supermicro server management utilities - abacus.czserver management utilities 3 server management...

w w w.sup ermicro.com July 2013

IPMI Utilities | SuperDoctor® 5 | SPM | SUM | SCM

Supermicro Server Management Utilities

Optimized for Data Centers

Remotely manage servers deployed worldwide

Manage hardware with no impact on applications

Integrate utilities easily with existing infrastructure

22 Server Management Utilities2

Server Management Utilities

Remotely manage servers deployed worldwideManage server health, power consumption and firmware maintenance remotely using agent and agent-less mechanisms.

Manage hardware with no impact on applicationsPerform monitoring, configuration and update operations without affecting application performance or continuity using out-of-band (OOB) utilities.

Integrate utilities easily with existing infrastructureServer management functions can be called through utilities’ command line interfaces to support existing data center automated management frameworks. Additionally, our server management utilities provide seamless integration with Nagios, Microsoft SCOM and other industry standard plugins.

Key Features:

IPMI Utilities

IPMICFG - BMC/FRU Configuration Utility

IPMICFG Feature List

• Command Line Utility

• Set up BMC IP Address

• NM (Node Manager) 2.0 Management

• IPMI User and Configuration Management

• IPMI Sensor and Event Management

• FRU Management

SMCIPMITool - CLI Based IPMI Utility

SMCIPMITool Feature List

• Command Line Utility

• Remote IPMI Management

• Remote NM (Node Manager) 2.0 Management

• Remote IPMI Sensor and Event Management

• Remote FRU Management

• Remote IPMI User/Group Management

• Remote Blade System Management

• IPMI Firmware Upgrade

IPMIView - GUI Based IPMI Utility

IPMIView Feature List

• JAVA GUI Interface

• IPMI System Management

• KVM Console Redirection

• Text Console Redirection

• Virtual Media Management

• IPMI User/Group Management

• Trap Receiver

• Mobile App (Android)

Supermicro’s IPMI utilities monitor and configure information related to the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). Some commonly used utilities are highlighted below.

33 Server Management Utilities 3


SD5 Feature List

• Monitoring Functions

- Hardware Monitoring (fan speed, temperature, voltage, chassis intrusion, redundant power failure, power consumption, disk health, and memory health)

- Software Monitoring (HTTP, FTP, and SMTP services)

• Notification Functions

- Notifications Sent When Host or Service State Changes

- Notifications Sent via E-mail and SNMP Traps

• Configuration Functions

- Monitored Items

- Alert Functions

- Password Settings

• System Information and Report Functions

- 15 System Information Types (baseboard, services, etc.)

- 6 Report Types (Supermicro SuperDoctor® 5 (SD5) Server Availability, Host Status Change, and Service Status Change)

SD5 Requirements Hardware:

- Supermicro servers - 200 MB free disk space - 64 MB available RAM

Operating System: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.x, 6.x - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.x - Windows 2003 Server R2 - Windows 2008 Server R2

Browser: - Internet Explorer 8.x, Firefox 3.x or above

SD5 Management Server (Beta) Requirements Hardware:

- 500 MB free disk space - 512 MB available RAM

Operating System: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.x 64-bit - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x 64-bit - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.x - Windows 2003 Server R2 64-bit - Windows 2008 Server R2 64-bit

Browser: - Internet Explorer 8.x, Firefox 3.x or above

SD5: Supermicro SuperDoctor® 5

Supermicro SuperDoctor® 5 (SD5) Dashboard

The Supermicro SuperDoctor® 5 (SD5) utility monitors the system health of hardware and operating system services from the target nodes in real-time and provides alerts to administrators on the availability of systems in datacenters. The 5th generation version builds on top of SDII and SDIII, which have been supporting customers across the globe for the last 15 years and provides support for industry standard Nagios and Microsoft SCOM monitoring frameworks. SD5 provides system information such as the serial numbers of the components, sends alerts by e-mail or SNMP traps and provides user interface support through CLI and web interfaces. For managing multiple nodes at a time, SD5 can be integrated with Supermicro SD5 Management Server (beta) installed on management servers to control power on/off for managed nodes remotely, reset chassis intrusions, and update SD5 on each target node. Additionally it can also support remote console redirection.



SPM: Supermicro Power Manager

The Supermicro Power Manager (SPM) uses IPMI interfaces and Intel Node Manager 2.0 features to monitor CPU/memory/system power usage, and to remotely control power consumption. It controls the power consumption of systems by policy-based administration. By leveraging Intel's Data Center Manager technology, SPM enables administrators to configure policies by data center, room, row, rack, target machine, or logical group defined by the administrator. Policies can be triggered by power or temperature thresholds and also by time of day.

