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new partition firmware packages (system firmware) will require a partition reboot to activate, but the timing of such an operation can be done on an individual nPartition basis as determined by the operator to best fit their individual needs. When performing an online complex firmware update, Superdome 2 server management capabilities are inactive, and this is something which operators should keep in mind. It should not be surprising that server management entities throughout the Superdome 2 complex will bear responsibility to update their own firmware Flash ROMs, reboot updated firmware images, and reestablish internal communications with each other, but it is important to remind operators what kinds of management services will become temporarily unavailable at the server level during an online complex firmware update operation. This information is being provided to inform the user of such server management limitations, but will not be a complete listing of all possible consequences which may be encountered during an online complex firmware update. Please note that Superdome 2 systems not already running a firmware bundle released prior to (numbered lower than) 2.2.27 do not possess the capability to perform an online complex firmware update, so it should be understood that updating to a future firmware bundle from firmware release 1.3.1, for example, must be performed with all partitions taken offline, and the xfabric powered off. Services unavailable Superdome 2 server management features are unavailable during the process of an online complex firmware update. System firmware will continue to operate and support the OS running on partitions in the complex, however, certain activities may require system firmware to interact with server management firmware, and these operations will not work during the actual process of executing an online complex firmware update. These partition/complex firmware interactions may either be delayed until after the complex firmware update operation has completed, or may be dropped or only partially used. Legacy sx2000 Superdome systems also supported online update of server management entities (MP, ED, PDHC, CLU), and performing such updates held similar consequences for that platform. The following table shows the major classes of server management services which the OS and applications use during normal runtime and details their Availability or Unavailability during the online complex firmware update process: Service Status during online complex firmware update Management processor access (for example: poweron/off, Unavailable restart, TOC, console, logs) IPMI services Unavailable Console service to OS Unavailable, and some character loss is possible if the buffer fills up System firmware services during boot, shutdown, MCA, Available INIT and CMC logging operations Network management services (SD2 has additional Unavailable services). OS-debugger, HP-SIM XML query, HP-SUM SOAP query, WEBES ws-manage events and query. Management Processor access When an online complex firmware update is initiated, all current users are disconnected from the OA for the duration of the complex firmware update process. This includes all OA CLI and GUI sessions, with one possible exception: If the operator initiates the firmware update from the CLI, then this session will remain active to allow for tracking the progress of the update for all but the last few minutes. The time it takes for a complex firmware update to complete is highly variable based on system size and complexity (bigger systems take longer), and the number of firmware Complex Information: Firmware Management 69

