Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Web Console Users Manual

Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series

Web Console User's Guide

MK-91CB500015-11

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Product Version

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Contents

Preface

................................................................................................ v

Intended Audience ................................................................................................. vi

Product Version ..................................................................................................... vi

Release Notes ........................................................................................................ vi

Document Organization .......................................................................................... vi

Referenced Documents .......................................................................................... vi

Document conventions .......................................................................................... vii

Convention for storage capacity values .................................................................. viii

Getting help ......................................................................................................... viii

Comments ........................................................................................................... viii

1 Setting Up the Web Console ............................................................... 1-1

Prerequisites ....................................................................................................... 1-2

2 Operating the Web Console ................................................................ 2-1

Login/Logout ....................................................................................................... 2-2

Login ............................................................................................................ 2-2

Logout .......................................................................................................... 2-3

Web console configuration ................................................................................... 2-4

Window configuration .................................................................................... 2-4

Features ....................................................................................................... 2-6

Roles .......................................................................................................... 2-10

Dashboard ........................................................................................................ 2-12

Using the Dashboard tab .............................................................................. 2-12

Resources ......................................................................................................... 2-15

Modules ...................................................................................................... 2-15

Systems .................................................................................................... 2-140

Alerts .............................................................................................................. 2-182

System event log ....................................................................................... 2-182

Optional Physical WWN change log ............................................................. 2-184

Optional Physical MAC change logs ............................................................. 2-185

Operation logs .......................................................................................... 2-186

MAR logs ................................................................................................... 2-187

Environment log ........................................................................................ 2-188

Administration ................................................................................................. 2-189

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Users and roles .......................................................................................... 2-190

LDAP

....................................................................................................... 2-196

Sessions .................................................................................................... 2-198

Date and time ........................................................................................... 2-199

Language .................................................................................................. 2-203

Services .................................................................................................... 2-204

SNMP ........................................................................................................ 2-210

E-Mail Notification ...................................................................................... 2-214

SC/BSM ..................................................................................................... 2-217

HCSM ....................................................................................................... 2-219

Hi-Track .................................................................................................... 2-222

Certificate ................................................................................................. 2-224

Syslog transfer .......................................................................................... 2-226

Login banner ............................................................................................. 2-226

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Preface

This document provides site planning information for Compute Blade. Please

read this document carefully, and maintain a copy for reference.

Notice: The use of Compute Blade 500 series and all other Hitachi Data

Systems products is governed by the terms of your agreement(s) with Hitachi

Data Systems.

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Intended Audience

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Product Version

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Release Notes

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Document Organization

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Referenced Documents

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Document conventions

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Convention for storage capacity values

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Getting help

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Comments

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Intended Audience

This document is intended for the personnel who are involved in planning,

managing, and performing the tasks to prepare your site for Compute Blade

installation and to install the same.

This document assumes the following:

•

The reader has a background in hardware installation of computer

systems.

• The reader is familiar with the location where the Compute Blade will be

installed, including knowledge of physical characteristics, power systems

and specifications, and environmental specifications.

Product Version

This document revision applies to management module firmware A0240.

Release Notes

Read the release notes before installing and using this product. They may

contain requirements or restrictions that are not fully described in this

document or updates or corrections to this document.

Document Organization

The table below provides an overview of the contents and organization of this

document. Click the chapter title in the left column to go to that chapter. The

first page of each chapter provides links to the sections in that chapter.

Chapter Description

Chapter 1, Setting Up the Web Console Describes prerequisites for the Web console.

Chapter 2, Operating the Web Console Describes Web console operations.

Referenced Documents

•

Hitachi Gigabit Fibre Channel Adapter USER'S GUIDE (BIOS/EFI Edition),

MK-99COM009

• Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Logical partitioning manager User's

Guide, MK-91CB500068

• Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Management Module Setup Guide,

MK-91CB500014

• Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Remote Console User's Guide,

MK-91CB500018

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• Hitachi Compute Blade Series SMASH and IPMI User's Guide,

MK-91CB500064

•

Compute Blade Built-in LAN Switch Module Software Manual Configuration

Settings, Vol. 1, MK-99COM089

Document conventions

This term "Compute Blade" refers to all the models of the Compute Blade,

unless otherwise noted.

The Hitachi Virtualization Manager (HVM) name has been changed to Hitachi

logical partitioning manager (LPAR manager, or LP). If you are using HVM

based logical partitioning feature, substitute references to Hitachi logical

partitioning manager (LPAR manager, or LP) with HVM.

