This section explains the resource definition information specified system configuration files.
Admin LAN Subnet Data
Section Name
Enter [Subnet] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the subnet name.
Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetic character and containing up to 16 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), hyphens ("-"), and periods (".").
Enter the network address for the subnet used as the admin LAN.
Enter valid values for the network address.
Enter valid values for the subnet mask.
Enter the settings for the gateway used for communication with the admin server on the admin LAN.
VIOM Data
Section Name
Enter [VIOManager] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Specify "VIOM".
Enter the IP address of the terminal on which VIOM is installed.
Specify "127.0.0.1".
Enter the name of a VIOM user account.
When specifying a domain, use the following syntax: "domain_name\user_name".
Enter the password of the above VIOM user account.
Enter one of the following.
If login_passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
Chassis Data
Section Name
Enter [Chassis] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the name that will be used to identify the chassis.
Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 10 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").
Note
Chassis names should be unique between all chassis. Names are not case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that set on the management blade.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the same SNMP community (read-write permission) as that set on the management blade.
Enter a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
PRIMEQUEST Chassis Management Data
Section Name
Enter [PRIMERGYPartitionModelChassis] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the name that will be used to identify the chassis.
Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 10 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").
Note
Chassis names should be unique between all chassis.
Names are not case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that set on the management board.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the same SNMP community (read-write permission) as that set on the management board.
Enter a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Enter the name of a remote server management user account with administrative privileges.
This user name must be between 8 and 16 alphanumeric characters long.
Enter the password of the remote server management account.
This password must be between 8 and 16 alphanumeric characters long.
Enter one of the following.
If mgmt_passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Chassis Data
Section Name
Enter [SPARCEnterprisePartitionModelChassis] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the name that will be used to identify the chassis.
Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 10 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").
Note
Chassis names should be unique between all chassis.
Names are not case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that configured on the XSCF.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the name of a SNMP community (with read permission) configured on this server's remote management controller (XSCF).
Enter a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Enter the name of a remote management controller (XSCF) user account with administrative privileges ("platadm" privileges).
Enter a string of up to 31 alphanumeric characters, hyphens ("-"), and underscores ("_"). This name must start with an alphabet character.
Enter the password of the remote management controller (XSCF) user account.
Enter up to 32 characters, including alphanumeric characters, blank spaces (" "), and any of the following symbols.
"!", "@", "#", "$", "%", "^", "&", "*", "[", "]", "{", "}", "(", ")", "-", "+", "=", "~", ",", ">", "<", "/", "'", "?", ";", ":"
Enter one of the following.
If mgmt_passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
LAN Switch Blade Data
Section Name
Enter [LanSwitch] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the chassis name (the value of "chassis_name" in the [Chassis] section).
Enter the slot number where the LAN switch blade is installed. Enter a number between 1 and 8.
Enter the name to assign to this LAN switch blade.
Enter a string of up to 15 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Note
LAN switch blade names should be unique between all LAN switch blades. The names are case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that set on the LAN switch blade.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the same SNMP community (read-only permission) as that set on the LAN switch blade.
Enter a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Enter the name of the user account used to remotely log into the LAN switch blade.
Enter up to 64 characters, including alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case), underscores ("_"), or hyphens ("-").
Enter the password of the above user account (for remote login).
Enter a string of up to 80 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII character codes: 0x20, 0x21 or 0x23 to 0x7e) and no double-quotations ("). Passwords entered in this field are seen as plain text passwords.
Enter one of the following.
If passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
Enter the admin password of the above user account.
Enter a string of up to 80 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII character codes: 0x20, 0x21 or 0x23 to 0x7e) and no double-quotations ("). Passwords entered in this field are seen as plain text passwords.
Enter one of the following.
If privileged_passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
Enter the model of the LAN switch blade. Note that if a hyphen ("-") is entered, it is treated as "BX600 GbE Switch Blade 30/12".
One of the following models can be entered.
PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/12
PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 36/8+2
PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 1Gb 18/6
PY CB Eth Switch/IBP 10Gb 18/8
BX600 GbE Switch Blade 30/12
PRIMERGY BX600 GbE Switch 16/2x10Gb
PRIMERGY BX600 GbE Switch 16x1Gb
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3040
VLAN Data for LAN Switch Blades
Section Name
Enter [LanSwitchNet] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the chassis name (the value of "chassis_name" in the [Chassis] section).
Enter the port number of an external LAN switch blade port. Enter numeric characters. The port number that can be specified is different depending on the model type.
