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Oracle Server CLI Tools and IPMItool 2.1 User's Guide
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Document Information

Preface

Documentation and Feedback

About This Documentation (PDF and HTML)

Change History

Oracle Hardware CLI Tools Overview

Installing Components Using the Oracle Hardware Management Pack Installer

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Installation Issues

Getting the Software

Installing Hardware Management Pack Components Using Installer

Using GUI Mode to Install and Uninstall Components

How to Install Hardware Management Components Using GUI Mode

How to Uninstall Hardware Management Components Using GUI Mode

Using Console Mode to Install or Uninstall Components

How to Install Hardware Management Components Using Console Mode

How to Uninstall Hardware Management Pack Components Using Console Mode

Using Silent Mode to Install and Uninstall Components

Silent Mode Installation Options

How to Install Hardware Management Pack Component Using Silent Mode

How to Uninstall Hardware Management Pack Component Using Silent Mode

CLI Tools Command Syntax and Conventions

CLI Tools Command Syntax

CLI Tools Device-Naming Convention

Using the biosconfig Tool

biosconfig Dependencies

biosconfig Terminology

Using biosconfig

biosconfig for Solaris OS

biosconfig for Windows

biosconfig Command Overview

What Changes the Boot List

Important Notes on Devices

Configuring the Device Boot Order

BIOS CMOS Configuration

Commands That Produce Unrelated, Innocuous, Extra Output

Using the fwupdate Tool

fwupdate Command-Line Interface

update Subcommand

list Subcommand

reset Subcommand

Device-Naming Convention

Execution Summary

Using the raidconfig Tool

raidconfig Overview

raidconfig Command Overview

list Subcommand

create raid Subcommand

delete raid Subcommand

add spare Subcommand

remove spare Subcommand and Options

modify Subcommand

export Subcommand

raidconfig export Options

import Subcommand

Using the ilomconfig Tool

ilomconfig Overview

ilomconfig Commands

Using ipmitool for Windows

ipmitool Overview

Sun IPMI System Management Driver 2.1

Using ipmitool for Configuration Tasks

CLI Tools Error Codes

Common Error Codes

biosconfig Error Codes

raidconfig Error Codes

ilomconfig Error Codes

fwupdate Error Codes

Index

How to Install Hardware Management Components Using Console Mode

Before You Begin

  1. Set up a console session with the server.

    See product documentation for instructions on doing this.

  2. To start the installer, issue one of the following commands:
    • For Solaris or Linux systems: /extract-directory/oracle-hmp-2.1/SOFTWARE/install.bin -i console
    • For Windows systems: \extract-directory\oracle-hmp-2.1\SOFTWARE\install.exe -i console

    You will see output similar to the following:

    Preparing to install...
    Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
    Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
    
    Launching installer...
    
    Preparing CONSOLE Mode Installation...
    
    
    ===============================================================================
    Oracle Hardware Management Pack                  (created with InstallAnywhere)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    
    
    
    ===============================================================================
    Introduction
    ------------
    
    InstallAnywhere will guide you through the installation of Oracle Hardware
    Management Pack.
    
    It is strongly recommended that you quit all programs before continuing with
    this installation.
    
    Respond to each prompt to proceed to the next step in the installation.  If you
    want to change something on a previous step, type 'back'.
    
    You may cancel this installation at any time by typing 'quit'.
    
    PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE:
  3. Press Enter to Continue.

    The following screen appears:

    Choose Install Set
    ------------------
    
    Please choose the Install Set to be installed by this installer.
    
      ->1- Standard
    
        2- Customize...
    
    ENTER THE NUMBER FOR THE INSTALL SET, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT:
  4. Type the number for your choice or press Enter to select Standard.
    • If you selected Standard installation, go to Step 6.
    • If you selected Custom installation, the following screen appears.
    ENTER A COMMA_SEPARATED LIST OF NUMBERS REPRESENTING THE FEATURES YOU WOULD
    LIKE TO SELECT, OR DESELECT. TO VIEW A FEATURE'S DESCRIPTION, ENTER
    '?<NUMBER>'. PRESS <RETURN> IF YOU ARE DONE:    
    
        1- [X] Hardware Management Agents
        2- [X] CLI Tools
        3- [ ] IPMITool
    
    Please choose the Features to be installed by this installer.:

    Options 1 and 2 are pre-selected. When you enter a number, it will select an item that is not selected and deselect an item that is already selected.

