HP Integrity rx5670 Installation Manual

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HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows Operating
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HP Part Number: 466305-003
Published: March 2009
Edition: 19

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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    HP System Management Homepage Installation Guide HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows Operating Systems HP Part Number: 466305-003 Published: March 2009 Edition: 19...
  • Page 2 © Copyright 2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Legal Notices Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.21 1 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents About this document..................7 Intended audience..........................7 New and changed information in this edition.....................7 Typographic conventions..........................7 Related information..........................7 HP SMH documentation........................7 HP-UX documentation.........................8 Publishing history............................8 HP encourages your comments.........................9 1 Product overview..................11 Product features............................11 2 Installation requirements................13 Supported operating systems........................13 Supported browsers..........................14 Verifying system requirements.........................15 Obtaining HP SMH software........................15...
  • Page 4 Installing HP SMH on x86_64 operating systems.................43 Configuring HP SMH..........................43 8 Installing HP SMH directly on Itanium-based Linux operating systems....49 Installation for Itanium-based Linux operating systems.................49 Installing HP SMH on Itanium-based Linux operating systems..............49 Configuring HP SMH..........................49 9 Installing HP SMH directly on Linux using Linux Deployment Utility....53 Installing HP SMH with preconfiguration....................53 Preconfiguring HP SMH components....................53 Installing HP SMH as a single component...................57...
  • Page 5 List of Tables Publishing history..........................8 4- 1 Bundle information..........................19 Variables and tags..........................22 5- 1 Environment variables and tags......................37...
  • Page 7: About This Document

    About this document Intended audience HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers on HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. This installation guide is for system administrators who install HP SMH. New and changed information in this edition To review what is new and changed in this release of HP SMH, see the HP System Management Homepage Release Notes on the HP Technical Documentation website at http://docs.hp.com.
  • Page 8: Hp-Ux Documentation

    Simplifying single-system management on HP-UX 1 1i – HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) This white paper introduces HP SMH and its various plug-ins. The use cases involving HP SMH plug-ins highlight the features provided by HP SMH. The white paper is available on the HP Technical Documentation website at http://www.docs.hp.com/en/5991-7499/SMH_whitepaper_1 1iv3.pdf.
  • Page 9: Hp Encourages Your Comments

    Manufacturing part Supported operating Supported versions Edition number Publication date number systems 438862-401 HP-UX HP-UX 1 1i v3 (B.1 1.31), September 2008 HP-UX 1 1i v2 (B.1 1.23), HP-UX 1 1i v1 (B.1 1.1 1) 438862-009 HP-UX HP-UX 1 1i v3 (B.1 1.31), March 2008 HP-UX 1 1i v2 (B.1 1.23), HP-UX 1 1i v1 (B.1 1.1 1)
  • Page 11: Product Overview

    1 Product overview HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) is a web-based interface that consolidates and simplifies single system management for HP servers running the HP-UX, Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. HP SMH aggregates and displays data from Web Agents and other HP Web-enabled System Management Software that includes: HP Insight Diagnostics Array Configuration Utility...
  • Page 13: Installation Requirements

    2 Installation requirements Supported operating systems HP ProLiant servers Windows Server 2008 Standard for x86 and x64 Windows Server 2008 Enterprise for x86 and x64 Windows Server 2008 Datacenter for x86 and x64 Windows Server 2008 Essential Business Server Windows Server HPC 2008 Windows Server®...
  • Page 14: Supported Browsers

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Service Pack 1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 Service Pack 4 HP-UX HP-UX 1 1i v3 (B.1 1.31) for HP Integrity Servers and HP 9000 Servers HP-UX 1 1i v2 (B.1 1.23) for HP Integrity Servers and HP 9000 Servers HP-UX 1 1i v1 (B.1 1.1 1) for HP Servers and Workstations NOTE: For Linux operating systems, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is supported on SUSE...
  • Page 15: Verifying System Requirements