Capabilities of Intel Node Manager Technology 1.5 (Supermicro X8)• Report system-level power consumption

• Limit power via policies defined by the IT administrator at the system, rack, row, and room level using P and T-State controls

• Trigger and time-based policies

• Up to 16 policies (stored in firmware) per system

Capabilities of Intel Node Manager Technology 2.0 (Supermicro X9)In addition to the features found in Node Manager 1.5, there are additional controls and sensors in the newer Supermicro X9 platforms.

• Runtime Average Power Limiting (RAPL) to implement power control in CPU & memory

• Report inlet temperature per server

• CPU Domain Power monitoring and limiting

• Memory Domain Power monitoring and limiting

• Dynamic Core Allocation (requires ACPI 4.0 compliant OS)SPM - Manage power across multiple clusters

Use cases for different environments

Monitor Control Sustain Optimize

View power and temperature

usage of server nodes

Set limits on node power

consumption to increase rack

density

Automatically reduce power to

sustain operations during power or cooling events

Use existing power data and apply

intelligent policies to improve workload

efficiency



SPM Feature List

• Monitor and Control functions

- Power (system, CPU, memory, PDUs), temperature, P-States, T-States

• Configurations- Power capping limits- Temperature limits ( Celsius/Fahrenheit)- Refresh periods- Custom events

• Statistics- Saves historical data up to 1 year- Max, min, average

• Notifications- SNMP traps- SMTP messages

• Based on Intel Data Center Management software- Monitor up to 5000 nodes with single DCM instance

SPM Environment Requirements Hardware:


Operating System: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.x - Fedora Core 15 - CentOS 5.x - Ubuntu 11.x - Windows Server 2003 / 2003 R2 / 2008 / 2008 R2 - Windows 7 / XP

JAVA: - JRE 1.6.0 or above

DCM Environment RequirementsHardware:

- A dual-core processor of 2.6 GHz or higher - 4 GB available RAM - 60 GB free disk space

Operating System: - Windows Server 2003 R2 / 2008 / 2008 R2 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.x / 6.x - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.x / 11.X

JAVA: - JRE 1.6.0 or above

SPM Dashboard



SUM: Supermicro Update Manager SCM: Supermicro Command Manager

The Supermicro Update Manager (SUM) remotely updates the BIOS and system settings of SMCI X9/X10 generation based machines through OOB (Out-Of-Band) communication channels, i.e. communication through the BMC/IPMI interface. Users can remotely edit system BIOS settings from human-readable text files and use this utility to configure the target machine’s system BIOS configuration from such a text file. BIOS image and settings update operation is independent of system OS on the target machine and can be executed before a system OS is installed.

The Supermicro Command Manager (SCM) is a parallel execution framework under Linux, which allows system administrators to incorporate Linux commands and execute them in parallel on multiple servers. SCM has two components: the server component to be installed on the management server and an agent installed on target nodes. Through SCM agents and the management server, administrators can execute commands on target operating systems by nodes or by groups. SCM is designed to assist in integration with third party utilities and customization of management infrastructure. The current version of SCM integrates Supermicro's In-band BIOS and IPMI flash utilities.

SUM Feature List

• Update BIOS ROM - Update/Preserve SMBIOS data, ME region, NVRAM

• Get/Set BIOS settings - Current settings, default settings

• Check HW/FW support for OOB management

• Activate product key to enable OOB BIOS management feature

SUM Server Requirements Hardware:


Operating System: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 Update 0 (x86_64) or later

JAVA Runtime Environment: - OPEN JDK / Oracle JRE 1.6.0 or later

Target Machine RequirementsFirmware RequirementsBMC Version:

- Supermicro IPMI firmware revision 2.0 or laterBIOS Version:

- The BIOS version 2.0 or later for selected X9 Romley/X10 servers

SCM Feature list

• Discover agents in the IP range• Execute commands in batch mode• CLI interface allows easy integration into existing

infrastructure• Encryption-based secure connection between agent

and server

SCM Server Requirements Hardware:


Operating System: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x x86_64

Target Machine RequirementsHardware:

- Supermicro servers - 25 MB free disk space - 256 MB available RAM

Operating System: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.x x86_64

SUM flash BIOS through IPMI

SCM architecture

[root@x9m sum_1.0.0_Linux_x64]# ./sum -i 192.168.1.14 -u ADMIN -p ADMIN -c UpdateBios --file X9DRTH3.402 --rebootSupermicro Update Manager (for UEFI BIOS) V1.0.0 (2013/06/25) Copyright (C)2013 Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reservedStatus: Start updating BIOS for 192.168.1.14

************************************WARNING************************************* Do not remove AC power from the server.********************************************************************************

..................................................

.

..................................................

..................................................

