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Systems Management Guide

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April 2008 Rev. A00

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Systems Management Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Install and Configure Systems Management Components . . . . . . 8

First Boot Setup and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Management Station Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

ESX 3i Software Configuration:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Systems Management Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Discovery and Health Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Alert Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Change Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Troubleshooting, Logging, and Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Remote Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Advanced System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Troubleshooting and Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Systems Management features comparison between

ESX Server 3 software with OpenManage and ESX

Server 3i software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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IntroductionVMware ESX Server 3i software is the next generation virtualization software that comes integrated with Dell PowerEdge servers. By integrating VMware virtualization, Dell has taken a major step toward simplifying deployment and management of virtualized environments. Unlike traditional ESX Server, ESX Server 3i does not have a service console, helping reduce the installation footprint of the software and allowing the hypervisor to be directly installed on the server’s internal flash storage. ESX Server 3i ships out-of-the-box pre-installed on certain Dell servers. No additional software installation is needed on the server for systems management. With minimal configuration, users will be able to monitor and manage their virtualization environment.

This document provides an overview of the systems management architecture in VMware ESX 3i software on Dell PowerEdge systems. Detailed steps to install and configure the server and tools to manage the server are provided, including troubleshooting tips and known issues.

For more information on setting up ESX Server 3i with your Dell PowerEdge server, refer to the VMware ESX 3i Dell Solutions Guide at support.dell.com. For information on managing the virtualization environment, refer to the VMware documentation at www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_35_3i_e.html.

OverviewCommon Information Model: To help reduce the system footprint and simplify deployment, ESX Server 3i does not have a traditional service console management interface where Dell OpenManage™ agents are installed. Instead, to provide the required hardware manageability, VMware has incorporated standard Common Information Model (CIM) management profiles into the virtualization software. CIM is an open standard that defines a framework on how managed hardware elements in a server are represented. The CIM framework consists of CIM providers developed by hardware vendors to enable monitoring and managing of the hardware device. By representing the hardware elements using standard CIM, ESX provides any management tool implementing the same open standards the ability to manage the server. The hardware management data is exposed to management applications via CIM XML as well as WSMAN.

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VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client has been enhanced to provide hardware health status of various hardware devices. VI Client uses CIM XML, a protocol to read hardware information provided by the CIM providers. Each of the monitored hardware devices are listed along with the health status. Future Dell Systems Management applications will make use of WSMAN for hardware management on ESX 3i.

Simple Network Management Protocol: In addition to CIM, hardware health alerts are available through standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps. Administrators may now monitor and manage the hardware through any management application that supports any of these standard protocols. Dell OpenManage IT Assistant may be used to monitor the PowerEdge servers running ESX 3i through SNMP.

VMware has developed remote command line (RCLI) tool to configure the SNMP agent in ESX 3i. This tool is available for download for Windows, Linux and also as a Virtual Appliance.

Remote management: PowerEdge servers may also be remotely managed through the Dell Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) and Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC). Both BMC and DRAC use the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) for out-of-band remote access. The BMC can be accessed by using the BMC Management Utilities (BMU), a collection of software applications that enable remote management of Dell systems equipped with a BMC. BMU include the following components: IPMItool with Dell extensions, IPMI Shell and Serial-Over-LAN Proxy (SOL Proxy). IPMItool is a CLI utility that helps in configuring and managing devices using the IPMI version 1.5 and later. IPMItool supports out-of-band (OOB) remote access (over a LAN or through the serial port) to a single system at a time. DRAC can be accessed via its web served GUI as well as SSH and the racadm command line interface. IT Assistant can be utilized in conjunction with the BMC’s IPMI over LAN interface for limited network discovery and health monitoring. Its event console can also receive and act upon SNMP Platform Event Traps (PETs) that are generated by the BMC.

