HP Insight Control for Linux 6.1 Release Notes

3. Modify the AutoYaST file you will be using for the installation by adding a line similar to
the following after the line with the %%agentinstall%% statement:
wget 192.0.2.1:60000/hosts.txt -O /etc/hosts
In place of 192.0.2.1:60000, substitute the actual IP address of your CMS and the
repository web server port.
This entry automatically copies your master /etc/hosts file from the CMS as part of the
installation procedure.
2.3 ProLiant DL100 G5 Series Notes
The notes in this section apply to ProLiant DL100 G5 series servers such as the DL160, DL165,
DL180, and DL185.
2.3.1 Bare metal discovery fails on ProLiant DL100 G5 series servers with BMC
firmware <3.11
NOTE: This release note applies only to DL100 G5 series servers with baseboard management
controller (BMC) firmware earlier than version 3.11.
DL100 G5 series servers with BMC firmware 3.11 and later do not exhibit this behavior.
Older versions of the baseboard management controller (BMC) firmware (versions earlier than
Version 3.10) for the ProLiant DL100 series G5 servers can cause the bare metal discovery process
to fail or the association to be lost between the server and its management processor.
The UUID of the server and the UUID of the BMC are used to form an association in SIM. A
known issue exists where the format of the BMC's UUID can change based on the version of
BMC firmware installed on the server. During bare metal discovery, an attempt is made to fetch
the UUID of the BMC from the management processor. If the server's management processor is
on a private network and unreachable from the server, the discovery code must be informed of
the format of the BMC's UUID.
Corrective action: HP recommends upgrading your BIOS firmware.
If you either do not want or are not able to upgrade firmware, HP recommends this alternative
action. Follow these steps to describe the BMC's UUID format to the bare metal discovery
operation:
IMPORTANT: Perform this corrective action only if the server cannot access the server's BMC's
network.
1. Create a new directory called uuidformat in the /var/lib/systemimager/scripts
directory:
# mkdir /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/uuidformat
2. In the new uuidformat directory, use a text editor to create a file, and name the file with
the host name of the server or default. During an Insight Control for Linux bare metal
discovery, if this directory is present, the Insight Control for Linux UUID calculating code
looks first for a file matching the host name of the node and then it looks for a file named
default.
This example uses the vi text editor to create a file named default:
# cd /var/lib/systemimager/scripts/uuidformat
# vi default
10 Notes and corrective actions