..................................................

..................................................

..................................................

..................................................

..................................................

..................................................

.........Status: BIOS is updated for 192.168.1.14

[root@x9m sum_1.0.0_Linux_x64]#



Supermicro Server Management Utilities Feature Summary

Why Supermicro? Supermicro is a market leader in Green Computing and Server Building Block Solutions™.

Our system management software ties these building blocks together to provide seamless management in data center operations.

Our expertise in Enterprise IT, Cloud Computing, Hadoop/Big Data, and HPC environments provides customers with highly scalable, application optimized

solutions designed to meet most challenging business requirements. Our expanded software features are designed to streamline IT operations

with lights-out management functionality for remote monitoring, control, and maintenance.

Every datacenter center is unique when it comes to its operations; Supermicro collaborates with you to integrate our system management software into your existing infrastructure. We provide customizable functionality via individual software modules to reduce your operational overhead and the total cost of ownership.

Supermicro is committed to rapidly address customer issues. With our integrated hardware and system management software, you can be assured that you will receive the most optimized solution and the

most effective technical support.

Features IPMICFG* SMCIPMITool* IPMIView* SD5* SPM SUM SCM

User Interface CLI CLI GUI WebUICLI

GUICLI CLI CLI

Management Interface Local (In-band)

Remote (OOB)

Remote (OOB)

Local (In-band)

Remote (OOB)

Remote (OOB)

Remote (In-band)

OS Support for ManagerDOS

LinuxWindows

LinuxWindows

LinuxWindows

LinuxWindows

LinuxWindows Linux Linux

Hardware Monitoring ✔(IPMI)

✔(IPMI) ✔

Power Management ✔

Firmware Upgrades ✔(IPMI FW)

✔(IPMI FW)

✔ (BIOS)

✔(BIOS &

IPMI FW)

Firmware Configuration ✔(IPMI FW)

✔(IPMI FW)

✔(IPMI FW)

✔ (BIOS)

Discovery ✔ ✔ ✔

Remote Power On/Off/Cycle ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

Group Management ✔ ✔ ✔✔

(with script) ✔

Alert Notification ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

* Free Utilities

SKU Description

SFT-DCMS-Single Per node license for System Management Suite (all packages)

SFT-DCMS-SITE Site license for individual software module (per year)

SFT-OOB-LIC Per node license for OOB BIOS management mechanism

SFT-SPM-LIC Per node license for Power Management Utility

SFT-SCM-LIC Per node license for Command Management Utility

Contact your Supermicro sales representative for more information

SuperBlade® FamilyDatacenterBlade®

TwinBlade®

Double-Sided Storage®

Highest Capacity up to 72x 3.5” External Hot-Swap HDDs in 4U

Data Center OptimizedData Center PUE < 1.1

47°C Ambient Server Solutions

Twin Family2UTwin2®

4 DP Nodes in 2U12x 2.5”/6x 3.5” HDDs in 1 Rack Unit

WIO/UIO Family3 Add-on Cards in 1U

Onboard SAS 2.0 & Quad LAN,

10GbE, IB options

GPU/MIC SupercomputingMulti TeraFLOPS Servers/Workstations/Blades

MKT

-000

2-07

/201

3-1.

0

New!FatTwin™

8/4 Nodes in 4UFront or Rear I/O

Comprehensive Server, Storage and Networking Product LinesOptimized for Data Center, Cloud, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems

New!72x Ext. Hot-Swap

HDDs in 4U

Worldwide Headquarters:

Super Micro Computer, Inc.980 Rock Avenue

San Jose, CA 95131, USA

Tel: +1-408-503-8000

Fax: +1-408-503-8008

E-mail: [email protected]

Europe Subsidiary:

Super Micro Computer, B.V.Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML,‘s-Hertogenbosch, The NetherlandsTel: +31-73-640-0390Fax: +31-73-641-6525E-mail: [email protected]

Asia Subsidiary:

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Taiwan Office)3F., No.150, Jian 1st Rd., Zhonghe DistrictNew Taipei City 23511, TaiwanTel: +886-2-8226-3990Fax: +886-2-8226-3991E-mail: [email protected]

Supermicro Science & Technology ParkNo.1899, Xingfeng Road, Bade City,Taoyuan County 334, TaiwanTel: +886-2-8226-3990Fax: +886-2-8226-3991E-mail: [email protected]

China Subsidiary:

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Beijing Office)Suite 1208 JiaHua Building DShangdi, Haidian District Beijing, China 100085Tel: +86-10-62969165E-mail: [email protected]

Free-Air Cooling • 47˚C Ambient Operation • PUE ≤ 1.1

supermicro server management utilities - abacus.czserver management utilities 3 server management...

Documents