NEC Express5800/320Fc Manual

NEC Corporation of America 456-01730-000Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux® Operating System

x Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System ExamplesExample 5-1. Checking the Current State of the Inter

The ftsmaint Command7-12 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System - 11/1 Mass Storage C

Kernel Memory Dump File ManagementUsing ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Software 7-13For example, the first command below brings down the bo

Kernel Memory Dump File Management7-14 Express5800/320Ma: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System (NR003L)It is important that

Simple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-1Chapter 8Simple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP8-This chapter discusses the

Installing and Configuring ftlSNMP8-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System power supplies (UPS). Net-

Installing and Configuring ftlSNMPSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-3The ftlSNMP package is preinstalled with the default Exp

Installing and Configuring ftlSNMP8-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Enter the following comman

Installing and Configuring ftlSNMPSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-5The snmpd.conf FileCAUTIONCAUTION!Use SNMPv3 when the ma

Installing and Configuring ftlSNMP8-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemWith sraTraceLevel set to b

Installing and Configuring ftlSNMPSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-7Run the following commands each time SNMP is restarted (

Preface xiPrefaceThe Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System documents tasks and information for system

SNMP Foundations and Concepts8-8 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System 3. Edit /etc/opt/ft/snmp/snmpd.

SNMP Foundations and ConceptsSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-9Net-SNMP provides a functional network administration package

SNMP Foundations and Concepts8-10 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System The Basic Net-SNMP Commands Th

SNMP Foundations and ConceptsSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-11•snmptranslate—This command converts object ID values into m

SNMP Foundations and Concepts8-12 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System NOTEThe Express Builder instal

SNMP Foundations and ConceptsSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-13For UDP or TCP/IP communications and collection of statistic

SNMP Foundations and Concepts8-14 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System SNMPv3 Support SNMPv3 support

SNMP Foundations and ConceptsSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-15SNMP, applications developed for any SNMP implementation ten

Installing Remote Network Management Services8-16 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System for extensible

Installing Remote Network Management ServicesSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-17Configuring SNMP for Remote Service Manageme

Prefacexii Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System CAUTION!A caution indicates a situation where failure

Managing SNMP8-18 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Verifying TrapsYou can easily verify traps usi

Managing SNMPSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-19instance, PCI adapter device names—may differ from what is applicable to you

Managing SNMP8-20 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System To use SNMPv3 with snmpwalk: # snmpwalk -v 3 -

Managing SNMPSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-21To control firmware burn (FWBURN) # snmpset -v 3 -t 40 -l authNoPriv -u v3us

Managing SNMP8-22 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System To check that the CPU-I/O enclosure status has

Managing SNMPSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-23Testing Ethernet Ports You can test Ethernet ports for proper traps and chan

SNMP and MIBS8-24 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System The instances of interest are the following:Th

SNMP and MIBSSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-25Device EnumerationSee Ta bl e 7-1 for information on the enumeration of har

SNMP Network Management Station Considerations8-26 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System bringing the

Initial SNMP TestingSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-27NOTES1. Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP do not require the SNMP NMS, and the pac

PrefacePreface xiii•% indicates you are logged in to a user account and are subject to certain access limitations. •# indicates you are logged in

Initial SNMP Testing8-28 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System NOTES1. Do not use this procedure on a

Initial SNMP TestingSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-29Use the following command to bring the CPU-I/O enclosure up again: #

Initial SNMP Testing8-30 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System OpState:State Definitions Tab l e 8-2 l

Initial SNMP TestingSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-31OpState:Reason Definitions Tab l e 8-3 lists reason names, SRA-ftLinu

Initial SNMP Testing8-32 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System GET and SET Operations for ftlSNMP MIB

Trap FilteringSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-33Trap Filtering This section discusses the following topics:•‘‘Trap-Filterin

Trap Filtering8-34 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Traps with the following reason codes are als