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Figure 1. Systems Management Overview With VMware ESX 3i

Systems Management Use CasesThe following table lists the common use cases in systems management and the tools used to perform the task:

Deployment and Configuration

VMware ESX Server 3i comes installed out of the box on Dell PowerEdge servers. There is no need to utilize the System Build and Update Utility (SBUU) to install ESX Server 3i. Note that the SBUU does not create or install Virtual Machine (VM) images.

The Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK) and SBUU may be used to configure the BIOS, storage, and DRAC prior to booting into ESX 3i. The server can also be configured at boot time by pressing to enter BIOS setup, CTRL-M to configure the RAID controller, and CTRL-E to configure the BMC/DRAC features.

Health Monitoring VI Client may be used to monitor the health information of various hardware components. IT Assistant, DRAC, and the BMU can also be used for limited health monitoring.


NOTE: Each of these use cases and various operations for these use cases are

explained in detail in "Systems Management Use Cases" on page 10.

Install and Configure Systems Management Components

First Boot Setup and Configuration

VMware ESX Server 3i comes installed out of the box on supported Dell PowerEdge servers. For steps to setup and configure ESX 3i on PowerEdge server refer to VMware ESX 3i Dell Solutions guide at support.dell.com. Make sure that the DRAC is configured as per the steps in the document.

Alert Monitoring The event console feature of IT Assistant may be used to monitor hardware and virtual machine traps generated from ESX Server 3i as well as SNMP Platform Event Traps generated by the BMC.

Change Management SBUU may be used to update the BIOS and firmware of the PE server. SBUU does not support updating of device drivers for ESX Server 3i or virtual machines.

VMware update manager is used to update the ESX 3i image which could contain updated device drivers for the system.

Troubleshooting, Logging & Diagnostics

The system log and management agent log may be retrieved using VI Client or may be viewed from the terminal.

The BMC System Event Log (SEL) is available using DRAC, IT Assistant, or the BMU.

Diagnostics can be performed using Dell offline diagnostics tools.

Remote Management Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) provides lights out remote management functionality.


Management Station Setup

The Management Station is the system from which one or more systems running ESX 3i will be managed. The management station can also be used to manage systems not running ESX 3i. The management station is required to support some but not all of the identified use cases. It would typically contain the following set of management tools:

• IT Assistant

• Baseboard Management Utilities

• VMware Remote Command Line Interface (RCLI)

• VMware VI Client

• VMware VirtualCenter Server (optional)

Based on number of systems and devices to be managed and the hardware configuration of the management station, it may be desirable to install IT Assistant and VirtualCenter Server on separate systems. Figure 2 shows the various components required to manage ESX 3i on PowerEdge Servers.

Figure 2. Systems Management Components in VMware ESX Server 3i


ESX 3i Software Configuration:

ESX Server 3i must be configured to enable monitoring of the server using SNMP. Follow the steps below to configure SNMP in ESX 3i:

1 Configure the SNMP settings in ESX Server by using VMware RCLI. The following commands must be executed from the server where VMware RCLI is installed:

a Configure the SNMP setting using the following command:

vicfg-snmp --server --username root --password -c -t @162/

b Enable SNMP using the following command:

vicfg-snmp --server --username root --password -E

c To view the SNMP configuration, execute the following command:

vicfg-snmp --server --username root --password -s

2 Perform discovery and inventory of the server using IT Assistant.

a Perform discovery and inventory of the ESX server system interface using SNMP

b Perform discovery and inventory of the DRAC interface using IPMI. Refer to the IT Assistant User Guide for more information [link here]

3 Once discovered, the ESX server is ready to be monitored using IT Assistant. SNMP traps from the ESX server can be received in ITA.

4 To test if IT Assistant is configured correctly to receive SNMP traps from ESX Server 3i, execute the following VMware RCLI command:

vicfg-snmp --server --username root --password -T

Systems Management Use CasesThe following section describes how various system management tasks and operations can be done in a VMware ESX server 3i environment on PowerEdge servers.


Discovery and Health Monitoring

VI Client has been enhanced to provide hardware health monitoring functionality with ESX 3i release. Health status of various hardware components are listed under the Configuration tab > Health Status. VI Client provides the health statuses for various hardware components in the server. The health status is either green (normal), yellow (warning) or red (critical). For some components relevant hardware reading is reported. The following is a list of components reported by the VI Client:

1 Individual Processor health status

2 Memory health status

• Overall memory health status is reported. Health status at the individual memory DIMM is not available in this release.

3 Storage components health status

• Storage controller health information

• Health status of storage controller battery

• Health status of physical disks attached to the controller

• Health status of RAID volumes (virtual disks) attached to the controller

• Health status of SAS PHY connections (or ports)

4 Power supply health status

• System level for system board status along with power consumed in Watts

• Power supplies health status along with power consumed in Watts, Amps and Voltage

5 Health status for all the fans in the system along with RPM readings

6 Ambient temperature of the server with status

7 Power Reading of the server along with Peak Amps and Peak Watts reading

VI Client updates the health status by polling every 90 seconds.

To configure the hardware components and to change the threshold of supported components, refer to "Advanced System Configuration" on page 13.


Alert Monitoring

IT Assistant can be configured to receive traps from ESX Server 3i. SNMP traps are generated by the server for the following:

1 Hardware Event Alerts:

a For each of the component listed in the previous section, an SNMP trap is generated when status goes from green to yellow or green to red. These traps are generated by the ESX 3i software and delivered through the ESX 3i Management Network.

b SNMP Platform Event Traps (PETs) are generated using IPMI for hardware events. These traps are generated by the DRAC and delivered through the DRAC network interface.

2 Virtual Machine Operations Alerts:

a For virtual machine operations such as VM power-on and VM power-off, SNMP traps are generated. These traps are generated by the ESX 3i software and delivered through the ESX 3i Management Network.

Change Management

Dell System Build and Update Utility (SBUU) provides a utility to perform BIOS and firmware updates on the server. SBUU is a bootable CD that ships with every PowerEdge server. The latest ISO image can be downloaded from support.dell.com. The PE server can be booted with SBUU which has options to update the BIOS and firmware. The actual update files are available in Server Update Utility (SUU) DVD, which can be downloaded from support.dell.com.

Here are the steps to perform BIOS and firmware updates to VMware ESX Server 3i using SBUU:

1 Migrate the VMs running on the server that requires update to another server using VMware VMotion technology. When VMotion is not configured, either power off the VMs or suspend the VMs as appropriate and perform a cold migration.

2 Shutdown the ESX Server 3i using VI Client or through the terminal user interface.

3 Boot the server using the bootable SBUU media.


4 Select the option to update the firmware and follow the wizard. Insert the SUU DVD when required and perform the updates.

5 Once the server is updated, reboot the server to ESX 3i.

6 The VMs can now be powered on or migrated back to this server.

BIOS and firmware updates can also be downloaded from support.dell.com as individual files. To perform the update, download the file and copy the contents to a DOS-bootable diskette. Boot the server from the diskette and run the update program.

Using IT Assistant to install the BIOS and firmware updates to PowerEdge servers running VMware ESX Server 3i software is not supported.

Upgrading the ESX Server 3i software: For the steps to upgrade the ESX Server 3i software, refer to the VMware ESX 3i Dell Solutons Guide at support.dell.com.

Troubleshooting, Logging, and Diagnostics

The system log, management log, and storage controller log can be viewed from the terminal using the following steps:

In addition to the viewing, log files can also be retrieved and provided to Dell or VMware support using the VI Client.

Using DRAC or IT Assistant, SEL can be obtained and viewed.

Remote Management

Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) is designed to allow anywhere, anytime "Lights Out" monitoring, troubleshooting, and server repairs/upgrades independent of the operating system status. Remote Access Controller is supported in VMware ESX Server 3i. For more information, refer to the Dell Remote Access Controller Users Guide at support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3.

Advanced System Configuration

This section describes some of the commonly performed hardware configuration operations on the server and steps to perform such operations.


BIOS Configuration

BIOS configurations are performed by pressing during the boot process. DTK tools can be used to configure BIOS on multiple servers.

Configuring the BIOS while ESX 3i is running is not supported.

Storage Configuration

Storage configurations, including creating and configuring RAID volumes, hot spares etc, are performed by pressing during the boot process and invoking the OptionROM menu.

Configuring the storage while ESX server 3i is running is not supported.

Front panel LCD Settings

Use the ipmitool command to get and set front panel LCD information. For the various options available, use:

ipmitool -I lan -H -U -P delloem lcd help

To identify a particular server in a rack of servers, use the following command:

ipmitool -I lan -H -U -P chassis identify

This command will blink the LCD for 15 seconds.

Ambient temperature configuration

VI client reports ambient temperature. Alerts will be generated when the ambient temperature breaches the threshold values. Use the following ipmitool command to change the default thresholds values. To learn more the various options supported, use the following command:

ipmitool -I lan -H -U root -P sensor thresh "Ambient Temp" help

Other sensor values

The ipmitool can also be used to report other sensor information in the server. To learn about the various options supported, use the following command:

ipmitool -I lan -H -U root -P sensor help


Accessing sensor values remotely

Use the following ipmitool can be used to access the sensor values of ESX Server 3i:

ipmitool –I lan –H -U root –P sdr

TROUBLESHOOTING AND KNOWN ISSUESThis section describes known issues and workarounds.

IT Assistant

Problem Description Resolution

IT Assistant categorizes the server as “Unknown”

IT Assistant lists the ESX Server 3i under ‘Unknown’ category in the Devices hierarchy.

This happens when the DRAC/BMC is not discovered and inventoried by IT Assistant. Make sure that the DRAC/BMC interface is appropriately configured and the IP address is added to the range that IT Assistant queries for IPMI based discovery.

IT Assistant does not list the server under “VMware ESX Server” category

IT Assistant lists the ESX Server 3i under ‘Servers’ category in the Devices hierarchy and not under “VMware ESX Server”.

This is a known issue for this release. VMware ESX Server 3i does not have all the MIBs implemented.

ITA SNMP shows up as unknown

SNMP traps from IT Assistant are not categories and are listed as “Unknown”.

This happens IT Assistant 8.1. Update to a newer version of IT Assistant.


IT Assistant does not report server hardware information under “Device details”

IT Assistant does not enumerate all the hardware information under “Device details”. It does not perform an inventory of ESX Server 3i.

Hardware inventory of ESX Server 3i is not supported. On a typical server hardware inventory is made available by OpenManage agents running on the PE server. OpenManage agents are not supported in ESX 3i and hence hardware inventory using IT Assistant is not supported.

Storage


Health status of components in MD1000 is not available in VI Client

Health status of hardware components like fans, controller, and power supply of MD1000 is not available in VI Client.

MD1000 is not supported with ESX 3i. Health status of hardware components of MD1000 is not implemented in ESX 3i.

Removed hard drives are not reported with a red status

When a hard drive is removed, the drive status is not longer reported in VI Client and the drive is not reported with a red status

This is a known issue. Entries for removed drives are deleted from VI Client.

IT Assistant



APPENDIX

Systems Management features comparison between ESX Server 3 software with OpenManage and ESX Server 3i software

In the following section we compare the system management capabilities of ESX 3 with OpenManage and ESX 3i. This section is aimed at helping customers choose between ESX 3 and ESX 3i.

Systems Management

Feature

ESX Server 3 ESX Server 3i

Deployment

Configuring the BIOS, storage, and DRAC

Supported by boot time utilities and DTK

Supported by boot time utilities and DTK

Installing ESX Server software

Supported by SBUU Not required. ESX 3i is pre-installed in the server.

Installing OpenManage software after the installation of ESX

Supported through the OpenManage media or through IT Assistant

OpenManage is not supported in ESX 3i.

Systems Management

Feature


Health Monitoring

Processor health status Available through OpenManage

Available through VI Client

System battery status Available through OpenManage and DRAC

Available through VI Client and DRAC

Fan status with RPM reading

Available through OpenManage and DRAC

Available through VI Client and DRAC

Intrusion Available through OpenManage and DRAC

Available through DRAC


Memory Individual memory status is available through OpenManage.

Overall memory status is available in VI Client. Individual memory status is not available through VI Client.

Network Connectivity Available through OpenManage


Power Supply Status including power consumed in Amps, voltage and Watts, with power statistics

Available through OpenManage and DRAC.

Available through VI Client and DRAC. Power statistics can be reset using ipmitool.

Ambient Temperature with threshold settings

Available through OpenManage

Available through VI Client. Threshold values and configuration are available only through ipmitool.

Voltage status CPU, riser and several system board voltages are available through OpenManage.

Available through DRAC

Storage:

Battery status Battery status including battery state, predicted capacity size, learn state, next learn time, maximum learn delay, and configuring learn tasks are available in OpenManage.

Battery status is available in VI Client.

Battery state, predicted capacity size, learn state, next learn time, maximum learn delay, and configuring learn tasks are not available in VI Client.

Controller status Available through OpenManage


Systems Management

Feature


Health Monitoring


Firmware and driver versions


Driver version available in VI Client. Firmware version not available in VI Client and is available during boot process.

Physical drive status and state (ready, rebuilding, offline etc)



Virtual disk status and state



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Feature


Alert Monitoring

SNMP Alert Monitoring Alerts are generated by OpenManage and can be viewed using IT Assistant Server Administrator.

Alerts are generated by ESX 3i and can be viewed using IT Assistant. Note that the alerts generated by ESX 3i may have less hardware information that the alerts generated by OpenManage agents.

Systems Management

Feature


Health Monitoring


Systems Management

Feature


Inventory

Processor Information including brand, processor version, current speed, core count, model, stepping information, 64-bit support, HyperThreading (HT), Virtualization Technology (VT), Demand Based Switching (DBS), and Execute Disable (XD). Cache information including status, level, max size, installed size, type, location, write policy, set associativity, and error correction.


Processor brand, processor version, current speed, core count, model, and stepping information available in IT Assistant

Processor brand, processor version, current speed, core count, and model available in VI Client

Firmware Version:

BIOS version Available through OpenManage


Baseboard management controller firmware version


Not available through VI Client; Available only during boot process.

DRAC firmware version Available through OpenManage and DRAC

Not available through VI Client; Available through the DRAC web interface or ipmitool

Storage controller firmware version



Physical disk firmware version


Not available. Available through OptionROM (requires reboot of the server).


Backplane firmware version


Not available through VI Client; Available only during boot process.

Memory information including installed capacity, maximum capacity, slots available, slots used, ECC type, DIMM type, DIMM Bank Name, DIMM AssetTag Name, DIMM Failure Mode, DIMM Form Factor, DIMM Device Name, DIMM Device Type, Device Manufacturer Name, Device Part Number Name, and Device Serial Number Name.

Available through OpenManage and ITA

Not available

Network information including IP Address, MAC address, vendor, description and TOE capability.

Available through OpenManage and VI Client

Available through VI Client. TOE information is N/A.

Port information such as port type, external name, base I/O address, IRQ level, Connector Type, and maximum speed


Not available

Slots information including slot ID, adapter installed in the slot, and data bus width


Not available

Systems Management

Feature


Inventory


System Asset information including Acquisition, Depreciation, Extended Warranty, Lease, Maintenance, Outsource, Support, Service Contract, Warranty, System, and Owner

Available through OpenManage and IT Assistant

Not available

Physical drive information including status, name, failure predicted, Tasks, Type, Capacity, Used RAID Disk Space, Available RAID Disk Space, Hot Spare, Vendor ID, Product ID, Revision, Serial No, Manufacture Day, Manufacture Week, Manufacture Year, SAS Address, Bus Type, Serial Number, Part Number, Channel, Target ID, Vendor Name, Enclosure ID, LUN ID, Size (GB), Model Number, and Revision.


