volumes A enclosures A enclosureinfo A Displays a high level status for all storage components Displays a high level status for array disks Displays detailed information for an array
114. eceive 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 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 Array disk is specified as either adisk connector enclosureID portID or adisk connector targetID The omconfig command supplies default values for any of the other parameters that you do not specify Using the Storage Management Service 137 138 Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action createvdisk controller id raid lt c roj rl ric r5 r10 r50 gt size lt number max min gt adisk lt ADISKID 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 nwc fwb gt name lt string gt spanlength lt n gt Parameter Specification for Create and Reconfig
115. ectors of the disk If subsequent read requests access random sectors of the disk the controller reverts to no read ahead policy The controller continues to evaluate whether read requests are accessing sequential sectors of the disk and can initiate read ahead if necessary Write Cache Write policies specify whether the controller sends a write request completion signal as soon as the data is in the cache or after it has been written to disk The write policies are as follows Write Back Caching When using write back caching the controller sends a write request completion signal as soon as the data is in the controller cache but has not yet been written to disk Write back caching may provide improved performance since subsequent read requests can more quickly retrieve data from the controller cache than they could from the disk Write back caching also entails a data security risk however since a system failure could prevent the data from being written to disk even though the controller has sent a write request completion signal In this case data may be lost Other applications may also experience problems when taking actions that assume the data is available on the disk Write Through Caching When using write through caching the controller sends a write request completion signal only after the data is written to the disk Write through caching provides better data security than write back caching since the system assumes the data
116. el 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 114 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 7 4 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 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 lease buyout lt amount gt Amount
117. em The following information displays for each volume e ID Assigned ID number for the volume You can use this number in conjunction with the omreport storage osdisks command to view information about an operating system disk on a specific volume See omreport storage osdisks for more information Status Status of the volume Label Name of the volume State Current state of the volume File System File system for the volume such as NTFS or FAT Size Total space on the volume in GB Free Space Space available for creating logical drives within an extended partition in GB omreport storage Using the Storage Reports 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 warning or failure event from intrusion current probes fans voltage probes and temperature probes
118. em components Alert actions determine how Server Administrator 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 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 55 Components and Events for Which You Can View Alert Actions You can view alert action properties for the following components and the events e current probe warning e current probe failure e fan warning e fan failure e chassis intrusion e memory pre failure e memory failure e power supply failure e degraded redundancy e lost redundancy e temperature warning e temperature failure e voltage warning e voltage failure e power supply warning e processor warning e processor failure e hardware log warning e hardware log full e watchdog ASR omreport system assetinfo Use this 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 56 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport system events Use the omreport system events comma
119. enable smart thermal shutdown omconfig 169 enclosure omconfig storage 167 omreport storage 128 130 enclosureinfo omreport storage 70 enclosures omreport storage 71 error checking and error messages CLI 13 error messages 13 esmlog omconfig system 104 omreport system 55 event name alert actions 102 omconfig system platformevents 105 event notification configuring 107 index 108 severity 108 source 107 type 107 events alert actions 102 classified by component type 57 omconfig system 107 omreport system 57 SNMP 40 77 107 example help commands 17 extended warranty information 114 external clock speed omreport chassis processors 51 external name omreport chassis ports 50 extremity seek test omdiag storage floppy 31 extremity test omdiag storage cddvd 30 extwarranty omconfig system 114 F failure messages 14 fan status omreport 129 fancontrol omcontig chassis 93 omreport chassis 6 fans omconfig chassis 92 omreport chassis 6 FIFO test adapter 25 omdiag chassis parallelport 27 firmware omreport chassis 6 floppy drive diagnostics 30 format virtual disk 154 formatting CLI command output 177 frontpanel omconfig chassis 94 omreport chassis 47 fru omreport chassis 47 funnel seek test omdiag storage floppy 30 G generic network diagnostic test NIC communication test 24 NIC team test 24 omdiag chassis net
120. ent Service 147 148 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 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 slow initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel the background initialization process on a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action cancelbginitialize controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values 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 controll
121. ent probe warning thresholds by default or by value fans PA Configures fan probe warning thresholds by default or by value NOTE You cannot set warning threshold values by default on embedded server management ESM3 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 77 Table 6 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 A Enables or disables the spare bank and mirroring memory modes and also specify which mode to use temps PA Sets warning threshold values by default or value NOTE You cannot set warning threshold values by default on ESM3 systems volts PA Sets warning threshold values by default or value NOTE You cannot set warning threshold values by default on ESM3 systems storage See Using the Storage Management Service Help With the omconfig Command Use the omconfig command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig Use omconfig
122. epreciation method to straight line type omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method straightline The CLI responds with the following message Asset information set successfully When you type omconfig system assetinfo the help that displays provides information about assigning values for the name and option fields Partial results for the request omconfig system assetinfo are as follows assetinfo Set asset information 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 18 omhelp Getting Help With CLI Commands omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service The omdiag command allows you to test chassis and storage components such as hard drives physical memory communications and printer ports NICs CMOS and more Most tests described in this section take less than one minute Some test can take longer depending on the device being tested You cannot abort tests you start through the command line interface NOTICE If you run om
123. er 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 an array disk included in a RAID 5 virtual disk Using the Storage Management Service 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 RAID 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 Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action splitmirror controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual dis
124. ers 95 omconfig chassis memorymode name value pairs parameters 96 omconfig chassis temps name value pairs paramaters 96 omconfig chassis volts name value pairs parameters 97 omconfig command 75 omcontfig controller commands 134 omconfig enclosure commands 167 omconfig global commands 132 omcontfig preferences 98 cdvformat 98 dirservice 98 snmp 99 100 useraccess 100 omconfig preferences dirservice name value pair parameters 99 omconfig preferences snmp name value pairs parameters 100 Index 209 omconfig storage adisk 123 156 battery 165 connector 167 controller 134 enclosure 167 globalinfo 132 vdisk 145 omconfig system alertaction 101 alertlog 17 76 104 assetinfo 111 cmdlog 104 esmlog 104 events 107 extwarranty 114 name value pairs parameters 107 pedestinations 104 platformevents 105 recovery 109 shutdown 109 thrmshutdown 110 webserver 108 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition 111 112 info depreciation 113 info extwarranty 114 info lease 115 info maintenance 116 info outsource 117 info owner 118 info service 119 info support 120 info system 121 info warranty 122 omconfig system events 107 210 Index omconfig system extwarranty 114 omconfig system pedestinations name value pairs parameters 104 omconfig system recovery name value pairs parameters 109 omconfig system shutdown name value pairs
125. erties for all of the slots in your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific slot For each power supply 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 Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 53 54 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 ind
126. est n time s time Runs a test for no more than the specified lt minutes gt number of minutes lt minutes gt quicktest Uses a faster algorithm to conduct a specific test lt true false gt if one is available haltonerror Stops the tests if an error is encountered lt true false gt Device Specifies the device on which to run test lt number gt omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service Table 3 1 omdiag Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command name value Use level 1 level 2 level 3 pair storage cddvd Runs the CD DVD drive test floppy Runs the diskette drive test raidctrl Runs the RAID control and attached device test idedevdiag Runs the IDE disk tests sasdevdiag Runs Serial Attached SCSI SAS SAS RAID scsidevdiag controller and attached device tests omdiag about passes lt n gt time lt minutes gt quicktest lt true false gt haltonerror lt true false gt Device lt number gt Runs the SCSI controller and attached tape and hard drive tests Runs a test n time s Runs a test for no more than the specified number of minutes lt minutes gt Uses a faster algorithm to conduct a specific test if one is available Stops the tests if an error is encountered Specifies the device on which to run the test Use the omdiag about command to learn the product name and version number of the systems management application installed on your system The following is e
127. ex parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for any voltage probes that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific voltage 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 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 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 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
128. f 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 tiue 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 setting 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 83 84 Table 6 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute sataport 0 7 attribute secondaryscsi attribute serialport1 attribute serialport2 attribute speaker attribute usb attribute usbb setting off auto setting on off setting off auto com com3 bmeserial bmenic rac setting off auto com2 com setting on off setting enabled disabled setting enabled enabledwithbios disabled off Disable the SATA port auto Automatically enable the SATA port o
129. for Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMM Acronym for single in line memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board 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 condi
130. g a supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system Intel Online Diagnostics Tests Performs a limited set of tests without interrupting normal NIC operation during the tests Intel Offline Diagnostics Tests Performs a full set of tests This test might disrupt the normal operation of the NIC omdiag chassis parallelport Use the omdiag chassis parallelport command to test the parallel port which is a high speed communications port for attaching certain devices to your system The parallel port test writes a series of characters to the port and then reads it back again If this test detects differences between the written and read character series it logs an error message and the test fails The parallel port test performs the following tests e Mode Test Tests the different modes of the Extended Capabilities Port ECP The following modes are tested Standard Mode unidirectional Byte Mode a bi directional mode also called Reverse Mode Parallel Port FIFO Mode SPP hardware handshake EPP Mode may not be available depending on chipset ECP FIFO Mode ECP hardware handshake 26 omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service FIFO Test Mode test mode to determine FIFO depth Configuration Mode cnfgxX registers are available Ei NOTE The Mode test may disrupt normal operation of a device connected to the parallel port for example a printer that is printing e Parallel Port Regi
131. g the diagnostics The diagnostics may run slowly or even stop while hard disk I O activity is running simultaneously omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service The diagnostics resume when the hard drive I O activity has decreased If the following message appears Device Inquiry command failed it is likely that the hard drive is not connected properly Check the cables to ensure that the hard drive is properly connected to the controller The hard drive may also fail and display the following message Device failed a send diagnostic command Check cable connections and termination and run this test again If this error still occurs it may indicate a hardware problem To avoid this message run the diagnostic when the system is experiencing light hard drive I O activity e Adaptec and LSI Blink Disk Light Blinks the lights of a hard drive for 30 seconds to assist in locating the hard drive omdiag storage sasdevdiag Use the omdiag storage sasdevdiag command to test the SAS SAS RAID controllers and connected devices This test performs the following tests e Physical Integrity Test Verifies the integrity of the physical layer of the SAS enclosure and its connected hard drives When a failure is identified an error message will be displayed indicating that an error has occurred The detailed Phy error report log Comma Separated Value CSV file is available for Dell technical support personnel for further analysis Prior knowled
