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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Contents Front Cover ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 Contents............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Terminology .......................................................................................................................
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Terminology Term BMC SOL PXE Description Baseboard Management Controller A Embedded controller which is able to monitor the system status or error regardless of DC off/on. Serial Over LAN A function which BMC converts the serialized data to UDP Packet and sends to LAN. Preboot Execution Environment DHCP based remote boot technology to boot or install operating system of client computer from remote server.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Trademarks NEC EXPRESSBUILDER and NEC ESMPRO are registered trademarks of NEC Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows Server are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. of the United States. All other company, or product names used in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide About This Document This document introduces remote management using the server management utility “NEC ESMPRO Manager” and explains the complete procedures from installation to managed component’s setup. Before attempting to operate the component management utility NEC ESMPRO Manager, read this document so as to gain an adequate understanding of the contents.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide About the advanced software and the user support See the following URL for ESMPRO/ServerManager information. You can download the latest version of the ESMPRO/ServerManager from the URL. http://www.58support.nec.co.jp/global/download/index.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Chapter1 Setup for Managed Component integrated EXPRESSSCOPE ENGINE 3 This chapter explains the setup procedure for the NEC ESMPRO Manager to manage the BMC and NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver.2.xx on a managed component remotely via LAN connection. 1.1 Setup Flow Setup by the following setup procedure: (1) Connects the PC for management installed NEC ESMPRO Manager and the managed component on the same network.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.2 Configure BMC on Managed Component Configure BMC of the managed component at first. TIPS:  This section explains about the minimum setting that is necessary to connect NEC ESMPRO Manager with the managed component. For details of BMC configuration, see document of each tool. There are three methods for configuring the BMC on a managed component for LAN connection.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.2.1 Configuration with EXPRESSSCOPE ENGINE3 WebConsole Explain the operation of Web Console of EXPRESSSCOPE ENGINE 3. (1) After starting a web browser on the PC for management, input following url. In the case that the IP address of BMC is 192.168.1.1 and the setting of HTTPS is enable. https://192.168.1.1/ (2) “Main Menu” screen will be displayed. Select “Configuration” tab. The following screen shows example. (3) “Configuration” screen will be displayed.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) “Miscellaneous” screen will be displayed. Be sure to set the following items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “ESMPRO Management” Click “Enable”. -- “Authentication Key” The following screen shows example. CHECK:  If a managed component supports SOL and “Redirection” is selected to “Enable”, you must change the following items for the remote console via the LAN.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (6) Select “Property” page in “Network” screen. Set the following items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “DHCP” Determine whether to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. If the item is set Enable and applied, BMC set the value obtained from DHCP server on “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Default Gateway”. -- “IP Address” Enter the BMC IP address. -- “Subnet Mask” Enter the subnet mask for the IP address.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.2.2 Configuration with Online BMC Configuration 1.2.2.1 Configuration with BMC Configuration for Windows Explain the operation of BMC Configuration for Windows. (1) After booting Windows on the managed component, start BMC Configuration from start menu on Windows. (2) The main dialog box is displayed. Click “Set BMC Configuration”. The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) “BMC Configuration” dialog box is displayed. Click “Miscellaneous” tab page. Be sure to set the following items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “ESMPRO Management” Click “Enable”. -- “Authentication Key” The following screen shows example. CHECK:  If a managed component supports SOL and “Redirection” is selected to “Enable”, you must change the following items for the remote console via the LAN.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) Select “Network” tab page. Set the following items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “DHCP” Determine whether to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. If the item is set Enable and applied, BMC set the value obtained from DHCP server on “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Default Gateway”. -- “IP Address” Enter the BMC IP address. -- “Subnet Mask” Enter the subnet mask for the IP address.