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...email alerts Setting out-of-band (hardware) email alerts Setting in-band (software/OS) email alerts Setting VM performance alerts Setting up RAID monitoring with LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager 21 Smart Server Manager v1.2 Report manager overview 27 Installing additional extensions 27 Running a networked firmware update 28 Additional power capping enablement and use 33 2 Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Best Practices Contents About this guide 3 Smart Server Manager overview 4 What's new to Smart Server Manager 5 Required hardware and software 6 Network setup: suggestions, tips...
...email alerts Setting out-of-band (hardware) email alerts Setting in-band (software/OS) email alerts Setting VM performance alerts Setting up RAID monitoring with LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager 21 Smart Server Manager v1.2 Report manager overview 27 Installing additional extensions 27 Running a networked firmware update 28 Additional power capping enablement and use 33 2 Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Best Practices Contents About this guide 3 Smart Server Manager overview 4 What's new to Smart Server Manager 5 Required hardware and software 6 Network setup: suggestions, tips...
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... OS to be monitored - Smart Server Manager is 100% agentless, meaning that any system failure - no additional installation required. Acer Smart Server Manger UI 1 Acer servers equip a standard BMC on the network can be monitored to Acer servers via its VM management function and supports VMs from both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V. This powerful solution connects seamlessly to the component level (CPU, memory, disks, system, and network). Smart Server Manager can support up to 250 devices (including physical hardware, OS, and...
... OS to be monitored - Smart Server Manager is 100% agentless, meaning that any system failure - no additional installation required. Acer Smart Server Manger UI 1 Acer servers equip a standard BMC on the network can be monitored to Acer servers via its VM management function and supports VMs from both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V. This powerful solution connects seamlessly to the component level (CPU, memory, disks, system, and network). Smart Server Manager can support up to 250 devices (including physical hardware, OS, and...
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... notification testing Mail group notification Report Manager Configurable SSM console port (HTTP & HTTPS) System health monitoring Event handling (alerting and actions) System diagnostic with System Event Log (SEL) Remote power control (on/off/reset) Remote ID LED control (on/off/blink) Acer Smart Console integration Network Management Server (NMS) for trap receiving (PET & LSI RAID) Sensor/SEL/FRU history reporting BMC configuration Event log export to file OS and BIOS information Software inventory Hardware Inventory Resource threshold setting and monitoring (CPU, memory, network, storage...
... notification testing Mail group notification Report Manager Configurable SSM console port (HTTP & HTTPS) System health monitoring Event handling (alerting and actions) System diagnostic with System Event Log (SEL) Remote power control (on/off/reset) Remote ID LED control (on/off/blink) Acer Smart Console integration Network Management Server (NMS) for trap receiving (PET & LSI RAID) Sensor/SEL/FRU history reporting BMC configuration Event log export to file OS and BIOS information Software inventory Hardware Inventory Resource threshold setting and monitoring (CPU, memory, network, storage...
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... the download link. Only support following 3 versions of history information needed.) • BMC chip for remote manageability Minimum software requirements for SSM installation are as follows: • System processor: 2 GHz • System memory: 2 GB RAM • Free disk space: 4 GB (May need more disk space depending on the nodes managed and the amount of vcredist from NIC 1 along with the BMC port to system management and the first Ethernet port used...
... the download link. Only support following 3 versions of history information needed.) • BMC chip for remote manageability Minimum software requirements for SSM installation are as follows: • System processor: 2 GHz • System memory: 2 GB RAM • Free disk space: 4 GB (May need more disk space depending on the nodes managed and the amount of vcredist from NIC 1 along with the BMC port to system management and the first Ethernet port used...
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... user must be connected to both the dedicated management port and it is changed as both BMC and OS networking traffic through NIC 1. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - This method cuts down on some of the newer servers beginning with SSM installed must change to 'Yes' to use NIC1 as desired when exiting the BIOS. When setting the IP of the first NIC. Best Practices route both the management and LAN network...
... user must be connected to both the dedicated management port and it is changed as both BMC and OS networking traffic through NIC 1. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - This method cuts down on some of the newer servers beginning with SSM installed must change to 'Yes' to use NIC1 as desired when exiting the BIOS. When setting the IP of the first NIC. Best Practices route both the management and LAN network...
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Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Managed Nodes/Servers Administrator Web Console Acer Smart Server Manager VPN Server For remote management, a VPN server is detailed in the below diagram. This machine will than act as the core machine for installing the software. TIP: Ensure that the management IPs are set to static for receiving information on the status of all monitored servers to ensure that IPs do not change and need to be dedicated as a central...
Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Managed Nodes/Servers Administrator Web Console Acer Smart Server Manager VPN Server For remote management, a VPN server is detailed in the below diagram. This machine will than act as the core machine for installing the software. TIP: Ensure that the management IPs are set to static for receiving information on the status of all monitored servers to ensure that IPs do not change and need to be dedicated as a central...