    Verifying system requirements Before installation begins, the installation utility verifies whether: For HP-UX, Linux, and Windows, the operating system meets the minimum requirements. If HP SMH does not support the operating system on a system, an error message appears, indicating that an invalid operating system was found.
  • Page 17: Preparing To Install Hp Smh

    3 Preparing to install HP SMH You can install HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) on systems running HP-UX, Linux, and Windows operating systems. You can install HP SMH locally using the Windows ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack or the Linux RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) or remotely with optional preconfiguration using the HP Smart Update Manager (HPSUM) on Windows or the Linux Deployment Utility on Linux.
  • Page 19: Installing Hp Smh On Hp-Ux Operating Systems

    4 Installing HP SMH on HP-UX operating systems System Administration Management Tool changes: SAM and HP SMH The HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) is deprecated in HP-UX 1 1i v3. HP SMH is the system administration tool for managing HP-UX 1 1i. HP SMH provides web-based systems management functionality, at-a-glance monitoring of system component health, and consolidated log viewing.
  • Page 20 Product Bundle Path Status Release HP-UX Strong Random Recommended HP-UX 1 1i v1 KRNG11i /usr/conf or Number Generator /usr/conf/lib/librng.a, You can find this /usr/share, application on the /usr/include, Software Depot Home at /sbin/init.d, http://www.hp.com/go/ /sbin/rc1.d softwaredepot. The KRNG11i bundle requires a system reboot. HP-UX Tomcat-based Recommended.
  • Page 21: Installing Hp Smh Using The Applications Media

    install and update HP-UX, including recommended and default-installed HP application bundles. See “Installing HP SMH using the Applications media” (page 21). You can use swinstall to install or update the bundles (for example, hpuxwsApache and hpuxwsTomcat) using the HP-UX 1 1i v1 (B.1 1.1 1), HP-UX 1 1i v2 (B.1 1.23), and HP-UX 1 1i v3 (B.1 1.31) media.
  • Page 22: Configuring Hp Smh

    Save the bundle to a local directory such as /var/temp. Install the product to your system: swinstall -s /var/temp/ depot_filename.depot bundlename For example: swinstall -s \ /var/temp/SysMgmtHomepage_A2214_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA+PA.depot SysMgmtWeb Start using HP SMH. Configuring HP SMH The HP SMH configuration is based on environment variables and tags that are set by the /opt/hpsmh/lbin/envvars, /opt/hpsmh/conf.common/smhpd.xml and /opt/hpsmh/conf/timeout.conf files.
  • Page 23: Patching Or Updating Hp Smh Software

    only (nothing listens on port 2381, so that port fails). When it contacts port 2301 (http), then the HP-UX Apache-based Web Server starts on port 2381 (https), and the page redirects. Automatic startup on boot This mode starts HP SMH automatically during system initialization. If the automatic startup on boot start mode is enabled and the system was rebooted using this configuration, you can access HP SMH using a web browser and navigating to https://hostname:2381/.
  • Page 25: Installing Hp Smh On A Windows Operating System