132. ge of Phy is required to interpret this log file CSV files can be opened with common applications such as Microsoft Excel Open Office and so on Contact Dell technical support in case of repeated failures Controller Log Test SAS RAID controllers store all historical events in their memory This test exports the logs to a readable text file and Comma Separated Value CSV files Entries in the exported log file are intended for Dell technical support personnel The messages in the log are informational at the user level Quick test will only retrieve entries since the last system boot Using the text or CSV files Dell support personnel can analyze the logs to identify any potential failure of the system By default the test runs for approximately 5 minutes But in quick mode it runs for 90 seconds Enclosure Log Test Enclosures store all historical events in their memory This test exports the logs to a readable text file and Comma Separated Value CSV files Entries in the exported log file are intended for Dell technical support personnel The messages in the log are informational at the user level Using the text or CSV files Dell support personnel can analyze the logs to identify any potential failure of the system e Disk Self Test Verifies the hard disks attached to a system through a qualified SAS or RAID controller to determine if the hard disk has failed Ei NOTE The hard disk diagnostics are designed to run as a low
133. gy equipment jumper Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from 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 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 190 Glossary 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 t
134. h 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 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
135. hanger tape drives This test also writes a small amount of data verifies the data written and then ejects the media F NOTE When the media is ejected from the tape drive run the Tape Drive Insert Test as an individual test Do not group this test with any other tests on this device Tape Drive Eject Test Verifies the tape drive s ability to eject a tape cartridge It will issue a Prevent Allow Medium Removal SCSI command and then attempt to unload the tape cartridge This test is not available for autoloader changer tape drives F NOTE When the media is ejected from the tape drive run the Tape Drive Eject Test as an individual test Do not group this test with any other tests on this device Check Tape Drive Firmware optional Checks the tape drive firmware revision number to see if any updates exist omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service SCSI Tape Library Changer Tests Performs several tests on a SCSI tape library or changer which is connected to a SCSI controller channel using a SCSI cable Appropriate SCSI controller and tape changer or library drives must be installed for the tape changer or library to be enumerated The following tests are performed on a SCSI tape library or changer Tape Device Self Test Initially verifies the communication path from the host to the tape drive If communication can be established the test performs a quick test of the drive s RAM and then performs the built in RAM
136. hat lights up when a current is passed through it local bus On a computer with local bus expansion capability 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 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 conflic
137. he complete test This data is then compared with data that was previously stored in the memory to ensure the correctness of the read operation NOTICE Allow sufficient time for the operating system to detect the presence of media in the drive before running the CD DVD diagnostics NOTE This is the longest test in the CD DVD diagnostics NOTE Multi session CDs are not supported by this test on supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems If the test fails insert a different CD without multiple sessions and run the test again NOTE Defective CDs may cause CD drive test failures If an error occurs insert a different CD and run the test again omdiag storage floppy Use the omdiag storage floppy command to test the diskette drive The diskette drive test examines your diskette drive using a series of seek and read tests to see if your drive is working correctly You must insert a diskette into the diskette drive in order to run this test The diskette test performs the following tests 30 Linear seek Test Tests the integrity of the diskette drive mechanics Moves the diskette drive heads continuously starting from the center of the diskette and moving outward to the maximum track one track at a time until the entire disk is tested Random seek Test Tests the integrity of the diskette drive mechanics Moves the diskette drive heads to several hundred random locations on the diskette one track at a time Funnel
138. he following test is performed 22 Checksum Test Performs a checksum test on the CMOS memory to determine if any bytes are corrupt This test scans the CMOS memory and calculates the checksum of the bytes read from the checksum range The calculated result is compared with the results stored in the CMOS memory If they match the test succeeds otherwise the test logs errors omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service omdiag chassis memory Use the omdiag chassis memory command to test the system s RAM The following test is performed NOTE Shut down all other programs before running this test NOTE Sufficient swap space temporary storage space used during a move or reconfiguration is needed to support the demands of the memory test NOTE This test checks only memory seen by the operating system on systems that have redundant memory support spare bank or mirroring Pattern Test Checks your system s memory by using a data patterns test These patterns test the memory s storage integrity and its ability to store data accurately This test writes a pattern to each byte in the memory and reads the pattern back This verifies that the data paths error correction circuits and the memory devices themselves are working correctly omdiag chassis modem Use the omdiag chassis modem command to run tests on all modems E NOTE This test runs on analog communication lines regular telephone lines and will not test a cable or Digi
139. he name value pair component of the omconfig system events command e source e type e severity e index 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 components omconfig system events source snmptraps Type The event type refers to the name of the component s involved in the event Table 6 21 shows the valid parameters for system event types Table 6 21 System Event Type Parameters name value pair Description type accords 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 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 107 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 syste
140. hresholdFatal e UpperThresholdCnitical e UpperThresholdNon critical Normal LowerThresholdNon critical LowerThresholdCritical 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
141. icated Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to assign one or more array disks to a virtual disk as a dedicated hot spare F 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 adisk lt ADISKID gt assign yes where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and array disk you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID and omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks and array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you are assigning array 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 array disk resides in enclosure 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 adisk 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 adisk 0 2 3 assign yes omconfig Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
142. ice 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 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 98 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 N
143. ies greater than 528 MB e Support for up to two controllers each with up to two devices attached EISA Acronym for Extended Industry Standard Architecture a 32 bit expansion bus design The 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
144. ig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 91 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 the 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 6 5 shows the valid parameters for setting fan warning thresholds Table 6 5
145. il for Interference VCR Abbreviation for video cassette recorder VDC Abbreviation for volt s direct current 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 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 200 Glossary 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 expansi
146. ime of testing if the USB CD or DVD drive is being tested A CD must be present in the CD drive being tested If there is no data CD or DVD present in the drive to be tested you will see the following error message Media not present in the drive or the device may have become disconnected or the cable may be bad Make sure that the cable is properly connected Insert media in the drive and run the test again omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 29 The CD DVD drive test performs the following tests NE Extremity Test Conducts negative testing on the drive The drive is requested to execute illegal commands to access particular extreme sectors or play illegal lists The test is expected to fail Driver Mechanism Test Performs the eject close and stop actions to determine if the drive servo mechanism the door motor and the spindle motor are operating correctly Slim CD DVD drives like those generally available in portable and rack optimized systems do not allow retracting of the eject tray This kind of CD DVD drive cannot be tested for drive mechanism test eject and close functionality Read Exerciser Test Accesses and reads the actual contents of the media If the data is in the format of files the data is read sector by sector into a temporary memory buffer during the first attempt During subsequent reads the read pattern will follow a random set of sectors for the quick test and a sequential set of sectors for t
147. inch of a chip s surface that holds the circuits The rest of it is just a base CIM Acronym 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 Glossary 183 CMOS Acronym for complementary metal oxide semiconductor In computers CMOS memory chips are often used for NVRAM storage COM 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
148. ine 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 52 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 fields Status Location Type Max Wattage and Online Status omreport chassis slots Use the omreport chassis slots command to view properties of your system s power supplies Type omreport chassis slots index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays prop
149. ing the Storage Management Service 131 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 storage 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 degrees celsius If you have implemented connector redundancy on the PV220S and PV221S enclosures however you can specify that only the enclosure and not the operati
150. ion about using this command 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 Using the Storage Management Service 135 136 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 omconfig 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 control
151. is enabled on NIC 2 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 on Enable this device off Disable this device force true Verification of setting change off Disable the device auto Automatically detect and enable the device enable Enable the intrusion check during system boot If the system also has bezel intrusion checking then the intrusion option checks for removal of the back of the system disable Disable the intrusion check during system boot omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 81 Table 6 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute mouse attribute nic attribute nic2 attribute numlock attribute ppaddress attribute ppmode setting on off setting enabled disabled enablednonepxe setting enabled disabled enablednonepxe setting on off setting off Ipt lpt2 lpt3 setting at ps2 ecp epp 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
152. k You can blink the light light emitting diode or LED display on one or more array disks attached to a controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink one or more array disks Complete Syntax action blink controller ID action blink controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to blink array disks 0 through 2 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To blink the array disks described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action blink controller 1 adisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 Using the Storage Management Service Example for SAS Controllers To blink the array disks described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action blink controller 1 adisk Or 204 O82 21 Ot252 omconfig Unblink Array Disk You unblink the light light emitting diode or LED display on one or more array disks attached toa controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to unblink one or more array disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action unblink controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller
153. k 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 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 Using the Storage Management Service 149 150 Example Syntax For example to unmirror virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action unmirror controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Assign Ded
154. kinfo omreport storage 71 osdisks omreport storage 73 out of band test omdiag chassis rac 28 outsource information 117 owner information 118 P parallel port diagnostics 26 parallel port register test omdiag chassis parallelport 27 parameters for fan warning thresholds 92 parameters for setting current warning thresholds 91 pause check consistency omconfig 152 pause resume I O test Adaptec RAID controller hardware test 31 PCI diagnostics 27 pedestinations omconfig system 104 omreport system 58 platformevents omconfig system 105 omreport system 59 port type omreport chassis ports 50 ports omreport chassis 50 POST result test omdiag chassis rac 28 postlog omreport system 55 prepare to remove array disk 157 primary CLI command omconfig 12 omdiag 12 19 omhelp 12 17 omreport 12 primary CLI commands 12 processor family omreport chassis processors 51 processor version omreport chassis processors 51 processors omreport chassis 51 pwrsupplies omreport chassis 53 R raidctrl omdiag storage 31 read exerciser test omdiag storage cddvd 30 read policy parameters 140 read write test omdiag storage floppy 31 rebuild array disk omconfig 162 recondition battery omconfig 165 reconfiguring virtual disks omconfig 154 reconstruct rate omconfig 142 recovery omconfig system 109 omreport system 59 recovery from a hung
