SGI® Altix® UV System Management Node Administrator`s Guide
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1. 27 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation 28 8 10 11 Force the invalidation of the host cache of nscd with the nscd 8 command on the hosts file as follows nscd i hosts Restart the following services in this order as follows etc init d network restart etc init d rpcbind start etc init d nfslock start Set the local timezone The timezone is set with etc localtime a timezone definition file The timezone defined in etc localtime can be determined as follows strings etc localtime tail 1 CST6CDT M3 2 0 M11 1 0 Link the appropriate timezone file from directory usr share zoneinfo to etc localtime For example set timezone to Pacific Time Los Angeles as follows bin cp 1 usr share zoneinfo PST8PDT etc localtime f bin mv etc localtime etc localtime Confirm the t imezone as follows strings etc localtime tail 1 PST8PDT M3 2 0 M11 1 0 Set network time configuration By default the configuration in etc ntp conf directs requests to public servers of the pool ntp org project Use public servers from the http www pool ntp org en project server O rhel pool ntp org server l rhel pool ntp org server 2 rhel pool ntp org You may need to modify this ntp configuration file to point at a time server on your network Please do not remove any entries that serve the cluster networks 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management2. 33 33 34 35 35 47 49 50 53 54 55 007 5694 001 About This Manual This manual describes the system management node SMN for SGI Altix UV 1000 and SGI Altix UV 100 series systems Obtaining Publications You can obtain SGI documentation in the following ways See the SGI Technical Publications Library at http docs sgi com Various formats are available This library contains the most recent and most comprehensive set of online books release notes man pages and other information You can also view man pages by typing man title on a command line Related Publications and Other Sources 007 5694 001 This section describes documentation you may find useful as follows SGI Foundation Software 2 2 Start Here Provides information about the SGI Foundation Software 2 2 release that supports SGI differentiated server solutions SGI Management Center Installation and Configuration This guide is intended for system administrators It describes how to install and configure the SGI Management Center A companion manual SGI Management Center System Administrator s Guide describes general cluster administration SGI Altix UV CMC Controller Software User s Guide Describes how to use the controller commands on your chassis manager controller CMC to monitor and manage SGI Altix UV 100 and SGI Altix UV 1000 systems SGI Altix UV 1000 System User s Guide This guide provides an overview of the archite
3. Log in as root user Bn viewer 7221 0258 2tps sm x Video Keyboard Mouse Options Device VideoRecord SoftKeyboard Help SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 64 uvdS Sys Username f Restart f Shut Down Qo Log in KVM Remote Console started Figure 3 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 64 Login Screen 15 The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 64 desktop appears as shown in Figure 3 12 on page 47 46 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide is emet Da e Video Keyboard Mouse Options Device VideoRecord Softkeyboard Help KVM Remote Console started Figure 3 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 64 Desktop Screen Changing Configuration Settings From the Configuration tab shown in Figure 3 13 on page 48 you can access various configuration setting pages For example you can configure fixed network settings under the Network Settings page Under the Mouse Mode Settings page the Absolute setting should be selected for both Linux and Windows operating systems on the host Older Linux distributions required Relative mouse mode SGI Altix UV systems use Absolute mouse mode 007 5694 001 47 3 System Configuration from the SMN The remainder of the configuration pages are security related and may be of use to you if you connect the BaselO BMC to your house network rather than the system management node Ele Edit View H
4. Node Administrator s Guide 12 Updating Firmware 007 5694 001 For example to direct requests to for example my corp mycompany com comment delete the pool entries and insert the local entry as follows Use public servers from the pool ntp org project Please consider joining the pool http www pool ntp org join html server O rhel pool ntp org server l rhel pool ntp org server 2 rhel pool ntp org Server my corp mycompany com Restart the ntp server as follows etc init d ntpd restart Make sure you have registered with the Red Hat Network RHN If you have not yet registered run the following command usr bin rhn register A set of commands is available from the system management node SMN to update Altix UV firmware The general syntax for the tool is as follows flashXXX r image name CMC host IP gt CMC host IP gt There are three firmware flashing commands based on the general syntax above flashcmc flashbmc flashiobmc These tools have the following in common These tools are run from the SMN The commands update the specified image but will not reboot the updated BMCs or CMCs When you specify the r option the updated BMCs CMCs are reset rebooted so that the firmware update takes effect immediately 29 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation 30 The flash tools now flash the entire system not just the CMC specified on t
5. SGI Altix UV factory installation It should not be directly connected to any other network The Altix UV system control network is not designed for and does not accommodate additional network traffic routing address naming other than its own schema or DHCP controls other than its own configuration The Altix UV system control network also is not security hardened nor is it tolerant of heavy network traffic and is vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks System System Main Slim DVD ROM drive LEDs reset power LCE SS et E soss e o ee E 00 E oo FHF PHF 44444444444 FO FHF HHH FH Hh 4444444444 ee 838893889389 988938808 E Se SATA drive bays Power Supply Module BMC Port USB Eth3 Mouse Port 1 Eth2 Full height x16 PCle Slot Ss c WW geg C___ iB Etho UID LED sw UIO Card Eth1 A Oo lt o o e o TU o a a USB VGA Port Figure 1 1 System Management Node Front and Rear Panels In all Altix UV 1000 servers all the system controller types SMNs CMCs and BMCs communicate with each other in the following ways 007 5694 001 3 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation System control commands and communications are passed between the SMN and CMCS via a private dedicated Gigabit Ethernet The CMCs communicate directly with the BMC in each in
