Clearing The Sel; Updating The Nic Configuration File In A Linux Environment - Fujitsu PRIMERGY CX250 S2 Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

I
For detailed information on BMC settings, refer to the "Web Graphical
User Interface (GUI) for ESMS" user guides available online at
http://manuals.ts.fujitsu.com
5.2.7.2

Clearing the SEL

You can clear the System Event Log (SEL) using the ServerView BMC web
frontend:
Ê Enter the ServerView BMC web frontend.
Ê Select the Server Health and choose the Event Log submenu.
Ê Click Clear All Event Logs to clear the SEL.
I
For detailed information on BMC settings, refer to the "Integrated
Remote Management Controller" user guides available online at
http://manuals.ts.fujitsu.com
5.2.8 Updating the NIC configuration file in a Linux
environment
In order to prevent errors caused by changing network device names (eth<x>),
it is recommended to store the MAC address (hardware address) of a network
interface card in the related NIC configuration file of the Linux OS.
When replacing a network controller or the system board with onboard LAN
controllers in a server running Linux OS, the MAC address will change but not
automatically be updated in the definition file.
In order to prevent communication problems, it is necessary to update the
changed MAC address stored in the related ifcfg-eth<x> definition file.
To update the MAC address, proceed as follows:
I
Procedures may differ depending on your Linux OS or the definition file
on the client system. Use the following information as reference. Ask the
system administrator to change the definition file.
Ê After replacing a network controller or the system board, switch on and boot
the server as described in section
page 64.
kudzu, the hardware configuration tool for Red Hat Linux, will launch at boot
and detect the new and / or changed hardware on your system.
CX250 S2
"Switching on the server node" on
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
Basic software procedures
77