    5 Installing HP SMH on a Windows operating system Installing HP SMH directly on Windows Note: You can click Cancel at any time during configuration of HP SMH settings. Initiate the setup.exe file to begin the installation wizard. After the wizard begins, the Welcome dialog box appears.
  • Page 26 Add HP SMH group names: In the Group Name field, enter a name for the operating system group. Select an operating level to include Administrator, Operator, or User. Note: You must assign an account to an operating system user group with administrator privileges to access the Version Control Repository Manager from the Version Control Agent.
  • Page 27 Select one of the following access types: Select Anonymous Access to enable anonymous access to unsecured pages. Select Local Access to automatically grant access to any user at the local console at the selected access level. Caution: Selecting Local Access with administrator privileges provides all users with access to the local console full access without prompting them for a user name or password.
  • Page 28 Select the level of security you want to provide from one of the following trust modes: Trust By Certificate Click Next. The Trusted Certificates dialog box appears. The Trusted Certificates dialog box allows you to add trusted certificate files to the Trusted Certificate List. Installing HP SMH on a Windows operating system...
  • Page 29 Click Add File to browse and select any certificates to be included in the Trusted Certificate List. The Add File dialog box appears. If you entered an invalid file name in the file name field, an error message appears indicating the file does not exist. Click OK to select another file, or click Cancel to close the dialog box.
  • Page 30 Select Trust By Name. Click Next. The Trusted Server dialog box appears. Note: Although the Trust By Name mode is a slightly better security method than the Trust All mode, your system is still vulnerable to security attacks. The Trust By Name mode sets up HP SMH to accept only certain requests from servers with the HP SIM certificate names designated in the Trust By Name field.
  • Page 31 Select Trust All. Click Next. The IP Binding dialog box appears. Note: The Trust All option leaves your system vulnerable to security attacks and sets up HP SMH to accept certain requests from any server. For example, you might want to use Trust All if you have a secure network, and all users in the network are trusted.
  • Page 32 Installing HP SMH on a Windows operating system...
  • Page 33 Select IP Restricted Login, and click Next. The IP Address to Include dialog box appears. This dialog box enables you to specify the IP address or IP address ranges to grant login access permission. If IP addresses are in the Inclusion list, then only those IP addresses have login privileges. If no IP addresses are in the Inclusion list, then all IP addresses that are not in the Exclusion list have login privileges.
  • Page 34 Click Next. The IP Address to Exclude dialog box appears. In the Exclude field, enter a beginning IP address. In the To field, enter an ending IP address. All IP addresses that fall between the beginning and ending IP addresses do not have login access. Click Add.
  • Page 35 1 1. Click Next. The installation process begins. Note: During the installation of HP SMH, the Cancel button is disabled. Even if you click X in the upper-right corner of the box, the current operation cannot be canceled. 12. Click Finish to complete the installation. Installing HP SMH directly on Windows...
  • Page 36: Installing Hp Smh For Windows Silently

    Installing HP SMH for Windows silently The HP SMH installation for Windows enables you to silently install HP SMH. After the installation is complete, you can configure HP SMH settings. NOTE: Do not copy or import certificates when using the setup.exe /r option. Generating a setup.iss file setup.exe /r The HP SMH installation interface appears and records your selections.
  • Page 37: Configuring Hp Smh

    If perform an initial installation of HP SMH 3.x, the /preserve command preserves the pre-3.x settings. If an HP SMH 2.x installation is present, you must enter setup.exe /s /reinst /preserve /f1-full_path_to_setup.iss . If you do not include /preserve, the setup.iss is applied. Configuring HP SMH The HP SMH configuration is based on environment variables and tags that are set by SystemDrive\hp\hpsmh\smhpd.xml file.
  • Page 39: Installing Hp Smh Using Hpsum

    6 Installing HP SMH using HPSUM The HP Smart Update Manager (HPSUM) utility enables you to deploy ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack software and firmware components from a single, easy-to-use graphical user interface. The utility enables you to deploy and maintain ProLiant or Integrity Support Pack and Smart Components on a local server or one or more remote servers.
  • Page 40: Preconfiguring The Hp Smh Component

    Options for HP SMH component and select the For Install checkbox. The HP SMH component is listed under Updates to be Installed. After selecting the HP SMH component, click Install. A screen appears showing the installation progress. After installation is finished, the Installation Result panel appears. In the Installation Result panel, the Reboot Now and Exit buttons appear.
  • Page 41 Click Add. The certificate appears under Certificate Files. You can click Save to save your changes up to this point or click Cancel to discard the changes and close the wizard. Click Next. The IP Binding page appears. Trust by Name Sets HP SMH to accept certain configuration changes only from servers with the HP SIM certificate names designated in the Trust By Name field.
  • Page 42 Click Add. The IP binding configuration is saved and appears under the IP Binding List. Click Next. The IP Restricted Login page appears. 10. The IP Restricted Login enables the HP SMH to restrict login access based on the IP address of a system. You can set address restriction at installation time, or administrators can set address restriction from the IP Restricted Login page If an IP address is excluded, it is excluded even if it is also listed in the Included box.
  • Page 43: Installing Hp Smh Directly On Linux Operating Systems

