HP BL25/35/45p HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI for Linux User Guide - Page 12
Installing the port-based license utility, Reporting iSCSI Offload status
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/opt/hp/hp-pel/nalicense -d [-l ] Include the -l parameter if you want all the information that normally prints to stdout to be redirected to the file specified with . Installing the port-based license utility To install the HP Linux iSCSI Offload Utility on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server systems, 1. Navigate to the \linux\hp-pbl\hp-pbl-.sles10.linux.rpm file. 2. Use the following command to install the utility: rpm -Uvh hp-pbl-..linux.rpm 3. The hp-pbl utility is configured to start on system boot-up; however, you can start it immediately after installation without rebooting using the following command: /etc/init.d/hp-pbl start 4. The hp-pbl configuration file is a text file located at etc/opt/hp/hp-pbl/hp-pbl.conf. The format of the configurable MAC parameter is documented in the hp-pbl.conf file. If changes are made to the hp-pbl.conf configuration file, you must restart hp-pbl using the following command: /etc/init.d/hp-pbl restart 5. To manually stop the hp-pbl daemon, use the following command: /etc/init.d/hp-pbl stop Reporting iSCSI Offload status To obtain the iSCSI offload status of embedded adapters, use the following command: /etc/init.d/hp-pbl status Output example iSCSI offload licenses available: 4 iSCSI licenses used: 1 LOM Configured 00:19:BB:3C:A0:1C YES Enabled YES Where: o iSCSI licenses available reports the number of iSCSI offload licenses available. o iSCSI licenses used reports the number of iSCSI offload licenses enabled. o LOM is the iSCSI capable LOM MACs. If the MAC is not an iSCSI capable LOM, it is not displayed with the status command. Error messages are entered in the hp-pbl.log file. o Configured reports YES when the iSCSI capable LOM MAC is entered in the hp-p bl.conf file and is reported as NO if it was not entered in the hp-pbl.conf file. An error message is entered in the hp-pbl.log file if the iSCSI capable LOM MAC is not entered correctly in the hp-pbl.conf file. o Enabled reports YES when the iSCSI capable LOM MAC is currently enabled for iSCSI offload and reports NO when it is not enabled. HP ProLiant Licensing Log and Event File All messages are logged to /var/opt/hp/hp-pbl/hp-pbl.log. Log messages are in the following format: [TAG] SP [DATE] SP TEXT TAG Where TAG is one of: ERROR indicates an error such as a missing hp-pbl.conf file. Installation and configuration 12