Document Outline

• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Target groups and objective of this manual
  • 1.2 System requirements
  • 1.3 Supported Hardware
  • 1.4 Changes since the previous edition
  • 1.5 ServerView Suite link collection
  • 1.6 Documentation for the ServerView Suite
  • 1.7 Typographic conventions
• 2 Virtual-IO Manager - Introduction
  • 2.1 Virtual addresses
  • 2.2 Special connection blade for blade server
  • 2.3 Management with VIOM - Procedure
  • 2.4 Defining networks (LAN) (for blade servers only)
  • 2.5 Server profiles
    • 2.5.1 Defining server profiles
    • 2.5.2 Assigning server profiles
    • 2.5.3 Dedicated LAN connections (only for blade servers)
    • 2.5.4 Virtualizing I/O parameters
  • 2.6 Server profile failover (for blade servers only)
  • 2.7 High-Availability (HA) support
• 3 Installation and uninstallation
  • 3.1 Prerequisites for the VIOM installation
  • 3.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based CMS
    • 3.2.1 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using a graphical interface
    • 3.2.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using the command line interface
  • 3.3 Updating the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based CMS
  • 3.4 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS
    • 3.4.1 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using a graphical interface
    • 3.4.2 Installing the Virtual-IO Manager using the command line
    • 3.4.3 Important directories of Virtual-IO Manager
    • 3.4.4 Collecting diagnostic information
  • 3.5 Updating the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS
  • 3.6 License management
  • 3.7 Updating ServerView Operations Manager
  • 3.8 Upgrading or moving the SQL Server database
  • 3.9 Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager
    • 3.9.1 Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager on a Windows-based CMS
    • 3.9.2 Uninstalling the Virtual-IO Manager on a Linux-based CMS
• 4 Configuration
  • 4.1 Configurations on the managed BX600 Blade Server
    • 4.1.1 Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades
      • 4.1.1.1 LAN hardware configuration
      • 4.1.1.2 Fibre Channel hardware configuration
    • 4.1.2 Configuring the BX600 management blade
    • 4.1.3 Configuring the I/O connection blades
    • 4.1.4 Connecting IBP modules
      • 4.1.4.1 Network - Overview
      • 4.1.4.2 Notes and recommendations
  • 4.2 Configurations on the managed BX400 Blade Server
    • 4.2.1 Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades
      • 4.2.1.1 LAN hardware configuration
      • 4.2.1.2 Fibre Channel hardware configuration
    • 4.2.2 Configuring the BX400 management blade
    • 4.2.3 Configuring the I/O connection blades
    • 4.2.4 Connecting IBP modules
      • 4.2.4.1 Network - Overview
    • 4.2.5 Switch stacking support
  • 4.3 Configurations on the managed BX900 Blade Server
    • 4.3.1 Supported hardware configurations for the connection blades
      • 4.3.1.1 LAN hardware configuration
      • 4.3.1.2 Fibre Channel hardware configuration
    • 4.3.2 Configuring the BX900 management blade
    • 4.3.3 Configuring the I/O connection blades
    • 4.3.4 Connecting IBP modules
      • 4.3.4.1 Network - Overview
    • 4.3.5 Switch stacking support
  • 4.4 Configurations on the managed PRIMERGY rack server
  • 4.5 VIOM server profile mapping
  • 4.6 PCI slot location in PRIMERGY rack servers
  • 4.7 Adding a server to the ServerView server list
• 5 Virtual-IO Manager user interface
  • 5.1 Virtual-IO Manager main window
  • 5.2 Tree view
    • 5.2.1 Tree structure (Server List)
    • 5.2.2 Tree structure (Profiles)
  • 5.3 Tabs
    • 5.3.1 Virtual-IO Manager tab
    • 5.3.2 Setup tab
    • 5.3.3 Ext. LAN Connections tab
      • 5.3.3.1 Graphic tab on Ext. LAN Connections tab
      • 5.3.3.2 Details tab on Ext. LAN Connections tab
    • 5.3.4 Server Configuration tab
    • 5.3.5 Chassis Configuration tab
    • 5.3.6 Server Profiles view
  • 5.4 Wizards
    • 5.4.1 Create Network for IBP wizard (only for blade servers)
      • 5.4.1.1 Select Type step (Create Network wizard)
      • 5.4.1.2 Edit Properties step (Create Network wizard - internal network)
      • 5.4.1.3 Edit Properties step (Create Network wizard - single /VLAN network)
      • 5.4.1.4 Edit Properties step (Create Network wizard - dedicated service network)
      • 5.4.1.5 DCB Properties step (Create Network wizard - single/VLAN network)
      • 5.4.1.6 Add Networks step (Create Network wizard - VLAN network)
    • 5.4.2 Edit Uplink Set wizard
      • 5.4.2.1 Edit Properties step (Edit Uplink Set wizard - single/VLAN network)
      • 5.4.2.2 Edit Properties step (Edit Uplink Set wizard - dedicated service network)
      • 5.4.2.3 DCB Properties (Edit Uplink Set wizard - single/VLAN network)
      • 5.4.2.4 Add Networks step (Edit Uplink Set wizard - VLAN network)
    • 5.4.3 Create Server Profile wizard
      • 5.4.3.1 Name step (Create Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.3.2 Configure Cards step (Create Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.3.3 IO-Channels step (Create Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.3.4 Boot Parameter step (Create Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.3.5 CNA Parameter step (Create Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.3.6 Virtual Addresses step (Create Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.3.7 Confirm step (Create Server Profile wizard)