Vendor Name, Size, Bus type, State, Product ID, Revision, Write Cache, S.M.A.R.T status and Operations are available through OptionROM (requires server reboot)

Virtual disk information including Cache Policy, Target ID, Device Name, Write Policy, Layout, Size (GB), Name, Read Policy, Stripe Size (MB), and Stripe Size (Bytes)


Available through OptionROM (requires reboot of the server)

Correlation between physical and virtual disks


Available through OptionROM (requires reboot of the server)

Systems Management

Feature


Inventory


Enclosure information Available through OpenManage and IT Assistant

External enclosures like PowerVault MD1000 is not supported with ESX 3i

OpenManage agent information


Not applicable

Field Replaceable Unit Information including FRU Device Name, Serial Number, Part Number, Revision, Manufacturer, and Manufacturing Date

Available through IT Assistant

Available through ipmitool. Memory FRU information is not available.

Systems Management

Feature


Change Management

BIOS and firmware updates Dell Update Packages (DUPs) are used for online update of the server. SBUU can also be used to update the server.

Dell SBUU can be used to update the server. Requires server reboot to start the update process.

Systems Management

Feature


Troubleshooting, Logging and Diagnostics

Logs

Hardware logs (or Embedded Systems Management logs)

Available through OpenManage, DRAC and IT Assistant

Available through DRAC and IT Assistant

Alert logs (SNMP alerts) See Alert Management See Alert Management

Systems Management

Feature


Inventory


Storage Controller logs Available through OpenManage


ESX log files Available through VI Client Available through VI Client

Dell System Extraction Tool (DSET)

Supported with ESX 3 Server software

Not available for ESX 3i. The server can be rebooted to a supported Linux environment to use DSET.

Dell Diagnostics Dell diagnostics tools are supported offline

Dell diagnostics tools are supported offline

Systems Management

Feature


Remote Management

DRAC Fully supported Fully supported

BMU Utilities Fully supported Fully supported

Systems Management

Feature


Hardware Configuration

BIOS configuration Available through boot option and OpenManage

Available through boot option

DRAC setting configuration

Available through boot option, OpenManage and DRAC

Available through boot option and DRAC

Storage:

Creating, and delete virtual disks

Available through OptionROM (requires reboot for the server)


Reconfigure virtual disks and capacity expansions

Not supported Not supported

Systems Management

Feature


Troubleshooting, Logging and Diagnostics


Check consistency in virtual disks



Assign and unassign hot spares



Blink and unblink virtual disks and physical disks



Slow and fast initialize virtual disks



Change policy in a virtual disk



Naming and renaming virtual disks



Configure physical disks to be online or offline



Setting patrol read mode Available through OpenManage

Not supported

Set rebuild rate Available through OpenManage

Not supported

Export controller log information



Set Consistency rate for the controller


Not supported

Systems Management

Feature




Set BGI rate for the controller


Not supported

Set reconstruction rate for the controller


Not supported

Systems Management

Feature




ContentsIntroductionOverviewSystems Management Use CasesInstall and Configure Systems Management ComponentsFirst Boot Setup and ConfigurationManagement Station SetupESX 3i Software Configuration:Systems Management Use CasesDiscovery and Health MonitoringAlert MonitoringChange ManagementTroubleshooting, Logging, and DiagnosticsRemote ManagementAdvanced System ConfigurationTroubleshooting and Known IssuesAppendixSystems Management features comparison between ESX Server 3 software with OpenManage and ESX Server 3i software

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