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HP ProLiant Value Add on LinuxBruno Cornec Open Source and Linux Technology Strategist

HP Open Source Profession – WW Linux Community Lead

© Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.4

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Introducing Myself● Software engineering and Unices since 1988

– Mostly Configuration Management Systems (CMS), Build systems, quality tools, on multiple commercial Unix systems

– Discovered Open Source & Linux (OSL) & made first contributions in 1993

– Full time on OSL since 1995, first as HP reseller then @HP

● Currently:– OSL Technology Strategist, EMEA EG Innovation Solution Center aka HP/Intel Solution Center, Grenoble

– HP OSL Advocate and Converged Infrastructure Ambassador

– WW Linux Community Lead for the HP Open Source Profession

– POSS conference, OpenStack.fr and AFUL board member. Conferences at WW level at LinuxCon, Linux.conf.au

– MondoRescue, Project-Builder.org, UUWL and PUSK Project Lead

– LinuxCOE, mrepo, tellico, rinse, fossology, collectl, Ironic contributor

– FOSSBazaar/SPDX and OSL Governance enthusiast

– Mandriva, Mageia, Fedora packager


Table of contents

HP's commitment to Open Source & Linux

Linux on HP ProLiant

● Distribution support

● Software Delivery Repository

● Smart Start Scripting Toolkit

● RESTful and Packages are the future

Additional resources



HP's strategy on Open Source & Linux (OSL)HP enables end to end solutionsSupport OSL with as many HP deliverables as possibleImprove the OSL ecosystem with partners to deliver end to end solutions

HP promotes freedom of choiceOpenness in support offeringsCustomers can support themselves or pay support providersFollow or fork if upstream unacceptable

HP establishes legal comfort OSL Governance since 2000 (OSRB, FOSSology, FOSSBazaar, indemnification back in 2003)Fight licenses proliferation using existing ones (GPLv3 contributions)Helped build the Linux and OpenStack Foundations

HP differentiatesOSL Communities relationships. Influence with respect of their values and contributor expectations. Intimate expertise. E.g. 170 years of cumulated experience in Linux kernel. 6500+ specialists.


HP's commitments on Open Source & Linux (OSL)HP consumes OSLIn IT: Apache, Bind (100), DHCP, NTP, Clustered OpenLDAP (15) + perl customization, Postfix (6+TB/year), Linux, Sympa, Wordpress, LinuxCOE, Pligg, …

In products: printers, software, servers, TV, ...

HP's commitment to OSL communitiesHP's contributions to Squid, Samba, Apache, Linux Kernel, OpenStack...

HP's leadership in some flagship communities (2 Debian Project Leaders, OpenwebOS, OpenStack, hplip, LinuxCOE, FOSSology, FOSSBazaar, MondoRescue, Project-Builder.org, Shorewall, Seagull, OpenSSI, Lustre, Linux ia64, AdvFS, handhelds.org)

HP's direct support to communities: Kernel summit, OWF, LinuxCon, LCA, DebConf, X.org summit, GUADEC, KDE summit – ProLiants runs kernel.org, debian.org - helps LI, FSF, Linux Foundation, OSI, OSDL, ...

http://opensource.hp.com

http://opensource.hp.com/


HP has led Linux server market for more than a decade

LinuxCOE


HP ProLiant and Linux distribution support


Linux from HP supports greater choice

Community Linux Performs sanity tests of community

Linux distributions with several ProLiant servers

Supports ProLiant server hardware Offers the ProLiant Support Pack “as is” Directs software issues to community

resources and supports the community

Commercial Linux Tests commercial Linux distribution early

and often (with beta OS, new hardware) Enables commercial distribution near launch

date of new ProLiant hardware Obtains Linux vendor certification for

representative ProLiant servers Provides support for ProLiant Support Pack

HP provides support Partner provides support Community provides support

http://communitylinux.orghttp://www.hp.com/go/rhelhttp://www.hp.com/go/sles

http://www.hp.com/go/ubuntuhttp://www.hp.com/go/oel

http://communitylinux.org/

http://www.hp.com/go/rhel

http://www.hp.com/go/sles

http://www.hp.com/go/ubuntu

http://www.hp.com/go/oel


HP ProLiant Linux portal : http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux

Single Point for HP ProLiant deliverablesCertification matrices

Drivers

White Papers

Solutions

Support

http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux


HP ProLiant Linux portal : http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux



HP ProLiant differentiators


Powerful integrated solutions

iLO and Linux

ILO access through• SSH + SMASH• IPMI• HP CLI based tools• Web interface• RESTful API• From Linux with hpilo• Exposes monitoring

details via SNMP


Uniform coverage. Flexible options. Linux from HP is better supported

Proactive 241Support plusSoftware support

•Rights to new versions•Product and document updates

•Incident and unlimited•Software tech assistance•2 hour response

•Hardware 4 hour response •Software tech•assistance•2 hour response•13x5 or 24x7 coverage

•Hardware 4 hour response •Software tech•assistance•2 hour response•Service account manager•Support planning•System Health Check•Remote diagnosis•24x7 coverage

Named tech •Account team•Support planning•Proactive services•Change management •6 hour CTR Hardware•Software tech assistance•Immediate response for critical problems•Remote diagnosis •24x7 coverage

Software updates Critical

•~99% of all calls resolved by HP•73,000 service partners•6500 Linux-trained professionals•112 response centers worldwide •2 hour response •1 phone number


HP ProLiant Software Depot Repository (SDR)


