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Cyclades AlterPath Manager 2500 Installation, Configuration And User Manual (368 pages)

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Table of Contents
3
Audience
25
Before You Begin

25
- Document Organization
  25
- Specifications
  26
- Typographic and Other Conventions
  27
Table P-1: Typographic Conventions

27
Table P-2: Other Terms and Conventions

27
Table P-3: Naming Conventions

28
- Linux Shell Syntax
  29
Table P-4: Linux Shell Syntax

29
- Additional Resources
  30
Chapter 1 Introduction

33
Figure 1-8: Example of an Onsite Accessed by an APM

51
Chapter 2: Alterpath Manager Installation

53
Chapter 3: User Level Web Access

75
- User Interface Overview
  75
  - Table 3-1: User Interface Main Menu
    
    76
    
    Figure 3-1: APM Login Screen
    77
    
    Figure 3-2: Console / Devices Menu
    78
    
    Online Help
    79
    
    Search and Filter Functions
    79
    
    Sorting a List Form by Column/Field Name
    79
    
    Alarm Logs
    80
    
    Alarms
    80
    
    To Respond to an Alarm
    80
    
    Alarms List Form
    81
    
    Table 3-2: Alarms List Form
    81
    
    To View the Alarms Detail Form
    82
  - General Screen Features
    78
- To Access the APM Web Application
  76
  - Figure 3-3: Alarms List Form
    
    81
    
    Figure 3-4: Alarms Detail (or Ticket Info) Form
    83
    
    Table 3-3: Alarms Detail Form
    83
    
    Figure 3-6: Selecting a Device: "View" or "CLI
    86
    
    Figure 3-7: Access Device Detail Form
    86
    
    Consoles
    87
    
    Figure 3-8: Device CLI Viewer
    87
    
    Optional Features
    88
    
    To View the Consoles List
    88
    
    Figure 3-9: Consoles List Form
    89
    
    To Connect to a Console
    89
    
    Consoles Detail Form
    90
    
    Multiple Users and Read/Write Access
    90
    
    Table 3-4: IBM Blade Device and Console Connect Options
    90
    
    Viewing an IBM Blade Center, Blade, or Switch
    90
    
    Figure 3-10:Consoles Detail Form
    91
    
    Table 3-5: Consoles, Details Form
    91
    
    Figure 3-11: Consoles Notify Form
    93
    
    To View the Consoles Notify Form
    93
    
    Figure 3-12: Consoles Group Form
    94
    
    Kvm/Net Plus Web Control Page
    94
    
    To Access the Web Control Page
    94
    
    To View the Consoles Groups Form
    94
    
    Figure 3-13:KVM Viewer Launch Initialization Window
    95
    
    Figure 3-14:KVM Console List Control Page
    96
    
    Table 3-6: Log Types
    99
    
    Figure 3-17: Log Selection Form
    100
    
    Table 3-7: Log Selection Form
    100
    
    To View the Logs
    100
    
    Access Logs
    101
    
    Figure 3-18: Access Logs Form
    101
    
    Event Logs
    102
    
    Table 3-8: Access Logs Form
    102
    
    Data Buffer
    103
  - Figure 3-15:Kvm/Net Web Control Page
    
    97
  - Figure 3-16: IPMI Sensors Form
    
    98
  - Ipmi
    98
  - To View IPMI Sensors
    98
  - Logs
    99
- Figure 3-5: Logs Form
  
  84
- To Assign or Re-Assign a Ticket to a User
  84
- To View Alarm or Console Logs
  84
- Web Access for Users
  85
- Power Management
  104
  - Table 3-10: IPDU Viewer Details
    
    104
  - Figure 3-22:PM Device Outlet Control Form
    
    107
  - User's Profile
    107
- To View PM Device Parameters
  106
Figure 3-27: User's Profile Security Form

114
Chapter 4: Configuration and Administration

117
- Operational Modes
  118
- Configuration Process Flow
  119
- Figure 4-1: Alterpath Manager Configuration Process Flow
  
