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Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6.1 User's Manual

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1. 230 Using the Storage Management Service Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To disable the alarm on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To disable the alarm on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller 1 enclosure 1 2 omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Tag Use the following omconfig command syntax to specify the enclosure s asset tag Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure In this syntax lt string gt is a user specified alphanumeric string Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To specify the asset tag to encl20 on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 2 assettagsencl120 Example for SAS Controllers To specify the asset tag to encl20 on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassettag controller 1 enclosure 1 2 assettag enc120 Using the Storage Management Service 231 omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Name Use the following omconfig comm
2. Parameters Description Attribute Bootsequence Displays the device used to boot the system Numlock Displays whether the keypad can be used as number keys Embedded Video Displays whether the Embedded Video Controller option is Controller enabled or disabled Boot Mode Displays whether the boot mode is configured to BIOS or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI CPU Execute Disable Displays whether the Execute Disable XD option is enabled or disabled C States Displays whether the C States option is enabled or disabled 40 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Description Processor CMP Displays the number of cores enabled per processor User accessible USB Displays whether the user accessible USB port is enabled or Ports disabled CPU Virtualization Displays the additional hardware capabilities provided by Technology Virtualization Technology AC Power Recovery Mode Displays the system state when input power is restored after an outage Embedded SATA Displays whether the embedded SATA controller is set to Controller ATA mode RAID mode or is disabled SATA port 0 Displays the state of SATA port 0 SATA Port 1 Displays the state of SATA port 1 Dual NIC 1 2 Dual NIC 3 4 Displays whether NIC 1 and NIC 2 with PXE SCSI is enabled or disabled Displays whether NIC 3and NIC 4
3. 201 omconfig Unblink Virtual Disk 201 omconfig Initialize Virtual Disk 202 omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk 202 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk 202 omconfig Slow Initialize Virtualize Disk 203 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize 204 omconfig Restore Dead Segments 204 omconfig Split Mirror 205 omconfig Unmirror 205 omconfig Assign Dedicated Hot Spare 206 omconfig Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare 207 omconfig Check Consistency 208 omconfig Cancel Check Consistency 209 omconfig Pause Check Consistency 209 omconfig Resume Check Consistency 210 omconfig Delete VirtualDisk 210 omconfig Format Virtual Disk 211 omconfig Reconfiguring Virtual Disks 211 omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy 212 omconfig Rename Virtual Disk 213 Contents 11 12 Contents omconfig Physical Disk Commands omconfig Blink Physical Disk omconfig Unblink Physical Disk omconfig Prepare to Remove Physical Disk omconfig Initialize Physical Diskin ops omconfig Offline PhysicalDisk omconfig Offline PhysicalDisk omconfig Online Physical Disk omconfig Assign Global HotSpare omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk
4. omconfig Cancel Rebuild Physical Disk omconfig Remove Dead Segments omconfig Clear Physical Disk omconfig Cancel Clear Physical Disk omconfig Cancel Replace Member omconfig Battery Commands omconfig Recondition Battery omconfig Start Battery Learn Cycle omconfig Delay Battery LearnCycle omconfig Connector Commands omconfig RescanConnector omconfig Enclosure Commands omconfig Enable Enclosure Alarm omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm omconfig Set Enclosure AssetTag omconfig Set Enclosure Asset Name omconfig Set Temperature Probe Thresholds omconfig Reset Temperature Probe Thresholds omconfig Set All Temperature Probe Thresholds 202 02000 234 omconfig Reset All Temperature Probe Thresholds 22200000 235 omconfig Blink 235 7 Working With CLI Command POSTS ee ies PA arte een ER N 237 Output Options for Command Results 237 Controlling Command Output Display 237 Writing Command OutputtoaFile 238 Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output 240 GIOSS ITY EE de do EE ar a ieee 245 PPC RE AREE NEE ceten dh pan a 285 Contents 13 14 Contents Introduction You can perform essential systems management tasks using Dell OpenManage Server Administrato
5. omconfig chassis biossetup omconfig mainsystem biossetup omconfig chassis bmc omconfig mainsystembmc omconfig chassis currents omconfig mainsystem currents omconfig chassis fans omconfig mainsystem fans omconfig chassis fancontrol omconfig mainsystem fancontrol omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsystem frontpanel Contents omconfig chassis info omconfig mainsystem info 00 0 00 omconfig chassis leds omconfig mainsystem leds 2 0000 omconfig chassis memorymode omconfig mainsystem memorymode omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess omconfig chassis temps omconfig mainsystemtemps 004 omconfig chassis volts omconfig mainsystem volts 2 0000 omconfig preferences omconfig preferences cdvformat omconfig preferences dirservice omconfig preferencessnmp omconfig preferences useraccess omconfig preferences webserver omconfig system omconfig servermodule omconfig system alertaction omconfig servermodule alertaction Commands for Clearing Logs omconfig system pedestinations omconfig serve
6. K NOTE Systems that contain ESM3 capabilities do not allow you to set warning threshold values to default values 124 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you want to specify values for the voltage probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum and or maximum warning threshold values In the following example the probe being configured is probe 0 omconfig chassis volts index 0 minwarnthresh 1 900 maxwarnthresh 2 250 or omconfig mainsystem volts index 0 minwarnthresh 1 900 maxwarnthresh 2 250 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Voltage probe warning threshold s set successfully K NOTE Minimum and maximum warning threshold values for the voltage cannot be set on PowerEdge x8xx systems omconfig preferences Use the omconfig preferences command to set system preferences Use the command line to set the SNMP root password and specify the user levels able to access Server Administrator You can also configure the Active Directory service and SNMP set operations omconfig preferences cdvformat Use the omconfig preferences cdvformat to specify the delimiters for separating data fields reported in the custom delimited format The valid values for delimiters are exclamation semicolon at hash dollar percen
7. 000000 omreport chassis biossetup omreport mainsystem biossetup omreport chassis bmc omreport mainsystembmc 000005 omreport chassis currents omreport mainsystem currents 2005 omreport chassis fans omreport mainsystemfans 0000005 omreport chassis fancontrol omreport mainsystem fancontrol omreport chassis firmware omreport mainsystem firmware 4 omreport chassis frontpanel omreport mainsystem frontpanel omreport chassis fru omreport mainsystem fru 000002 eae omreport chassis hwperformance omreport mainsystem hwperformance omreport chassis info omreport mainsysteminfo 00005 omreport chassis intrusion omreport chassis leds omreport mainsystem leds 0005 omreport chassis memory omreport mainsystem memory omreport chassis nics omreport mainsystem nics 00 0000 omreport chassis ports omreport mainsystem ports 00004 omreport chassis processors omreport mainsystem processors omreport chassis pwrmanagement omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement omreport chassis pwrmonitoring omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring omreport chassis pwrsupplies omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess omreport chassis slots omr
8. For example the following omconfig command syntax has three levels omconfig storage pdisk Using the Storage Management Service 165 Table 6 1 describes these command levels Table 6 1 Example Command Levels Command level 1 Command level 2 Command level3 Use omconfig Specifies the command storage Indicates the Server Administrator service in this case Storage Management that implements the command pdisk Specifies the type of object on which the command operates Following the command levels the omreport and omconfig command syntax may require one or more name value pairs The name value pairs specify exact objects such as a specific physical disk or options such as blink or unblink that the command implements For example the following omconfig command syntax for blinking a physical disk has three levels and three name value pairs omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where PDISKID lt connector enclosureID portID connector targetID gt In this example the id in controller id is the controller number such that controller 1 would be specified as controller 1 Syntax for Required Optional and Variable Command Elements The omreport and omconfig commands have multiple name value pairs These name value pairs may include required optional and variable parameters Table 6 2 describes the syntax used to indicate these parameters 166
9. System Board System Level 539 W 994 W 1400 W System Instantaneous Headroom 300 W System Peak Headroom 340 W PS 1 Current 1 1 2 A PS 2 Current 2 1 0 A 56 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Power Tracking Statistics Statistics Measurement Start Time Measurement Finish Time Reading Statistics Measurement Start Time Peak Time Peak Reading Statistics Measured Since Read Time Peak Reading Energy consumption Thu Jun 28 FRI Jun 28 5 9 KWH 2 03 20 2007 2 05 46 2007 System Peak Power Mon Jun 18 16 03 20 2007 Wed Jun 27 00 23 46 2007 630 W System Peak Amperage Mon Jun 1 Tue Jun 1 2 5 A 18 16 03 20 2007 L9 04 06 32 2007 omreport chassis pwrsupplies omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies Use the omreport chassis pwrsupplies or omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies command to view properties of your system s power supplies Type omreport chassis pwrsupplies or omreport mainsystem pwrsupplies For each power supply profile in the system values display for the following fields e Status Location Type Rated Input Wattage omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 57 e Maximum Output Wattage e Online Status e Power Monitoring Capable omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess Use the omreport chassis remoteaccess or omreport main
10. omconfig Rescan Connector Use the following omconfig command to rescan a controller connector This command rescans all connectors on the controller and is therefore similar to performing a controller rescan NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage connector action rescan controller id connector id where id is the controller ID and the connector ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage connector controller ID to display the IDs for the connectors attached to the controller 228 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax To rescan connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage connector action rescan controller 1 connector 2 omconfig Enclosure Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute enclosure tasks Table 6 26 omconfig Enclosure Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt action disablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt action setassettag controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assettag lt string gt action setassetname controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assetname lt string gt action settempprobes controller id enclosure lt
11. omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 assign yes 220 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign a physical disk as a global hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign no where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to unassign physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a global hot spare On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unassign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 3 assign no Example for SAS Controllers To unassign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 assign no Using the Storage Management Service 221 omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to rebuild a failed physical disk
12. COM 2 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 97 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 attribute setting Description attribute setting off auto off Disables serial port 1 serialport com com3 auto Maps serial port 1 to a GOM port bmcserial bmenic i rac comlbme coml Maps serial port 1 to COM port 1 com3 Maps serial port 1 to COM port 3 bmcserial Maps serial port 1 to BMC Serial bmcnic Maps serial port 1 to the Baseboard Management Controller BMC NIC rac Maps serial port 1 to the Remote Access Controller RAC comlbmc Maps serial port 1 to COM port 1 bmc NOTE This command is applicable to select x8xx systems attribute setting off auto off Disables serial port 2 serialport2 com2 com4 auto Maps serial port 2 to a COM port com2 Maps serial port 2 to COM port 2 com4 Maps serial port 2 to COM port 4 attribute speaker setting on off on Enables the speaker off Disables the speaker attribute cputurbomode setting enabled disabled 9 CPU turbo mode can increase the CPU frequency when your system is operating below the thermal power or current limits enabled Enables CPU Turbo Mode disabled Disables CPU Turbo Mode omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 attr
13. Instrumentation Service 6 X X Instrumentation Service Integration Layer N SE Intel SNMP Agent 1 xx x OpenManage Inventory Collector 6 x x 86 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service OpenManage Tools 6 x x Remote Access Controller 4 Data Populator 4 Xx X Remote Access Controller 4 Managed Node A iG Secure Port Server 1 x x Server Administrator Framework 6 x x Agent for Remote Access 1 x x Storage Management 3 x x Sun Java Runtime Environment 1 x xx omconfig chassis omconfig mainsystem Use the omconfig chassis or omconfig mainsystem commands to default or to set values for fan voltage and temperature probes to configure BIOS behavior during system start up to clear memory error counts and to enable or disable power button control features where system configuration permits Use the omconfig chassis or omconfig mainsystem command to view a list of all omconfig chassis omconfig mainsystem commands omconfig chassis biossetup omconfig mainsystem biossetup Use the omconfig chassis biossetup or omconfig mainsystem biossetup command to configure system BIOS settings that are normally available only in your system s BIOS setup boot time settings N CAUTION Changing certain BIOS setup options might disable your system or require you to reinstall the operating system LA NOTE Reboot your system for the BIOS setup options take effect K NOTE Not all BIO
14. Table tbl Use the tbl or table formatting option to have your data formatted in table rows and columns To see the following example command output in table format type omreport system summary fmt tbl or omreport servermodule summary fmt tbl The example output displays as follows Network Interface Card 0 Data ATTRIBUTE VALU IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 7 Default Gatewayl 143 166 152 1 MAC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca 242 Working With CLI Command Results Semicolon separated Values ssv Use the ssv formatting option to deliver output formatted in semicolon separated value format This format also allows you to import your command output results into a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or into a database program To see the following example command output in semicolon separated value format type omreport system summary fmt ssv or omreport servermodule summary fmt ssv The example output displays as follows Network Data Network Interface Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 MAC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca Raw XML xml Use the xml formatting option to produce output suitable for use by systems management applications or for input into other applications that use XML To see the following example command output in raw XML
15. User Privilege Required Use fans firmware frontpanel fru hwperformance info intrusion UBA UBA U P A U BA UBA UBA UBA Shows the status and thresholds for system fans Shows firmware properties such as version date of last update and whether the firmware is updatable Shows whether the front panel button settings such as the Power button and or Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button if present on the system are enabled or disabled Shows the Field Replaceable Unit FRU information Shows the status and cause for the system s performance degradation Shows a status summary for main system chassis components Shows the status of the system s intrusion sensor s 30 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command Level 1 Level 3 User Privilege Required Use leds memory nics ports processors pwrma nagement pwrmonitoring UBA Shows the properties vou have set for light emitting diodes to flash under various alert conditions Shows properties of your system s memory arrays Shows the number of NICs installed in your system and displays controller and interface related details Shows the properties for your system s parallel and serial ports such as I O address IRQ level
16. connector type and maximum speed Shows properties of your system s processors including speed manufacturer and processor family Shows power management profiles that will provide control over power utilization Shows properties of power consumption omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 31 Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command User Use Level 1 Level 3 Privilege Required pwrsupplies U P A Shows properties of power supplies remoteaccess U BA Shows general information on remote access slots U P A Shows properties of your system s expansion slots and other slot types temps U PA Shows the status and thresholds for the system temperature sensors volts U P A Shows the status and thresholds for the system voltage sensors storage U BA See Using the system servermodule alertaction Storage Management Service Aas gt Shows a high level summary of system components U BA Shows warning and failure threshold values as well as actions configured when an essential component detects a warning or failure state 32 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command Level 1 Level 3 User Privilege Required Use alertlog assetinfo cmd
17. lt Alt gt lt Del gt otherwise you must perform a cold boot by pressing the reset button or by turning off the computer and then turning it back on bootable diskette You can start your computer from a diskette To make a bootable diskette insert a diskette in the diskette drive type sys a at the command line prompt and press lt Enter gt Use this bootable diskette if your computer does not boot from the hard drive Glossary 247 bpi Abbreviation for bits per inch bps Abbreviation for bits per second BTU Abbreviation for British thermal unit bus An information pathway between the components of a computer Your computer contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for all the various peripheral devices connected to the computer Your computer also contains an address bus and a data bus for communications between the microprocessor and RAM byte Eight contiguous bits of information the basic data unit used by your computer c Abbreviation for Celsius CA Abbreviation for certificate authority cache A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quicker data retrieval For example your computer s BIOS may cache ROM code in faster RAM Or a disk cache utility may reserve RAM in which to store frequently accessed information from your computer s disk drives when a program makes a request to a disk drive for data in the cache the disk c
18. omconfig system platformevents omconfig servermodule platformevents Use the omconfig system platformevents or omconfig servermodule platformevents command to configure shutdown action if any to be taken for a specific platform event You can also enable or disable platform event filter alert generation N CAUTION If you set a platform event shutdown action to anything other than none or power reduction your system will forcefully shutdown when the specified event occurs This shutdown is initiated by firmware and is carried out without first shutting down the operating system or any of the applications running on your system Table 4 25 shows the valid parameters for the command NOTE Alert settings are mutually exclusive and can be set one at a time only The action settings are also mutually exclusive and can be set one at a time only However alert and action settings are not mutually exclusive of each other Table 4 25 Parameters for Alert Action Command Action Description alert disable Disables the SNMP alert alert enable Enables the SNMP alert to be sent action none Takes no action when the system is hung or has crashed action powercycle Turns off the electrical power to the system pauses turns the power on and reboots the system action poweroff Turns off the electrical power to the system 136 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 25 Parameter
19. omreport Power Supply Status Table 6 11 describes the syntax for the omreport Power Supply Commands Table 6 11 omreport Power Supply Commands Required Command Levels 1 Optional name value pairs Use 2 3 and name value pair omreport storage Displays property information enclosure for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure Displays the power supplies for lt ENCLOSUREID gt the specified enclosure info pwrsupplies where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 controller id enclosure Displays the specified power lt ENCLOSUREID gt supply info pwrsupplies index n where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number and n is the number of a power supply For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info pwrsupplies index Using the Storage Management Service 175 omreport EMM Status K NOTE The status of the EMMs is displayed as degraded if there is a mismatch between the EMM firmware Table 6 12 describes the syntax for the omreport EMM Commands Table 6 12 omreport EMM Commands Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs Use 1 2 3 and name value pair omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure Displays the enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt management modules info emm
20. 10 rl rle r5 rl0 gt size lt size gt pdisk lt PDISKID gt action changepolicy controller id vdisk id readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt action rename controller id vdisk id 200 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Blink Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink the physical disks included in a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action blink controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To blink the physical disks in virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action blink controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Unblink Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to unblink the physical disks included in a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action unblink controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached t
21. Rambus is a registered trademark of Rambus Inc Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products Dell Inc disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own March 2009 Contents 1 Introduction sis 626 BEERS ME 944044 15 What s New for Version6 1 15 Using CLI Commands from Windows Command Prompts 17 PrimaryCLICommands 17 CLI Error Checking and Error Messages 19 Success Messages naaa aaa 19 Failure Messages 2 19 Scripting and Comparing With the CLI 20 Command Syntax Overview 21 2 Usingthe omhelp Command 23 Example HelpCommands 23 3 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 27 Conventions for Parameter Tables 28 Command Summary of the omreport Command 28 Help With the omreportCommand 35 omreport modularenclosure 35 Contents Contents omreport about omreport chassis omreport mainsystem Commands aaaea aaa omreport chassis omreport mainsystem omreport chassis acswitch omreport mainsystem acswitch omreport chassis batteries omreport mainsystem batteries omreport chassis bios omreport mainsystem bios
22. See Table 4 14 for more information on the name value pair extipmiusergroup custom extipmiusergroup none Does not enable user privileges 120 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 13 omconfig chassis remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt dracusergroup custom omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt dracusergroup custom name value pair1 name value pair 2 name value pair 3 Description config user id user id logindrac true true false Enables disables continued dracusergroup false logging into DRAC guston configuredrac true false Enables disables true false configuration of DRAC configure users true false Enables disables true false configuration of users clearlogs true true false Enables disables false log clearance executeservercom true false Enables disables mands true execution of server false commands accessconsoleredir true false Enables disables true false access to console accessvirtualmedia redirection true false true false Enables disables testalerts true 2683 to virtual media false true false Enables disables test alerts Table 4 14 omconfig chassis remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt extipmiusergroup custom omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess config user id lt user id gt extipmiusergroup custom name value pair 1 name value pair 2 name value pair 3 Description config
23. Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a discrete voltage probe detects that the voltage is too low for proper operation event fanfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a fan probe detects that the fan is running too slow or not at all event hardwarelogfail Enables disables alert generation when a hardware log detects a failure value event intrusion Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a chassis is opened omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 137 138 Table 4 26 omconfig system platformevents continued Event Name Description event powerwarn Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a power device probe detects that the power supply voltage regulator module or DC to DC converter is pending a failure condition event powerabsent event powerfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the power supply is absent Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a power device probe detects that the power supply voltage regulator module or DC to DC converter has failed event processorwam Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor is running at less than peak performance or speed event processorfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor pro
24. Setting an alert action requires two name value pairs The first name value pair is the event type The second name value pair is the action to take for this event For example in the command omconfig system alertaction event powersupply broadcast true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event powersupply broadcast true The event is a power supply failure and the action is to broadcast a message to all Server Administrator users Available Alert Actions Table 4 22 shows the alert actions for each component that allows you to configure an alert action Table 4 22 Alert Actions You Can Set for Warning and Failure Events Alert Action Setting Description alert true false true Enables your system s console alert When enabled the monitor attached to the system from which you are running Server Administrator displays a visual alert message false Disables your system s console alert broadcast true false true Enables a message or alert to be broadcast to all users who have an active terminal or Remote Desktop session Windows or to operators that have an active shell on the local system Linux false Disables alert broadcasts clearall true Clears all actions for this event execappath lt string gt Sets the fully qualified path and file name of the application you want to execute in case of an event for the component described in this window NOTE On Linux systems user user groups upgr
25. device as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change 96 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute rombb setting raid scsi force true raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard channel B as a RAID device scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force ttue Verification of setting change attribute sata setting off ata raid off Disables the SATA controller ata Sets the onboard SATA controller to ATA mode raid Sets the onboard SATA controller to RAID mode attribute sataport 0 7 or A H setting off auto off Disables the SATA port auto Automatically enable the SATA port attribute setting on off on Enables this device secondaryscsi off Disables this device attribute setting default default Maps to Serial devicel COM1 serialportaddr alternate Serial device COM2 alternate Maps to Serial devicel COM2 Serial device COM1 attribute setting off on off Disables serial communication serialcom coml com2 setting on Enables serial communication setting without console redirection coml Enables serial communication setting with console redirection via COM 1 com2 Enables serial communication setting with console redirection via
26. e Embedded Video Controller e Support for form factor and multiple slot information on modular systems e Support for in context launch of Server Administrator Web server Support for three new xxlx systems Support for the following system components Introduction 15 16 e e Reporting presence of optional iDRAC6 Enterprise card Provides an option to configure reporting of more attributes on front panel LCD Reporting presence of iDRAC6 Enterprise and the size of storage if present Reporting of new PCI devices that are part of xx1x systems Display of the CPU turbo mode Display of new memory types DDR3 Registered DDR3 Unregistered Display of new slot types PCIe Gen1 2 Enabling disabling Non Uniform Memory Architecture Node Interleaving during deployment Enabling Network Controller Sideband Interface support on each of the LOMs on an individual basis for all LOMs Reporting memory operating modes optimizer mirror advanced ECC Support for NICS receive and transmit statistics Configuring AC Power Recovery delay Support for configuration and reporting Serial Address Select Enhanced power monitoring support e Reporting of power consumption values in BTU British Thermal Unit as well as Watts Support for Peak power headroom and instantaneous headroom Support for user definable power budget cap Support for reporting of maximum potential power consumption and minimum potential power consu
27. omconfig preferences dirservice name value pair parameters 126 omconfig preferences snmp name value pairs parameters 127 omconfig storage battery 226 connector 228 controller 181 183 enclosure 229 292 Index globalinfo 178 pdisk 166 213 vdisk 200 omconfig system alertaction 130 alertlog 23 80 135 assetinfo 147 cmdlog 135 esmlog 135 events 139 extwarranty 151 name value pairs parameters 140 pedestinations 135 platformevents 136 recovery 142 shutdown 143 thrmshutdown 144 webserver 142 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition 148 149 info depreciation 150 info extwarranty 152 info lease 154 info maintenance 155 info outsource 157 info owner 158 info service 159 info support 161 info system 162 info warranty 164 omconfig system events 139 omconfig system extwarranty 151 omconfig system pedestinations name value pairs parameters 136 omconfig system recovery name value pairs parameters 142 omconfig system shutdown name value pairs parameters 143 omconfig system warranty 163 omconfig system webserver name value pairs parameters 142 omconfig virtual disk commands 200 omhelp 17 23 omreport 35 about 37 battery status 171 chassis 38 command levels 1 2 3 29 command summary 28 connector status 171 controller status 170 EMM status 176 enclosure status 172 fan status 174 getting help 35 global information 170 ph
28. 048 576 bytes however when referring to hard drive storage the term is often rounded to mean 1 000 000 bytes MB sec Abbreviation for megabytes per second Mbps Abbreviation for megabits per second MBR Abbreviation for master boot record Glossary 263 MCA Abbreviation for Micro Channel Architecture which is designed for multiprocessing MCA eliminates potential conflicts that arise when installing new peripheral devices MCA is not compatible with either EISA or XT bus architecture so older cards cannot be used with it memory A computer can contain several different forms of memory such as RAM ROM and video memory Frequently the word memory is used as a synonym for RAM for example an unqualified statement such as a computer with 16 MB of memory refers to a computer with 16 MB of RAM memory address A specific location usually expressed as a hexadecimal number in the computer s RAM memory manager Autility that controls the implementation of memory in addition to conventional memory such as extended or expanded memory memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board MHz Abbreviation for megahertz Acronym for management information base MIB is used to send detailed status commands from or to an SNMP managed device microprocessor The primary computational chip inside the computer that controls the interpretation and execution of arithmetic an
29. 1 AC Present Power Present Active Source Active Status Ok Location AC Power Line 2 AC Present Power Present Active Source Not Active Server Administrator reports values for the Redundancy Status and Redundancy Mode fields omreport chassis batteries omreport mainsystem batteries Use the omreport chassis batteries or omreport mainsystem batteries command to view battery properties Type omreport chassis batteries or omreport mainsystem batteries Server Administrator displays the summary of the battery information for your system omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 39 omreport chassis bios omreport mainsystem bios Use the omreport chassis bios omreport mainsystem bios command to view the current BIOS information Type omreport chassis bios or omreport mainsystem bios Server Administrator displays the summary of the BIOS information for your system omreport chassis biossetup omreport mainsystem biossetup Use the omreport chassis biossetup or omreport mainsystem biossetup command to view BIOS setup parameters that are normally available only during system boot Type omreport chassis biossetup or omreport mainsystem biossetup Table 3 3 displays the available BIOS setup parameters K NOTE All the BIOS Setup parameters are not displayed Only those BIOS setup properties configured during system boot are displayed Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters
30. 3 omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair 1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info depreciation duration Number of years or lt n gt months over which a system is depreciated method Steps and assumptions lt text gt used to compute the system s depreciation percent Portion of 100 that an lt n gt asset is devalued or depreciated unit months Unit is months or years years 150 omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Example Commands for Adding Depreciation Information To provide a value for a depreciation parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method straightline or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation method straightline The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Extended Warran
31. AC power redundancy by failing over to a standby AC input in the event of a failure to the primary AC input Access Refers to the actions a user can take on a variable value Examples include read only and read write Adapter card An expansion card that plugs into an expansion card connector on the computer s system board An adapter card adds some specialized function to the computer by providing an interface between the expansion bus and a peripheral device Examples of adapter cards include network cards sound cards and SCS adapters ADB Abbreviation for assign database AGP Abbreviation for accelerated graphics port A high performance graphics interface available for Intel Pentium Pro systems ASCII Acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange A text file containing only characters from the ASCII character set usually created with a text editor such as Notepad in Microsoft Windows is called an ASCII file ASIC Acronym for application specific integrated circuit Glossary 245 ASPI Advanced SCSI programming interface ASR Abbreviation for automatic system recovery ASR consists of those procedures that restore the system to running all properly configured domains after one or more domains have been rendered inactive due to software or hardware failures or due to unacceptable environmental conditions asset tag code An individual code assigned to a computer usually by a system administ
32. Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Disable Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action disablealarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To disable the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action disablealarm controller 1 184 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Quiet Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to silence an activated controller alarm See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Quite Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action quietalarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To quiet the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action quietalarm controller 1 omconfig Test Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to test the functionality of the controller alarm The alarm will sound for about two seconds See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Test Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action testalarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To test the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action testalarm controller 1 U
33. Description attribute cpuxdsupport setting enabled disabled enabled Enables Execute Disable XD support on system disabled Disables XD support on system attribute cpucore setting 1 2 4 all 1 Enables one core per processor 2 Enables two cores per processor 4 Enables four cores per processor all Enables the maximum cores per processor NOTE set ting al1 returns the maximum core count attribute dbs setting enable disable enable Enables Demand Based Switching DBS on the system disable Disables DBS on the system attribute diskette setting off auto writeprotect 90 off Disables the diskette drive auto Auto enables the diskette drive writeprotect Do not allow writes Make the diskette drive read only omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 attribute setting Description attribute dualnic setting off on pxeboth nicl pxe nic2pxe isciboth niclisci nic2isei nicl pxenic2isci nicliscinic2pxe onpxeboth onpxenone onpxenicl onpxenic2 off Disables the Network Interface Controllers NICs on Enables the network interface PXE or iSCSI is not enabled on either of the NICs pxeboth Enables PXE on both NICs nicl pxe Enables PXE on first NIC and none No PXE or iSCSI on second NIC nic2pxe E
34. Memory Card International Association An international trade association that has developed standards for devices such as modems and external hard drives that can be plugged into portable computers PERC Acronym for Expandable RAID controller peripheral device An internal or external device such as a printer a disk drive or a keyboard connected to a computer PGA Abbreviation for pin grid array a type of microprocessor socket that allows you to remove the microprocessor chip physical memory array The physical memory array is the entire physical memory of a system Variables for physical memory array include maximum size total number of memory slots on the motherboard and total number of slots in use physical memory array mapped The physical memory array mapped refers to the way physical memory is divided For example one mapped area may have 640 KB and the other mapped area may have between 1 megabyte and 127 megabytes PIC Acronym for programmable interrupt controller PIP Acronym for peripheral interchange program A CP M utility program that was used to copy files PLCC Acronym for plastic leaded chip carrier 268 Glossary Plug and Play An industry standard specification that makes it easier to add hardware devices to personal computers Plug and Play provides automatic installation and configuration compatibility with existing hardware and dynamic support of mobile computing environments PME
35. NOTE Entering an invalid RAC user name may prevent the command log from displaying Clearing the command log resolves this condition To clear the contents of the command log type omconfig system cmdlog action clear or omconfig servermodule cmdlog action clear To clear the contents of the ESM log type omconfig system esmlog action clear or omconfig servermodule esmlog action clear omconfig system pedestinations omconfig servermodule pedestinations Use the omconfig system pedestinations or omconfig servermodule pedestinations command to set IP addresses for alert destinations Table 4 24 shows the valid parameters for the command K NOTE You can either specify the index and IP address as parameters together or you can set the only community string as a parameter omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 135 Table 4 24 omconfig system pedestinations omconfig servermodule pedestinations name Value Pair Description destenable true true Enables an individual platform event filter destination false after a valid IP address has been set false Disables an individual platform event filter index number Sets the index for the destination ipaddress ipv ipv6 Sets the IP address for the destination address communitystr text Sets the text string that acts as a password and is used to authenticate SNMP messages sent between the BMC and the destination management station
