Service Processor (GSP or MP) User Guide HP Part Number: A5201-90017-ed2 Published: October 2009 Edition: 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents About This Document.........................................................................................................7 Intended Audience.................................................................................................................................7 Publishing History..................................................................................................................................7 Document Organization.................................................
List of Figures 2-1 2-2 B-1 C-1 4 Overview of Service Processor (MP or GSP) Menus.....................................................................18 Navigating through Service Processor (MP or GSP) Menus........................................................20 Accessing the EFI Environment for an nPartition.........................................................................30 Accessing the BCH Interface for an nPartition............................................................................
List of Tables 1 2 2-1 2-2 A-1 B-1 C-1 Publishing History Details..............................................................................................................7 HP-UX 11i Releases.........................................................................................................................8 Default Configuration for Service Processor Customer LAN (All nPartition Servers)................22 Default Configuration for Service Processor Private LAN (HP Superdome Servers Only).........
List of Examples 2-1 6 Overview of a Service Processor Login Session............................................................................
About This Document This book describes procedures, concepts, and principles for using the management processor (GSP or MP) on HP servers that support nPartitions. This preface has the following sections: Intended Audience This document is for customers using the management processor (MP) on the HP servers that support nPartitions, including the following servers: rp7400, rp7420, rx7620, rp8400, rp8420, rx8620, and HP Superdome server.
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1 Overview of the Service Processor This chapter provides an introduction to the service processor on HP cell-based servers. Introduction to Service Processor Interfaces The service processor (MP or GSP) utility hardware is an independent support system for nPartition servers. It provides a way for you to connect to a server complex and perform administration or monitoring tasks for the server hardware and its nPartitions.
Command menu, enter MA or enter ^b (Control-b) to return to the service processor Main menu. See “MP Commands” (page 27) for details. Service processor commands are restricted based on the three levels of access: Administrator, Operator, and Single Partition User. See “Service Processor Accounts and Access Levels” (page 13) for details. Consoles Each nPartition in a server complex has its own console. Enter CO at the service processor Main menu to access the nPartition consoles.
Chassis Logs and Event Logs On both HP 9000 systems and HP Integrity systems, you can view real-time (live) system events and can view prior events that have been stored in a log history. Use the SL (“show logs”) option from the service processor Main Menu to view events/chassis codes. • On nPartition-capable HP 9000 servers with HP PA-8700 processors, SL provides the Chassis Log Viewer.
Cannot execute commands that could potentially affect multiple nPartitions or affect the service processor configuration. Each user account can either permit repeated login sessions (for a “multiple use” account), or restrict the account to only log in once (for “single use” accounts).
2 Using the Service Processor Accessing and Using the Service Processor This section describes how to login to the service processor (MP or GSP) for an nPartition server complex. You can connect to the service processor for a server complex by using the following methods: • Connecting through the customer LAN port by using telnet if login access through the customer LAN is enabled for the service processor. On HP Superdome servers, the customer LAN hardware is labeled “Customer LAN”.
Example 2-1 Overview of a Service Processor Login Session The following output shows a sample login session for a server with the service processor hostname of “hpsys-s”. > telnet hpsys-s Trying... Connected to hpsys-s.rsn.hp.com. Escape character is ’^]’. Local flow control off MP login: Username MP password: Welcome to the S Class 16K-A Management Processor (c) Copyright 1995-2001 Hewlett-Packard Co., All Rights Reserved. Version 0.
3. Use the service processor menus and commands as needed and log out when done. To log out, select the Exit Connection menu item from the Main menu (enter X at the GSP> prompt or MP> prompt). You also can terminate a login session by issuing the telnet escape key sequence ^] (enter: Control-right bracket) and entering close at the telnet> prompt. NOTE: If possible, you should log off of any consoles and menus before terminating your telnet session.
Figure 2-1 Overview of Service Processor (MP or GSP) Menus Navigating through Service Processor Menus Figure 2-2 (page 20) shows the commands and options for returning to the service processor Main menu and for ending a service processor login session. The following list also includes tips for navigating through service processor menus and using various menu features: • Control-b Exit current console, console log, chassis log, or Virtual Front Panel.
Enter Q (or lower-case q) as a response to any menu prompt to exit the prompt and return to the previous sub-menu. You can do this throughout the service processor menus, including the console menus, various command menu prompts, and the log and VFP menus. NOTE: From the Command menu prompt (GSP:CM> or MP:CM>) you must enter MA (not Q) to return to the Main menu. However, you can enter Q or q to cancel any command. • Control-] Escape the service processor connection and return to the telnet prompt.
Figure 2-2 Navigating through Service Processor (MP or GSP) Menus nPartition Console Features The service processor Console menu provides access to all nPartition consoles within the server complex. Enter CO from the service processor Main menu to access an nPartition console. To exit the nPartition console, enter ^b (Control-b) to return to the Main menu. Each nPartition in a complex has a single console.
Each nPartition console can display a variety of information about the nPartition, including: • • Partition startup, shutdown, and reset output. The system boot environment: either Boot Console Handler (BCH, on HP 9000 servers) or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI, on HP Integrity servers). The system boot environment is available when the nPartition has not yet booted an operating system and has completed Power-On Self Tests (POST) and completed nPartition rendezvous to become active.
On HP Superdome servers, the customer LAN port is labeled “Customer LAN”. On HP rp8400 servers, it is “GSP LAN”. On HP rp7405/rp7410 servers, it is the only LAN connection on each core I/O board. • Private LAN for Service Processor (Superdome Only) The private LAN connects to the Superdome service support processor (SSP) workstation, also called the service management station (SMS). Only Superdome servers have a private LAN. Do not use the private LAN on the HP sx1000 chipset-based Superdome servers.
