HP Onboard Administrator Management

This chapter contains the following section:

Managing OA Accounts

Adding an HP OA Account

Cisco UCS Director performs auto-discovery of the HP OA account and manages all infrastructure elements in the server that are associated with the HP OA account. For managing servers, you must have two HP OAs in an enclosure: one HP OA in the Active state and the other HP OA in the Standby state.


Note

When you add a standby HP OA account, Cisco UCS Director will not discover all infrastructure elements in the server that are associated with that account, including blade server information, slots, processors, and memory.

Before You Begin

Add the pod to which this HP OA account belongs.

    Step 1   Choose Administration > Physical Accounts.
    Step 2   Click Physical Accounts.
    Step 3   Click Add.
    Step 4   On the Add Account screen, complete the following fields:
    Name Description

    Pod drop-down list

    Choose the pod to which this account belongs.

    Category Type drop-down list

    Choose Computing as the category type . This is the type of infrastructure for the account.

    Account Type drop-down list

    Choose HP OA as the account type.

    Click Submit. The following fields appear once you submit the entries.

    Account Name field

    A unique name that you assign to this account.

    Description field

    (Optional) A description of this account.

    Server IP field

    The IP address of the HP server. For a cluster configuration, this is the virtual IP address.

    Note   

    While adding a standby account, provide the active IP address of the HP OA account that will act as the standby account.

    User Credential Policy check box

    Check this check box to use the policy to assign credentials to the account.

    Credential Policy drop-down list

    This field appears only when the User Credential Policy check box is checked. Choose the credential policy.

    User ID field

    This field is visible only when the User Credential Policy check box is unchecked. The username that this account will use to access the HP server. This username must be a valid account in the HP server.

    Password field

    This field is visible only when the User Credential Policy check box is unchecked. The password associated with the username.

    Protocol drop-down list

    This field is visible only when the User Credential Policy check box is unchecked. The protocol is set as SSH.

    Port field

    This field is visible only when the User Credential Policy check box is unchecked. The port used to access the HP OA account.

    Contact Email field

    The email address that you can use to contact the administrator or other person responsible for this account.

    Location field

    The location of this account.

    Step 5   Click Add.

    Cisco UCS Director tests the connection to the HP server. If that test is successful, it adds the HP OA account and discovers all infrastructure elements in the server that are associated with that account, including blade server information, slots, processors, and memory. This discovery process and inventory collection takes few minutes to complete.

    The polling interval configured on the System Tasks tab on the Administration > System window specifies the frequency of inventory collection. For more information about configuring the polling interval, see the Cisco UCS Director Network Devices Management Guide.

    Managing HP Servers

    Managing the Power in a Blade

      Step 1   Choose Physical > Compute.
      Step 2   Expand the pod and then click the HP Onboard Administrator (OA) account.
      Step 3   Click Blade Servers.
      Step 4   To turn on a blade, do the following:
      1. Click the row with the blade that you want to turn on.
      2. Click Power On.

        The Power On screen appears.

      3. From the Select One Time Boot Order drop-down list, choose one of the following as the device from which you want to start the booting process when the blade is turned on:

        • USB

        • HDD

        • FLOPPY

        • PXE

        • CD

        • RBSU

        • Normal—To follow the default boot order.

      4. Click Submit.
      Step 5   To turn off a blade, do the following:
      1. Click the row with the blade that you want to turn off.
      2. Click Power Off.

        The Power Off screen appears.

      3. Check Force to forcibly turn off the blade.
      4. Click Submit.

      Managing the Boot Order

        Step 1   Choose Physical > Compute.
        Step 2   Expand the pod and click the HP OA account.
        Step 3   Click Blade Servers.
        Step 4   Click the row with the server for which you want to change the boot order and click View Details.
        Step 5   Click Boot Order.

        The boot order set for the blade is displayed.

        Step 6   To modify the one-time boot order, do the following:
        1. Click Modify One Time Boot Order.

          The Modify One Time Boot Order screen appears.

        2. From the Select One Time Boot Order drop-down list, choose one of the following as the device that the server needs to refer to for the next reboot:

          • HDD

          • FLOPPY

          • PXE

          • CD

          • RBSU

          • Normal—To follow the default boot order.

