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Contents 6 Setting Up the System User Permissions 6-2 Customizing the Enclosure Settings 6-3 Modifying Enclosure and Rack Names 6-4 Modifying the Asset Tag Number 6-5 Modifying the Date and Time 6-6 Setting Up User Accounts 6-7 Adding a Group 6-7 Adding a User 6-9 Enabling Remote Console Sessions to Blade PCs 6-11 Setting Up AlertMail 6-11 E-mail Alerts 6-12 Setting Up IP Security 6-13 Setting Up Automatic Time Configuration (NTP 6-14 Configuring SNMP Support 6-14 Entering a Community String 6-15 Modifying the System Location 6-15 Modifying the System Contact Information 6-15 Adding Trap Targets 6-16 Removing Trap Targets 6-16 7 Performing Common Administrative Tasks Managing Blade PC Bays 7-1 Opening a Remote Console Session to a Blade PC 7-1 Accessing the ROM-Based Setup Utility for a blade PC 7-2 Reviewing Activity for a Blade PC 7-3 Powering Off the Blade PC 7-4 Identifying a Blade PC Using the Unit Identification LED 7-5 Managing the Enclosure 7-6 Reviewing the Activity of the Enclosure 7-6 Identifying the Enclosure Using the Unit Identification LED 7-7 Generating an Enclosure Summary 7-8 Identifying Problem Components 7-9 Managing Users 7-13 Modifying a User's Rights to Blade PC Bays 7-13 Creating a New Group with the Updated Access Rights 7-13 Modifying Group Rights to Blade PC Bays 7-13 Disabling and Deleting User Accounts 7-14 Deleting a User Account 7-15 Deleting Group Accounts 7-16 8 Performing Advanced Functions Replicating the Configuration of the Integrated Administrator 8-1 Administering Security Certificates 8-2 Creating a Certificate Request 8-2 Downloading a Security Certificate 8-3 Key-Based SSH Authentication 8-3 Configuring Blade PC Boot Order 8-4 HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator for CCI v1.4 User Guide v

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HP PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator for CCI v1.4 User Guide
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Contents
6
Setting Up the System
User Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2
Customizing the Enclosure Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3
Modifying Enclosure and Rack Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4
Modifying the Asset Tag Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–5
Modifying the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6
Setting Up User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Adding a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Adding a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9
Enabling Remote Console Sessions to Blade PCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
Setting Up AlertMail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–11
E-mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12
Setting Up IP Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–13
Setting Up Automatic Time Configuration (NTP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–14
Configuring SNMP Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–14
Entering a Community String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15
Modifying the System Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15
Modifying the System Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15
Adding Trap Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–16
Removing Trap Targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–16
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Performing Common Administrative Tasks
Managing Blade PC Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Opening a Remote Console Session to a Blade PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–1
Accessing the ROM-Based Setup Utility for a blade PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2
Reviewing Activity for a Blade PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–3
Powering Off the Blade PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4
Identifying a Blade PC Using the Unit Identification LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–5
Managing the Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Reviewing the Activity of the Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–6
Identifying the Enclosure Using the Unit Identification LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7
Generating an Enclosure Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–8
Identifying Problem Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–9
Managing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Modifying a User’s Rights to Blade PC Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Creating a New Group with the Updated Access Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Modifying Group Rights to Blade PC Bays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–13
Disabling and Deleting User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–14
Deleting a User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–15
Deleting Group Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–16
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Performing Advanced Functions
Replicating the Configuration of the Integrated Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–1
Administering Security Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Creating a Certificate Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2
Downloading a Security Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3
Key-Based SSH Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3
Configuring Blade PC Boot Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4