36. Using the Storage Management Service Table 6 2 Syntax For Name Value Pairs For Parameters Syntax Description controller id Indicates the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller id to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller For example the controller id parameter might be specified as controller 1 connector id Indicates the connector ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage connector controller idto display the IDs for the connectors attached to the controller For example the connector id parameter might be specified as connector 2 vdisk id Indicates the virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller id to display the IDs for the virtual disks on the controller For example the vdisk id parameter might be specified as vdisk 3 enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt Indicates a particular enclosure by specifying either enclosure connector or enclosure connector enclosureID To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controlle
37. With the omconfig Command Use the omconfig command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig Use omconfig lt command level 2 gt to get help on the about chassis preferences and system s level 2 commands The following information on omconfig system applies equally to getting help for the omconfig chassis command Use the omconfig system command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig system Use the omconfig preferences command to get a list of the available commands for omconfig preferences such as cdvformat which is the custom delimiter format cdv Type the following command to display the list of delimiter values for the cdv omconfig preferences cdvformat Use a command of the form omconfig system lt command level 3 gt to get a list of the parameters you must use to execute a particular omconfig system command For example the following commands produce a list of valid parameters for omconfig system alertaction and omconfig system shutdown omconfig system alertaction omconfig system shutdown In the case of the omconfig system alertaction command you can use various options to prevent all of the command line interface CLI help from scrolling by before you can read it To scroll command output one screen at a time type omconfig system alertaction more where more allows you to press the spacebar to see the next screen of the CLI help output To ma
38. a chip s surface that holds the circuits The rest of the chip is just a base CIM Acronym for Common Information Model which is a model for describing management information from the DMTF CIM is implementation independent allowing different management applications to collect the required data from a variety of sources CIM includes schemas for systems networks applications and devices and new schemas to be added It provides mapping techniques for interchange of CIM data with MIB data from simple network management protocol SNMP agents and management information format MIF data from DMI compliant systems CIMOM Acronym for common information model object manager cI 0 Acronym for comprehensive input output cm Abbreviation for centimeter s CMC Acronym for Chassis Management Controller Glossary 249 CMOS Acronym for complementary metal oxide semiconductor In computers CMOS memory chips are often used for NVRAM storage COMa The device names for the first through fourth serial ports on your computer are GOM COM2 COM and COM4 The default interrupt for COM and COM3 is IRO4 and the default interrupt for COM2 and COM4 is IRQ3 Therefore you must be careful when configuring software that runs a serial device so that you don t create an interrupt conflict component As they relate to DMI manageable components are operating systems computer systems expansion cards or peripherals that are compatible
39. action startpatrolread controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To start the patrol read task on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action startpatrolread controller 1 K NOTE To be able to start patrol read the current patrol read mode should be set to Manual omconfig Stop Patrol Read Use the following omconfig command syntax to stop the patrol read task on the controller Using the Storage Management Service 197 Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action stoppatrolread controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To stop the patrol read task on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action stoppatrolread controller 1 K NOTE To be able to stop patrol read the current patrol read mode should be set to Manual omconfig Change Controller Properties Use the following omconfig command to change any or all of the following controller properties Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setchangecontrollerproperties controller lt id gt abortcheckconsistencyonerror lt enabled disabled gt allowreplacemember lt enabled disabled gt loadbalance lt auto disabled gt autoreplacememberonpredictivefailure lt enabled disabled gt bgirate lt rate gt reconstructrate lt rate gt rebuildrate lt rate gt checkconsistencyr
40. be performed using omreport More details about syntax and use of the command appear later in this section Table 3 2 shows the omreport commands available for about system and main system chassis For information about viewing storage components see omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 28 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport Command Command Level 2 Command User Use Level 1 Level 3 Privilege Required omreport modularenclosure U P A Shows information for all the modular chassis about U P A Shows version number and properties for Server Administrator details true U BA Displays information for all the Server Administrator programs installed chassis mainsystem U BA Shows the general status of all the main components acswitch U PA Shows failover settings where redundant AC power lines are supported in a system batteries U P A Shows the properties set for batteries bios U PA Shows BIOS information such as manufacturer version and date last updated biossetup A Shows BIOS setup properties configured during system boot fancontrol U P A Shows the properties set for fan speed omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 29 Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command Level 1 Level 3
41. commands 60 omreport system events name value pairs 65 omrpeort system components 60 online physical disk omconfig 219 operating system omreport system 66 outsource information 156 Overall 62 owner information 157 P parameters for fan warning thresholds 100 pause check consistency omconfig 209 pdisk 213 omconfig storage 165 166 omconfig virtual disk 187 omreport physical disk 177 omreport storage 177 pedestinations omconfig system 135 omreport system 66 Physical disks in each stripe 191 platformevents omconfig system 136 omreport system 68 port type omreport chassis ports 50 ports omreport chassis 49 prepare to remove physical disk 216 primary CLI command omconfig 17 omhelp 17 23 omreport 17 primary CLI commands 17 processor family omreport chassis processors 50 processor version omreport chassis processors 50 processors omreport chassis 50 pwrmanagement 54 pwrsupplies omreport chassis 57 read policy parameters 190 rebuild physical disk omconfig 222 recondition battery omconfig 226 reconfiguring virtual disks omconfig 211 reconstruct rate omconfig 193 recovery omconfig system 142 omreport system 68 recovery from a hung operating system 68 remove dead segments omconfig 223 rename virtual disk omconfig 213 rescan connector omconfig 228 rescan controllers 180 reset all temperature probe th
42. controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To initialize the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action initialize controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Using the Storage Management Service 217 Example for SAS Controllers To initialize the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action initialize controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Offline Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to offline a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller id pdisk connectorID targetID where id is the controller ID and connectorID targetID is the connector number and physical disk number as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To offline physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 enter omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 3 omconfig Offline Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to offline a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifie
43. controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to prepare physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 for removal On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 216 Using the Storage Management Service Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To prepare to remove the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To prepare to remove the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Initialize Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to initialize a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action initialize controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to initialize physical disk 3 on connector 0 of
44. enablests action disablests action globalrescan action setprotectionpolicies type ghs or dhs 178 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown By default the operating system and server shut down when the PV220S and PV221S enclosures reach a critical temperature of 0 or 50 Celsius However if you have implemented connector redundancy on the PV220S and PV221S enclosures you can specify that only the enclosure and not the operating system and server be shut down when the enclosure reaches a critical temperature of 0 or 50 Celsius Specifying that only the enclosure be shut down during excessive temperatures is known as Smart Thermal Shutdown See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Smart Thermal Shutdown Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable smart thermal shutdown Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for enabling thermal shutdown does not require that you specify a controller or enclosure ID To enable thermal shutdown enter the following omconfig storage globalinfo action enablests K NOTE You can use the omreport storage globalinfo command to determine whether smart thermal shutdown is currently enabled or disabled The status of smart thermal shutdown is also displayed by the Server Administrator graphical user interface GUI To locate this status select the Storage o
45. in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer RAMBUS Acronym for Rambus DRAM a type of memory DRAM developed by Rambus Inc RAMDAC Acronym for random access memory digital to analog converter Raw Unprocessed The term refers to data that is passed along to an I O device without being interpreted In contrast cooked refers to data that is processed before being passed to the I O device Raw often refers to uncompressed text that is not stored in any proprietary format The term comes from UNIX which supports cooked and raw modes for data output to a terminal RDRAM Acronym for Rambus DRAM A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus Inc Direct RDRAMs are used in computers Direct RDRAM chips are housed in RIMM modules which are similar to DIMMs but have different pin settings The chips can be built with dual channels doubling the transfer rate to 3 2 GB sec read only file A read only file is one that you are prohibited from editing or deleting A file can have read only status if e Its read only attribute is enabled e It resides on a physically write protected diskette or on a diskette in a write protected drive e It is located on a network in a directory to which the system administrator has assigned read only rights to you Glossary 271 readme file A text file included with a software package or hardware product that contains information supplementing or updating the documentation for the
46. leds memorymode PA Allows you to optimize fan speed for maximum cooling or quiet operation A Configures the Power button and Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button if present on the system PA Allows you to set an initial value or to edit the value for asset tag or chassis name PA Specifies when to flash a chassis fault LED or chassis identification LED and allows you to clear the LED for the system s hard drive A Enables or disables the spare bank and mirroring memory modes and also specify which mode to use omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 83 Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 User Privilege Required Use pwrmanagement PA pwrmonitoring PA remoteaccess A temps PA volts PA storage Allows you to choose between maximum power economy and optimized performance of the system Configures power consumption information and thresholds Configures remote access information Sets warning threshold values by default or value NOTE You cannot change threshold values on ESM3 and PowerEdge x8xx systems Sets warning threshold values by default or value NOTE You cannot change threshold values on ESM3 and PowerEdge x8xx systems See Using the Storage Management Service 84 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Help
47. managing capabilities vary across systems If you want to set both the upper and lower power consumption probe warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring config probe index 0 warnthresh settodefault or omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring config probe index 0 warnthresh settodefault You cannot default one value and set another If you default the minimum warning threshold value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 109 Specify a Value for Warning Thresholds If you prefer to specify values for the power consumption probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the warning threshold value You can configure the values to be displayed either in BTU hr or Watts In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 4 omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring config probe index 4 warnthresh 325 unit watt or omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring config probe index 4 warnthresh 325 unit btuphr When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Power consumption probe warning threshold s set successfully omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess K NOTE This command is applicable to PowerEdge x8xx x9xx xx0x and xx1x systems only Use the omc
48. memory peripherals expansion cards and asset tag Information about the system s components is displayed as a MIF file DMTF Abbreviation for Distributed Management Task Force a consortium of companies representing hardware and software providers of which Dell is a member dpi Abbreviation for dots per inch DPMS Abbreviation for Display Power Management Signaling A standard developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA that defines the hardware signals sent by a video controller to activate power management states in a monitor A monitor is said to be DPMS compliant when it is designed to enter a power management state after receiving the appropriate signal from a computer s video controller DRAC Refers to a remote management capability See RAC DRAM Acronym for dynamic random access memory A computer s RAM is usually made up entirely of DRAM chips Because DRAM chips cannot store an electrical charge indefinitely your computer continually refreshes each DRAM chip in the computer drive type number Your computer can recognize a number of specific hard drives Each is assigned a drive type number that is stored in NVRAM The hard drive s specified in your computer s System Setup program must match the actual drive s installed in the computer The System Setup program also allows you to specify physical parameters logical cylinders logical heads cylinder number and logical sectors per pack for dr
49. occurs when any temperature probe inside a ailure chassis reads a temperature in degrees Celsius that exceeds the maximum temperature warning threshold value failure Perform a shutdown when a temperature failure event is detected A failure event occurs when any temperature probe inside a chassis reads a temperature in degrees Celsius that exceeds the maximum temperature failure threshold value 144 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Example Thermal Shutdown Commands To trigger a thermal shutdown when a temperature probe detects a failure event type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity failure or omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown severity failure To disable thermal shutdown so that an administrator has to initiate an omconfig system shutdown type omconfig system thrmshutdown severity disabled or omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown severity disabled omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 145 146 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Overview The omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command helps you to edit a comprehensive set of parameters that make up your system s total cost of ownership This section explains the parameters that can be reported and configured under the omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig se
50. of the user 118 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config user continued id number newpw text confirmnewpw text id number serialaccesslevel administrator operator user none id number lanaccesslevel administrator operator user none number ID in numeric format of the user being configured newpw text New password of the user confirmnewpw text Confirm the new password id number ID in numeric format of the user being configured serialaccesslevel administrator User with an ID has access privileges of an Administrator for the serial port channel serialaccesslevel operator User with an ID has access privileges of an Operator for the serial port channel serialaccesslevel user User with an ID has access privileges of a User for the serial port channel serialaccesslevel none User with an ID does not have access privileges for the serial port channel id number ID number of the user being configured lanaccesslevel administrator User with an ID has access privileges of an Administrator for the LAN channel lanaccesslevel operator User with an ID has access privileges of an Operator for the LAN channel lanaccesslevel user User with an ID has access privileges of a us
51. omconfig storage controller action setreconstructrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Using the Storage Management Service 193 Example Syntax To set the reconstruct rate to 50 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action setreconstructrate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the check consistency rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setcheckconsistency controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To set the check consistency rate to 50 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action setcheckconsistency controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Export the Controller Log Use the following omconfig command syntax to export the controller log to a text file See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about the exported log file Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action exportlog controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command 194 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax To export the log on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action exportlog controller 1 By default the log file is exported to C WINNT or
52. on the Internet Each computer known as a host on the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it from all other computers on the Internet IPMI Abbreviation for Intelligent Platform Management Interface which is an industry standard for management of peripherals used in enterprise computers based on Intel architecture The key characteristic of IPMI is that inventory monitoring logging and recovery control functions are available independent of the main processors BIOS and operating system IPX Acronym for internetwork packet exchange IRO Abbreviation for interrupt request A signal that data is about to be sent to or received by a peripheral device travels by an IRQ line to the microprocessor Each peripheral connection must be assigned an IRQ number For example the first serial port in your computer COM1 is assigned to IRO4 by default Two devices can share the same IRQ assignment but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously ISA Acronym for Industry Standard Architecture A 16 bit expansion bus design The expansion card connectors in an ISA computer are also compatible with 8 bit ISA expansion cards iSCSI Acronym for Internet SCSI An IP based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks iSCSI is 260 Glossary used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage storage over long distances ITE Abbreviatio
53. only when custom profile is selected memorypowermode _ min Set the mode to minimum min 800 1067 power utilization 1333 max 800 1067 1333 Set the mode to 800 1067 or 1333 MHz max Sets the mode to maximum performance fanmode min max min Sets the mode to minimum power utilization max Sets the mode to maximum performance NOTE Reboot your system for the power profiles setup options to take effect omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring Use the omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring or omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring command to configure power consumption information 108 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 11 omconfig chassis pwrmonitoring omconfig mainsystem pwrmonitoring name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description index lt n gt NA Number of the probe or probe index must be specified config probe warnthresh Sets minimum and maximum settodefault warning thresholds values to default warnthresh lt n gt Sets a value for the warning threshold unit watt btuphr watt Displays the unit in Watts btuphr Displays the unit in BTU hr config resetreading type energy energy Resets the system energy peakpower reading peakpower Resets the system peak power K NOTE This command is applicable to select Dell xx0x systems that support PMBus only Default Warning Thresholds K NOTE Sensor
54. redirection failsafe baud rate to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets the console redirection failsafe baud rate to 19200 bits per second 57600 Sets the console redirection failsafe baud rate to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the console redirection failsafe baud rate to 115200 bits per second attribute ide setting on off on Enables this device force true off Disables this device force ttue Verification of setting change attribute setting off auto off Disables the device idepridrv auto Detects and enables the device automatically 92 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute setting enabled enabled Enables the intrusion check intrusion disabled during system boot If the system also has bezel intrusion checking then the intrusion option checks for removal of the bezel of the system disabled Disables the intrusion check during system boot attribute intusb setting enabled enabled Enables the internal USB drive disabled disabled Disables the internal USB drive attribute mouse setting on off on Enables the mouse off Disables the mouse attribute nicl setting enabled enabled Enables the first NIC during enabledwithpxe system boot disabled enabledonly enabledwithpxe Enables the first NIC enablednon
55. system server module assetinfo info acquisition costcenter The name or code lt text gt for the business entity that acquired the system expensed yes Whether the system no is charged to a specific purpose or department such as research and development or sales installdate Date the system was lt mmddyy gt put into service ponum lt n gt Number of the document that authorized payment for the system purchasecost Price the owner paid lt n gt for the system purchasedate Date the owner lt mmddyy gt purchased the system 148 omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Table 5 2 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition continued Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 signauth Name of the person lt text gt who approved the purchase or the service call on the system waybill lt n gt Receipt from the carrier for the goods received Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information To provide a value for an acquisition parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasedate 12210 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition
56. the command Table 4 29 Web Server Configuration Parameters name value pair Description action start Starts the Web server action stop Stops the Web server action restart Restarts the Web server omconfig system recovery omconfig servermodule recovery Use the omconfig system recovery or omconfig servermodule recovery command to set the action to be taken when the operating system has hung or crashed You can also set the number of seconds that must pass before the system is considered to have a hung operating system Table 4 30 shows the valid parameters for the command K NOTE Upper and lower limits for the timer are dependent on your system model and configuration Table 4 30 Recovery Parameters name value pair Description action none Takes no action when the operating system is hung or has crashed action reboot Shuts down the operating system and initiates system startup performing BIOS checks and reloading the operating system action poweroff Turns off electrical power to the system action powercycle Turns off electrical power to the system pauses turns the power on and reboots the system Power cycling is useful when you want to re initialize system components such as hard drives timer lt n gt Number of seconds that must pass before the operating system in a system is considered hung operating system from 20 seconds to 480 seconds 142 omconfig Managing Compone
57. the currently installed SRAM that the cache is supporting External Socket Name Silk Screen Name is the name printed on the system board next to the socket Error Correction Type identifies the type of error checking and correction ECC that this memory can perform Examples are correctable ECC or uncorrectable ECC This report shows cache information for each cache present on the microprocessor omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 53 omreport chassis pwrmanagement omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement Use the omreport chassis pwrmanagement or omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement command to view the power budget cap and power management profiles of your system Type omreport chassis pwrmanagement or omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement For each power management profile in the system values display for the following fields Maximum Performance Active Power Controller OS Control and Custom Custom attributes are CPU Power and Performance Management Memory Power and Performance Management and Fan Power and Performance Management K NOTE The omreport chassis pwrmanagement or omreport mainsystem pwrmanagement command is applicable only to select Dell xx1x systems that support Power Management Bus PMBus Power Inventory Power Consumption Attribute System Idle Power Value 153 W Attribute System Maximum Potential Power Value 597 W Power Budget Att
58. the default name of a virtual disk Complete Syntax action rename controller id vdisk id name lt string gt where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command and lt string gt is the new name for the virtual disk To obtain the values for controller ID and virtual disk ID enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To rename virtual disk 4 on controller 1 to vd4 enter omconfig storage vdisk action rename controller 1 vdisk 4 name vd4 omconfig Physical Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute physical disk tasks Table 6 23 omconfig Physical Disk Commands Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs 1 2 3 omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action unblink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action remove controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt Using the Storage Management Service 213 Table 6 23 omconfig Physical Disk Commands continued Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs 1 2 3 action initialize controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action offline controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action online controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action assignglobalhotspare controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign lt
59. thresholds on components or prescribe what action your system is to take when a certain warning or failure event occurs You can also use the omconfig command to assign specific values to your system s asset information parameters such as the purchase price of the system the system s asset tag or the system s location Introduction 17 The omhelp command displays short text help for CLI commands The shorthand equivalent of omhelp is the command for which you want help followed by For example to display help for the omreport command type one of the following commands omhelp omreport omreport The omreport command produces reports of your system s management information K NOTE For an overall summary of CLI commands type omhelp Table 1 1 lists the primary CLI commands used by Server Administrator This guide contains a section for each primary command Table 1 1 CLI Commands and Sections in This Guide Primary CLI Section Title Related Sections Command omconfig omconfig Managing Components omconfig system or Using the Instrumentation Service servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values omhelp Using the omhelp Command omreport omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service K NOTE omupdate commands are no longer supported in Server Administrator and are replaced by Dell Update Package or Server Update Utility commands To update the different component
60. time and system configuration information OEM Abbreviation for original equipment manufacturer An OEM is a company that supplies equipment to other companies to resell or incorporate into another product using the reseller s brand name OID Abbreviation for object identifier An implementation specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object online access service A service that typically provides access to the Internet e mail bulletin boards chat rooms and file libraries OSWDT Abbreviation for Operating System Watchdog Timer A watch dog timer is a computer hardware timing device that triggers a system reset if the operating system is not responding OTP Abbreviation for one time programmable parallel port An I O port used most often to connect a parallel printer to your computer You can identify a parallel port on your computer by its 25 hole connector parameter A value or option that you specify to a program A parameter is sometimes called a switch or an argument partition You can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions using the fdisk command Each partition can contain multiple logical drives After partitioning the hard drive you must format each logical drive with the format command Glossary 267 PCI Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect A standard for local bus implementation developed by Intel Corporation PCMCIA Personal Computer
61. type powersupplies Configures events for power supplies type redundancy Configures events for redundancy type systempower Configures events for system power type temps Configures events for temperatures type volts Configures events for voltages Severity In the context of configuring events severity determines how severe an event must be before Server Administrator notifies you of the event for a component type When there are multiple components of the same type in the same system chassis you can specify whether you want to be notified for event severity according to the number of the component by using the index lt n gt parameter Table 4 28 shows the valid severity parameters Table 4 28 System Event Severity Parameters Command Result Description omconfig system events type Enables notification Least restrictive form of lt component name gt severity info for informational event notification or warning and critical omconfig servermodule events events type lt component name gt severity info 140 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 28 System Event Severity Parameters continued Command Result Description omconfig system events type lt component name gt severity warning or Enables notification Omits informational event for warning and notification for example critical events when a component returns to normal status omconfig servermodule event
62. user id user id loginidrac true true false continued extipmiusergroup false Enables disables custom logging into iDRAC6 sede pm area P configureidrac true false group is available only on Enables disables Dell xx0x modular systems true false configuration of iDRACO6 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 121 omconfig chassis temps omconfig mainsystem temps Use the omconfig chassis temps or omconfig mainsystem temps command to set warning thresholds for temperature probes As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure threshold values Your system s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure threshold values K NOTE Threshold values that you can set vary from one system configuration to another Valid Parameters for Temperature Warning Thresholds Table 4 15 shows the valid parameters for setting temperature warning thresholds Table 4 15 omconfig chassis temps omconfig mainsystem temps name value pair Description index lt n gt Number of the probe or probe index must be specified warnthresh default Sets the minimum and maximum warning threshold values to default minwarnthresh lt n gt Sets the minimum warning threshold values 1 decimal place maxwarnthresh lt n gt Sets the maximum warning threshold values 1 decimal place 122 omconfig Managing Components Using t
63. with PXE ISCSI is enabled or disabled Security NIC 1 Displays whether the first NIC is enabled with or without PXE iSCSI or disabled during system boot NIC 2 Displays whether the second NIC is enabled with or without PXE SCSI or disabled during system boot NIC 3 Displays whether the third NIC is enabled with or without PXE iSCSI or disabled during system boot NIC 4 Displays whether the fourth NIC is enabled with or without PXE ISCS or disabled during system boot Trusted Platform Displays whether Trusted Platform Module is off on with Module TPM pre boot measurements or on without pre boot measurements Internal USB Displays whether internal USB is enabled or disabled Operating System Watchdog Timer Displays whether the operating system watchdog timer is enabled or disabled Internal SD Card Displays whether the internal SD card is enabled or disabled omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service M1 Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Description Bezel Displays whether the bezel removal intrusion check during system reboot is enabled or disabled Console Redirection Displays if the BIOS screen is redirected over a particular serial port or if it is turned off Diskette Displays whether the diskette is disabled auto enabled or read only Demand Based Power Displays whether DBS is enabled or disab
64. with the appropriate video drivers and monitor capabilities video mode Video adapters normally support multiple text and graphics display modes Character based software displays in text modes that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters Graphics based software displays in graphics modes that can be defined as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors video resolution Video resolution 800 x 600 for example is expressed as the number of pixels across by the number of pixels up and down To display a program at a specific graphics resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution virtual memory A method for increasing addressable RAM by using the hard drive For example in a computer with 16 MB of RAM and 16 MB of virtual memory set up on the hard drive the operating system would manage the system as though it had 32 MB of physical RAM Glossary 281 virus A self starting program designed to cause inconvenience Virus programs have been known to corrupt the files stored on a hard drive or to replicate themselves until a computer or network runs out of memory The most common way that virus programs move from one computer to another is through infected diskettes from which they copy themselves to the hard drive To guard against virus programs do the following e Periodically run a virus checking utility on your computer s hard drive e Always run
65. yes no gt action rebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action cancelrebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action removedeadsegments controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action clear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action cancelclear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt action cancelreplacemember controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt omconfig Blink Physical Disk You can blink the light light emitting diode or LED display on one or more physical disks attached to a controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to blink one or more physical disks Complete Syntax action blink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller 214 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax In this example you want to blink physical disk 0 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To blink the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action blink controller 1 pdisk 0 0 Example for SAS Controllers To blink the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk ac
66. you need to execute an omconfig command For example if you want to edit the minimum temperature fora warning event on a temperature probe you need to know the index of the probe you want to configure You can use the omreport chassis temps or omreport mainsystem temp command to display a list of probes and their indexes For more information on using the omreport command see omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 1 System Availability for the omconfig Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable to omconfig servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 71 Conventions for Parameter Tables When listing the parameters that a command can take the parameters are listed in alphabetical order instead of the order in which they appear in the command line interface The symbol often called pipe is the logical exclusive or operator For example enable disable means that you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature omconfig Command Summary K NOTE Although this section lists all possible omconfig commands the commands available on your system depend on your system configuration If you try to get help or execute a command for a component not installed on your system Server Ad
67. you want to apply the Active Directory configuration changes prodname refers to the name of the product defined in omprv32 ini For Server Administrator it is omsa enable strue true Enables Active Directory service authentication support false gt and the Active Directory Login option on the login page false Disables Active Directory service authentication support and the Active Directory Login option on the login page If the Active Directory Login option is not present you can only login to the local machine accounts adprodname Specifies the name of the product as defined in the Active lt text gt Directory service This name links the product with the Active Directory privilege data for user authentication 126 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig preferences snmp Setting the SNMP root password allows administrators to restrict access to SNMP set operations that allow important systems management interventions You can configure the SNMP root password normally by typing all of the parameters in one command line or interactively Using the omconfig preferences snmp command you can also configure SNMP set operations K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator VAN CAUTION Interactive mode is the more secure method of setting the S
68. your system supports redundant memory this command also displays the status state and type of memory redundancy implemented on your system Type omreport chassis memory index n or omreport mainsystem index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays information for all memory modules on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific memory module Output for an occupied memory slot may resemble the following Index sed Status OK Connector Name DIMM B Type SDRAM SYNCHRONOUS Size 256 MB An unoccupied memory slot still has a connector name Output for an unoccupied memory slot may resemble the following Index oD Status Unknown Connector Name DIMM D Type Not Occupied Size Unknown 48 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service If your system supports redundant memory the redundancy output may resemble the following Memory Redundancy Redundancy Status Full Fail Over State Inactive Redundancy Configuration SpareBank Attributes Location Memory Array 1 Proprietary Add on Card Attributes Use Memory Array 1 Unknown Attributes Installed Capacity Memory Array 1 1536 MB Attributes Maximum Capacity Memory Array 1 12288 MB Attributes Slots Available Memory Array 1 12 omreport chassis ni
69. 04 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Split Mirror Use the following omconfig command syntax to separate mirrored data originally configured as a RAID 1 RAID 1 concatenated or RAID 10 virtual disk Splitting a RAID 1 or RAID 1 concatenated mirror creates two concatenated non redundant virtual disks Splitting a RAID 10 mirror creates two RAID 0 striped non redundant virtual disks Data is not lost during this operation Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action splitmirror controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the Ds for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To initiate a split mirror on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action splitmirror controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Unmirror Use the following omconfig command syntax to separate mirrored data and restore one half of the mirror to free space Unmirroring a RAID 1 or RAID 1 concatenated virtual disk results in a single non redundant concatenated virtual disk Unmirroring a RAID 10 virtual disk results in a single non redundant RAID 0 striped virtual disk Data is not lost during this operation See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Unmirror Using the Storag
70. 157 Example Command for Adding Owner Information 00 158 Adding Service Contract Information 159 Example Command for Adding Service Information 00 159 Adding Support Information 160 Example Command for Adding Support Information 00 161 Adding System Information 162 Example Command for Adding System Information 200 162 Adding Warranty Information 163 Example Command for Adding Warranty Information 00 164 Using the Storage Management SEVICE 5 02 4 EDE DAE oni Oe GE ek a 165 CLI Command Syntax 165 Syntax for Required Optional and Variable CommandElements 166 User Privileges for omreport storage and omconfig storage 008 168 omreportCommand 168 Contents omreport Storage Help 169 omreport Controller Status 170 omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status Hot Spare Protection Policy SS se 170 omreport Battery Status aoaaa aaa 171 omreport Connector Status 171 omreport Enclosure Status 172 omreport Temperature Probe Status 173 omreport Fan Status 174 omreport Power Supply Status 175 omreportEMM Status 176 omreport Physical Disk Status 177 omreport Virtual Disk St
71. 228 connector commands omconfig 228 connector name omreport chassis processors 50 connector status omreport 171 controller battery 171 BMC 58 68 82 84 display IDs 167 omconfig storage 181 183 omreport storage 170 SATA 97 controlling CLI command output 237 conventions for command parameter tables 28 core count omreport chassis processors 51 current speed omreport chassis processors 50 currents omconfig chassis 100 omreport chassis 43 Index 287 data bus width omreport chassis slots 59 default maximum warning threshold 100 default minimum warning threshold 100 defining alert actions 130 delay battery learn cycle omconfig 227 delete virtual disk omconfig 210 delimiters data fields 125 depreciation information about 150 adding 150 dirservice omconfig preferences 126 disable enclosure alarm omconfig 230 display IDs 167 168 E enable enclosure alarm omconfig 230 enclosure omconfig storage 229 omreport storage 172 176 288 Index error checking and error messages CLI 19 error messages 19 esmlog omconfig system 135 omreport system 61 event name alert actions 132 omconfig system platformevents 137 event notification configuring 139 index 141 severity 140 source 139 type 139 events alert actions 132 classified by component type 65 omconfig system 139 omreport system 64 SNMP 33 81 139 example
72. Abbreviation for Power Management Event A PME is a pin on a peripheral component interconnect that allows a PCI device to assert a wake event POST Acronym for power on self test Before the operating system loads when you turn on your computer the POST tests various system components such as RAM the disk drives and the keyboard power supply An electrical system that converts AC current from the wall outlet into the DC currents required by the computer circuitry The power supply in a personal computer typically generates multiple voltages power unit A set of power supplies in a system chassis ppm Abbreviation for pages per minute POFP Abbreviation for plastic quad flat pack a type of microprocessor socket in which the microprocessor chip is permanently mounted probe An electronic sensor for measuring a quantity or determining system state at a particular point within a system Server Administrator can monitor temperature voltage fan memory current and chassis intrusion probes The probes provide a snapshot of the measured quantity such as the temperature at a particular place and time or state a chassis intrusion has or has not occurred program diskette set The set of diskettes from which you can perform a complete installation of an operating system or application program When you reconfigure a program you often need its program diskette set Glossary 269 protected mode An operating mode supported b
73. C Windows on Microsoft Windows systems based on the Windows version used and var log on all Linux systems Depending on the controller the log file name will either be afa_ lt mmdd gt log or lsi_ lt mmdd gt log where lt mmdd gt is the month and date See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information on the controller log file K NOTE The export log file command is not supported on the PERC 2 SC 2 DC 4 IM CERC ATA 100 4ch and CERC SATA 1 5 2s controllers omconfig Import Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to import all virtual disks that reside on physical disks newly attached to the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action importforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command K NOTE This command is supported only in firmware version 5 0 x Example Syntax To import foreign configurations on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action importforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Import Recover Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to import and recover all virtual disks that reside on physical disks newly attached to the controller Using the Storage Management Service 195 Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action importrecoverforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage contro
74. Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version 6 1 Command Line Interface User s Guide Notes and Cautions K NOTE A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer VAN CAUTION A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed Information in this document is subject to change without notice 2009 Dell Inc All rights reserved Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell the DELL logo PowerEdge and OpenManage are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows Active Directory Hyper V MS DOS and Windows Server are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc in the United States and other countries Intel Pentium and Itanium are registered trademarks and Intel386 is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries AMD AMD Opteron AMD V and AMD PowerNow are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries OS 2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation
75. ENCLOSUREID gt index id minwam n maxwarmn Sn action resettempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id action setalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt minwarn n maxwarmn Sn action resetalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt action blink controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt Using the Storage Management Service 229 omconfig Enable Enclosure Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable the enclosure alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure tJ Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To enable the alarm on the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To enable the alarm on enclosure 2 attached to connector on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action enablealarm controller 1 enclosure 1 2 omconfig Disable Enclosure Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable the enclosure alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action disablealarm controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure T
76. LED state Off Flash chassis indentify LED 300 timeout value omreport chassis intrusion Use the omreport chassis intrusion command to find out whether the cover of your system is open or not Server Administrator tracks chassis intrusion events because intrusions may indicate an attempt to steal a system component or to perform unauthorized maintenance on the system Type omreport chassis intrusion A message that resembles the following displays Status Ok Probe Name Main chassis intrusion State Chassis is closed omreport chassis leds omreport mainsystem leds Use the omreport chassis leds or omreport mainsystem leds command to find out whether clear hard drive fault is supported and what severity level lights up the LED Type omreport chassis leds index n or omreport mainsystem leds index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of LED information for chassis 0 If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific chassis omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 47 The following is an example output Flash chassis indentify LED state Off Flash chassis indentify LED timeout 300 value omreport chassis memory omreport mainsystem memory Use omreport chassis memory or omreport mainsystem memory to view details for each memory module slot in your system If
77. NMP root password In non interactive mode the values you enter for the newpw and confirmnewpw options appear on your system s monitor when you type them In the interactive mode the values you type for passwords are masked The parameters for configuring the SNMP root password are the same whether you configure it interactively or iteratively K NOTE If you specify setting rootpw but do not specify the other name value pair parameters you enter interactive mode and the command line prompts you for the remaining values Table 4 18 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 18 SNMP Root Password Parameters name value pair Description setting rootpw Required oldpw lt oldpassword gt Enter the old SNMP root password newpw lt newpassword gt Sets the new SNMP root password confirmnewpw lt newpassword gt Confirms the new SNMP root password When you type omconfig preferences snmp setting rootpw the system prompts you to supply values for the required parameters omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 127 When you type omconfig preferences snmp you must supply all the parameters in the initial command line For example omconfig preferences snmp setting rootpw oldpw openmanage newpw serveradmin confirmnewpw serveradmin Table 4 19 SNMP Set Operations Parameters name value pair Description setting snmpset Required enable true Allows SNMP set operat
78. Rebuilding a disk may take several hours If you need to cancel the rebuild use the Cancel Rebuild task See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Rebuild Physical Disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to rebuild physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To rebuild the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action rebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Cancel Rebuild Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel a rebuild that is in progress If you cancel a rebuild the virtual disk remains in a degraded state See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Cancel Rebuild Physical Disk 222 Using the Storage Management Service Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdis
79. S setup options are available on every system K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 87 Table 4 3 shows the name value pairs you can use with this command Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute acpwrrecovery setting off last on off System is turned off last System returns to previous state on System is turned on delay random immediate timedelay time lt value gt random System is turned on with random delay immediate System returns to previous state immediately timedelay lt value gt System is turned on based on user specified time delay attribute bezel setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the bezel removal intrusion check during system boot disabled Disables the bezel removal intrusion check during system boot attribute setting diskettefirst Instructs the BIOS which device is used bootsequence hdonly devicelist to boot the system and the order in cdromfirst which the boot routine is to check each opticaldrive device attribute setting uefi bios uefi Enables the system to boot to bootmode operating systems that support Unified Extensible Firmware Inte
80. SATA Serial Port 1 Displays whether serial port is mapped to a COM port a COM port 1 a COM port 3 a COM1 BMC a BMC Serial a BMC NIC a BMC RAC or is disabled Serial Port 2 Displays whether serial port 2 is mapped to a COM port a COM port 2 a COM port 4 or is disabled Speaker Displays whether the speaker is on or off USB or USBB Displays whether the USB port is enabled or disabled Secondary SCSI Displays whether the device is enabled or disabled Serial Communications Serial Communications Displays whether COM port 1 and COM port 2 are off or on with or without console redirection Console Redirection After Boot Displays whether console redirection after system reboot is enabled or disabled External Serial Connector Displays whether the external serial connector is mapped to Serial Device 1 or Serial Device 2 or a Remote Access Device Console Redirection Failsafe Baud Rate Displays the setting for console redirection failsafe baud rate Serial Address Select Displays port address for the serial devices omreport chassis bmc omreport mainsystem bmc This command is phased out in this release It is replaced by the command omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess omreport chassis currents omreport mainsystem currents This command is no longer available through Server Administrator omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrume
81. Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to User Validates the preferred DNS server for configuration subnet Sets a subnet mask if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface true Enables the virtual LAN identification false Disables the virtual LAN identification omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 113 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description vlanid number vlanpriority number config serial baudrate 9600 19200 114 38400 57600 115200 flowcontrol none rtscts number Virtual LAN identification in the range of 1 to 4094 number Priority of virtual LAN identification in the range of 0 to 7 9600 Sets the connection speed to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets the connection speed to 19200 bits per second 38400 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 19200 38400 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on cert
82. a virus checking utility on any diskettes including commercially sold software before using them VLSI Abbreviation for very large scale integration VLVESA Acronym for very low voltage enterprise system architecture vpp Abbreviation for peak point voltage VRAM Acronym for video random access memory Some video adapters use VRAM chips or a combination of VRAM and DRAM to improve video performance VRAM is dual ported allowing the video adapter to update the screen and receive new image data at the same time VRM Abbreviation for voltage regulator module Ww Abbreviation for watt s Wakeup on LAN The ability for the power in a client station to be turned on by the network Remote wake up enables software upgrading and other management tasks to be performed on users machines after the work day is over It also enables remote users to gain access to machines that have been turned off Intel calls remote wake up Wake on LAN 282 Glossary WH Abbreviation for watt hour s Winbind A program that allows users in a heterogeneous network to log in using workstations that have UNIX operating systems The program makes workstations using UNIX functional in Windows domains by making Windows appear like UNIX to each UNIX workstation win ini file A start up file for the Windows operating system When you start Windows it consults the win ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating environ
83. abled action discardpinnedcache controller id force e d omconfig storage action replacememberdisk controller id vdisk id source vdisk lt PDISKID gt destination lt PDISKID gt omconfig Rescan Controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to rescan a controller See Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Rescan Controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action rescan controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To rescan controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action rescan controller 1 K NOTE The rescan controller is not supported on non RAID SCSI and SAS controllers Reboot the system for the configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers to be visible Using the Storage Management Service 183 omconfig Enable Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to enable the controller alarm See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Enable Controller Alarm Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action enablealarm controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To enable the alarm on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action enablealarm controller 1 omconfig Disable Controller Alarm Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable the controller alarm See the
84. ables DRAC NIC NOTE The enablenic option is supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems that have DRAC 5 installed ipaddress ip ip Sets the IP address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface ipaddressv6 lt IPv6 Validates the IPv6 address for address gt configuration 112 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description config nic continued ipsource static dhcp systemsoftware ipsourcev6 static auto privilegelevel administrator operator user prefdnsserverv6 lt value gt subnet Subnet vlanenable true false static Static if the IP address of the BMC LAN interface is a fixed assigned IP address dhcp DHCP if the source of the IP address of the BMC LAN interface is the dynamic host configuration protocol systemsoftware System software if the source of the IP address of the BMC LAN interface is from the system software NOTE Not all commands may be supported on your system static Pv6 address source is set to static auto IPv6 address source is set to auto administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a LAN channel to Operator user
85. ache utility can retrieve the data from RAM faster than from the disk drive capability Refers to the actions that an object can perform or actions that can be taken on a managed object For example if a card is hot pluggable it is capable of being replaced while the system power is turned ON CDRAM Abbreviation for cached DRAM which is a high speed DRAM memory chip developed by Mitsubishi that includes a small SRAM cache 248 Glossary CD ROM Abbreviation for compact disc read only memory CD drives use optical technology to read data from CDs CDs are read only storage devices you cannot write new data to a CD with standard CD drives certificate authority A certificate authority is an industry recognized entity A certificate authority verifies the identity of organizations requesting credentials to identify them to other systems over networks or the Internet Before issuing a certificate to an applicant the certificate authority requires proof of identity and other security information chip A set of microminiaturized electronic circuits designed for use as processors and memory in computers Small chips can hold from a handful to tens of thousands of transistors They resemble tiny chips of aluminum no more than 1 16 square by 1 30 thick which is where the term chip came from Large chips which can be more than a half inch square hold millions of transistors It is actually only the top one thousandth of an inch of
86. acket that contains the number of characters as soon as this number of characters or greater has been accepted from the baseboard serial controller into the BMC true Enables IPMI over LAN config nic enable true false nicselection sharedwithfailoveronall nicl teamedniclnic2 dracnic false Disables IPMI over LAN sharedwithfailoveronall Configures the new NIC selection option nicl Enables NIC 1 teamedniclnic2 Enables NIC teaming functionality dracnic Enables DRAC NIC if DRAC 5 is installed NOTE The nicselection option is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 111 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description config altdnsserverv6 Validates the address of the alternate DNS server for configuration dnssourcev6 static auto static DNS source is set to static auto DNS source is set to auto config nic encryptkey text text Text used for encryption and continued confirmencryptkey text confirmation of encryption NOTE The text option is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems gateway Gateway Gateway Sets a gateway address if you have selected static as the IP address source for the BMC LAN interface gatewayv6 lt value gt Validates the IPv6 gateway enablenic true false true Enables DRAC NIC false Dis
87. aded to administrator administrator groups cannot configure this alert action setting execapp false Disables the executable application omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 131 132 Components and Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions Table 4 23 lists the components and the events for which you can set alert actions Components are listed in alphabetical order except that warning events always precede failure events for a component Table 4 23 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions Event Name Description event batterywarn Sets actions when a battery probe detects a warning value event batteryfail Sets actions when a battery probe detects a failure value event fanwarn Sets actions when a fan probe detects a warning value event fanfail Sets actions when a fan probe detects a failure value event hardwarelogwarn Sets actions when a hardware log detects a warning value event hardwarelogfull Sets actions when a hardware log is full event intrusion Sets actions when a chassis intrusion event is detected event memprefail Sets actions when a memory probe detects a prefailure value event memfail Sets actions when a memory probe detects a failure value event systempeakpower Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects peak power value event systempowerwarn Sets actions when a power co
88. age vdisk action cancelinitialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Fast Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to fast initialize a virtual disk 202 Using the Storage Management Service Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action fastinit controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To fast initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action fastinit controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Slow Initialize Virtualize Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to slow initialize a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To slow initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action slowinit controller 1 vdisk 4 Using the Storage Management Service 203 omconfig Cancel Background Initialize Use th
89. ain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed Baud rate of 19200 57600 and 115200 are supported on xx0x systems that have iDRACE installed none No control over the flow of communication through the serial port ttscts RTS is ready to send and CTS is clear to send omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description config serial mode directbasic continued directterminal directbasicterminal modembasic modemterminal modembasicterminal privilegelevel administrator operator user config enable true false serialoverlan directbasic Type of messaging used for IPMI messaging over a serial connection directterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and allows a limited number of text commands over a serial connection directbasicterminal Both basic and terminal mode messaging over a serial connection modembasic Type of messaging used for IPMI messaging over a modem modemterminal Type of messaging that uses printable ASCII characters and allows a limited number of text commands over a modem modembasicterminal Both basic and terminal messaging over a modem NOTE Not all commands may be supported on the system administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial conne
90. ainsystem volts command to set voltage probe warning thresholds As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure threshold values Your system s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum values for the failure thresholds omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 123 Valid Parameters for Voltage Warning Thresholds Table 4 16 shows the valid parameters for setting voltage warning threshold values K NOTE Threshold values that you can set vary from one system configuration to another Table 4 16 omconfig chassis volts omconfig mainsystem volts name value pair Description index lt n gt Probe index must be specified warnthresh default Sets minimum and maximum warning threshold values to default minwarnthresh lt n gt Sets minimum warning threshold value 3 decimal places maxwarnthresh lt n gt sets maximum warning threshold value 3 decimal places Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Threshold Values If you want to set both the upper and lower voltage warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis volts index 2 warnthresh default or omconfig mainsystem volts index 2 warnthresh default You cannot default one value and set another In other words if you default the minimum warning threshold value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value
91. al Unique Identification V Abbreviation for volt s VAC Abbreviation for volt s alternating current Glossary 279 varbind An algorithm used to assign an object identifier or OID The varbind gives rules for arriving at the decimal prefix that uniquely identifies an enterprise as well as the formula for specifying a unique identifier for the objects defined in that enterprise s MIB variable A component of a managed object A temperature probe for example has a variable to describe its capabilities its health or status and certain indexes that you can use to help you locate the right temperature probe vCCI Abbreviation for Voluntary Control Council for Interference VDC Abbreviation for volt s direct current VESA Acronym for Video Electronics Standards Association VGA Abbreviation for video graphics array VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards To display a program at a specific resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution Similarly the number of colors that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor the video driver and the amount of video memory installed for the video adapter VGA feature connector On some systems with a built in VGA video adapter a VGA feature connector allows you to add an enhancement adapter such as a video a
92. al power to the system pauses turns the power on and reboots the system Power cycling is useful when you want to re initialize system components such as hard drives osfirst true false true Closes the file system and exits the operating system before shutting down the system false Does not close the file system or shut down the operating system before shutting down the system omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 143 Example Shutdown Commands To set the shutdown action to reboot type omconfig system shutdown action reboot or omconfig servermodule shutdown action reboot To bypass operating system shutdown before the system is powered off type omconfig system shutdown action reboot osfirst false or omconfig servermodule shutdown action reboot osfirst false omconfig system thrmshutdown omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown Use the omconfig system thrmshutdown or omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown command to configure a thermal shutdown action A thermal shutdown can be configured to occur when a temperature probe detects a temperature probe warning or failure event Table 4 32 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 32 Thermal Shutdown Parameters name value Description pair severity disabled Disable thermal shutdown An administrator must intervene disabled warning Perform a shutdown when a temperature warning event is aes detected A warning event
93. alue Fair market value of the lt residual gt system at the end of the lease period omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 153 Example Command for Adding Lease Information To provide a value for a lease parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info lease lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info lease lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info lease value 4500 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info lease value 4500 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Maintenance Information Maintenance refers to activities required to keep the system in good working order Table 5 6 shows the valid parameters for adding maintenance information Table 5 6 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance omconfig servermodule assetinfo info maintenance Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info maintenance enddate Date the extended lt enddate gt warranty agreement ends 154 omconfig system o
94. anagement Servic Integration Layer 1 x x omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 69 Operating System Name Version System Time System Time Bootup Server Module Information Host Name System Location Model Asset Tag Service Tag Slot Number Form Factor Processor 1 Processor Brand Processor Version Voltage Processor 2 Processor Brand Processor Version Voltage 70 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 Build 2XXX Fri Sep 20 1 Wed Sep 18 1 8 02 52 2XXX 8 37 58 2XXX svctag dxxxxs Please set the value PowerEdge 19 Test DXXXXS Slot 01 02 Half Height Xeo Intel R 55 Dual Width n R CPU Model 15 Stepping 6 1400 mV ntel R Xeon R CPU Model 15 Stepping 6 1400 mv omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Memory Total 2048 MB Installed Capacity Memory 2048 MB Available to the OS Total Maximum 32768 MB Capacity Memory Array 1 Count The system summary hardware information includes data values for installed components of the following types present in your system System Attributes e Host name e System location Main System Chassis Main System Chassis e Chassis Model e Chassis Service Tag e Chassis Lock e Chassis Asset Tag Processor The following are listed for each processor in the syst
95. and syntax to specify the asset name for an enclosure Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setassetname controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt assetname lt string gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure In this syntax lt string gt is a user specified alphanumeric string Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To specify the asset name to encl43 for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassetname controller 1 enclosure 2 assetname enc143 Example for SAS Controllers To specify the asset name to encl43 for enclosure 2 attached to connector 1 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action setassetname controller 1 enclosure 1 2 assetname enc143 omconfig Set Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds for a specified temperature probe K NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id minwarn n maxwarn n 232 Using the Storage Management Service where id is the controller ID and the temperature probe ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure In this syntax n is a user specified value for the temp
96. anel Use the omreport chassis frontpanel or omreport mainsystem frontpanel command to view if the front panel button control settings such as the Power button and or Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button if present on the system are enabled or disabled If the Power button override is present on your system you can see whether the Power button override is enabled or not If enabled the Power button turns the power to the system On and Off If the NMI button is present on your system you can see whether the NMI button is enabled or not The NMI button can be used to troubleshoot software and device errors when using certain operating systems omreport chassis fru omreport mainsystem fru Use the omreport chassis fru or omreport mainsystem fru command to view FRU information When you type omreport chassis fru or omreport mainsystem fru Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s FRU information This information is available in the Server Administrator GUI SNMP and Common Information Model and is primarily used to support troubleshooting activities omreport chassis hwperformance omreport mainsystem hwperformance Use the omreport chassis hwperformance or omreport mainsystem hwperformance command to view the status and cause for the system s performance degradation When you type omreport chassis hwperformance or omreport mainsystem hwperformance Server Administrator displays a summary of your system
97. ate lt rate gt clearredundantpath disabled Example Syntax To enable replace member operation enter omconfig storage controller action setchangecontrollerproperties allowreplacemember enabled 198 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Storage Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to replace a physical disk that is part of a virtual disk with another physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action replacememberdisk controller id vdisk id source lt PDISKID gt destination lt PDISKID gt where PDISKID is specified as pdisk connector enclosureID portID Example Syntax To replace physical disk PD1 with another physical disk PD2 enter omconfig storage vdisk action replacememberdisk controller 0 vdisk 1 source PD1 destination PD2 omconfig Storage Controller Use the following omconfig storage command syntax to discard the pinned cache on the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action discardpinnedcache controller id force enabled disabled If you set forcesenabled the cache is discarded irrespective of whether the controller detects a foreign or an offline virtual disk Example Syntax To discard the pinned cache enter omconfig storage controller action discardpinnedcache controller id force enabled N CAUTION Discarding the pinned cache can result in data loss Dell recommends that you run this command using t
98. ate how to specify the omconfig storage controller action createvdisk parameters controller id Parameter Required raid lt c r0 rl rie r5 16 r10 r50 r60 gt Parameter Required size lt number max min gt Parameter Required pdisk lt connector targetID connector targetID gt Parameter Required Using the Storage Management Service 187 stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt Parameter Optional cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt Parameter Optional writepolicy lt wb wt wel nwe fwb gt Parameter Optional name lt string gt Parameter Optional spanlength lt n gt Parameter Optional controller id Parameter Required Specify the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command For example controller 2 raid lt c ro ri rie r5 r6 r10 r50 r60 Parameter Required Use the raid lt c rO rl rlc 15 16 r10 150 160 gt parameter to specify concatenation or a RAID level for a virtual disk Different controllers support different RAID levels See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about RAID levels a controller supports and for general information about RAID levels and concatenation Table 6 17 indicates how to specify the raid n parameter for each RAID level and concatenation Table 6 17 Raid Level and Concatenation RAID Leve
99. atus aaa 178 omconfig Global Commands 178 omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Sh td wWwn t woe Ss e p a as Pak 179 omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown o rna RE GE e a ned ae 179 omconfig Global Rescan Controller 180 omconfig Set Hot Spare Protection Policy 180 omconfig ControllerCommands 181 omconfig Rescan Controller 183 omconfig Enable ControllerAlarm 184 omconfig Disable Controller Alarm 184 omconfig Quiet Controller Alarm 2 185 omconfig Test Controller Alarm 185 omconfig Reset Controller Configuration 186 omconfig Create Virtual Disk 186 omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate 192 omconfig Set Background Initialization Rate 193 omconfig Set Reconstruct Rate 193 omconfig Set Check Consistency Rate 194 10 Contents omconfig Export the Controller Log 194 omconfig Import Foreign Configuration 195 omconfig Import Recover Foreign Configuration SG SS 195 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration 196 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode 196 omconfig Start Patrol Read 197 omconfig Stop Patrol Read 197 omconfig Change Controller Properties 198 omconfig Storage Virtual Disk 2 199 omconfig Storage Controller 199 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands 200 omconfig Blink Virtual Disk
100. be detects that the processor has failed event processorabsent event redundegrad Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a processor probe detects that the processor is absent Sets action or enables disables alert generation when the system s fans and or power supplies become inoperative resulting in less than full redundancy for that component event redunlost Sets action or enables disables alert generation when the system s fans and or power supplies become inoperative resulting in a lost or a no redundant components working condition for that component event Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects a systempowerwarn warning value event Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects a systempowerfail failure value event tempwam event tempfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a temperature probe detects that the temperature is approaching the maximum high or low limits Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a temperature probe detects that the temperature is either too high or low for proper operation omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 26 omconfig system platformevents continued Event Name Description event voltfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a voltage probe detects that the voltage is too low for proper operation event watchdogasr Enabl
101. bject and the Information Configuration tab omconfig Global Disable Smart Thermal Shutdown If you have previously enabled smart thermal shutdown using the omconfig command you can disable smart thermal shutdown and return the system to its default setting When smart thermal shutdown is disabled the operating system and the server shuts down when the PV220S and PV221S enclosures reach a critical temperature of 0 or 50 Celsius Use the following omconfig command syntax to disable smart thermal shutdown for all controllers Using the Storage Management Service 179 Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for disabling thermal shutdown does not require that you specify a controller or enclosure ID To disable thermal shutdown enter the following omconfig storage globalinfo action disablests K NOTE You can use the omreport storage globalinfo command to determine whether smart thermal shutdown is currently enabled or disabled The status of smart thermal shutdown is also displayed in the GUI of Server Administrator To locate this status select the Storage object and the Information Configuration tab omconfig Global Rescan Controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to rescan all controllers on the system See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Global Rescan Controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage globalinfo acti
102. by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for the controller battery Example Syntax To start the learn cycle on controller 1 enter omconfig storage battery action startlearn controller 1 battery 0 omconfig Delay Battery Learn Cycle Use the following omconfig command to delay the battery learn cycle for a specified period of time The battery learn cycle can be delayed for a maximum of seven days or 168 hours Complete Syntax omconfig storage battery action delaylearn controller id battery id days d hours h Using the Storage Management Service 227 where id is the controller ID and battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for the controller battery Example Syntax To delay the learn cycle for three days and 12 hours on controller 1 enter omconfig storage battery action delaylearn controller 1 battery 0 days 3 hours 12 omconfig Connector Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute connector tasks Table 6 25 omconfig Connector Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage connector action rescan controller id connector id
103. ccelerator to your computer A VGA feature connector can also be called a VGA pass through connector video adapter The logical circuitry that provides in combination with the monitor your computer s video capabilities A video adapter may support more or fewer features than a specific monitor offers Typically a video adapter comes with video drivers 280 Glossary for displaying popular application programs and operating systems in a variety of video modes On some Dell computers a video adapter is integrated into the system board Also available are many video adapter cards that plug into an expansion card connector Video adapters often include memory separate from RAM on the system board The amount of video memory along with the adapter s video drivers may affect the number of colors that can be simultaneously displayed Video adapters can also include their own coprocessor for faster graphics rendering video driver A program that allows graphics mode application programs and operating systems to display at a chosen resolution with the desired number of colors A software package may include some generic video drivers Any additional video drivers may need to match the video adapter installed in the computer video memory Most VGA and SVGA video adapters include memory chips in addition to your computer s RAM The amount of video memory installed primarily influences the number of colors that a program can display
104. ce statement or as memory resident programs usually from the autoexec bat file Others such as video drivers must load when you start the program for which they were designed DHCP Acronym for dynamic host configuration protocol A method of configuring a network in which IP addresses are issued by a server rather than statically assigned to each system DIMM Acronym for dual in line memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board DIN Acronym for Deutsche Industrie Norm which is the standards setting organization in Germany A DIN connector is a connector that conforms to one of the many standards defined by DIN DIN connectors are used widely in personal computers For example the keyboard connector for PCs is a DIN connector DIP Acronym for dual in line package A circuit board such as a system board or expansion card may contain DIP switches for configuring the circuit board DIP switches are always toggle switches with an ON position and an OFF position display adapter See video adapter 252 Glossary DMA Abbreviation for direct memory access A DMA channel allows certain types of data transfer between RAM and a device to bypass the microprocessor DMI Abbreviation for Desktop Management Interface DMI enables the management of your computer system s software and hardware DMI collects information about the system s components such as the operating system
105. connector is displayed as Logical Connector Using the Storage Management Service 171 omreport Enclosure Status Table 6 8 describes the syntax for the omreport Enclosure Commands Table 6 8 omreport Enclosure Commands Required Command Levels Optional name value pairs Use 1 2 3 omreport storage Displays property information enclosure for all enclosures attached to the system controller id Displays the specified enclosure enclosure and its components lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller number and lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the enclosure ID Example for SCSI controllers controller 0 enclosure 2 Example for SAS controllers controller 0 enclosure 1 2 172 Using the Storage Management Service omreport Temperature Probe Status Table 6 9 describes the syntax for the omreport Probe Commands Table 6 9 omreport Temperature Probe Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info temps where id is the controller number and lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the enclosure ID Example for SCSI controllers controller 0 enclosure 2 info temps Example for SAS controllers controller 0 enclosure 1 2 info temps controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt info temps index n where id is the controller number and lt ENCLOSUREID
106. controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to reset the thresholds for all temperature probes in enclosure 2 on controller 1 Example for SAS Controllers In this example the temperature probes reside in enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To reset the thresholds for all temperature probes enter omconfig storage enclosure action resetalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 omconfig Blink Use the following omconfig command to blink the light emitting diodes LEDs on the enclosure Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure T Using the Storage Management Service 235 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To blink the LEDs for the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To blink the LEDs for enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage enclosure action blink controller 1 enclosure 2 3 236 Using the Storage Management Service Working With CLI Command Results Server Administrator Command Line Interface CLI users can use the command output in various ways This section explains how to sav
107. controller action createvdisk controller 1 raid r5 size 500m pdisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 stripesize 16kb cachepolicy c readpolicy ra writepolicy wt The only parameters that require specification are for the controller RAID level virtual disk size and physical disk selection Storage Management supplies default values for all other unspecified parameters omconfig Set Controller Rebuild Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the controller rebuild rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setrebuildrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command 192 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax To set the rebuild rate to 50 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action setrebuildrate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Set Background Initialization Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the background initialization rate Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setbgirate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To set the background initialization rate to 50 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action setbgirate controller 1 rate 50 omconfig Set Reconstruct Rate Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the reconstruct rate Complete Syntax
108. covery ASR is performed for a hung operating system event storagesyswarmn Sets actions when a storage system detects a warning value event storagesysfail Sets actions when a storage system detects a failure value event storagectrlwarn Sets actions when a storage controller detects a warning value event storagectrlfail Sets actions when a storage controller detects a failure value event pdiskwarn event pdiskfail Sets actions when a physical disk detects a warning value Sets actions when a physical disk detects a failure value event vdiskwarn Sets actions when a virtual disk detects a warning value event vdiskfail Sets actions when a virtual disk detects a failure value event enclosurewarn Sets actions when an enclosure detects a warning value event enclosurefail event storagectrlbatterywarn event storagectrlbatteryfail Sets actions when an enclosure detects a failure value Sets actions when a storage controller battery detects a warning value Sets actions when a storage controller battery detects a failure value K NOTE storagectrlbatterywarn and storagectrlbatteryfail events are not available on modular systems Example Set Alert Action Commands The examples below are valid example commands For each successful command issued the following message appears Alert action s configured successfully omconfig Managing Components Using t
109. cs omreport mainsystem nics Use the omreport chassis nics or omreport mainsystem nics command to view NIC properties Type omreport chassis nics index n or omreport mainsystem nics index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties about all NICS on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific NIC Values display for the following fields Index number of the NIC card IP Address Vendor Description and Connection Status omreport chassis ports omreport mainsystem ports Use the omreport chassis ports or omreport mainsystem ports command to view properties of your system s parallel and serial ports Values display for the following fields Port Type External Name Base VO Address IRO Level Connector Type and Maximum Speed omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 49 Port Type is the detailed type of each system port from the more general serial parallel and USB ports to the names of ports by device type connected to it for example pointing device or keyboard External Name is the name of the port such as serial or parallel USB mouse keyboard and so on Base I O Address is the starting I O address expressed in hexadecimal IRQ Level is a hardware interrupt on a system The hardware interrupt signals the system s CPU that an event has started or ended in a peripheral comp
110. ction to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial connection to Operator user Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial connection to User true Enables serial over LAN for the BMC false Disables serial over LAN for the BMC omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 115 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description 116 baudrate 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 9600 Sets the volatile and nonvolatile connection speed to 9600 bits per second 19200 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 19200 bits per second 38400 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 38400 bits per second 57600 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 57600 bits per second 115200 Sets the volatile and non volatile connection speed to 115200 bits per second NOTE Baud rates of 9600 and 19200 are supported on PowerEdge 1800 1850 2800 and 2850 systems Baud rates of 19200 and 57600 are supported on PowerEdge x9xx systems Baud rate of 115200 is supported on certain systems that have a DRAC 5 installed Baud rate of 19200 57600 and 115200 are supported on xx0x systems that have iDRACE installed omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Ser
111. cts When troubleshooting rule out the possibility of such a conflict by rebooting your computer without starting any TSR programs UART Acronym for universal asynchronous receiver transmitter the electronic circuit that makes up the serial port UEFI Acronym for unified extensible firmware interface UDP Acronym for user datagram protocol UL Abbreviation for Underwriters Laboratories 278 Glossary UMB Abbreviation for upper memory blocks unicode A fixed width 16 bit world wide character encoding developed and maintained by the Unicode Consortium upper memory area The 384 KB of RAM located between 640 KB and 1 MB If the computer has an Intel386 or higher microprocessor a utility called a memory manager can create UMBs in the upper memory area in which you can load device drivers and memory resident programs UPS Abbreviation for uninterruptible power supply A battery powered unit that automatically supplies power to your computer in the event of an electrical failure USB Abbreviation for Universal Serial Bus A USB connector provides a single connection point for multiple USB compliant devices such as mice keyboards printers and computer speakers USB devices can also be connected and disconnected while the system is running utility A program used to manage system resources memory disk drives or printers for example UTP Abbreviation for unshielded twisted pair UUID Acronym for Univers
112. d e Cache Device Supported Type e Cache Device Current Type e External Socket Name K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Fields Reported for Each Cache on a Particular Processor The following fields are displayed for each cache on a particular processor Status reports whether a specific cache on the processor is enabled or disabled Level refers to a primary or secondary cache Primary level cache is a memory bank built into the processor Secondary level cache is a staging area that feeds the primary cache A secondary level cache may be built into the processor or reside in a memory chipset outside the processor The internal processor cache is referred to as a Level 1 or L1 L2 cache is the external cache in a system with an Intel Pentium processor and it is the second level of cache that is accessed The names L1 and L2 are not indicative of where the cache is physically located internal or external but describe which cache is accessed first L1 therefore internal Speed refers to the rate at which the cache can forward data from the main memory to the processor Max Size is the maximum amount of memory that the cache can hold in kilobytes Installed Size is the actual size of the cache Type indicates whether the cache is primary or secondary Location is the location
113. d RAID 60 and optional for RAID 10 Use this parameter to specify the number of physical disks to be included in each stripe This parameter only applies to RAID 50 virtual disks If you are not creating a RAID 50 virtual disk do not specify this parameter For example spanlength 3 For RAID 10 on SAS controllers with firmware version 6 1 and later spanlength is optional Also you can now specify the spanlength as an even number with a maximum of 8 spans with 32 physical disks each For example omconfig storage controller action createvdisk controller 1 raid r10 size min pdisk 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 6 1 1 7 1 1 8 1 1 9 spanlength 4 Using the Storage Management Service 191 Example Syntax For example you may want to create a RAID 5 virtual disk on a PERC 3 QC controller See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for information on read write and cache policies are supported by this controller For example to create a virtual disk with the following read write and cache policy e Read ahead e Write through caching e Cache I O The virtual disk will be 500 MB with a stripe size of 16 KB The name of the virtual disk will be vd1 and it will reside on connector 0 of controller 1 Because the virtual disk will be a RAID 5 it requires at least three physical disks In this example you specify four physical disks These are physical disks 0 through 3 To create the virtual disk described in this example enter omconfig storage
114. d logic functions Software written for one microprocessor must usually be revised to run on another microprocessor CPU is a synonym for microprocessor MIDI Abbreviation for musical instrument digital interface 264 l Glossary MIF Acronym for management information format A MIF file contains information status and links to component instrumentation MIF files are installed into the MIF database by the DMI service layer The content of a MIF is defined by a DTMF working committee and is published in the form of a MIF definition document This document identifies the groups and attributes that are relevant to DMI manageable components mm Abbreviation for millimeter s modem A device that allows your computer to communicate with other computers over telephone lines MOF Acronym for managed object format which is an ASCII file that contains the formal definition of a CIM schema mouse A pointing device that controls the movement of the cursor on a screen Mouse aware software allows you to activate commands by clicking a mouse button while pointing at objects displayed on the screen MPEG Acronym for Motion Picture Experts Group MPEG is a digital video file format ms Abbreviation for millisecond s MTBF Abbreviation for mean time between failures multifrequency monitor A monitor that supports several video standards A multifrequency monitor can adjust to the frequency range of the signal from a variety of
115. destination 2 Displays the second destination 110 120 130 140 IP address of the second destination destination 3 Displays the third destination 201 202 203 204 IP address of the third destination destination 4 Displays the fourth destination 210 211 212 213 IP address of the fourth destination omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 67 Table 3 8 Settings for the omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations continued Output Attributes Description Destination Configuration Settings attribute communitystring Displays the text communitystring string that acts as a password and is used to authenticate SNMP messages sent between the BMC and the destination management station omreport system platformevents omreport servermodule platformevents Use the omreport system platformevents or omreport servermodule platformevents command to view how the system responds for each listed platform event omreport system recovery omreport servermodule recovery Use the omreport system recovery or omreport servermodule recovery command to see whether there is an action configured for a hung operating system You can also view the number of seconds that must elapse before an operating system is considered hung omreport system shutdown omreport servermodule shutdown Use the omreport system shutdown or omreport servermodule shutdown command to view any pendi
116. destinations Determines the shutdown action if any to be taken for a specific platform event Also enables and disables platform events filter alert generation Determines in advance how your system responds to a hung operating system Allows the administrator to select from several options when shutting down the system omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 81 Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 User Use Privilege Required thrmshutdown webserver chassis mainsystem biossetup bmc fans A Sets the severity level at which a thermal event triggers a system shutdown A Starts or stops the Web server A Configures the behavior of specific system components controlled by the BIOS A Configures remote access information NOTE This command is phased out in this release It is replaced by the remoteaccess command PA Configures fan probe warning thresholds by default or by value NOTE You cannot change threshold values on embedded server management ESM3 and Dell PowerEdge x8xx systems 82 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 User Use Privilege Required fancontrol frontpanel info
117. e enable Enables the NMI button on the system disable Disables the NMI button on the system powerbutton NA enable disable config sysname NA true Enables the Power button on the system false Disables the Power button on the system Displays the name of the system config syspower NA Displays system power information config servicetag Displays system service tag information config ipv4idrac Displays IPv4 DRAC information config ipv6idrac config NA ambienttemp security modify NA Displays IPv6 DRAC information Displays the system temperature in centigrade Allows you to modify the LCD text security view NA Provides read only access to the LCD text security disabled NA Provides limited access to the LCD text remoteindication NA true LCD flashes when the system detects an active remote session omconfig chassis info omconfig mainsystem info Use the omconfig chassis info or omconfig mainsystem info command to enter an asset tag name and a chassis name for your system If your system is a modular one you can enter asset tag names for modular components as well Table 4 7 shows the valid parameters for the command omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 103 Table 4 7 omconfig chassis info omconfig mainsystem info name value pair Description index lt n gt Number of the chassis whose asset tag or name
118. e command output to a file and how to select a format for your command results that fits different objectives Table 7 1 System Availability for the omreport Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable To omreport modularenclosure Modular system servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system Output Options for Command Results CLI command output displays to standard output on your system in a command window in an X terminal or on a screen depending on the type of your operating system You can redirect command results to a file instead of displaying them to standard output Saving command output to a file allows you to use the command output for later analysis or comparison Whether you display command results to standard output or have the command results written to a file you can format the results The format you select determines the way the command output is displayed and the way the command output is written to a file Controlling Command Output Display Each operating system provides a means of controlling the way that command results display to standard output The following is a useful command for ensuring that command results do not scroll by before you can view them The same command syntax works for the Microsoft Windows command prompt the Red Hat Enterprise Linux terminal and the Working With CLI Command Results 237 SUSE Li
119. e 2 index 3 omconfig Set All Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds for all temperature probes in the enclosure K NOTE This command is not supported on SCSI RAID controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action setalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt minwarn n maxwarn n where id is the controller ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to specify the minimum and maximum warning thresholds for all temperature probes to 10 and 40 Celsius Example for SAS Controllers In this example the temperature probes reside in enclosure 3 attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To set the thresholds for all temperature probes to 10 and 40 Celsius enter omconfig storage enclosure action setalltempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 234 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Reset All Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds back to their default value for all temperature probes in the enclosure K NOTE This command is not supported on SCSI RAID controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action resetalltempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt where id is the
120. e Management Service 205 Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action unmirror controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To unmirror virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action unmirror controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Assign Dedicated Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to assign one or more physical disks to a virtual disk as a dedicated hot spare K NOTE The PERC 2 SC 2 DC and CERC SATA 1 5 2s controllers do not support dedicated hot spares Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign yes where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and physical disk enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID and omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks and physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you are assigning physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controll
121. e following omconfig command syntax to cancel the background initialization process on a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action cancelbginitialize controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To cancel background initialization on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action cancelbginitialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Restore Dead Segments Use the following omconfig command syntax to recover data from a RAID 5 virtual disk that has been corrupted This task attempts to reconstruct data from a corrupt portion of a physical disk included in a RAID 5 virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action restoresegments controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To restore segments on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action restoresegments controller 1 vdisk 4 2
122. e of the physical disk is displayed as Replacing Displays all physical disks attached to the specified connector on the controller Displays all physical disks included in the specified virtual disk on the controller Displays the specified physical disk on the specified connector on the controller Using the Storage Management Service 171 omreport Virtual Disk Status Table 6 14 describes the syntax for the omreport Virtual Disk Commands Table 6 14 omreport Virtual Disk Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Use Levels 1 2 3 omreport storage vdisk Displays property information for all virtual disks on all controllers controller id Displays all virtual disks on where id is the controller the specified controller number For example controller 0 controller id vdisk id Displays the specified virtual where id is the controller disk on the controller number and the virtual disk number For example controller 0 vdisk 1 omconfig Global Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute the global commands When executed these commands apply to all controllers These global commands also correspond to the global tasks provided by the Storage tree view object s Information Configuration subtab Table 6 15 omconfig Global Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage globalinfo action
123. e to virtual disk 4 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Using the Storage Management Service 207 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 3 assign no Example for SAS Controllers To unassign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 2 3 assign no omconfig Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to initiate a check consistency on a virtual disk The check consistency task verifies the virtual disk s redundant data Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action checkconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To run a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action checkconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 208 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Cancel Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel a check consistency while in progress Compl
124. easons why commands fail include syntax errors and components that are not present Many error messages provide syntax information that you can use to execute the command successfully Introduction 19 If you try to execute a command for a component or feature not present in your system configuration the error message states that the component is not present Command omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 3 3000 Example message Error Number with up to 3 digits after decimal point expected read 3 3000 The value given by the command specifies more than 3 digits after the decimal point A valid minimum warning threshold value for volts contains up to 3 digits after the decimal point Type omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 3 300 When you enter the revised command with three decimal points you receive another error message Error This voltage probe min warning threshold must be between 11 400 and 12 480 Revised command omconfig chassis volts index 3 minwarnthresh 11 500 Message Voltage probe warning threshold s set successfully Scripting and Comparing With the CLI The Server Administrator CLI allows administrators to write batch programs or scripts to be executed by the operating system For an enterprise with many systems an administrator could write a configuration script that specified the warning thresholds for each major component of a system and also specified a set of ac
125. ecify values for the fan probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum and or maximum warning threshold values In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 0 The first command sets only the minimum threshold the second sets minimum and maximum thresholds omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 or omconfig mainsystem fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 omconfig chassis fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 maxwarnthresh 9160 or omconfig mainsystem fans index 0 minwarnthresh 4580 maxwarnthresh 9160 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Fan probe warning threshold s set successfully K NOTE Minimum and maximum warning thresholds for the fan probe cannot be set on PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems omconfig chassis fancontrol omconfig mainsystem fancontrol Use the omconfig chassis fancontrol or omconfig mainsystem fancontrol command to set the fan speed You can optimize speed for cooling or for quiet operation Table 4 5 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 5 omconfig chassis fancontrol omconfig mainsystem fancontrol name value pair Description speed quiet Sets fan speed for quiet operation speed maxcool Sets fan speed for maximum cooling omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 101 omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsyste
126. eck consistency after it has been paused Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action resumecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To resume a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action resumecheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Delete Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to delete a virtual disk N CAUTION Deleting a virtual disk destroys all information including file systems and volumes residing on the virtual disk You may receive a warning message if you attempt to delete the system or boot partition However this warning message is not generated in all circumstances Ensure that you are not deleting the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id wwon deletevdisk controller 1 vdisk 4 210 Using the Storage Management Service omconfig Format Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to format a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action format controller id vdisk id where id is the controll
127. em e Processor Manufacturer e Processor Family e Processor Version e Current Speed omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 71 Maximum Speed External Clock Speed Voltage Memory Total Installed Capacity Memory Available to the Operating System Total Maximum Capacity Memory Array Count Memory Array The following details are listed for each memory board or module in the system for example the system board or the memory module in a given slot number e 72 Location Use Installed Capacity Maximum Capacity Slots Available Slots Used Ecc Type Manufacturer BIOS Version Release Date BIOS Firmware Information Name BIOS Firmware Version omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Firmware e Name e Version Network Interface Card The following details are listed for each NIC in the system e IP Address Subnet Mask e Default Gateway e MAC Address Storage Enclosures The following details are listed for each storage enclosure attached to the system e Name e Product ID omreport system thrmshutdown omreport servermodule thrmshutdown Use the omreport system thrmshutdown or omreport servermodule thrmshutdown command to view the properties configured for a thermal shutdown action The three properties that display for thermal shutdown are disabled warning or failure If the CLI displays the following message the thermal shutdown fea
128. em s hard drive Table 4 8 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 8 omconfig chassis leds omconfig mainsystem leds name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description index lt n gt NA Number of the chassis where the LED resides defaults to chassis 0 main system chassis led fault severity warning Select to flash the LED either when a critical warning event occurs or when a critical event occurs led hdfault action clear Sets the number of faults for the hard drive back to zero 0 led identity flash off on Sets the chassis identification LED to off or on Set the time out value for the LED time out lt n gt to flash to a number of seconds omconfig chassis memorymode omconfig mainsystem memorymode Use the omconfig chassis memorymode or omconfig mainsystem memorymode command to specify the redundancy mode you want to use for your system s memory in case of memory errors Redundant memory enables a system to switch to other available memory modules if unacceptable errors are detected in the modules that the system is currently using The omconfig chassis memorymode or omconfig mainsystem memorymode command allows you to disable redundancy when you disable redundancy you instruct the system not to switch to other available memory modules when the module the system is using begins to encounter errors To enable redundancy choose among mirror and RAID Spare mode disables a bank of system mem
129. en Some settings when reached can trigger a system shutdown or other response that can prevent damage to the system Glossary 273 service tag number A bar code label on the computer that identifies it when you call Dell for customer or technical support SGRAM Acronym for synchronous graphics RAM shadowing A computer s system and video BIOS code is usually stored on ROM chips Shadowing refers to the performance enhancement technique that copies BIOS code to faster RAM chips in the upper memory area above 640 KB during the boot routine SIMD Abbreviation for Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMM Acronym for single in line memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board SIP Acronym for single in line package which is a type of housing for electronic components in which the connecting pins protrude from one side A SIP is also called a Single In line Pin Package SIPP SKU Acronym for stock keeping unit SMART Acronym for Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology A technology that allows hard drives to report errors and failures to the system BIOS which then displays an error message on the screen To take advantage of this technology you must have a SMART compliant hard drive and the proper support in the system BIOS SMBIOS Acronym for system management BIOS SMD Acronym for surface mount device 274 Glossary SMTP Acronym for Simple Mail Tran
130. eport mainsystem slots 00004 omreport chassis temps omreport mainsystemtemps 0004 omreport chassis volts omreport mainsystem volts 2 0 000 omreport system Commands omreport servermoduleCommands omreport system omreport servermodule Commands for ViewingLogs omreport system alertaction omreport servermodule alertaction omreport system assetinfo omreport servermodule assetinfo omreport system events omreport servermoduleevents omreport system operatingsystem omreport servermodule operatingsystem omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations omreport system platformevents omreport servermodule platformevents Contents omreport system recovery omreport servermodule recovery omreport system shutdown omreport servermodule shutdown omreport system summary omreport servermodule summary omreport system thrmshutdown omreport servermodule thrmshutdown omreport system version omreport servermodule version omreport preferences Commands 4 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Conventions for Parameter Tables omconfig Command Summary Help With the omconfig Command omconfig about omconfig chassis omconfig mainsystem
131. epxe during system boot with PXE on if the enabledwithiscsi system has PXE disabled Disables the first NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the first NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe Enables the first NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabledwithiscsi Enables the first NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 93 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute nic2 setting enabled enabled Enables the second NIC during enabledwithpxe system boot disabled enabledonly enabledwithpxe Enables the second eaabicdnonepxe NIC during system boot with PXE on if enabledwithiscsi the system has PXE disabled Disables the second NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the second NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe Enables the second NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabledwithiscsi Enables the second NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI attribute nic3 setting enabled enabled Enables the third NIC during enabledwithpxe system boot disabled enabledonly enabledwithpxe Enables the third NIC enablednonepxe during system boot with PXE on if the enabledwit
132. er 1 as a dedicated hot spare to virtual disk 4 On a Serial Attached SCSI SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 206 Using the Storage Management Service Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To assign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 3 assign yes Example for SAS Controllers To assign the dedicated hot spare described in this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller 1 vdisk 4 pdisk 0 2 3 assign yes omconfig Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign one or more physical disks previously assigned as a hot spare to a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign no where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain the values for the controller virtual disk and physical disk enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID and omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks and physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you are unassigning physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller as a dedicated hot spar
133. er ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To format virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action format controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Reconfiguring Virtual Disks You can reconfigure a virtual disk to change the virtual disk s RAID level or increase its size by adding physical disks On some controllers you can also remove physical disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller id vdisk id raid lt c r0 r1 ric r5 r6 r10 size lt size gt pdisk lt PDISK gt Example Syntax To reconfigure virtual disk 4 to a size of 800 MB use RAID 5 and physical disks 0 through 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disks reside in enclosure 2 Using the Storage Management Service 211 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller 1 vdisk 4 raid r5 size 800m pdisk 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers In this example enter omconfig storage vdisk action reconfigure controller 1 vdisk 4 raid r5 pdisk 02 9 0 0 PT 022 22 OF 223 omconfig Change Virtual Disk Policy Use the following omconfig command syntax to chan
134. er for the LAN channel lanaccesslevel none User with an ID does not have access privileges for the LAN channel omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 119 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description config id user id id user id User ID of the user dracusergroup admin being configured poweruser guest dracusergroup admin Enables the custom none Administrator user privileges dracusergroup poweruser Enables the Power User privileges dracusergroup guest Enables the Guest user privileges dracusergroup custom Enables the Custom User privileges NOTE See Table 4 13 for more information on the name value pair dracusergroup custom dracusergroup none Does not enable user privileges config user id user id id user id User ID of the user continued extipmiusergroup admin being configured operator readonly extipmiusergroup admin Enables the custom none Administrator user privileges NOTE extipmiusergroup user group is available only on Dell xx0x modular systems extipmiusergroup operator Enables the Operator privileges extipmiusergroup readonly Enables the Read Only privileges extipmiusergroup custom Enables the Custom User privileges NOTE Dell recommends that you use the operator and readonly options for systems with iDRAC6 Enterprise NOTE
135. erature in Celsius gt P Example Syntax For example you may want to specify the minimum and maximum warning thresholds for temperature probe 3 to 10 and 40 Celsius Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example temperature probe 3 resides in the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To set the temperature probe thresholds to 10 and 40 Celsius enter omconfig storage enclosure action settempprobes controller 1 enclosure 2 index 3 minwarn 10 maxwarn 40 omconfig Reset Temperature Probe Thresholds Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the minimum and maximum warning temperature thresholds back to their default values K NOTE This command is not supported on SAS controllers Complete Syntax omconfig storage enclosure action resettempprobes controller id enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt index id where id is the controller ID and the temperature probe ID The lt ENCLOSUREID gt variable specifies the enclosure Example Syntax For example you may want to reset the thresholds for temperature probe 3 to the default values Using the Storage Management Service 233 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers In this example temperature probe 3 resides in the enclosure attached to connector 2 on controller 1 To reset the thresholds for temperature probe 3 to the default values enter omconfig storage enclosure action resettempprobes controller 1 enclosur
136. es or disables alert generation configured by the ASR when the system has hung or is not responding omconfig system events omconfig servermodule events Use the omconfig system events or omconfig servermodule events command to enable and disable SNMP traps for the components on your system K NOTE Not all event types may be present on your system There are four parameters in the name value pair component of the omconfig system events command e Source e Type e Severity e Index Source At present source snmptraps is a required name value pair because SNMP is currently the only supported source of event notification for your system s components omconfig system events source snmptraps or omconfig servermodule events source snmptraps Type Type refers to the name of the component s involved in the event Table 4 27 shows the valid parameters for system event types omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 139 Table 4 27 System Event Type Parameters name value pair Description type accords Configures events for AC power cords type battery Configures events for battery type all Configures events for all device types type fanenclosures Configures events for fan enclosures type fans Configures events for fans type intrusion Configures events for chassis intrusion type log Configures events for logs type memory Configures events for memory
137. ete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action cancelcheckconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the Ds for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To cancel a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action cancelcheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Pause Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to pause a check consistency while in progress See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Pause Check Consistency Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action pausecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the Ds for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To pause a check consistency on virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action pausecheckconsistency controller 1 vdisk 4 Using the Storage Management Service 209 omconfig Resume Check Consistency Use the following omconfig command syntax to resume a ch
138. figuration Utility IDE Abbreviation for Integrated Device Electronics IDE is a computer system interface used primarily for hard drives and CDs 1 0 Abbreviation for input output The keyboard is an input device and a printer is an output device In general I O activity can be differentiated from computational activity For example when a program sends a document to the printer it is engaging in output activity when the program sorts a list of terms it is engaging in computational activity ID Abbreviation for identification iDRAC6 Acronym for integrated Dell Remote Access Controller IHV Acronym for independent hardware vendor IHVs often develop their own MIBs for components that they manufacture interlacing A technique for increasing video resolution by only updating alternate horizontal lines on the screen Because interlacing can result in noticeable screen flicker most users prefer noninterlaced video adapter resolutions Glossary 259 internal microprocessor cache An instruction and data cache built in to the microprocessor The Intel Pentium microprocessor includes a 16 KB internal cache which is set up as an 8 KB read only instruction cache and an 8 KB read write data cache Internal USB Internal USB flash drive is an additional storage device Internal USB enhances virtualization capabilities IP The Internet Protocol IP is the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another
139. format type omreport system summary fmt xml or omreport servermodule summary fmt xml The example output displays as follows lt NICStatus gt 1 lt NICStatus gt lt IPAddress gt 143 166 152 10 8 lt IPAddress gt lt SubnetMask gt 255 255 255 0 lt SubnetMas k gt lt DefaultGateway gt 143 166 152 1 lt DefaultGateway gt lt MACAddr gt 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca lt MACAddr gt Working With CLI Command Results 243 Custom Delimited Format cdv Use the cdv formatting option to report exported data in custom delimited format You can specify this option with any omreport command For example to generate a system summary in custom delimited format type omreport system summary fmt cdv or omreport servermodule summary fmt cdv You can also set preferences for the custom delimited format with the omconfig command The valid values for delimiters are exclamation semicolon at hash dollar percent caret asterisk tilde question colon comma and pipe The following example shows how to set the delimiter for separating data fields to asterisk omconfig preferences cdvformat delimiter asterisk 244 Working With CLI Command Results Glossary The following list defines or identifies technical terms abbreviations and acronyms used in Dell user documents A Abbreviation for ampere s AC Abbreviation for alternating current AC power switch A switch with two AC power inputs that provides
140. ften followed by h heat sink A metal plate with metal pegs or ribs that help dissipate heat Most microprocessors include a heat sink HIP Abbreviation for Dell OpenManage Hardware Instrumentation Package HMA Abbreviation for high memory area The first 64 KB of extended memory above 1 MB Amemory manager that conforms to the XMS can make the HMA a direct extension of conventional memory See also upper memory area and XMM host adapter A host adapter implements communication between the computer s bus and the controller for a peripheral device Hard drive controller subsystems include integrated host adapter circuitry To add a SCSI expansion bus to your system you must install or connect the appropriate host adapter hot plug The ability to remove and replace a redundant part while the system is being used Also called a hot spare HPFS Abbreviation for the High Performance File System option in the Windows NT and later Windows operating systems 258 Glossary HTTPS Abbreviation for HyperText Transmission Protocol Secure HTTPS is a variant of HTTP used by Web browsers for handling secure transactions HTTPS is a unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP You need to use https for HTTP URLs with SSL whereas you continue to use http for HTTP URLs without SSL Hz Abbreviation for hertz ICES Abbreviation for Interference Causing Equipment Standard in Canada ICU Abbreviation for ISA Con
141. ge a virtual disk s read write or cache policy Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action changepolicy controller id vdisk id diskcachepolicy lt enabled disabled gt readpolicy lt ra nra ara re nre gt writepolicy lt wb wt wel nwe gt cachepolicy lt d c gt where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the Ds for the virtual disks attached to the controller See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about the controller specific diskcache read write and cache policy For information on specifying these parameters using the omconfig command see the following e readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt Parameter Optional e writepolicy lt wb wt wc nwe fwb gt Parameter Optional cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional e diskcachepolicy lt enabled disabled gt Parameter Optional 212 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax To change the read policy of virtual disk 4 on controller 1 to no read ahead enter omconfig storage vdisk action changepolicy controller 1 vdisk 4 readpolicy nra omconfig Rename Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to rename a virtual disk K NOTE On a CERC SATA 1 5 2s controller you cannot change
142. ghsinvdstate lt yes no gt where hscount is the number of hot spares to be assigned to the virtual disk and warnlevel is the severity level you want to assign to the generated alert if this policy is violated Use hscount 0 warnlevel 0 to reset the global hot spare protection policy for the RAID level omconfig Controller Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute controller tasks N CAUTION The omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller id resets the controller configuration Resetting the controller configuration permanently destroys all data on all virtual disks attached to the controller System or boot partition residing on these virtual disks will be destroyed Table 6 16 omconfig Controller Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Levels 1 2 3 omcontig storage controller action rescan controller id action enablealarm controller id action disablealarm controller id Using the Storage Management Service 181 Table 6 16 omconfig Controller Commands continued Required Command Optional name value pairs Levels 1 2 3 action quietalarm controller id action testalarm controller id action resetconfig controller id force yes action createvdisk controller id raid lt c r0 r1 rlc 15 r6 rl0 150 r60 gt size lt number max min pdisk lt PDISKID gt stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt cachepolicy
143. gt is the enclosure number and n is the number of a temperature probe For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info temps index 1 Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system Displays the temperature probes for the specified enclosure Displays the temperature probes for the specified enclosure Using the Storage Management Service 173 omreport Fan Status Table 6 10 describes the syntax for the omreport Fan Commands Table 6 10 omreport Fan Status Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage enclosure Displays property information for all enclosures attached to the system controller id enclosure Displays the fans for the lt ENCLOSUREID gt info specified enclosure fans where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 NOTE For SCSI controllers the ID specified in enclosure lt ENCLOSUREID gt is the connector number and for Serial Attached SCSI SAS controllers ID is the connectorNumber Enclosureln dex controller id enclosure Displays the specified fan lt ENCLOSUREID gt info fans index n where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number and n is the number of a fan For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info fans index 1 174 Using the Storage Management Service
144. h a main system chassis main system and at least one direct attached storage device Server Administrator may display a summary that resembles the following example 60 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service SEVERITY COMPONENT Ok Main System Chassis Critical Storage Commands for Viewing Logs You can use the omreport system or omreport servermodule command to view logs the alert log the command log and the hardware or ESM log K NOTE If the Alert log or Command log displays invalid XML data such as when XML data generated for the selection is not well formed to clear the log and resolve the issue omconfig system alertlog action clear or omconfig system cmdlog action clear resolves the issue If you need to retain the log information for future reference save a copy of the log before clearing See Commands for Clearing Logs for more information about clearing logs To view the contents of the alert log type omreport system alertlog or omreport servermodule alertlog To view the contents of the command log type omreport system cmdlog or omreport servermodule cmdlog To view the contents of the ESM log type omreport system esmlog or omreport servermodule esmlog omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 61 Overall Health Status of the ESM Log When you type omreport system esmlog or omreport servermodule esmlog the ESM log displa
145. he mirror mode the operating system does not switch back to the original module until the system reboots RAID 5 is a method of system memory configuration This is logically similar to the RAID 5 mode used in hard drive storage systems This memory mode provides an extra level of memory checking and error recovery at the expense of some memory capacity The RAID mode supported is RAID level 5 striping with rotational parity opmode mirror Mirror switches the systems to a mirrored copy of the memory if optimizer advecc the failing module has an uncorrectable memory event In the mirror mode the operating system does not switch back to the original module until the system reboots Optimizer enables the DRAM controllers to operate independently in 64 bit mode and provide optimized memory performance Advanced ECC advecc enables the two DRAM controllers to combine in 128 bit mode and provide optimized reliability Memory that cannot be teamed by the controllers is not reported to the operating system 106 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement Use the omconfig chassis pwrmanagement or omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement command to configure power cap and manage profiles that control power utilization Table 4 10 omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Descri
146. he Instrumentation Service Setting Minimum and Maximum Warning Threshold Values If you want to set both the upper and lower temperature warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis temps index 0 warnthresh default or omconfig mainsystem temps index 0 warnthresh default You cannot default one value and set another In other words if you set the minimum warning threshold value to the default value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value K NOTE The capabilities for managing sensors vary by systems Specify a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you want to specify values for the temperature probe warning thresholds you must specify the number of the probe you are configuring and the minimum and or maximum warning threshold value In the following example the probe that is being configured is probe 4 omconfig chassis temps index 4 minwarnthresh 11 2 maxwarnthresh 58 7 or omconfig mainsystem temps index 4 minwarnthresh 11 2 maxwarnthresh 58 7 When you issue the command and the system sets the values you specify the following message appears Temperature probe warning threshold s set successfully NOTE In PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems warning threshold for the temperature probe can be set only for the ambient temperature omconfig chassis volts omconfig mainsystem volts Use the omconfig chassis volts or omconfig m
147. he Instrumentation Service 133 Example Current Probe Actions To disable system console alert if a current probe detects a warning event type omconfig system alertaction event currentwarn alert false or omconfig servermodule alertaction event currentwarn alert false To enable broadcast messages if a current probe detects a failure event type omconfig system alertaction event currentfail broadcast true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event currentfail broadcast true Example Fan Probe Actions To generate alerts when a fan probe detects a failure value type omconfig system alertaction event fanfail alert true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event fanfail alert true Example Chassis Intrusion Actions To clear all alert actions for chassis intrusion type omconfig system alertaction event intrusion clearall true or omconfig servermodule alertaction event intrusion clearall true 134 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Commands for Clearing Logs K NOTE For more information about alert messages see the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide You can use the omconfig system or omconfig servermodule command to clear three logs the alert log the command log and the hardware or ESM log To clear the contents of the alert log type omconfig system alertlog action clear or omconfig servermodule alertlog action clear K
148. he force disabled option Using the Storage Management Service 199 omconfig Virtual Disk Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute virtual disk tasks VAN CAUTION The omconfig storage vdisk action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id command deletes a virtual disk Deleting a virtual disk destroys all information including file systems and volumes residing on the virtual disk Table 6 22 omconfig Manage Virtual Disk Commands Required Optional name value pairs Command Levels 1 2 3 omconfig storage vdisk action checkconsistency controller id vdisk id action cancelcheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action pausecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action resumecheckconsistency controller id vdisk id action blink controller id vdisk id action unblink controller id vdisk id action initialize controller id vdisk id action fastinit controller id vdisk id action slowinit controller id vdisk id action cancelinitialize controller id vdisk id action cancelbginitialize controller id vdisk id action restoresegments controller id vdisk id action splitmirror controller id vdisk id action unmirror controller id vdisk id action assigndedicatedhotspare controller id vdisk id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign lt yes no gt action deletevdisk controller id vdisk id force yes action format controller id vdisk id action reconfigure controller id vdisk id raid lt c
149. help commands 23 extended warranty information 151 external clock speed omreport chassis processors 51 external name omreport chassis ports 50 extwarranty omconfig system 151 F failure messages 19 fan status omreport 174 fancontrol omconfig chassis 101 omreport chassis 44 fans omconfig chassis 100 omreport chassis 44 firmware omreport chassis 4 format virtual disk 211 formatting CLI command output 240 frontpanel omconfig chassis 102 omreport chassis 45 G globalinfo omconfig storage 178 omreport storage 170 H help levels of 24 hot spare 206 l import foreign configuration omconfig 195 index omreport chassis slots 59 info omconfig chassis 103 omreport chassis 46 initialize physical disk omconfig 217 initialize virtual disk omconfig 202 introduction 15 intrusion omreport chassis 47 IP address alert destinations 135 IRQ level omreport chassis ports 50 L lease information 153 leds omconfig chassis 105 omreport chassis 47 levels of help for a CLI command 24 Index 289 maintenance information 154 adding 154 manufacturer omreport chassis processors 50 maximum speed omreport chassis ports 50 maximum warning threshold 123 memory arrays 31 72 omreport chassis 8 memorymode omconfig chassis 105 minimum warning threshold 123 name value pairs omconfig chassis biossetup 88 omconfig chas
150. hiscsi MEE has PXE disabled Disables the third NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the third NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe Enables the third NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabledwithiscsi Enables the third NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI 94 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 attribute setting Description attribute nic setting enabled enabledwithpxe disabled enabledonly enablednonepxe enabledwithiscsi enabled Enables the fourth NIC during system boot enabledwithpxe Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with PXE on if the system has PXE disabled Disables the fourth NIC during system boot enabledonly Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enablednonepxe Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with PXE off if the system has PXE enabledwithiscsi Enables the fourth NIC during system boot with iSCSI on if the system has iSCSI attribute numlock setting on off on Uses the keypad as number keys off Uses the keypad as arrow keys attribute node setting enabled enabled Enables Node Interleaving interleaving disabled disabled Disables Node Interleaving attribute set
151. ibute setting Description attribute uausb setting on backonly off on Enables the user accessible USB port s backonly Enables only the user accessible USB port s located at the back of the system off Disables the user accessible USB port s attribute usb setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the USB port s disabled Disables the USB port s NOTE Depending on your system s hardware only one of the two attributes usb and usbb is available for configuring the USB port s attribute usbb setting enabled enabledwithbios disabled enabled Enables the USB port s during system boot without BIOS support enabledwithbios Enables the USB port s during the system boot with BIOS support disabled Disables the USB port s during system boot NOTE Depending on your system s hardware only one of the two attributes usb and usbb is available for configuring the USB port s omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 99 omconfig chassis bmc omconfig mainsystem bmc K NOTE This command is phased out in this release It is replaced by the omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess command omconfig chassis currents omconfig mainsystem currents K NOTE This command is no longer available through Server Administrator omconfig chassis fans omconfig mainsystem fans Use the omconfig chassis fans or omconfig mainsystem fans command
152. ical exclusive or operator For example enable disable means that you can enable or disable the component or feature but you cannot simultaneously enable and disable the component or feature Command Summary of the omreport Command K NOTE Although this chapter lists all possible omreport commands the commands available on your system depend on your system configuration The results that display for the omreport command vary from one system to another Data displays for installed components only K NOTE When a system includes an external chassis the displayed results vary by operating system On SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems omreport commands display external chassis information in a separate section after the main chassis information On Microsoft Windows systems data about the external chassis does not appear in the omreport output Table 3 2 is a high level summary of the omreport command The column titled Command level 1 shows the omreport command at its most general Command level 2 shows the major objects or components that you can view using omreport about chassis storage and system Command level 3 lists the specific objects and components for which you can view reports User privilege required refers to the type of privilege you need to perform the command where U User P Power User and A Administrator Use is a very general statement about the actions that can
153. iness to maintain the system in good working order Table 5 7 shows the valid parameters for adding outsource information Table 5 7 omconfig system assetinfo info outsource omconfig servermodule assetinfo info outsource Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 omconfig system server module assetinfo info outsource levels lt n gt Levels of service that the provider offers problemcomponent System component lt component gt that requires maintenance providerfee Amount of money lt providerfee gt charged for maintenance servicefee Amount of money lt servicefee gt charged for service signauth lt name gt Person who signed or authorized the service 156 omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Example Command for Adding Outsource Information To provide a value for an outsource parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info outsource lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info outsource lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info outsource providerfee 75 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info outsource providerfee 75 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the para
154. ion and warranty information To set any of these fields use the omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command For more information see omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values omreport system events omreport servermodule events Use the omreport system events or omreport servermodule events command to view the current enabled or disabled SNMP traps This command displays a summary of each component in your system for which events can be generated For each component the report shows which severities are set to be reported and which severities are set not to be reported The following is an example output for a few components omreport system events or omreport servermodule events Current SNMP Trap Configuration Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None 64 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Power Supplies Settings Enable Informational Warning and Critical Disable None Settings Enable Critical Disable Informational and Warning The full report lists the settings for all components in your system for which events can be generated To view the status for components of a specific type use the omreport system events type lt component name gt or omreport servermodule event type component name gt command This command displays a summary of each component in your s
155. ion refers to the model and stepping number of the processor Current Speed is the actual processor speed in Megallertz at system boot time 50 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service External Clock Speed is the speed of the processor s external clock in MegaHertz State refers to whether the processor slot is enabled or disabled Core Count refers to the number of processors integrated into one chip Capabilities and Cache Properties of a Specific Processor To view the cache properties of a processor on a given connector type omreport chassis processors index n or omreport mainsystem processors index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for all processors If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific processor The following fields are defined for the capabilities present on a particular microprocessor For Intel Processor e 64 bit Support e Hyperthreading HT e Virtualization Technology VT e Demand Based Switching DBS e Execute Disable XD For AMD Processor e 64 bit Support e AMD V e AMD PowerNow e No Execute NX omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 51 The following fields are defined for a cache present on a particular microprocessor If the cache is internal to the processor the fields do not appear in the cache report e Spee
156. ions enable false Disallows SNMP set operations For example to disallow SNMP set operations use the following command omconfig preferences snmp setting snmpset enable false K NOTE After executing the command to enable or disable SNMP set operations restart services for the change to take effect On systems running supported Microsoft Windows operating systems restart the Windows SNMP Service On systems running supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems restart Server Administrator services by running the srvadmin services sh restart command omconfig preferences useraccess Depending on the policies of your organization you may want to restrict the access that some user levels have to Server Administrator The omconfig preferences useraccess command allows you to grant or withhold the right of users and power users to access Server Administrator 128 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 20 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 20 Enabling User Access for Administrators Power Users and Users Command Result Description omconfig preferences useraccess Grants Server Least restrictive form enable user Administrator access of user access to Users Power Users and Administrators omcontfig preferences useraccess Grants Server Excludes user level enable poweruser Administrator access access only to Power Users a
157. ives not included in the table of drive types stored in NVRAM Glossary 253 DTE Abbreviation for data terminal equipment Any device such as acomputer system that can send data in digital form by means of a cable or communications line The DTE is connected to the cable or communications line through a data communications equipment DCE device such as a modem ECC Abbreviation for error checking and correction ECP Abbreviation for Extended Capabilities Port EDO Acronym for extended data output dynamic random access memory which is a type of DRAM faster than conventional DRAM EDO RAM can start fetching the next block of memory at the same time that it sends the previous block to the CPU EEPROM Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read only memory EIDE Abbreviation for enhanced integrated drive electronics EIDE devices add one or more of the following enhancements to the traditional IDE standard e Data transfer rates of up to 16 MB sec e Support for drives other than just hard drives such as CD drives Support for hard drives with capacities greater than 528 MB Support for up to two controllers each with up to two devices attached EISA Acronym for Extended Industry Standard Architecture a 32 bit expansion bus design The expansion card connectors in an EISA computer are also compatible with 8 or 16 bit ISA expansion cards To avoid a configuration conflict when installing an EISA expansion ca
158. k action cancelrebuild controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to cancel the rebuild or physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To cancel the rebuild of the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action cancelrebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To cancel the rebuild of the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action cancelrebuild controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Remove Dead Segments Use the following omconfig command syntax to recover unusable disk space See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information about Removing Dead Segments Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action removedeadsegments controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk Using the Storage Management Service 223 To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then en
159. ke a file that contains all the help for the omconfig system alertaction command type omconfig system alertaction outa alert txt where outa directs the output of the command to a file called alert txt omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 85 To read the help for the alertaction command on a Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system type more alert txt omconfig about Use the omconfig about command to learn the product name and version number of the systems management application installed on your system The following is an example output of the omconfig about command Product Dell OpenManage Server Administrator name Version gt 6 X X Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2009 All rights reserved Company Dell Inc For more details about the environment for Server Administrator type omconfig about details true Server Administrator includes a number of services each of which has a version number of its own The Contains field reports version numbers for the services and provides other useful details The output that follows is an example and it can change depending on your configuration and the version of Server Administrator that is available Contains Broadcom SNMP Agent 10 xx xx Common Storage Module 3 x x Data Engine 5 x x Hardware Application Programming Interface 5 X X
160. l or Concatenation raid n Parameter Specification RAID 0 raid r0 RAID 1 raid rl RAID 5 raid r5 RAID 6 raid r6 RAID 10 raid rl0 RAID 50 raid r50 RAID 60 raid r60 RAID 1 concatenated raid rlc Concatenation raid c 188 Using the Storage Management Service size lt number max min gt Parameter Required Table 6 18 indicates how to specify the size lt number max min gt parameter Table 6 18 Size Parameter size lt number max min gt Description Parameter Specification size lt n gt Use this specification to indicate a specific size for the virtual disk The virtual disk size may be specified in b bytes m megabytes or g gigabytes For example size 500m indicates that the virtual disk should be 500 MB size max To create a virtual disk that is the maximum size possible specify size max When creating a RAID 50 virtual disk this parameter must be specified as size max size min To create a virtual disk that is the minimum size possible specify size min PDISKID lt connector enclosurelD portID connector targetID gt Use this parameter to specify the physical disks to included in the virtual disk When reconfiguring a virtual disk you must specify all physical disks to be included in the reconfigured virtual disk The physical disk specification applies to physical disks in the original virtual disk and will continue to be in the reconfigured virtual disk and to any ne
161. lable formats include e List Ist e Semicolon separated values ssv e Table tbl e Raw XML xml e Custom delimited format cdv The Syntax for the formatting option is lt command gt fmt lt format option gt For example type omreport system summary fmt tbl or omreport servermodule summary fmt tbl where fmt tbl specifies table format You can combine the formatting option with the option to direct output to a file For example type omreport system summary fmt tbl outa summary txt or omreport servermodule summary fmt tbl outa summary txt where fmt tbl specifies table format and outa specifies that you append the command results to a file called summary txt List Ist The default format is Ist or list format Use this format when you want to optimize output for simple readability You need to specify a format for your command output only if you want a format other than the Ist format To see the following example command output in Ist format type omreport system summary or omreport servermodule summary Working With CLI Command Results 241 No special formatting option is required because list format is the default display format The network data part of the example system summary appears as follows Network Data Network Interface Card 0 Data IP Address 143 166 152 108 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 143 166 152 1 MAC Address 00 02 b3 23 d2 ca
162. le Most word processors use proprietary file formats containing binary characters although some can read and write text files text mode A video mode that can be defined as x columns by y rows of characters threshold values Systems are normally equipped with various sensors that monitor temperature voltage current and fan speed The sensor s threshold values specify the ranges min and max values for determining whether the sensor is operating under normal noncritical critical or fatal conditions Dell supported threshold values are e UpperfhresholdFatal e UpperfhresholdCritical e UpperfhresholdNon critical Normal Glossary 277 LowerThresholdNon critical LowerThresholdCritical e LowerfhresholdFatal time out A specified period of system inactivity that must occur before an energy conservation feature is activated tpi Abbreviation for tracks per inch TPM Acronym for Trusted Platform Module TOFP Acronym for thin quad flat pack TSR Abbreviation for terminate and stay resident A TSR program runs in the background Most TSR programs implement a predefined key combination sometimes referred to as a hot key that allows you to activate the TSR program s interface while running another program When you finish using the TSR program you can return to the other application program and leave the TSR program resident in memory for later use TSR programs can sometimes cause memory confli
163. le command that instructs Server Administrator for more details about the environment for Server Administrator omreport about details true Command level 1 is omreport command level 2 is about and the name value pair is details true Many commands use command level 1 command level 2 and command level 3 but do not require any parameters name value pairs Most omreport commands are of this type For example omreport system alertaction causes a list of alert actions that are configured for components on your system to be displayed The most complex commands have all three command levels and can have multiple name value pairs An example of two name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration 3 An example of nine name value pairs omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost lt n gt waybill lt n gt installdate lt mmddyy gt purchasedate lt mmddyy gt ponum lt n gt signauth lt text gt expensed lt yes I no gt costcenter lt text gt In each section command syntax and other information about commands is formatted with any of the following fields that apply command command command name value name value level 1 level 2 level 3 pair pair 2 22 Introduction Using the omhelp Command The omhelp command and its equivalent lt command gt accesses the CLI s detailed help text interface You can get help at several levels of detail Each fully qualified CLI command ma
164. led Disables line editing as a line is typed omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 117 Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 config Description newlinesequence none crlf null cr Ter If config user id number enable true false id number enableserialoverlan true false id number name text none BMC does not use a termination sequence crlf BMC uses lt CR LF gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console null BMC uses lt Null gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console cr BMC uses lt CR gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console fer BMC uses lt LF CR gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console lf BMC uses lt LF gt as a new line sequence when the BMC writes a new line to the console id number ID in numeric format of the user being configured enable true Enables user enable false Disables user id number ID in numeric format of the user being configured enableserialoverlan true Enables serial over LAN enableserialoverlan false Disables serial over LAN NOTE The enableserialoverlan option is supported only on PowerEdge x9xx systems number ID in numeric format of the user being configured name text Name
165. led in the computer switch On a computer system board switches control various circuits or functions in your computer system These switches are known as DIP switches they are normally packaged in groups of two or more switches in a plastic case Glossary 275 Two common DIP switches are used on system boards slide switches and rocker switches The names of the switches are based on how the settings on and off of the switches are changed syntax The rules that dictate how you must type a command or instruction so that the computer understands it A variable s syntax indicates its data type system board As the main circuit board the system board usually contains most of your computer s integral components such as the following e Microprocessor e RAM e Controllers for standard peripheral devices such as the keyboard Various ROM chips Frequently used synonyms for system board are motherboard and logic board system configuration information Data stored in memory that instructs a computer what hardware is installed and how the computer should be configured for operation system diskette System diskette is a synonym for bootable diskette system memory System memory is a synonym for RAM System Setup program ABIOS based program that allows you to configure your computer s hardware and customize the computer s operation by setting features such as password protection and energy management Some options in the Sy
166. led on the system Management DBS Embedded Hypervisor Displays whether the embedded hypervisor is enabled or disabled IDE Displays whether the drive is enabled or disabled IDE Primary Drive Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled IDE Primary Drive 1 Displays whether the device is automatically detected and enabled or if the device is disabled Intrusion Displays whether the intrusion check is enabled or disabled during system boot Mouse Displays whether the mouse is enabled or disabled Optical Drive Displays whether the optical drive controller is enabled or Controller disabled Parallel port address Displays whether the address is located on LPT 1 LPT2 and LPT3 or if it is disabled Parallel port mode Displays the setting associated with the parallel port Primary SCSI Displays whether the device is on or off RAID on motherboard Displays whether RAID on motherboard is detected as a RAID device a SCSI device or if the device is disabled during system boot RAID Channel A Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel A is detected as a RAID device or a SCSI device RAID Channel B Displays whether RAID on motherboard Channel B is detected as a RAID device or a SCSI device 42 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Table 3 3 BIOS Setup Parameters continued Parameters Description
167. ller command K NOTE This command is supported only in firmware version 5 1 1 Example Syntax To import and recover foreign configurations on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action importrecoverforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Clear Foreign Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to clear or delete all virtual disks that reside on physical disks newly attached to the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To clear foreign configurations on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action clearforeignconfig controller 1 omconfig Set Patrol Read Mode Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the patrol read mode for the controller 196 Using the Storage Management Service Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action setpatrolreadmode controller id mode manual auto disable where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command Example Syntax To set the patrol read on controller 1 to manual mode enter omconfig storage controller action setpatrolreadmode controller 1 mode manual omconfig Start Patrol Read Use the following omconfig command syntax to start the patrol read task on the controller Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller
168. log esmlog events operatingsystem pedestinations platformevents U BA U P A U PA U P A Allows the administrator to display the alert log Shows the cost of ownership information for your system Allows the administrator to display the command log Allows the administrator to display the hardware log Shows the system s Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP event settings Shows the name and version of your operating system Shows destinations where alerts for platform events are configured to be sent Shows the system s response for each listed platform event omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 33 Table 3 2 Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 for omreport continued Command Command Level 2 Command Level 1 Level 3 User Privilege Required Use recovery shutdown summary thrmshutdown version preferences webserver PA PA U PA PA U PA UBA Shows how your system is configured to respond to a hung operating system Shows how the shutdown action is to be performed Shows the key facts for all system components including main system chassis software and storage Shows the shutdown action if any to be taken when a temperature warning or failure condition is detected Shows a summary for all updatable components on your system Shows the URL information of you
169. lowing components and events if the components events are present on the system e Battery Warning e Battery Failure e Chassis Intrusion e Current Probe Warning e Current Probe Failure 62 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Fan Warning Fan Failure Memory Pre failure Memory Failure System Power Probe Warning System Power Probe Detects a Failure System Peak Power Power Supply Warning Power Supply Failure Degraded Redundancy Lost Redundancy Temperature Warning Temperature Failure Voltage Warning Voltage Failure Processor Warning Processor Failure Hardware Log Warning Hardware Log Full Watchdog Asr Storage System Warning Storage System Failure Storage Controller Warning Storage Controller Failure Physical Disk Warning Physical Disk Failure Virtual Disk Warning Virtual Disk Failure Enclosure Warning Enclosure Failure omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 63 Storage Controller Battery Warning e Storage Controller Battery Failure K NOTE Storage Controller Battery Warning and Storage Controller Battery Failure events are not available on modular systems K NOTE System Power Probe Warning is not applicable to modular systems omreport system assetinfo omreport servermodule assetinfo Use the omreport system assetinfo or omreport servermodule assetinfo command to see cost of ownership data for the system such as acquisition depreciat
170. lt d c gt diskcachepolicy lt d e gt readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt writepolicy lt wb wt we nwe fwb gt name lt string gt spanlength lt n gt NOTE For RAID 10 on SAS controllers with firmware version 6 1 and later Soanlength is an optional parameter default 2 action setrebuildrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setbgirate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setreconstructrate controller id rate lt 0 to 100 gt action setcheckconsistency controller id rates lt 0 to 100 gt action exportlog controller id action importforeignconfig controller id action importrecoverforeignconfig controller id action clearforeignconfig controller id action setpatrolreadmode controller id mode manual auto disable action startpatrolread controller id action stoppatrolread controller id 182 Using the Storage Management Service Table 6 16 omconfig Controller Commands continued Required Command Optional name value pairs Levels 1 2 3 omconfig storage action setchangecontrollerproperties controllers lt id gt controller abortcheckconsistencyonerror lt enabled disabled gt continued allowreplacemember lt enabled disabled gt loadbalance lt auto disabled gt autoreplacememberonpredictivefailure lt enabled disabled gt bgirate lt rate gt reconstructrate lt rate gt rebuildrate lt rate gt checkconsistencyrate lt rate gt clearredundantpath dis
171. m frontpanel Use the omconfig chassis frontpanel or omconfig mainsystem frontpanel command to e configure the power button and the Nonmasking Interrupt NMI button e configure the LCD to display e e e no information custom information default system information service tag system name MAC addresses of iDRAC6 system power IP address of iDRAC6 ambient temperature of the system IPv4 address of iDRAC6 IPv6 address of iDRAC6 e specify and configure the LCD line number e view the security state report of the LCD e configure LCD to indicate an active remote session when the Kernel based Virtual Machine KVM is available K NOTE You can configure the Power and NMI buttons only if they are present on your system Table 4 6 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 6 omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsystem frontpanel name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description Icdindex NA Specifies the LCD line number lt index gt config none NA none Sets the LCD text to none default custom default Sets the LCD text to default custom Sets the LCD text to custom text lt custom NA Sets the custom text for LCD when config text gt custom 102 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 6 omconfig chassis frontpanel omconfig mainsystem frontpanel continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description nmibutton NA enable disabl
172. mand Command Command Name Name Value Pair 2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 outsourced true Whether an external false business entity provides technical support or the system owner s employees provide technical support type network Whether support is storage for network attached devices or for storage devices Example Command for Adding Support Information To provide a value for a support parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info support lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support lt name value pair 27 For example type omconfig system assetinfo info support outsourced true or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support outsourced true The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 161 Adding System Information System information includes the primary user of the system the phone number for the primary user and the location of the system Table 5 11 shows the valid parameters for adding system information Table 5 11 assetinfo info system omconfig sys
173. ment Among other things the win ini file records what printer s and fonts are installed for Windows The win ini file also usually includes sections that contain optional settings for Windows application programs that are installed on the hard drive Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the win ini file On other occasions you may need to change or add options to the win ini file manually with a text editor such as Notepad write protected Read only files are said to be write protected You can write protect a 3 5 inch diskette by sliding its write protect tab to the open position or by setting the write protect feature in the System Setup program XMM Abbreviation for extended memory manager a utility that allows application programs and operating systems to use extended memory in accordance with the XMS XMS Abbreviation for eXtended Memory Specification ZIF Acronym for zero insertion force Some computers use ZIF sockets and connectors to allow devices such as the microprocessor chip to be installed or removed with no stress applied to the device Glossary 283 ZIP A 3 5 inch removable disk drive from Iomega Originally it provided a 100 MB removable cartridges The drive is bundled with software that can catalog the disks and lock the files for security A250 MB version of the Zip drive also reads and writes the 100 MB Zip cartridges 284 Glossary Index Symbols
174. meters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Owner Information The owner is the party that holds legal property title to the system Table 5 8 shows the valid parameters for adding owner information Table 5 8 omconfig system assetinfo info owner omconfig servermodule assetinfo info owner Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info owner insuranceco Name of the insurance company that insures the lt company gt system omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 157 Table 5 8 omconfig system assetinfo info owner omconfig servermodule assetinfo info owner continued Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair2 ownername Business entity that owns the system lt business gt type owned Whether the user of the leased system owns leases or rented rents the system Example Command for Adding Owner Information To provide a value for an owner parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info owner lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info owner lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info owner type rented or omconfig servermodule assetinf
175. ministrator issues a message that the component or feature is not found on the system Table 4 2 is a high level summary of the omconfig command The columns titled Command level 2 and Command level 3 list the major arguments that can be used with omconfig User privilege required refers to the type of privilege you need to perform the command where U User P Power User and AS Administrator Use is a very general statement about the actions that can be performed using omconfig More details about syntax and use of the command appear later in this section Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 User Use Privilege Required omconfig about U P A Shows version number and properties for the Server Administrator program 78 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 User Privilege Required Use details true preferences cdvformat dirservice snmp useraccEss U PA Displays information for all of the Server Administrator programs that are installed Specifies the delimiter for separating data fields reported in custom delimited format cdv Configures the Microsoft Active Directory service Sets the SNMP root password Configures SNMP Set Operations Determines whe
176. mption Support for reporting input power rating of power supply Support for power profile configuration Support for events alerting capability for peak power consumption Introduction e Inclusion of Internet Protocol version 6 e This release supports IPv6 in addition to IPv4 K NOTE For the supported operating systems list see the Dell Systems Software Support Matrix located at DVD_Drive docs readme PEOSOM on the Dell provided media or on the Dell support website at support dell com V NOTE CLI commands are not supported on systems with VMware ESXi operating system Using CLI Commands from Windows Command Prompts If you are running the Microsoft Windows operating system use the 32 bit command prompt to issue a Server Administrator CLI command You can access the 32 bit command prompt by clicking the Start button and pointing to Programs Accessories Command Prompt shortcut or by clicking the Start button selecting Run and typing cmd exe in the Run dialog box Do not type command into the Run dialog box to launch a command line window this activates the MS DOS emulator command com which has environment variable limitations that can cause subtle problems with the CLI Primary CLI Commands The commands that carry out the functions of Server Administrator are omconfig omhelp e omreport The omconfig command writes values that you assign to an object s properties You can specify values for warning
177. n for information technology equipment jumper Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from them Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins The wire connects the pins and creates a circuit Jumpers provide a simple and reversible method of changing the circuitry in a printed circuit board JVM Acronym for Java virtual machine K Abbreviation for kilo indicating 1 000 KB Abbreviation for kilobyte s 1 024 bytes KB sec Abbreviation for kilobyte s per second Kbit s Abbreviation for kilobit s 1 024 bits Kbit s sec Abbreviation for kilobit s per second Kerberos A network authentication protocol that is designed to provide strong authentication for client server applications by using secret key cryptography key combination A command requiring you to press multiple keys at the same time For example you can reboot your computer by pressing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt key combination kg Abbreviation for kilograml s 1 000 grams Glossary 261 kHz Abbreviation for kilohertz 1 000 hertz LAN Acronym for local area network A LAN system is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings with all equipment linked by wiring dedicated specifically to the LAN Ib Abbreviation for pound s LCC Acronym for leaded or leadless chip carrier LDAP Acronym for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol A networking protocol for
178. nables none No PXE or iSCSI on first NIC and PXE on second NIC isciboth Enables iSCSI on both NICs niclisci Enables iSCSI on first NIC and none No PXE or iSCSI on second NIC nic2isci Enables none No PXE or iSCSI on first NIC and iSCSI on second NIC nicl pxenic2isci Enables PXE on first NIC and iSCSI on second NIC nicliscinic2pxe Enables iSCSI on first NIC and PXE on second NIC NOTE The following options are deprecated onpxeboth Enables PXE on both NICs onpxenone PXE is not enabled on either of the NICs onpxenicl Enables PXE on NIC 1 onpxenic2 Enables PXE on NIC 2 attribute embhypvisor setting enabled disabled enabled Enables embedded hypervisor disabled Disables embedded hypervisor omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 91 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting attribute setting enabled enabled Enables the embedded video embvideoctrl disabled controller to be the primary video device disabled Disables the embedded video controller to be the primary video device attribute setting coml com2 coml Maps external serial connector to extserial rad COM 1 com2 Maps external serial connector to COM 2 rad Maps external serial connector to remote access device attribute fbr setting 9600 19200 57600 115200 9600 Sets the console
179. nd Administrators omconfig preferences useraccess Grants Server Most restrictive form enable admin Administrator access of user access to Administrators only omconfig preferences webserver Use the omconfig preferences webserver command to set the encryption levels of the Server Administrator Web server and configure the URL launch point in the Server Administrator Web server environment Table 4 21 shows the name value pairs you can use with this command Table 4 21 Configuring Webserver Preferences name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description attribute setting autonegotiate Sets the encryption sslencryption lt autonegotiate levels automatically based on your web 128bitorhigher gt browser settings 128bitorhigher Sets the encryption levels to 128 bit or higher attribute seturl host lt string gt port Enables you to configure the URL lt value gt launch point in the Server Administrator Web server environment For example to set the URL launch point use the following command omconfig preferences webserver attribute seturl host lt name ip fqdn gt port lt number gt omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 129 The host input must contain a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address or a valid hostname For more information on configuring Web server preferences see the Dell OpenManage IT Assistant User s Guide omconfig system omconfig servermodule Use the omco
180. nd the purchaser of a system The warranty identifies the components that are covered for repair or replacement for a specified length of time or usage For details on editing extended warranty values see Adding Extended Warranty Information Table 5 12 shows the valid parameters for adding warranty information Table 5 12 omconfig system assetinfo info warranty omconfig servermodule assetinfo info warranty Command Command Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info warranty cost Cost of the warranty lt cost gt service duration Number of days or lt duration gt months that the warranty is in force enddate Date the warranty lt enddate gt agreement ends unit days Whether the number months for duration refers to days or months omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 163 Example Command for Adding Warranty Information To provide a value for a warranty parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info warranty lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info warranty lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info warranty unit days or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info warranty unit days The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinf
181. nector parameters for displaying connector information battery Displays a list of the omreport storage battery parameters for displaying battery information globalinfo Displays a list of the omreport storage globalinfo parameters for displaying global storage property information Using the Storage Management Service 169 omreport Controller Status Table 6 4 describes the syntax for the omreport Controller Commands Table 6 4 omreport Controller Commands Required Command Optional name Levels 1 2 3 value pairs Use omreport storage controller controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 Displays property information for all controllers attached to the system Displays the specified controller and all attached components such as enclosures virtual disks physical disks and so on omreport Global Information Smart Thermal Shutdown Status Hot Spare Protection Policy Table 6 5 describes the syntax for the omreport Global Information Commands Table 6 5 omreport Global Information Commands Required Command Levels Optional name Use 1 2 3 value pairs omreport storage globalinfo Displays whether smart thermal shutdown is enabled or disabled See the omconfig Global Enable Smart Thermal Shutdown command for more information Displays the hot spare protection policy that you have set See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator S
182. nfig system or omconfig servermodule commands to clear logs determine how various shutdown actions occur set initial values or edit values for cost of ownership information and determine how to respond to a hung operating system omconfig system alertaction omconfig servermodule alertaction You can use the omconfig system alertaction or omconfig servermodule alertaction command to determine how Server Administrator responds when a component has a warning or failure event K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Defining Alert Actions An alert action is an action that you specify for your system to take when specified conditions are met Alert actions determine in advance what actions are to be taken for warning or failure events on intrusion fans temperatures voltages power supplies memory and redundancy For example if a fan probe on your system reads a fan RPM of 300 and your minimum warning threshold value for that fan probe is 600 RPM then your system generates a fan probe warning Alert action settings determine how users are notified of this event You can also configure alert actions for temperature voltage and probe readings that fall within the warning or failure range 130 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Syntax for Setting Alert Actions
183. ng Threshold 5700RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 500RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM 238 Working With CLI Command Results Four hours later you repeat the command You have no interest in the 11 00 A M snapshot as written to fans txt You type the same command omreport chassis fans index 0 outc fans txt or omreport mainsystem fans index 0 outc fans txt The 3 00 PM data overwrites the 11 00 A M data in the fans txt file Fans txt now reads as follows Index 0 Status OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 3001RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 700RPM Maximum Warning Threshold 5500RPM Minimum Failure Threshold 500RPM Maximum Failure Threshold 6000RPM You cannot refer to the previous command results to compare the earlier fan probe 0 output with the present output because in using the outc option you overwrote the fans txt file Append Command Results to an Existing File Use the outa option when you want to append new command results to data stored in a previously written file For example at 11 00 A M you capture fan probe RPM readings for fan probe 0 on your system and write the results to a file called fans txt If you want to compare these results with output for the same probe obtained four hours later you can use the outa command to append the new output to fans txt Type omreport chassis fans index 0 outa fans txt or omreport mainsystem fans index 0 outa fans
184. ng shutdown actions for your system If properties for shutdown are configured executing this command displays these properties K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator omreport system summary omreport servermodule summary Use the omreport system summary or omreport servermodule summary command to view a comprehensive summary of software and hardware components currently installed on your system 68 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Example Command Output Type omreport system summary or omreport servermodule summary The output that appears in your CLI window depends on the systems management software operating system and hardware components and options installed on your system The following partial command results are unique and may not resemble the results for your system s hardware and software configuration System Summary Software Profile System Management Name Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version gt 6O K X Description Systems Management Software Contains Instrumentation Service 6 x x Storage Management Service 3 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 3 ESE Secure Port Server 1 x x Dell OpenManage Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 x x Storage M
185. ns per minute 272 Glossary RTC Abbreviation for real time clock Battery powered clock circuitry inside the computer that keeps the date and time after you turn off the computer SAS Acronym for Serial Attached SCSI SCA Acronym for single connector attachment schema A collection of class definitions that describes managed objects in a particular environment A CIM schema is a collection of class definitions used to represent managed objects that are common to every management environment which is why CIM is called the Common Information Model SCSI Acronym for small computer system interface An I O bus interface with faster data transmission rates than standard ports You can connect up to seven devices 15 for some newer SCSI types to one SCSI interface SDMS Abbreviation for SCSI device management system sec Abbreviation for second s SEC Abbreviation for single edge contact serial port An I O port used most often to connect a modem to your computer You can usually identify a serial port on your computer by its 9 pin connector settings Settings are conditions of a manageable object help to determine what happens when a certain value is detected in a component For example a user can set the upper critical threshold of a temperature probe to 75 degrees Celsius If the probe reaches that temperature the setting results in an alert being sent to the management console so that user intervention can be tak
186. nsumption probe detects a warning value event systempowerfail Sets actions when a power consumption probe detects a failure value event powersupply Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a failure value event powersupplywarn Sets actions when a power supply probe detects a warning value event processorwam Sets actions when a processor probe detects a warning value event processorfail Sets actions when a processor probe detects a failure value event redundegrad Sets actions when a redundant component becomes inoperative resulting in less than full redundancy for that component event redunlost Sets actions when one or more redundant components become inoperative resulting in a lost or a no redundant components working condition for that component omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 23 Events for Which You Can Set Alert Actions continued Event Name Description event tempwam Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a warning value event tempfail Sets actions when a temperature probe detects a failure value event voltwarn Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a warning value event voltfail Sets actions when a voltage probe detects a failure value event watchdogasr Sets actions that Server Administrator performs on the next system startup after a watchdog Automatic System Re
187. ntation Service 43 omreport chassis fans omreport mainsystem fans Use the omreport chassis fans or omreport mainsystem fans command to view the fan probe status and settings Type omreport chassis fans index n or omreport mainsystem fans index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for any fan probes that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific fan probe omreport chassis fancontrol omreport mainsystem fancontrol Use the omreport chassis fancontrol or omreport mainsystem fancontrol command to view the fan speed settings on your system Fan speed can be set to optimize speed for cooling or for quiet operation Table 3 4 shows the available settings Table 3 4 Fan Control Settings name value pair Description speed quiet Set fan speed for quiet operation speed maxcool Set fan speed for maximum cooling omreport chassis firmware omreport mainsystem firmware Use the omreport chassis firmware or omreport mainsystem firmware command to view current firmware properties Type omreport chassis firmware or omreport mainsystem firmware Server Administrator displays a summary of your system s firmware properties 44 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport chassis frontpanel omreport mainsystem frontp
188. nts Using the Instrumentation Service Example Recovery Commands To set the action on hung operating system detection to powercycle type omconfig system recovery action powercycle or omconfig servermodule recovery action powercycle To set the amount of time that the system must be hung before a recovery action is initiated to 120 seconds type omconfig system recovery timer 120 or omconfig servermodule recovery timer 120 omconfig system shutdown omconfig servermodule shutdown Use the omconfig system shutdown or omconfig servermodule shutdown command to determine the way in which the system shuts down During system shutdown the default is to shut down the operating system before powering off the system Shutting down the operating system first closes down the file system before powering the system down If you do not want to shut down the operating system first use the osfirst false parameter Table 4 31 shows the valid parameters for the command K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Table 4 31 Shutdown Parameters name value pair Description action reboot Shuts down the operating system and initiates system startup performing BIOS checks and reloading the operating system action poweroff Turns off the electrical power to the system action powercycle Turns off the electric
189. nux Enterprise Server terminal To display command output with control over scrolling type the CLI command and append the pipe symbol followed by more For example type omreport system summary more or omreport servermodule summary more The multiscreen system summary displays the first screen When you want to see the next screen of command output press the spacebar Writing Command Output to a File When redirecting command results to a file you can specify a filename and a directory path if necessary to which you want the command results to be written When specifying the path to which you want your file to be written use the appropriate syntax for your operating system You can save command results in two ways You can overwrite any file that has the same name as the output file you specify or you can keep adding results of commands to a file of the same name Saving Command Results to a File That Can Be Overwritten Use the outc option when you want to overwrite data stored in previously written files For example at 11 00 A M you capture fan probe RPM readings for fan probe 0 on your system and write the results to a file called fans txt You type omreport chassis fans index 0 outc fans txt or omreport mainsystem fans index 0 outc fans txt Partial results written to the file are Index 6 Status OK Probe Name System Board Fan 1 RPM Reading 2380RPM Minimum Warning Threshold 600RPM Maximum Warni
190. o info owner type rented The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information 158 omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Adding Service Contract Information A service contract is an agreement that specifies fees for preventive maintenance and repair of the system Table 5 9 shows the valid parameters for adding contract information Table 5 9 omconfig system assetinfo info service omconfig servermodule assetinfo info service Command CommandLevel Command Name Names Value Description Level 1 2 Level3 Value Pair1 Pair2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info service renewed Whether the service true false agreement has been renewed type Type of service that the lt string gt contract covers vendor Business entity that lt business gt offers service on the system Example Command for Adding Service Information To provide a value for a service parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info service lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig system assetinfo info service lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info ser
191. o or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information 164 omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Using the Storage Management Service The CLI of Storage Management enables you to perform all of Storage Management s reporting configuration and management functions from an operating system command shell The Storage Management CLI also enables you to script command sequences The Storage Management CLI provides expanded options for the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator omreport and omconfig commands This chapter only documents the omreport and omconfig commands that apply to Storage Management For more information see the Dell OpenManage Installation and Security User s Guide See the Storage Management online Help or the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User s Guide for more information on Storage Management CLI Command Syntax Like all Server Administrator commands the omreport and omconfig command syntax consists of specifying command levels The first command level is the command name omreport or omconfig Subsequent command levels provide a greater degree of specification regarding the type of object on which the command operates or the information that the command will displays
192. o the controller Example Syntax To blink the physical disks in virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action unblink controller 1 vdisk 4 Using the Storage Management Service 201 omconfig Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to initialize a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action initialize controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To initialize virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig storage vdisk action initialize controller 1 vdisk 4 omconfig Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel the initialization of a virtual disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage vdisk action cancelinitialize controller id vdisk id where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller Example Syntax To cancel the initialization of virtual disk 4 on controller 1 enter omconfig stor
193. of the cache on the processor or on a chipset outside the processor 52 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service A Write Policy describes how the cache deals with a write cycle Ina write back policy the cache acts like a buffer When the processor starts a write cycle the cache receives the data and stops the cycle The cache then writes the data back to the main memory when the system bus is available In a write through policy the processor writes through the cache to the main memory The write cycle does not complete until the data is stored into the main memory Associativity refers to the way in which main memory content is stored on the cache e A fully associative cache allows any line in main memory to be stored at any location in the cache e A 4 way set associative cache directly maps four specific lines of memory to the same four lines of cache e A 3 way set associative cache directly maps three specific lines of memory to the same three lines of cache e A 2 way set associative cache directly maps two specific lines of memory to the same two lines of cache e A way set associative cache directly maps a specific line of memory in the same line of cache For example line 0 of any page in memory must be stored in line 0 of cache memory Cache Device Supported Type is the type of static random access memory SRAM that the device can support Cache Device Current Type is the type of
194. oller rebuild rate 192 set enclosure asset name 232 set enclosure asset tag 231 set temperature probe thresholds 232 split mirror 205 system 130 test controller alarm 185 unassign dedicated hot spare 207 unassign global hot spare 221 unblink physical disk 215 unblink virtual disk 201 unmirror 205 omconfig about details true 86 omconfig battery commands 226 omconfig channel commands 228 omconfig chassis 87 87 biossetup 87 bmc 100 110 currents 100 fancontrol 101 fans 100 frontpanel 102 info 103 leds 105 memorymode 105 temps 122 volts 123 omconfig chassis biossetup name value pairs 88 omconfig chassis bmc name value pair 111 omconfig chassis fancontrol name value pairs parameters 101 omconfig chassis fans name value pairs parameters 100 omconfig chassis frontpanel name value pair parameters 102 omconfig chassis info name value pair parameters 104 omconfig chassis leds name value pairs parameters 105 omconfig chassis memorymode Index 291 name value pairs parameters 106 omconfig chassis temps name value pairs paramaters 122 omconfig chassis volts name value pairs parameters 124 omconfig command 77 omconfig controller commands 181 omconfig enclosure commands 229 omconfig global commands 178 omconfig physical disk commands 213 omconfig preferences 125 cdvformat 125 dirservice 126 snmp 127 useraccess 128 webserver 129
195. omconfig 85 omconfig chassis 87 omreport 35 request for help 23 A about omconfig 86 acquisition information 148 optional parameters 25 acquisition information adding 148 acswitch omreport chassis 38 omreport command level 3 38 adapter omreport chassis slots 59 alert action defining 130 example valid commands 133 setting 131 setting events 132 alertaction omconfig system 130 omreport system 62 alertlog clearing logs 135 omconfig system 23 80 omreport system 61 arrays memory 31 72 asset information 147 assetinfo acquisition 64 omreport system 64 assign dedicated hot spare omconfig 206 assign global hot spare omconfig 220 available alert actions 131 background initialization rate omconfig 193 base I O address omreport chassis ports 50 battery ID 168 omconfig storage 226 omreport storage 171 recondition 226 status 171 Index 285 bios omreport chassis 0 biossetup omconfig chassis 87 omreport chassis 0 blink omconfig 235 blink physical disk omconfig 214 bmc omconfig chassis 100 110 omreport chassis 43 58 C cache policy parameters 190 cache properties omreport chassis processors 51 cancel background initialize omconfig 204 cancel check consistency omconfig 209 cancel clear physical disk omconfig 225 cancel initialize disk omconfig 202 cancel rebuild physical disk omconfig 222 cdvforma
196. on globalrescan Example Syntax The omconfig command syntax for rescanning all controllers on the system does not require that you specify a controller ID To do a global rescan of all controllers enter the following omconfig storage globalinfo action globalrescan K NOTE Global rescan is not supported on non RAID SCSI and SAS controllers Reboot the system for the configuration changes on non RAID SCSI controllers to be visible omconfig Set Hot Spare Protection Policy Use the following omconfig command syntax to set the Hot Spare Protection Policy for dedicated or global hot spares See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User s Guide for more information on setting hot spare protection policy 180 Using the Storage Management Service Complete Syntax For dedicated hot spare protection policy type omconfig storage globalinfo action setprotectionpolicies type dhs raid lt r1 r5 r6 r10 r50 r60 all gt hscount lt 1 16 gt warnlevel lt 0 3 gt where hscount is the number of hot spares to be assigned to the virtual disk and warnlevel is the severity level you want to assign to the generated alert if this policy is violated Use hscount 0 warnlevel 0 to reset the dedicated hot spare protection policy for the RAID level For global hot spare protection policy type omconfig storage globalinfo action setprotectionpolicies type ghs hscount lt 1 16 gt warnlevel lt 0 3 gt include
197. onent such as a modem or printer When communicated over a peripheral component interconnect card the IRQ level is a standard way to identify the type of device that is sending the interrupt request Connector Type refers to the type of plug or cable and plug that connects two devices together in this case the type of connector that attaches an external device to a system There are many connector types each designed to connect a different device type to a system Examples include DB 9 Male AT Access Bus PS 2 and so on Maximum Speed is the port speed Port speed refers to the data transmission rate of an input output channel measured in numbers of bits per second Serial ports usually have a maximum speed of 115 Kbps and USB version 1 x ports have a maximum speed of 12 Kbps omreport chassis processors omreport mainsystem processors Use the omreport chassis processors or omreport mainsystem processors command to view properties of your system s processors Values display for the following fields Connector Name Manufacturer Processor Family Processor Version Current Speed External Clock Speed and State Connector Name refers to the name or number of the device that occupies the processor slot in the system Manufacturer is the business entity that sells the processor Processor Family refers to the type of processor made by a manufacturer such as Intel Itanium or Pentium II or AMD Opteron Processor Vers
198. onfig chassis remoteaccess or omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess command to configure e Remote access on a local area network LAN The serial port for BMC or RAC whichever is installed The BMC or RAC on a serial over LAN connection e Terminal settings for the serial port e Advanced settings for a serial over LAN connection e Information on a BMC or RAC user e Information on IPv6 and IPv4 interfaces K NOTE You have to Enter the user ID to configure user information Type omconfig chassis remoteaccess or omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess 110 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service The output of the omconfig chassis remoteaccess or omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess command lists each of the available configurations Table 4 12 shows the valid parameters Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config additional config advsol ipv enable disable ipv6 enable disable characcuminterval number charsendthreshold number enable IPv4 stack will be loaded on iDRAC6 disable Pv4 stack will be flushed on iDRAC6 enable Enables IPv6 stack to load on iDRAC6 disable Disables IPv6 stack to unload on iDRAC6 number Sets the character accumulate interval in 5 millisecond intervals number Sets the number of characters BMC automatically sends a serial over LAN data p
199. ory in which a correctable memory event is detected enables the spare bank and copies all the data from the original bank to the spare bank Spare bank requires at least three banks of identical memory the operating system does not recognize the spare bank omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 105 Mirror mode switches to a redundant copy of memory when an uncorrectable memory event is detected After switching to the mirrored memory the system does not switch back to the original system memory until the next reboot The operating system does not recognize half of the installed system memory in this mode RAID mode provides an extra level of memory checking and error recovery at the expense of some memory capacity Table 4 9 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 9 omconfig chassis memorymode omconfig mainsystem memorymode name value pair1 Description index lt n gt Number of the chassis where the memory module resides the default is chassis 0 the main system chassis redundancy spare Spare disables the memory module that has a correctable mirror disabled memory event and copies the failing module s data to a spare raid5 bank Disabled indicates that the system is not to use other available memory modules if uncorrectable memory events are detected Mirror switches the systems to a mirrored copy of the memory if the failing module has an uncorrectable memory event In t
200. out the system rapidly If a user wants to review a comprehensive summary of all system components and save that summary information to a file for comparison with later system states the CLI is ideal Using CLI commands administrators can write batch programs or scripts to execute at specific times When these programs execute they can capture reports on components of interest such as fan RPMs during periods of high system usage compared with the same measurements at times of lowest system usage Command results can be routed to a file for later analysis Reports can help administrators gain information that can be used to adjust usage patterns to justify purchasing new system resources or to focus on the health of a problem component Command Syntax Overview Commands vary in complexity The simplest command has only command level 1 The omhelp command is a simple command When you type omhelp a list of the main CLI commands is displayed Introduction 21 The next level of complexity includes commands that contain command levels 1 and 2 All of the about commands are examples of command level 2 complexity The omconfig about and omreport about commands cause a very brief summary to display The summary shows version information for the systems management software installed on your system for example Server Administrator 1 x Some commands have command level 1 and command level 2 and one name value pair Consider the following examp
201. pdisk action cancelreplacemember controller 0 pdisk 0 0 1 omconfig Battery Commands The following sections provide the omconfig command syntax required to execute battery tasks Table 6 24 omconfig Battery Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs omconfig storage battery action recondition controller id battery id action startlearn controller id battery id action delaylearn controller id battery id days d hours h omconfig Recondition Battery Use the following omconfig command to recondition a controller battery See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information on batteries and the recondition process Complete Syntax omconfig storage battery action recondition controller id battery id 226 Using the Storage Management Service where id is the controller ID and battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage battery controller ID to display the ID for the controller battery Example Syntax To recondition the battery on controller 1 enter omconfig storage battery action recondition controller 1 battery 0 omconfig Start Battery Learn Cycle Use the following omconfig command to start the battery learn cycle Complete Syntax omconfig storage battery action startlearn controller id battery id where id is the controller ID and battery ID as reported
202. pecify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific temperature probe omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 59 omreport chassis volts omreport mainsystem volts Use the omreport chassis volts or omreport mainsystem volts command to view properties of your system s voltage probes Type omreport chassis volts index n or omreport mainsystem volts index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for any voltage probes that might be present on your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary for a specific voltage probe omreport system Commands omreport servermodule Commands Use the omreport system or omreport servermodule commands to view logs threshold values cost of ownership information and information about how shutdown actions and recovery actions are configured omreport system omreport servermodule Use the omreport system or omreport servermodule command to see a general status of the components of your system When you specify a level 3 command such as omreport system shutdown omreport servermodule shutdown you can get detailed information for one system component rather than the high level status obtained with omreport system or omreport servermodule Type omreport system or omreport servermodule If your system has bot
203. ption config budget cap lt value gt Sets the threshold value for power budget setting enable disable enable Enables powercap settings disable Disables powercap settings unit watt btuphr percent watt Displays the unit in Watts btuphr Displays the unit in BTU hr percent Displays the unit in percentage config profile profile maxperformance ape osctrl custom maxperformance Sets the processor to the highest supported processor state It offers maximum performance mode with minimal power economy apc Active Power Control apc enables the demand based power management controlled by BIOS osctrl OS Control osctrl enables the demand based power management controlled by the operating system custom This profile allows you to configure individual BIOS settings It offers added control by displaying the underlying BIOS settings omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 107 Table 4 10 omconfig chassis pwrmanagement omconfig mainsystem pwrmanagement continued name value pair 1 name value pair 2 Description cpupowermode min min Sets the CPU power max systemdbpm consumption to minimum osdbpm max Sets the CPU power consumption to maximum systemdbpm Sets the mode to system demand based power management osdbpm Sets the mode to operating system demand based power management NOTE These options are applicable
204. purchasedate 12210 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all of the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For example if you want to enter more than one parameter value for info acquisition use the following example as a syntax guide omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition purchasecost 5000 waybill 123456 installdate 120501 purchasedate 050601 ponum 9999 signauth John Smith expensed yes costcenter finance or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 149 purchasecost 5000 waybi11 123456 installdate 120501 purchasedate 050601 ponum 9999 signauth John Smith expensed yes costcenter finance The following message appears Asset information set successfully Adding Depreciation Information Depreciation is a set of methods for computing the devaluation of your asset over time For example the depreciation of a system that is expected to have a useful life of 5 years would be 20 percent Use the omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info depreciation command to add details about how your system s depreciation is to be computed Table 5 3 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5
