Setting Up the Service Processor

C H A P T E R 3

This chapter describes how to set up the service processor for the first time on your Sun Fire X2100 M2 or Sun Fire X2200 M2 system. It includes the following sections:

Service Processor Components

Powering On the Server

Communicating with the System SP

Configuring the IP Address Manually

Service Processor Components

The Sun Fire X2100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2 server service processors consists of four components, three of which are on your host server and one of which is on the client system that accesses your host server. The four components are as follows:

SP hardware. Your server is equipped with a service processor (SP) that performs the following functions:

Monitors the status and configuration of field-replaceable components of your server, such as fans, disk drives, and power supplies.

Provides serial and Ethernet connections to external terminals or local area networks (LANs).

SP firmware. Preinstalled on the SP is a library of system management firmware applications. This firmware is operating system independent, and applications provide the following system management interfaces into your server:

A web-based graphical interface

A Secure Shell (SSH) command-line interface

An IPMI v2.0 command interface

A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1, v2c, or v3 interface

These interfaces call the same underlying system management functions on your SP, so you can choose to work with one or more of these SP interfaces to integrate with the other management interfaces running in your data center.

Remote Console application. The Remote Console application is a piece of layered software that enables remote clients to view the graphical console of your host server as though they were directly attached to its video connector. The Remote Console is a mirror of the video output (up to resolutions of 1600 x 1200) from the server’s VGA video connector. The remote keyboard, mouse, CD drive, or diskette drive will appear as standard USB devices.

Note - The Remote Console application is automatically installed on your client as a Java trademark

Webstart application when the remote console is viewed for the first time, and requires only a web browser correctly configured with a Sun Java plug-in version 1.5.0 or greater. You can download Java for free from http://java.sun.com.

Client-side secure shell application. To access the SP through a remote secure shell (SSH), you must install a secure shell communications application on the remote client system (server, workstation, or laptop). Many secure shell communications applications are available from commercial or open-source distribution. Go to http://www.openssh.org for information about open-source client-side SSH applications.

Your Sun Fire X2100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2 server SP hardware and firmware is configured to reflect the most common default settings used in the field. It is unlikely that you will need to change these defaults.

Powering On the Server

Apply standby power only to the server at this point so that you can perform initial configuration of the service processor. See the procedures for powering on to main power mode and for shutting down from main power mode, which are included in your server installation manual. See your platform-specific Server Installation Guide for instructions.

Apply Standby Power for Initial Service Processor Configuration

Apply standby power to the service processor (SP) before initial configuration.

Caution - Do not operate the server without all fans, component heatsinks, air baffles, and the cover installed. Severe damage to server components can occur if operated without adequate cooling mechanisms.

See your server hardware installation guide for information and cautions regarding power, cabling, and system hardware.

At this point, standby power is supplied only to the service processor (SP) board and power supply fans. You can proceed with Communicating with the System SP to begin initial configuration.

Caution - Do not apply main power to the rest of the server until you are ready to install or change a platform operating system.

Communicating with the System SP

The on-board service processor communicates through the system serial port as well as through a dedicated Ethernet port. In Chapter 2 you saw that:

You can run the command-line interface (CLI) connected directly to the serial port. See Connecting Through the Serial Port

You can run the CLI and the web-based interface through the Ethernet port. See Connecting Over Ethernet

Both or either of these methods are initiated through a terminal console on your laptop or PC.

Next you must set up the environment in which the SP will function.The simplest way is through the web-based interface.

Setting Up the Service Processor Using the Web-Based Interface

Each new Sun Fire X2100 M2 and Sun Fire X2200 M2 server system is delivered with DHCP set at the default. If an IP address is not found within 5 seconds, the system will use the default IP address to allow instant Web access: 192.168.xx.xx (xx.xx is the last two digits of the MAC address).

To Set Up the SP Using the Web-Based Interface

1. Open your web browser.

See TABLE 2-2 in Connecting Over Ethernet for minimum browser versions supported by the web-based interface.

2. Enter the address you determined earlier in the address bar.

See Setting Up Communications for initial communications procedures.The IP address enables you to connect directly to the service processor and the server system software.

The ELOM Login screen appears (see FIGURE 3-1).

Note - Web browser connections to the web-based interface over the insecure HTTP protocol will be automatically redirected to the secure SSL encrypted HTTPS protocol by default.

FIGURE 3-1 The ELOM Login Screen

The ELOM Login ScreenSystem Management Login Screen example. [ D ]

3. Enter the user name and password, and click Login.

Username: root

Password: changeme

Configuring the IP Address Manually

To Configure the IP Addres Manually

Note - You will only need to do this if you cannot initially log in to the SP. Once you have established a connection through the web browser, you can configure the IP address from the web-based interface by choosing Control -> Network.

1. Click the Configuration tab to display the configuration menus for the ELOM interface.

2. Click Network, and deselect the Enable DHCP check box.

3. Enter the IP address, Mask, Gateway, and DNS settings.

If you leave Enable DHCP selected, the choice provides dynamic IP addresses according to their availability, see the Note at Step 5.

FIGURE 3-2 Configuration Network Submenu

Configuration Network SubmenuControl Network Submenu of the System Management Interface [ D ]

Note - If you change the IP address manually so that it differs from the default address of the SP, make sure to deselect the Enable DHCP box. When you reconnect through your web browser you will use the new IP address.

4. Click Submit.

The connection might appear to freeze; this is because the IP address is changed.

5. Enter the new IP address into the web browser address bar, and log in again.

Note - If you choose DHCP, there are three ways to determine an IP address: Find out the IP address through the CLI. See Connecting Through the Serial Port; Configure a DHCP server. See To Configure Your DHCP Server.;View the IP address through the system BIOS. See TABLE A-4.