Trap FilteringSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-35RFC1213-MIB::sysUpTime.0 = Timeticks: (12030) 0:02:00.30SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTra

Trap Filtering8-36 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System SRA-ftLinux-MIB::ftcTrapAlertType.0 = STRING:

Trap FilteringSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-37SRA-ftLinux-MIB::ftcTrapGenEventTimeStampWithOffsetFromUTC.0 = STRING: &quo

Prefacexiv Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System •VTM is not available with Express5800/ftServer for L

Trap Filtering8-38 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System RFC1213-MIB::sysUpTime.0 = Timeticks: (26444)

Trap FilteringSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-39SRA-ftLinux-MIB::ftcTrapGenAction.0 = STRING: "UNKNOWN"SRA-ftLinu

Trap Filtering8-40 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemRFC1213-MIB::sysUpTime.0 = Timeticks: (6845) 0

Trap FilteringSimple Network Management Using Net-SNMP and ftlSNMP 8-41"SRA-ftLinux-MIB::ftcTrapGenAction.0 = STRING: "UNKNOWN"SRA-

Trap Filtering8-42 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System"SRA-ftLinux-MIB::ftcTrapGenName.0 = STRI

Troubleshooting ftServer Systems 9-1Chapter 9Troubleshooting ftServer Systems9-This chapter discusses the following topics: •‘‘LED and Visual Diag

System Boot Problems9-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemNormal Boot SequenceThe active CPU-I/O en

System Boot ProblemsTroubleshooting ftServer Systems 9-3NOTEIf a RAID array fails to start, the boot stops and enters a debug shell. This is almos

System Boot Problems9-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemIn the output above, reason is one of the

System Boot ProblemsTroubleshooting ftServer Systems 9-5CAUTIONCAUTION!In particular, specifying the GRUB noapic option can make the operating sys

Introduction to ftServer System Administration 1-1Chapter 1Introduction to ftServer System Administration1-This chapter discusses the following to

System Log Messages9-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemCAUTIONCAUTION!Boot monitoring is one of t

Index-1IndexIndex-Bbacking up a system, 4-7, 5-26creating disk, 4-7BIOSchanging settings of Setup program, 9-5firmware, 2-7, 3-1updating, 3-

IndexIndex-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating Systemcomponents, 2-6documentation, 1-3, 4-8, 5-34ftServer

Index Index-3resetMtbf path, 7-3runDiag path, 7-4setMtbfThresh value path, 7-4setMtbfType policy path, 7-4setPriority level path, 7-4setSensorThr

IndexIndex-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemNnaming devices, 6-1Net-SNMP, 8-1, 8-26basic comma

Index Index-5serial portsdata rate, 2-6flow control, 2-6setting up the Linux operating system, 2-3shellsdebug, 9-3GRUB, 2-6simplex, 8-31LED

IndexIndex-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating Systemfloppy drives, 6-4restoring after enclosure failure

ftServer System Terminology1-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System ftServer System Terminology Each

Additional Documentation and ResourcesIntroduction to ftServer System Administration 1-3Configuring Your ftServer SystemAfter installing the Linux

Additional Documentation and Resources1-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemRed Hat Enterprise Linu

Additional Documentation and ResourcesIntroduction to ftServer System Administration 1-5http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,4096,01

Manual Name: Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Part Number: 456-01730-000 Revision Number: 04 Publicat

Additional Documentation and Resources1-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System

Installing the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 2-1 Chapter 2 Installing the Operating System and Express5800/ftServe

Installation Overview2-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemInstallation OverviewAn installable dist

Installation OverviewInstalling the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 2-3Express Builder, use the versions of firmware and

Installation Overview2-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System NOTEThe Linux operating system installe

Installation OverviewInstalling the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 2-5The installation process creates a disk drive RAI

Separately Released and Optional Distribution Components2-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemIn mo

Installation InterfacesInstalling the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 2-7to check dependencies. Note that rpm does not a

