HP Integrity Servers with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems HP Networking Utilities User's Guide HP Part Number: 5992-0902 Published: September 2007
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Table of Contents 1 Replicate Agent Settings tool.........................................................................................9 Introduction............................................................................................................................................9 Overview of NICs...................................................................................................................................9 Using HP SIM.........................................................
List of Figures 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 All Systems window .....................................................................................................................10 Step 1: Verify Target Systems window .........................................................................................10 Step 2: Choose Source System window ........................................................................................11 Step 3: Choose Source Configuration Settings window ............................
List of Tables 1-1 2-1 3-1 Status information messages.........................................................................................................13 SetLACState command line arguments........................................................................................15 cqniccmd command-line arguments.............................................................................................
1 Replicate Agent Settings tool Introduction The HP Network Configuration Utility (NCU) enables configuration of network adapters and teams of network adapters installed on an HP Integrity server. To better support server management, the NCU has been enhanced using the Replicate Agent Settings tool of HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM).
If no teams are configured on the source server, no teaming information is transferred, and configuration of the target system consists of configuring individual NICs only. Using HP SIM To replicate network configuration settings from source server to target server, complete the following steps: 1. From the HP SIM home page, select All Systems to display all servers in the All Systems window Figure 1-1. Figure 1-1 All Systems window 2. 3. Select the desired target systems from the list.
Figure 1-3 Step 2: Choose Source System window Using HP SIM 11
5. Select the specific server with a configured network to replicate on the target servers (the Web Agent that supports network configuration is labeled HP Network Configuration Utility). 6. Click Next. The Step 3: Choose Source Configuration Settings page appears Figure 1-4. Figure 1-4 Step 3: Choose Source Configuration Settings window 7. Expand the HP Network Configuration Utility tree to view the networking components that can be replicated. These components are located under Networking Properties.
9. Select one of the following options to execute the task: • • • Click Schedule to specify when the task will run. For more information, see the “Scheduling a Task” section in the HP SIM online help file. Click Run Now to run the task immediately. The Task Results page appears. See the “Task Results List” section in the HP SIM online help file for more information. Click Prev to return to the previous page.
2 SetLACState Utility If a server contains more than one server adapter, and at least one of those adapters is not connected, the server can display as failed on some network management consoles. SNMP traps can also be triggered. Use the SetLACState utility (SetLACState) to disable the Local Area Connection containing the unused adapter. This stops the server from displaying as failed and prevents the SNMP traps.
Both of these commands disable Local Area Connection 2. NOTE: Specifying enable for a connection that is already enabled or disable for a connection that is already disabled, does not generate an error.
3 Network Adapter Scripting Utility Use the Network Configuration Utility to configure network adapters (NICs) and teams of network adapters. The utility’s scripting feature lets you do this using a batch process. The scripting functionality also lets you configure target systems based on configuration information saved from a source server. When scripting runs, it uses the NIC properties specified in the data file from the source server to modify the configuration of the NICs on the target system.
• specified in the data file (and properties specified with invalid data values) are configured using their default settings. If no teams are configured on the source server, then no teaming information is written to the data file, and configuration of the target system consists of configuring individual NICs only.
NOTE: If you want to use this tool in combination with the Smart Setup Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK), see the SSSTK documentation found on your Smart Setup CD. Command-line syntax Use the following format at the command line: cqniccmd [/F] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/P] [/S] [/?] NOTE: You can specify only one of the following configuration options at a time: /S, /D, /C, or /P You can use the /L option with any of the configuration options.
Example 2: /D cqniccmd /D Example 3: /C cqniccmd /Cc:\HP\teamcfg.xml cqniccmd /C c:\HP\teamcfg.xml cqniccmd /C”c:\HP\teamcfg.xml” Example 4: /P cqniccmd /Pc:\HP\teamcfg.xml cqniccmd /P c:\HP\teamcfg.xml cqniccmd /P”c:\HP\teamcfg.xml” Example 5: /L cqniccmd /Cc:\HP\teamcfg.xml /Lc:\HP\config.log cqniccmd /C c:\HP\teamcfg.xml /L c:\HP\config.log cqniccmd /C”c:\HP\teamcfg.xml” /L” c:\HP\config.
• • • VlanID — Specifies the VLAN identifier value for the device. VlanName — Specifies the descriptive name for the VLAN ID. Every VLAN must have a name assigned to it. Duplicate names are allowed if you want to use the same names for different VLAN IDs. NetworkAddress — Is written only for NICs that are not teamed. It allows the burned-in address to be overridden with a locally administered address.
— — — — — • • • • • • • • • • • Community Probe IP Address, Community Probe MAC Address, and Use Default fields are used. EchoNodeProbeIPAddress — Determines the IP address to which the echo node responds. This is a reserved address that all teams on a subnet can use. This must be a valid unicast IP address and is enforced by scripting. This field is used only when both Active Path and Community Address ARP response mechanism are selected.
• • — Defines teams and their properties — Defines VLANs and their properties The relnics attribute of the element lists the NICs to be configured on the team. The following example is a typical NIC teaming script:
