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HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide HP Smart Setup HP Support Pack HP Part Number: 5992-3193 Published: September 2009 Edition: 2.6 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 2
and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Acknowledgments Intel® and Itanium - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 3
...18 Setting Up a Serial Console...18 Setting Up a VGA Console...19 Preparing the Server Hardware...19 Setting Up the Boot Drive...19 Accessing the Removable Media Devices Using EFI 20 Enabling a CD/DVD Device...20 Enabling a USB Device...21 3 Installing the OS and Updating the Server 23 Using HP - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 4
HP Support Pack 39 HP Management Base for Integrity Servers 39 HP Insight Management Agents...39 HP System Management Homepage 40 HP Server Manageability eXtensions 40 HP WBEM Providers for Linux...40 HP Partition Manager ...40 HP nPartition Commands...40 HP Array Configuration Utility - Command - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 5
HP SAS Integrated Raid (IR) Configuration Utility May Cause Kernel Panics on RHEL4U7 58 Flashing HP PCIe 2-port 1000Base-T adapter (AD337A) Adapters 58 D Supported Products Matrix 59 Table of Contents 5 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 6
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such as configuring storage adapters, upgrading firmware, preparing a system hardware inventory, and installing diagnostics tools. • The HP Support Pack installs additional utilities and tools (such as HP system management software) after the Linux OS is installed. It includes the HP Integrity Linux - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 8
product support service. See your HP sales representative for details. For the latest version of this document online, see HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01861377/c01861377.pdf Manufacturing Part Number - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 9
Suite for Integrity with Linux website: http://www.hp.com/go/integritylinuxessentials - The Intel EFI website: http://developer.intel.com/technology/efi/ - The HP WBEM Providers for Linux product website: http://www.hp.com/go/wbemlinux - The HP Systems Insight Manager website: http://www.hp.com/go - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 10
HP products and services, see the HP website: http://www.hp. 11 For product information, contact any of the HP worldwide sales offices or HP Channel Partners (in the United States, call 1 800 637 7740). HP Encourages Your Comments HP @hp.com Include the document title, manufacturing part number, - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 11
and includes any problem resolutions that have been implemented to improve the product. HP recommends that you frequently update your copy of the HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux to ensure that your servers are being managed with the most current support tools and that - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 12
the rx2660, BL860c and BL870c HP Integrity servers: The use of the MPT Fusion HBA driver on the rx2660, BL860c, and BL870c HP Integrity servers requires an update of this driver when your server is running RHEL5 or SLES10 and is described in "Installing the MPT Fusion HBA Drivers for Linux" (page 33 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 13
to keep the data residing on the server hard disk, you must back up the data and verify that you can restore it elsewhere. Use HP Smart Setup to prepare the server hardware for installation and update the system with the latest firmware and drivers. Use the Linux Installer media to load the OS files - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 14
Linux system). Using the minicom or cu command, connect to the server through the Management Processor (MP) serial port or LAN port. Figure 1-1 shows serial consoles connected to an HP Integrity rx4640 server. Figure 1-1 Serial Console Configuration When using a headless console to install Linux - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 15
the OS Use the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility to install the EFI driver and utilities and to upgrade firmware, which ensures the stability and performance of the system. Installation Process The OS installation process involves preparing the server, installing the OS on the server, and updating it with - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 16
Figure 1-3 Installation Overview There are minor differences in the sequence of tasks or the interface you use to perform them based on your choice of console and installation media. Use the detailed instructions in the following chapters, and note any warnings or cautions that might apply. 16 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 17
detailed instructions for each task. Obtaining the Latest HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux HP recommends that you frequently update your copy of the HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux to ensure that your servers are being managed with the most current support - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 18