For details, refer to the manual of the LAN switch blade to be used.
Enter the VLAN ID and tag type ("/T" for tagged or "/U" for untagged) to be assigned to the specified LAN switch blade port.
Enter a VLAN ID followed by tag types. To specify multiple VLAN IDs, separate each set of VLAN settings using semicolons (";"). Both tagged ("/T") and untagged ("/U") VLAN IDs can be used together, but only one untagged ("/U") type is allowed.
Example
10/U
10/U;20/T;30/T
10/T;20/T
Note
If a hyphen ("-") is entered, VLAN settings will not be performed.
This section will be ignored for PRIMERGY BX900/BX400 LAN switch blades operating in IBP mode.
Server Management Information
Section Name
Enter [Server] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the chassis name (the value of "chassis_name" in the [Chassis] section).
Note
This field is only required for PRIMERGY BX servers.
Enter the slot number where the server blade is installed. Enter a number between 1 and 18.
Note
This field is only required for PRIMERGY BX servers.
When a server blade is registered, Resource Orchestrator does not check the actual slot position, or whether it has been installed properly.
When registering multi-slot servers, enter only the master slot number.
Enter the resource name that will be used to identify the server. Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 15 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-"). If enclosed by parentheses "( )", this server will be seen as being in a switched over state, and this line will be ignored when importing the system definition file.
Note
Server names should be unique between all servers. Names are not case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that set within the server's operating system.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the MAC address of the admin LAN network interface: NIC1 (Index1).
Enter a string delimited by hyphens ("-") or colons (":") ("xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx" or "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx").
Enter the MAC address of the network interface used for the HBA address rename setup service or for admin LAN redundancy.
The second network interface (Index 2) should be used.
Enter a string delimited by hyphens ("-") or colons (":") ("xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx" or "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx").
Note
This field can be omitted in the following cases.
- When not using the HBA address rename setup service
- When not using GLS for admin LAN redundancy on the managed server
- For a spare server whose primary servers are not using admin LAN redundancy
The "second_mac_address" header is the equivalent of the "hbaar_mac_address" header defined in RCXCSV V3.0.
"hbaar_mac_address" can only be used when "RCXCSV,V3.0" is specified at the top of the imported system configuration file.
However, this header is automatically changed to "second_mac_address" when exporting a new system configuration file.
Enter the name of the SNMP community (read permission) assigned to this server.
Enter a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Note
This field is not necessary when using servers other than the PRIMERGY series.
Enter the IP address of this server's remote management controller.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the name of a remote management controller user account with administrative privileges.
Enter a string of up to 16 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII character codes: 0x20 to 0x7e).
Note
If the name of the current administrator account on the remote management controller is longer than 16 characters, either create a new account or rename the current account (within 16 characters).
Enter the password of the remote management controller user account.
Enter a string of up to 16 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII character codes: 0x20 to 0x7e).
This field can be omitted if no password has been set for this user account.
Note
If the password of the current administrator account on the remote management controller is longer than 16 characters, either create a new account or change its password (within 16 characters).
Enter one of the following.
If ipmi_passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
The index of the NIC to use for the admin LAN.
Enter a number (1 or larger).
Note
This field is only required for PRIMERGY BX servers.
The Index number of NICs used for the HBA address rename setup service or for admin LAN redundancy.
Enter a number (1 or larger).
For the following cases, enter a hyphen ("-").
When not using the HBA address rename setup service
When redundancy of the admin LAN for managed servers does not use GLS
When not using as the spare server of a managed server with redundancy configured
Note
This field is only required for PRIMERGY BX servers.
Enter one of the following.
When using the NIC specified in the admin_lan2_nic_number as the backup for admin LAN redundancy
"ON"
When not using the NIC specified in the admin_lan2_nic_number as the backup for admin LAN redundancy
"OFF"
SPARC Enterprise Server Data
Section Name
Enter [SPARCEnterprise] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the resource name that will be used to identify the server. Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 15 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").
Enter the same IP address as that set within the server's operating system. Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Enter the name of a SNMP community (with read permission) configured on this server's remote management controller (ILOM/XSCF).
Enter a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Enter the IP address of this server's remote management controller (ILOM/XSCF).
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the type of the remote management controller (ILOM/XSCF) to manage servers.
For M3000
"XSCF"
For T Series
"ILOM"
Enter the user name (For ILOM, Admin privileges, and for XSCF, platadm privileges) of a remote management controller to manage servers (ILOM/XSCF).