  119
- First Time Configuration Wizard
  120
- Alterpath Manager Web Interface: Admin Mode
  131
  - Figure 4-2: Admin Menu Bar Selections
    
    131
    
    Figure 4-3: Logging in as Admin
    132
    
    Figure 4-4: Basic Functional Fields of a Typical Form
    133
    
    Relocating Online Help
    134
    
    Sorting, Filtering, and Saving a List Form
    134
    
    To Relocate the Online Help File
    134
    
    Figure 4-5: Console List Form Sorted by Console
    135
    
    Using the Form Input Fields
    135
    
    Figure 4-6: Device Configuration Error Message
    136
    
    Figure 4-7: Form in Error
    136
    
    Verifying Error Messages
    136
    
    Devices
    137
    
    Figure 4-8: Devices List Form
    139
    
    Table 4-2: Device List Form
    139
    
    Supported Devices
    141
    
    Figure 4-9: Select Device Type Form
    142
    
    To Add a Device
    142
    
    Figure 4-10: Device Detail Form
    143
    
    Table 4-3: Devices, Detail Form
    143
    
    Proxies
    147
    
    Proxy Types
    147
    
    Table 4-4: Types of Web Proxy
    147
    
    To Configure the Web Proxy
    148
    
    Figure 4-11: Device Proxies Form
    149
    
    To Verify Your Proxy Setting
    149
    
    Configuring Ports to be Proxied
    150
    
    Dial up and Dial Back
    150
    
    Direct Access
    150
    
    Disabling the Proxy
    150
    
    Figure 4-12: Device Dial up Form
    151
    
    To Configure Dial up / Dial Back
    151
    
    Table 4-5: Dial up Form
    152
    
    Other Requirements for Dial out / Dial Back
    153
    
    One Time Password Configuration
    154
    
    Other Requirements for Dial Back (ACS Only)
    154
    
    Figure 4-13:Dial up Form with One Time Password Setup
    155
    
    To Enable the OTP Authentication for Dialup
    155
    
    Kvm/Net Device Detail Form
    156
    
    Figure 4-14: Kvm/Net Device Detail Form
    157
    
    Table 4-6: Features Unique to the Kvm/Net Device Configuration
    157
    
    To Configure KVM Ports
    157
    
    Assigning KVM Device Groups
    158
    
    Figure 4-15: Device Detail Form for the Alterpath Onsite
    158
    
    Onsite Device Detail Form
    158
    
    IPMI Device Detail Form
    159
    
    Table 4-7: Onsite Model Number Designations
    159
    
    To Configure Onsite Ports
    159
    
    Table 4-8: Devices, Details Form (IPMI)
    160
    
    To Use the IPMI Device Detail Form to Add a Console
    160
    
    Configuring Your DHCP Server
    161
    
    To View Sensors or Logs from the BMC
    161
    
    Using the IPMI Console Detail Form to Add a Console
    161
    
    Function of the Status Field
    162
    
    Difference between Auto Upload and Manual Upload
    163
    
    Modem Dialing Capability for Remote Access to Devices
    163
    
    Table 4-9: PPP Connection Modes
    164
    
    Modem Management Via Command Line Interface
    165
    
    Table 4-10: Modem Mode Choices
    165
    
    Table 4-11: PPP Settings
    165
    
    Console Wizard
    166
    
    Table 4-12: Health Monitor Pull-Down List Options
    166
    
    To Configure the Health Monitoring System
    166
    
    Summary of Console Wizard Forms
    167
    
    Table 4-13: Summary of Console Wizard Forms
    167
    
    Figure 4-16: Device Details Form
    168
    
    To Run the Console Wizard
    168
  - Table 4-1: Summary of Devices Forms
    
    137
  - Device List Form
    139
- To Log into the APM Web Interface
  132
- Parts of the Web Management Interface
  133
  - Figure 4-17: Console Wizard Warning Message
    