205. querying and modifying directory services running over TCP IP LIF Acronym for low insertion force Some computers use LIF sockets and connectors to allow devices such as the microprocessor chip to be installed or removed with minimal stress to the device LED Abbreviation for light emitting diode An electronic device that lights up when a current is passed through it local bus On a computer with local bus expansion capability certain peripheral devices such as the video adapter circuitry can be designed to run much faster than they would with a traditional expansion bus Some local bus designs allow peripherals to run at the same speed and with the same width data path as the computer s microprocessor LOM Acronym for LAN on Motherboard LPT The device names for the first through third parallel printer ports on your computer are LPT LPT2 and LPT 262 Glossary LRA Acronym for local response agent LS drive A drive that uses laser servo technology to read LS 120 diskettes that hold up to 120 MB of data as well as standard 3 5 inch diskettes LSI Acronym for large scale integration LUN Acronym for logical unit number a code used to select a specific device among several that share a SCSI ID mA Abbreviation for milliampere s mAh Abbreviation for milliampere hour s math coprocessor See coprocessor Mb Abbreviation for megabit MB Abbreviation for megabyte s The term megabyte means 1
206. quire expanded memory expansion bus Your computer contains an expansion bus that allows the microprocessor to communicate with controllers for peripheral devices such as a network card or an internal modem expansion card connector A connector on the computer s system board or riser board for plugging in an expansion card extended memory RAM above MB Most software that can use it such as the Windows operating system requires that extended memory be under the control of an XMM external cache memory A RAM cache using SRAM chips Because SRAM chips operate at several times the speed of DRAM chips the microprocessor can retrieve data and instructions faster from external cache memory than from the RAM F Abbreviation for Fahrenheit FAT Acronym for file allocation table The file system structure used by MS DOS to organize and keep track of file storage The Windows NT operating systems and later Windows versions can optionally use a FAT file system structure FCC Abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission FEPROM Acronym for Flash Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Flash memory is a kind of non volatile storage device similar to EEPROM but the erasing takes place only in blocks or the entire chip 256 Glossary FIFO Abbreviation for first in first out In computer programming FIFO first in first out is an approach to handling program work requests from queues or stacks so that the oldes
207. r s graphical user interface GUI or the command line interface CLI The reporting and viewing features allow retrieval of overall health status for systems on your network At the component level you can view information about voltages temperatures fan s revolutions per minute RPM memory functioning and many other critical component details You can see a detailed account of many relevant cost of ownership COO facts about your system in a summary view Version information for BIOS firmware operating system and all installed software is easy to retrieve Configuration features allow Server Administrator to perform essential tasks described in detail in the following sections K NOTE You can use the CLI instead of the Server Administrator home page and turn the Server Administrator Web server off if you have security concerns The CLI does not use the Web server Use the omconfig system webserver action stop command to turn off the Web server The Web server starts automatically after a reboot so this command must be issued each time a system starts up See omconfig system webserver omconfig servermodule webserver on page 142 for more information What s New for Version 6 1 These are the release highlights of OpenManage Server Administrator e Support for configuration and display of the following BIOS setup options e Core multi processing e Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI boot option e CPU C State option
208. r Server Administrator Web server 34 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Help With the omreport Command Use the omreport command to get a list of the available commands for omreport Use omreport lt command level 2 gt to get help on the level 2 about chassis and system commands The following information on omreport system applies also applies to get help for the omreport chassis command To see a list of valid commands for omreport system type omreport system more omreport modularenclosure Use the omreport modularenclosure command to view details of the modular system Type omreport modularenclosure K NOTE This CLI command is available when Dell OpenManage Server Administrator is installed on Dell modular systems Server Administrator displays information related to the modular enclosure and chassis management controller CMC if available K NOTE As with all output shown in this guide the following output is an example and may vary depending on your system configuration Modular Chassis Information Chassis Information Attribute Model Value Modular Server Enclosure Attribute Lock Value true Attribute Service Tag Value BRLNBIS CMC Information Attribute Product omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 35 Value Attribute Value s P ss BE PS BDB SS PD ct alue l
209. r IDs and then enter omreport storage enclosure controller id to display the IDs for the enclosures attached to the controller pdisk lt PDISKID gt Indicates a particular physical disk by specifying either connector targetID or connector enclosureID portID To obtain the values for the connector enclosure and physical disk targetID or portID enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller id to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Using the Storage Management Service 167 Table 6 2 Syntax For Name Value Pairs For Parameters continued Syntax Description battery id Indicates the battery ID as reported by the omreport command To obtain this value enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage battery controller id to display the ID for the controller battery lt gt The caret symbols lt gt enclose variable elements that you must specify For example the name lt string gt parameter might be specified as name VirtualDisk1 The bracket symbols f indicate optional elements that you can choose whether or not to specify For example when creating a virtual disk the name lt string gt parameter indicates that you have the option of specifying the virtual disk name If you omit this parameter from the syntax then a default name for the virt
210. r servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Table 5 6 omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance omconfig servermodule assetinfo info maintenance continued Command Command Command Name Value Names Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Pair1 Pair 2 provider Business entity lt provider gt providing the maintenance service startdate Date the maintenance lt startdate gt begins restrictions Activities not covered lt string gt by the maintenance contract Example Command for Adding Maintenance Information To provide a value for a maintenance parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance lt name yvalue pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info maintenance startdate 012504 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info maintenance startdate 012504 The following message appears Asset information set successfully You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 155 Adding Outsource Information Outsourcing is the practice of contracting with another bus
211. rator for security or tracking purposes attribute An attribute or property contains a specific piece of information about a manageable component Attributes can be combined to form groups If an attribute is defined as read write it may be defined by a management application authentication The Server Administrator remote access RAC controller has two methods of authenticating user access RAC authentication and local operating system authentication RAC authentication is always enabled Administrators can set up specific user accounts and passwords that allow access to the RAC Operating systems also require administrators to define different levels of users and user accounts each user level has different privileges Local operating system authentication on the RAC is an option for administrators who do not want define one set of privileges for users in the operating system and a separate set of users and accounts for the RAC If you enable local operating system authentication for the RAG you enable any user with Administrator status on the operating system to log into the RAC autoexec bat file The autoexec bat file is executed when you start your computer after executing any commands in the config sys file This start up file contains commands that define the characteristics of each device connected to your computer and it finds and executes programs stored in locations other than the active directory backup A copy of a p
212. rd use the EISA Configuration Utility This utility allows you to specify which expansion slot contains the card and obtains information about the card s required system resources from a corresponding EISA configuration file 254 Glossary Embedded Hypervisor Embedded Hypervisor enhances the virtualization capabilities of your Dell systems EMC Abbreviation for Electromagnetic Compatibility EMI Abbreviation for electromagnetic interference EMM Abbreviation for expanded memory manager A utility that uses extended memory to emulate expanded memory on computers with an Intel386 or higher microprocessor EMS Abbreviation for Expanded Memory Specification EPP Abbreviation for Enhanced Parallel Port which provides improved bidirectional data transmission Many devices are designed to take advantage of the EPP standard especially devices such as network or SCSI adapters that connect to the parallel port of a portable computer EPROM Acronym for erasable programmable read only memory ERA Acronym for embedded remote access ERA O Acronym for embedded remote access option ESD Abbreviation for electrostatic discharge ESM Acronym for embedded server management Glossary 255 expanded memory A technique for accessing RAM above MB To enable expanded memory on your computer use an EMM You should configure your system to support expanded memory only if you run application programs that can use or re
213. represented by method straightline To set your depreciation method to straight line type omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method straightline The CLI responds with the following message Asset information set successfully When you type omconfig system assetinfo the help that displays provides information about assigning values for the name and option fields Partial results for the request omconfig system assetinfo are as follows assetinfo Set asset information 24 Using the omhelp Command For one info value specify one or more optional parameter s Table 2 1 displays the optional parameters for info acquisition Table 2 1 Optional Parameters Info Value Optional parameters Info acquisition purchasecost lt num gt waybill lt num gt installdate lt mmddyy gt purchasedate lt mmddyy gt ponum lt num gt signauth lt text gt expensed lt yes no gt costcenter lt text gt info depreciation method lt text gt duration lt num gt percent lt percent gt unit lt months years unknown gt Using the omhelp Command 25 26 Using the omhelp Command omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service The omreport command allows you to see detailed information about your system components You can retrieve summaries for many system components at one time or you can get details about a specific component This chapter shows you how to ge
214. resholds omconfig 235 restore dead segments omconfig 204 resume check consistency omconfig 210 Index 295 S scripting 20 scripting with the CLI 20 separate mirrored data 205 service contract information 159 adding 159 set enclosure asset name omconfig 232 set enclosure asset tag omconfig 231 set temperature probe thresholds omconfig 232 235 shutdown omconfig system 143 omreport system 68 shutdown action omconfig system platformevents 136 slot ID omreport chassis slots 59 slots omreport chassis 59 smart thermal shutdown status 170 snmp omconfig preferences 127 SNMP traps 139 disabling 139 enabling 139 296 Index split mirror omconfig 205 start battery learn cycle omconfig 227 state omreport chassis processors 5 1 storage management 165 storage management CLI 165 successful commands 19 summary omreport system 68 support information adding 160 syntax overview CLI commands 21 system 147 system information adding 162 T table format for CLI command output 242 temperature probe warning threshold 123 temps omconfig chassis 122 omreport chassis 59 thermal shutdown about 73 configuring 144 example commands 145 thrmshutdown omconfig system 144 omreport system 73 U unassign dedicated hot spare omconfig 207 unassign global hot spare omconfig 221 unblink physical disk omconfig 215 unmi
215. rface UEFI bios Enables the system to boot to operating systems that do not support UEFL 88 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute cstates setting enabled disabled enabled Enables the processor to go into a deep sleep state when the system is not utilized disabled Disables the processor to go into a deep sleep state when the system is not utilized attribute conredirect setting enabled disabled enabled Redirects the BIOS screen over Serial Port 1 Keyboard and text output are redirected over Serial Port 2 disabled Turns off the BIOS console redirection attribute crab attribute cpuht setting enabled disabled setting enabled disabled enabled Enables BIOS console redirection after system reboot disabled Disables BIOS console redirection NOTE The command crab is valid for Dell PowerEdge x9xx systems only enabled Enables logical processor hyperthreading disabled Disables logical processor hyperthreading attribute cpuvt setting enabled disabled enabled Enables virtualization disabled Disables virtualization omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 89 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair1 name value pair 2 attribute setting
216. ribute Enable Power Cap Values Enabled Attribute Power Cap Values 400 W 56 54 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport chassis pwrmonitoring omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring Use the omreport chassis pwrmonitoring or omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring command to view the properties of your system s power consumption Type omreport chassis pwrmonitoring or omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring For each power monitoring profile in the system values display for the following fields Power Consumption Status Probe Name Reading Warning Threshold Failure Threshold Amperage Location and Reading Power Tracking Statistics Energy Consumption Measurement Start Time Measurement Finish Time Reading System Peak Power System Peak Amperage NOTE The omreport chassis pwrmonitoring or omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring command is applicable only to select Dell xx0x and xx1x systems that support PMBus Table 3 5 omreport chassis pwrmonitoring omreport mainsystem pwrmonitoring name value pair Description config stats Reports power statistics in Watts omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 55 Power Consumption Information Power Consumption Index Status Probe Name Reading Warning Threshold Failure Threshold Power Headroom Name Reading Name Reading Amperage Location Reading Location Reading Ok
217. rmodule pedestinations omconfig system platformevents omconfig servermodule platformevents omconfig system events omconfig servermoduleevents 4 omconfig system webserver omconfig servermodule webserver Contents omconfig system recovery omconfig servermodulerecovery omconfig system shutdown omconfig servermodule shutdown omconfig system thrmshutdown omconfig servermodule thrmshutdown omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Overview 0 000000 ee User Level Required for Adding Asset Information 04 Adding Acquisition Information Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Depreciation Information Example Commands for Adding Depreciation Information 0 2000 Adding Extended Warranty Information Example Command for Adding Extended Warranty Information Adding Lease Information Example Command for Adding Lease Information 22000 Adding Maintenance Information Example Command for Adding Maintenance Information 2000 Adding Outsource Information 156 Example Command for Adding Outsource Information 000 157 Adding Owner Information
218. rogram or data file As a precaution back up your computer s hard drive on a regular basis Before changing the configuration of your computer back up important start up files from your operating system 246 Glossary baud rate A measurement of data transmission speed For example modems are designed to transmit data at one or more specified baud rate s through the COM serial port of a computer BGA Abbreviation for Ball Grid Array an IC package that uses an array of solder balls instead of pins to connect to a PC board binary A base 2 numbering system that uses 0 and to represent information The computer performs operations based on the ordering and calculation of these numbers BIOS Acronym for basic input output system Your computer s BIOS contains programs stored on a flash memory chip The BIOS controls the following e Communications between the microprocessor and peripheral devices such as the keyboard and the video adapter e Miscellaneous functions such as system messages bit The smallest unit of information interpreted by your computer BMC Abbreviation for baseboard management controller which is a controller that provides the intelligence in the IPMI structure boot routine When you start your computer it clears all memory initializes devices and loads the operating system Unless the operating system fails to respond you can reboot also called warm boot your computer by pressing lt Ctrl gt
219. rror omconfig 205 user access to Server Administrator administrators only 129 determining 129 least restrictive 129 most restrictive 129 power users and administrators only 129 useraccess omconfig preferences 128 V vdisk omconfig storage 200 omreport storage 178 version omreport system 74 viewing alert actions for specific components and events 62 viewing properties for system temperature probes 59 viewing properties for system voltage probes 60 viewing properties of system power supplies 57 viewing properties of system slots 59 voltage warning thresholds 124 volts omconfig chassis 123 omreport chassis 60 W warranty adding 163 components 151 163 omconfig system 163 webserver omconfig system 142 starting and stopping 142 what s new 15 Windows command prompts CLI 17 write policy parameters 191 Index 297 Index 298
220. rvermodule assetinfo command Using the omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command you can set governing values for configurable objects Examples of assetinfo configuration capabilities include setting values for system owner purchase price details of any lease that is in effect depreciation methods and rates and location of the system warranty and extended warranty duration outsourcing details and service level agreement User Level Required for Adding Asset Information Power Users and Administrators can add and edit asset information Table 5 1 System Availability for the omconfig Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable to omconfig servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 147 Adding Acquisition Information Acquisition refers to the facts about a business entity s purchase or lease of a system Use the omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition command to add detailed information about the purchase or lease of a system Table 5 2 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 2 omconfig system assetinfo info acquisition omconfig servermodule assetinfo info acquisition Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair 2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 omconfig
221. rvermodule assetinfo info extwarranty lt name yvalue pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty enddate 012503 or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info extwarranty enddate 012503 The following message appears Asset information set successfully 152 omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Lease Information A lease is an agreement to pay for the use of a system for a specified period of time The lessor retains ownership of the system Table 5 5 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 5 omconfig system assetinfo info lease omconfig servermodule assetinfo info lease Command CommandLevel Command Name Value Name Value Description Level 1 2 Level 3 Pair 1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info lease buyout Amount of money paid lt amount gt to purchase a system from a lessor lessor Business entity that is lt lessor gt leasing the system out multischedule Whether cost of leasing true false the system is computed by more than one rate schedule ratefactor Factor used to calculate lt factor gt the lease payment v
222. s EMMs for the specified where id is the controller enclosure number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number For example controller 0 enclosure 2 controller id enclosure Displays the specified lt ENCLOSUREID gt EMMs info emms index n where id is the controller number and ENCLOSUREID is the enclosure number and n is the number of an EMM For example controller 0 enclosure 2 info emms index 1 176 Using the Storage Management Service omreport Physical Disk Status Table 6 13 describes the syntax for the omreport Physical Disk Commands Table 6 13 omreport Physical Disk Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 and name value pair Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage pdisk controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 connector id where id is the connector number For example connector 1 vdisk id where id is the virtual disk number For example vdisk 1 pdisk connectorID targetID connectorID enclosureID slotID where connectorID targetID is the connector number and the physical disk number and connectorID enclosurelD s lotID is the connector number enclosure number and slot number For example pdisk 0 2 or pdisk 0 1 2 Displays all physical disks attached to the specified controller NOTE If a physical disk was replaced by another disk as part of the replace member operation the stat
223. s download the Dell Update Package and run lt package name gt s f See the Dell Update Packages for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Users Guide the Dell Update Packages for Linux User s Guide or the Server Update Utility User s Guide on the Dell Systems Management tools and Documentation DVD or on the Dell Support website at support dell com for more information on corresponding CLI syntax Additional useful topics about the CLI include e Working With CLI Command Results e Glossary 18 Introduction CLI Error Checking and Error Messages When you type CLI commands the CLI checks these commands for correct syntax If you enter a command and the command is executed successfully a message displays stating that your command has been successful Success Messages When you type a successful omconfig command data for that component displays The following omconfig command examples show valid CLI commands and their success messages Command omconfig chassis temps index 0 warnthresh default Message Temperature probe warning threshold value s set successfully Command omconfig chassis biossetup attribute speaker setting on Message BIOS setup configured successfully Command omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation duration 6 Message Asset information set successfully Failure Messages CLI failure messages provide reasons why some commands do not succeed Some common r
224. s type lt component name gt severity warning omconfig system events type Enables notification Restrictive form of event lt component name gt severity for critical events notification critical only or omconfig servermodule events type lt component name gt severity critical Disables event No event notification notification omconfig system events type lt component name gt severity none or omconfig servermodule events type lt component name gt severity none Index Index refers to the number of an event for a particular component Index is an optional parameter When you omit the index parameter events are configured for all components of the specified type such as all fans For example when a system contains more than one fan you can enable or disable event notification for a particular fan An example command is as follows omconfig system events type fan index 0 severity critical or omconfig servermodule events type fan index 0 severity critical As a result of the example command Server Administrator sends an SNMP trap only when the first fan in the system chassis index 0 has reached critical fan RPMs omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 141 omconfig system webserver omconfig servermodule webserver Use the omconfig system webserver or omconfig servermodule webserver command to start or stop the Web server Table 4 29 shows the valid parameters for
225. s for Alert Action Command continued Action Description action Reduces the processor speed until the power consumption powerreduction comes down and reaches below the warning threshold If the system power consumption stays below the warning threshold increases the processor speed NOTE This action is applicable only to non modular systems action reboot Forces the operating system to shut down and initiates system startup performs BIOS checks and reloads the operating system Table 4 26 lists the components and the events for which you can set platform events Components are listed in alphabetical order except that warning events always precede failure events for a component Table 4 26 omconfig system platformevents Event Name Description alertsenable true false true Enables generation of platform event filter alerts false Disables generation of platform event filter alerts NOTE This setting is independent of the individual platform event filter alert settings For a platform event filter to generate an alert both the individual alert and the global event alert must be enabled event batterywarn Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a battery device detects that the battery is pending a failure condition event batteryfail Sets action or enables disables alert generation when a battery device detects that the battery has failed event discretevolt
226. s hardware performance degradation information K NOTE This command is applicable only to selected Dell xx0x systems that support PMBus omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 45 Depending on your configuration output may resemble the following example Hardware Performance Index 0 Probe Name System Board Power Optimized Status Normal Cause N A omreport chassis info omreport mainsystem info Use the omreport chassis info or omreport mainsystem info command to see a summary of installed component versions omreport chassis info index n or omreport mainsystem info index n The index parameter specifies a chassis number and is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays summary chassis information for each chassis If you specify the index Server Administrator displays summary information for a specific chassis Depending on your configuration output may resemble the following example Index 0 Chassis Name Main System Chassis Host Name everglades Baseboard Management Controller 1 80 Version Primary Backplane Version pape aro ai Sensor Data Record Version SDR Version 0 33 Chassis Model PowerEdge 1750 System Revision Name 46 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Chassis Lock Present Chassis Service Tag BRLNBIS Chassis Asset Tag Flash chassis indentify
227. s the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller 218 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax In this example you want to offline physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To offline the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To offline the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action offline controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Online Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to bring an offline physical disk back online Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action online controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to bring physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 back online On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclos
228. sfer Protocol a method for exchanging e mail over the internet SNMP Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP is an industry standard interface that allows a network manager to remotely monitor and manage workstations SODIMM Acronym for small outline DIMM A DIMM module with a thinner profile due to the use of TSOP chip packages SODIMMs are commonly used in laptop computers SRAM Abbreviation for static random access memory Because SRAM chips do not require continual refreshing they are substantially faster than DRAM chips state Refers to the condition of an object that can have more than one condition For example an object may be in the not ready state status Refers to the health or functioning of an object For example a temperature probe can have the status normal if the probe is measuring acceptable temperatures When the probe begins reading temperatures that exceed limits set by the user it reports a critical status SVGA Abbreviation for super video graphics array VGA and SVGA are video standards for video adapters with greater resolution and color display capabilities than previous standards To display a program at a specific resolution you must install the appropriate video drivers and your monitor must support the resolution Similarly the number of colors that a program can display depends on the capabilities of the monitor the video driver and the amount of video memory instal
229. sing the Storage Management Service 185 omconfig Reset Controller Configuration Use the following omconfig command syntax to reset the controller configuration N CAUTION Resetting a configuration permanently destroys all data on all virtual disks attached to the controller System or boot partition residing on these virtual disks will be destroyed You may receive a warning message if this command results in deleting the system or boot partition However this warning message is not generated in all circumstances Ensure that you are not deleting the system or boot partition or other vital data when using this command Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller id where id is the controller ID as reported by the omreport storage controller command In some circumstances you may receive a warning message if this command deletes the system or boot partition You can override this warning by using the force yes parameter In this case the syntax is as follows omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller id force yes Example Syntax To reset the configuration on controller 1 enter omconfig storage controller action resetconfig controller 1 omconfig Create Virtual Disk The Dell OpenManage Online Help provides additional information about creating virtual disks The omconfig syntax for creating a virtual disk has several parameters You must specify the following parameters e Con
230. sis bmc 111 nics omreport chassis 9 NMI button 45 0 offline physical disk omconfig 218 omconfg cancel initialize virtual disk 202 290 Index omconfig 85 about 86 assign dedicated hot spare 206 assign global hot spare 220 blink physical disk 214 blink virtual disk 201 cancel background initialize 204 cancel check consistency 209 cancel rebuild physical disk 222 change virtual disk policy 212 chassis 87 check consistency 208 command levels 1 2 and 3 78 command parameter table conventions 78 command summary 78 create virtual disk 186 delete virtual disk 210 disable controller alarm 184 disable enclosure alarm 230 enable controller alarm 184 enable enclosure alarm 230 format virtual disk 211 getting help 85 global disable smart thermal shutdown 179 global enable smart thermal shutdown 179 global rescan controller 180 initialize physical disk 217 initialize virtual disk 202 offline physical disk 218 online physical disk 219 pause check consistency 209 prepare to remove physical disk 216 quiet controller alarm 185 rebuild physical disk 222 recondition battery 226 reconfiguring virtual disks 211 remove dead segments 223 rename virtual disk 213 rescan connector 228 rescan controller 183 reset controller configuration 186 reset temperature probe thresholds 233 235 restore dead segments 204 resume check consistency 210 set contr
231. skcachepolicy e readpolicy lt ra nraf ara rc nrc Parameter Optional Different controllers support different read policies Table 6 20 indicates how to specify the readpolicy lt ra nra ara rc nrc gt parameter for each of the read policies Table 6 20 Read Policy Paramaters Read Policy readpolicy ra ara nra rc nrc Parameter Specification Read ahead readpolicy ra Adaptive read ahead readpolicy ara No read ahead readpolicy nra Read cache readpolicy re No read cache readpolicy nrc 190 Using the Storage Management Service writepolicy lt wb wi wc nwc gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different write policies Table 6 21 indicates how to specify the writepolicys swb wt wc nwe fwb gt parameter for each of the write policies Table 6 21 Write Policy Parameters Write Policy writepolicyswb wt we fwb nwc Parameter Specification Write back cache writepolicy wb Write through cache writepolicy wt Write cache writepolicy we Force write back writepolicy fwb No write cache writepolicy nwe name lt string gt Parameter Optional Use this parameter to specify a name for the virtual disk For example name VirtualDisk1 K NOTE The CERC SATA 1 5 2s controller does not allow you to specify a virtual disk name The virtual disk will be created with a default name spanlength lt n gt Parameter Required for RAID 50 an
232. software or hardware Typically readme files provide installation information describe new product enhancements or corrections that have not yet been documented and list known problems or other things you need to be aware of as you use the software or hardware real mode An operating mode supported by 80286 or higher microprocessors real mode imitates the architecture of an 8086 microprocessor refresh rate The rate at which the monitor redraws the video image on the monitor screen More precisely the refresh rate is the frequency measured in Hz at which the screen s horizontal lines are recharged sometimes also referred to as its vertical frequency The higher the refresh rate the less video flicker can be seen by the human eye The higher refresh rates are also noninterlaced RFI Abbreviation for radio frequency interference RGB Abbreviation for red green blue RIMM Acronym for Rambus In line Memory Module which is the Rambus equivalent of a DIMM module ROM Acronym for read only memory Your computer contains some programs essential to its operation in ROM code Unlike RAM a ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off your computer Examples of code in ROM include the program that initiates your computer s boot routine and the POST ROMB Acronym for RAID on motherboard When a RAID controller is integrated into a computer s system board the system has ROMB technology RPM Abbreviation for revolutio
233. stem Setup program require that you reboot the computer or the computer may reboot automatically in order to make a hardware configuration change Because the System Setup program is stored in NVRAM any settings remain in effect until you change them again 276 Glossary system ini file A start up file for the Windows operating system When you start Windows it consults the system ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating environment Among other things the system ini file records which video mouse and keyboard drivers are installed for Windows Running the Control Panel or Windows Setup program may change options in the system ini file On other occasions you may need to change or add options to the system ini file manually with a text editor such as Notepad table In SNMP MIBs a table is a two dimensional array that describes the variables that make up a managed object termination Some devices such as the last device at each end of a SCSI cable must be terminated to prevent reflections and spurious signals in the cable When such devices are connected in a series you may need to enable or disable the termination on these devices by changing jumper or switch settings on the devices or by changing settings in the configuration software for the devices text editor An application program for editing text files consisting exclusively of ASCII characters Windows Notepad is a text editor for examp
234. system remoteaccess command to view general information on baseboard management controller or integrated Dell remote access controller BMC iDRAC and remote access controller if DRAC is installed Type omreport chassis remoteaccess or omreport mainsystem remoteaccess K NOTE This command is applicable to PowerEdge x8xx x9xx xx0x and xx1x systems only The output of the omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess command lists each of the valid parameters Table 3 6 shows the available settings Table 3 6 omreport chassis remoteaccess omreport mainsystem remoteaccess name value pair Description config additional Reports the current state of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses on iDRAC6 config advsol Reports advanced BMC iDRAC6 or remote access information on a serial over local area network LAN connection config nic Reports BMC ADRAC6 or remote access information for the LAN config serial Reports serial port information for BMC or remote access config serialoverlan Reports BMC iDRAC6 or remote access information on a serial over LAN connection config Reports terminal mode settings for the serial port terminalmode config user Reports information on BMC iDRAC6 or remote access users 58 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport chassis slots omreport mainsystem slots Use the omreport chassis slots or omreport mainsystem slots command to
235. t caret asterisk tilde question colon comma and pipe The following example shows how to set the delimiter for separating data fields to asterisk omconfig preferences cdvformat delimiter asterisk omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 125 omconfig preferences dirservice Use the omconfig preferences dirservice command to configure the Active Directory service The lt productname gt oem ini file is modified to reflect these changes If the adproductname is not present in the lt productname gt oem ini file then a lt computername gt lt productname gt default value is used lt computername gt refers to the name of the computer running Server Administrator and lt productname gt refers to the name of the product defined in omprv32 ini For Server Administrator the product name is omsa Therefore for a computer named myOmsa running Server Administrator the default name would be myOmsa omsa This is the name of Server Administrator defined in Active Directory by using the snap in tool This name must match the name for the application object in Active Directory in order to find user privileges K NOTE This command is applicable only on systems running the Windows operating system Table 4 17 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 4 17 Active Directory Service Configuration Parameters name value pair Description prodname lt text gt Specifies the product to which
236. t omconfig preferences 125 286 Index change virtual disk policy omconfig 212 chassis omconfig 87 chassis fault LED 105 chassis identification LED 105 chassis information summary 46 check consistency omconfig 208 check consistency rate omconfig 194 clear foreign configuration omconfig 196 clear physical disk omconfig 224 CLI clearing logs 135 error messages error checking 19 CLI command levels 1 2 and 3 defined 24 CLI command output 237 appending command output to a file 239 controlling display 237 formatting output 240 raw XML format 243 saving to a file that can be overwritten 238 table format 242 writing to a file 238 CLI commands 23 primary commands 17 Windows command prompt 17 cmdlog omconfig system 135 omreport system 61 command levels 1 2 and 3 omconfig 78 command levels 1 2 3 omreport 29 command syntax overview 21 commands for clearing logs 135 commands for viewing logs 61 components alert actions 132 event notification 140 events 64 65 failure messages 19 instrumentation service 77 omreport 27 28 omreport system 60 omreport system summary 34 omreport system version 34 SNMP traps 139 storage 168 summary 68 updating 18 warning and failure thresholds 100 configuring Active Directory service 126 system events 139 configuring power button NMI button 102 Connector 171 connector omconfig storage
237. t preferences command to view the URL information of your Server Administrator Web server Table 3 9 shows the available attributes Table 3 9 omreport preferences webserver name value pair Description attribute geturl Reports the URL information of your Web server omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 75 76 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service The omconfig command allows you to provide values that define warning events configure alert actions clear logs and configure system shutdown as well as allowing you to perform other systems management tasks Examples of omconfig capabilities include the administrator s privilege to clear command alert and hardware logs the administrator s privilege to configure and execute system shutdown power user and administrator s privilege to default or specify values for warning events on fans voltage probes and temperature probes power user and administrator s privilege to set alert actions in the event of a warning or failure event from intrusion fans voltage probes and temperature probes For information on using the omconfig system command to view and manage cost of ownership information assetinfo see omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Often you must use the omreport commands to get the information