For XSCF
Enter up to 31 characters, including alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), or hyphens ("-"). This name should start with an alphabet character.
For ILOM
Enter between 4 and 16 characters, including alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), or hyphens ("-"). This name should start with an alphabet character.
Enter the password of the remote management controller (ILOM/XSCF) to manage a server.
For XSCF
Enter up to 32 characters, including alphanumeric characters, blank spaces (" "), and any of the following symbols.
For ILOM
Enter between 8 and 16 characters, including alphanumeric characters, blank spaces (" "), and any of the following symbols.
"!", "@", "#", "$", "%", "^", "&", "*", "[", "]", "{", "}", "(", ")", "-", "+", "=", "~", ",", ">", "<", "/", "'", "?", ";", ":"
Enter one of the following.
If mgmt_passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
PRIMEQUEST Server Management Data
Section Name
Enter [PRIMERGYPartitionModelServer] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the chassis name (the value of "chassis_name" in the [PRIMERGYPartitionModelChassis] section).
The number of a partition. Enter a number between 0 and 3.
Enter the resource name that will be used to identify the server. Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 15 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-"). If enclosed by parentheses "( )", this server will be seen as being in a switched over state, and this line will be ignored when importing the system definition file.
Note
Server names should be unique between all servers. Names are not case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that set within the server's operating system.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Specify the boot option configured from BIOS when installing the OS.
When installing using a legacy boot
"legacy"
When installing using UEFI
"uefi"
Note
[Linux]
The boot option specification will be disabled, and always be treated as "legacy".
Server Blade VLAN Data
Section Name
Enter [ServerNet] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the server name (the value of "server_name" in the [Server] section).
This is the index number of the server blade's network interface. Enter a number between 1 and 12.
Enter the VLAN ID and tag type ("/T" or "/U") to be assigned to the LAN switch blade port connected to this server's network interface.
Enter a VLAN ID followed by tag types. To specify multiple VLAN IDs, separate each set of VLAN settings using semicolons (";"). Both tagged ("/T") and untagged ("/U") VLAN IDs can be used together, but only one untagged ("/U") type is allowed.
Example
10/U
10/U;20/T;30/T
10/T;20/T
Note
If a hyphen ("-") is entered, VLAN settings will not be performed.
Use the following NIC indexes to specify LAN expansion cards (if any was mounted).
PRIMERGY BX600 Servers
7, 8
PRIMERGY BX900/BX400 Servers
5 to 12
This section will be ignored for PRIMERGY BX900/BX400 LAN switch blades operating in IBP mode.
SPARC Enterprise M4000/M5000/M8000/M9000 Server Data
Section Name
Enter [SPARCEnterprisePartitionModelServer] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the chassis name (the "chassis_name" in the [SPARCEnterprisePartitionModelChassis] section).
The number of a partition. Enter a number between 0 and 23.
Enter the resource name that will be used to identify the server.
Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 15 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").
Note
Server names should be unique between all servers.
Names are not case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that set within the server's operating system.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
HBA address rename Information of a Server
Section Name
Enter [ServerWWNN] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the server name (the value of "server_name" in the [Server] section).
This is the number of ports that use HBA address rename. Enter a number between 1 and 2.
Enter the 16-digit hexadecimal WWNN string of the physical server which uses the HBA address rename function.
Enter a hexadecimal string using alphanumeric characters, with "20 0" as the first three characters.
Note
All WWNNs should be unique between all resources (WWNNs are not case-sensitive). Names are not case-sensitive.
Server Switchover Management Information
Section Name
Enter [SpareServer] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the server name (the value of "server_name" in the [Server] section).
Enter the physical server name of a server to be assigned as a spare server.
To specify multiple spare servers, separate each server name using semicolons (";"). To remove current spare server settings, enter "-DELETE".
Specify whether VLAN settings or port group settings should be automatically transferred to the spare server when a server switchover occurs. Enter "ON", "OFF" or a hyphen ("-").
This value defines whether or not to trigger an automatic switchover upon detection of a server failure. Enter "ON", "OFF" or a hyphen ("-").
Enter the boot type of the server. Enter one of the following.
SAN boot
"SAN"
For local boot
"local"
When using the VIOM server profile to conduct boot settings
Hyphens, ("-")
Enter whether the spare server is turned off forcibly, when switching over to the spare server. Enter "ON", "OFF" or a hyphen ("-").
Enter whether the server is switched to a VM host on which a VM guest exists. Enter "ON", "OFF" or a hyphen ("-").
