Dell/PowerEdge C2100
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* under Advanced, under PCI Configuration, note the MAC address of NIC1 (eth0) for DHCP | * under Advanced, under PCI Configuration, note the MAC address of NIC1 (eth0) for DHCP | ||
* under Boot, under Hard Disk Drives, change the drive order so the two AHCI Intel SSDs come first | * under Boot, under Hard Disk Drives, change the drive order so the two AHCI Intel SSDs come first | ||
| + | * under Boot, under Boot Device Order, select ACHI Intel SSDs first (rather than PXE boot) | ||
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Revision as of 22:37, 5 July 2012
Contents |
Model(s)
Dell PowerEdge C2100
- 2U rackserver
- 12 3.5" disks (or 24 2.5" but we do not use that model as of yet)
Lights Out Management
The BMC card has a dedicated RJ45 socket on the motherboard which can be used independently from the main NICs.
Common actions (easy way)
RobH has written us a wrapper around the common ipmitool commands. It exists on sockpuppet.
root@sockpuppet:~# ipmi_mgmt Syntax is ipmi_mgmt <host> <commands> Command Listing Power commands: powercycle, powerdown, powerup, powerstatus, powermonitor Setting one time boot option: bootbios, bootcdrom, bootdisk, bootfloppy, bootpxe Serial Console: console & ~~. to disconnect when done; consoleclose (for unintentional DC that doesn't free the com port) BMC/LOM specific: bmcinfo, bmcreset. Info gathering: fru, id (flash lights on system for local tech ID), log (BMC event log), sdr, sensor, sysinfo
Most Common Triple (when building a server)
ipmi_mgmt <hostname> bootbios ipmi_mgmt <hostname> powercycle ipmi_mgmt <hostname> console
and
ipmi_mgmt <hostname> bootpxe ipmi_mgmt <hostname> powercycle ipmi_mgmt <hostname> console
Common actions (raw way)
IPMI must be used to connect and manage the system. This tool can be run from a command line on any bastion host.
Powercycle the Server
ipmitool -U root -H <hostname> chassis power cycle/up/down
Opening IPMI Shell
ipmitool -U root -H <hostname> shell
Connecting to serial console
ipmitool -U root -H <hostname> sol activate
Serial console control commands'
[SOL Session operational. Use ~? for help] ~? Supported escape sequences: ~. - terminate connection (and any multiplexed sessions) ~B - send a BREAK to the remote system ~C - open a command line ~R - Request rekey (SSH protocol 2 only) ~^Z - suspend ssh ~# - list forwarded connections ~& - background ssh (when waiting for connections to terminate) ~? - this message ~~ - send the escape character by typing it twice Note that escapes are only recognized immediately after newline.)
Getting the service event log
ipmitool -U root -H <hostname> sel
Setting up the IP for mgmt
Load up the BIOS with a crash cart (F2 on POST) and apply the mgmt network settings via the BIOS screen.
Initial Setup
(Note: this setup assumes 12 drives + 2 SSDs) connect to the web interface
- change the management password
in the BIOS:
- under Advanced, under IDE Configuration, change "Configure SATA#1 as" from IDE to AHCI
- under Advanced, under PCI Configuration, note the MAC address of NIC1 (eth0) for DHCP
- under Boot, under Hard Disk Drives, change the drive order so the two AHCI Intel SSDs come first
- under Boot, under Boot Device Order, select ACHI Intel SSDs first (rather than PXE boot)