6. Shell gt prompt 13 The operating system login screen appears At the prompt enter init5 as shown in Figure 3 10 on page 45 44 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide Video Keyboard Mouse Options Device VideoRecord SoftKeyboard Help wx Enterprise Server SP x86 64 Kernel Last login Wed fug 18 12 8 CDT 2010 on console You have neu na il This root was originally imaged with image x86_64 propack i slesiispi uv fs8 System Imager documentation can be found here htty linux engr sgi conzinfo zaltixhouto htnl cc the Systenimager section A reninder about t y reserve le systens from Steve Neuner Just a reminder that the engineering systems need to be reserved for usage If you don t have it reserved under no circumstances hould you log in te the systen or console even if the system appear dle If the systen is reserved and you have an urgent and critical r contact the person with the systen reservatit md if appropriate the system owner to see if sonething can be wo out MU and Eagan reservati an be found here http linux engr sgi init 5 KVM Remote Console started Figure 3 10 JViewer Operating System Login Screen Note To see the SUSE graphics screen you want system run level 5 007 5694 001 45 3 System Configuration from the SMN 14 The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86 64 login screen appears as shown in Figure 3 11 on page 46
7. a number of installation screens For detailed installation instructions see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Deployment Guide deployment pdf Note Documentation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 is located on your system in the docu en directory Procedure 1 2 Intall SLES 11 SP1 and SGI Foundation Software 2 2 To install SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SLES11 SP1 from the DVD media and SGI Foundation Sotftware 2 2 as an add on product perform the following steps 1 Insert the SLES 11 SP1 Installation DVD in the DVD drive and reboot your system 2 Follow the steps in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Installation Quick Start When you get to the Installation Mode screen as shown in Figure 1 13 on page 24 click the button next to Include Add On Products from Separate Media and then click Next to continue 23 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation Hi Installation Mode Suku More i Ip New rstel ason CES Ss i he Repar inesaled Ave ET Figure 1 13 SLES11 Installation Mode Screen 3 From the Media Type screen shown in Figure 1 14 on page 25 click the button to the left of CD 24 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide Q am Media Type Spceifv LGL SE C pvo Hard Elk USD Ezek zr Disk C Led D relin Lgeal ISO Imaga T X Lownoac recothory dere ption fies Figure 1
8. of this publication contact SGI Be sure to include the title and document number of the publication with your comments Online the document number is located in the viii 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide 007 5694 001 front matter of the publication In printed publications the document number is located at the bottom of each page You can contact SGI in any of the following ways Send e mail to the following address techpubs sgi com Contact your customer service representative and ask that an incident be filed in the SGI incident tracking system Send mail to the following address SGI Technical Publications 46600 Landing Parkway Fremont CA 94538 SGI values your comments and will respond to them promptly Chapter 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation This chapter describes the system management node SMN how to install software on the SMN and software operation It covers these topics System Management Node Software Requirements on page 1 System Management Node on page 2 System Management Node Software Installation on page 10 e SGI Management Center Software Installation on page 20 Installing SLES 11 SP1 and SGI Foundation 2 2 Software on page 23 Installing and Configure RHEL 6 on page 26 Updating Firmware on page 29 An SMN is generally required for SGI Altix UV 1000 series systems and ar
9. the Linux Shell prompt appears enter exit as shown in Figure 3 14 on page 51 50 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide Video Keyboard Mouse Options Device VideoRecord Softkeyboard Help Figure 3 14 KVM J Viewer Shell Prompt with exit Command Screen 3 The SGI KVM screen appears as shown in Figure 3 15 on page 52 007 5694 001 51 3 System Configuration from the SMN Lantronix SLSLP KVM Console uv spider3 americas sqgicom Options el SI A ei Ser Da CtrlAItE 1 CtHAMF2 CtriAMF7 AREF tz AES AMF9 ABFIO ARF1l AMF12 Hit Space for Boot Menu ConsoleiNorm Desktop size is 800 x 600 Fos 8 In 4 KB s Out 84 B s i Figure 3 15 SGI KVM Console Startup Screen After the SGI KVM Console software completes loading the BIOS setup utility appears as shown in Figure 3 16 on page 53 52 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide KS JViewer 172 21 0 255 0 fps Video Keyboard Mouse Options Device VideoRecord SoftKeyboard Help Figure 3 16 BIOS Setup Utility Enabling BaselO VGA The Enabling Basel0 section of the SGI Altix UV Software Install Guide walks you through steps to enable BaselO video graphics array VGA on an SGI Altix UV 100 or an SGI Altix UV 1000 system 007 5694 001 53 3 System Configuration from the SMN Booting Using iSCSI Protocol The Bootin
10. 14 SLES11 Media Type Screen 4 The Insert the add on product CD dialog box appears Insert the SGI Foundation x86_64 CD into the drive and click the Continue button and then Next to proceed 5 From the Add On Product Installation screen as shown in Figure 1 15 on page 26 click on SGI Foundation x86_64 1 6 cd Directory and click the Add button and then Next to proceed 6 Follow the SLES11 SP1 instructions to complete the installation 007 5694 001 25 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation E NL SUSE Linux Enterprise d 4 Add On Product Installation H ERC REES Addo oducts Installation Figure 1 15 SLES11 SP1 Add On Product Installation Screen Showing SGI Foundation Installing and Configure RHEL 6 26 This section describes how to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 on the system management node Installation instructions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHEL 6 and SGI Performance Suite 1 0 software are contained in the product release notes in a file named README TXT that is available in docs directory on the CD media These instructions assume that you have a VGA display or that you are able to remotely display X11 graphics If you do not have a VGA display you should connect from your workstation to the target server with the following command ssh X root itarget server Procedure 1 3 Installing RHEL 6 Software on the System Management Node To install RHEL 6
11. 3 9 on page 43 Shell fsO fs0 gt cd efi 42 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide fs0 Nefi ecd SuSE fs0 efi SuSe gt elilo ge Video Keyboard Mouse Options Device VideoRecord SoftKeyboard Help E D103 431D 9355 24CFBO15EA4R EA 0x 7096254 Ox 783DDGEO blk6 Renovable HardDisk Alias null ciRoot 0x0 Pc i 0x3 0x0 Pc i 0x0 0x0 Scs xA 0x0 HD 7 GPT 1126DBD 2BC 7 Al fMDC 60E1H3B90BF5 OxF3D1FBF 0x783BD61 blk Removable HardDisk Alias null ciRoot D Pc i 0x3 0x0 Pc i 0x0 0x0 PA DB0 4 A 7DA 3B1532113FDC 0x16CODD2R 0x 703BDOB blk8 Removable HardDish Alias ull iRoot 0x0 Pc i 0x3 Pc i 0x0 0x0 PA IB B A C45 7FBESSE 195 0x4f 817f 6 blk9 Removable BlockDevice Alias null ciRoot 0x0 Pci 0x3 0x0 Pci 0x0 0x0 bIkA Renovable BlockDevice Alias mull iRoot 0x0 Pci 0x1 0x7 USB 0x3 x0 h1kB Renovable BlockDeu ice Alias null iRoot 0x0 Pc i 0x1f 0x 1 USB 0x3 0x0 Unit 0x1 Press ESC in 1 seconds to skip startup nsh any other key to Shell gt fs fs0 gt cd efi fs0 efi gt cd SuSE fs0 efi SuSE gt elilo_ KYM Remote Console started ag Figure 3 9 Booting the Operating System from the JViewer Shell gt Prompt Screen 007 5694 001 43 3 System Configuration from the SMN Note This example shows booting SLES11 SP1 Alternatively you could boot RHEL 6 at the
12. Mozilla Firefox web browser as follows 007 5694 001 sysco system smn hw gt firefox 35 3 System Configuration from the SMN 3 Enter the IP address of the BaselO node baseboard management controller BMC similar to the following http 192 168 1 200 To determine the IP address of the BaseIO node BMC see Determining the IP Address of the BaselO BMC on page 49 4 The BMC login screen appears as shown in Figure 3 1 on page 36 Login as root with the password superuser dre irme ptem In D Ee Yew poy eames Toots ep te oo Unm amp amp AME lt ee e QUSE XS IOSTITends Please Login LLLI Ld Username o Paswerd veecseeee tege Figure 3 1 BMC Login Screen 5 The System Information screen appears as shown in Figure 3 2 on page 37 Click on the Remote Control tab 36 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide Ete Eer Yew Higtery Beskmarks Pop Help v amp O Q e tep a72 21 0255456ex men Bnwestvestedv Enves Geng Stated E tatestHeadines v atoza Feet http 4 172 21 0 255 Aindex Mmi MEGARAC Aviator gt System Information Server esih Configuration Remote Cortrel Martens e T Control We ab On Firmveare Revisaon 9 20 63600 Fa mware But Time Aug 11 2010 11 2 38 Figure 3 2 BMC System Information Screen 6 The Remote Control screen appears as shown in Figure 3 3 on page 38 Click on the Console
13. Redirection button 007 5694 001 37 3 System Configuration from the SMN gt Sama Em fot ee Hate Beckmarks oos Help WER O REECH Oz n B Mest Vistedv Pues amns states Latest agang Pura Freta w heg 0172 21 0 295 4n4ex b m j MEGARAC Aviator gt System formate Server Health Configuration Remote Control Th gehen allow5 yeu 1 pertorm vanous remote operations on the server Such as Lronching he remote console Console Redirection button Figure 3 3 BMC Remote Control Screen 7 The Console Redirection screen appears as shown in Figure 3 4 on page 39 Click on the Launch Console button 38 007 5694 001 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide v E O 9 hegjm172 2 0 2554n4ex m fn sest Vistedv Enos Geting States EL rs Headlines v le reg 0172 21 0 2954ndex ntm MEGARAC Aviator System Information Server Hewl Emera Feen v semen e ses V eti rends Configuration ftemote Cort weer Thos secton alios you to periorm vanicus remote operations on Ne server puch a5 launching fe temote console Launch Console button Figure 3 4 BMC Remote Control Console Redirection Screen 8 A Java application under Firefox will open Select Execute Java Web Start file default from the pop up menu as shown in Figure 3 5 on page 40 You may need to enable pop ups for this address for the Firefo
14. UV CMC IP Address Assignment Multiple Altix UV 007 5694 001 The chassis management controllers CMCs are given IP addresses based on their location in the racks The address is determined as follows lIZT19 207 tfhjorruuuuuu Where e rh is the lower 8 bits of the rack number e rr is the upper two bits of the rack number shifted down 2 Rarely used e uuuuuu is the upos 6 bits Partitions or Systems on a Single SMN A single Altix UV system may be partitioned and have multiple kernels running The BaseIO blade from each partition must have its et h0 and BMC ports attached to the system management node SMN To accommodate the additional cabling a GigE switch is needed 33 2 System Network Addressing In a similar way a single SMN can be configured to manage multiple Altix UV100 and Altix UV 1000 systems One GigE switch is used for the SSI network another switch for the CMC network The smnconfig tool performs disovery and address assignment in both of these configurations if the cabling is connected per the guideline and the multiple Altix UV 100 and Altix UV 1000 systems have their CMCs uniquely designated with the rack upos method Non Altix UV 100 or UV 1000 Systems on the SMN 34 In addition to managing Altix UV 100 and Altix UV 1000 systems the SMN can also provide system management for other systems such as the Altix UV 10 Altix XE systems and so on For these class of systems th
15. age 33 Non Altix UV 100 or UV 1000 Systems on the SMN on page 34 System Network Addressing Overview 007 5694 001 The SGI Altix UV hostname assignment is based on the rack and u position of the blade or other component The rack u position must be uniform across all Altix UV systems that are attached to an system management node SMN In other words a single Altix UV 1000 system that encompasses multiple racks will have racks numbers 1 to N in increments of 1 and u positions upos within each rack will range from 1 to 42 with an increment of 3 there is an exception where upos 2 is also present In the case of multiple Altix UV 100 systems each Altix UV 100 is assigned a unique rack upos in the same manner so all Altix UV 100 systems are identifiable in this way The system management node SMN has three dedicated Ethernet ports to connect to the Altix UV systems specifically for the system control network and the primary BaselO of each partition There is one Ethernet port on the SMN that is to be attached to the customer network The connections described in this manual are very specific Sites are not allowed to also attach other unrelated customer equipment to these dedicated networks because this would interfere with Altix UV system management network The SMN detects and then assigns hostnames IP addresses and name binding for the Altix UV systems and any additional systems that have a dedicated BMC port connection to
16. are used to connect all the CMCs in a ring The SBK jack is used to interconnect building blocks into another ring Up to four building blocks may be interconnected creating a Super block SBK Using only the SBK jacks on the CMCs for these connections connect a cable from a CMC in the first building block to a CMC in the second building block Then select another CMC in the second building block and connect it to a CMC in the third building block or back to a CMC in the first building block in the case of only two building blocks To minimize network hops its recommended that the two connections within a building block be in different racks for redundancy and that the two racks be adjacently cabled with respect to the CMC ring One system management node SMN is required for each system Systems with more than one partition or more than one building block will require a GigE switch Systems with more than one Super Block will require two GigE switches The SMN should be connected to the SMN jack in a CMC that also has an SBK connection The SMN requires a GigE switch to support connections to two different Super Blocks The EXT 0 1 2 jacks are used for connections from the smart door controller and so on The SMN jack can be used for other in rack devices if its available and all SMNs in the configuration are already connected Only the primary CMC SMN ports are to be used System Management Node Command Line Interface The UV comman