155. l RDRAM Acronym for Rambus DRAM A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus Inc Direct RDRAMs 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 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 li
156. l 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 Using the Storage Management Service 151 152 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 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 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 t
157. least three banks of identical memory the operating system does not recognize the spare bank omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 95 Mirroring 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 Table 6 10 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 10 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 mirrored disabled and copies the failing module s data to a spare bank raid5 Disabled indicates that the system is not to use other available memory modules if uncorrectable memory events are detected Mirrored switches the systems to a mirrored copy of the memory if the failing module has an uncorrectable memory event In mirrored 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 logically similar to the RAID5 mode used in hard drive storage systems This memory mode gives you an extra level of memory checking and
158. ler 1 enter omconfig storage controller action quietalarm controller 1 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 Using the Storage Management Service 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 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 controller action resetconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command In some circumstances you may r
159. level none User with an ID does not have access privileges for the LAN channel 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 vary from one system configuration to another Ei 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 6 4 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 6 4 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 warming threshold 3 decimal places maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warning threshold 3 decimal places omconf
160. losure Indicates a particular enclosure by specifying either enclosure connector or lt ENCLOSUREID gt enclosure connector enclosureID To obtain these values you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds 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 adisk lt ADISKID gt connectorNo targetID battery id Indicates a particular array disk by specifying either connector targetID or connector enclosureID portID To obtain the values for the connector enclosure and array disk targetID or portID you would enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage adisk controller id to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Indicates a particular array disk by specifying the controller connector that the array disk is attached to and the array disk number To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage adisk controller id to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller For example the connectorNo targetID parameter might be specified as 0 3 Indicates the battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport st
161. 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 where more allows you to press the spacebar to see the next screen of CLI help output 78 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service To make a file that contains all of the help for the omconfig system alertaction command type
162. lts written to a file you can format the results The format you select determines the way the command output is displayed and the way the command output is written to a file Controlling Command Output Display Each operating system provides a means of controlling the way that command results display to standard output The following is a useful command for ensuring that command results do not scroll by before you can view them The same command syntax works for both the Microsoft Windows command prompt and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 175 Save Command Results to a File That Can Be Ove
163. m boot your computer by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt otherwise you must perform 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 will 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
164. m 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 6 22 shows the valid severity parameters Table 6 22 System Event Severity Parameters Command Result Description omconfig system events type lt component name gt Enables notification for Least restrictive form of event severity info informational warning notification and critical events omconfig system events type lt component name gt Enables notification for Omits informational event severity warning warning and critical notification for example when a events component returns to normal status omconfig system events type lt component name gt Enables notification for Restrictive form of event severity critical critical events only notification omconfig system events type lt component name gt Disables event No event notification severity none 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
165. management expanded memory A technique for accessing RAM above 1 MB To enable expanded 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 er
166. microprocessor a utility called a memory manager can create UMBs in the upper memory area in which you 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 Glossary 199 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 Counc
167. mmary 7 check consistency omconfig 151 check consistency rate omconfig 142 check tape changer library firmware SCSI tape library changer test 35 check tape drive firmware SCSI tape drive test 34 checksum test omdiag chassis cmos 22 clear array disk omconfig 164 clear foreign configuration omconfig 144 CLI clearing logs 104 error messages error checking 13 CLI command levels 1 2 and 3 defined 18 CLI command output 175 appending command output to a file 176 controlling display 175 formatting output 177 raw XML format 179 saving to a file that can be overwritten 176 table format 178 writing to a file 175 CLI commands 2 7 primary commands 12 Windows command prompt 11 cmdlog omconfig system 104 omreport system 55 cmos omdiag chassis 22 CMOS diagnostics 22 command levels 1 2 and 3 omconfig 76 command levels 1 2 3 omdiag 19 omreport 38 command syntax overview 15 commands for clearing logs 104 commands for viewing logs 55 components alert actions 102 event notification 108 events 57 failure messages 14 instrumentation service 75 omreport 37 38 omreport storage 65 66 omreport system 54 omreport system summary 40 omreport system version 0 SNMP traps 107 storage 126 summary 60 testing 19 22 29 updating 13 warning and failure thresholds 91 92 configuration test LSI RAID controller hardware test 32 configuri
168. more details about the environment for Server Administrator omreport about details true Command level 1 is omreport command level 2 is about and the name value pair is details true Many commands use command level 1 command level 2 and command level 3 but do not require any parameters name value pairs Most omreport commands are of this type For example omreport system alertaction causes a list of alert actions that are configured for components on your system to be displayed The most complex commands have all three command levels and can have multiple name value pairs An example of two name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration 3 An example of nine name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost lt n gt waybill lt n gt installdate lt mmddyy gt purchasedate lt mmddyy gt ponum lt n gt signauth lt text gt expensed lt yes no gt costcenter lt text gt 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 16 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
169. n Enable this device off Disable this device off Disable serial port 1 auto Map serial port 1 toa COM port com Map serial port 1 to COM port 1 com3 Map serial port 1 to COM port 3 bmcserial Map serial port 1 to BMC Serial bmcnic Map serial port 1 to BMC NIC rac Map serial port 1 to RAC off Disable serial port 2 auto Map serial port 2 to a COM port com2 Map serial port 2 to COM port 2 com4 Map serial port 2 to COM port 4 on Enable the speaker off Disable the speaker NOTE Only one of the two attributes usb and usbb is available for configuring the USB port s depending on your system s hardware enabled Enable the USB port s disabled Disable the USB port s enabled Enable the USB port s during system boot without BIOS support enabledwithbios Enable the USB port s during the system boot with BIOS support disabled Disable the USB port s during system boot omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig chassis bmc Use the omconfig chassis bmc command to configure e The BMC on a local area network LAN e The serial port for BMC e The BMC on a serial over LAN connection e Terminal settings for the serial port e Advanced settings for a serial over LAN connection Information on a BMC user F NOTE You have to enter the user ID to configure user information Type omconfig chassis bmc The output from the omconfig chassis bme
170. n U PA Shows warning and failure threshold values as well as actions that have been configured when an essential components detects a warning or failure state alertlog U PRA Allows the administrator to show the alert log omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 39 Table 4 1 omreport Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Command Command level 1 level 2 level 3 assetinfo cmdlog esmlog events operatingsystem pedestinations platformevents postlog recovery shutdown summary thrmshutdown version Tac User privilege required l BA PA fia PA ria BA PA pong PA gt Ez PA zty BA BA PA gt 4 gt PA iaid PA fta PA oi PA rp A gt Use 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 SNMP event settings Shows the name and version of your operating system Shows destinations where alerts for a platform event have been 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
171. n enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To set the thresholds for all temperature probes to 10 and 40 degrees celsius enter omconfig storage enclosure action setalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 omcontfig Reset All Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds back to their default value for all temperature probes in the enclosure Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action resetalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to reset the thresholds for all temperature probes in enclosure 2 on controller 1 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example the temperature probes reside in the enclosure 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 Using the Storage Management Service 173 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 omco
172. n firstfloor 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 121 122 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 7 11 shows the valid parameters for adding warranty information Table 7 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 Cost of the warranty service duration Number of days or months that lt duration gt the warranty is in force enddate Date the warranty agreement ends lt enddate gt unit days Whether the number for duration months refers to days or months Example Command for Adding Warranty Information To provide a value for a warranty parameter ty
173. n 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 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 Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 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 t
174. n the drive is writable For autoloaders changers this test does not require a tape cartridge For tape drives a tape cartridge is required as this test writes data to the media installed in the drive This test initially verifies the communication path from the host to the tape drive If communication can be established the test performs a quick test of the drive s RAM and then performs the built in RAM diagnostic This diagnostic can vary depending on the type of the drive For autoloaders changers no other tests are performed For tape drives the diagnostic writes several blocks of data and filemarks on the drive and tests the drive s ability to space along the filemarks Tape Drive Media Test Writes data to media present in the drive Ensure that any media in the drive is writable The quick test will attempt to write 30 percent of the media s capacity and then space back to the beginning of the media The data is then read to confirm the written data s integrity The data is erased when the test is complete The full test will attempt to write 80 percent of the media s capacity F NOTE Tape tests can take several hours to complete because the tests are proportional to the tape capacities Regular tests can take more than ten hours to complete while the quick test can take up to ten hours to complete Tape Drive Insert Test Verifies the tape drive s ability to load a tape cartridge This test is not available for autoloader c
175. n when a temperature probe detects a failure 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 110 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 lease of a system Table 7 1 sh
176. nd syntax consists of specifying command levels The first command level is the command name omreport or 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 adisk 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 adisk Specifies the type of object on which the command operates Using the Storage Management Service 123 124 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 array disk or options such as blink or unblink that the command will implement For example the following omconfig command syntax for blinking an array disk has three levels and three name value pairs omconfig storage adisk action blink controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where ADISKID 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 cont
177. nd to view the current enabled or disabled SNMP traps This command displays a summary of each component in your system for which events can be generated 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 example output for a few components omreport system events Current SNMP Trap Configuration System Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None Power Supplies Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None Fans 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 4 5 shows the events displayed for various component types F NOTE Some component types may be unavailable on your system Table 4 5 System Events by Component Type name value pair Description type accords Configures events for AC power cords type currents Reports events for fan amperage probes type fanenclosures Reports events for fan enclosures type fans Reports events for fans type intrusion Reports events for chassis intrusion omreport Viewing Sys
