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C122-E175-01EN
Contents
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ i
Network Environment Setup and Tool Installation ............................................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER 1
1.1 External Network Configuration .................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 How to Configure the External Networks (Management LAN/ Maintenance LAN/Production LAN) ........................................ 3
1.2.1 IP addresses used in the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series server ................................................................................................ 3
1.3 Management LAN ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.1 Overview of the management LAN ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.2 How to configure the management LAN ................................................................................................................................. 7
1.3.3 Redundant configuration of the management LAN ................................................................................................................ 9
1.4 Maintenance LAN/REMCS LAN ............................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5 Production LAN ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5.1 Overview of the production LAN ........................................................................................................................................... 11
1.5.2 Redundancy of the production LAN ...................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6 Management Tool Operating Conditions and Use ................................................................................................................... 12
1.6.1 MMB ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6.2 Remote operation (BMC) ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
1.6.3 ServerView Suite ................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Operating System Installation (Link) ................................................................................................................................ 27 CHAPTER 2
Component Configuration and Replacement (Add, Remove) ....................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER 3
3.1
Partition Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................ 28
3.1.1 Partition Configuration (PPAR) .............................................................................................................................................. 28
3.1.2 Setting procedure of partition in MMB Web-UI ..................................................................................................................... 31
3.2 High availability configuration ..................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.2.1 Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) ............................................................................................................................................. 31
3.2.2 Reserved SB .......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
3.2.3 Memory Operation Mode ...................................................................................................................................................... 43
3.2.4 Memory Mirror ........................................................................................................................................................................ 44
3.2.5 Hardware RAID ...................................................................................................................................................................... 47
3.2.6 Server View RAID .................................................................................................................................................................. 47
3.2.7 Cluster configuration .............................................................................................................................................................. 47
3.3 Replacing components ............................................................................................................................................................... 47
3.3.1 Replaceable components ..................................................................................................................................................... 48
3.3.2 Component replacement conditions ..................................................................................................................................... 48
3.3.3 Replacement procedures in hot maintenance ..................................................................................................................... 49
3.3.4 Replacement procedures in cold maintenance .................................................................................................................... 49
3.3.5 Replacing the battery backup unit of the uninterrupted power supply unit (UPS) .............................................................. 49
3.3.6 Replacing the PCI SSD card ................................................................................................................................................. 49
3.4 Expansion of components .......................................................................................................................................................... 51
3.4.1 Procedure of expansion in hot maintenance ........................................................................................................................ 52
3.4.2 Procedure of expansion in cold maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 52
3.4.3 Expansion of PCI SSD card .................................................................................................................................................. 53
3.5 Process after switching to the Reserved SB and Automatic Partition Reboot ........................................................................ 53
3.5.1 Checking the status after switching to a Reserved SB and automatic rebooting ............................................................... 54
3.5.2 Processing after replacement of a faulty SB ........................................................................................................................ 54
3.5.3 Checking the source partition configuration information when switching to a Reserved SB ............................................. 55
3.6 Replacing the Home SB No. ...................................................................................................................................................... 56
PCI Card Hot Maintenance in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6............................................................................................. 58 CHAPTER 4
4.1
Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) .................................................................................................................................................. 58
4.1.1 DR function configuration setting .......................................................................................................................................... 58
4.1.2 dp Command Package Install/ Uninstall ............................................................................................................................... 59
4.2 Hot add of SB .............................................................................................................................................................................. 59