    169
    
    Figure 4-18: Console Wizard Defaults Form
    170
    
    Figure 4-19: Console Wizard Access Form
    170
    
    Figure 4-20: Console Wizard Notification Form
    171
    
    Figure 4-21:Unconfigured Consoles List
    172
    
    Figure 4-22: Edit Console Settings Form
    172
    
    Figure 4-23: Edit Console Settings Form
    173
    
    Figure 4-24: Confirm Console Edits Form
    174
    
    Figure 4-25:Adding Console Wizard
    176
    
    Multiple Auto Discover
    177
  - Configuration Requirements
    175
  - To Run the Device Discovery Wizard
    175
    
    Figure 4-26:Selecting Devices for Multiple Auto Discover
    177
    
    Figure 4-27:Selecting the CLI Option for a Device
    178
    
    Figure 4-28: Connection to a Device
    179
    
    To Delete a Device
    179
    
    To Delete a Device from a Group
    179
    
    Deleting a Device Group
    180
    
    To Upload Firmware to a Console Device
    180
    
    Figure 4-29: Device Firmware Upload
    181
    
    Kvm/Net Device Configuration
    181
    
    Table 4-14: Forms Used to Configure Kvm/Net
    181
    
    To Configure Escape Sequences and Idle Timeout
    182
  - To Connect to a Device
    178
    
