Fujitsu ServerView Virtual-IO Manager V3.1 User manual

User Guide - English
ServerView Suite
ServerView Virtual-IO Manager V3.1
User Guide
Edition October 2012

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Contents
Contents 3
1 Introduction 11
1.1 Target groups and objective of this manual 12
1.2 System requirements 12
1.3 Supported Hardware 14
1.4 Changes since the previous edition 21
1.5 ServerView Suite link collection 21
1.6 Documentation for the ServerView Suite 23
1.7 Typographic conventions 24
2 Virtual-IO Manager - Introduction 25
2.1 Virtual addresses 25
2.2 Special connection blade for blade server 25
2.3 Management with VIOM - Procedure 28
2.4 Defining networks (LAN) (for blade servers only) 30
2.5 Server profiles 43
2.5.1 Defining server profiles 44
2.5.2 Assigning server profiles 44
2.5.3 Dedicated LAN connections (only for blade servers) 45
2.5.4 Virtualizing I/O parameters 45
2.6 Server profile failover (for blade servers only) 47
2.7 High-Availability (HA) support 48
3 Installation and uninstallation 57
3.1 Prerequisites for the VIOM installation 57
3.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based CMS 58
3.2.1 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using a graphical interface
59
3.2.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using the command line
interface 68
3.3 Updating the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based CMS 72
3.4 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS 73
3.4.1 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using a graphical interface
74
3.4.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using the command line 84
3.4.3 Important directories of Virtual-IO Manager 88
3.4.4 Collecting diagnostic information 89
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3.5 Updating the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS 89
3.6 License management 90
3.7 Updating ServerView Operations Manager 94
3.8 Upgrading or moving the SQL Server database 95
3.9 Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager 96
3.9.1 Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based
CMS 96
3.9.2 Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS
96
4 Configuration 97
4.1 Configurations on the managed BX600 Blade Server 97
4.1.1 Supported hardware configurations for the connection
blades 97
4.1.1.1 LAN hardware configuration 98
4.1.1.2 Fibre Channel hardware configuration 99
4.1.2 Configuring the BX600 management blade 99
4.1.3 Configuring the I/O connection blades 101
4.1.4 Connecting IBP modules 104
4.1.4.1 Network - Overview 105
4.1.4.2 Notes and recommendations 106
4.2 Configurations on the managed BX400 Blade Server 109
4.2.1 Supported hardware configurations for the connection
blades 110
4.2.1.1 LAN hardware configuration 111
4.2.1.2 Fibre Channel hardware configuration 112
4.2.2 Configuring the BX400 management blade 113
4.2.3 Configuring the I/O connection blades 114
4.2.4 Connecting IBP modules 115
4.2.4.1 Network - Overview 116
4.2.5 Switch stacking support 117
4.3 Configurations on the managed BX900 Blade Server 118
4.3.1 Supported hardware configurations for the connection
blades 119
4.3.1.1 LAN hardware configuration 119
4.3.1.2 Fibre Channel hardware configuration 121
4.3.2 Configuring the BX900 management blade 121
4.3.3 Configuring the I/O connection blades 123
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4.3.4 Connecting IBP modules 126
4.3.4.1 Network - Overview 126
4.3.5 Switch stacking support 127
4.4 Configurations on the managed PRIMERGY rack server 129
4.5 VIOM server profile mapping 132
4.6 PCI slot location in PRIMERGY rack servers 133
4.7 Adding a server to the ServerView server list 135
5 Virtual-IO Manager user interface 137
5.1 Virtual-IO Manager main window 137
5.2 Tree view 139
5.2.1 Tree structure (Server List) 140
5.2.2 Tree structure (Profiles) 141
5.3 Tabs 142
5.3.1 Virtual-IO Manager tab 142
5.3.2 Setup tab 144
5.3.3 Ext. LAN Connections tab 148
5.3.3.1 Graphic tab on Ext. LAN Connections tab 148
5.3.3.2 Details tab on Ext. LAN Connections tab 150
5.3.4 Server Configuration tab 151
5.3.5 Chassis Configuration tab 156
5.3.6 Server Profiles view 158
5.4 Wizards 161
5.4.1 Create Network for IBP wizard (only for blade servers) 162
5.4.1.1 Select Type step (Create Network wizard) 163
5.4.1.2 Edit Properties step (Create Network wizard - internal
network) 164
5.4.1.3 Edit Properties step (Create Network wizard - single
/VLAN network) 165
5.4.1.4 Edit Properties step (Create Network wizard - ded-
icated service network) 168
5.4.1.5 DCB Properties step (Create Network wizard - sin-
gle/VLAN network) 172
5.4.1.6 Add Networks step (Create Network wizard - VLAN
network) 174
5.4.2 Edit Uplink Set wizard 176
5.4.2.1 Edit Properties step (Edit Uplink Set wizard - sin-
gle/VLAN network) 176
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5.4.2.2 Edit Properties step (Edit Uplink Set wizard - dedicated
service network) 180
5.4.2.3 DCB Properties (Edit Uplink Set wizard - single/VLAN
network) 183
5.4.2.4 Add Networks step (Edit Uplink Set wizard - VLAN net-
work) 185
5.4.3 Create Server Profile wizard 187
5.4.3.1 Name step (Create Server Profile wizard) 187
5.4.3.2 Configure Cards step (Create Server Profile wizard) 189
5.4.3.3 IO-Channels step (Create Server Profile wizard) 190
5.4.3.4 Boot Parameter step (Create Server Profile wizard) 194