    7 Installing HP SMH directly on Linux operating systems Installation for Linux on x86 and x86_64 operating systems The HP SMH installation for Linux enables you to silently install HP SMH on x86 and x86_64 operating systems. After the installation is complete, you can configure the HP SMH settings. NOTE: To install HP SMH, you must log in as root user.
  • Page 44 Enter one of the following options to assign the operating system group to the Administrator Group List: Enter 1 for Administrator. For example, to add admin1 to the Administrator operating system group: Enter 1 for Administrator. At the prompt, Enter the name of the operating system group: enter admin1.
  • Page 45 Enter 1. You are prompted for the certificate location. Enter the file path of the trusted certificates to be added to the Trusted Certificates List. Press Enter when you are finished. For example: Enter File: /home/ServerName/cert1.pem . Press Enter. The cert1.pem is added to the Trusted Certificates List. If the certificate file does not exist, a message appears indicating that /home/ServerName/cert1.pem does not exist.
  • Page 46 Enter 1 to enable the IP Binding, which sets it to ON. IP Binding: ON appears. Enter n to go to the next screen. The following options are available: To add an IP address: Enter 1 to add an IP address. You are prompted for the IP address. Enter the IP address to be added.
  • Page 47 Press Enter. The IP address is deleted from the IP Address Exclusion List. Press Enter. The IP Address Exclusion List screen appears. Enter n for next. The IP Address Inclusion list and IP Address Exclusion list appears. Note: You can add or delete as many IP addresses or IP address ranges as you want. Enter n for next.
  • Page 49: Installing Hp Smh Directly On Itanium-Based Linux Operating Systems

    8 Installing HP SMH directly on Itanium-based Linux operating systems Installation for Itanium-based Linux operating systems The HP SMH installation for Linux enables you to silently install HP SMH on Itanium-based operating systems. After the installation is complete, you can configure the HP SMH settings. NOTE: To install HP SMH, you must log in as root user.
  • Page 50 Press Enter. admin1 appears in the Administrator Group List. Enter n to go to the next screen. Enter 2 for Operator. Enter 3 for User. Enter n to go to the next screen. To delete a group: Enter 2 to delete a group. The following options are available: Enter 1 for Administrator.
  • Page 51 Enter 2. Enter the number of the IP address or netmask to be deleted. The IP address or netmask is removed from the IP address or netmask list. Note: The masking field is not required for IPv6 addresses. Enter n to go to the next screen. The IP Restricted Login screen appears. Disable IP Binding Enter 2 to disable the IP Binding, which sets it to OFF.
  • Page 52 Enter n to go to the next screen. The configuration completes, and a message appears indicating that HP SMH is successfully set up. The HP SMH service stops and starts automatically. Verify HP SMH is configured and working properly by navigating to it and verifying that it appears as you configured HP SMH during installation.
  • Page 53: Installing Hp Smh Directly On Linux Using Linux Deployment Utility