    • 5.4.4 Edit Server Profile wizard
      • 5.4.4.1 Name step (Edit Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.4.2 Configure Cards step (Edit Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.4.3 IO-Channels step (Edit Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.4.4 Boot Parameter step (Edit Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.4.5 CNA Parameter step (Edit Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.4.6 Virtual Addresses step (Edit Server Profile wizard)
      • 5.4.4.7 Confirm step (Edit Server Profile wizard)
    • 5.4.5 Save Configuration wizard
      • 5.4.5.1 Select Action step (Configuration Backup/Restore wizard)
      • 5.4.5.2 Select File step (Save Configuration Wizard)
      • 5.4.5.3 Select File step (Restore Configuration wizard)
      • 5.4.5.4 Select File step (Delete Backup Files wizard)
      • 5.4.5.5 Select Data step (Save Configuration wizard)
      • 5.4.5.6 Select Data step (Restore Configuration wizard)
      • 5.4.5.7 Select Data step (Delete Backup Files wizard)
  • 5.5 Dialog boxes
    • 5.5.1 Authentication dialog box (single blade server)
    • 5.5.2 Authentication dialog box (PRIMERGY rack server)
    • 5.5.3 Authentication dialog box (PRIMERGY rack server and blade server)
    • 5.5.4 Licenses Information dialog box
    • 5.5.5 Preferences dialog box
    • 5.5.6 Restore Options dialog box (servers)
    • 5.5.7 Restore Options dialog box (server profiles)
    • 5.5.8 Select Profile dialog box
  • 5.6 Context menus
    • 5.6.1 Context menus on the Ext. LAN Connections tab
    • 5.6.2 Context menus in the Server Profiles view
    • 5.6.3 Context menu on the Server Configuration tab
  • 5.7 General buttons
    • 5.7.1 Buttons in the area on the left
    • 5.7.2 Button in the area on the right
    • 5.7.3 General buttons in other dialog boxes
  • 5.8 Icons
• 6 Using the Virtual-IO Manager
  • 6.1 Starting the Virtual-IO Manager
  • 6.2 Closing Virtual-IO Manager
  • 6.3 Logging the actions using VIOM
    • 6.3.1 Logging the actions on Windows
    • 6.3.2 Logging the actions on Linux
• 7 Managing servers with VIOM
  • 7.1 Activating management with VIOM
  • 7.2 Changing access rights and ports
  • 7.3 Deactivating management with VIOM
  • 7.4 VIOM internal operations on blade servers
  • 7.5 VIOM-internal operations on a PRIMERGY rack server
  • 7.6 Displaying license information
• 8 Defining network paths (LAN)
  • 8.1 Defining an uplink set
    • 8.1.1 Defining an internal network
    • 8.1.2 Defining a single network
    • 8.1.3 Defining VLAN networks
    • 8.1.4 Defining a dedicated service network
  • 8.2 Modifying an uplink set
  • 8.3 Deleting networks
  • 8.4 Copying an IBP configuration
  • 8.5 Copying configuration
• 9 Defining and assigning server profiles
  • 9.1 Defining server profiles
  • 9.2 Viewing server profiles
  • 9.3 Modifying server profiles
  • 9.4 Copying server profiles
  • 9.5 Deleting server profiles
  • 9.6 Assigning server profiles
  • 9.7 Deleting profile assignments
• 10 Viewing the blade server configuration
• 11 Saving and restoring
  • 11.1 Saving your configuration and server profiles
  • 11.2 Restoring the configuration
    • 11.2.1 Restoring server profiles
    • 11.2.2 Restoring blade server configurations
    • 11.2.3 Restoring PRIMERGY rack server configurations
  • 11.3 Deleting backup files on the management station
  • 11.4 Restoring VIOM-specific configurations
    • 11.4.1 Restoring an IBP module configuration
    • 11.4.2 Deleting the configuration of an uninstalled IBP module
    • 11.4.3 Restoring the configuration of a server blade slot
    • 11.4.4 Restoring the blade server chassis configuration
• 12 Importing and exporting server profiles
  • 12.1 Exporting server profiles
  • 12.2 Importing server profiles
  • 12.3 Format of export files
    • 12.3.1 The Objects element
    • 12.3.2 The ServerProfiles element
    • 12.3.3 The ServerProfile element
    • 12.3.4 The IOChannel element
    • 12.3.5 The Address element
    • 12.3.6 The BootEnvironment element
    • 12.3.7 The ISCSIBootConfiguration element
    • 12.3.8 The FCBootConfiguration element
    • 12.3.9 The DCBConfiguration element
    • 12.3.10 The FunctionConfiguration element
• 13 VIOM scenarios
  • 13.1 Shifting tasks from one server blade to another
  • 13.2 Moving tasks using the server profile failover
  • 13.3 Disaster Recovery
• 14 VIOM database
  • 14.1 VIOM Backup Service
    • 14.1.1 Configuring the job schedule on Windows
      • 14.1.1.1 Syntax of Quartz cron expressions
    • 14.1.2 Configuring the job schedule on Linux
    • 14.1.3 Configuring the output directories
    • 14.1.4 Starting the Backup Service on Windows
    • 14.1.5 Starting the VIOM Backup Service on Linux
    • 14.1.6 Logging the Backup Service
  • 14.2 Restoring the VIOM database on Windows
    • 14.2.1 Restoration via SQL Server Management Studio
    • 14.2.2 Restoration via Enterprise Manager
    • 14.2.3 Checking the database backup
  • 14.3 Restoring the VIOM database on Linux
• 15 Appendix
  • 15.1 Replacing IBP modules
  • 15.2 VIOM address ranges
  • 15.3 Creating diagnostic data
  • 15.4 Event logging