    Figure 4-30: KVM Device Details Form
    183
    
    Figure 4-31: KVM Device Viewer Form
    183
    
    Figure 4-32: Device Cascade List Form
    186
    
    Figure 4-33: Device Cascade Detail Form
    187
    
    Alarm Trigger
    188
    
    Table 4-16: Pre-Existing Alarm Trigger Entries
    188
    
    Alarm Trigger Management
    189
    
    Table 4-17: Forms Used to Configure Alarms
    189
    
    To View the Alarm Trigger List Form
    189
    
    Figure 4-34: Alarm Trigger List Form
    190
    
    To Create an Alarm Trigger
    190
    
    Figure 4-35: Alarm Trigger Detail Form
    191
    
    Table 4-18: Alarm Trigger Detail Form
    191
    
    Configuring Alarms for Device Health Monitoring
    192
    
    To Delete an Alarm Trigger
    192
    
    Figure 4-36: Health Monitor User Entry Field
    193
    
    Table 4-19: Health Monitor Frequency Selections
    193
    
    Using the Logical and in the Alarm Trigger Expression
    193
    
    Figure 4-37: Health Monitoring Alarm Trigger Detail Form
    194
    
    Table 4-20: Alarm Trigger Setup Fields
    194
    
    To Configure the Health Monitoring Alarm Trigger
    194
    
    How Health Monitoring Works
    195
    
    Profiles
    195
    
    User Notification
    195
    
    Figure 4-38: Profiles List Form
    196
    
    Table 4-21: Summary of Profiles Forms
    196
    
    To Add a New Profile
    196
    
    Figure 4-39: Profile Detail Form
    197
    
    Table 4-22: Profiles Detail Form
    197
    
    Consoles
    198
    
    Table 4-23: Summary of Console Forms
    198
    
    To Modify a Profile
    198
    
    To View the Console List
    200
    
    Changing the Number of Consoles Per Page
    201
    
    Figure 4-40: Consoles List Form
    201
    
    To Add a Serial Console
    201
    
    Figure 4-41: Creating New Console Form
    202
    
    Figure 4-42: Console Detail Form
    202
    
    Table 4-24: Consoles, Details Form
    203
    
    Console Type: KVM
    205
    
    Table 4-25: Kvm/Net and Kvm/Net Plus Console RDP Connection Fields
    205
    
    Figure 4-43:Enabling RDP on Kvm/Net or Kvm/Net Plus Console Port
    207
    
    Figure 4-44:Configuring or Editing an RDP Only Console
    208
    
    To Select Users to Access the Console
    208
    
    Figure 4-45: KVM Console Users Form
    209
    
    To Select Users to be Notified
    209
    
    Figure 4-46: KVM Console Notify Form
    210
    
    To Assign the Console to a Group
    210
    
    Figure 4-47: KVM Console Groups Form
    211
    
    To Delete a Console from a Group
    211
    
    Configuring Outlets
    212
    
    Deleting a Console Group
    212
    
    To Connect to a Console
    212
    
    Log Rotate Now
    213
    
    To Initiate Log Rotate (Manual Operation)
    213
    
    To Set Log Rotation in Auto Mode
    213
    
    To Activate IPMI
    214
    
    To Add an IPMI Console from Console Detail Form
    214
    
    Table 4-26: Summary of User Forms
    215
    
    Users
    215
    
    Figure 4-48: Users List Form
    216
    
    To Add a User
    216
    
    User List Form
    216
    
    Figure 4-49: User Detail Form
    217
    
    Table 4-27: Users Detail Form
    217
    
    To Select Consoles for a User
    219
    
    Figure 4-50: User Consoles Form
    220
    
    To Select Devices for a User
    220
    
    Figure 4-51:User Devices Form
    221
    
    To Select User Groups for a User
    221
    
    Figure 4-52: User Groups Form
    222
    
    Figure 4-53: User Security Rule Form
    223
    
    To Delete a User
    223
    
    To Delete a User from a Group
    223
    
    To Set a User's Security Rule
    223
    
    Deleting a User Group
    224
    
    Local Password
    224
    
    To Configure the Local Password
    224
    
    Figure 4-54: Groups List Form
    225
    
    Groups
    225
    
    To Create a Group
    225
    
    Figure 4-55: Adding Group Form
    226
    
    Figure 4-56: New User Group General Form
    226
    
    To Add Members to a Group
    227
    
    To Assign a Security Rule to a User Group
    227
    
    To Delete a Group
    227
    
    Figure 4-57: New User Group Security Form
    228
    
    Firmware
    229
    
    Firmware List Form
    229
    
    Figure 4-58: Firmware List Form
    230
    
    To Add Firmware
    230
    
    To Delete Firmware
    231
    
    To Upload Firmware to Console Devices
    231
    
    Figure 4-59:Firmware Detail Form
    232
    
    Firmware Detail Form
    232
    
    Table 4-28: Firmware Detail Form
    232
    
    To Upgrade the Alterpath Manager Firmware
    233
    
    To View and Access Firmware Information
    233
    
    Backing up User Data
    234
    
    Table 4-29: APM Data Types
    234
    
    Backup and Restore Scenarios
    235
    
    System Recovery Guidelines
    235
    
    APM Database Transaction Support
    236
    
    Changing the Default Configuration
    236
    
    Info / Reporting
    236
    
    To Respond to the Warning Message
    236
    
    Figure 4-60:Info / Reporting List Form
    237
    
    Table 4-30: Info / Reporting List Form
    237
    
    Blade Management Module
    238
    
    Figure 4-61: Info / Reporting Detail List
    238
    
    Info / Reporting Details
    238
    
    Forms Used to Configure the Blade Module
    239
    
    Table 4-31: Summary of Blade Module Forms
    239
    
    To Activate the Blade Module
    239
    
    Devices
    242
    
    To Add or Edit the Chassis
    242
    
    Figure 4-62: Selecting "Blade_Center" from Devices List
    243
    
    Figure 4-63: Blade Device Details Form
    243
    
    Table 4-32: Blademodule: Devices, Details Form
    244
    
    To Select a Group to Access the Chassis
    245
    
    Figure 4-64: Blade Device Groups Form
    246
    
    Proxies
    246
    
    Figure 4-65: Blade Device Switch 1 Form
    247
    
    Table 4-33: Blade Module: Device Switch 1 Form
    247
    
    To Configure the Chassis Switch
    247
    
    Running the Blade Wizard
    249
    
    Two Methods of Blade Configuration
    249
  - Table 4-15: Device KVM Viewer Form
    