178. nd 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 49 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 Capacity 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 Se
179. nent gt that 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 name 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 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 117 118 Adding Owner Information The owner is the party that holds legal property title to the system Table 7 7 shows the valid parameters for adding owner information Table 7 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
180. nes are recharged sometimes also referred to as its vertical frequency The higher the refresh rate 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 Glossary 195 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 a computer 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 fo
181. nfig command to blink the light emitting diodes LEDs on the enclosure Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure 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 3 174 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 resu
182. ng Active Directory service 98 system events 107 configuring power button NMI button 94 Connector 128 connector omconfig storage 167 connector commands omcontig 167 Index 205 connector name omreport chassis processors 5 l connector status omreport 128 controller battery 127 128 BMC 38 45 59 77 display IDs 124 omconfig storage 134 omreport storage 127 RAID 29 32 SATA 83 SCSI 21 34 tests 28 29 USB 20 29 controlling CLI command output 175 conventions for command parameter tables 37 core count omreport chassis processors 51 current speed omreport chassis processors 5 l currents omconfig chassis 9 1 omreport chassis 46 D data bus width omreport chassis slots 53 default maximum warning threshold 93 206 Index default minimum warning threshold 93 defining alert actions 101 delay battery learn cycle omconfig 166 delete virtual disk omconfig 153 delimiters data fields 98 depreciation information about 113 adding 113 device scan test Adaptec RAID controller hardware test 31 diagnostic test 23 diagnostic tests 12 24 dirservice omconfig preferences 98 disable enclosure alarm omconfig 169 disable smart thermal shutdown omconfig 169 display IDs 124 125 driver mechanism test omdiag storage cddvd 30 E ECP Protocol Test omdiag chassis parallelport 27 enable enclosure alarm omconfig 168
183. ng system and server be shut down when the enclosure reaches a critical temperature of 0 or 50 degrees 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 132 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 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 degrees celsius Use the following omconfig command syntax t
184. ng threshold 3 decimal places omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 97 Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds NOTE Systems that contain ESM3 ESM4 and BMC capabilities do not allow you to set warning threshold values to default values If you want to set both the upper and lower voltage warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis voltage 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 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 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 serv
185. nitialize Virtual Disk 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0000 147 omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk 147 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk 00 147 omconfig Slow Initialize Virtualize Disk 148 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize 148 omconfig Restore Dead Segments 00 148 omconfig Split Mirror aaa 149 omconfig Unmirror aaa 2 ee ee 149 omconfig Assign Dedicated HotSpare 150 omconfig Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare 150 omconfig Check Consistency oaoa 0000 ee ae 151 omconfig Cancel Check Consistency ooo 152 omconfig Pause Check Consistency ooa 152 omconfig Resume Check Consistency oaoa 153 omconfig Delete Virtual Disk ooa aaa a 153 omconfig Format Virtual Disk aa aaa a 154 omconfig Reconfiguring Virtual Disks 154 omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy oaoa 155 omconfig Rename Virtual Disk aaa a 155 omconfig Array Disk Commands aaa aaa aaa 156 omconfig Blink Array Disk aaa a 156 omconfig Unblink Array Disk ona aaa 157 omconfig Prepare to Remove Array Disk 157 omconfig Initialize Array Disk aoaaa a 158 omconfig Offline Array Disk ooa aaa 159 omconfig Offline Array Disk oaa 159 omconfig Online Array Disk aooaa aa ee 160 omconfig Assign Global HotSpare 00 160 omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare
186. ns all PCI devices for proper communication PCI diagnostics enumerate the various kinds of buses on the system board In addition to the PCI bus the package enumerates SCSI IDE and USB buses On systems running Microsoft Windows the enumeration process requires that the WMI Windows Management Instrumentation services is running The following tests are performed by the PCI test e PCI Device Configuration Test Scans through the PCI bus enumerating all the PCI devices This test examines the interrupt requests IRQs for each PCI device in use and issues a warning for those devices that share the same ones This test also checks if the driver for the device is loaded and functioning correctly omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 27 omdiag chassis rac Use the omdiag chassis rac command to run the tests on the remote access controller RAC The RAC test provides IT administrators with continuous access to their systems enabling a full range of systems management functions including monitoring controlling updating and recovering The RAC can be connected to a PCI expansion slot or embedded on the system board DRAC III and above are enumerated and tested whereas DRAC II is only enumerated but not tested NOTE In order to run the diagnostics all the RAC drivers are required to be installed on the system and the RAC specific services are required to be running on the system F NOTE In cases where the Windows registry is
187. nstrumentation Service 79 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 6 2 shows the name value pairs you can use with this command Table 6 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 setting enable disable enable Enable the bezel removal intrusion check during system boot disable Disable the bezel removal i
188. ntrusion check during system boot attribute bootsequence _ setting diskettefirst hdonly Tells the BIOS which device is used to devicelist cdromfirst boot the 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 80 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 6 2 BIOS Setup continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute dbs attribute diskette attribute dualnic attribute fbr attribute ide attribute idepridrv attribute intrusion setting enable disable setting off auto writeprotect setting off onpxeboth onpxenone onpxenicl onpxenic2 setting 9600 19200 57600 115200 setting on off force true setting off auto setting enable disable 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
189. numeration is in progress may cause the system to hang e USB Node Detection Test Scans the USB bus enumerating all the USB devices connected to the USB controller being tested USB diagnostics enumerate the various kinds of USB controllers on the system board In addition to the on board USB controllers the package enumerates USB controller cards inserted in the PCI slot and any other USB devices connected to the ports of these USB controllers This test examines hot plugged and unplugged devices from the tested USB controller omdiag storage Use the omdiag storage commands to perform tests on your system s storage components such as the CD drive DVD drive diskette drive hard drive tape drive and SCSI or RAID controller omdiag storage Use the omdiag storage command to see a list of all storage components on the system omdiag storage cddvd Use the omdiag storage cddvd command to test CD and DVD drives The CD or DVD drive test runs several tests on a CD or DVD drive to make sure the drive is working properly This test determines how many CD or DVD drives are in your system and tests only those drives that support the appropriate CD or DVD media To run this test you must have a data CD or DVD such as a program CD or DVD or your system s recovery CD or DVD in the drive to be tested Standard music CDs are not suitable for testing F NOTE USB CD and DVD drives present at enumeration should not be disconnected atthe t
190. o 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 Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for rescanning all controllers on the system does not require that you specify a controller ID To do a global rescan of all controllers enter the following omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan F NOTE Global rescan is not supported on non RAID SCSI controllers You must reboot the system before Storage Management can see configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers Using the Storage Management Service
191. o pause a check consistency while it is in progress See the online help for more information 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 Using the Storage Management Service 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 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 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
192. og 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 102 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 6 17 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions continued Event Name Description event powersupply Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a failure value event powersupplywarn Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a warning value event processorwarn Sets actions when a processor probe detects a warning value event processorfail Sets actions when a processor probe detects a failure value event redundegrad Sets actions when a redundant component becomes inoperative resulting in less than full redundancy for that component event redunlost Sets actions when one or more redundant components become inoperative resulting in a lost or a no redundant components working condition for that component event tempwarn Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a warning value event tempfail Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a failure value event voltwarn Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a warning value event voltfail Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a failure value event watchdogasr Sets actions when a watchdog Automatic System Recovery ASR detects a value
193. olicy the controller initiates read ahead only if the two most recent read requests accessed sequential sectors of the disk If subsequent read requests access random sectors of the disk the controller reverts to no read ahead policy The controller continues to evaluate whether read requests are accessing sequential sectors of the disk and can initiate read ahead if necessary 68 omreport storage Using the Storage Reports e Write Cache Write policies specify whether the controller sends a write request completion signal as soon as the data is in the cache or after it has been written to disk The write policies are as follows Write Back Caching When using write back caching the controller sends a write request completion signal as soon as the data is in the controller cache but has not yet been written to disk Write back caching may provide improved performance since subsequent read requests can more quickly retrieve data from the controller cache than they could from the disk Write back caching also entails a data security risk however since a system failure could prevent the data from being written to disk even though the controller has sent a write request completion signal In this case data may be lost Other applications may also experience problems when taking actions that assume the data is available on the disk Write Through Caching When using write through caching the controller sends a write request completion
194. olling Command Output Display 175 Writing Command OutputtoaFile 175 Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output 177 GLOSSARY monena Ceara cena kd erie Sk kde dato ech ety Y 181 i Cage Ree none Se neat ne Ses Cee ote E TET 203 10 Contents Introduction Whether you are using the graphical user interface GUI or the command line interface CLI Server Administrator performs essential systems management tasks The reporting and viewing features allow retrieval of overall health status for systems on your network At the component level you can view information about 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 You can also run diagnostic tests on system components 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
195. 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 92 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 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 fan warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis fans index 0 warnthresh default You cannot default one value and set another In other words if you default the minimum warning threshold value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you prefer to specify values for the fan probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum and or maximum warning threshold values In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 0 The first command sets only the minimum threshold the second sets minimum and maximum thresholds omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 3 31 omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 3 32 maxwarnthresh 3 38 When you issue the
196. omponent GUI Acronym for graphical user interface h Abbreviation for hexadecimal A base 16 numbering 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 h 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 Instrumentation Package TM Hardware HMA Abbreviation for high memory area The first 64 KB of extended memory above 1 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 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 in the Windows NT and later Windows operating systems HTTPS Abbreviation for HyperText Transmission P