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.2.2.2 Configuration with BMC Configuration for Linux Explains the operation of BMC Configuration for Linux. (1) After booting Linux on the managed component, start the BMC configuration function of BMC Configuration by the following command. /opt/nec/BMC_Configuration/bmcconf (2) “Main Menu” screen is displayed. Select “Set System Management Parameters”. The following screen shows example. (3) “Set BMC Configuration” screen is displayed. Select “BMC Configuration”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) “BMC Configuration” screen is displayed. Select “Miscellaneous”. (5) “Miscellaneous” screen is displayed. Be sure to set the following items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “ESMPRO Management” Click ”Enable”. -- “Authentication Key” The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide CHECK:  If a managed component supports SOL and “Redirection” is selected to “Enable”, you must change the following items for the remote console via the LAN. Main dialog box – “Set BIOS Configuration” page – “Console Redirection Configuration” page – “Flow Control”: Hardware RTS/CTS (6) Select “Apply”. The configuration information is set in the BMC. (7) Select “Network” page – “Property” page from “BMC Configuration” screen. Set the following items.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.2.3 Configuration with Off-line BMC Configuration (1) The following message is displayed on the bottom of POST screen. Press SETUP, Internal flash memory, ROM Utility, Network (2) Press F4 key on this screen. If F4 key is entered, Keyboard type selection screen is displayed after POST screen. Select keyboard type. (3) “Main Menu” screen is displayed. Select “BMC Configuration”. The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (5) “BMC Configuration” screen is displayed. Select “Miscellaneous”. (6) “Miscellaneous” screen is displayed. Be sure to set the following items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “ESMPRO Management” Click “Enable”. -- “Authentication Key” The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide CHECK:  If a managed component supports SOL and “Redirection” is selected to “Enable”, you must change the following items necessary for the remote console via the LAN. Input key on the POST screen of the managed component. “SETUP” page – “Advanced” page – “Serial Port Configuration” page – “Flow Control”: Hardware RTS/CTS (7) Select “OK”. The configuration information is set in the BMC. (8) Select “Network” page – “Property” page from “BMC Configuration” screen.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.3 Register a managed component on NEC ESMPRO Manager To register the managed component on the NEC ESMPRO Manager, login to the NEC ESMPRO Manager and perform in the following order: (1) Add the group to which the managed component belongs. (2) Register a managed component. 1.3.1 Add Group which the managed component belongs (1) If you want to register the managed component in the specific group, click “Add Group” on the “Group Information” tree.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (2) Enter the group name, and click “Add”. The following screen shows an example. The added group will be displayed on the “Group” tree.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.3.2 Register the Managed Component Use either of the two methods to register the managed component.   Manual Registration This method requires the operator to directly enter the managed component’s information such as the IP address of the BMC and to perform “Check Connection”. Auto Registration This method automatically searches the network for managed components that are not registered yet on the NEC ESMPRO Manager, and registers the managed components.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (2) Click the “Manual Registration” from “Add Component” of “Group Information” tree. (3) Click ”Manual Registration” tab. Input the following items: -- “Component Name” Specify the name of the managed component on NEC ESMPRO Manager. Assign a name different from other managed component names. Do not enter a name including blank characters. Uppercase characters are distinguished from lowercase characters. --“Alias” Specify the information about the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Setting for SNMP management --“Management” Select "Registration" to manage the component using NEC ESMPRO Agent with SNMP. --“SNMP Community Name(Get)” SNMP Community Name which is specified at SNMP Agent running on the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide The following screen shows an example. (4) Click “Add”. TIPS:  A managed component cannot be controlled remotely by only registering it. Perform a “Check Connection”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (5) Click "Connection Setting" from "Component Setting Navigation" tree of the managed component. "Connection Setting" view is displayed. NEC ESMPRO Manager will execute “Check Connection” and collect the component information for the management. When the “Check Connection” is completed, the NEC ESMPRO Manager can control the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 1.3.2.2 Auto Registration (1) Click the managed component’s “Group name” on the “Group” view. (2) Click the "Auto Registration" from "Add Component" of "Group Information" tree.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) Click ” Auto Registration” tab. Input the following items: -- “Search Mode” With "Network Address Search" selected, the NEC ESMPRO Manager searches for the managed components using the specified network address. With "IP Address Range Search" selected, the NEC ESMPRO Manager searches for the managed components using the IP address range.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) When the “Auto Registration” is completed, the NEC ESMPRO Manager can control the managed component. TIPS:  When the managed component is registered by auto registration, the “Component Name” of the managed component is set to the “ManagementControler + number” that hasn’t been set on SNMP community name. You can change the component name on “Component setting” – “Connection Setting”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Chapter2 Setup for Managed Component integrated BMC excluding EXPRESSSCOPE ENGINE 3 (for LAN connection) This chapter explains the setup procedure for the NEC ESMPRO Manager to manage the BMC and NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver1.xx (or NEC DianaScope Agent) on a managed component remotely via LAN connection. 