Table 2-2 Default Configuration for Service Processor Private LAN (HP Superdome Servers Only) (continued) Private LAN Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Private LAN Gateway 192.168.2.10 Procedure 2-2 Configuring Service Processor Network Settings This procedure (Command menu, LC command) configures the service processor customer LAN and private LAN network settings from the service processor Command menu. 1.
To access the console log for an nPartition, enter CL from the service processor Main menu and select which nPartition console log you want to view. To exit the console log viewer, enter ^b (Control-b) to return to the Main menu. When viewing an nPartition console log, enter P to view the previous page of the console log, or enter N (or Enter) to view the next page.
(C)lear All Chassis Logs (Q)uit GSP:VW> L Entering Live Log display A)lert filter C)ell filter P)artition filter U)nfiltered V)iew format selection ^B to Quit Current filter: ALERTS only Log Viewing Options: Activity, Error, and Live Chassis Logs Enter the chassis log viewer by entering SL at the service processor (MP or GSP) Main menu, and select from these viewers: • Activity Log Viewer Allows you to browse recorded event logs of alert level 0 or 1.
A MP Commands Command Reference: Service Processor (MP or GSP) Commands Table A-1 lists the commands available from the service processor command menu (the MP:CM> or GSP:CM> prompt). The following categories of commands are available: • “Service Commands — Service Processor (MP or GSP)” (page 27). • “Status Commands — Service Processor (MP or GSP)” (page 27). • “System and Access Configuration Commands — Service Processor (MP or GSP)” (page 28).
Table A-1 Service Processor (MP or GSP) Command Reference (continued) Command Description System and Access Configuration Commands — Service Processor (MP or GSP) complex accounts, security, and nPartition configuration 28 Commands for managing server PARPERM Restrict/unrestrict nPartition Reconfiguration Privilege PD Modify default nPartition for this login session RL Rekey Complex Profile locks SA Display and set (enable/disable) MP remote access methods SO Configure security options and acc
B Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) EFI System Boot Environment On HP Integrity servers the system boot environment is provided by the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI). EFI is available through an nPartition console interface before an operating system has booted and after the cells have booted and performed nPartition rendezvous (to make the nPartition active). The EFI environment enables you to manage and configure the operating system boot process for an nPartition.
Figure B-1 Accessing the EFI Environment for an nPartition Command Reference: EFI Shell Commands Table B-1 lists the commands supported by the EFI Shell interface on HP Integrity Superdome servers. The EFI Shell is accessible from an nPartition console when the nPartition is in an active state but has not booted an operating system.
Table B-1 EFI Shell Command Reference Command Description Boot Commands — EFI Shell Commands related to nPartition booting autoboot Set/view autoboot timeout variable bcfg Display/modify the driver/boot configuration boottest Set/view BootTest bits lanboot Boot over the LAN reconfigreset Reset the system (nPartition) for reconfiguration; the nPartition remains inactive in the 'shutdown for reconfig' state reset Reset the system (nPartition) search Connect drivers for bootable devices Confi
Table B-1 EFI Shell Command Reference (continued) Command Description disconnect Disconnect driver(s) from device(s) drivers Display list of drivers drvcfg Invoke the Driver Config Protocol drvdiag Invoke the Driver Diagnostics Protocol guid Dump known GUID IDs lanaddress Display core I/O MAC address load Load EFI drivers map Map shortname to device path openinfo Display the open protocols for given handle pci Display PCI devices or PCI function configuration space reconnect Reconnect
Table B-1 EFI Shell Command Reference (continued) Command Description pdt View/clear partition or cell PDT Shell Navigation and Other Commands — EFI Shell Commands for basic EFI Shell navigation and customization alias Set/get alias settings cls Clear the standard output with an optional background color exit Exit EFI Shell environment getmtc Display current monotonic counter value help or ? Display help mode Display the mode of the console output device set Set/Get environment variable
C Boot Console Handler (BCH) Boot Console Handler (BCH) System Boot Environment Each nPartition in a server complex has its own Boot Console Handler (BCH) interface. The BCH interface is available through an nPartition console interface before an operating system has booted and after the cells have booted and performed nPartition rendezvous (to make the nPartition active). The nPartition BCH interface enables you to manage and configure the HP-UX boot process for an nPartition.
Figure C-1 Accessing the BCH Interface for an nPartition Command Reference: BCH Menu Commands Table C-1 lists the commands available from the Boot Console Handler (BCH) menus for an nPartition. The BCH Menu is accessible from an nPartition console when the nPartition is in an active state but has not booted an operating system. The following categories of commands are available: • “General Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH)” (page 37). • “Main Menu Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH)” (page 37).
Table C-1 Boot Console Handler (BCH) Command Reference Command Description General Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH) These BCH commands are available from all BCH menus. BOot [PRI| HAA| ALT| path] Boot from the specified path. REBOOT Restart nPartition. RECONFIGRESET Reset the nPartition to allow Complex Profile reconfiguration; the nPartition remains inactive, in the shutdown for reconfig state. DIsplay Redisplay the current menu.
Table C-1 Boot Console Handler (BCH) Command Reference (continued) Command Description PD [name] Display or set the nPartition name. ResTart [ON|OFF] Set nPartition restart policy. Read or set the real time clock, the local nPartition date/time setting. The BCH time is set TIme [cn:yr:mo:dy:hr:mn:[ss]] and presented in GMT (Greenwich mean time). Information Menu Commands — Boot Console Handler (BCH) Commands to display hardware information. MAin Return to the BCH Main Menu.
