Extending ICE-Linux Monitoring

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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. Note that this step is unnecessary if the username and password are the same as the
global iLO username and passwords provided in the Configure→Management
Processor→Credentials screen. The tag icelx_mp_svc_acc is a system constant that ICE-Linux uses
to retrieve login credentials for the management processor, in this case, the IPMI over LAN device.
Step 5: Assign ICE-Linux License to Host
ICE-Linux requires a license for each system to be managed. The license is typically assigned during
deployment, but can also be assigned directly using the Deploy License Manager menu entry.
Step 6: Update ICE-Linux Management Services
Add demos.example.com to the icelx_Servers monitoring collection and rerun
Options→Configure ICE-Linux Management Services. When this operation completes, you should see
something similar to the following output of the shownode info command:
# shownode info
ICELX Name |Host IP |Host Name |FQ Host Name |MP IP |MP Type
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
icelx1 |xx.xx.xx.46 |demos |demos.example.com |Unknown |Unknown
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.37 |ILO2
Step 7: Run the addbmc Utility
The ICE-Linux addbmc command allows an association to be made between a system and its IPMI
based management processor. This can be done from an input file or by providing the necessary
information on the command line. The information required is the ICE-Linux (simple) node name, the
name or the IP of the management processor, and the IPMI protocol version (v1 or v2). You can
determine the simple node name with the shownode info command as demonstrated here:
# addbmc --help
addbmc [--help] [--file filelist] [[simplename sim-cp-name type] ... ]
--help
--file filelist An input filelist in the following
format: simplename sim-cp-name type
simplename Simple nodename (see shownode info)
sim-cp-name Name of BMC port as known to SIM (mxnode -ld sim-cp-name)
type v1 or v2 or lan or lanplus
where type is:
v1 = ipmi V1 protocol (ipmitool -I lan)
v2 = ipmi V2 protocol (ipmitool -I lanplus)
# addbmc icelx1 demos-cp.example.com v2
# shownode info