Maintaining Hardware Assets

You can perform the listed actions on the hardware assets.

  • Update management credentials

  • Set power policy

  • Power systems on and off

  • Place in maintenance mode

  • Reset a server

  • Get access to the serial console

  • Enable and disable ports

  • Use locator lights to identify a specific asset

  • Check firmware compliance and update firmware.

Setting and Changing the Power Policy

The power policy allows you to set an asset in performance, elastic, or disabled mode.

The power policy allows you to set an asset in one of three different modes:

  • Performance: Unused components are put into a slower speed or sleep state and power savings features with insignificant performance impact are enabled.

  • Elastic: Components are brought in to or out of a slower speed or a sleep state to match the system's utilization of those components.

  • Disabled: All components run at full speed or capacity. This option is available for some models and ILOM version.

Viewing an Asset's Power Policy

Perform the following steps to view the power policy of an asset.

  1. Expand the Assets in the Navigation pane.
  2. Select a hardware asset.
  3. Click the Energy tab in the center pane.

Changing an Asset's Power Policy

Procedure to change the power policy of an asset.

  1. Expand the Assets in the Navigation pane.
  2. Select a hardware asset.
  3. Click Set Power Policy in the center pane to display the window shown in Figure 5-8.

    Figure 5-8 Set Power Policy

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    Description of "Figure 5-8 Set Power Policy"
  4. The current power policy is displayed. Choose the alternative policy.
  5. Click Submit to create a job that sets the power policy.

Replacing a Failed Power Distribution Unit in a Rack

Procedure to replace a failed power distribution unit in a rack.

  1. Expand Assets in the Navigation pane and then expand Racks.
  2. Navigate to the rack type and expand to show its components. Expand Power Distribution Units.
  3. Select the failed power distribution unit.
  4. Click Place in Maintenance Mode in the Action pane.
  5. Go to the rack's location and remove the failed PDU.
  6. Install the new PDU and connect it to the network, according to the procedures in the Power Distribution Units User's Guide at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E59957_01/nav/deploy.htm.
  7. Verify that the new PDU has the same IP address as the failed PDU.
  8. Use the PDU's web interface to configure the administrator user account, according to the procedure in the Power Distribution Units User's Guide.
  9. Return to the Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center user interface and navigate to the same rack and the new PDU. Select the PDU.
  10. Click Remove From Maintenance Mode in the Action pane.
  11. To update the credentials for the administrator user, click Update Management Credentials in the Action pane. The wizard opens.
  12. At the Management Type step, select HTTP credentials and then select the Create a new set of credentials option. Click Next.
  13. Enter new credentials for the administrator user.
  14. Click Apply to update credentials.
  15. To create new SNMP credentials, click Update Management Credentials in the Actions pane again.
  16. Select SNMP credentials and Create a new set of credentials.

    Specify a community string that is different than the previous community string.

  17. Press Apply to update credentials.

Installing and Upgrading Oracle Solaris Cluster

You can use cluster profiles in a deployment plan to install Oracle Solaris Cluster software and upgrade Oracle Solaris Cluster software.

You can use cluster profiles in a deployment plan to perform the following operations:

  • Install Oracle Solaris Cluster software

  • Upgrade Oracle Solaris Cluster software