17. cture and descriptions of the major components that compose the SGI Altix UV 1000 system It also provides the vii About This Manual standard procedures for powering on and powering off the system basic troubleshooting information and important safety and regulatory specifications e SGI Altix UV 100 System User s Guide This guide provides an overview of the architecture and descriptions of the major components that compose the SGI Altix UV 100 system It also provides the standard procedures for powering on and powering off the system basic troubleshooting information and important safety and regulatory specifications Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this document Convention command manpage x variable user input Reader Comments Meaning This fixed space font denotes literal items such as commands files routines path names signals messages and programming language structures Man page section identifiers appear in parentheses after man page names Italic typeface denotes variable entries and words or concepts being defined This bold fixed space font denotes literal items that the user enters in interactive sessions Output is shown in nonbold fixed space font Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated If you have comments about the technical accuracy content or organization
18. d line interface is accessible by logging into either a system maintenance node SMN or chassis management controller CMC 007 5694 001 5 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation Log in as root when logging into the CMC similar to the following ssh root hostname cmc SGI Chassis Manager Controller Firmware Rev 1 1 11 CMC rlilc gt Login as sysco when logging into the SMN similar to the following ssh X sysco uv system smn sysco system smn hw gt Once a connection to the SMN or CMC is established various system control commands can be entered SMN Specific CLI Commands The following CLI command options are available specifically for the SMN h help This help message hh help This help message CLI help message q quiet No diagnostic message s system Select UV system If only one system is present this one is selected Otherwise this option is mandatory S show depth Show nodes at depth gt 1 using optional supplied pattern Default pattern t target One target in one of the two following formats a rack slot blade b r 1 s i 1 2 b n 0 15 Note This format is NOT for uvc1i only Examples r1i02 rack 1 slot 2 r2i1b4 rack 2 slot 1 blade 4 Select the target from the CLI command itself or if not available using the t option 6 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Gu
19. disabled status usage power ov nmi debug TARGET nmi debug issue NMI Oo overrid override partition check v verbose verbose output usage power v margin high low norm TARGET margin power margin control high low norm margin state v verbose verbose output usage power on off cycle reset alll clonl off cyclel reset control aux power or BMC reset alll c blade slot usage power help help display this help and exit uvcon Command Use the uvcon command to open a console to an Altlix UV system To see a help statement for the power command perform the following uv45 smn uvcon help usage uvcon bna23 smn cmc steal spy kill dump notty clear nocac smn SMN hostname cmc CMC hostname b baseio specifies baseio bmc console n normal specifies nbmc console normal channel d debug specifies nbmc console debug channel 2 chan2 Specifies nbmc console channel 2 3 chan3 Specifies nbmc console channel 3 steal steal the console Spy spy the console kill kill all other uvcon sessions dump dump the cached console exit notty disables tty interventions 007 5694 001 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation clear nocache help TARGET Note clear cached output don t return cached output display this help and exit console target When tty mode is e
20. e only connection to the SMN required is the BMC port from the motherboard to the SSI network As described previously the SSI network 172 21 0 0 16 is used to connect the UV Basel et h0 ports and the BaselO BMC ports The non Altix UV systems connect their BMC ports to this network and will be assigned addresses from the 172 21 129 254 x range 007 5694 001 Chapter 3 System Configuration from the SMN This chapter walks you through steps to use KVM to enable remote console access from the system management node SMN to an SGI Altix UV 100 or an SGI Altix UV 1000 system It covers the following topics Enabling a Remote Console on page 35 Changing Configuration Settings on page 47 Determining the IP Address of the BaselO BMC on page 49 Accessing the SGI KVM BIOS Setup Utility on page 50 Enabling BaselO VGA on page 53 Booting Using iSCSI Protocol on page 54 Enabling a Remote Console Note The enabling a remote console feature is currently NOT available A new BaselO firmware image will be released in the near future to enable this capability This section describes how to use KVM to enable remote console access Procedure 3 1 Enabling a Remote Console To enable a remote console to your SGI Altix UV system perform the following steps 1 Establish a network connection to the SMN as follows ssh X syscoQuv system smn The password set out of the factory is sysco 2 From the SMN launch the
21. e optional with SGI Altix UV 100 systems System Management Node Software Requirements 007 5694 001 The SMN requires the following software components SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 SLES 11 SP1 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RHEL 6 e SGI Foundation Software 2 2 SGI System Management Software bundle Note SGI Management Center SMC software is optional for provisioning installing configuring operating and monitoring SGI Altix UV 1000 and 100 series systems The SGI Management Center System Administrator s Guide provides information on using the GUI to administer your Altix UV system 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation System Management Node Both Altix UV 100 and 1000 system individual rack units IRUs use an embedded chassis management controller CMC The CMC communicates with both the blade level board management controllers BMCs and the system management node SMN These components are generically known as the system control network Remote administration requires that the SMN be connected by an Ethernet connection to a private or public Local Area Network LAN The SMN can run SGI Management Center software The SGI Management Center System Administrator s Guide provides information on using the GUI to administer your Altix UV 100 or Altix UV 1000 system For information on the CMC see SGI UV CMC Controller Software User s Guide SGI Altix UV 100 S
22. em Management Node Administrator s Guide 007 5694 001 e Prerequisites SGI MC Media db46 4 6 21 0 1sgi701rl sles11 x86 64 rpm ice 3 3 0 sgi701rl sles11 x86 64 rpm ice java 3 3 0 sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm ice libs 3 3 0 sgi701ri1 sles11 x86 64 rpm java 1 6 0 sun 1 6 0 17 sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm java 1 6 0 sun fonts 1 6 0 17 sgi701rl sles11 x86 64 rpm libdb java 4 6 4 6 21 0 1sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm mkelflmage 2 7 0 1sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm Main packages SGI MC Media sgimc 1 1 0 sgi701rl sles11 x86 64 rpm sgimc server 1 1 0 sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm shout 0 1 sgi701rl sles11 x86 64 rpm TFTP packages tftp SLES 11 SP1 Media sgimc tftp sgimc tftpboot or atftp SLES 11 SP1 Media sgimc atftp sgimc tftpboot Note If in doubt just use tftp e Start shout as follows etc init d shout start chkconfig shout on Request a SGI Altix UV enabled LK license for SGI MC from SGI Put the contents in etc 1k keys dat Restart the sgimc daemon as follows etc init d mgr restart 21 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation 5 Make sure the following daemons are enabled to run at boot time dhcpd ntp tftp or atftp Start the following services ntp tftp or atftp 6 Open the SGI MC GUI and make the following configuration changes Go to Edit preferences In General network preferences change the subnet to 172 21 0 0 netma