2.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2 Configure connection) BMC on Managed Component (for LAN Configure BMC of the managed component at first. TIPS:  This section explains about the minimum setting that is necessary for connection the NEC ESMPRO Manager with the managed component. For details of BMC configuration, see document of each tool. There are three methods for configuring the BMC on a managed component for LAN connection.  Configuration with NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver.1.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.1 Configuration with NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver1.xx (for LAN connection) This section explains the configuration procedure using NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension for Windows. 2.2.1.1 Configuration with NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver1.xx for Windows (1) After booting Windows on the managed component, click Windows “start” and start the BMC configuration function of NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension. (2) The main dialog box will be appeared. Click “Set Configuration”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) “BMC Configuration” dialog box will be display. Click “Common” tab page. Be sure to set the below item. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “Computer Name” Enter a unique name for each managed component. -- “Authentication Key” The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) Select “LAN1” tab page for LAN port 1 of the BMC. Set the below items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “Obtain an IP Address automatically (DHCP)” Determine whether to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. If the item is set enable and registered, the BMC set the value obtained from DHCP server on “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Default Gateway”. You can set enable on the item only if the BMC supports this capability.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide The following screen shows example. CHECK:  The “LAN2” tab is displayed only when the managed component’s BMC supports communication via LAN2. To communicate with the NEC ESMPRO Manager via LAN2, make the setting on the “LAN2” tab as same as “LAN1” tab.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (5) If you set “Default Gateway”, please connect the managed component via LAN port used by BMC and the gateway to network. If you set “Alert Receiver / Management PC IP Address” on same network with the managed component, please connect the managed component via LAN port used by BMC and the alert receiver/management PC to network. (6) Click “OK”. The configuration information will be set in the BMC.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.1.2 Configuration with NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver.1.xx for Linux This section explains the configuration procedure using NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver.1.xx for Linux. (1) After booting Linux on the managed component, start the BMC configuration function of NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension by the following command. /opt/nec/esmpro_sa_ex_sysman/agentconf (2) “Main Menu” screen will be displayed. Select “Set System Management Parameters”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) “Set System Management Parameters” screen will be displayed. Select “Configuration”. (4) “Configuration” screen will be displayed. Select “Set Configuration”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (5) “BMC Configuration” screen will be displayed. Select “Common”. (6) “Common” screen will be displayed. Be sure to set the below item. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “Computer Name” Enter a unique name for each managed server. -- “Authentication Key” The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide TIPS:  If a managed server is compatible with SOL and “Enable” is selected for the item “Redirection (LAN),” the following items necessary for the remote console via the LAN will be changed automatically. ”Common” screen – “Redirection (WAN/Direct)”: Enable “WAN/Direct” screen – “Flow Control”: RTS/CTS (7) Select “LAN1” from “BMC Configuration” screen. Set the below items. The other items can be used with the default values.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide -- “Default Gateway” Enter the default gateway if the managed server connects to NEC ESMPRO Manager Server via any gateway The following screen shows example. -- “Alert Receiver / Management PC IP Address” – “Primary”. Enter the IP address of NEC ESMPRO Manager server. The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide CHECK:  The “LAN2” in “BMC Configuration” screen is displayed only when the managed component’s BMC supports communication via LAN2. To communicate with the NEC ESMPRO Manager via LAN2, make the setting on the “LAN2” and “LAN2(Alert)” as same as “LAN1” and “LAN1(Alert)” . (8) If you set “Default Gateway”, please connect the managed component via LAN port used by BMC and the gateway to network.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.2 Configuration with NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service (for LAN connection) Set configuration information for the BMC on the managed component by using the NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service. The NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service accepts network- boot requests only from the component to be managed by the DHCP server. CHECK:  NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service can be installed only on Windows. There are two methods.  Configuring the IP address assigned by the DHCP.