^{Tools for ProLiant}

Introduction

This page contains tools and tips for using FreeBSD/i386 on certain (not all) ProLiant servers. Most of these tools are only applicable to the ProLiant BL, DL & ML 300-series and above.

Table Of Contents

• Latest News
• Contacts
• Server Health Monitoring and Management (hpasm)
• Smart-Array Administration Utility (hpacucli)
• Integrated Lights Out Remote KVM & Remote media (iLO)
• Online BIOS Flash Utilities

Latest News

• 2008/01/28 - Added hpasmd and hpacucli builds for FreeBSD 6.2.
• 2005/08/17 - Added links to conserver sample files for iLO.
• 2005/08/17 - Problems with hpacucli working on all releases. Removed hpacucli for now.
• 2005/07/12 - Selected online BIOS flash utilities now available.
• 2005/07/11 - New hpasm package (7.22) available.
• 2005/06/20 - New hpacucli package (7.30-1) available.

HP Contacts For Questions About These Tools

If you have general questions about FreeBSD on ProLiant, please subscribe to our mailing list:

• freebsd-proliant (archives are available from that page)

If you have specific questions about the tools on this page, you may contact these HP engineers:

• hpasmd: Soumitri Kadambi (soumitri.kadambi at hp dot com)
• hpacucli: Sri Sai Ganesh Venkataramani (v.sri.sai.ganesh at hp dot com)

Server Health Monitoring and Management (hpasm)

The hpasm package includes two components to assist in managing and monitoring your ProLiant server with FreeBSD. There are two versions (one for FreeBSD 4.X and one for FreeBSD 5.X) and they are statically linked to avoid any shared-library compatability issues. The two modules are:

• hpasmd - HP ProLiant System Management Daemon
• hpasmcli - HP ProLiant System Management CLI (screenshot)

Releases:

• 2005 Jul 11 7.22 (static builds for FreeBSD 4 and 5)
• 2008 Jan 28 7.50 for FreeBSD 6.2 on DL360 G5/DL380 G5 *NEW*

Smart-Array Administration Utility (hpacucli)

The hpacucli package allows for online array configuration through the use of a command line interface. The interface is similar to the hpacucli utility provided for other operating systems. For more information, consult the hpacucli-readme.

Releases:

• 2008 Jan 28 7.50 for FreeBSD 6.2 *NEW*
• 2008 Jan 28 7.50 ports build for FreeBSD 6.2 *NEW*

Integrated Lights Out Remote KVM & Remote media (iLO)

The iLO BMC included on most ProLiant DL platforms works just fine with FreeBSD. In addition to providing a robust remote KVM solution, iLO also provide virtual remote media and virtual remote serial port capability. With iLO, remote control power strips and terminal servers can be a thing of the past. For more information, visit the ProLiant Remote Management page.

Known Issues:

• When using the iLO Remote Console with FreeBSD's text console, two cursors will appear. To workaround this problem, use the "vidcontrol -c blink" command on the FreeBSD console.

Using iLO with CONSERVER:

Here are some sample conserver files that I have used to manage ProLiant servers with iLO. Please note: these were written for version 1.60 of iLO firmware and version 8.1.9 of conserver. They may need to be modified for newer releases.

• /usr/local/etc/conserver.cf
• /usr/local/etc/ilo-rclogin for remote video console
• /usr/local/etc/ilo-vsplogin for virtual serial port console

More up-to-date information on using conserver to log iLO virtual serial ports can be found on the NachoTech blog pages, specifically here. There's also a handy script using nmap that can find all the iLO's on your network.

Online BIOS Flash Utilities

After you gunzip them, these executable .scexe files will flash your ProLiant's BIOS to the indicated revision.

Usage: sh {filename}.scexe [-s [-f] [-r]]

• -s: Silent mode
• -r: Reboot server after flash is completed
• -f: Force flash; even if image is older

Known Issues:

• During the flash process, you may see messages stating "pcilib: Bus 00 seen twice (firmware bug). Ignored." This message can be safely ignored.

HP ProLiant BL (Blade) Servers

• BL10e (I03) 2003-02-17
• BL10e G2 (I07) 2003-06-10
• BL20p (I01) 2003-07-25
• BL20p G2 (I04) 2004-01-26
• BL20p G3 (I08) 2005-04-14, 2005-06-14
• BL25p (A02) 2005-06-15
• BL30p (I10) 2005-01-27, 2005-06-01
• BL35p (A03) 2005-06-03
• BL40p (I02) 2004-01-12

HP ProLiant DL (Rack) Servers

• DL320 (D05) 2002-11-15
• DL320 G2 (D13) 2004-09-15
• DL320 G3 (D18) 2005-03-04, 2005-06-01
• DL360 (P21) 2002-11-15
• DL360 G2 (P26) 2004-03-10
• DL360 G3 (P31) 2005-03-03
• DL360 G4 (P52) 2005-04-14, 2005-06-01
• DL360 G4p (P54) 2005-06-01
• DL380 (P17) 2002-12-18
• DL380 G2 (P24) 2002-11-15
• DL380 G3 (P29) 2004-05-01
• DL380 G4 (P51) 2005-06-02
• DL385 (A05) 2005-06-14
• DL560 (P30) 2003-12-11
• DL580 (P20) 2002-12-17
• DL580 G2 (P27) 2004-05-02
• DL580 G3 (P38) 2005-05-29, 2005-06-03
• DL585 (A01) 2005-06-14
• DL740 (P47) 2003-12-08
• DL760 G2 (P44) 2003-12-08

HP ProLiant ML (Tower) Servers

• ML310 (D12) 2003-12-30
• ML310 G2 (W01) 2005-02-15, 2005-06-02
• ML330 (D03) 2002-11-15
• ML330e (D06) 2002-11-15
• ML330 G2 (D10) 2003-11-01
• ML330 G3 (D15) 2003-11-01
• ML350 (D02) 2003-05-30
• ML350 1GHz (D04) 2002-11-15
• ML350 G2 (D11) 2003-11-01
• ML350 G3 (D14) 2004-02-24
• ML350 G4 (D17) 2005-04-14, 2005-06-01
• ML350 G4p (D19) 2005-06-01
• ML370 (P17) 2002-12-18
• ML370 G2 (P25) 2003-10-31
• ML370 G3 (P28) 2004-05-01
• ML370 G4 (P50) 2005-06-01
• ML530 (P19) 2002-12-18
• ML530 G2 (P22) 2003-10-31
• ML570 (P20) 2002-12-17
• ML570 G2 (P32) 2005-04-26
• ML570 G3 (P37) 2005-05-20, 2005-06-03

Disclaimer

THE SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

FREEBSD IS NOT OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED BY HP ON PROLIANT SERVERS. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT HP FOR HELP WITH THIS SOFTWARE. FURTHERMORE, THE SOURCE CODE OF THESE MODULES IS NOT AVAILABLE.