23. g Using iSCSI Protocol section of the SGI Altix UV Software Install Guide walks you through steps to boot an SGI Altix UV system using iSCSI protocol 54 007 5694 001 Index A access SGI KVM BIOS setup utility 50 B BaselO VGA 54 BIOS setup utility 50 booting using iSCSI protocol 54 C changing configuration settings 47 commands SMN 7 creating a new SMN payload from a tarball 22 D determining IP address of BaselO BMC 49 E enabling a remote console 35 enabling BaselO VGA 53 enabling remote console access 35 install RHEL 6 26 install SLES11 on the system management node 12 install software 007 5694 001 SGI Management Center 20 SLES 11 SP1 and SGI Foundation 2 2 software 23 system management node 11 installing RHEL 6 on the system management node 26 introduction 1 iSCSI booting 55 M Mouse mode settings 47 R remote console 35 SGI Altix UV 1000 system rack 11 SGI Management Center 2 SGI Management Center software installation 20 SLES 11 SP1 and SGI Foundation 2 2 software installation 23 SMN command line interface CLI 6 SMN commands 7 SMN specific CLI commands 6 software requirements SMN 1 system control network overview 2 system management node SMN 12 system management node software installation 11 55 Index VGA 54 56 Y YaST2 firstboot installer 13 YaST2 installation tool 13 007 5694 001
24. he command line When flashing multi IRU systems you must specify only one CMC hostname Each of the tools now supports a help option which describes the available options For SGI service personnel when updating these images where the firmware archive is not directly accessible from an SMN or at a customer site simply download the firmware binary and flash tool onto the SMN or service laptop for updates on sites without SMNs and run the flash tools as indicated below To update the system firmware perform the following 1 Obtain the latest firmware from SGI SupportFolio at https support sgi com or from SGI site personnel To flash all of the CMCs in your system perform the following flashcmc r cmc bin CMC hostname IP To flash the compute node BMCs in your system perform the following flashbmc r uvbmc bin CMC hostname IP gt To flash the the BaselO BMCs in your system perform the following flashiobmc r uvbaseio bin CMC hostname IP 007 5694 001 Chapter 2 System Network Addressing This chapter describes the internal system management network addressing scheme for Altix UV 1000 and Altix UV 100 series systems It covers the following topics System Network Addressing Overview on page 31 System Management Node Ethernet Ports on page 32 e Altix UV CMC IP Address Assignment on page 33 Multiple Altix UV Partitions or Systems on a Single SMN on p
25. ide The following are examples of uvcli commands uvcli help This help uvcli leds help Help on 1eds command uvcli leds rlilb4 Show leds on BMC located at rack 1 slot1 blade 4 uvcli t 1 1 leds Show leds on all BMCs in rack 1 slot 1 uvcli leds v rlil Same as previous command but more verbose uvcli S 1 Show all system serial numbers uveli esr paren Show all system partitions List of Valid CLI Commands Used With the System Management Node SMN The following list of available CLI commands are specifically for the SMN auth Authenticate SSN APPWT change bios Perform BIOS actions bmc Access the BMC shell cmc Acess the CMC shell config Show system configuration console Access system consoles help List available commands hel Access hardware error logs hwcfg Access hardware configuration variable leds Display system LED values log Display system controller logs power Access pwer control status Enter cmd help Get help statement for ind power command The power command previosly available on the chassis management controller CMC can now be run from the SMN command line When a power command is 007 5694 001 7 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation issued it checks to see if the individaul rack units IRUs are powered on if not on the p on To se uv45 smn power help usage power vcow on up on up bmc v ve
26. inet addr 172 20 255 254 Bcast 172 20 255 255 Mask 255 255 0 0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU 1500 Metric 1 RX packets 331167 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0 TX packets 596190 errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 007 5694 001 49 3 System Configuration from the SMN collisions 0 txqueuelen 1000 RX bytes 22075035 21 0 MiB TX bytes 742617052 708 2 MiB Interrupt 1 5 Enter CTRL X to exit the console 6 The output also displays the MAC address as the HWaddr You can use this information to configure a known MAC to IP address host name mapping in your DHCP server Procedure 3 3 Determining the IP address of the BaselO BMC with an SMN To determine the IP address of the BaselO perform the following steps 1 Establish a network connection to the SMN as follows ssh X syscoQuv system smn The password set out of the factory is sysco 2 Perform the following command to find the IP address of the BaseIO BMC as follows sysco uv sys smn hw gt cmclist a File var lib dhcp db dhcpd leases UID IP Address d N001N010N0001N025N300N237 172 21 0 255 Accessing the SGI KVM BIOS Setup Utility This section describes how to access the SGI KVM BIOS setup utility software residing on the BaselO blade Procedure 3 4 Accessing the SGI KVM BIOS Setup Utility To access the SGI KVM BIOS setup utility software perform the following steps 1 Perform steps one through 11 in Procedure 3 1 on page 35 2 When
27. istory Bookmarks Tools Help v D Te mtp 172 21 0 2554ndex htmi iN a ien E Noveli 9 Getting Started ElLatest Headlines v Mozilla Firetox v a American Megatrends HELP Feuevere BAN Towa Aug 11 20107 A SE Figure 3 13 Configuration Tab 48 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide Determining the IP Address of the BaselO BMC This section describes how to determine the IP address of the BaseIO BMC By default the external Ethernet port on the BaseIO BMC is configured to use DHCP In the case that it is connected to an SMN the SMN will serve it an IP address mapped to a known host name Procedure 3 2 Determining the IP address of the BaselO BMC without an SMN To determine the IP address of the BaselO perform the following steps 1 Login to the CMC as follows ssh root hostname cmc SGI Chassis Manager Controller Firmware Rev 1 1 11 CMC rlilc 2 Run the iodcon command on the CMC to get to the node BMC bmc0 as follows CMC rlilc gt iodcon Starting BaselO BMC debug console on node BMC bmc0 Use CTRL X to exit this console SGI UV BMC Firmware Rev 1 1 11 3 Log into the console as root as follows rlilb0i login root Password SGI UV BMC Firware Rev 1 0 0 rlilbOi 4 Run the ifconfig eth1 command to obtain the inet addr as follows rlilb0i ifconfig ethl ethl Link encap Ethernet HWaddr 08 00 69 15 C1 2B