Section	Page
HP Integrity Superdome 2 Onboard Administrator User Guide	1
Contents	3
1 Introduction	8
Overview	8
Access requirements	10
Onboard Administrator overview	11
Detecting component insertion and removal	11
Identifying components	11
Managing power and cooling	12
Controlling components	12
Managing partitions	12
Interfaces	12
Onboard Administrator user interfaces	13
Onboard Administrator authentication	13
Running Onboard Administrator for the first time	14
Logging on to the Onboard Administrator GUI	15
Running the setup wizard	15
Using online help	16
Changing enclosure and device configurations	16
Recovering the administrator password	17
2 HP Integrity Superdome 2 Insight Display	18
HP Integrity Superdome 2 Insight Display components	18
Insight Display overview	18
Running the Insight Display installation	19
Navigating the Insight Display	23
Health Summary screen	24
Enclosure Settings screen	25
Enclosure Info screen	26
Blade and Port Info screen	27
Turn Enclosure UID On/Off screen	28
View User Note screen	29
Chat Mode screen	29
Insight Display errors	30
Power errors	30
Cooling errors	30
Location errors	31
Configuration errors	31
Device failure errors	31
3 HP Superdome 2 Door Status Display	32
Before running Door Display setup	32
Setting up the Door Display	32
Door Display status menu	36
Display Settings menu	38
Firmware Update menu	39
4 First Time Setup Wizard	41
Before you begin	41
Enclosure Selection screen	41
Configuration Management screen	42
Rack and Enclosure Settings screen	43
Administrator Account Setup screen	44
Local User Accounts screen	45
Enclosure Bay IP Addressing screen	47
Directory Groups screen	48
Directory Settings screen	49
Onboard Administrator Network Settings screen	50
SNMP Settings screen	50
Power Management screen	51
Finish	53
5 Navigating Onboard Administrator	55
Navigation overview	55
Tree view	55
Graphical view navigation	57
6 Complex Overview	60
Complex Overview screen	60
Compute Enclosures tab	61
Power and Thermal tab	61
Complex Information screen	63
Status tab	63
Information tab	65
Complex Logs tab	67
Complex CLI Tab	67
Complex Information: Firmware Management	67
Complex Firmware Summary screen	67
Online complex firmware update on Superdome 2	68
Introduction	68
Services unavailable	69
Management Processor access	69
IPMI	70
Event logs	70
IPMI Watchdog	70
Partition ID	70
Console	71
System Firmware Services During Boot, Shutdown, etc.	71
Affected OS Commands	72
Network Services to OA	72
Frequently asked questions:	72
Known issues:	73
hpvminfo command qualifiers fail	73
Newly created HPVM guests cannot be started	73
Serviceguard Manager performance degradation and proxy errors	74
cimserver shutdown and startup fail	74
cimauth is unable to add authorizations	74
cprop command qualifiers fail	74
SMH is unable to query memory or enclosure information	74
setboot and related commands are unable to display or modify boot variables	74
wbemassist namespace error	74
par* and vpar* commands fail	74
Firmware Update screen	74
Enclosure DVD Module screen	77
7 Configuring HP Integrity Superdome 2 compute enclosures and enclosure devices	79
Viewing the status screens	79
Enclosure settings	80
Enclosure Settings screen	80
Enclosure Information tab	82
AlertMail screen	83
Device Power Sequence Device Bays tabs	85
Device Power Sequence Interconnect Bays tab	87
Date and Time screen	87
Enclosure TCP/IP Settings screen	88
Network Access screen	89
Trusted Hosts tab	90
Anonymous Data tab	91
Link Loss Failover screen	91
Enclosure Bay IP Addressing screen	91
SNMP Settings screen	94
Configuration Scripts screen	96
Device Summary screen	97
Active to Standby screen	98
Onboard Administrator Module	98
Active Onboard Administrator screen	98
Active Onboard Administrator Status and Information tab	99
Active Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab	100
TCP/IP Settings screen	101
Certificate Administration screen	102
Certificate Request tab	103
Active Onboard Administrator Certificate Upload tab	106
System log	106
Log Options tab	109
Standby Onboard Administrator screen	109
TCP/IP Settings for Standby Onboard Administrator	110
Standby Onboard Administrator Virtual Buttons tab	110
Standby Certificate Request tab	110
Standby Onboard Administrator Certificate Upload tab	110
Device bays	111
Device Bay Overview screen	111
Device Bay Information - Bay xx screen	113
Device Bay Information tab	116
Device bay virtual buttons tab	118
Interconnect bays	118
Interconnect Bay Summary screen	118
Interconnect Bay Information screen	119
Interconnect Bay Information tab	121
Interconnect Bay Virtual Buttons tab	122
Port Mapping - Interconnect Bay screen	122
XFM bays	123
XFM Bay Summary screen	123
XFM Bay Information - Bay screen	124
XFM Bay Status tab	125
XFM Bay Information tab	126
XFM Bay Virtual Buttons	126
GPSM bays	127
GPSM Bay Summary screen	127
GPSM Bay Information screen	128
GPSM Status tab	128
GPSM Bay Information tab	129
GPSM Virtual Buttons	129
Enclosure power management	129
Planning power management	129
Power and Thermal screen	130
Power Management screen	131
Enclosure Power Allocation screen	132
Enclosure Power Meter screen	133
Power Subsystem screen	133
Power Supply Information - Bay screen	135
Fans and cooling management	136
Thermal Subsystem screen	136
Thermal Subsystem Fan Zones tab	137
Superdome 2 Enclosure fan location rules	139
Fan Information - Bay screen	139
Managing users	140
Users/Authentication	140
User roles and privilege levels	141
Role-based user accounts	141
Local Users screen	142
Add Local User	142
Edit Local User	143
Edit Local User Certificate Information tab	145
Password Settings screen	145
Directory Settings screen	146
Uploading a certificate	146
Directory Certificate Upload tab	147
Directory Test Settings tab	147
Directory Groups	149
Add an LDAP Group screen	150
Edit an LDAP Group screen	151
SSH Administration screen	152
HP SIM Integration screen	153
Edit Local User Certificate Information tab	154
Two-Factor Authentication screen	154
Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Information tab	154
Two-Factor Authentication Certificate Upload tab	155
Signed In users	155
Session Options tab	156
Insight Display	156
Management network IP dependencies	156
8 HP Integrity Superdome 2 IOX Enclosures	157
IOX Enclosure Information screen	157
IOX Power and Thermal screen	159
IOX Power Subsystem screen	160
IOX Power Supply screen	161
IOX Thermal Subsystem screen	161
9 Port mapping	163
Device bay port mapping for Superdome 2 Compute Enclosures	163
Device bay port mapping tabular view for Superdome 2 compute enclosures	163
10 Using the CLI	164
Command line overview	164
11 Using the serial connection	165
Setting up Onboard Administrator using the CLI	165
Pinout signals for Onboard Administrator Serial RS232 connector	165
Using the service port connection	166
12 Using configuration scripts	167
Configuration scripts	167
Reset Factory Defaults screen	168
13 Troubleshooting	169
Onboard Administrator error messages	169
Onboard Administrator factory default settings	178
Onboard Administrator SNMP traps	179
14 Enabling LDAP Directory Services Authentication to Microsoft Active Directory	181
Certificate Services	181
Preparing the directory	181
Uploading the DC certificate (optional)	182
Creating directory groups	184
Testing the directory login solution	185
Troubleshooting LDAP on Onboard Administrator	185
15 Support and other resources	187
Before you contact HP	187
HP contact information	187
Subscription service	187
Documentation feedback	187
Installing HP Insight Remote Support Software	187
New and changed information in this edition	188
Related information	188
Typographic conventions	188
A Time zone settings	190
Africa time zone settings	190
Americas time zone settings	190
Asia time zone settings	192
Universal time zone settings	192
Oceanic time zone settings	193
Europe time zone settings	193
Polar time zone settings	194
Standard terms, abbreviations, and acronyms	195