    For example, if you type 1, 3 Hardware Management Agents is deselected and IPMITool is selected.

  5. Type one or more numbers separated by a comma.

    If you chose to install Agents, the following screen appears. If you did not choose to install agents, go to Step 8.

    Configure Hardware Management Agent
    -----------------------------------
    
    Start the Hardware Management Agent? This agent's short name is hwmgmtd.
    
      ->1- Yes
        2- No
    
    ENTER THE NUMBER FOR YOUR CHOICE, OR PRESS  TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT::
  6. Type the number for your choice or press Enter to select Yes.

    The following screen appears:

    Configure SNMP Agent
    --------------------
    
    Start the SNMP agent? This agent's short name is snmpd on Unix and SNMP on Windows.
    
      ->1- Yes    
        2- No
    
    ENTER THE NUMBER FOR YOUR CHOICE, OR PRESS  TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT::
  7. Type the number for your choice or press Enter to select Yes..

    The following screen appears, if you selected CLI Tools in Step 5. If you did not select CLI Tools, go to Step 10:

    Configure LAN Over USB
    ----------------------
    
    Configure the LAN-over-USB interconnect between the host and ILOM.  
    This is a high-speed connection that allows fast communication with ILOM using an 
    internal IP address.  This enables IPMI and SSH clients as well as a web browser 
    running on the host operating system to connect directly to ILOM.
    
      ->1- Configure automatically
        2- Configure manually
        3- Do not configure
    
    ENTER THE NUMBER FOR YOUR CHOICE, OR PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE DEFAULT:
  8. Type the number for your choice or Enter to select Configure automatically.

    If you choose 1 or 3, go to Step 11. If you choose 2–Configure manually, the following screen appears.

    Configure LAN Over USB Manually
    -------------------------------
    
    Specify the following parameters.
    
    IP Address: (DEFAULT: 192.168.1.1):
    
    Netmask: (DEFAULT: 255.255.255.0):
    
    Host IP Address: (DEFAULT: 192.168.1.2):
  9. Enter the appropriate values for the IP Address, Netmask, and Host IP Address and press Enter.

    A screen similar to the following appears, to confirm your installation choices.

    Pre-Installation Summary
    ------------------------
    
    Please Review the Following Before Continuing:
    
    Product Name:
        Oracle Hardware Management Pack
    
    Install Folder:
        /opt/sun-ssm
    
    Install Set:
        Custom
    
    Product Features:
        Hardware Management Agents,
        CLI Tools
    
    Start Agents:
        Hardware Management Agent (hwmgmtd), SNMP Agent (snmpd/SNMP)
    
    LAN Over USB:
        Configure manually
    
    Disk Space Information (for Installation Target):
        Required:  930,151 bytes
        Available: 11,144,399,872 bytes
    
    
    PRESS <ENTER> TO CONTINUE
  10. Make sure that the information displayed is correct.
    • If the information is not correct, type Back until you get back to the screen where you want to change the information.
    • If the information shown in the screen is correct, press Enter to continue.

    The following screen appears:

    Ready To Install
    ----------------
    
    InstallAnywhere is now ready to install Oracle Hardware Management Pack onto
    your system at the following location:
    
       /opt/sun-ssm
    
    PRESS <ENTER> TO INSTALL:
  11. Press Enter to begin the installation.

    The installation should take about 2 minutes. A progress bar is displayed as the installation proceeds.

    When the installation is complete, the following screen appears:

    Installation Complete
    ---------------------
    
    Congratulations. Oracle Hardware Management Pack has been successfully
    installed to:
    
       /opt/sun-ssm
    
    PRESS <ENTER> TO EXIT THE INSTALLER:

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