Using a Serial Console" (page 49). Setting Up a Serial Console From the serial console, you can access the EFI shell and the MP. Use these utilities while installing and administering Linux on HP Integrity servers. You can configure a serial console in two ways: • Connect a PC to the MP serial port - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 19
instructions, see "Configuring and Using a Serial Console" (page 49). Setting Up a VGA Console On servers configured with an internal graphics adapter, you can connect a monitor, keyboard, and mouse directly to the appropriate ports. On HP Integrity rx5670 servers, you must first install an HP - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 20
User Guide. You can interrupt the boot process to invoke the EFI-based SmartArray configuration utility, ORCA. To invoke this utility press F8 on the VGA console or Esc-8 on the serial console. Accessing the Removable Media Devices Using EFI When hardware (for example, a hard disk drive, a USB Hard - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 21
TIP: The map command displays or defines a mapping between a user-defined name and a device handle. The most common use of this command is to assign drive letters to device handles that support a file system protocol. After these mappings are created, the drive letters can be used with all the file - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 22
The Smart Setup EBSU entry is created in the EFI Boot Manager as a selection for booting to launch the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility. NOTE: This entry may fail if you change the USB connection. You must execute the preceding steps again to reconnect the USB HDD device. 22 Preparing for Installation - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 23
Install the OS The HP Smart Setup EBSU utility provides an easy-to-use interface for installing the OS and for performing other tasks, such as configuring storage adapters, upgrading firmware, partitioning the hard disk, and installing diagnostic tools. Installation requires a serial or VGA console - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 24
on your system that Linux does not support, the list of unsupported adapters is displayed. In addition, you are warned that you can continue with the use of the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility, however, it could invalidate your HP service contract. For more HP Integrity server information, see the - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 25
returned to the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility introduction screen to continue with your Linux installation using the new ACPI configuration. Or MPS Setting The following screen is displayed: Figure 3-5 Configure the MPS Setting The current MPS setting is determined from the system. If it is set to "ON - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 26
. Other (non-boot) storage can be configured using the HP Smart Setup EBSU utility or after OS installation. 6. Select the appropriate storage adapter and press Enter. 7. A list is provided with device IDs that are applicable to your adapter as generated by the EFI command drvcfg, as shown in Figure - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 27
is the firmware update screen, which lists each system device, its installed firmware version, and the firmware version that is in the HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux you are using. Figure 3-9 Page 1: Update Firmware If the server is cell-based, the firmware update screen is - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 28
supported servers except the following: rx1660 rx4640 rx1620 rx5670 rx2600 rx7620 rx2620 rx8620 cx2620 Superdome sx1000 For these servers, you must contact HP Support for assistance in upgrading the firmware. Figure 3-11 Page 2: Disk Partitioning 28 Installing the OS and Updating the Server - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 29
. NOTE: The EFI System Partition (ESP) and the HP Service Partition (HPSP) will be created on the chosen logical volume to simplify the maintenance of your server. b. For question 3, specify the option to install the Drive Explorer utility, which enables you to browse a drive in EFI. Select Next - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 30
Firewall configuration • Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) • Package group selection The instructions for the supported OSs are detailed in the following documents: • For RHEL4- See Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Installation Guide for x86, Itanium, AMD64, and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 31
Updates from the Web The latest software updates for your HP Integrity server are available from the HP Business Support Center as follows: 1. Go to the http://www.hp.com/support/itaniumservers/ website. 2. Click on the appropriate product link for your server. 3. Click the Download drivers - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 32
for Linux If your system contains Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), you should ensure that the most current drivers supported by HP are installed; this is applicable to all releases of Linux distributions. Fibre Channel HBAs include the following: A6826A PCI-X 2-port 2Gbps Fibre Channel A7538A - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 33