This document uses the following typographic conventions:

Convention Description

Regular text bold In text: keyboard key, parameter name, property name,

hardware labels, hardware button, hardware switch.

In a procedure: user interface item

Italic Variable, emphasis, reference to document title, called-out term

Screen text

Command name and option, drive name, file name, folder name,

directory name, code, file content, system and application

output, user input

< > (angled brackets) Variable (used when italic is not enough to identify variable).

[ ] (square bracket) Optional values

{ } braces Required or expected value

| vertical bar Choice between two or more options or arguments

This document uses the following icons to draw attention to information:

Icon Meaning Description

WARNING This indicates the presence of a potential risk that

might cause death or severe injury.

CAUTION This indicates the presence of a potential risk that

might cause relatively mild or moderate injury.

NOTICE This indicates the presence of a potential risk that

might cause severe damage to the equipment

and/or damage to surrounding properties.

Note This indicates notes not directly related to injury

or severe damage to equipment.

Tip This indicates advice on how to make the best use

of the equipment.

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Convention for storage capacity values

Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity) are

calculated based on the following values:

Physical capacity unit Value

1 kilobyte (KB)

1,000 (10

3

) bytes

1 megabyte (MB)

1,000 KB or 1,000

2

bytes

1 gigabyte (GB)

1,000 MB or 1,000

3

bytes

1 terabyte (TB)

1,000 GB or 1,000

4

bytes

1 petabyte (PB)

1,000 TB or 1,000

5

bytes

1 exabyte (EB)

1,000 PB or 1,000

6

bytes

Logical storage capacity values (for example, logical device capacity) are

calculated based on the following values:

Logical capacity unit Value

1 block 512 bytes

1 KB

1,024 (2

10

) bytes

1 MB

1,024 KB or 1,024

2

bytes

1 GB

1,024 MB or 1,024

3

bytes

1 TB

1,024 GB or 1,024

4

bytes

1 PB

1,024 TB or 1,024

5

bytes

1 EB

1,024 PB or 1,024

6

bytes

Getting help

The Hitachi Data Systems customer support staff is available 24 hours a day,

seven days a week. If you need technical support, log on to the Hitachi Data

Systems Portal for contact information: https://portal.hds.com.

Comments

Please send us your comments on this document:

[email protected].

Include the document title and number including the revision level (for

example, -07), and refer to specific sections and paragraphs whenever

possible. All comments become the property of Hitachi Data Systems

Corporation.

Thank you!

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Setting Up the Web Console

This chapter describes prerequisites for the Web console.

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Prerequisites

CB 500 Web console is a function of a management module, which allows you

to use CB 500 features with GUI from the system console browser.

Table 1-1 Requirements for the system console

Items Specifications

Flash player Adobe® Flash® Player version 10.2 or later

Java software Required for Remote Console. See

Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series

Remote Console User's Guide for details.

OS Microsoft® Windows®

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

Browser Internet Explorer 7 or later

Firefox 3.0 or later

Display resolution Super VGA: 1024 x 768 or higher

Wide VGA: 1280 x 1024 or higher (recommended)

Note:

•

Do not use 64-bit Internet Explorer. Use 32-bit Internet Explorer by

starting the program in the following folder even if using 64-bit Windows.

If not, Web console may not work properly.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Note that 64-bit Internet Explorer may start on 64-bit Windows OS as

standard.

• Do not use Internet Explorer on Modern UI window supported by Windows

8 and Windows Server 2012. Use Internet Explorer on the desktop

screen.

• If you set the security level of the management module to high, use

Internet Explorer to connect to the Web console of the management

module.

If you use Firefox to connect to the Web console of the management

module, set the security level of the management module to the default.

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Operating the Web Console

This chapter describes Web console operations.

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Login/Logout

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Web console configuration

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Dashboard

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Resources

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Alerts

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Administration

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Login/Logout

This section describes how to log into and log out of the Web console.

Login

1. Start the system console browser.

2. Enter the URL: https://192.168.0.1/ in the Address bar.

Note: When accessing Web console, use IP address instead of the host

name.

Tip: The figure above is an example with the default URL. When you

change the IP address and port number of the management module,

enter the URL for your setting.

3. When you have successfully logged in, the following login window

appears.

Tip:

• If you set up a login banner, a message is displayed on the login

window.