197. on 1 74 Updateable N A Name Primary Backplane Version oo 5540 1 Updateable N A Software Name Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Version 5 0 Service Pack 4 Build 2195 on x86 Updateable N A Name Dell Server Administrator Version 2 0 0 Updateable N A 64 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport storage Using the Storage Reports Use the omreport storage command to view information about enclosures volumes arrays and disks that are part of your storage system NOTE This chapter only documents commands that are available when Array Manager is installed See Using the Storage Management Service for information on using the omreport storage command when the enhanced Storage Management Service is installed See the Dell OpenM anage Server Administrator User s Guide for information on Array Manager and the enhanced Storage Management Service See the Dell OpenM anage Installation and Security User s Guide for installation information 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 f
198. on 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 where id is the controller number For example controller 0 Displays all batteries present on all controllers on the system Some controllers do not have batteries Displays the battery on the specified controller Using the Storage Management Service 127 omreport Connector Status Table 8 7 omreport Connector Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage connector Displays all connectors present on all controllers on the system controller id Displays the connector on the specified where id is the controller controller number For example controller 0 controller id Displays information for the specified whereid ie the controller connector on the controller number For example controller 0 connector id where id is the connector number For example connector 0 omreport Enclosure Status Table 8 8 omreport Enclosure Commands
199. on card connector Video adapters often include memory separate from RAM on the system board The amount of video memory 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 chipsin 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 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 at a specific graphics resolution you must install the appropriate video
200. onfig 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 for 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 array disks On some controllers you can also remove array disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller id vdisk id raid lt c rO rl1l rilc r5 rl1l0 gt size lt size gt adisk lt ADISK gt Example Syntax For example to reconfigure virtual disk 4 to a size of 800 MB use RAID 5 and array disks 0 through 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array 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 adisk 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 size 800m adisk 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 3 154 Using the Storage
201. onnector 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 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 pr
202. operties 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 e External Socket Name omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 51 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 a Level 1 or L1 L2 cache is the external cache in a system with an Intel Pentium processor and it is the second level of cache that is accessed The names L1 and L2 are not indicative of where the cache is physically located internal or external but describe which cache is accessed first L1 therefore internal Speed refers to the r
203. or assigned ID for the enclosure Asset Tag A label that specifies either manufacturer s information or in the case of a customer specified asset tag customer s information such as inventory number serial number and so on Service Tag An alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a storage device The report includes the following information for each physical disk in the array e e Status Status of the disk Name Name of the array disk If more than one array disk comprises a virtual disk the name may include the number of the array disk for example ArrayDisk0 0 ArrayDisk0 1 means the first and second array disks on virtual disk 0 State Current state of the array disk Type Type of disk such as SCSI Also indicates the port ID and LUN for the disk Product ID Vendor assigned ID for the physical disk Rev Revision number of the firmware on the array disk Vendor Manufacturer of the disk Capacity Amount of total storage space on the physical disk Unallocated Space Amount of usable storage space that is available If you want to see all disks that comprise a virtual disk use the virtual disk ID in the command For example to see all disks that make up a virtual disk with the ID of 47244640361 type the following command omreport storage arraydisks vdisk 47244640361 F NOTE You can find virtual disk and controller IDs by running the omreport storage arrays command
204. orage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage battery controller id to display the ID for the controller battery 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 Disk1 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 of specifying the virtual disk name If you omit this parameter from the syntax then a default name for the virtual disk is chosen for you The pipe symbol separates two or more options from which one only must be selected For example when creating a virtual disk the cachepolicy d c indicates that the cache policy must be specified as either cachepolicy d or cachepolicy c Using the Storage Management Service 125 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 omreport Storage Help The following table provides the omreport storage command syntax Table 8 3 omreport storage help
205. orage 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 Using the Storage Management Service 169 170 omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Tag Use the following omconfig command syntax to specify the enclosure s asset tag Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure In this syntax lt string gt is a user specified alphanumeric string Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers For example to specify the asset tag on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 to encl20 you would enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 2 assettag encl20 Example for SAS Controllers For example to specify the asset tag on enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 to encl20 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 2 3 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
206. ou to grant or withhold the right of Users and Power Users to access Server Administrator Table 6 15 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 15 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 100 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig system Use the omconfig system commands to clear logs determine how various shutdown actions occur set initial values or edit values for cost of ownership information and determine how to respond to a hung operating system omconfig system alertaction 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 tem
207. our 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 6 19 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 Table 6 19 Shutdown Action Shutdown Action Description alert disable Disables the SNMP alert alert enable Enables the SNMP alert to be sent action none Takes no action when the system is hung or has crashed action powercycle Turns the electrical power to the system off pauses turns the power on and reboots the system action poweroff Turns off the electrical power to the system action reboot Forces the operating system to shut down and initiates system startup performs BIOS checks and reloads the operating system Table 6 20 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 6 20 omconfig system platformevents Event Name Description alertsenable true false true Enables platform event filter alert generation false Disables platform e
208. ows the valid parameters for the command Table 7 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 111 Table 7 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 122101 The following message appears
209. p 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 beep code A diagnostic message in the form of a pattern of beeps from your computer s speaker For example one beep followed by a second beep and then a burst of three beeps is beep code 1 1 3 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 182 Glossary 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 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 war
210. pe a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info warranty lt name value pair 2 gt For example type 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 omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 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 Dell OpenManage Server Administrator commands the omreport and omconfig comma
211. peratures 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 101 Available Alert Actions Table 6 16 shows the alert actions for each component that allows you to configure an alert action Table 6 16 Alert Actions You Can Set for Warning and Failure Events Alert Action Setting Description beep true false alert true false broadcast true false clearall true defaultall true execappath execapp false true Enables your system s beep speaker When enabled the speaker on the system from which you are running Server Administrator beeps false Disable
212. ply that the controller is defective Instead failing this test means that the controller s configuration is not the same as the data from NVRAM Timer Test Tests the timer sequence of the RAID controller Any nonsupported timer sequence verifications result in a timer test failure Timer test failures cause the controller to be marked as failed LSI RAID Controller Battery Test Tests the voltage and temperature on the battery if one is present If this test fails and a battery is installed on your RAID controller replace the battery The test is nondestructive it does not write data to the storage devices managed by the controller Adaptec and LSI Array Disk Test Tests the hard drives on your system You can test hard drives attached to a system through a qualified Adaptec or LSI RAID controller and determine if the drives have failed This test verifies a drive s ability to respond to commands return diagnostic information and ensure data integrity across the entire hard drive surface Identify Connected Disks Ensures that the SCSI subsystem between the controller and the connected device is intact The Identify Connected Disk test is only available if the Adaptec and or LSI controller have devices connected to them NOTE The hard disk diagnostics are designed to run as a low priority background task to limit the effect on 1 0 Because of their low priority it is recommended that you limit hard disk activity while runnin
213. port chassis bme command lists each of the valid parameters Table 4 3 shows the available settings Table 4 3 omreport chassis bmc name value pair Description config advsol Reports advanced BMC information on a serial over local area network LAN connection 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 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 45 Table 4 3 omreport chassis bmc continued name value pair Description 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 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
214. pport Information To provide a value for a support parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info support lt name value pair 2 gt 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 120 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 7 10 shows the valid parameters for adding system information Table 7 10 omconfig system assetinfo info system Command Command Command name value name value pair 2 level 1 level 2 level 3 pair 1 omconfig system assetinfo info system location lt text gt primaryphone lt n gt primaryuser lt user gt Use Location of the system Phone number of the system s primary user 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 yvalue pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info system locatio
215. priority background task to limit the effect on 1 0 Because of their low priority it is recommended that you limit hard disk activity while running the diagnostics The diagnostics may run slowly or even stop while hard disk I O activity is running simultaneously omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 33 34 omdiag storage scsidevdiag Use the omdiag storage scsidevdiag command to test the SCSI controller connected hard drives and tape devices This test performs the following tests e SCSI Channel Communication Test Ensures that the SCSI subsystem between the controller and connected device is intact This test is only available if the controller has devices connected to it SCSI Disk Test Moves the hard drive heads continuously starting from the center of the disk and moving outward to the maximum track one track at a time until the entire disk is tested For a quick test this test moves the drive heads to several hundred random locations on the disk one track at a time Blink Disk Light Blinks the lights of a hard drive for 30 seconds to assist in locating the drive SCSI Tape Drive Tests Performs several tests on the SCSI tape drive which is connected to a SCSI controller channel using a SCSI cable The appropriate tape drive and SCSI controller drivers must be installed to enumerate the tape drive The following tests are performed on SCSI tape drives Tape Device Self Test Ensures that any media i
216. 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 176 Working With CLI Command Results Type omreport chassis fans index 0 outa fans txt Fans txt now reads as follows Index pTO Status OK Probe Name System Fan Reading 2380 Minimum Warning Threshold 600 Threshold 5700 Threshold 500 Maximum Warning Minimum Failure Maximum Failure Threshold 6000 Index 220 Status OK Probe Name System Fan Reading 3001 Minimum Warning Threshold 700 Maximum Warning Threshold 5500 Minimum Failure Threshold 500 Maximum Failure Threshold 6000 You can use a text editor to insert the time that each block of data was captured In comparing the two snapshots for fan probe 0 you can see that the second report shows several changes The reading of fan RPM has increased by 621 RPM but is still within normal range Someone has raised the minimum warning threshold by 200 RPM and has decreased the maximum warning threshold by 2000 RPM Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output You can specify a format for your CLI command results The format determines how the command output is displayed If the command results are directed to a file the format is captured by the file to which you write your command results
217. 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 might 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 4 4 shows the available settings Table 4 4 Fan Control Settings name value pair Description speed quiet Set fan speed for quiet operation speed maxcool Set fan speed for maximum cooling 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 46 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 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 Po