entries are shown that match the model numbers listed, update the driver using the following steps: 1. Go to http://www.hp.com/. 2. Click Software & Drivers. 3. Click Download drivers and software (and firmware). 4. In the For Product field, enter the model number of your Fibre Channel adapter (for - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 34
Driver Update for Integrity Servers driver to download the tar file. 7. Install the driver on your system: # rpm -ivh 8. Reboot your system. NOTE: To avoid any potential issues, review the known issue "Installing the MPT Fusion HBA Driver on RHEL 5U2 and RHEL 5U3 using - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 35
HP SmartArray P600 Controller User's Guide, and HP SmartArray P800 Controller User's Guide. To access ORCA: 1. Log on to the MP (management processor) using telnet or Hyperterminal. 2. Enter the console command, CO, to access the SAC> prompt. 3. At the SAC> prompt, enter restart to reboot the system - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 36
menu are not part of the steps required to prepare your system for Linux installation, but such options can be used to customize, diagnose problems, or fine-tune firmware settings. Accessing HP Smart Setup Utilities To access the HP Smart Setup utilities: 1. Power on the server. The server boots to - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 37
these servers, you must contact HP Support for assistance in upgrading the firmware. • Create Partitions and Install Diagnostics-Creates partitions, such as the EFI System Partition (ESP) or the HP Service Partition (HPSP). - ESP - A partition that is required to boot the OS. Only the EFI drivers - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 38
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Base Installation and User's Guide: http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7630 HP Insight Management Agents Based on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), HP Insight Management Agents (HPIMA) allow you to remotely monitor configuration information and system status on your HP Integrity server from - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 40
HP Insight Management Agents for Linux on HP Integrity Servers: Installation Guide and Release Notes: http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-2731/ HP System Management Homepage The HP System Management Homepage (SMH) is a web server that can be used by HP web-enabled system management software. The System - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 41
Line Interface (ACU-CLI) for Linux on Itanium-based systems is an online tool that can be used to manage and configure Smart Array-based storage controllers. The HP ACU-CLI is an interactive command console that provides immediate feedback to the user, and is functionally equivalent to the ACU GUI - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 42
number of HP Integrity servers rapidly and efficiently. Using SSTK, you can develop custom scripts that simplify server deployments by automating various hardware configuration and software installation operations. SSTK can set specific Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) boot variables, create disk - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 43
Kit Product Installing Sun JDK 6 for the Linux IA64 Platform Use this procedure to install the Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) 6. 1. Download Sun JDK 6 binary file for the Linux Intel Itanium platform from the Sun Developer Network website: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp 2. Set - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 44
bypass this step. # echo 0 >/selinux/enforce 2. Download the JRockit 5.0 R27.5 JDK Linux (Intel Itanium - 64-bit) file to the directory on the Linux system where HP Partition Manager, nPartition Commands, and nPartition Provider are to be installed from the BEA JRockit website: http://download2.bea - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 45
prompted to make additional selections based on the software update option you selected in the previous step. The installer analyzes your system and prepares it for installation of the products provided with the HP Support Pack. NOTE: If the installer detects missing RPMs that are necessary to the - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 46
Install The nPartition Management GUI for HP Integrity servers. 6. Install HP WBEM Providers for Linux 7. Install HP Command Line Array Configuration Utility 8. Install HP Utilization WBEM Provider 9. Install HPVM Guest Kit for Linux 10. Install The Open64 Compiler Suite v4.2.1 11. Install or update - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 47
. Instructions for solving these conflicts or how to properly configure HP Management Base are provided by the installer. NOTE: There is a known compatibility issue with HP ACU-CLI and RHEL5U1 on HP Integrity servers with a SmartArray controller configured with more than one logical drive. To - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 48
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, enter Y and press Enter. The firmware and serial console are configured after system reset. Using a Serial Console Although you might have set up a serial console in the EFI boot manager, Linux defaults to a VGA console. If no VGA device is present, console output is directed to a stub device - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 50
