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How the OnBoard Manages Communications With Devices
352 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
Custom scripts can also be deployed for the following purposes:
• To handle changes in service processor firmware on a supported service
processor type
• To provide some limited functionality with other types of devices,
including Sun ALOM, ILOM, and RSC, and IBM BladeCenter and
RILOe
• To provide access to new service processor types
Assigning a Command Template to a New Device
When configuring a new device, the OnBoard administrator should not assign
a command template when the device is either of the following two types of
devices:
• Any IPMI-type device (IPMI devices are managed using ipmitool
commands)
• Any device being configured only for Native IP access
When adding any other kind of new device, the OnBoard administrator needs
to do the following:
• Find out if the new device and its firmware have been tested and proven to
work with the applicable default command template.
• Read any application notes that relate to that type of device.
• If the new device is running untested firmware, test whether the firmware
is compatible with the applicable default command template.
• If communications cannot be established with the new device using the
default command template, use the onbdtemplate utility to create and
test a new command template, after making any needed changes to the
commands that manage communications between the device and the
OnBoard.
• If a new template cannot be made to work, create a custom Expect script
to handle the device’s requirements.
See “To Find Out if An Existing Command Template Works With a New
Device” on page 353” for how to perform the above-listed steps.