218. r 1 adisk 0 2 3 omconfig Remove Dead Segments Use the following omconfig command syntax to recover unusable disk space See the online help for more information Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action removedeadsegments controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to remove dead disk segments on array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To remove dead segments on the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action removedeadsegments controller 1 adisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To remove dead segments on the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action removedeadsegments controller 1 adisk O23 Using the Storage Management Service 163 omconfig Clear Array Disk Use the following omconfig command to clear data or a configuration from an array disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action clear controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk
219. r computer You can usually identify a parallel port on your computer by its 25 hole connector parameter 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 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
220. r 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 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 99 Table 6 14 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 6 14 SNMP Root Password Parameters name value pair Description setting rootpw Required oldpw lt oldpassword gt Enter the old SNMP root password newpw lt newpassword gt Sets the new SNMP root password confirmnewpw lt newpassword gt Confirms the new SNMP root password When you type omconfig 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 y
221. r small computer system interface An I O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports You can connect up to seven devices 15 for some newer SCSI types to one SCSI interface 196 Glossary SDMS Abbreviation for SCSI device management system sec Abbreviation for second s 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 Abar 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
222. r the command Table 6 9 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 identify flash off on Sets the chassis identification LED to off or on Set the time out value for the LED to time out lt n gt 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 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 between spare bank and mirroring Spare bank mode disables a bank of system memory in which a correctable memory event is detected enables the spare bank and copies all the data from the original bank to the spare bank Spare bank requires at
223. rage idedevdiag 2 00 000000 31 omdiag storage raidctrl 2 2 2 02 eee eee 31 omdiag storage sasdevdiag 2 22 20005 33 omdiag storage scsidevdiag 2 00 00005 34 omdiag system 2 2 2 ee 35 omdiag system 2 es 35 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 000 37 Conventions for Parameter Tables nnna ahaaa 37 omreport Command Summary naaa a 37 Help With the omreportCommand 41 omreportabout 0 00000 eee eee 41 omreportchassisCommands 000005 42 omreportchassis a sa ea e a a e d i a aa 42 omreport chassis acswitch ooo 00000 43 omreport chassis bios ooa aa eee ee eee 43 omreport chassis biossetup ooo a 44 omreport chassis bme oaoa 000000 eee eee 45 omreport chassis currents oaoa 0000222 46 omreport chassis fans oaaae ee eee ee eee 46 omreport chassis fancontrol oaoa aa 46 omreport chassis firmware aoaaa a 46 omreport chassis frontpanel ooo a 41 omreport chassis fru aoaaa a 41 omreport chassis info o oo a 41 omreport chassis intrusion oaoa 0002 eee 48 omreport chassis leds aoaaa eee tenes 49 omreport chassis memory oaa 200 49 omreportchassisnics oaoa aa eee eee ee eee 50 omreport chassis ports 0000 eee eee 50 omreport chassis processors 0 000 0002 eee 51 Content
224. re probe 3 to the default values enter omconfig storage enclosure action resettempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 index 3 Example for SAS Controllers In this example temperature probe 3 resides in enclosure 3 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 3 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 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 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax For example you may want to specify the minimum and maximum warning thresholds for all temperature probes to 10 and 40 degrees celsius Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example the temperature probes reside in the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To set the thresholds for all temperature probes to 10 and 40 degrees celsius enter omconfig storage enclosure action setalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 Example for SAS Controllers In this example the temperature probes reside i
225. red during system boot are displayed Table 4 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 Displays if the BIOS screen is redirected over a particular serial port or if it is turned off Diskette Displays whether the diskette is disabled auto enabled or read only Demand Based Power Displays whether DBS is enabled or disabled on the system Management DBS Dual NIC Displays whether NIC 1 and NIC 2 with PXE is enabled or disabled Console Redirection Failsafe Baud Displays the setting for console redirection failsafe baud rate Rate IDE Displays whether the drive is enabled or disabled IDE Primary Drive 0 Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled IDE Primary Drive 1 Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled Intrusion Displays whether the intrusion check is enabled or disabled during system boot Mouse Displays whether the mouse is enabled or disabled NIC and NIC 2 Displays whether the first and second NICs are enabled with or without PXE or disabled during system boot Numlock Displays whether the keypad can be used as number keys Parallel port address Displays whether the address is located on LPT1 LPT2 and LPT3 or if
226. rify that they are functional The storage controller test performs the following tests IDE Hard Disk Test Tests the hard drives on your system This test verifies a drive s ability to respond to commands return diagnostic information and ensure data integrity across the entire hard drive surface omdiag storage raidctrl Use the omdiag storage raidctrl command to validate normal operations of Adaptec and LSI RAID controllers and connected hard drives This command allows a user to test all RAID controllers and attached drives With more command options a specific controller and its connected hard drives may be tested e Adaptec RAID Controller Hardware Test Performs various tests to validate normal operations of Adaptec RAID controllers It allows a user to selectively test a specific controller The test retrieves and verifies the status information of the main components of the controller It performs basic and advanced operations to verify the working status of the controller The Adaptec Controller Hardware test performs the following tests Pause resume I O Test Verifies the Pause I O and Resume I O functions of the controller on all of the buses Device scan Test Verifies the status of devices attached to the controller This test takes a snapshot of the status of current attached devices rescans for all devices and then compares the status with the first snapshot reporting any changes NVRAM and bat
227. roadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetwork on chip CPU test Broadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetwork PHY Loop back test Broadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetworkMII registers test broadcom network diagnostic test 25 Broadcom modem AT command test omdiag chassis modem 24 Broadcom modem dialtone detection test omdiag chassis modem 24 Broadcom modem loopback test omdiag chassis modem 24 Broadcom modem test omdiag chassis modem 24 Broadcom network diagnostic test BRCMNetowrk ASF test 25 BRCMNetowrk LED test 25 BRCMNetwork control registers test 25 BRCMNetwork internal memory test 25 BRCMNetwork interrupt test 25 BRCMNetwork MAC loop back test 25 BRCMNetwork on chip CPU test 25 BRCMNetwork PHY Loop back test 25 omdiag chassis network 24 broadcom network diagnostic test BRCMNetwork EEPROM test 25 BRCMNetworkMII registers test 25 C cache policy parameters 140 cache properties omreport chassis processors 5 cancel background initialize omconfig 148 cancel check consistency omconfig 152 cancel clear array disk omconfig 164 cancel initialize disk omconfig 147 cancel rebuild array disk omconfig 162 CD drive diagnostics 29 cddvd 29 cdvformat omconfig preferences 98 change virtual disk policy omconfig 155 chassis omconfig 80 omdiag 22 chassis fault LED 95 chassis identification LED 95 chassis information su
228. roller 1 Syntax for Required Optional and Variable Command Elements The omreport and omconfig commands 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 adisk controller id to display the IDs for the array 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 enc
229. rotocol Secure HTTPS is a variant of HTTP used by Web browsers for handling secure transactions 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 Interface 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 inclu
230. rt Thermal Shutdown 132 omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown 133 omconfig Global Rescan Controller 00 133 omconfig ControllerCommands 04 134 omconfig Rescan Controller 2 0 2 0 00000 ee eae 135 omconfig Global Rescan Controller 00 135 omconfig Enable Controller Alarm 0000 135 omconfig Disable Controller Alarm 0000 136 omconfig Quiet ControllerAlarm 2 2 0 2 0000000 136 omconfig Test Controller Alarm 00000000 136 omconfig Reset Controller Configuration 137 omconfig Create Virtual Disk 2 00000000 137 omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate 141 omconfig Set Background Initialization Rate 142 omconfig Set Reconstruct Rate 00000 142 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate 142 omconfig Export the ControllerLog 0000 143 omconfig Import Foreign Configuration 4 143 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration 04 144 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode 000 144 omconfig Start PatrolRead 0 0 00 0 0 cease 144 omconfig Stop PatrolRead 2 0 00 000 eee 145 Contents omconfig Virtual Disk Commands 145 omconfig Blink Virtual Disk 2 22005 146 omconfig Unblink Virtual Disk 2005 146 omconfig I
231. rt system 63 timer test LSI RAID controller hardware test 32 U unassign dedicated hot spare omconfig 150 unassign global hot spare omconfig 161 unblink array disk omconfig 157 unmirror omconfig 149 USB node detection test omdiag chassis usbctrl 29 user access to Server Administrator administrators only 100 determining 100 least restrictive 100 most restrictive 100 power users and administrators only 100 useraccess omconfig preferences 100 V vdisk omconfig storage 145 omreport storage 132 version omreport system 64 viewing alert actions for specific components and events 56 viewing enclosure information with omreport storage 70 viewing properties for system temperature probes 53 viewing properties for system voltage probes 54 viewing properties of system power supplies 53 viewing properties of system slots 53 voltage warning thresholds 97 volts omconfig chassis 97 omreport chassis 54 volumes omreport storage 74 wW warranty adding 122 components 114 122 omconfig system 122 webserver omconfig system 108 starting and stopping 108 what s new 11 Windows command prompts CLI 11 write policy parameters 140 Index 215 216 Index
232. rtforeignconfig 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 Using the Storage Management Service 143 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to clear or delete all virtual disks that reside on array 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 cancel foreign configurations on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the patrol read mode for the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setpatrolreadmode controller id mode manual auto disable where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax 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
233. rver 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 over a peripheral component interconnect card the IRQ level is a standard way to identify the type of device that is sending the interrupt request 50 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 c
234. rwritten 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 Fan Reading gt 2380 Minimum Warning Threshold 600 Maximum Warning Threshold 5700 Minimum Failure Threshold 500 Maximum Failure Threshold 6000 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 20 Status OK Probe Name System Fan Reading gt 3001 Minimum Warning Threshold 700 Maximum Warning Threshold 5500 Minimum Failure Threshold 500 Maximum Failure Threshold 6000 You cannot refer to the previous command results to compare the earlier fan probe 0 output with the present output because in using the outc option you overwrote the fans txt file Append Command Results to an Existing File Use the outa option when you want to append new command results to data stored in a previously written file For example at 11 00 A M you capture fan probe RPM readings for fan
235. s omreport chassis pwrsupplies 2 2 55 53 omreport chassis slots 2 2 2 2 2 00000 eee eee eee 53 omreportchassistemps 0 0000002 e eee 53 omreport chassis volts 000002 eee eee 54 omreport system Commands 0 0 00 0000 54 OMreport Syst M sees v8 Be ae ea a Re ES AA ES Ye 54 Commands for ViewingLogs 0 00000 ee 55 omreport system alertaction ooo 55 omreport system assetinfo ooo 56 omreport system events oaao a 57 omreport system operatingsystem ooo 58 omreport system pedestinations o oo 58 omreport system platformevents o oo 59 omreport system recovery saaa a 59 omreport system shutdown sooo 00002 eee 59 omreport system SUMMAary aoaaa eee eee ee 60 omreport system thrmshutdown oaaae 63 omreport system version 2 a ee 64 omreport storage Using the Storage Reports 65 Conventions for Parameter Tables 004 65 omreport storage Command Summary 65 omreport storage Commands 2000000 66 omreport storage arraydisks 00 0000005 67 omreport storage arrays 2 ee 68 omreport storage enclosureinfo 2 55 70 omreport storage enclosures 2 a 71 omreport storage osdiskinfo o oo a 71 omreport storage osdisks 2 2 20 eee ee es 73 omreport storage volumes 1 2 0 eee ee 74 omconfig Managing
236. s Each is assigned a drive type number that is stored in NVRAM The hard drive s specified in your computer 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 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 186 Glossary 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 Support for hard drives with capacit
237. s data type Glossary 197 system board As the main circuit board the system board usually contains most of your 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 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 198 Glossary system ini file records which video mouse and keyboard drivers are in