VM Management Software Information
Section Name
Enter [VMManager] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the name used to identify this VM management software. Enter one of the following.
When using VMware vCenter Server as VM management software.
"vCenterServer"
When using System Center Virtual Machine Manager as VM management software.
"SCVMM"
Enter the IP address used to connect to this VM management software or a hyphen ("-").
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
If a hyphen ("-") is entered, this VM management software will be seen as being installed on the admin server.
Enter the name of this VM management software. Enter one of the following.
When using VMware vCenter Server as VM management software.
"vmware-vc"
When using System Center Virtual Machine Manager as VM management software.
"ms-scvmm"
Enter the name of the user account set for this VM management software.
Use a string of up to 84 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII character codes: from 0x21 to 0x7e). When specifying a domain, use the following syntax: "domain_name\user_name".
Enter the password for this VM management software.
Use a string of up to 128 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII character codes: from 0x21 to 0x7e).
Enter one of the following.
If login_passwd is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
Server Agent Management Information
Section Name
Enter [ServerAgent] as the section name.
This is required when registering multiple agents together (for Windows or Linux managed servers).
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
The "change" operation cannot be used for this section.
Enter the server name (the value of "server_name" in the [Server] section).
VM Host Management Information
Section Name
Enter [ServerVMHost] as the section name.
This is required when registering multiple agents together (for VM host managed servers).
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the server name (the value of "server_name" in the [Server] section).
Enter the name of the user account used to remotely log into the VM Host.
Enter the password of the above user account (for remote login).
Enter one of the following.
If the password is plain text
"plain"
If the password is encrypted
"encrypted"
Monitoring Settings
Section Name
Enter [MonitorSetting] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the server name (the value of "server_name" in the [Server] section).
Enter the time-out value (in seconds) for ping control.
Enter a number from 5 to 3,600.
Enter a recovery process. Enter one of the following.
Reboot
"reboot"
Reboot (Forced)
"force_reboot"
Switchover
"switchover"
Reboot and Switchover
"reboot_and_switchover"
Reboot (Forced) and Switchover
"force_reboot_and_switchover"
Enter the number of times to reboot. Enter a number from 1 to 3.
Power Monitoring Device Data
Section Name
Enter [PowerDevice] as the section name.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the name that will be used to identify the power monitoring device.
Enter a character string beginning with an alphabetical character and containing up to 15 alphanumeric characters and hyphens ("-").
Note
Device names should be unique between all power monitoring devices. The names are case-sensitive.
Enter the same IP address as that set on the power monitoring device.
Enter a string of numeric values (between 0 and 255) and periods.
Note
IP addresses should be unique between all resources.
Enter the same SNMP community (read-only permission) as that set on the power monitoring device.
Enter a string of up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
Enter the voltage (V) that is being supplied to the power monitoring device. Enter a number between 10 and 999.
Note
Resource Orchestrator calculates power consumption data using the electrical current value obtained from the power monitoring device and its specified voltage.
Enter any comments for the power monitoring device.
Enter up to 128 alphanumeric characters or symbols (ASCII characters 0x20 to 0x7e).
Note
A line break is counted as one character. Use "Alt+Enter" to enter line breaks.
Memo
Section Name
Enter [Memo] as the section name.
This is required when registering the labels, comments, and contact information (displayed in BladeViewer) using the pre-configuration function.
Section Header
Enter the desired operation for the current line. Enter a hyphen ("-") to skip this line.
Enter the type of the resource for which to set this memo. Enter one of the following.
When a physical server including a VM host is specified
"physical_server"
When a VM guest is specified
"vm_guest"
When contact information is specified
"common"
Enter the name of the resource name for which to set this memo. Enter one of the following.
When "resource_type" is "physical_server"
Enter one of the following.
- Server name ("server_name" of [ServerAgent] section)
- VM host name ("server_name" of [ServerVMHost] section)
When "resource_type" is "vm_guest"
Enter the registered VM guest name
When "resource_type" is "common"
Do not enter any characters.
This label is used to identify the applications running on each server. Enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters or symbols (ASCII characters 0x20 to 0x7e). Note that if the value of "resource_type" is "common", do not enter anything.
Note
Line breaks ("\n") are not available.
This is a comment that can be set as an option for each application. If the "resource_type" is "common", this can be used for the contact details, maintenance information, or other information. Enter up to 256 alphanumeric characters or symbols (ASCII characters 0x20 to 0x7e).