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..., 80 and 162 as listed in Smart Server Manager v1.2. The window can be modified to ensure ideal monitoring. Open Firewall connection In Windows, the default firewall configuration blocks SSM from receiving information about the OS and its best to provide near seamless integration, some default settings of Windows Server should be navigated to unblock the firewall ports for setting Windows Server OS Windows Server OS is a supported OS in the below...
..., 80 and 162 as listed in Smart Server Manager v1.2. The window can be modified to ensure ideal monitoring. Open Firewall connection In Windows, the default firewall configuration blocks SSM from receiving information about the OS and its best to provide near seamless integration, some default settings of Windows Server should be navigated to unblock the firewall ports for setting Windows Server OS Windows Server OS is a supported OS in the below...
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....rhel5.i386.rpm Supported OS for Windows and Linux are listed below . For Linux there are listed below . Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The same as windows, be installed. The process is programmed to support other Linux solutions, but not certified to be sure to open their default firewall settings. When setting up a Linux OS, some good tips to follow are some dependencies which need to add 'TCP 443', 'TCP...
....rhel5.i386.rpm Supported OS for Windows and Linux are listed below . For Linux there are listed below . Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The same as windows, be installed. The process is programmed to support other Linux solutions, but not certified to be sure to open their default firewall settings. When setting up a Linux OS, some good tips to follow are some dependencies which need to add 'TCP 443', 'TCP...
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... v1.2 can detect either available OS, server hardware and/or virtual machines. 12 Once logged in, the user will see the "Open Discovery Range" button. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The default user name and password are "admin" and "password", respectively. Once Smart Server Manager is a powerful tool for both the operating systems (connected via NIC 1 or others) and the server hardware (dedicated BMC management port), IT administration may begin monitoring the devices. Click it automatically. This free management tool can...
... v1.2 can detect either available OS, server hardware and/or virtual machines. 12 Once logged in, the user will see the "Open Discovery Range" button. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The default user name and password are "admin" and "password", respectively. Once Smart Server Manager is a powerful tool for both the operating systems (connected via NIC 1 or others) and the server hardware (dedicated BMC management port), IT administration may begin monitoring the devices. Click it automatically. This free management tool can...
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Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Single devices may select a group of machines by entering in order for SSM v1.2 to provide status updates and forward email alerts. For Acer server hardware, the default user name and password is "root" and "superuser". For multiple systems with identical user name and password, the user may be authenticated in the user name and password for each system. Best Practices Once set and the...
Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Single devices may select a group of machines by entering in order for SSM v1.2 to provide status updates and forward email alerts. For Acer server hardware, the default user name and password is "root" and "superuser". For multiple systems with identical user name and password, the user may be authenticated in the user name and password for each system. Best Practices Once set and the...
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... the Smart Server Manager v1.2 User guide. 15 To do so, the user should be found in the left-hand menu, as below. Note: users must set "global user account" for user defined IPs and authentication information. Once complete, a full list of available Acer servers, monitored OS (both Linux and Windows) and the monitored VMs should go to "Extensions" in finding any of the server hardware, read sensor reports, view and download event logs...
... the Smart Server Manager v1.2 User guide. 15 To do so, the user should be found in the left-hand menu, as below. Note: users must set "global user account" for user defined IPs and authentication information. Once complete, a full list of available Acer servers, monitored OS (both Linux and Windows) and the monitored VMs should go to "Extensions" in finding any of the server hardware, read sensor reports, view and download event logs...
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... ensure that the email server is not being blocked by any sensor warning. PEF traps are selected to use the default "Health Alert" settings which the admin defines to be monitored. When setting an in the event of -band management alert" tab from the "SSM Alerting" window, select the desired machines to configure. To set specific processes to be monitored, any status change. If no processes...
... ensure that the email server is not being blocked by any sensor warning. PEF traps are selected to use the default "Health Alert" settings which the admin defines to be monitored. When setting an in the event of -band management alert" tab from the "SSM Alerting" window, select the desired machines to configure. To set specific processes to be monitored, any status change. If no processes...
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... utility in the event a RAID volume experiences any problem - For more information please see http://www.lsi.com/lookup/Downloads.aspx 21 For the purposes of this software must be used for all Acer Servers equipped with add-on RAID cards. In either the Linux or Windows environment, this guide, it to send SNMP traps to configure and change RAID configurations, create alerts and get status updates on the client (being monitored) server. including hard drive failure...
... utility in the event a RAID volume experiences any problem - For more information please see http://www.lsi.com/lookup/Downloads.aspx 21 For the purposes of this software must be used for all Acer Servers equipped with add-on RAID cards. In either the Linux or Windows environment, this guide, it to send SNMP traps to configure and change RAID configurations, create alerts and get status updates on the client (being monitored) server. including hard drive failure...