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Stop: Stop 3 services. Click “run” from “start” on Windows. Execute following each command: ”net stop BINLSVC” “net stop TFTPD” ”net stop Groveler” Start: (1) Click “control Panel” – “asministrative tool” – ”Active Directory user and computer” from “start” on Windows. (2) Find “Remote Install” component computer in the “Active Directory user and computer” snap in (3) Click the component computer and them click “Property”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.2.2 Configuring the IP address assigned by the DHCP Perform the following procedure. (1) See 2.2.3.1”Create a configuration information file” to create a configuration information file. IMPORTANT:  To use the configuration information file for NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service, there are some different from the description of 2.2.3.1 ”Create a configuration information file”. These items will not be set to the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) To register the configuration information file, open the “Configuration Information” screen of “Linkage Service” from “Tools” on the NEC ESMPRO Manager. Specify the path name of the configuration information file, and click “Register”. TIPS:  You can also register the configuration information file on the NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service by using NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service Management tool.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (6) Reboot the Operating System. The NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service accepts a network-boot request from the managed component, sets the following configuration items, and then reboots the Operating System. -- “IP Address”: The IP address assigned by the DHCP server is set. -- “Computer Name”: The managed component’s MAC address is registered with “PXE” prefixed. TIPS:  Other configuration items are set with values of the configuration information file.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.2.3 Configuring the IP address specified in Computer Information List File Perform the following procedure. (1) See 2.2.3.1” Create a configuration information file” to create a configuration information file. IMPORTANT:  To use the configuration information file for NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service, there are some different from the description of 2.2.3.1 ”Create a configuration information file” These items will not be set to the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide TIPS:  You can also register the configuration information file on the NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service by using NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service Management tool. To use the tool, start “NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service Management” of the ” NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service” from start menu of Windows on the NEC ESMPRO Manager server. (4) Register the computer information. There are two methods to register computer information. (4)-(a) Register computer information directly.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4)-(a)-(ii) The information should be input on “Individual addition” screen. Enter the MAC address of the component that you want to request network-booting. Enter the computer name and IP address that will be set in BMC configuration by NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service. Check that “Status” indicates “Not Processed”, and then click “Add”. (4)-(a)-(iii) “Apply” will be displayed on the “Computer Information List” screen. Click “Apply”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide -- IP Address Enter a comma “,” as a delimiter between the computer name and IP address. Following the comma, specify the IP address to be set for the managed component’s BMC. Example of computer information list file is shown below. 111111111111,Component1,192.168.14.1 222222222222,Component2,192.168.14.2 333333333333,Component3,192.168.14.3 444444444444,Component4,192.168.14.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4)-(b)-(iii) Specify the path name of the computer information list file on “Bundle addition” screen. Click “Add”. (4)-(b)-(iv) “Apply”. “Apply” will be displayed on the “Computer Information List” screen. Click (5) Change the boot device priority so that the highest priority will be given to network-boot devices, using the managed component’s BIOS Setup Utility.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide TIPS:  Other configuration items are set with default values. For detailsエラー! 参照元が見つかりません。. The MAC addresses of the gateway and the alert receivers will be also set in the BMC. (8) After the managed component has been network-booted, reboot again and change the boot priority back to original using the BIOS Setup Utility. See2.2.2.4 ”How to confirm the status of the network-boot procedure by NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (2) If “Status” column of the table has “Completed”, the network-boot procedure of the destination component has completed. See the list below for “Status”. Status Meaning Not Processed NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service does not execute the network-boot procedure yet. NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service finished the network-boot procedure. (NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service will not set BMC configuration for this computer even if network-boot is requested again. See2.2.2.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.2.5 Procedure to retry configuration with NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service After setting the configuration for the managed component, NEC ESMPRO Manager PXE Service records the managed component on the computer information. When the managed component has been recorded status “Completed” on the computer information, the NEC ESMPRO Manager component does not set the configuration even though the managed component requires network-boot.