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Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.1 What's New

Chapter 1 N1 System Manager and the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System

Sun N1 System Manager 1.3.1 includes all of the functionality of the previous version of the product, and adds support for the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System hardware.

This chapter describes how the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System hardware is defined in the context of N1 System Manager, and provides the procedures for configuring the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System for management by N1 System Manager.

N1 System Manager can be used to discover and manage the Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules in a chassis but not the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis itself.

Introduction to N1 System Manager 1.3.1

This version of the N1 System Manager software supports the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System hardware.

The Sun Blade 8000 hardware is defined by N1 System Manager as follows:

Sun Blade 8000 Chassis

The support chassis, which can contain one or several Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules, to become a Sun Blade 8000 Modular System. The chassis also contains a system controller (SC) known as the Chassis Monitoring Module, (CMM). The CMM has a DB9 console connector and an Ethernet port for IP configuration.

Sun Blade X8400 Server Module

This module is a four-socket Sun Blade X8400 Server Module, which is inserted into the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis. Each Sun Blade X8400 Server Module has a service processor (SP), 2 USB ports, 1 VGA port, and 1 DB9 connector for console access.

The Sun Blade 8000 Modular System

This system is a Sun Blade 8000 Chassis, with one or several Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules installed. The server modules within a single chassis are known as blades, and are defined by the N1 System Manager software as being a distinct group of servers, identical to the N1 System Manager concept of a logical group, described in Creating Groups and Adding Managed Servers to Groups in Sun N1 System Manager 1.3 Discovery and Administration Guide. A discovered group of Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules in a Sun Blade 8000 Modular System is also referred to as a chassis server group.

Sun Blade 8000 Modular System Hardware, Firmware, and OS Requirements

The following tables list the hardware details, operating systems, firmware, and credentials supported by N1 System Manager, for the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System.

Note –

Do not use a Sun Blade X8400 Server Module as the management server for N1 System Manager. Use one of the supported management server listed in Management Server Requirements.

Table 1–1 Sun Blade X8400 Server Module Hardware and OS Requirements

Requirement Type 

Recommendation 

RAM 

512 Mbytes minimum, 1 Gbyte recommended 

Disk Space 

12 Gbytes minimum 

Provisionable Operating Systems 

Solaris x64 Version 10 Update 2, 

64-bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 AS Update 3, 

64-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3,  

64-bit 

Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE, SP1 32-bit 

Windows 2003 SE, 2003 EE 64-bit 

Table 1–2 Sun Blade 8000 Modular System Firmware Requirements

Chassis Component 

Management Port 

Minimum 

Sun Blade 8000 Chassis CMM 

ILOM 

Firmware 1.1 

Firmware build 11149 

Sun Blade X8400 Server Module SP 

ILOM 

Firmware 1.1 

Firmware build 11149 

Sun Blade X8400 Server Module BIOS 

 

0ABHL048 

Note –

N1 System Manager supports upgrading the firmware on the Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules. This release of N1 System Manager does not support upgrading the firmware on the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis.

The Sun Blade 8000 Chassis CMM and the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module SP must be at the same firmware level. See the hardware documentation for more information.

Table 1–3 Sun Blade 8000 Modular System Default Credentials

Management Port Type 

SSH Login 

SSH Password 

IPMI Login 

IPMI Password 

ILOM 

root 

changeme

root 

changeme

Note –

If no other credentials are specified during discovery of Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules, the default credentials assumed by N1 System Manager are the factory default credentials, as listed in Table 1–3.

Configuring the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System

Before any Sun Blade X8400 Server Modules installed in a Sun Blade 8000 Chassis can be discovered by N1 System Manager, you must assign an IP address, gateway address, and netmask to the CMM of the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis and to each Sun Blade X8400 Server Module service processor in the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis.

Note –

For discovery to be successful, each Sun Blade 8000 Chassis must contain at least one Sun Blade X8400 Server Module blade.

ProcedureTo Configure Network Addresses for a Sun Blade 8000 Modular System

  1. Connect a terminal to the DB9 serial port of the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis or Sun Blade X8400 Server Module to be configured.

  2. Provide the command environment.

    Log in with the factory default CMM credentials, which are detailed in Table 1–3.

  3. Set the IP address, gateway address, and netmask for the SC of the CMM in the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis.

    Type the following commands where IP-address is the IP address for the SC of the CMM in the Sun Blade 8000 Chassis, gateway–address is the gateway IP address, and netmask is the netmask:


    N1-ok> set /CMM/network/CMM0 pendingipaddress = IP-address


    N1-ok> set /CMM/network/CMM0 pendingipgateway = gateway-address


    N1-ok> set /CMM/network/CMM0 pendingipnetmask = netmask


    N1-ok> set /CMM/network/CMM0 commitpending=true

  4. Verify the bench configuration of these addresses:


    N1-ok> show /CMM/network/CMM0

  5. Set the IP address, gateway address, and netmask for the SP of each Sun Blade X8400 Server Module in the chassis.

    Type the following commands where IP-address is the IP address for the SP, gateway-address is the gateway IP address, static is the static IP address, blade-number is the number associated with the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module in the chassis, and netmask is the netmask:


    N1-ok> set /CH/BLblade-number/SP/network pendingipaddress = IP-address


    N1-ok> set /CH/BLblade-number/SP/network pendingipgateway = gateway-address


    N1-ok> set /CH/BLblade-number/SP/network pendingipnetmask = netmask


    N1-ok> set /CH/BLblade-number/SP/network pendingipdiscovery = static


    N1-ok> set /CH/BLblade-number/SP/network commitpending=true

    For example, if the blade-number of the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module is 0, type the following command to set the IP address.


    N1-ok> set /CH/BL0/SP/network pendingipaddress = IP-address

  6. Verify the bench configuration of these addresses:


    N1-ok> show /CH/BLblade-number/SP/network

    For example, if the blade-number of the Sun Blade X8400 Server Module is 0, type the following command to verify the bench configuration of these addresses.


    N1-ok> show /CH/BL0/SP/network