It looks like that there is no update a long time here, actually I did, but not on the web.
HMC – Hardware Management Console
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Redbook
Hardware Management Console Handbook V7
As there’s only a HMC V6 CD coming with the machine, The installation is easy.
Insert CD1 — Boot — Installing … …
Install additional software (yes)
Insert CD2 — Installing … …
Welcome to HMC.
Launch Guided Setup Wizard:
Note: If you are connecting the HMC to the model 9118-575 server or the 590 or 0595 managed servers, you must configure the HMC in a private DHCP network.
Choosing a private network
Designate the first HMC network interface as private if any of the following is true:
· Only the HMC and service processors will be endpoints on that network.
· All elements will be connected in a single subnet, and you will not be routing or switching.
· You want the HMC to automatically configure and detect the managed systems associated with those service processors.
· You want to keep the service network isolated behind the HMC.
Choosing an open network
Designate the first network interface as open if you want to run the communications between the HMC and the service processors across an open network that crosses multiple subnets or has other devices on the network.
Please refer to:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/index.jsp?topic=/iphai/privpubnetwork.htm
Connecting Managed Servers:
If it is the first time to install HMC:
Attention: When installing a new p system, do not power on the system
before connecting it to an HMC. The Server processor (SP) on a System p
system is a DHCP client and will search for a DHCP server to obtain its IP
address. If no DHCP server can be found, then the SP will assign a default IP
address. If this occurs, you will have to use ASM to manually change the IP
setting of the SP.
Add Managed Servers manually:
Add a managed server, find it in the IP range (eg. 192.168.0.1 ~ 192.168.0.255) or add by IP address if you knew the IP, this IP is assigned by route? anyway, not the OS IP…
As the latest HMC Handbook is Version 7, there’s not enough information for HMC V6, and the WebSM is too slow, not support browser…
Upgrade HMC V6 to V7
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/index.jsp?topic=/iphai/privpubnetwork.htm
Notes:
Importane: "Step 4. Back up critical console information"
If it’s fail while upgrading, you can restore by this critical data, but do not use HMC V7 to restore the critical data of V6….
HMC Version 7 to download:
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/hmc/home.html
The HMC Recovery DVD V7 R3.2.0
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/server/hmc/recovery_images/HMC_Recovery_V7R3.2.0_1.iso
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/server/hmc/recovery_images/HMC_Recovery_V7R3.2.0_2.iso
Burn them into DVD, though V7 support install by network, I tried but failed…DVD should come easier…You don’t have to do any operation on the managed system, upgrade the HMC won’t affect them.
Insert DVD — Repeat the installation just like HMC6
Launch Guided Setup Wizard — Reboot.
Oh~ No managed system in the HMC management server, yep. We need to add them by ourselves.
What? You have added them, but cannot access? it need password?
Right, you input a password at the first time you added them, that is not the hscroot password, it’s the HMC access password, try "admin"
God damn it, Locked?
You can wait for 5 mins, and try again. or reset it:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas1c7c7e536938dc56686256ee70010f2c7
Systems Management — Servers –choose the server you wanna reset
Expand: Operations — Advanced System Management (ASMI) — open it
login with user "admin" and default password "admin"
Expand Login Profile , and then select Change Password .
User ID to change "HMC Access"
Note: The Current password for current user field indicates the user signed on ASM and is not necessarily the User ID to change.
If unfortunately, you change the admin’s password and got it lost….ummmmm, it’s a big problem, refer to here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/hw/index.jsp?topic=/iphby/resetadminpwd.htm
Resetting the ASMI administrator password
You can reset the administrator password by either of the following methods:
· Contact an authorized service provider
· Use the reset toggle jumpers on the service processor
To reset the toggle jumper on the service processor, move both service processor reset toggle switches from their current position to the opposite position. For information about how to use the reset toggle jumpers, refer to the remove and replace procedure for your system model in the Service processor assembly, service processor cable, and time-of-day-battery topic.
Everything goes well?
Update the firmware for each managed system:
An exclamation mark beside the server indicated there might be a problem need to fix on firmware.
For HMC 7
1.Ensure that the managed systems and power frames (if you have a model 575 or 59x server) are in the correct state.
a. From the HMC, select Server and Partition.
b. Select Server Management and ensure that the State is Power Off, Standby, or Operating.
c. If you have a model 575 or 59x server, select Frame Management and ensure that the state is Standby.
2.Perform the following steps:
a. Expand the Licensed Internal Code Maintenance folder.
b. Click the Licensed Internal Code Updates icon.
I am a problem boy… I did it but fail once…The system state is Operating. In fact, it is already the latest firmware, but IBM also show me a list while updating….then I click “OK”, a lower version…
Then something bad happened, a fatal error, the server is unavailable. Oh, shit… It can not be power off or remove the firmware or re-install…In a word, you can not do anything, it always pops up the error message…At last, press the power button to force shutdown, it comes quite…on HMC, power off the it too, after the state is “power off”, update Licensed Internal Code to the latest one again.
Q&A
1, Can I su to root remotely on HMC?
Basically NO, you need to apply for it through IBM, and play trick by google it.
If you are in front of the HMC machine:
You can become root by toggling Ctrl-Alt-F1 (Ctrl-Alt-F2 to exit) between the Gui and the command line, and su from hscroot to root.
2, Can HMC 6 be accessed by browser?
It seems NO, but HMC 7 can, support Opera/Firefox /IE.
Opera is so amazing…
3, How to make the font larger and beautiful on WebSM by opening a Virtual Terminal?
Right click the shortcut of WebSM — Options — Current Code Page – set to “U.S”