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.3 Configuration with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature (for LAN connection) NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature can configure the BMC on the managed component with the configuration information FD containing the configuration information. CHECK:  Configuration with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature is available only from the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER that contains NEC ESMPRO Manager.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) The “BMC Configuration” dialog box will appear. Click “Common” tab page. Be sure to set the below item. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “Computer Name” Enter a unique name for each managed component -- “Authentication Key” -- Set “Remote Control (LAN)”, “Remote Control (WAN/Direct)”, “Redirection (LAN)” and “Redirection (WAN/Direct)” to enable The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) Select “LAN” tab page for LAN port 1 of the BMC. Set the below items. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “Obtain an IP Address automatically (DHCP)” Determine whether to dynamically obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. If the item is set enable and registered, the BMC set the value obtained from DHCP server on “IP Address”, “Subnet Mask” and “Default Gateway”. You can set enable on the item only if the BMC supports this capability.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide CHECK:  To communicate with the NEC ESMPRO Manager via LAN2, make the setting on the “LAN2” tab as same as “LAN” tab. If the BMC of the managed component does not support communication via LAN2, the values of “LAN2” tab page have no effect with the managed component.  The managed component installed the BMC that uses Management LAN port supports the function of “Obtain an IP Address automatically (DHCP)”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.3.2 Run NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature (1) If you set “Default Gateway” at creating the configuration information file, please connect the managed component via LAN port used by BMC and the gateway to network.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.2.4 Configuration with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER System Management (for LAN connection) This section explains the configuration procedure using NEC EXPRESSBUILDER System Management. (1) After booting NEC EXPRESSBUILDER on the managed component, select “System Management” from “TOOL MENU”. (2) The main screen will be appeared. Select “System Management”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) Set System Management Parameters” screen will be displayed. Select “Configuration”. (4) “Configuration” screen will be displayed. Select “New”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (5) "BMC Configuration” screen will be displayed. Select “Common”. (6) "Common” screen will be displayed. Be sure to set the below item. The other items can be used with the default values. -- “Computer Name” Enter a unique name for each managed server. -- “Authentication Key” The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide TIPS:  If a managed server is compatible with SOL and “Enable” is selected for the item “Redirection (LAN),” the following items necessary for the remote console via the LAN will be changed automatically. ”Common” screen – “Redirection (WAN/Direct)”: Enable “WAN/Direct” screen – “Flow Control”: RTS/CTS (7) Select “LAN1” from “BMC Configuration” screen. Set the below items. The other items can be used with the default values.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide The following screen shows example. -- “Alert Receiver / Management PC(1)”. Enter the IP address of NEC ESMPRO Manager server. The following screen shows example.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide CHECK:  The “LAN2” in “BMC Configuration” screen is displayed only when the managed component’s BMC supports communication via LAN2. To communicate with the NEC ESMPRO Manager via LAN2, make the setting on the “LAN2” and “LAN2(Alert)” as same as “LAN1” and “LAN1(Alert)” . (8) If you set “Default Gateway”, please connect the managed component via LAN port used by BMC and the gateway to network.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.3 Register a managed component on NEC ESMPRO Manager (for LAN connection) To register the managed component on the NEC ESMPRO Manager, login to the NEC ESMPRO Manager and perform in the following order: (1) Add the group to which the managed component belongs. (2) Register a managed component. 2.3.1 Add Group which the managed component belongs (1) If you want to register the managed component in the specific group, click “Add Group” on the “Group Information” tree.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (2) Enter the group name, and click “Add”. The following screen shows an example. The added group will be displayed on the “Group” tree.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.3.2 Register the Managed Component (for LAN connection) Use either of the two methods to register the managed component.   Manual Registration This method requires the operator to directly enter the managed component’s information such as the IP address of the BMC and to perform “Check Connection”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (2) Click the “Manual Registration” from “Add Component” of “Group Information” tree. (3) Click ”Manual Registration” tab. Input the following items: -- “Component Name” Displays the name of the managed component on NEC ESMPRO Manager. Assign a name different from other managed component names. Do not enter a name including blank characters. Uppercase characters are distinguished from lowercase characters. --“Alias” Write information about the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Setting for SNMP management --“Management” Select "Registration" to manage the component using NEC ESMPRO Agent with SNMP. --“SNMP Community Name(Get)” SNMP Community Name which is specified at SNMP Agent running on the managed component to be managed. --“SNMP Community Name(Set)” When SNMP Community names for Get and Set are set separately on the component to be managed, specify the SNMP Community name for Set in this field by alphanumeric characters.