Resource Orchestrator supports the following types of remote management controllers to manage servers.
For PRIMERGY Servers
iRMC
For HP Servers
iLO2 (integrated Lights-Out)
For DELL or IBM Servers
BMC (Baseboard Management Controller)
Settings for Remote Management Controller
Choose values for the following remote management controller settings according to the criteria listed below.
These IP addresses can be used to communicate with the admin server.
Name of the user account used to log in the remote management controller and gain control over the managed server.
A user account with at least administration privileges within the remote management controller must be specified.
The user name can contain up to 16 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII characters 0x20 to 0x7e).
If a user account with a name of 17 or more characters has already been set up, either create a new user account or rename it with a name of up to 16 characters.
Password used to log in the remote management controller with the above user name.
The user name can contain up to 16 alphanumeric characters and symbols (ASCII characters 0x20 to 0x7e).
If a user account with password of 17 or more characters has already been set up, either create a new user account or change the password with one of up to 16 characters.
The destination for SNMP traps sent by the remote management controller should be set as the admin server's IP address.
For details on modifying values for monitoring timeout of power control operations, refer to "Changing Monitoring Timeout Values of Physical Server Power Operations" in "Appendix A Notes on Operating ServerView Resource Orchestrator" in the "Operation Guide CE".
Settings for External Server Management Software (ServerView Agents)
For PRIMERGY servers, the server status can be monitored from external server management software (ServerView Agents). In that case, choose a value for the following setting.
Name of the SNMP community used to communicate with the server management software (ServerView Agents) on the managed server.
This community name can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-").
For details on modifying values for monitoring timeout of power control operations, refer to "Changing Monitoring Timeout Values of Physical Server Power Operations" in "Appendix A Notes on Operating ServerView Resource Orchestrator" in the "Operation Guide CE".
Note
Use the same SNMP community for each server when using server switchover and cloning functions.