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new partition firmware packages (system firmware) will require a partition reboot to activate, but

the timing of such an operation can be done on an individual nPartition basis as determined by

the operator to best fit their individual needs.

When performing an online complex firmware update, Superdome 2 server management capabilities

are inactive, and this is something which operators should keep in mind. It should not be surprising

that server management entities throughout the Superdome 2 complex will bear responsibility to

update their own firmware Flash ROMs, reboot updated firmware images, and reestablish internal

communications with each other, but it is important to remind operators what kinds of management

services will become temporarily unavailable at the server level during an online complex firmware

update operation. This information is being provided to inform the user of such server management

limitations, but will not be a complete listing of all possible consequences which may be encountered

during an online complex firmware update.

Please note that Superdome 2 systems not already running a firmware bundle released prior to

(numbered lower than) 2.2.27 do not possess the capability to perform an online complex firmware

update, so it should be understood that updating to a future firmware bundle from firmware release

1.3.1, for example, must be performed with all partitions taken offline, and the xfabric powered

off.

Services unavailable

Superdome 2 server management features are unavailable during the process of an online complex

firmware update. System firmware will continue to operate and support the OS running on partitions

in the complex, however, certain activities may require system firmware to interact with server

management firmware, and these operations will not work during the actual process of executing

an online complex firmware update. These partition/complex firmware interactions may either be

delayed until after the complex firmware update operation has completed, or may be dropped or

only partially used. Legacy sx2000 Superdome systems also supported online update of server

management entities (MP, ED, PDHC, CLU), and performing such updates held similar consequences

for that platform.

The following table shows the major classes of server management services which the OS and

applications use during normal runtime and details their Availability or Unavailability during the

online complex firmware update process:

Status during online complex firmware update

Service

Unavailable

Management processor access (for example: poweron/off,

restart, TOC, console, logs)

Unavailable

IPMI services

Unavailable, and some character loss is possible if the

buffer fills up

Console service to OS

Available

System firmware services during boot, shutdown, MCA,

INIT and CMC logging operations

Unavailable

Network management services (SD2 has additional

services). OS-debugger, HP-SIM XML query, HP-SUM SOAP

query, WEBES ws-manage events and query.

Management Processor access

When an online complex firmware update is initiated, all current users are disconnected from the

OA for the duration of the complex firmware update process. This includes all OA CLI and GUI

sessions, with one possible exception: If the operator initiates the firmware update from the CLI,

then this session will remain active to allow for tracking the progress of the update for all but the

last few minutes. The time it takes for a complex firmware update to complete is highly variable

based on system size and complexity (bigger systems take longer), and the number of firmware

Complex Information: Firmware Management