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) Click “Add”. TIPS:  A managed component cannot be controlled remotely by only registering it. Perform a “Check Connection”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (5) Click "Connection Setting" from "Component Setting Navigation" tree of the managed component. "Connection Setting" view is displayed. NEC ESMPRO Manager will execute “Check Connection” and collect the component information for the management. When the “Check Connection” is completed, the NEC ESMPRO Manager can control the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2.3.2.2 Auto Registration (1) Click the managed component’s “Group name” on the “Group” view. (2) Click the "Auto Registration" from " Add Component" of "Group Information " tree.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (3) Click ” Auto Registration” tab. Input the following items: -- “Search Mode” With "Network Address Search" selected, the NEC ESMPRO Manager searches for the managed components using the specified network address. With "IP Address Range Search" selected, the NEC ESMPRO Manager searches for the managed components using the IP address range.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide The search for the managed components will start. The following screen is an example display with “IP Address Range Search” selected.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (4) When the “Auto Registration” is completed, the NEC ESMPRO Manager can control the managed component. TIPS:  When the managed component is registered by auto registration, the “Component Name” of the managed component is set to the “ManagementControler + number” that hasn’t been set on SNMP community name. You can change the component name on “Component setting” – “Connection Setting”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Chapter3 Setup for the Managed Component integrated BMC excluding EXPRESSSCOPE ENGINE 3 (for modem / direct connection) This chapter explains the setup procedure for the NEC ESMPRO Manager to manage the BMC on a managed component remotely via modem / direct connection. Case of direct connection is explained on the center. 3.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 3.2 Configure BMC on Managed Component (for modem/direct connection) Configure BMC of the managed component at first. TIPS:  This section explains about the minimum setting that is necessary for connection the NEC ESMPRO Manager Manger with the managed component. For details of BMC configuration, see document each tool. There are two methods for configuring the BMC on a managed component for modem / direct connection.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 3.2.1 Configuration with NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension (for modem/direct connection) This section explains the configuration procedure using the NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension for Windows. (1) After booting Windows on the managed component, click Windows “start“ and start the BMC configuration function of NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension. (2) The main dialog box will be appeared. Click “New”. When a confirmation message is displayed, click “OK”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 3.2.2 Configuration with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature (for modem/direct connection) NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature can configure the BMC on the managed component with the configuration information FD containing the configuration information. This section explains for direct connection.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide CHECK:  Place the configuration information FD in the write-enable state 3.2.2.2 Run NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature (1) Configure the BMC of the managed component with the configuration information. Insert the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive and the “configuration information FD” into the FD drive on the managed component. And then turn on the component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 3.3 Register the managed component on NEC ESMPRO Manager (for modem/direct connection) Register the managed component on the NEC ESMPRO Manager, login to the NEC ESMPRO Manager and perform the “Check Connection”. Login to the NEC ESMPRO Manager and perform in the following order : (1) Add the group to which the managed component belongs. (2) Register a managed component. 3.3.1 Add Group which the managed component belongs See 2.3.1 3.3.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (5) Click “Connection Setting” from “Sever setting” on “Sever Setting Navigation” tree and click “Connection”. (6) Click “Check Connection”. NEC ESMPRO Manager will communicate with the BMC of the managed component to check the connection. The NEC ESMPRO Manager will also collect the component information for the management. When the “Check Connection” is completed, the NEC ESMPRO Manager can control the managed component.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Chapter4 4.1 EM Card and Chassis Management Overview The NEC ESMPRO Manager has following functions by communication with the EM card in a blade enclosure,  Information Collection NEC ESMPRO Manager collects the status and the information of the blade enclosure as follows. -- Blade / EM Card / Switch Module List If the slot state of CPU blade, EM card or switch module is changed, NEC ESMPRO Manager collects current slot state.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 4.3 Setup for EM Card 4.3.1 Setup Flow Perform the following setup procedure: (1) Connects the NEC ESMPRO Manager server and the EM card. (2) Setup EM card for communication with NEC ESMPRO Manager. (3) Register the EM card on NEC ESMPRO Manager. 