    9 Installing HP SMH directly on Linux using Linux Deployment Utility Installing HP SMH with preconfiguration The Linux Deployment Utility enables you to easily upgrade and manage system software. The utility enables you to deploy and maintain ProLiant Support Pack software on local servers through the terminal window or ssh (secure shell) utility.
  • Page 54 Right-click HP System Management Homepage for Linux and select Configure Component. The Configuration Option screen appears. In the Please enter the Operating System (OS) Group Names for Administrator level access field, enter the operating system group name for administrator-level access. Note: You can enter up to five operating system group names for administrator-level access.
  • Page 55 In the Please enter the Operating System (OS) Group Names for operator-level access field, enter the operating system group name for operator-level access. Note: You can enter up to five operating system group names for operator-level access. Separate the group names with a semicolon (;) or space. In the Please enter the Operating System (OS) Group Names for user-level access field, enter the operating system group name for user-level access.
  • Page 56 1 1. In the IP Binding field, enter YES to enable IP Binding or NO to disable IP Binding. 12. In the IP Binding List field, enter the IP address and netmask pairs separated by semicolons. For example, IPAddress1/Netmask1;IPAddress2/Netmask2. The masking field is not required for IPv6 addresses. 13.
  • Page 57: Installing Hp Smh As A Single Component

    18. After preconfiguration is complete, you can begin installation through the Linux Deployment Utility as part of the complete ProLiant Support Pack or the single component can be installed independent. Installing HP SMH as a single component You can install HP SMH independent of other components included in the ProLiant Support Pack. Select all components except the HP SMH component.
  • Page 59: Initializing The Software For The First Time

    10 Initializing the software for the first time After you have installed and configured HP SMH for the first time, a process to create a private key and corresponding self-signed Base64-encoded certificate is initiated. This certificate is a Base64-encoded PEM file.
  • Page 61: 1 Signing In And Signing Out Of Hp Smh

    1 1 Signing in and signing out of HP SMH Signing in with Microsoft Windows XP If HP SMH is installed on a Microsoft Windows XP® system, you must enable the following security option to sign in to HP SMH: Select Control Panel Local Security Policy.
  • Page 62: Signing In With Mozilla And Firefox

    Enter a user name. If you have not yet added user groups into HP SMH security settings, then users must log in with an operating system account in the Administrators group for Windows or the operating system group root (which in turn contains the user root by default) for HP-UX and Linux. If the credentials cannot be authenticated, the user is denied access.
  • Page 63 In the System Management Homepage banner, click Sign Out. Close every instance of the web browser that you use to sign in to HP SMH. You can stop HP SMH from the HP-UX command line: /opt/hpsmh/lbin/hpsmh stop This will not stop the mini-daemon smhstartd, but will stop the HP-UX Apache-based web server. The next time you contact HP SMH through http://hostname:2301, the HP-UX Apache-based web server will again start on port 2381 (https).
  • Page 65: Uninstalling Hp Smh

    12 Uninstalling HP SMH Uninstalling from an HP-UX operating system To uninstall HP SMH on an HP-UX operating system, use the following swremove command: swremove -x enforce_dependencies=false SysMgmtHomepage This method is recommended for uninstalling HP SMH. Uninstalling from a Itanium-based Linux, x86 or x86_64 operating system To uninstall HP SMH: Run the following command: e hpsmh...
  • Page 66: Uninstalling Manually For Windows And Linux Operating Systems

    If the Version Control Agent, Version Control Repository Manager, or both are not installed on the system, remove the entire \hp\hpsmh\bin directory. Delete the following registry keys: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Hewlett-Packard\System Management Homepage \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\System Management Homepage (if present) \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ {3C4DF0FD-95CF-4F7B-A816-97CEF616948F}...
  • Page 67: Uninstalling Manually For Hp-Ux Operating Systems

    \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\System\HP System Management Homepage \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SysMgmtHP Uninstalling manually for HP-UX operating systems CAUTION: Manually uninstalling HP-UX SMH is not recommended. When you must uninstall HP-UX SMH, HP recommends using the swremove command, as described in “Uninstalling from an HP-UX operating system” (page 65).
  • Page 69: Index

    Index requirements installation, 13 console installation verifying system requirements, 15 Linux, 43 resources, 7 Linux system preparation, 49 service and support, 9 documentation, 7 setup, 17 signing in, 61 signing out, 61 features, 7 software, 15, 59 getting started, 17 uninstallation, 65 HP Smart Update Manager web browsers, supported, 14...

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