    184
  - To Cascade a Secondary KVM to a Primary KVM
    185
- Device Discovery (Auto Discover)
  174
- Configuring the Blades and Switches
  254
Figure 4-86:APM Synchronization Form

279
Chapter 5: Advanced Configuration

287
- Working from a CLI
  288
  - To Log into the Serial Console Port
    288
  - To Do a Linux or UNIX SSH Login
    289
  - To Do a Windows SSH Login
    289
  - CLI Commands
    290
    
    Table 5-1: CLI Specific Commands
    290
    
    Table 5-2: Console Applet Window Menu Options
    291
    
    Figure 5-1: Putty Configuration of APM as a Security Proxy
    292
    
    To Connect SSH from a Linux or UNIX System
    292
    
    Sample Command Line Interface
    293
    
    Console Session Hot Keys
    295
    
    Table 5-3: Console Applet ^Ec Command Set
    295
    
    Set Commands
    296
    
    Setauth - Set Authentication
    297
    
    Setboot - Set the Network Boot Utility
    298
    
    Setcons - Set Console Connection
    299
    
    Setdatetime - Set System Timezone, Date, and Time
    300
    
    Setethernet - Set Ethernet Speed and Duplexing
    300
    
    Advanced Configuration
    301
    
    Setnames - Set Host, Domain Names, Nameserver
    302
    
    Setnetwork - Set Ethernet Subinterfaces
    303
    
    Changing the Escape Sequence
    305
    
    Date - Set the Date and Time
    305
    
    Setntp - Set Network Time Protsocol Server
    305
    
    Setserial - Examine the Serial Port Parameters
    305
    
    Setsmtp - Set the Email Server's IP Address
    305
    
    Re-Defining the Interrupt Key
    306
    
    To Change the Number of Lines in the SSH Applet
    306
    
    To Change the Number of Consoles Per Page
    307
    
    To Change the Session Timeout
    307
    
    To Enable Telnet
    307
    
    To Change the ACS/TS Admin Name
    309
    
    Ethernet Bonding
    310
    
    Example Ethernet Bonding Configuration
    311
    
    Configuration of DHCP Client in APM
    312
    
    Example DHCP Configuration
    312
    
    Checking Your Modems
    313
    
    Ethernet Port Configuration
    313
    
    HP Openview NNM Integration
    313
    
    Modem Card Configuration
    313
    
    To Exclude Modems from the Modem Pool
    314
    
    How to Detect Modems Connected to the Ports
    315
    
    Serial Card Configuration
    315
    
    Viewing the Latest Status for each Modem
    315
    
    Checking Your Modems
    316
    
    Viewing the Latest Status of each Modem
    316
    
    Configuring Dial out and Dial Back
    317
    
    For ACS Devices
    317
    
    To Define Different Scripts for each Tty Device
    317
    
    Modem Dial Back for ACS
    318
    
    Optional CLI Configuration
    318
    
    Required CLI Configuration
    318
    
    For External Modems
    319
    
    For PCMCIA Modem
    319
    
    Changing the Ports to be Proxied
    320
    
    NIS Configuration
    320
    
    NIS User Authentication
    321
    
    Creating the Krb5.Keytab for Kerberos Authentication
    322
    
    How Kerberos Works
    322
    
    Creating the Krb5.Keytab in the Alterpath Manager
    323
    
    Active Directory (with LDAP)
    324
    
    To Configure Active Directory
    324
    
    Open LDAP
    325
    
    To Configure Open LDAP
    325
    
    Disabling HTTP to Use Only HTTPS
    326
    
    Firmware
    326
    
    To Add Firmware
    326
    
    To Disable HTTP to Use Only HTTPS
    326
    
    To Upgrade the APM Firmware
    327
    
    Backing up User Data
    328
    
    Table 5-4: Data Types You Can Backup and Restore
    328
    
    Backup and Restore Commands
    329
    
    Backup and Restore Scenarios
    329
    
    Managing Log Files
    329
    
    Where Log Files Are Archived
    329
    
    Backing up Log Files to a Remote Server
    330
    
    System Recovery Guidelines
    330
    
    Root Password Recovery
    331
    
    To Recover a Root Password
    331
    
    Changing the Database Configuration
    332
    
    Restoring Your Configuration
    333
  - To Connect from a Windows SSH Client
    291
- Connecting Directly to Ports
  291
- Copying and Pasting Text Within the Console Applet Window
  291
- Table 5-5: Default Configuration Values from the "Apm.properties" File
  
