This section explains how to reconfigure hardware properties for replaced hardware.
When replacing hardware or adding or removing server components, it is necessary to reconfigure Resource Orchestrator with the new hardware properties.
Note
When replacing a server itself or the NIC used for either the admin or public LAN, be sure to perform this operation after the replacement.
If it is not, there is a possibility that operations on the server will not run correctly.
When the system board or GSPB of a PRIMEQUEST server has been changed, ensure that this operation is performed. (*)
If it is not, there is a possibility that operations on the server will not run correctly.
* Note: For the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series, take GSPB as meaning IOU.
After replacing the hardware, the server status becomes "unknown". The appropriate status can be restored by reconfiguring the hardware properties from the server.
For PRIMEQUEST, after IOU replacement or immediately after powering on, the MAC Address for each partition that is obtained from the MMB becomes FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. After each partition is powered on, the MAC Address of the correct LAN is obtained from the MMB. Reconfigure the hardware properties after powering on partitions.
A MAC address used for configuring public LAN (MAC address) information cannot be specified as the MAC address of the admin LAN. To specify that MAC address for the admin LAN, first delete it from the public LAN (MAC address) information settings. For details, refer to "9.13 Deleting the Public LAN (MAC Address) Information" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites must be satisfied before this operation can be performed:
Both the replaced server and replacement server must be the same model
A warning message is shown if the model of the replacement server differs from that of the replaced server.
The replaced server and replacement server must both be of the same blade type
If the blade types of the replaced and replacement servers are different, an error will occur.
To move a server to a different slot within a chassis, the server must be deleted first, and then registered again after being inserted in its new slot.
Reconfiguring Hardware Properties after Hardware Replacement or Addition or Removal of Server Components
For Rack Mount and Tower Servers
Use the following procedure to reconfigure properties for replaced hardware.
If the agent or ServerView Agents has already been registered, power on the server.
When a server using SAN boot has a hardware exchange that results in the MAC address used for the admin LAN being changed, the OS and an agent cannot be started.
In this case, the server should be started once, and the MAC address confirmed on the BIOS (hardware) screen. After the MAC address is confirmed, power off the server again.
In the ROR console server resource tree, right-click the target server and select [Hardware Maintenance]-[Reconfigure] from the popup menu.
The [Re-configure Hardware Properties] dialog is displayed.
Enter MAC addresses for the network interfaces used on the admin LAN.
This step can be skipped if no network interface was replaced.
Admin LAN MAC Address (NIC1)
Required only if the agent is not registered.
Additional Information
When a server is powered off for the reason given in the Additional Information in step 1, the item for input of the value of NIC1 is displayed. In this case, input the MAC address confirmed in the Additional Information in step 1.
MAC address (NIC2) under SAN Boot/admin LAN redundancy
This item is only required for the following cases:
- When using the HBA address rename setup service
- When using GLS for admin LAN redundancy on the target server
- For the spare server of a managed server using admin LAN redundancy
Click the [OK] button.
The original hardware properties of the selected managed server are updated with new hardware properties obtained from the replacement server.
For PRIMEQUEST Servers
Use the following procedure to reconfigure hardware properties after replacement of hardware or addition or removal of server components:
Replace the system board or GSPB, or add or remove server components.
For the PRIMEQUEST 2000 series, take GSPB as meaning IOU.
After approximately 30 seconds, right-click the target server in the ROR console server resource tree, and select [Hardware Maintenance]-[Re-configure] from the popup menu.
The [Re-configure Hardware Properties] dialog is displayed.
Click the [OK] button.
The original hardware properties of the selected managed server are updated with new hardware properties obtained from the replacement server.
For Fujitsu M10/SPARC Enterprise Servers
Note that in this case there is no need to set the hardware information again.
Note
When registering an agent and performing backups of system images or cloning images, perform one of the following.
Restart the managed server after reconfiguring the hardware properties
Restart the related services described in "2.2 Starting and Stopping Agents"
