[Linux-cluster] do I have a fence DRAC device?

ESGLinux esggrupos at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 10:37:46 UTC 2009


2009/8/13 ESGLinux <esggrupos at gmail.com>

> Hi,
> I couldn´t reboot my system yet but I have installed the openmanage
> packages:
>
> srvadmin-omacore-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-iws-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-syscheck-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-rac5-components-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-deng-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-ipmi-5.4.0-260.DUP
> srvadmin-racadm5-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-omauth-5.4.0-260.rhel5
> srvadmin-hapi-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-cm-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-racdrsc5-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-omilcore-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-isvc-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-storage-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-jre-5.4.0-260
> srvadmin-omhip-5.4.0-260
>
> Now I have the command racadm but when I try to execut it I get this:
>
> racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialTelnetEnable 1
> ERROR: RACADM is unable to process the requested subcommand because there
> is no
> local RAC configuration to communicate with.
>
> Local RACADM subcommand execution requires the following:
>
>  1. A Remote Access Controller (RAC) must be present on the managed server
>  2. Appropriate managed node software must be installed and running on the
>     server
>
>
> What do I need to install/start? or until I configure the bios I can´t get
> this work?
>
> Greetings
>
> ESG
>
>
> 2009/8/11 <bergman at merctech.com>
>
>
>>
>> In the message dated: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:14:03 +0200,
>> The pithy ruminations from Juan Ramon Martin Blanco on
>> <Re: [Linux-cluster] do I have a fence DRAC device?> were:
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>> => On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:03 PM, ESGLinux <esggrupos at gmail.com> wrote:
>> =>
>> => > Thanks
>> => > I=B4ll check it when I could reboot the server.
>> => >
>> => > greetings,
>> => >
>> => You have a BMC ipmi in the first network interface, it can be
>> configured at
>> => boot time (I don't  remember if inside the BIOS or pressing
>> cntrl+something
>> => during boot)
>> =>
>>
>> Based on my notes, here's how I configured the DRAC interface on a Dell
>> 1950
>> for use as a fence device:
>>
>>        Configuring the card from Linux depending on the installation of
>> Dell's
>>        OMSA package. Once that's installed, use the following
>> commands:
>>
>>                racadm config -g cfgSerial -o cfgSerialTelnetEnable 1
>>                racadm config -g cfgLanNetworking -o cfgDNSRacName
>> HOSTNAME_FOR_INTERFACE
>>                racadm config -g cfgDNSDomainName DOMAINNAME_FOR_INTERFACE
>>                racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i 2
>> PASSWORD
>>                racadm config -g cfgNicEnable 1
>>                racadm config -g cfgNicIpAddress WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ
>>                racadm config -g cfgNicNetmask WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ
>>                racadm config -g cfgNicGateway WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ
>>                racadm config -g cfgNicUseDhcp 0
>>
>>
>>        I also save a backup of the configuration with:
>>
>>                racadm getconfig -f ~/drac_config
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> ----
>> Mark Bergman                              voice: 215-662-7310
>> mark.bergman at uphs.upenn.edu                 fax: 215-614-0266
>> System Administrator     Section of Biomedical Image Analysis
>> Department of Radiology            University of Pennsylvania
>>      PGP Key: https://www.rad.upenn.edu/sbia/bergman
>>
>>
>> => Greetings,
>> => Juanra
>> =>
>> => >
>> => > ESG
>> => >
>> => > 2009/8/10 Paras pradhan <pradhanparas at gmail.com>
>> => >
>> => > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:24 AM, ESGLinux<esggrupos at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> => >> > Hi all,
>> => >> > I was designing a 2 node cluster and I was going to use 2 servers
>> DELL
>> => >> > PowerEdge 1950. I was going to buy a DRAC card to use for fencing
>> but
>> => >> > running several commands in the servers I have noticed that when I
>> run
>> => >> this
>> => >> > command:
>> => >> > #ipmitool lan print
>> => >> > Set in Progress : Set Complete
>> => >> > Auth Type Support : NONE MD2 MD5 PASSWORD
>> => >> > Auth Type Enable : Callback : MD2 MD5
>> => >> >                         : User : MD2 MD5
>> => >> >                         : Operator : MD2 MD5
>> => >> >                         : Admin : MD2 MD5
>> => >> >                         : OEM : MD2 MD5
>> => >> > IP Address Source : Static Address
>> => >> > IP Address : 0.0.0.0
>> => >> > Subnet Mask : 0.0.0.0
>> => >> > MAC Address : 00:1e:c9:ae:6f:7e
>> => >> > SNMP Community String : public
>> => >> > IP Header : TTL=0x40 Flags=0x40 Precedence=0x00 TOS=0x10
>> => >> > Default Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0
>> => >> > Default Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
>> => >> > Backup Gateway IP : 0.0.0.0
>> => >> > Backup Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00
>> => >> > 802.1q VLAN ID : Disabled
>> => >> > 802.1q VLAN Priority : 0
>> => >> > RMCP+ Cipher Suites : 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
>> => >> > Cipher Suite Priv Max : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
>> => >> >                         : X=Cipher Suite Unused
>> => >> >                         : c=CALLBACK
>> => >> >                         : u=USER
>> => >> >                         : o=OPERATOR
>> => >> >                         : a=ADMIN
>> => >> >                         : O=OEM
>> => >> > does this mean that I already have an ipmi card (not configured)
>> that
>> => I
>> => >> can
>> => >> > use for fencing? if the anwser is yes, where hell must I configure
>> it?
>> =>  I
>> => >> > don=B4t see wher can I do it.
>> => >> > If I haven=B4t a fencing device which one do you recommed to use?
>> => >> > Thanks in advance
>> => >> > ESG
>> => >> >
>> => >> > --
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>> => >> >
>> => >>
>> => >> Yes you have IPMI and if you are using 1950 Dell, DRAC should be
>> there
>> => >> too. You can see if you have DRAC or not when the server starts and
>> => >> before the loading of the OS.
>> => >>
>> => >> I have 1850s and I am using DRAC for fencing.
>> => >>
>> => >>
>> => >> Paras.
>> => >>
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>> => >
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