Pre-Installation Checklist2-8 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System support restrictions on hardware t

Initial Linux Operating System and Express Builder Installation or Default ReinstallationInstalling the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer Syst

Contents iiiContentsPreface xi1. Introduction to ftServer System Administration1-1ftServer System Terminology 1-2System and Network Administration

Initial Linux Operating System and Express Builder Installation or Default Reinstallation2-14 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide f

Initial Linux Operating System and Express Builder Installation or Default ReinstallationInstalling the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer Syst

Post-Installation Tasks and Considerations2-16 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Post-Installation

Performing an Installation Without a Kickstart FileInstalling the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 2-17Adding Fault-Toler

Additional Documentation and Resources2-18 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System2. Manually make the s

Updating ftServer System Firmware 3-1Chapter 3Updating ftServer System Firmware 3-This chapter discusses the following topics: •‘‘Updating the Sys

Updating the System BIOS3-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System The preceding example displays a BIO

Updating the System BIOSUpdating ftServer System Firmware 3-34. Use the ftsmaint command to verify that you are starting from a known, good state.

Updating the System BIOS3-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System 6. Perform the BIOS burn by issuing

Updating BMC FirmwareUpdating ftServer System Firmware 3-5a character file rather than a binary file. You can detect such corruption by computing

Contentsiv Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Pre-Installation Checklist 2-7Initial Linux Operati

Updating BMC Firmware3-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System4. Obtain the latest BMC image for the

Updating the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 4-1 Chapter 4 Updating the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer Sy

General Upgrade Considerations4-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System General Upgrade Considerations

Upgrading or Restoring the Linux Operating SystemUpdating the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 4-3•To preserve your chang

Upgrading or Restoring the Linux Operating System4-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System The followi

Upgrading or Restoring the Linux Operating SystemUpdating the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 4-5By default, the Update

Upgrading or Restoring Express Builder4-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemIf the operating system

Creating a Backup System DiskUpdating the Operating System and Express5800/ftServer System Software 4-7a. Remove all NECAM packages except eula_di

Recovering from a Failed Software Upgrade4-8 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System NOTEBackup disks ca

Setting Up the ftServer System 5-1Chapter 5Setting Up the ftServer System5-This chapter discusses the following topics: •‘‘Setting Up Internal Dis

ContentsContents vDefault Internal Disk Configuration for a Newly Installed System 5-8Checking the Current State of the Internal Disk Subsystem

Setting Up Internal Disk Storage5-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Setting Up Internal Disk Sto

Setting Up Internal Disk StorageSetting Up the ftServer System 5-3Since some disk-configuration operations produce considerable console output, it

Setting Up Internal Disk Storage5-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System autodetect). After the insta

Setting Up Internal Disk StorageSetting Up the ftServer System 5-5To create a new partition table and add a partition 1. If fdisk is not already r

Setting Up Internal Disk Storage5-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System5. Enter the partition number

Setting Up Internal Disk StorageSetting Up the ftServer System 5-7Default Internal Disk Configuration for a Newly Installed System The Linux oper

Setting Up RAID Arrays5-8 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemExample 5-1. Checking the Current State

Setting Up RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-9Device files are created for the first 128 RAID arrays. Use the mknod command (see mknod(1

Setting Up RAID Arrays5-10 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System3. Edit the /etc/mdadm.conf file so th

Setting Up RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-11When the command completes, the RAID array is up and running. You can use the mdadm comma

Contentsvi Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System 7. Using ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Softwa

Setting Up RAID Arrays5-12 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System 2. Edit the /etc/mdadm.conf file so t

Setting Up RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-13To stop the device, use the mdadm command with the -S argument, as follows:mdadm -S /dev/

Removing and Replacing Disks5-14 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemNOTEThe device names displayed i

Administering RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-15Disk InsertionWhen you reinsert a pulled disk, the OSM storage plugin attempts to matc

Administering RAID Arrays5-16 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System You can start a RAID array when it

