Managing ProLiant servers with Linux HOWTO

Abstract

This HOWTO provides instructions to help system administrators install, upgrade, and remove Version

8.1.0 (or later) of the following HP Linux management software:

• HP System Health Application and Command Line Utilities (hp-health)

• Insight Management SNMP Agents for HP ProLiant Systems (hp-snmp-agents)

• HP OpenIPMI Device Driver (hp-OpenIPMI)

• HP ProLiant Channel Interface Device Driver for iLO/iLO 2 (hp-ilo)

• The HP System Management Homepage (hpsmh)

• HP System Management Homepage Templates for Linux (hp-smh-templates)

This HOWTO also provides reference links to installation instructions for HP Systems Insight Manager

and HP ProLiant Essentials Rapid Deployment Pack.

The HP ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) is a set of bundled software components for maintaining and

deploying software on HP ProLiant servers and is available for download from

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/psp/index.html. For installing the complete

set of Linux software drivers and management agents, see the appropriate PSP for Linux.

1 Software architecture

This section describes the features and architecture of the following systems:

• HP System Health Application and Command Line Utilities (hp-health)

• Insight Management SNMP Agents for HP ProLiant Systems (hp-snmp-agents)

• HP System Management Homepage (hpsmh)

• Descriptions for HP management consoles for Linux

1-1 System Health Application and Command Line Utilities (hp-health)

The System Health Application and Command Line Utilities (hp-health) package collects and monitors

important operational data on ProLiant servers. Contained within the hp-health package are the

following components:

• Health Monitor

• HP Integrated Management Logging (IML) utility (hplog)

• HP Unique Identifier utility (hpuid)

• HP ProLiant Boot Configuration Utility (hpbootcfg)

• HP Management Command Line Interface (hpasmcli)

ProLiant servers are equipped with hardware sensors and firmware to monitor certain abnormal

conditions, such as temperature readings, fan failures, error correction coding (ECC) memory errors,

and so on. The Health Monitor monitors these conditions and reports them to the administrator by

printing messages on the console (preserved in /var/log/messages). The Health Monitor also logs the

conditions to the ProLiant Integrated Management Log (IML). The IML is dedicated, Non-Volatile RAM

(NVRAM) that can be viewed and maintained by the hplog application or iLO web interface.

ProLiant servers contain an Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) controller that, with optional software, allows

secure remote management of the server including IML management and graphical remote console.

The System Health Application and Command Line Utilities (hp-health) package works with the HP

ProLiant Channel Interface Device Driver for iLO/iLO 2

(hp-ilo) package to provide secure remote

management of the server including IML management and graphical remote console.