238. t reports with the level of detail that you want Commands documented in this chapter vary in whether they define the fields that appear in the results of a particular omreport command Fields are defined only if they have a special or less familiar use As with all other components you can use omreport to view component status and omconfig to manage a component For information on configuring components for management see omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service You can use omreport commands to get information you need to execute an omconfig command For example if you want to edit the minimum temperature for a warning event on a temperature probe you need to know the index of the probe you want to configure You can use omreport chassis temps to display a list of probes and their indexes Table 3 1 System Availability for the omreport Command Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Applicable To omreport modularenclosure Modular system servermodule Modular system mainsystem Modular system system Non modular system chassis Non modular system preferences Modular Non modular system omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 27 Conventions for Parameter Tables When listing the parameters that a command can take the parameters are listed in alphabetical order instead of the order in which they appear in the command line interface The symbol often called pipe is the log
239. t request is handled next flash bios A PC BIOS that is stored in a flash memory rather than in a ROM A flash BIOS chip can be updated in place whereas a ROM BIOS must be replaced with a newer chip flash memory A type of EEPROM chip that can be reprogrammed from a utility on diskette while still installed in a computer most EEPROM chips can only be rewritten with special programming equipment format To prepare a hard drive or diskette for storing files An unconditional format deletes all data stored on the disk FPBGA Acronym for field programmable gate array a programmable logic chip PLD with a high density of gates FRU Acronym for field replaceable unit FTP Abbreviation for file transfer protocol G Abbreviation for gravities GB Abbreviation for gigabyte s A gigabyte equals 1 024 megabytes or 1 073 741 824 bytes graphics coprocessor See coprocessor Glossary 257 group As it relates to DMI a group is a data structure that defines common information or attributes about a manageable component GUI Acronym for graphical user interface h Abbreviation for hexadecimal A base 16 numbering system often used in programming to identify addresses in the computer s RAM and I O memory addresses for devices The sequence of decimal numbers from 0 through 16 for example is expressed in hexadecimal notation as 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 10 In text hexadecimal numbers are o
240. tem assetinfo info system omconfig servermodule Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair 2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Value Pair 1 omconfig system server module assetinfo info system location lt text gt primaryphone lt n gt primaryuser lt user gt Example Command for Adding System Information Location of the system Phone number of the system s primary user Primary user of the system To provide a value for a system parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info system lt name value pair 2 gt or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info system lt name value pair 2 gt For example type omconfig system assetinfo info system location firstfloor or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info system location firstfloor The following message appears Asset 162 information set successfully omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Warranty Information Use the omconfig system warranty or omconfig servermodule warranty command to assign values for warranty information A warranty is a contract between the manufacturer or dealer a
241. ter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to remove dead disk segments on physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To remove dead segments on the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action removedeadsegments controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Example for SAS Controllers To remove dead segments on the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action removedeadsegments controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Clear Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command to clear data or a configuration from a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action clear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller 224 Using the Storage Management Service Example Syntax In this example you want to clear physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To clear
242. the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action clear controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Cancel Clear Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command to cancel a clear operation in progress on a physical disk Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action cancelclear controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to cancel the clear of physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SAS Controllers To cancel the clear of the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action cancelclear controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Cancel Replace Member Use the following omconfig command syntax to cancel a replace member operation Using the Storage Management Service 225 Complete Syntax action cancelreplacemember controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the physical disk IDs as reported by the omreport command Example Syntax To cancel replace member operation on disk 0 0 1 which is connected to controller 0 enter omconfig storage
243. ther users below the administrator level are allowed to use Server Administrator or not omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 79 Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 User Privilege Required Use webserver system servermodule alertaction alertlog assetinfo A PA Allows the administrator to set the encryption levels of the Web server and configure the URL launch point in the Server Administrator Web server environment Determines in advance the actions to be taken for warning or failure events on intrusion fans temperatures voltages power supplies memory and redundancy Allows the administrator to clear the alert log Enters and edits cost of ownership information for your system including values for depreciation lease maintenance service and support 80 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service Table 4 2 omconfig Command Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 continued Command Level 1 Command Level 2 Command Level 3 User Privilege Required Use cmdlog esmlog events pedestinations platformevents recovery shutdown PA PA Allows the administrator to clear the command log Allows the administrator to clear the ESM log Enables and disables SNMP traps Sets IP addresses for alert
244. ting off Iptl off Disables the parallel port address ppaddress Ipt2 Ipt3 Iptl Locates the device on LPT1 Ipt2 Locates the device onLPT2 Ipt3 Locates the device on LPT omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service 95 Table 4 3 BIOS Setup Settings continued name value pair 1 attribute name value pair 2 setting Description attribute ppmode attribute primaryscsi attribute romb setting at ps2 ecp epp setting on off force true setting raid off scsi force true at Sets the parallel port mode to type AT ps2 Sets the parallel port mode to type PS 2 ecp Sets the parallel port mode to type EOP extended capabilities port epp Sets the parallel port mode to type EPP enhanced parallel port CAUTION If you modify the setting for primary scsi romb romba or rombb your system will become inoperable until you reinstall the operating system on Enables this device off Disables this device force true Verification of setting change raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard as a RAID device off Disables the device during system boot scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this device as a SCSI device force true Verification of setting change attribute romba setting raid scsi force true raid Instructs the BIOS to detect RAID on motherboard channel A as a RAID device scsi Instructs the BIOS to detect this
245. tion blink controller 1 pdisk 0 2 0 omconfig Unblink Physical Disk You can unblink the light light emitting diode or LED display on one or more physical disks attached to a controller Use the following omconfig command syntax to unblink one or more physical disks Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Using the Storage Management Service 215 Example Syntax In this example you want to unblink physical disk 0 on connector 0 of controller 1 On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To unblink the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller 1 pdisk 0 0 Example for SAS Controllers To unblink the physical disk described in this example enter omconfig storage pdisk action unblink controller 1 pdisk 0 2 0 omconfig Prepare to Remove Physical Disk Use the following omconfig command syntax to prepare a physical disk for removal Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action remove controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt where id is the
246. tion for central processing unit See also microprocessor CRC Abbreviation for cyclic redundancy code which is a number derived from and stored or transmitted with a block of data in order to detect corruption By recalculating the CRC and comparing it to the value originally transmitted the receiver can detect some types of transmission errors CSR Abbreviation for certificate signing request A complex text file generated by a Web server to identify and authenticate systems that seek connections to other systems The digital signature that is present in every CSR contributes to secure identification of systems When a remote access controller is present on a system running Server Administrator the CSR that comes with the RAC belongs to Dell If your company wants to generate its own CSR you can request a unique CSR from a certificate authority and overwrite the Dell CSR cursor A marker such as a block underscore or pointer that represents the position at which the next keyboard or mouse action will occur DAT Acronym for digital audio tape dB Abbreviation for decibel s Glossary 251 dBA Abbreviation for adjusted decibel s DC Abbreviation for direct current device driver A program that allows the operating system or some other program to interface correctly with a peripheral device such as a printer Some device drivers such as network drivers must be loaded from the config sys file with a devi
247. tions that the administrator wants each system to take in case of 20 Introduction a warning or failure event In the most critical cases the administrator could write a script so that the system shuts down to prevent damage The administrator could then distribute and execute the script to many managed systems at the same time Such a scenario facilitates configuring any number of new systems acquired by a company and makes implementation of new system administration policies easier across many existing systems that require reconfiguration A similar scenario could be used to populate a large number of newly acquired systems with detailed asset information Much of the information would be the same such as the manufacturer or lessor of the system whether support for the system is outsourced name of the system s insurance company method of depreciation and so on Any variable that is common to all systems could be scripted sent to all managed systems and executed Asset information that is unique to a system could be scripted as a group and sent to that managed node for execution For example a script could specify values for all unique variables such as owner primary user phone number asset tag and so on Scripts to populate unique values would set all unique variables at once rather than one by one through the system s command line In many cases the CLI allows a user with a very well defined task in mind to retrieve information ab
248. to set fan probe warning thresholds As with other components you can view both warning and failure threshold values but you cannot set failure thresholds Your system s manufacturer sets the minimum and maximum failure thresholds Valid Parameters for Fan Warning Thresholds Table 4 4 shows the valid parameters for setting fan warning thresholds Table 4 4 omconfig chassis fans omconfig chassis fans name value pair Description index lt n gt Number of the probe or probe index must be specified warnthresh default Sets minimum and maximum warning thresholds to default minwarnthresh lt n gt Minimum warning threshold maxwarnthresh lt n gt Maximum warning threshold Default Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds K NOTE Systems that contain ESM3 ESM4 and BMC capabilities do not allow you to set warning threshold values to default values If you want to set both the upper and lower fan warning threshold values to the recommended default value type omconfig chassis fans index 0 warnthresh default or omconfig mainsystem fans index 0 warnthresh default 100 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service You cannot default one value and set another In other words if you default the minimum warning threshold value you are also selecting the default value for the maximum warning threshold value Specifying a Value for Minimum and Maximum Warning Thresholds If you prefer to sp
249. torage Management User s Guide for more information on setting hot spare protection policy 170 Using the Storage Management Service omreport Battery Status Table 6 6 describes the syntax for the omreport Battery Commands Table 6 6 omreport Battery Commands Required Command Levels 1 2 3 Optional name value pairs Use omreport storage battery controller id where id is the Displays all batteries present on all controllers on the system Some controllers do not have batteries Displays the battery on the specified controller controller number For example controller 0 omreport Connector Status Table 6 7 describes the syntax for the omreport Connector Commands Table 6 7 omreport Connector Commands Required Command Optional name value pairs Use Levels 1 2 3 omreport storage Displays all connectors present on connector all controllers on the system controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 controller id where id is the controller number For example controller 0 connector id where id is the connector number For example connector 0 NOTE This command works only when the controller ID is specified Displays the connector on the specified controller Displays information for the specified connector on the controller NOTE When the connectors are connected to the enclosure in redundant path mode the Name of the
250. troller controller id e RAID level raid lt c rO r1 rie r5 r6 r10 150 r60 gt e Size size lt number max min 186 Using the Storage Management Service Physical disk is specified as either For SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers pdisk connector enclosureID portID where connector enclosureID portID is the connector number enclosure number and port number For example pdisk 0 1 2 For SAS Controllers pdisk connector targetID where connectorID targetIDis the connector number and the physical disk number For example pdisk 0 2 Storage Management supplies default values for any of the other parameters that you do not specify Complete Syntax omconfig storage controller action createvdisk controller id raid lt c r0 ril ricl r5 r6 r10 r50 r60 gt size lt number max min gt pdisk lt PDISKID gt stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt cachepolicy lt d c gt diskcachepolicy lt d e gt readpolicy lt ra nra ara rel nrce gt writepolicy lt wb wt wc nwc fwb gt name lt string gt spanlength lt n gt NOTE if you are configuring RAID for SAS controllers with firmware version 6 1 and later spanlengthis an optional parameter default 2 spanlength should be an even number and should be lesser than or equal to half the number of physical disks specified insize Parameter Specification for Create and Reconfigure Virtual Disk The following sections indic
251. ture has been disabled Thermal protect shutdown severity disabled If the system is configured to shutdown when a temperature probe detects a warning or failure event one of the following messages displays Thermal protect shutdown severity warning Thermal protect shutdown severity failure omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 73 omreport system version omreport servermodule version Use the omreport system version or omreport servermodule version command to list the version numbers of the BIOS firmware systems management software and operating system installed on your system Example Command Output Type omreport system version or omreport servermodule version The output that appears in your CLI window depends on the version of the BIOS RAID controllers and firmware installed on your system The following partial command results are unique and may not resemble the results for your system s configuration Version Report Main System Chassis Name BIOS Version 0 2 16 Name BMC Version 0 26 Name Primary Backplane Version 1 01 74 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Software Name Version Name Version Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 5 2 lt Build 3790 Service Pack 2 gt lt x86 gt Dell Server Administrator 6 1 omreport preferences Commands Use the omrepor
252. txt Working With CLI Command Results 239 Fans txt now reads as follows Index Status Probe Name Reading Minimum Warning Threshold Maximum Warning Threshold Minimum Failure Threshold Maximum Failure Threshold Index Status Probe Name Reading Minimum Warning Threshold Maximum Warning Threshold Minimum Failure Threshold Maximum Failure Threshold 0 OK System Board Fan 1 RPM 2380RPM 600RPM 5700RPM 500RPM 6000RPM 0 OK System Board Fan 1 RPM 3001RPM 700RPM 5500RPM 500RPM 6000RPM You can use a text editor to insert the time that each block of data was captured In comparing the two snapshots for fan probe 0 you can see that the second report shows several changes The reading of fan RPM has increased by 621 RPM but is still within normal range Someone has raised the minimum warning threshold by 200 RPM and has decreased the maximum warning threshold by 2000 RPM Selecting a Format for Your CLI Command Output You can specify a format for your CLI command results The format determines how the command output is displayed If the command results are directed to a file the format is captured by the file to which you write your command results i K NOTE The omconfig command ignores most output format options and returns plain text messages However if you choose to display in an XML format the omconfig command returns XML code 240 Working With CLI Command Results The avai
253. ty Information Use the omconfig system extwarranty or omconfig servermodule extwarranty command to assign values for extended warranty information A warranty is a contract between the manufacturer or dealer and the purchaser of a system The warranty identifies the components that are covered for repair or replacement for a specified length of time or usage The extended warranty comes into force after the original warranty expires For details on how to edit warranty values see Adding Warranty Information omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 151 Table 5 4 shows the valid parameters for the command Table 5 4 omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty omconfig servermodule assetinfo info extwarranty Command Command Command Name Value Names Value Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Pair1 Pair 2 omconfig system server module assetinfo info extwarranty cost Cost of the extended lt cost gt enddate lt enddate gt provider lt provider gt startdate lt startdate gt warranty service Date the extended warranty agreement ends Business entity that provides the extended warranty service Date the extended warranty service begins Example Command for Adding Extended Warranty Information To provide a value for an extended warranty parameter type a command of the form omconfig system assetinfo info extwarranty lt name vyalue pair 2 gt or omconfig se
254. ual disk is chosen for you The pipe symbol separates two or more options from which one only must be selected For example when creating a virtual disk the cachepolicy d c indicates that the cache policy must be specified as either cachepolicy d or cachepolicy c User Privileges for omreport storage and omconfig storage Storage Management requires Administrator privileges to use the omconfig storage command User and Power User privileges are sufficient to use the omreport storage command omreport Command The following sections provide the omreport command syntax required to display the status of various storage components 168 Using the Storage Management Service omreport Storage Help Table 6 3 provides the omreport storage command syntax Table 6 3 omreport storage help Command Command Command Use Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 omreport storage Displays a list of storage components for which omreport commands are available pdisk Displays a list of the omreport storage pdisk parameters for displaying physical disk information vdisk Displays a list of omreport storage vdisk parameters for displaying virtual disk information controller Displays a list of the omreport storage controller parameters for displaying controller information enclosure Displays a list of the omreport storage enclosure parameters for displaying enclosure information connector Displays a list of the omreport storage con
255. ue a lue lue ttribute ttribute tribute ttribute ttribute Val 36 Lue Chassis Management Controller CMC Description The system component provides a complete set of remote management functions for Dell systems Version 1 0 100 IP Address 01 102 103 104 IP Address Source Dynamic IP Address Type IPv4 Remote Connect Interface Launch CMC Web Interface omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service omreport about Use the omreport about command to learn the product name and version number of the systems management application installed on your system The following is an example output from the omreport about command Product name Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Version OER Copyright Copyright C Dell Inc 1995 2009 All rights reserved Company Dell Inc For details about the environment for Server Administrator type omreport about details true Server Administrator includes a number of services each of which has a version number of its own The Contains field reports version numbers for the services as well as other useful details The output below is an example and can change depending on your configuration and the version of Server Administrator installed on your system Contains Instrumentation Service 6 x x Storage Management Service 2 x x Sun JRE OEM Installed Version 1 x x Secure Port Server 3 x
256. ure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To bring the physical disk described in this example back online enter omconfig storage pdisk action online controller 1 pdisk 0 3 Using the Storage Management Service 219 Example for SAS Controllers To bring the physical disk described in this example back online enter omconfig storage pdisk action online controller 1 pdisk 0 2 3 omconfig Assign Global Hot Spare Use the following omconfig command syntax to assign a physical disk as a global hot spare Complete Syntax omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller id pdisk lt PDISKID gt assign yes where id is the controller ID The lt PDISK gt variable specifies the physical disk To obtain these values enter omreport storage controller to display the controller Ds and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller ID to display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller Example Syntax In this example you want to assign physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a global hot spare On a SAS controller the physical disk resides in enclosure 2 Example for SCSI SATA and ATA Controllers To assign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter omconfig storage pdisk action assignglobalhotspare controller 1 pdisk 0 3 assign yes Example for SAS Controllers To assign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare enter
257. vermodule operatingsystem command to display information about your operating system omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations Use the omreport system pedestinations or omreport servermodule pedestinations command to view destinations where alerts for platform events are configured to be sent Depending on the number of destinations displayed you can configure a separate IP address for each destination address 66 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Type omreport system pedestinations or omreport servermodule pedestinations The output of the omreport system pedestinations or omreport servermodule pedestinations command lists each of the valid parameters K NOTE The actual number of destinations that can be configured on your system may differ Table 3 8 shows the available settings Table 3 8 Settings for the omreport system pedestinations omreport servermodule pedestinations Output Attributes Description Destination List Destination Number Destination Destination IP Address 101 102 103 104 Destination Number Destination 2 Destination IP Address 110 120 130 140 Destination Number Destination 3 Destination IP Address 201 202 203 204 Destination Number Destination 4 Destination IP Address 210 211 212 213 destination 1 Displays the first destination 101 102 103 104 IP address of the first destination
258. vice Table 4 12 omconfig chassis remoteaccess omconfig mainsystem remoteaccess continued name value pair 1 config name value pair 2 Description config settodefault config terminalmode privilegelevel administrator operator user deletecontrol outputdel outputbkspspbksp handshakingcontrol enabled disabled inputlinesequence cr null lineediting enabled disabled administrator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to Administrator operator Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to Operator user Sets the maximum privilege level that can be accepted on a serial over LAN channel to User Takes the default configuration settings outputdel BMC outputs a lt del gt character when lt bksp gt or lt del gt is received outputbkspspbksp BMC outputs a lt bksp gt lt sp gt lt bksp gt character when lt bksp gt or lt del gt is received enabled Directs the BMC to output a character sequence that indicates when its input buffer is ready to accept another command disabled Does not direct the BMC to output a character sequence that indicates when its input buffer is ready to accept another command cr The console uses lt CR gt as a new line sequence null The console uses lt NULL gt as a new line sequence enabled Enables line editing as a line is typed disab
259. vice vendor fixsystemco or omconfig servermodule assetinfo info service vendor fixsystemco The following message appears Asset information set successfully omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values 159 You can enter more than one omconfig system assetinfo or omconfig servermodule assetinfo command at the same time as long as all the parameters for name value pair 2 belong to the same name value pair 1 For an example see Example Commands for Adding Acquisition Information Adding Support Information Support refers to technical assistance that the system user can seek when the user seeks guidance on the proper use of a system to perform tasks Table 5 10 shows the valid parameters for adding support information Table 5 10 omconfig system assetinfo info support omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support Command Command Command Name Name Value Pair 2 Description Level 1 Level 2 Level3 Value Pair 1 omconfig system server module assetinfo info support automaticfix Name of any lt programname gt application used to fix a problem automatically helpdesk The help desk name lt text gt or contact information such as a phone number e mail address or website address 160 omconfig system or servermodule assetinfo Editing Cost of Ownership Values Table 5 10 omconfig system assetinfo info support omconfig servermodule assetinfo info support continued Com
260. video adapters mV Abbreviation for millivolt s Glossary 265 name The name of an object or variable is the exact string that identifies it in an SNMP Management Information Base MIB file or ina DMI Management Information Format MIF file or in a CIM Management Object File MOF NDIS Abbreviation for Network Driver Interface Specification NIC Acronym for network interface controller NIF Acronym for network interface function This term is equivalent to NIC NIS Abbreviation for Network Information System NIS is a network naming and administration system for smaller networks A user at any host can get access to files or applications on any host in the network with a single user identification and password NMI Abbreviation for nonmaskable interrupt A device sends an NMI to signal the microprocessor about hardware errors such as a parity error noninterlaced A technique for decreasing screen flicker by sequentially refreshing each horizontal line on the screen ns Abbreviation for nanosecond s one billionth of a second NTFS Abbreviation for the NT File System option in the Windows NT operating system and later Windows operating systems NuBus Proprietary expansion bus used on Apple Macintosh personal computers 266 Glossary NVRAM Acronym for non volatile random access memory Memory that does not lose its contents when you turn off your computer NVRAM is used for maintaining the date
261. view properties of your system s slots Type omreport chassis slots index n or omreport mainsystem slots index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for all of the slots in your system If you specify the index Server Administrator displays properties for a specific slot For each slot in the system values display for the following fields Index Slot ID Adapter and Data Bus Width Index is the number of the slot in the system Slot ID is the silk screen name printed on your system s motherboard next to the slot Alphanumeric text uniquely identifies each slot in the system Adapter refers to the name and or type of the card that fits into the slot for example a storage array controller SCSI adapter iDRAC6 Enterprise or HBA Data Bus Width is the width in bits of the information pathway between the components of a system The range of the data bus width can be from 16 to 64 bits omreport chassis temps omreport mainsystem temps Use the omreport chassis temps or omreport mainsystem temps command to view properties of your system s temperature probes Type omreport chassis temps index n or omreport mainsystem temps index n The index parameter is optional If you do not specify the index Server Administrator displays a summary of status readings and thresholds set for any temperature probes that might be present on your system If you s
262. w physical disks being added to the reconfigured virtual disk Some controllers allow you to remove a physical disk from a virtual disk In this case do not specify the physical disk to be removed The pdisk lt PDISKID gt parameter indicates a physical disk by specifying either connector enclosureID portID or connector targetID stripesize lt 2kb 4kb 8kb 16kb 32kb 64kb 128kb gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different stripe sizes See the Dell OpenManage Online Help for more information on stripe sizes supported for a controller All stripe sizes are specified in kilobytes For example when specifying 128 KB as the stripe size enter stripesize 128kb Using the Storage Management Service 189 cachepolicy lt d c gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different cache policies Table 6 19 indicates how to specify the cachepolicy lt d c gt parameter for each of the cache policies Table 6 19 Cache Policy Parameters Cache Policy cachepolicy d c Parameter Specification Direct I O cachepolicy d Cache I O cachepolicy c diskcachepolicy lt d e gt Parameter Optional Different controllers support different disk cache policies The following table indicates how to specify the diskcachepolicy lt d e gt parameter for each of the cache policies Disk Cache Policy diskcachepolicy d e Parameter Specification Disabled diskcachepolicy d Enabled di
263. with DMI Each component is made up of groups and attributes that are defined as relevant to that component config sys file The config sys file is executed when you start your computer before running any commands in the autoexec bat file This start up file contains commands that specify which devices to install and which drivers to use This file also contains commands that determine how the operating system uses memory and controls files controller Achip that controls the transfer of data between the microprocessor and memory or between the microprocessor and a peripheral device such as a disk drive or the keyboard control panel The part of the computer that contains indicators and controls such as the power switch hard drive access indicator and power indicator conventional memory The first 640 KB of RAM Conventional memory is found in all computers Unless they are specially designed MS DOS programs are limited to running in conventional memory coo Acronym for cost of ownership 250 Glossary cooling unit Sets of fans or other cooling devices in a system chassis coprocessor A chip that relieves the computer s microprocessor of specific processing tasks A math coprocessor for example handles numeric processing A graphics coprocessor handles video rendering The Intel Pentium microprocessor for example includes a built in math coprocessor cpi Abbreviation for characters per inch CPU Abbrevia
264. x Core Service 1 x x Instrumentation Service Integration Layer 1 X X Storage Management Service Integration Layer 1 x x Server Administrator 6 x x omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 37 omreport chassis omreport mainsystem Commands Use the omreport chassis or omreport mainsystem commands to view details for the entire chassis or for a particular component omreport chassis omreport mainsystem Type omreport chassis or omreport mainsystem Server Administrator displays a general status for your main system chassis main system components SEVERITY COMPONENT Ok Fans Critical Intrusion Ok Memory Ok Power Supplies Ok Temperatures Ok Voltages omreport chassis acswitch omreport mainsystem acswitch Use the omreport chassis acswitch or omreport mainsystem acswitch command if your system has redundant AC power lines that are configured in a failover arrangement Type omreport chassis acswitch or omreport mainsystem acswitch 38 omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service Server Administrator displays the following output AC Failover Switch AC Switch Redundancy Redundancy Status Full Number of devices 22 required for full redundancy Redundancy Mode Redundancy Input Source Line 1 upon Configuration redundancy restoration return to Line 1 AC Power Lines Status Ok Location AC Power Line
265. y 80286 or higher microprocessors protected mode allows operating systems to implement e A memory address space of 16 MB 80286 microprocessor to 4 GB Intel386 or higher microprocessor e Multitasking e Virtual memory a method for increasing addressable memory by using the hard drive The Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP OS 2 and UNIX 32 bit operating systems run in protected mode MS DOS cannot run in protected mode however some programs that you can start from MS DOS such as the Windows operating system are able to put the computer into protected mode provider A provider is an extension of a CIM schema that communicates with managed objects and accesses data and event notifications from a variety of sources Providers forward this information to the CIM Object Manager for integration and interpretation PS Abbreviation for power supply PS 2 Abbreviation for Personal System 2 PXE Abbreviation for Pre boot eXecution Environment QFP Acronym for quad flat pack RAC Acronym for remote access controller Dell OpenManage Server Administrator supports all RACs These include the DRAC II DRAG II DRAC TII XT ERA and ERA O RAID Acronym for redundant array of independent drives 270 Glossary RAM Acronym for random access memory The computer s primary temporary storage area for program instructions and data Each location in RAM is identified by a number called a memory address Any information stored
266. y have a variable number of distinct parts the command command level 1 one or more subcommands command level 2 and command level 3 if present and one or more name value pair s By appending space dash question mark to any command you can get help for that command Example Help Commands When you type omconfig you get general help about the omconfig command The help at this level lists the available subcommands for omconfig e about e preferences e chassis e system When you type omconfig system CLI help lists all the subcommands available for omconfig system e alertaction e alertlog e assetinfo e cmdlog e esmlog e events e platformevents e pedestinations e recovery Using the omhelp Command 23 e shutdown e thrmshutdown e webserver Figure 2 1 shows the levels of help for a command Figure 2 1 Different Levels of Help for a Command omconfig omconfig system levels for help omconfig system assetinfo omconfig system assetinfo info depreciatior omconfig system assetinfo info depreciation method lt texf lt level for command execution You can also parse the omconfig system assetinfo command as follows lt command level 1 command level 2 command level 3 gt lt name value pair 1 gt name value pair 2 where command levels 1 2 and 3 are represented by omconfig system assetinfo name value pair is represented by info depreciation and name value pair 2 is
267. you are setting tag lt text gt Asset tag in the form of alphanumeric text Letters or numbers should not exceed 10 characters name lt text gt Name of the chassis In the following example the asset tag for the main system chassis is being set to buildsys omconfig chassis info index 0 tag buildsys or omconfig mainsystem info index 0 tag buildsys Index 0 always defaults to the main system chassis The following command omits index n but accomplishes the same thing omconfig chassis info tag buildsys or omconfig mainsystem info tag buildsys An acceptable command when executed results in the following message Chassis info set successfully For some chassis you can assign a different name You cannot rename the main system chassis In the example below the command renames chassis 2 from storscsil to storscsia omconfig chassis info index 2 name storscsia or omconfig mainsystem info index 2 name storscsia As with other commands the CLI issues an error message if you do not have a chassis 2 the main chassis 0 The CLI allows you to issue commands only for the system configuration you have 104 omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service omconfig chassis leds omconfig mainsystem leds Use the omconfig chassis leds or omconfig mainsystem leds command to specify when to flash a chassis fault LED or chassis identification LED This command also allows you to clear the LED for the syst
268. ys The first line of the report reflects the overall health of the system hardware For example Health OK means that less than 80 percent of the space allotted for the ESM log is occupied by messages If 80 percent or more of the allotted space for the ESM log is occupied the following caution appears Health Non Critical If a caution appears resolve all warning and critical severity conditions and then clear the log omreport system alertaction omreport servermodule alertaction Use the omreport system alertaction or omreport servermodule alertaction command to view a summary of alert actions that have been configured for warning and failure events on your system components Alert actions determine how Server Administrator responds when a component has a warning or failure event The omreport system alertaction or omreport servermodule alertaction command is useful for viewing which alert actions have been specified for components To set an alert action for a component use the omconfig system alertaction or omconfig servermodule alertaction command For more information see omconfig Managing Components Using the Instrumentation Service K NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Components and Events for Which You Can View Alert Actions You can view alert action properties for the fol
269. ysical disk status 177 power supply status 175 system 60 temperature probe status 173 virtual disk status 178 omreport chassis acswitch 38 bios 39 biossetup 40 43 currents 43 fancontrol 44 fans 44 firmware 44 frontpanel 45 fru 45 info 46 intrusion 47 leds 47 memory 48 nics 49 ports 49 processors 50 pwrsupplies 57 slots 59 temps 59 volts 60 omreport chassis bmc name value pairs parameters 58 omreport chassis fancontrol name value pairs parameters 44 omreport chassis ports base I O address 50 connector type 50 external name 50 IRQ level 50 Index 293 maximum speed 50 port type 50 omreport chassis processors cache properties 51 connector name 50 core count 51 current speed 50 external clock speed 51 manufacturer 50 processor family 50 processor version 50 state 51 omreport chassis slots adapter 59 data bus width 59 index 59 slot ID 59 omreport modularchassis 35 omreport preferences commands 75 omreport preferences webserver 75 omreport storage battery 171 controller 170 enclosure 172 176 globalinfo 170 pdisk 177 vdisk 178 omreport system alertaction 62 alertlog 61 assetinfo 64 cmdlog 61 294 Index esmlog 61 events 64 operatingsystem 66 pedestinations 66 platformevents 68 recovery 68 shutdown 68 summary 68 thrmshutdown 73 version 74 omreport system assetinfo 64 omreport system
270. ystem for which events can be generated Table 3 7 shows the events displayed for various component types NOTE Due to the limitations of certain operating systems for example VMware ESXi certain features may not be available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator Table 3 7 System Events by Component Type name value pair Description type accords Reports events for AC power cords type battery Reports events for batteries type fanenclosures Reports events for fan enclosures type fans Reports events for fans type intrusion Reports events for chassis intrusion type log Reports events for logs type memory Reports events for memory type powersupplies Reports events for power supplies type redundancy Reports events for redundancy omreport Viewing System Status Using the Instrumentation Service 65 Table 3 7 System Events by Component Type continued name value pair Description type systempower Reports events for system power type temps Reports events for temperatures type volts Reports events for voltages Example Command for an Event Type Type omreport system events type fans or omreport servermodule events type fans The following is an example output Settings Enable Critical Disable Informational and Warning omreport system operatingsystem omreport servermodule operatingsystem Use the omreport system operatingsystem or omreport ser

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