HP Insight Management Agents 8.40 Managing ProLiant Servers with Linux HOW TO Whitepaper

Managing ProLiant Servers with Linux – HOWTO v8.40

Lights-Out User Guide located at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/manage/ilo-description.html

• When updating enclosure management controllers in more than one enclosure, the new image must be

transmitted twice (first to the local enclosure and second to the remote enclosures using broadcast

mode). The update process can take 10 minutes or more. The update process notifies the user if the

update succeeded or failed.

• The reflash operation consumes all bandwidth of the bus connecting the management controllers.

Consequently, other software components, such as the ProLiant Rack Agent might not report up-to-date

information during the flash upgrade.

1-3 HP OpenIPMI Driver (hp-OpenIPMI)

The hp-OpenIPMI device driver is a derivative work of the IPMI device driver that ships with the standard

Linux kernel. This driver has been enhanced to include bug fixes in addition to supporting a PCI Base

Management Controller (BMC), such as the one provided by the HP Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2)

management controller. The file /opt/hp/hp-OpenIPMI/IPMI.txt is also a derivative of the

Documentation/IPMI.txt file included with the standard Linux kernel. This file has been enhanced to

document the additional parameters that can be passed to the ipmi_si.ko driver. The hp-OpenIPMI device

driver enhancements are expected to be incorporated into the OpenIPMI device driver

(

http://openipmi.sourceforge.net/) and subsequently, the standard Linux kernel. This driver can be used

with other applications in addition to the HP Advanced System Management XL (hpasmxl) application.

1-4 HP ProLiant Channel Interface Device Driver for

iLO/iLO2/iLO3 (hp-ilo)

The HP ProLiant Channel Interface Device Driver for iLO/iLO2/iLO3 (hp-ilo) enables iLO data collection

and integration with the ProLiant Management Agents and the rack infrastructure interface service. The

driver enables communication routing of SNMP traffic from the ProLiant Management Agents through the

dedicated iLO management NIC.

For documentation on Integrated Lights-out which is supported by the iLO management interface driver, visit

http://h8013.www1.hp.com/produts/servers/management/ilo2.

See the QuickSpecs for each product to determine the servers and the Operating Systems supported.

1-5 HP System Management Homepage (hpsmh)

The HP System Management Homepage is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single

system management for HP servers running Linux operating systems. The System Management Homepage

aggregates and displays data from Web Agents and other HP Web-enabled System Management Software

that includes HP Insight Diagnostics, the Array Configuration Utility, and the HP Software Version Control

Agents. The System Management Homepage enables IT administrators to view in-depth hardware

configuration and status data, performance metrics, system thresholds, diagnostics, and software version

control information using a single intuitive interface. Additional information about Insight Management

Agents is available at

http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/agents/index.html.

Customers without automatic monitoring tools can view status information for servers that have the HP