  333
- To Delete Your Default Certificate
  334
- To Install SSL Certificates
  334
- Table 5-6: Information for the "Openssl" Command
  
  335
- To Obtain and Install a New SSL Certificate
  335
- More about Importing Certificates
  337
Appendix A: Technical Specifications

339
- Hardware Specifications
  339
- Software Specifications
  340
Appendix Bacs Modem Configuration

341
- To Configure the PCMCIA Modem
  341
- To Configure the External Modem
  341
Appendix Cdls Activation

347
- Data Logging Session Activation
  347
  - Additional DLS at Time of Purchase
    347
Table C-1: DLS Activations Available at Initial Purchase

348
- DLS Activation Conversion
  349
Table C-2: Activation Conversion Options

349
Glossary

355
Table G-1: Service Processor Technology by Vendor

362
Index

365

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Before You Begin

Table P-1: Typographic Conventions

Table P-2: Other Terms and Conventions

Table P-3: Naming Conventions

Table P-4: Linux Shell Syntax

Chapter 1 Introduction

Figure 1-1: APM E2000, Front View

Figure 1-3: APM 2500, Front View

Figure 1-2: APM E2000, Back View

Figure 1-4: APM 2500, Back View

Figure 1-5: APM 5000, Front View

Figure 1-6: APM 5000, Back View

Figure 1-7: Configuration Example of APM and Kvm/Net

Figure 1-8: Example of an Onsite Accessed by an APM

Chapter 2: Alterpath Manager Installation

Figure 2-1: Private Network Diagram

Chapter 3: User Level Web Access

Table 3-1: User Interface Main Menu

Figure 3-3: Alarms List Form

Figure 3-15:Kvm/Net Web Control Page

Figure 3-16: IPMI Sensors Form

Figure 3-5: Logs Form

Figure 3-25:User's Profile Devices Form

Table 3-14: User's Profile Groups Form

Figure 3-26: User's Profile Groups Form

Table 3-15: User's Profile Security Form

Table 3-10: IPDU Viewer Details

Figure 3-22:PM Device Outlet Control Form

Figure 3-27: User's Profile Security Form

Chapter 4: Configuration and Administration

Figure 4-1: Alterpath Manager Configuration Process Flow

Figure 4-2: Admin Menu Bar Selections

Table 4-1: Summary of Devices Forms

Figure 4-17: Console Wizard Warning Message

Table 4-15: Device KVM Viewer Form

Table 4-34: Summary of Blade Wizard Forms

Figure 4-83:APM Heartbeat Configuration Form

Figure 4-85:Detailed View - APM Heartbeat Form for Redundant

Figure 4-84:Detailed View - APM Heartbeat Form for Primary

Table 4-44: Definitions Used in Fault Tolerant Apms

Table 4-45: Heartbeat Form Fields and Meanings

Table 4-46: Synchronization Form Fields and Meanings

Figure 4-86:APM Synchronization Form

Chapter 5: Advanced Configuration

Table 5-5: Default Configuration Values from the "Apm.properties" File

Table 5-6: Information for the "Openssl" Command

Appendix A: Technical Specifications

Appendix Bacs Modem Configuration

Appendix Cdls Activation

Table C-1: DLS Activations Available at Initial Purchase

Table C-2: Activation Conversion Options

Figure C-1: Feature Window (Full Content Scrolled)

Glossary

Table G-1: Service Processor Technology by Vendor

Index

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