          Note   

          After reboot, the One Time Boot value is set to None.

        3. Click Submit.
        Step 7   To modify the boot order, do the following:
        1. Click Modify Boot Order.

          The Modify Boot Order screen appears.

        2. From the Select Boot Order drop-down list, choose one of the following as the device that the server needs to refer to for the next reboot:

          • HDD

          • FLOPPY

          • PXE

          • CD

          • USB

        3. Click Submit.

        Rebooting a Blade Server

          Step 1   Choose Physical > Compute.
          Step 2   Expand the pod and click the HP OA account.
          Step 3   Click Blade Servers.
          Step 4   Click the row with the blade server that you want to reboot.
          Step 5   Click Reboot Blades.
          Step 6   On the Reboot Blades screen, complete the following fields:
          Name Description

          Select One Time Boot Order drop-down list

          Choose one of the following as the device from which you want to reboot the server:

          • HDD

          • FLOPPY

          • PXE

          • CD

          • RBSU

          • Normal—To follow the default boot order.

          Force check box

          Check this check box to forcibly reboot the server.

          Step 7   Click Submit.

          Managing OA Reports

          About Managing Reports

          All discovered and managed components of HP servers are displayed at the HP OA account level.

          You can view the reports for each of the discovered blade servers in the following categories:

          • NIC

          • CPU/Memory

          • Boot Order

          Viewing the HP OA Reports

          You can view the status of the HP blade server and details about the specific component in the HP server.

            Step 1   Choose Physical > Compute.
            Step 2   On the Compute page, expand the pod and then click the HP OA account for which you want to view the report.

            Cisco UCS Director displays the details of the servers that are available under the HP OA account. Click the tabs in the window for more details about that component.

            Name Description

            Summary tab

            Displays an overview of the server blades that are installed on the chassis of the HP OA account and the number of blades that are powered on.

            Blade Servers tab

            Displays a list of the blade servers with their details such as the bay on which the server is installed, server name, serial number, status, power condition, UID, and partner. This page has options to power on, reboot, and power off the blades.

            For more details about a server, choose the server and click View Details. Click one of the following tabs in the window for more details about that component:

            • NIC—Displays a list of adapters that are attached to the blade server. The NIC information includes the mezzanine device, mezzanine device slot, mezzanine slot, device port, NIC address, status, and bay.

            • CPU/Memory—Displays the CPU and memory information of the blade server.

            • Boot Order—Displays the following details:

              • One Time Boot—Specifies the device that a server will refer to for the next reboot. After reboot, the One Time Boot value is set to None.

              • Boot Order—Specifies the default boot order of the server.

            Power Management tab

            Displays the power delay set for rebooting the server blades on each bay, when the server is turned on.

            Rack tab

            Displays the information of the racks on which the HP blade servers are mounted.

            FRU tab

            Displays the Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) information for FRUs, such as the HP OA device, fan, blade, and power supply in the HP server. The FRU information includes the name, model, part number, spare part number, serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and hardware version. Based on FRU, the FRU information displayed in the table varies.

            VLAN tab

            Displays a list of the VLANs that are configured on the device bays and interconnect bays.

            Enclosure Power Supply tab

            Displays a list of the power supply units that supply power to the enclosure. The power supply information includes the power supply, status, AC input status, capacity, current power output, serial number, product name, part number, spare part number, and version.

            Fan tab

            Displays a list of the fans available in the enclosure. The fan information includes the fan, status, speed, maximum speed, minimum speed, power consumed, product name, part number, spare part number, and version.

            Enclosure Temperature tab

            Displays the current temperature and temperature status of the enclosures, OAs, blade bays, and interconnect modules.

            Server Firmware tab

            Displays a list of firmware components attached to blades with the bay, discovered status, firmware component, current version, and firmware ISO version.

            Devices tab

            Displays a list of the HP OA accounts. The HP OA account information includes the onboard administrator, name, role, status, UID, product name, part number, spare part number, serial number, UUID, manufacturer, firmware version, board type, and hardware version.