28. lation and Operation 16 Hle Edit View Terminal Tabs Help Figure 1 9 Network Settings Screen Note In SLES11 this screen is also where we will come back to in order to set up things like the default route and DNS You can see all of those menu choices just to the right of Overview in Figure 1 9 on page 16 The Network Card Setup screen appears as shown in Figure 1 10 on page 17 SGI suggests using static IP addresses and not DHCP for admin nodes Select Statically assigned IP Address Once selected you can enter the IP Address Subnet Mask and Hostname Note You must use a fully qualified hostname host domain such as mysystem admin domainname mycompany com These are the settings for your admin node s house public network interface You will enter the default route if needed in a different step Select Next to continue 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide tr 2 1 2 Hle Edit View Terminal Tabs Help Figure 1 10 Network Card Setup Screen 9 At this point you are back at the Network Settings screen as shown in Figure 1 11 on page 18 At this time select Hostname DNS In this screen you should enter your house public network hostname and fully qualified domain names In addition any name servers for your house public network should be supplied Please select ensure an x is in the box for Write hostname to etc hosts Do not selec
29. m image SSI If an Altix UV system is partitioned each partition requires at least one BaselO blade and the primary BaselO of each partition is connected to the SMN ethismn is also the network that connects the BaselO baseboard management controller BMC to the SMN This network is also used to attach non Altix UV system BMCs such as SGI Atlix XE series systems the SGI C1103 TY12 system SGI Altix UV 10 and SGI Rackable series systems to the SMN to allow the SMC a means to control these non Altix UV systems The IP address for ethismn is 172 21 0 0 16 with starting address 172 21 1 1 Within this range a convention is followed to designate 172 21 1 128 x for BaselO Ethernet and 172 21 129 254 x for non Altix UV BMCs 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide SMN eth2 SMN eth3 eth2smn is the port for the private network known as the primary CMC network The Altix UV 100 and Altix UV 1000 systems with multiple CMCs are very specifically configured into a small network and the SMN is a peer on this network The range of IP addresses for devices attached to eth2smn is 172 19 0 0 16 with starting address 172 19 1 1 eth3smn is the port dedicated to the secondary CMC network The secondary CMC capability is currently not implemented However the IP space is still reserved The range of IP addresses for devices attached to eth3smn is 172 20 0 0 16 with starting address 172 20 1 1 Altix
30. nabled use CTRL q to exit For more detailed information on the commands available from the SMN or CMC and how to use them see the SGI Altix UV CMC Controller Software User s Guide System Management Node Software Installation Figure 1 4 on page 11 shows one rack of an SGI Altix UV system 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide 007 5694 001 Power Supplies Power Supplies Individual Rack Unit IRU Router Fans yJ System Management Node oo 1U I O Expansion Slots REEDE x B zs ss ss e O On Compute Blades gt Individual Rack Unit IRU Router Fans E li Boot Disk Riser Base UO Riser Compute Blades gt Figure 1 4 SGI Altix UV 1000 System Rack 11 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation The system management node SMN is either located in the top 1U slot between the individaul rack units IRUs or at the top of the rack Procedure 1 1 Installing Software on the System Management Node SMN To install SLES 11 software images on the system admin controller perform the following steps 1 Turn
31. on reset or reboot the SMN The power on button is on the right of the SMN as shown in Figure 1 5 on page 12 DVD Power SE H HEHE WER een e ee D 41 2000000000000000000007 0000000000000000000002 000000000000000000000 600000000000000000000 Figure 1 5 System Management Node Power On Button and DVD Drive 2 Insert the SLES 11 Service Pack 1 DVD in the DVD drive on the left of the SMN as shown in Figure 1 5 on page 12 3 Once installation of software on the system management node is complete remove the DVD from the DVD drive 4 After the reboot completes you will eventually see the YaST2 firstboot amp Linux Welcome screen as shown in Figure 1 6 on page 13 Select the Next button to continue 12 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide z terminal Hle Edit View Terminal Tabs Help Figure 1 6 YaST2 firstboot amp Linux Welcome Screen Note The YaST2 Installation Tool has a main menu with sub menus You will be redirected back to the main menu at various times as you follow the steps in this procedure You will be prompted by YaST2 firstboot installer to enter your system details including the root password network configuration time zone and so on 5 From the Hostname and Domain Name screen as shown in Figure 1 7 on page 14 enter the hostname and domain name of your system in the appropriate fields Make s
32. out This Manual Obtaining Publications Related Publications and Other Sources Conventions Reader Comments 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation System Management Node Software Requirements System Management Node System Control Network Overview System Management Physical Connections System Management Node Command Line Interface SMN Specific CLI Commands List of Valid CLI Commands Used With the System Management Node SMN power command uvcon Command System Management Node Software Installation SGI Management Center Software Installation SMC Installation Overview TE Creating a New Payload from a Tarball Installing SLES 11 SP1 and SGI Foundation 2 2 Software Installing and Configure RHEL 6 Updating Firmware 007 5694 001 vii vii vii viii viii NO N d Oo FFP N N r ka N e eO c N N N c N N N VD 0 CQ Contents 2 System Network Addressing System Network Addressing Overview System Management Node Ethernet Ports SMN eth1 SMN eth2 SMN eth3 2 m s 4 Altix UV CMC IP Address Assignment Multiple Altix UV Partitions or Systems on a Single SMN Non Altix UV 100 or UV 1000 Systems on the SMN 3 System Configuration from the SMN Enabling a Remote Console Changing Configuration Settings Determining the IP Address of the BaselO BMC Accessing the SGI KVM BIOS Setup Utility Enabling BaselO VGA Booting Using iSCSI Protocol Index vi 31 31 32 32 33 33
33. rbose G olear O overrid w watch usage power vo off dow off down bmc v verbose oy overrid usage power vchow rese reset bmc iobmc v verbose c clear h hold O overrid w watch usage power vhow cycle cycle bmc v verbose h hold Oo overrid w watch usage power vi10ud sta status v verbose ower command powers up the IRUs and then the blades in the IRU are powered e a help statement for the power command perform the following bmc TARGET turn power on turn aux power on verbose output clear EFI variables system and partition targets only override partition check watch boot progress n bmc TARGET turn power off turn aux power off verbose outpu override partition check t system reset BMC reset verbose output TARGET bmc iobmc clear EFI variables system and partition targets only hold reset high override partition check watch boot progress bmc TARGET cycle power off on cycle aux power verbose output hold reset high override partition check watch boot progress TARGET status tus show power verbose output 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide 1 on show only blades with on status O c o t show only blades with off status u unknown show only blades with unknown status d disabled show only blades with