Administering RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-17completely remove the disk (the OSM storage plugin automates these tasks). This means

Administering RAID Arrays5-18 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System md2 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0]

Administering RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-19NOTEIf the running member of the RAID array was a system disk, the bootloader (grub) i

Administering RAID Arrays5-20 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Replacing Defective Disks Interact

Administering RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-21To verify that the spare disk is not in useType the following commands and check the r

ContentsContents viiftServer System Operation State Management 8-25SNMP Network Management Station Considerations 8-26Initial SNMP Testing 8

Administering RAID Arrays5-22 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Occasionally, sfdisk returns the f

Administering RAID ArraysSetting Up the ftServer System 5-232. Add each partition on the spare disk to the RAID-1 array containing the correspondi

Administering RAID Arrays5-24 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System The duplex_blank_disk CommandThe d

System Backup and Disaster RecoverySetting Up the ftServer System 5-25System Backup and Disaster RecoveryYour ftServer system provides many safegu

Ethernet Devices5-26 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System.Table 5-2. Ethernet Devices in ftServer CPU

Ethernet DevicesSetting Up the ftServer System 5-27Monitoring and Configuring Channel-Bonding InterfacesBy default, the physical Ethernet interfac

Ethernet Devices5-28 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System eth080010 bond0 DUPLEX UP

Ethernet DevicesSetting Up the ftServer System 5-29NOTES1. There must be at least one alias for an active bond in the /etc/modprobe.d/ft-network.c

Other System Configuration Information5-30 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System 2. Determine the inte

Other System Configuration InformationSetting Up the ftServer System 5-31You also need to perform the following configuration tasks, using standar

viii Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System FiguresFigure 2-1. SAS (SATA) Drive Arrangement for Inst

Other System Configuration Information5-32 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemConfiguring the System

Additional Documentation and ResourcesSetting Up the ftServer System 5-33Additional Documentation and Resources Linux System Administrator’s Guide

Additional Documentation and Resources5-34 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System

Managing Data Storage Devices 6-1Chapter 6Managing Data Storage Devices6-This chapter discusses the following topics:•‘‘CD-ROM Drives” •‘‘USB Stor

USB Storage Devices6-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemIf a device is plugged into a USB hub, the

USB Storage DevicesManaging Data Storage Devices 6-3Once you have the name assigned by the udev command (in this case, sd1usb),you can use udevinf

USB Storage Devices6-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemMost floppy disks and solid-state devices

Additional ResourcesManaging Data Storage Devices 6-5The system log provides details about the device, including its size: scsi5 : SCSI emulation

Additional Resources6-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System

Using ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Software 7-1Chapter 7Using ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Software7-This chapter discusses the

Tables ixTables Table 2-1. CD-ROMs Included With ftServer Systems 2-2 Table 5-2. Ethernet Devices in ftServer CPU-I/O Enclosures

The ftsmaint Command7-2 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System The task arguments are as follows (See a

The ftsmaint CommandUsing ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Software 7-3NOTEThe ftsmaint bringDown command will not permit you to bring down a

The ftsmaint Command7-4 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemNOTEDo not use this feature to retain a f

The ftsmaint CommandUsing ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Software 7-5The opstates for the sensors are as follows:•FATAL: above uf or below

The ftsmaint Command7-6 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating SystemBottom CPU elementBottom CPU element 1 D

The ftsmaint CommandUsing ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Software 7-7Bottom I/O elementFan speed sensor 10/140Voltage sensors 10/150—10/162

The ftsmaint Command7-8 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System Figure 7-1 and Figure 7-2 show the locat

The ftsmaint CommandUsing ftServer Fault-Tolerant Utilities and Software 7-9Figure 7-2. ftServer Enclosures: Locations of Major Enumerated Devices

The ftsmaint Command7-10 Express5800/ftServer: System Administrator’s Guide for the Linux Operating System ftsmaint ExamplesThe following sections

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