4.3.2 Setup EM Card for communication with NEC ESMPRO Manager Setup the EM Card as follows. See Users Guide that attached to EM Card for detail. (1) Set the IP address of the EM Card.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (1) Manual Registration (1)-(a) Click the group name belong the EM card on the “Component Link” screen or “Group” tree. (1)-(b) Click the “Add Component” – “Manual Registration” on the “Group Information” tree of the group. (1)-(c) Input the following items on the ”Manual Registration” screen. --“Component Name” Enter the EM card name on the NEC ESMPRO Manager. --“Setting for SNMP management” -“Management” Select the “Register”.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide (2)-(d) The IP addresses of the found managed component and EM cards will be listed. When the “Auto Registration” is completed, the NEC ESMPRO Manager can control the EM card. TIPS:  When the EM card is registered by auto registration, the EM card name is set to blade enclosure + “-EM” + EM card number. You can change the EM card name on “EM Card Setting” tree view – “Connection Setting”. 4.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Appendix A. How to setup for the managed component that does not has local console Even if a managed component does not have local consoles like a keyborad, You can operate BIOS setup and DOS tools of the managed component using NEC ESMPRO Manager. Here procedure of the minimum in order to use the remote control for the managed component is shown. 1. Install NEC ESMPRO Manager and set the Environment. 2. Configure BMC on a managed component. 3.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2. Configure BMC on a managed component. (1) Configure BMC of the managed component. When you use LAN connection, refer to Configuration with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature (for LAN connection). When you use direct connection, refer to Configuration with NEC EXPRESSBUILDER DOS based with remote console feature (for modem/direct connection). 3. Register a managed component on NEC ESMPRO Manager.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Appendix B. How to setup for using NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension or NEC DianaScope Agent on the managed component that is set LAN teaming Please setup NEC ESMPRO Manager with the procedure below using NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension, or NEC DianaScope Agent ver.2.00.00 and above. The operation for NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension is explained. How to setup is depended on the type of the managed component which NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension has been installed on.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide 2. Set BMC configuration by using the NEC DianaScope Agent. (1) See 2.2.1”Configuration with NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension ver1.xx (for LAN connection)” and set BMC configuration information. Note the followings: - Set LAN1 IP address to same value of the teaming-set IP address. - Even if the configuration of LAN2 for the BMC on the managed component is available, do not set LAN2 in the BMC configuration information.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide B.2 On the managed component that BMC uses Management LAN port Please setup the NEC ESMPRO Manager with the procedure below. This procedure does not depend on OS of the managed component. 1. Set IP address that NEC ESMPRO Agent Exentension uses on NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension. 2. Register the managed component on the NEC ESMPRO Manager. 1. Set IP address that NEC ESMRPO Agent Extension uses on NEC ESMPRO Agent Extension.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Appendix C. Managed Components Summary The NEC ESMPRO Manager has following functions for BMC conforming to management components.  Remote console  Information collection  Power control  Component monitoring  Remote batch  Operation through the command line Some available functions are dependent on the product type of the managed component. See the following managed component list.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Management “Use” means that BMC on the managed component uses a Management LAN Port. “--” means that LAN Port: BMC on the managed component uses a standard LAN Port. Remote “Supported” means that the managed component supports the Remote Console function. Console: Scheduled “Supported” means that the managed component supports the scheduled running function.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide This section explains the functional difference and notes of each managed component. If note number for the managed component is displayed on the column "notes" of “Managed Components List”, refer the notes of the note number. 1. About the connection type or the connection port. 1-(a) Remote management with modem connection is not supported for this product.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide product does not support it. 2-(m) The power measurement for the server 1 reads a total of the server 1 and the server 2. The power measurement for the server 2 always reads 0. 2-(n) Please execute “check connection” for the managed component when BMC FW is updated on the managed component. If “check connection” is not executed, the remote console function may not run normally.
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NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide Revision History 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 2008/11/11 2009/02/05 2009/04/10 2009/07/06 2009/08/19 1.05 2009/10/16 1.06 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 2009/10/22 2009/11/24 2010/02/16 2010/02/16 2010/02/17 2010/02/22 2010/03/10 2010/03/10 1.14.01 1.14.02 1.15 1.16 1.17 2010/04/12 2010/04/12 2010/06/15 2010/06/17 2010/09/03 1.20 2011/04/22 1.21 2011/06/17 Initial edition Change LICENSE files folder in Trademarks. Adds new model to the appendix C.