34. sgi SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide 007 5694 001 COPYRIGHT 2010 SGI All rights reserved provided portions may be copyright in third parties as indicated elsewhere herein No permission is granted to copy distribute or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner in whole or in part without the prior written permission of SGI LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND The software described in this document is commercial computer software provided with restricted rights except as to included open free source as specified in the FAR 52 227 19 and or the DFAR 227 7202 or successive sections Use beyond license provisions is a violation of worldwide intellectual property laws treaties and conventions This document is provided with limited rights as defined in 52 227 14 TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS SGI Altix and the SGI logo are are trademarks or registered trademarks of Silicon Graphics International Corp or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries MegaRAC is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries Firefox and Mozilla are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation SUPERMICRO is a registerd trademark of Super Micro Computer Inc 007 5694 001 Record of Revision Version Description 001 October 2010 Original Printing Contents Ab
35. sk 255 255 0 0 Still in General network preferences make sure the log server and ntp server are that of the Management Network for the SMN usually 172 21 0 1 e Set the NTP server to 127 0 0 1 Puta check mark in Direct PXE Boot and keep EFI Boot checked as well Creating a New Payload from a Tarball 22 This section describes how to create a new payload called SSI payload as follows 1 Create a payload directory as follows mkdir p opt sgi sgimc imaging root payloads new payload Create a payload profile as follows cd opt sgi sgimc imaging root payloads new payload and then edit the payload profile to look similar to the following SGI Management Center Payload Tue May 25 17 34 17 CDT 2010 architecture x86 64 name new payload description New payload for an SSI In the Management Center GUI refresh the Imaging pane Open the payload and check it in 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide Installing SLES 11 SP1 and SGI Foundation 2 2 Software 007 5694 001 The following set of instructions is based on an install using the physical product media For other installation methods see the product release notes For an overview of SLES11 SP1 installation see the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Installation Quick Start 3nstallquick pdf This document provides a quick overview of how to run through the default installation of SLES walking you through
36. software images on the system management node perform the following steps 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide 007 5694 001 Insert the product media and enter the following command to mount it 9 mount dev cdrom mnt Run the following command and follow the examples provided mnt create yum config file Additional installation instructions are provided in the release notes file Add the IPADDR NETMASK and NETWORK values appropriate for the public house network interface to the etc sysconfig network scripts ifcfg eth0 file similar to the following example IPADDR 128 162 244 88 NETMASK 255 255 255 0 NETWORK 128 162 244 0 Create the etc sysconfig network file similar to the following example root localhost cat etc sysconfig network NETWORKING yes HOSTNAME my system admin GATEWAY 128 162 244 1 Create the etc resolv conf file similar to the following example root localhost cat etc resolv conf search domain name mycompany com nameserver 137 38 224 40 nameserver 137 38 31 248 nameserver 137 38 225 5 Add the IP address of the house network interface and the name s of the admin node to etc hosts file similar to the following example f echo 128 162 244 88 my system admin domain name mycompany com my system admi Set the admin node hostname as follows hostname my system admin
37. stalled blade by way of the IRU s internal backplane All the CMCs can communicate with each other via an Ethernet string configuration network In larger configurations the system control communication path includes a private dedicated Ethernet switch An Ethernet connection directly from the SMN to a local private or public Ethernet allows the system to be administered directly from a local or remote console via the SGI Management Center interface most often installed on the SMN Note that there is no direct inter connected system controller function in the optional expansion PCIe modules For more detailed information on the SMN see System Management Node Ethernet Ports on page 32 System Management Physical Connections Each IRU contains a chassis management controller CMC Each CMC has seven Ethernet connectors that connect internally to the 48 port Ethernet switch see Figure 1 2 on page 4 K e e me a e EXTO EXM EXT2 SMN SBK CMCO CMCi CONSOLE Figure 1 2 Chassis Management Controller The Ethernet ports are used as follows 4 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide EXT2 100 Mb SMN 1 Gigabit SBK 1 Gigabit gt VLAN SBK CMCO 1 Gigabit CMC1 1 Gigabit _f LAN CMC EXTO 100 Mb EXT de Mb Jen KO Figure 1 3 CMC Ethernet Port Usage The CMCO and CMC1 jacks
38. t OK yet 007 5694 001 17 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation terminal Hle Edit View Terminal Tabs Help Figure 1 11 Network Settings Screen 10 Select Routing shown in Figure 1 12 on page 19 and enter your house public network default router information there Now you can select OK 18 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide 007 5694 001 Hle Edit View Terminal Tabs Help Figure 1 12 Network Settings Routing Screen 11 12 13 14 15 16 You are now back at the Network Configuration II screen Click Next In the Clock and Time Zone screen you can enter the appropriate details Select Next to continue In the Password for the System Administrator root screen enter the password you wish to use This password will be used throughout the cluster not just the admin node Select Next to continue In the User Authentication Method screen most customers will want to stick with the default Local Select Next to continue In the New Local User screen you can just select Next and say Yes to the Empty User Login warning Select Next to continue In Installation Completed select Finish 19 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation 17 After you have completed the YaST first boot installation instructions login into the system admin controller You can use YaST2 to confirm or correct an
39. the single system image SSI segment For more information see SMN eth1 on page 32 and Multiple Altix UV Partitions or Systems on a Single SMN on 31 2 System Network Addressing page 33 Because the Altix UV rack upos convention for identification is used and the network connections are very specific guidelines must be adhered to carefully System Management Node Ethernet Ports SMN eth1 32 The SMN is a SuperMicro SuperServer 6016T URF 1U server with two Gigabit Ethernet GigE ports residing on the motherboard and two additional Ethernet ports provided via an adapter card The ports are designated eth0 through etn3 The eth0 port is attached to the customer network Its address is not assigned by the SMN software stack Customers assign the IP address of the etn0 port The ports ethi through eth3 are dedicated to the system management network To distinguish the SMN Ethernet ports from other ports on BaselO blades or CMCs the port is suffixed with smn for example et h0smn You can get product specification information and other documentation for the SuperMicro 6016T URF server at http www supermicro com or at http docs sgi com Search on the title SuperServer 6016T URF User s Manual or on the part number 860 0498 001 ethismn is the port for the private network known as the SSI network This is a dedicated known path between the SGI Management Center SMC application and each kernel instance or single syste
