Group Management

 

Group management is a way to manage multiple servers at the same time. For example, you can query the fan sensor reading from multiple servers and note their differences. Also, you can simultaneously power on or off multiple servers at the same time. As shown in Figure 12-1, click Manage > Group to show group management. In group management, you can select multiple servers from the host group on the left and manage them with the functions provided. You may make groups of servers in the group list to make server group management easier.

 

 

Figure 12-1

 

For group management, a Login ID and password are required. Click Manage > Setting to set the login information. Please note that it will use this account to login to multiple servers. (Figure 12-2)

 

 

Figure 12-2

 

As shown in Figure 12-3, group management can be separated to the following categories.

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Fan

Temperature

Voltage 

Sensors

Event Log

ACPI

Power

LAN Config

FRU

Text Console

General Info

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Figure 12-3

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Fan

Figure 12-4 shows the view after selecting multiple servers and clicking on the Fan tab. You can use Ctrl+Click, Shift+Click or mouse drag for selecting servers. Clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ button will then collect the fan readings from the selected servers. The information listed in the table shows the fan status of the selected servers. If the fan reading is in red it means the fan may be broken or not installed.  If a fan reading is below the lower limit, it will also be in red. Administrators should be concerned about red marked fans to make sure the system is healthy.

 

You may refresh the fan status by checking the Reflash checkbox. It will refresh the fan status according to the selected time. Please note that it wonˇ¦t refresh if you switch to another tab.

 

 

Figure 12-4

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Temperature

Figure 12-5 shows a screen after selecting multiple servers and clicking the Temperature tab. On clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ button, It will collect the temperature readings from the selected servers. The information listed in the table show the temperature status of the selected servers.

 

 

Figure 12-5

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Voltage

Figure 12-6 shows a screen after selecting multiple servers and clicking the Voltage tab. Clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ tab will then collect the voltage readings from the selected servers. The information listed in the table shows the voltage status of the selected servers.

 

 

Figure 12-6

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Sensors

Figure 12-7 shows the screen when selecting multiple servers and clicking the Sensors tab. Clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ button will collect the sensor readings from the selected servers. The information listed in the table show the sensor status of the selected servers. The sensors here are chassis status and power supply status. If the chassis was opened or a power supply failed, the reading will be in red.

 

 

Figure 12-7

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Event log

Figure 12-8 shows selecting multiple servers and clicking the Event Log tab. Clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ button will collect the event logs from the selected servers. The table displays the event log of the selected servers. Selecting the Host combo box will filter the event log data in the table.

 

 

Figure 12-8

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ACPI

Figure 12-9 shows the screen after selecting multiple servers and clicking the ACPI tab. Clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ button will collect the ACPI state from the selected servers. The table displays the ACPI state of the selected servers.

 

 

Figure 12-9

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Power

Figure 12-10 shows selecting multiple servers and clicking the Power tab. Click one of the power control buttons to send that command to the selected server. The text area shows the results of power control.

 

Figure 12-10

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LAN Config

Figure 12-11, shows the LAN and SNMP Configurations after selecting a single server and clicking the LAN Config tab. Clicking ˇ§Queryˇ¨ gets the information from a single server. Once you get the data, you may copy it to another server or to multiple servers if you want the data to be the same. The text area shows the results of a query and update. The clear button is for clearing the text field only; it will not clear the actual LAN configuration from the server.

 

 

Figure 12-11

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FRU

Figure 12-12 shows a screen after selecting a single server and clicking the FRU tab. Clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ button to get the FRU information from a single server. Once you get the data, you may copy it to another server or to multiple servers if you want the data to be the same. The text area shows the results of a query and update. The clear button is for clearing the text field only; it will not clear the actual FRU data from the server.

 

 

Figure 12-12

 

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Text Console

Figure 12-13 shows selecting a single server and clicking the Text Console tab. Clicking the ˇ§Openˇ¨ button to create an internal text console window for the selected server. Click Start to start the text console redirection. There are power control buttons in the status bar, which provide power on, power off and reset commands for an easy way to turn on or off a remote server. The Encode checkbox is for RMCP+ encoding. Check it to enable packet encoding between client and a server.

 

 

Figure 12-13

 

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General Info

Figure 12-14 shows the screen after selecting multiple servers and clicking the General Info tab. Selecting the fields you want to query from the servers and clicking the ˇ§Queryˇ¨ button will collect that information from the selected servers.

 

 

Figure 12-14