• If your password has already expired at login, the window for

changing the password might appear.

If the window for changing the password appears, you must change

your password to log in to the Web console.

• If your password is near expiration at login, a dialog box that warns

you of the password expiration date appears.

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If the warning dialog box appears, change your password

immediately.

4. The user account and password are set to their factory defaults. Type the

following values.

Table 2-1 Factory default

Item Factory default

User account administrator

Password password

Tip: We recommend that the password of the system administrator be

changed for security. You can change the setting in Menu bar > Action >

Edit login account settings.

Logout

1. Click the Logout button, or select Log out

in the File menu.

2. In the Logout dialog box, click OK.

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3. When you have successfully logged out, the following login window

appears. To finish setting values, click the close button [X] to close the

browser. To continue setting values, log into the Web console again.

Web console configuration

This section describes Web console configuration, features, and roles.

Window configuration

This subsection describes Web console window configuration.

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Window items

The following table describes the window items.

Table 2-2 Windows Items

Bar/Panel Item Function

Menu File Save web

console

log

Downloads Web console logs.

Log out Logs out of the Web console.

Action Dumplog Download logs from the management module.

Edit login

account

settings

Changes settings including the user password with which

you have currently logged in and the language used in the

Web console.

Help User's

Guide

Refers the User's Guide.

About Shows the management firmware version.

Maintenance mode Shows one or more module is in maintenance mode.

Log Out Logs out of the Web console.

Global tab Dashboard See Features on page

2-6

Dashboard on page 2-12

Resources Resources on page 2-15

Alerts Alerts on page 2-182

Administration Administration on page 2-189

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Bar/Panel Item Function

Navigation

area

Resources On the left of the window, modules and features for

setting and operation are shown like a tree. To set an

item, select the item from the tree to perform it.

General Tasks Dumplog Download logs from the management module.

Edit login account settings Changes settings including the user password with which

you have currently logged in and the language used in the

Web console.

Application

area

A module selected in the navigation area or the tree in

detail is shown.

See

Resources on page

2-15, Alerts on page 2-182, or

Administration on page

2-189.

Tip:

•

To update the contents on the Web console, click Refresh. The contents

on the Web console will not be automatically updated.

• The Web console windows, which are used in the following pages, are

samples.

Features

The following table describes tabs and their navigation trees on the Web

console window.

Table 2-3 Features

Tree configuration Description

Dashboard tab The first window shown after login.

Shows the general operation

status, power consumption, and

logs of events that have occurred

in the system unit.

Resources

tab

1

Modules

2

Chassis Manages a system unit.

Shows the operation status;

manages USB devices connected

to the system; sets the chassis ID;

shuts down the system unit.

Server Blades

3

Server Blade

0 – 7

Shows the operation status,

hardware information, and

configuration of a specified server

blade, and operates the server

blade.

Sets and operates BMC, EFI,

mezzanine cards onboard, and

LPARs on this window as well.

Switch modules

4

Switch Module

0 – 3

Shows the operation status,

hardware information, and

configuration of a specified switch

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Tree configuration Description

module, and operates the switch

module.

Sets basic configuration of Hitachi

1 Gb LAN switch module (20-port,

40-port) and Hitachi 1 Gb/10 Gb

LAN switch module; starts the

Web console window of Brocade 8

Gb fibre channel switch module

and 16 Gb fibre channel switch

module.

Management Modules

5

Management

Module 0 – 1

Shows the operation status and

hardware information of a

specified management module,

and operates the management

module.

Fan Modules Shows the operation status of fan

modules.

Power Supply Modules

6

Power Supply

Module 0 – 3

Shows the operation state and

hardware information of a

specified power supply module.

Systems

7

Network management

8

Management

LAN

Controls the management LAN

interface of server blades (BMC),

switch modules, management

modules.

Setting an IP address, subnet

mask, gateway, and DNS is

available. You can also set up IPv6

addresses, prefixes, gateways,

and DNS servers.

Maintenance

LAN

Shows the maintenance LAN

interface of a management

module; cannot change settings.

Internal LAN Sets a network used inside the

system unit.

Link Fault

Tolerance

Enables/disables the link fault

tolerance, and sets time for

monitoring.

WWN management Shows and sets WWN, including

the Default Physical WWN unique

to hardware, an Optional Physical

WWN, and virtual WWN, used by a

mezzanine card installed in a

server blade.