238. s example you want to unassign array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a global hot spare On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unassign the array disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage adisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 adisk 0 3 assign no Example for SAS Controllers To unassign the array disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage adisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 assign no Using the Storage Management Service 161 162 omconfig Rebuild Array Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to rebuild a failed array 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 adisk action rebuild controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to rebuild array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers
239. s that make ArrayDisk0 e State Current state of the array disk e Controller Name of the RAID controller that controls the array disk omreport storage osdisks Use the omreport storage osdisks command to view information about all of your operating system disks The following information displays for each disk that contains operating system files ID Assigned ID number for the disk You can use this number in conjunction with the omreport storage osdiskinfo command to view information about a specific operating system disk See omreport storage osdiskinfo for more information e Status Status of the operating system disk e Name Name of the operating system disk e State Current state of the operating system disk e Type Type of disk such as SCSI Also indicates the port ID and LUN for the operating system disk Vendor Manufacturer of the disk e Unallocated Space Amount of usable storage space that is available You can view operating system disk information for a volume by entering the volume ID as part of the parameter For example omreport storage osdisks volume 60129542154 You obtain a volume s ID by running the omreport storage volumes command See omreport storage volumes for more information omreport storage Using the Storage Reports 73 74 omreport storage volumes Use the omreport storage volumes command to view information about the volumes on your storage syst
240. s your system s beep speaker 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 true Enables a message or alert to be broadcast to all users that have drives mapped to the system false Disables alert broadcasts Clears all actions for this event Sets all actions for this event to the default for events of this type 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 6 17 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 6 17 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions Event Name Description event currentwarn event currentfail event fanwarn event fanfail event hardwarelogwarn event hardwarelogfull event intrusion event memprefail event memfail 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 l
241. signal only after the data is written to the disk Write through caching provides better data security than write back caching since the system assumes the data is available only after it has been safely written to the disk Cache Policy Indicates whether read cache write cache or both are enabled for a specific disk The direct I O and cache I O cache policies apply to reads on a specific logical drive These settings do not affect the read ahead policy The cache I O and direct I O cache policies are as follows Cache I O Specifies that all reads are buffered in cache memory Direct I O default Specifies that reads are not buffered in cache memory When using direct I O data is transferred to the controller cache and the host system simultaneously during a read request If a subsequent read request requires data from the same data block it can be read directly from the controller cache The direct I O setting does not override the cache policy settings Layout RAID level for the array See your Array Manager documentation for more information about RAID levels Size Amount of storage on the disk in GB omreport storage Using the Storage Reports 69 omreport storage enclosureinfo Use the omreport storage enclosureinfo enclosure D command where ID is the ID number for the enclosure to view information about a single enclosure For example if the enclosure s ID is 447244640512 enter the following comman
242. sks that make up an operating system disk osdiskinfo provides the following information about the volumes that contain operating system disks Status Status of the volume Label Name of the volume State State of the volume e File System File system for the volume such as NTFS or FAT e Size Total space on the volume in GB e Free Space Space available for creating logical drives within an extended partition in GB The osdiskinfo command provides the following information about the virtual disk s that comprise the operating system disk e Status Status of the virtual disk Name Name of the virtual disk e State Current state of the virtual disk omreport storage Using the Storage Reports 71 72 Read Cache Read policies indicate whether or not the controller should read sequential sectors of the logical drive when seeking data The read policies are as follows Read Ahead When using read ahead policy the controller reads sequential sectors of the logical drive when seeking data Read ahead policy may improve system performance if the data is actually written to sequential sectors of the logical drive No Read Ahead Selecting no read ahead policy indicates that the controller should not use read ahead policy Adaptive Read Ahead When using adaptive read ahead policy the controller initiates read ahead only if the two most recent read requests accessed sequential s
243. spanlength 3 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 array disks In this example you specify four array disks These are array 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 adisk 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 array disk selection The omconfig command supplies default values for all other unspecified parameters omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the controller rebuild rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setrebuildrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Using the Storage
244. specified info fans enclosure where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 controller id enclosure id info fan index n Displays the specified fan 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 129 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 id info pwrsupplies where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 controller id enclosure id 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 Optional name value pairs and name value pair Use omreport storage enclosure controller id enclosure id info emms where id is the controller number and the enclosure number For example
245. stalled for Windows Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the system ini file On other 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 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 UpperT
246. ster Test Tests the parallel port registers using a write read strategy for example writing some data into the register reading the data of the same registry and verifying it against the data written data pattern walking bit The following registers are tested Standard Parallel Port SPP Registers Control Data and Status Port registers Extended Parallel Port EPP Registers Address and EPP Data Port registers Extended Capabilities Port ECP Register Extended Control Register ECR ECP Configuration Registers A and B cnfgA cnfgB e FIFO Test Configures the parallel port to the FIFO Test Mode It detects the FIFO s depth writes different data patterns to the FIFO and reads the patterns back from the FIFO If the data written and read are different the test sends out an appropriate result ECP Protocol Test ECP protocol includes a simple compression scheme maximum compression of 64 1 called Run Length Encoding consecutive repeated bytes are sent as a single byte with a repeat count This test configures the parallel port to FIFO Test Mode tests if the compression is supported and sends out an appropriate result F NOTE Turn off all connected external devices before running this diagnostic omdiag chassis pci Use the omdiag chassis pci command to test the PCI bus and check all PCI devices The PCI test includes the boards configuration test which checks for the presence of PCI capability and then sca
247. strumentation Service omreport chassis acswitch Use the omreport chassis acswitch command if your system has redundant power supplies 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 H Budd Number of devices required for full 2 2 redundancy Redundancy Mode Redundancy Configuration Input Source Line 1 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 for the Redundancy Status and Redundancy Mode fields 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 Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 43 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 4 2 displays the BIOS setup parameters that are available F NOTE Not all the parameters are displayed Only those BIOS setup properties that are configu
248. tal Subscriber Link DSL modem Currently a test is not provided for testing cable or DSL modems you can however test cable or DSL Internet connections To test an Internet connection that uses a cable or DSL modem you must use the network test NOTE Shut down all other programs before running this test If other programs use the modem the test does not run and you see Cannot Run in the Results window Modem Test Sends a series of AT command set commands to your modem to see if it is working The AT command set is a series of industry standard instructions for the modem to perform NOTE The correct modem drivers when required should be installed for the modem diagnostic tests to run and provide the best results For systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux in some cases the setserial command can be used to configure the modems without drivers The modem test performs the following tests Hayes Basic Command Test Uses the Hayes basic command set to exercise and diagnose the functionality of the modem The Hayes basic commands are written to the modem and the result codes are verified and displayed either textually or numerically Only important commands that are common across different modems are used during this test Hayes Extended Command Test Uses the extended command group of the Hayes command set to exercise and diagnose the functionality of the modem The Hayes extended commands are written to the modem
249. tatus Using the Instrumentation Service The system summary hardware information includes data values for installed components of the following types that are present in your system System Attributes e e Host name System location Main System Chassis Chassis e Chassis model Chassis service tag Chassis lock Chassis asset tag Processor The following are listed for each processor in the system e Processor manufacturer Processor family Processor version Current speed Maximum speed External clock speed Voltage omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 61 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 e Manufacturer e BIOS version e Release date e BIOS firmware information e Name e BIOS firmware version Firmware Name e Version 62 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Network Interface Card The following details are listed for each NIC in the system e JP address Subnet mask e Default gateway e MAC address Storage Enclosures The following details are liste
250. tatus 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 Working With CLI Command Results 179 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 180 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 A switch 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 input access Refers to the actions a user can take on a variable value Examples include read only and read write adap
251. te Packages for Microsoft 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 the 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 Message BIOS setup configured successfully Command omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration 6 Message Asset information set successfully Introduction 13 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
252. tem Status Using the Instrumentation Service 57 Table 4 5 System Events by Component Type continued name value pair Description 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 example output Settings Enable gt 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 a platform event have been sent Depending on the number of destinations displayed you can configure a separate IP address for each destination address Type omreport system pedestinations 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 4 6 shows the available settings 58 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 6 omreport system pedestinations Output Attributes Description Destination List Destination Number Des
253. tency 152 prepare to remove array disk 157 quiet controller alarm 136 rebuild array disk 162 recondition battery 165 reconfiguring virtual disks 154 remove dead segments 163 rename virtual disk 155 rescan connector 167 rescan controller 135 reset controller configuration 137 reset temperature probe thresholds 172 173 restore dead segments 148 resume check consistency 153 set controller rebuild rate 141 set enclosure asset name 170 set enclosure asset tag 170 set temperature probe thresholds 171 split mirror 149 system 101 test controller alarm 136 unassign dedicated hot spare 150 unassign global hot spare 161 unblink array disk 157 unblink virtual disk 146 unmirror 149 omconfig about details true 79 omconfig array disk commands 156 omconfig battery commands 165 omconfig channel commands 167 omcontfig chassis 80 80 biossetup 80 bmc 85 currents 91 fancontrol 93 fans 92 frontpanel 94 info 94 leds 95 memorymode 95 temps 96 volts 97 omconfig chassis biossetup name value pairs 80 omconfig chassis bmc name value pair 85 omconfig chassis currents name value pairs 91 omconfig chassis fancontrol name value pairs parameters 93 omconfig chassis fans name value pairs parameters 92 omconfig chassis frontpanel name value pair parameters 94 omcontfig chassis info name value pair parameters 94 omconfig chassis leds name value pairs paramet
254. ter 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 becoming 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 information about a manageable component Attributes can be combined to form groups If an attribute is defined