40. u want to run the application Name J iewer Publisher ami L Always trust content from this publisher Only run if you trust the origin of the application y The digital signature cannot be verified by a trusted source Mere infer mation Figure 3 7 Application Warning Security Screen 11 The JViewer KVM redirection window appears with a Shell prompt as shown in Figure 3 8 on page 42 007 5694 001 41 3 System Configuration from the SMN Video Keyboard Moyse Options Device VideoRecord SoftKeyboard Help H 20 B3BRF 0xI6 Renovable H ik Alias null iRoot 0x0 P xO Pc i Ox IBIE 4916F SI e XJof MEA Ox r831 Renovable H Alias null iRoot Ox Pr x xO Pc i Oxt 1355 24CF 15EA4R EA Tii 1 0x 783 Alias null iRoot Ox x0 Pc i Ox MDC 60E1B3B90BF5 OxF3D1FBF 0x 783 Removable HardDisk Alias null Dp ci 0x3 0x0 Pci Renovable Ha Dish p Pci Ux Root 0x0 I 1 DA 3B1532113F Dt x LOCODDZA Ox 7831 Renovable HardDisk Alias null iRoot 0x0 Pc i 0x PO 1496095 0x0 BAe C4 IES Ox4AB1 d Renovable B gt Alias muil xO Prc i iRoot 0x0 Pc i 0x f Renovable Bloc e Alias ul lt 7 USI x0 D Alias null USI Press ESC i kip startup nsh Shell gt _ KYM Remote Console started Figure 3 8 KVM J Viewer Shell Prompt Screen 12 From the Shell gt prompt issue the following commands as shown in Figure
41. ure that Change Hostname via DHCP is not selected no x should appear in the box Note that the hostname is saved to etc hosts in step 10 below Click the Next button to continue 007 5694 001 13 1 System Management Node Software Installation and Operation T TT ae ee Hle Edit View Terminal Tabs Help Figure 1 7 Hostname and Domain Name Screen Note The mostly used keys are Tab and Shift Tab to move forward and backward in modules the arrow keys to move up and down or left and right in lists the shortcuts press Alt highlighted letter and Enter to execute the selected action or activate a menu item You can use Ctrl L to refresh the YaST screen as necessary 6 The Network Configuration II screen appears as shown in Figure 1 8 on page 15 Select Change and a small window pops up that lets you choose Network Interfaces or Reset to Defaults Choose Network Interfaces 14 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide terminal Edit View Terminal Tabs Help Network Interfaces Figure 1 8 Network Configuration II Screen 7 From the Network Settings screen as shown in Figure 1 9 on page 16 configure the first card under Name to establish the public network sometimes called the house network connection to your SGI Altix UV system To do this highlight the first card and select Edit 007 5694 001 15 1 System Management Node Software Instal
42. x browser first 39 3 System Configuration from the SMN Opening jviewerjnip lt uv45 smn gt You have chosen to open jviewer jnip which is a JNLP file from http 172 21 0 255 What should Firefox do with this file Open with Execute Java Web Start file default O Save File O Do this automatically for files like this from now on Q cancer Figure 3 5 Select Execute Java Web Start file default Pop up Menu 9 You will then get a screen about The web site s certificate cannot be verified Do you want to continue as shown in Figure 3 6 on page 40 Click the Yes button to continue You can also click the checkbox to keep it from showing up later A Warning Security The web site s certificate cannot be verified Do you want to continue li Name 172 21 0 255 Publisher AMI C Always trust content from this publisher uU The certificate cannot be verified by a trusted source More Infor mation Figure 3 6 Web site Warning Security Screen 40 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide 10 You will then get a screen about The application s digital signature cannot be verified Do you want to run the application as shown in Figure 3 7 on page 41 Click the Run button to continue You can also click the checkbox to keep it from showing up later The application s digital signature cannot be verified Do yo
43. y configuration settings 18 Note The SGI System Management Node Software 1 1 Release Notes are available on SGI SupportFolio https support sgi com login Using YaST2 or manually using the rpm command from the SGI System Management Node Software 1 1 ISO install the following rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm noarch sgi smn release 1 1 sgi701r3 slesll noarch rpm x86 64 monit 5 0 3 1sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm x86 64 monit sgi rules 5 0 3 1sgi701rl sles11 x86 64 rpm x86 64 sysco uv libs 1 0 20100520 1219sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm x86 64 sgi gather smn uv 1 1 sgi701r1 sles11 x86 64 rpm x86 64 sysco uv 1 1 20100520 1219sgi701rl sles11 x86 64 rpm SGI Management Center Software Installation For information on how to install SGI Management Center SMC software see the SGI Managment Center Installation and Configuration guide available at http docs sgi com In particular see Chapter 1 Installing SGI Management Center and Install Management Center Payload section in Chapter 4 Creating Payloads and Images SMC Installation Overview 20 A quick overview of installation and initial configuration is as follows 1 Add an entry to the etc hosts file The entry for host must be there as follows 172 21 0 1 admin default domain admin host loghost 2 Install the following packages e pyxml SLES 11 SP1 Media e apache log4cxx from the SGI MC AP ISO 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV Syst
44. ystem User s Guide or SGI Altix UV 1000 System User s Guide This chapter describes the system management node and covers the following topics System Control Network Overview on page 2 System Management Physical Connections on page 4 System Management Node Command Line Interface on page 5 System Control Network Overview The system control network configuration of your server will depend on the size of the system and control options selected Typically an Ethernet LAN connection to the system controller network is used The SMN is a separate stand alone server installed in the SGI Altix UV 1000 rack see Figure 1 1 on page 3 The SMN can be installed at the top of a UV rack or in one of the four 1U slots between the individual rack units IRU as shown in Figure 1 4 on page 11 The SMN acts as a gateway and buffer between the Altix UV system control network and any other public or private local area networks The Altix UV system control network will generally include the following three areas The system management node SMN The chassis management controllers CMC boards one or two per IRU The individual blade based board management controllers BMC report to the CMCs 2 007 5694 001 SGI Altix UV System Management Node Administrator s Guide Warning The SGI Altix UV system control network is a private closed network It o should not be reconfigured in any way to change it from the standard
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