uses kernel revision 2.6.10 or later (Post RHEL4), this method of specifying a console will not work. For more information on serial ports with these kernels, see the Linux Cross Reference website: http://lxr.linux.no/source/Documentation/ia64/serial.txt 50 Configuring and Using a Serial Console - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 51
products contained in the HP Support Pack have dependencies or prerequisites that may or may not, already be available on your system. If there are dependencies that are not delivered with the installer or with the Linux OS installation hpmgmtbase-2.11-xxx.rhel4 hpwbem-base-server-3.3.8-xxx.rhel4 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 52
hpmgmtbase-2.11-xxx. hp.com-npartition-providers-1.07.01-xxx.rhel5.ia64.rpm need below packages: glibc libgcc libstdc++ hp hp.com-parmgr-2.02.04-xxx.rhel5.ia64.rpm need below packages: None hp-smx-02.05-xxx.rhel5.ia64.rpm need below packages: glibc libgcc libstdc++ hp snmp hpmgmtbase-2.11-xxx.sles10 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 53
-8.28-xxx.ia64.rpm need below packages: glibc prctl libunwind hpmgmtbase-2.11-xxx.sles11.ia64.rpm need below packages: binutils glibc sles-release hpsmx-webapp-0.2-7.noarch.rpm need below packages: libxml2-python python python-xml hp-smx-02.05-xxx.sles11.ia64.rpm need below packages: glibc libtdb1 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 54
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Enterprise Server 11 (SLES11) has a verbose sfcb default configuration setting for all PAM authenticated actions. This setting results in a superfluous message of the following form: pam_succeed_if(sfcb:auth): requirement "user ingroup sfcb" was met by the root user. This message appears in /var/log - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 56
storage adapters. You must first select the Maintain Firmware function from the HP Smart Setup EBSU main menu to upgrade the adapters, thus installing the EFI driver. You can then proceed to use the Configure Storage function to set up your storage adapter. Partitioning Fibre Channel HBA Adapters - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 57
new stanza is missing a line, which causes the server hang during reboot. To avoid the system hangs during reboot, you must modify the file /etc/elilo.conf manually after the MPT Fusion driver is installed and before rebooting the server using the following steps: 1. Edit /etc/elilo.conf. 2. Add - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 58
May Cause Kernel Panics on RHEL4U7 The Integrated Raid (IR) Configuration Utility, cfggen, is a Linux command line utility that configures the IR functionality of the HP Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controllers that are used in LSI-1068-based HP SAS controllers. The cfggen utility causes kernel - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 59
description of the part, and the initial, supported Linux distribution(s) including later updates or service packs. Table D-1 Supported Products Matrix Part Number Description RHEL Support SLES Support 4 4U1 4U3 4U4 4U6 5 5U1 10 10 SP1 10 SP2 11 Fibre Channel 403619B21 HP BLc QLogic QMH2462 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 60
Giga Adptr A9900A Win/Linux 2 port X 1000Base-T Giga Adptr AB290A HP PCI-X 2p X 1000BT, 2p U320 SCSI Adptr AB306A Core IO for the X rx86/rp8420 server AB314A HP Integrity X rx8640 Core I/O adapter 2p GigE NIC PCI-X 2-port X 1000BT w/WOL (Core I/O) AD144A Win/Linux X 133MHz 10GbE - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 61
rx1620/ rx2620/cx2620 rx2660 Embedded I/O for X rx2660 MP A6695 69101 SCSI and MP Core I/O A6875A HP Management X Processor Adapter for ZX6000 A9918A Core I/O for the X rx76xx/rp7420 server AB306A Core IO for the X rx86/rp8420 server AB314A HP Integrity X rx8640 Core I/O Adapter - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 62
69101 SCSI and MP Core I/O A6794A SCSI & LAN Core X I/O (Procurium) A7059A Windows and X Linux Ultra160 SCSI Adapter A7060A Windows, Linux 2 X port Ultra160 SCSI HBA A7173A HP Dual Channel X Ultra320 SCSI Adapter A9918A Core I/O for the X rx76xx/rp7420 server SLES Support 4U6 5 5U1 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 63
Unified Core I/O board rx1600/ rx2600 Embedded I/O for X rx1600/ rx2600 rx1620/ rx2620/ cx2620 Embedded I/O for X rx1620/ rx2620/cx2620 rx2660 Embedded I/O for X rx2660 rx4640 Embedded I/O for X rx4640 Video A6869A Graphics USB adapter for HP servers A6875A HP Management X Processor - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 64
Table D-1 Supported Products Matrix (continued) Part Number Description RHEL Support 4 4U1 4U3 4U4 BL860c Embedded I/O for X BL860c BL870c Embedded I/O for BL870c RUSA Ruby/Sapphire X UCIO Unified Core I/O board rx2660 Embedded I/O for X rx2660 rx4640 Embedded I/O for X rx4640 - HP Rx2620-2 | HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with Linux User's Guide - Page 65
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*5992-3193* Printed in the US
HP Insight Foundation Suite for Integrity with
Linux User's Guide
HP Smart Setup
HP Support Pack
HP Part Number: 5992-3193
Published: September 2009
Edition: 2.6