Extending ICE-Linux Monitoring

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Primary focus: Configuration of HP ProLiant DL100 Servers running Linux and IPMI

For ICE-Linux Version 2.00 only

White Paper

Abstract.............................................................................................................................................. 2

ICE-Linux Overview .............................................................................................................................. 2

Nagios ........................................................................................................................................... 2

Collection through a Management Processor.......................................................................................4

Collecting Metrics through OS agents................................................................................................. 4

Syslog Collection ............................................................................................................................. 4

Procedure for Monitoring Other Linux platforms....................................................................................... 4

Step 1: Discover Systems in HP SIM ................................................................................................... 4

Step 2: Establish SSH Keys and Deploy Management Agents................................................................ 5

Configuring Agends and HP SIM SSH Keys..................................................................................... 5

Deploying ICE-Linux Management Agents ....................................................................................... 5

Step 3: Verify ipmitool Connectivity and Credentials ............................................................................6

Step 4: Adding Management Processor Credentials to HP SIM.............................................................. 7

Step 5: Assign ICE-Linux License to Host ............................................................................................. 7

Step 6: Update ICE-Linux Management Services .................................................................................. 7

Step 7: Run the addbmc Utility........................................................................................................... 7

Step 8: Resynchronize Management Data...........................................................................................8

Step 9: Update Menu Option ............................................................................................................ 8

Customization ................................................................................................................................... 10

Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 11

For more information.......................................................................................................................... 12

Summary of content (12 pages)

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Extending ICE-Linux Monitoring Primary focus: Configuration of HP ProLiant DL100 Servers running Linux and IPMI For ICE-Linux Version 2.00 only White Paper Abstract.............................................................................................................................................. 2 ICE-Linux Overview .............................................................................................................................. 2 Nagios ...............................................
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Abstract This paper provides an overview of techniques for extending the ICE-Linux monitoring for unsupported hardware and software environments. The primary focus is the configuration of the HP ProLiant DL100 series servers running Linux® and supporting the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), but any platform with compatible hardware and software is a possible candidate. This paper assumes you are already familiar with the ICE-Linux product’s monitoring configuration and features.
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Figure 1. Typical Nagios Display The specific services from the above screen capture are defined in this table: Service Environment Load Average Nodeinfo Syslog Alerts System Event log System Free Space Configuration Description Per-node temperature, fan, power supply, and other sensor information supplied by the platform. Per-node the load averages. Load averages are displayed for the 1, 5, and 15 minute intervals.
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Collection through a Management Processor ICE-Linux supports management processors using both iLO and IPMI protocols for gathering sensor and system event log information. To access a system’s management processor, credentials need to be configured in SIM. The Environment and System Event Log (SEL) services access the management processor to gather sensor and SEL information.
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Figure 2. Discovering the demos Server The above example shows the results of discovering the DL145 system named demos and its IPMI interface, demos-cp. Note that the demos-cp entry does not have a Product or OS name because HP SIM does not recognize this system as an IPMI interface. Step 2: Establish SSH Keys and Deploy Management Agents You need to configure the system to be managed by HP SIM before proceeding.
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3. When processing is complete, select the Tasks & Logs→View Task Results menu item to review the log files to determine if the operation was successful. 4. Click the Stdout and Stderr tabs on the tasks results screen to see more information. The operation is successful if the exit code is 0 (zero): Status: Complete Exit code: 0 Step 3: Verify ipmitool Connectivity and Credentials Before you can configure the BMC, you need to determine the version and IP address of your IPMI based LAN device.
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Step 4: Adding Management Processor Credentials to HP SIM After the IPMI username and password are established, you need to add the credential information into the HP SIM node security store: # mxnodesecurity -a -p icelx_mp_svc_acc -c USERNAME:PASSWORD \ -n demos-cp.example.com Credential added for node: "demos-cp.example.com" Where USERNAME is your selected username, typically admin, and PASSWORD is your chosen password.
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ICELX Name |Host IP |Host Name |FQ Host Name |MP IP |MP Type ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------icelx1 |xx.xx.xx.46 |demos |demos.example.com |demos-cp.example.com |dl1v3 icelx2 |xx.xx.xx.32 |saturn |saturn.example.com |xx.xx.xx.33 |ILO icelx3 |xx.xx.xx.28 |jupiter |jupiter.example.com |xx.xx.xx.29 |ILO2 icelx4 |xx.xx.xx.36 |uranus |uranus.example.com |xx.xx.xx.
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The file will look similar to the following, but not exactly: PAGE 10
Now any administrator who reconfigures ICE-Linux also updates the IPMI related information automatically. Customization ICE-Linux supports a wide variety of configuration options. Many of these options can be controlled from the file nagios_vars.ini file. This file contains system-specific customizations, such as thresholds, system settings, and other configuration information. The nagios_vars.ini file is located in /opt/hptc/nagios/etc/nagios_vars.ini.
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be applied to. In the example below, nodes are set using some predefined macro values, which will expand to each node defined in the ICE-Linux monitoring collection, for example, nodes=icelx[14] or nodes=icelx1,icelx2,icelx3,icelx4 (either format is acceptable). Variables in this section will override any previously defined variables for the same nodes in previous sections. There are many variables used by the various plug-ins and commands of ICE-Linux.
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For more information www.hp.com/go/ice-linux www.nagios.org (Nagios) oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool (RRDtool) supermon.sourceforge.net (Supermon) www.balabit.com/products/syslog_ng (Syslog_ng) © 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.