255. tery test Test Checks for the existence of a nonvolatile random access memory NVRAM and a battery module If an NVRAM and a battery are present the test verifies the normal operation of these modules Global cache Test Retrieves the global cache parameters and verifies the normal operation of this function omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 31 32 You must stop an application that reserves the RAID controller before you attempt to run the Adaptec RAID controller diagnostic test or the hard disk diagnostic test If you do not the diagnostic reports a failure with the following message An application or service that manipulates RAID such as Array Manager FAST or PERC Console has reserved the controller and must be stopped before running this test S the Server Administrator online context sensitive help or the Server Administrator CLI User s Guide for more information NOTE To stop the Array Manager service on a system running Microsoft Windows go to the Control Panel select Services right click the Disk Management Service and select Stop To stop FAST or the PERC Console exit the application LSI RAID Controller Hardware Test Consists of two parts Configuration Test Tests and verifies the format and content of the configuration data and compares it to the actual configuration for any discrepancies Any format violations and configuration mismatches are reported Failing this test does not im
256. tformevents 5 105 omconfig system events 20000 0 eee 107 omconfig system webserver 22 00 2000 00s 108 omconfig systemrecovery 2 02000e 2 eee 109 omconfig system shutdown 2 2020005 109 omconfig system thrmshutdown 2005 110 omconfig system assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 0 00005 111 omconfig System Asset Info Overview 111 User Level Required for Adding Asset Information 111 Adding Acquisition Information 111 Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information 112 Contents Adding Depreciation Information 113 Example Commands for Adding Depreciation Information 113 Adding Extended Warranty Information 114 Example Command for Adding Extended Warranty Information 114 Adding Lease Information 0000000 115 Example Command for Adding Lease Information 115 Adding Maintenance Information 116 Example Command for Adding Maintenance Information 116 Adding Outsource Information 2000 117 Example Command for Adding Outsource Information 117 Adding Owner Information 0 200005 118 Example Command for Adding Owner Information 118 Adding Service Contract Information
257. the Storage Management Service 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 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 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 3 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 st
258. the valid parameters for the command Table 6 8 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 94 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 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 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 drive Table 6 9 shows the valid parameters fo
259. threshold value you are also selecting the 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 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 for Voltage Warning Thresholds Table 6 12 shows the valid parameters for setting voltage warning thresholds F NOTE Settable thresholds vary from one system configuration to another Table 6 12 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 warning threshold 3 decimal places maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warni
260. tination Destination IP Address 101 102 103 104 Destination Number Destination 2 Destination IP Address 110 120 130 140 Destination Number Destination 3 Destination IP Address 201 202 203 204 Destination Number Destination 4 Destination IP Address 210 211 212 213 Destination Configuration Settings attribute communitystring destination 1 Displays the first destination 101 102 103 104 IP address of the first destination destination 2 Displays the second destination 110 120 130 140 IP address of the second destination destination 3 Displays the third destination 201 202 203 204 IP address of the third destination destination 4 Displays the fourth destination 210 211 212 213 IP address of the fourth destination 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 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 sh
261. tion of an object that can have more than one condition For example an object may be in the not ready 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 it
262. torage 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 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 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 IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Using the Storage Managem
263. troller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to assign array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a global hot spare On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Using the Storage Management Service Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To assign the array disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage adisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 adisk 0 3 assign yes Example for SAS Controllers To assign the array disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage adisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 adisk 0 2 3 assign yes omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign an array disk as a global hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action assignglobalhotspare controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt assign no where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In thi
264. ts that arise when installing new peripheral devices MCA is not compatible with either EISA 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 MIB Acronym for management information base MIB is used to send detailed status ecommands 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 Glossary 191 MIF Acronym for management information format A MIF file contains information status and links to component instrumentation MIF files
265. ty seek test 31 funnel seek test 30 linear seek test 30 read write test 31 omdiag storage idedevdiag 31 omdiag storage raidctrl 31 Adaptec and LSI array disk test 32 Adaptec and LSI blink disk light 33 Adaptec RAID controller hardware test 31 identify connected disks 32 LSI RAID controller battery test 32 LSI RAID controller hardware test 32 omdiag storage scsidevdiag 34 blink disk light 34 SCSI channel communication test 34 SCSI tape drive tests 34 SCSI tape library changer tests 35 SCSldisk test 34 omdiag system 35 omhelp 12 17 omreport 41 about 41 array disk status 131 battery status 127 chassis 42 command levels 1 2 3 38 command summary 37 connector status 128 controller status 127 EMM status 130 enclosure status 128 fan status 129 getting help 41 global information 127 power supply status 130 storage 65 system 54 temperature probe status 129 virtual disk status 132 omreport chassis acswitch 43 bios 43 biossetup 44 45 currents 46 fancontrol 46 fans 46 firmware 46 frontpanel 47 fru 47 info 47 intrusion 48 leds 49 memory 9 nics 50 ports 50 processors 5 pwrsupplies 53 slots 53 temps 53 volts 54 omreport chassis bmc name value pairs parameters 45 omreport chassis fancontrol name value pairs parameters 46 omreport chassis ports base I O address 50 connector type 51 external name 50 IRQ level
266. ure Virtual Disk The following sections indicate how to specify the omconfig storage controller action createvdisk parameters controller id Parameter Required raid lt c r0 rl rlc r5 110 r50 gt Parameter Required size lt number max min gt Parameter Required adisk 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 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 r5 110 150 gt parameter to specify concatenation or a 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 RA
267. utdown actions for your system If properties for shutdown are configured executing this command displays them omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 59 60 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 Version Description Contains Operating System Name Version System Time System Bootup Time Server Administrator 2 X X Systems Management Instrumentation Se Software rvice 5 x x Storage Management Diagnostic Service Service 3 x x Io KK 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 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 3 Build 2XXX Fri Sep 20 18 02 52 2XXX Wed Sep 18 18 37 58 2XXX omreport Viewing System S
268. vent filter alert generation NOTE This setting is independent of the individual platform event filter alert settings For a platform event filter to generate an alert both the individual alert and the global event alert must be enabled event discretevol Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a discrete voltage probe detects that the voltage is too low for proper operation event fanfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a fan probe detects that the fan is running too slow or not at all event hardwarelogfail Enables disables alert generation when a hardware log detects a failure value omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 105 106 Table 6 20 omconfig system platformevents continued Event Name Description event intrusion event powerwarn event powerfail event processorwam event processorfail event redundegrad event redunlost event tempwam event tempfail event voltfail event watchdogasr 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 power device probe detects that the power supply voltage regulator module or DC to DC converter has failed Sets actio
269. wer 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 systems 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 only through the Server Administrator CLI 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 47 Depending on your configuration output may resemble the following example Index 2 0 Chassis Name Main System Chassis Host Name everglades Baseboard Management Controller 1 80 Version Primary Backplane Version so 0d Sensor Data Record Version SDR Version 0 33 Chassis Model PowerEdge 1750 Chassis Lock Present Ch
270. wing omconfig command syntax to offline an array disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action offline controller id adisk connectorID targetID where id is the controller ID and connectorID targetID is the connector number and array disk number as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax For example to offline array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 enter omconfig storage adisk action offline controller 1 adisk 0 3 omconfig Offline Array Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to offline an array disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage adisk action offline controller id adisk lt ADISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ADISK gt variable specifies the array disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage adisk controller ID to display the IDs for the array disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to offline array disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the array disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To offline the array disk described in this example enter omconfig storage adisk action offline controller 1 adisk 0 3
271. work 24 global cache test Adaptec RAID controller hardware test 31 globalinfo omconfig storage 132 omreport storage 127 Hayes basic command test omdiag chassis modem 23 Hayes extended command test omdiag chassis modem 23 help levels of 18 hot spare 150 identify connected disks omdiag storage raidctrl 32 import foreign configuration omcontig 143 in band access test omdiag chassis rac 28 index omreport chassis slots 53 info omconfig chassis 94 omreport chassis 7 initialize array disk omconfig 158 initialize virtual disk omconfig 147 internal loopback test omdiag chassis serialport 28 interrupt test omdiag chassis serialport 28 introduction 11 intrusion omreport chassis 8 IP address alert destinations 104 IRQ level omreport chassis ports 50 Index 207 L lease information 115 leds omconfig chassis 95 omreport chassis 9 levels of help for a CLI command 18 linear seek test omdiag storage floppy 30 LSI RAID controller battery test omdiag storage raidctrl 32 LSI RAID controller hardware test configuration test 32 timer test 32 maintenance information 116 adding 116 manufacturer omreport chassis processors 5 l maximum speed omreport chassis ports 51 maximum warning threshold 92 97 memory arrays 39 62 omdiag chassis 23 omreport chassis 9 memory diagnostics 23 y 8 208 Index memorymode omconfig chassis 95 minimum warning
272. xample output from the omdiag about command Product name Version Copyright Company Server Administrator CS ae Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2005 All rights reserved Dell Inc omdiag Using the Diagnostic Service 21 omdiag about details true Use the omdiag about details true command to see information about all of the Server Administrator programs that are installed The following is example output from the omdiag about details true command omdiag chassis Product name Version Copyright Company Contains Server Administrator DBO Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2005 All rights reserved Dell Inc Instrumentation Service 5 x x Storage Management Service 3 x x Diagnostic Service 3 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 1 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 2 x x Use the omdiag chassis commands to perform tests on nonstorage components of a system such as the memory NICs PCI and ports F NOTE When you issue CLI commands to a server module in a modular system chassis refers only to the server module omdiag chassis Use the omdiag chassis command to see a list of all chassis components on the system omdiag chassis cmos Use the omdiag chassis cmos command to test the system configuration information in the CMOS settings T
273. xample valid commands 103 setting 101 setting events 102 alertaction omconfig system 101 omreport system 55 alertlog clearing logs 104 omconfig system 17 76 omreport system 55 array disks in each stripe 141 Array Manager 32 37 65 arraydisks omreport storage 66 67 arrays memory 39 62 omreport storage 66 68 assetinfo acquisition 56 omreport system 56 assign dedicated hot spare omconfig 150 assign global hot spare omconfig 160 available alert actions 102 background initialization rate omconfig 142 base I O address omreport chassis ports 50 battery ID 125 omconfig storage 165 omreport storage 127 128 recondition 165 status 127 tests 31 32 Index 203 baud rate test omdiag chassis serialport 28 bios omreport chassis 43 biossetup omconfig chassis 80 omreport chassis 44 blink omconfig 174 blink array disk omconfig 156 blink disk light omdiag storage scsidevdiag 34 bmc omconfig chassis 85 omreport chassis 45 BRCMNetwork ASF test Broadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetwork control registers test Broadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetwork EEPROM test broadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetwork internal memory test Broadcom network diagnostic test 25 204 Index BRCMNetwork interrupt test Broadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetwork LED test Broadcom network diagnostic test 25 BRCMNetwork MAC loop back test B
274. y code which is a number derived from and stored or transmitted with a block of data in 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

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