5.4.3.5 CNA Parameter step (Create Server Profile wizard) 200
5.4.3.6 Virtual Addresses step (Create Server Profile wizard)
202
5.4.3.7 Confirm step (Create Server Profile wizard) 204
5.4.4 Edit Server Profile wizard 205
5.4.4.1 Name step (Edit Server Profile wizard) 205
5.4.4.2 Configure Cards step (Edit Server Profile wizard) 207
5.4.4.3 IO-Channels step (Edit Server Profile wizard) 208
5.4.4.4 Boot Parameter step (Edit Server Profile wizard) 212
5.4.4.5 CNA Parameter step (Edit Server Profile wizard) 218
5.4.4.6 Virtual Addresses step (Edit Server Profile wizard) 220
5.4.4.7 Confirm step (Edit Server Profile wizard) 222
5.4.5 Save Configuration wizard 223
5.4.5.1 Select Action step (Configuration Backup/Restore wiz-
ard) 223
5.4.5.2 Select File step (Save Configuration Wizard) 224
5.4.5.3 Select File step (Restore Configuration wizard) 225
5.4.5.4 Select File step (Delete Backup Files wizard) 227
5.4.5.5 Select Data step (Save Configuration wizard) 228
5.4.5.6 Select Data step (Restore Configuration wizard) 229
5.4.5.7 Select Data step (Delete Backup Files wizard) 230
5.5 Dialog boxes 231
5.5.1 Authentication dialog box (single blade server) 231
5.5.2 Authentication dialog box (PRIMERGY rack server) 234
5.5.3 Authentication dialog box (PRIMERGY rack server and
blade server) 236
5.5.4 Licenses Information dialog box 237
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5.5.5 Preferences dialog box 238
5.5.6 Restore Options dialog box (servers) 241
5.5.7 Restore Options dialog box (server profiles) 243
5.5.8 Select Profile dialog box 245
5.6 Context menus 247
5.6.1 Context menus on the Ext. LAN Connections tab 247
5.6.2 Context menus in the Server Profiles view 248
5.6.3 Context menu on the Server Configuration tab 249
5.7 General buttons 251
5.7.1 Buttons in the area on the left 251
5.7.2 Button in the area on the right 251
5.7.3 General buttons in other dialog boxes 251
5.8 Icons 252
6 Using the Virtual-IO Manager 253
6.1 Starting the Virtual-IO Manager 253
6.2 Closing Virtual-IO Manager 253
6.3 Logging the actions using VIOM 254
6.3.1 Logging the actions on Windows 254
6.3.2 Logging the actions on Linux 256
7 Managing servers with VIOM 257
7.1 Activating management with VIOM 257
7.2 Changing access rights and ports 259
7.3 Deactivating management with VIOM 261
7.4 VIOM internal operations on blade servers 261
7.5 VIOM-internal operations on a PRIMERGYrack server 266
7.6 Displaying license information 275
8 Defining network paths (LAN) 277
8.1 Defining an uplink set 278
8.1.1 Defining an internal network 279
8.1.2 Defining a single network 280
8.1.3 Defining VLAN networks 282
8.1.4 Defining a dedicated service network 285
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8.2 Modifying an uplink set 285
8.3 Deleting networks 286
8.4 Copying an IBP configuration 287
8.5 Copying configuration 288
9 Defining and assigning server profiles 289
9.1 Defining server profiles 290
9.2 Viewing server profiles 294
9.3 Modifying server profiles 294
9.4 Copying server profiles 295
9.5 Deleting server profiles 296
9.6 Assigning server profiles 296
9.7 Deleting profile assignments 298
10 Viewing the blade server configuration 301
11 Saving and restoring 303
11.1 Saving your configuration and server profiles 303
11.2 Restoring the configuration 304
11.2.1 Restoring server profiles 305
11.2.2 Restoring blade server configurations 306
11.2.3 Restoring PRIMERGYrack server configurations 307
11.3 Deleting backup files on the management station 308
11.4 Restoring VIOM-specific configurations 308
11.4.1 Restoring an IBP module configuration 308
11.4.2 Deleting the configuration of an uninstalled IBP module 309
11.4.3 Restoring the configuration of a server blade slot 310
11.4.4 Restoring the blade server chassis configuration 311
12 Importing and exporting server profiles 313
12.1 Exporting server profiles 313
12.2 Importing server profiles 313
12.3 Format of export files 314
12.3.1 The Objects element 314
12.3.2 The ServerProfiles element 315
12.3.3 The ServerProfile element 316
12.3.4 The IOChannel element 319
12.3.5 The Address element 323
12.3.6 The BootEnvironment element 323
12.3.7 The ISCSIBootConfiguration element 324
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12.3.8 The FCBootConfiguration element 327
12.3.9 The DCBConfiguration element 329
12.3.10 The FunctionConfiguration element 329
13 VIOM scenarios 331
13.1 Shifting tasks from one server blade to another 331
13.2 Moving tasks using the server profile failover 332
13.3 Disaster Recovery 333
14 VIOM database 337
14.1 VIOM Backup Service 338
14.1.1 Configuring the job schedule on Windows 339
14.1.1.1 Syntax of Quartz cron expressions 340
14.1.2 Configuring the job schedule on Linux 342
14.1.3 Configuring the output directories 343
14.1.4 Starting the Backup Service on Windows 344
14.1.5 Starting the VIOM Backup Service on Linux 344
14.1.6 Logging the Backup Service 345
14.2 Restoring the VIOM database on Windows 345
14.2.1 Restoration via SQL Server Management Studio 345
14.2.2 Restoration via Enterprise Manager 349
14.2.3 Checking the database backup 349
14.3 Restoring the VIOM database on Linux 350
15 Appendix 353
15.1 Replacing IBP modules 353
15.2 VIOM address ranges 354
15.3 Creating diagnostic data 356
15.4 Event logging 359
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