MAC management Shows and sets the MAC address,

including the Default Physical MAC

address unique to hardware, an

Optional Physical MAC address,

and virtual MAC address, used by

a mezzanine card installed in a

server blade.

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Tree configuration Description

Power management Controls power of the entire

system and individual modules:

shows the status of power supply

and consumption, caps power

consumption, and sets power

supply module redundancy.

HA Monitor To use the HA monitor, specify the

settings for linking to the HA

monitor.

Firmware Shows and updates firmware of

server blades and LPARs.

Simultaneously updating firmware

of multiple server blades is

available.

LP License Shows and upgrades an LPAR

manager license.

Security strength settings Configures the security strength

settings for the management

modules and the server blades.

Alerts tab

9

System Event Log Shows system event logs (SEL).

Failed and warning events can

provide details of each event.

Optional Physical WWN Change Log Shows the change log history for

Optional Physical WWN. Optional

Physical WWN is changed at

switching server blades or at

retuning the ex-active blade to be

active by N+M cold standby.

Optional Physical MAC Change Log Shows the change log history for

Optional Physical MAC address.

Optional Physical MAC address is

changed at switching server

blades or at retuning the ex-active

blade to be active by N+M cold

standby.

Operation Log Manages operation logs of

management modules and server

blades (BMC), which can be

downloaded.

MAR Log Lists MAR Log: Maintenance Action

Report logs, which shows events

causing a failure report. Details

can be provided. Logs collected at

a failure can be downloaded.

Environment Log Shows the highest and lowest

inlet/outlet temperatures per day.

The history can be downloaded.

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Tree configuration Description

Administration

tab

10

Users and Roles Adds, deletes, and changes

accounts and roles; initializes an

LCD touch console PIN.

LDAP Sets interfacing with LDAP server

for managing accounts

collectively.

Sessions Shows all users who have

currently logged in. You can

disconnect unnecessary

connection forcibly.

Date and Time Controls the date and time of a

management module including the

local time, time zone, daylight

saving time, and NTP servers.

Language Selects a language used for a

console, alert report, and e-mail

notification of the system unit,

from English and Japanese.

Services Switches between Enable and

Disable, changes port numbers,

and restricts connections for

services provided by a

management module including

Telnet, FTP, SSH/SFTP, HTTP, and

HTTPS.

SNMP Sets connection to SNMP

manager; shows and edits SNMP

agent (management module)

settings.

E-mail notification Manages notification by e-mail.

Shows the information about

settings, current status report,

and notification history.

SC/BSM Sets interfacing with SC/BSM.

HCSM Sets connection to HCSM;

disconnects it forcibly.

Hi-Track Sets connection to Hi-Track.

Certificate Shows, creates, and imports SSL

keys and certificates of

management modules.

Syslog transfer Shows and sets of syslog transfer.

Login banner Displays and changes the settings

for the login banner.

Notes:

1. Manages modules and resources installed.

2. Manages modules installed.

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Tree configuration Description

3. Shows the operation status of all server blades installed; performs basic operations, such as power

operation, to all or some specified server blades.

4. Shows the operation status of all switch modules installed and operates them.

Performs basic operations, such as power operation, to all or some specified server blades.

5. Shows the operation status of management modules and operates them. Performs basic operations,

such as power operation, to all or some specified management modules.

6. Shows the operation status and input voltage (100 V and 200 V) of power supply modules.

7. Manages resources other than modules managed by the system unit.

8. Sets a management network; provides links to network settings described below.

9. Shows and downloads failure reports and logs registered in the system unit.

10. Sets system unit settings and settings for connection to other system.

Roles

This subsection describes roles and privileges.

Overview of roles

With management module console features, you can define roles with

customized privileges by giving or not giving privileges. The following table

shows privileges to set on roles.

Table 2-4 Privileges to set on roles

Role type Description

Server blade Can operate and set server blades. Each slot has its privileges.

rKVM Can operate and set up the remote console. You can specify this privilege for each server

blade slot individually.

Switch module Can operate and set switch modules. Each slot has its privileges.

Network Can set networks.

Chassis Can operate and set server chassis.

Account Can add or delete accounts and roles.

Besides privileges above, the Read only attribute can be added to roles. With

Read only, one can only view items, not set or operate them. If you assign

the attribute "No permission to start the remote console" to a role, users

assigned that role will not be able to connect to the remote console or the OS

console of the server blades.

The system unit has an embedded role shown in the following table, which

cannot be changed or deleted.

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