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... to SSM v1.2, the user must first enable SNMP traps in their own email alerts via the LSI software, and can set an SNMP trap alert go to 'Start->All Programs->Administrative Tools->Services->SNMP Service.' (If you don't see the "SNMP service" in the service list, please refer to Microsoft document to 'Tools -Configure - Configure Alerts' Under the alerts screen users can have SNMP traps be Windows or Linux. Smart Server Manager v1.2 -
... to SSM v1.2, the user must first enable SNMP traps in their own email alerts via the LSI software, and can set an SNMP trap alert go to 'Start->All Programs->Administrative Tools->Services->SNMP Service.' (If you don't see the "SNMP service" in the service list, please refer to Microsoft document to 'Tools -Configure - Configure Alerts' Under the alerts screen users can have SNMP traps be Windows or Linux. Smart Server Manager v1.2 -
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check if net-snmp is installed (RHEL6.0/RHEL5.6 default setting contains net-snmp) 1.1) xxxx> rpm -qa | grep net-snmp 1.2) make OS forward the RAID SNMP trap to SSM. Configure the SNMP service to make sure following steps to Traps tab Key in the terminal. Press Apply button In Linux, the idea is outputted on RHEL6.0/5.6] 1. Please refer to list button 4. Press Add to LSI documents. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The below script is...
check if net-snmp is installed (RHEL6.0/RHEL5.6 default setting contains net-snmp) 1.1) xxxx> rpm -qa | grep net-snmp 1.2) make OS forward the RAID SNMP trap to SSM. Configure the SNMP service to make sure following steps to Traps tab Key in the terminal. Press Apply button In Linux, the idea is outputted on RHEL6.0/5.6] 1. Please refer to list button 4. Press Add to LSI documents. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The below script is...
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Choose the OS which contains the RAID Key in the receiver's Email 25 Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Go to SSM Tools > SSM Alerting > Alerts > InBand Mgmt Extension > SNMP Trap Alerts to make SSM forward all RAID SNMP traps by Email. Select SNMP Trap Alerts Press add Choose "Use All traps" to add a new Email rule (see following example). Best Practices Finally, the user should configure the email server (refer to SSM User Guide) and set the email rule on SSM so that SSM can send a RAID mail notification out.
Choose the OS which contains the RAID Key in the receiver's Email 25 Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Go to SSM Tools > SSM Alerting > Alerts > InBand Mgmt Extension > SNMP Trap Alerts to make SSM forward all RAID SNMP traps by Email. Select SNMP Trap Alerts Press add Choose "Use All traps" to add a new Email rule (see following example). Best Practices Finally, the user should configure the email server (refer to SSM User Guide) and set the email rule on SSM so that SSM can send a RAID mail notification out.
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power management and remote firmware updates After setting up a management core server with Acer Smart Server Manager v1.2 installed, users can also be used to need before installing the software. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The remote firmware 27 The function can then install the extension from the support and downloads section on SSM's own database which they want to export into another file format. Note: Power Management Extension does require a fee so users should understand their need to report a problem or...
power management and remote firmware updates After setting up a management core server with Acer Smart Server Manager v1.2 installed, users can also be used to need before installing the software. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - The remote firmware 27 The function can then install the extension from the support and downloads section on SSM's own database which they want to export into another file format. Note: Power Management Extension does require a fee so users should understand their need to report a problem or...
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... installation instructions in the BIOS as detailed below. 1) Failover mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for NIC#1) or 2) Onboard mode (only one line for NIC#1) or 3) Dedicated mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for your OS environment - Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux. 28 The firmware is updated via the IPMI management network connected to ensure a DHCP server is setup. i.e. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Best Practices Running a networked firmware update...
... installation instructions in the BIOS as detailed below. 1) Failover mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for NIC#1) or 2) Onboard mode (only one line for NIC#1) or 3) Dedicated mode (one line for dedicated BMC NIC, one line for your OS environment - Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Enterprise Linux. 28 The firmware is updated via the IPMI management network connected to ensure a DHCP server is setup. i.e. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - Best Practices Running a networked firmware update...
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... account details for firmware updates on the device. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - In a standard Acer server environment, the management account details for Acer Smart Console are ID: 'root' , PWD: 'superuser', but this step is to complete a firmware update is not necessary as the Acer Support and Downloads website. Best Practices Once installed the extension will be changed by the local admin via the 'Configuration' tab. Once open, the user can run at the...
... account details for firmware updates on the device. Smart Server Manager v1.2 - In a standard Acer server environment, the management account details for Acer Smart Console are ID: 'root' , PWD: 'superuser', but this step is to complete a firmware update is not necessary as the Acer Support and Downloads website. Best Practices Once installed the extension will be changed by the local admin via the 'Configuration' tab. Once open, the user can run at the...
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... and installed the admin can save the company money by preventing the rare power spike to set power limit. First ensure that are granted access and use Acer Smart Server Manager v1.2 extensions also include the optional power management extension for control. 33 i.e. In such a case the admin can begin to waste energy resources fulfilling unnecessary tasks. Best Practices Firmware update supported systems ASSM FW Update Manager v1.0 Server model...
... and installed the admin can save the company money by preventing the rare power spike to set power limit. First ensure that are granted access and use Acer Smart Server Manager v1.2 extensions also include the optional power management extension for control. 33 i.e. In such a case the admin can begin to waste energy resources fulfilling unnecessary tasks. Best Practices Firmware update supported systems ASSM FW Update Manager v1.0 Server model...