Welcome to HP's SDR

Who HP ProLiant Linux R&D Team

What Drivers, utilities, agents and tools for HP ProLiant Linux Systems

When Updated when new hardware or Linux distributions are released

Where http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR

How Install packages using yum, apt, zypper

Why Extra functionality specifically designed for HP ProLiant hardware

How much Free of charge (not Free, Open Source Software)


HP Software Delivery Repository

SDR structure regular expression:http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/[SPP|MCP|Extras/[rhel|suse|centos|ubuntu|asianux|opensuse|oracle]/[pool/non-free/*.deb]|[<distversion>/<arch>/current/*.rpm]

http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR

http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR


HP Management Component Pack for ProLiant (MCP)Bundle of HP Provided value add tools for ProLIantContains HP tools and utilities (no drivers – cf: SPP)Available as individual Linux packages from the MCP SDR repositorySpecifically for community supported distributions

Provides the following features:● System Health Monitor (thermal, environmental, electrical, system components)● SNMP MIBs and configuration script● Automatic Server Recovery (ASR) Daemon and Events● Advanced Systems Management (ASM) Controller communication + CLI (hpasmcli)● Pre-failure warranty on CPUs and memory and diagnostics tool (hpdiags)● Access to the Integrated Management Log (IML) (hplog)● Control Unit ID (hpuid) management● Smart Array configuration tool (hpssacli)● iLO configuration tool (hponcfg)● Optionally a Web interface for all these aspects


HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP)Bundle of all HP Provided value add for ProLIantContains what the MCP providesContains HP firmware, driver updates (when needed) and additional utilitiesAvailable as individual Linux packages from the SPP SDR repositoryAvailable as Bootable DVD ISO image for convenient all-in-one deliverySpecifically for enterprise supported distributions

Provides the following features: ● Version control Agent (hp-vca)● HP Smart Update Manager (hpsum)

● automate hardware update● perform comparison between

provided/installed/available firmware● Additional drivers for recent servers or bug fixes


HP ProLiant Linux Software Stack

cciss / hpsaDriver

hpssacli

hpssa

Smart Array ILO

hpilo

hp-smh / hp-smh-templates

Upstream HP component

SDR HP MCP component

fibreutils / hp-fc-enablement

hp-vca

hponcfg hp-health / hp-ams /hpdiags / hp-snmp-agents

hpsum

Pkg

UI

hp-scripting-tools

hpwdt

FWMonitoring BIOS

qla2xxxlpfc

hpssacli hpssascripting

hp_rescanlssd / lssg

hponcfghpasmcli / hploghpdiags / hpuid

CLI hp-conrephpsum

FC NIC

bnx / mlnxigb / e1000

hpsum

SDR HP Extras/FW component

SDR HP SPP component

FW Cpx.scexe / rpm

Cpx.scexe/ rpm

Cpx.scexe / rpm

Cpx.scexe / rpm

Cpx.scexe / rpm

hprest

hprest


Installing packages from SDRPoint your host to the HP Software Depot Repository (SDR)

# wget http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/downloads/add_repo.sh# sh ./add_repo.sh spp|stk|hpsum

Update repositories (deb)

# apt-get update

Update repositories (rpm)

# yum|zypper update

Install updated drivers (deb)

# apt-get install hp-e10000 hp-tg3

Install updated drivers (rpm)

# yum|zypper install hp-e10000 hp-tg3

Install new software agents (deb)

# apt-get install hpssacli hponcfg

Install new software agents (rpm)

# yum|zypper install hpssacli hponcfg


hpasmcliDisplays most BIOS parameters and allow to modify some

Examples:ASR display and modificationhpasmcli> show asrASR timeout is 10 minutes.ASR is currently enabled.hpasmcli> set asr 5Successfully set ASR timeout to 5 minutes.

IPL displayhpasmcli> show iplIPL (Standard Boot Order)-------------------------#0 CDROM#1 Floppy#2 USBKEY#3 HDD#4 PXE

Non interactive Hyper-threading status display# hpasmcli -s "show ht"Processor hyper-threading is currently enabled.

Non interactive Hyper-threading status set# hpasmcli -s "disable ht"Successfully disabled processor hyper-threading.# hpasmcli -s "enable ht"Successfully enabled processor hyper-threading.

F1 prompt # hpasmcli -s "show f1"The POST F1 prompt is currently delayed.# hpasmcli -s "set f1 enabled"Successfully set the POST F1 prompt to ENABLED.

Syntax info# hpasmcli -s "set"# hpasmcli -s "enable"


hpssacliDisplays most Smart Array RAID controller parameters and allow to modify most

Show all Smart Array Controllers# hpssacli ctrl all showSmart Array P410i in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: 50014380059CCD00)

Show detail of the embedded Smart Array Controller# hpssacli ctrl slot=0 show detailSmart Array P410i in Slot 0 (Embedded) Slot: 0 Serial Number: 50014380059CCD00 Cache Serial Number: PAAVP9SXTPGU RAID 6 (ADG) Status: Disabled Controller Status: OK Hardware Revision: C Firmware Version: 5.12 […] Cache Ratio: 25% Read / 75% Write […] Total Cache Size: 512 MB Total Cache Memory Available: 400 MB


Other CLI toolshponcfg - Display/Apply iLO configurationGet iLO configuration# hponcfg -a -w ilo.dat HP Lights-Out Online Configuration utilityVersion 4.0.0 Date 12/08/2011 (c) Hewlett-Packard Company, 2011Firmware Revision = 1.28 Device type = iLO 3 Driver name = hpiloManagement Processor configuration is successfully written to file "ilo.dat"[root@localhost ~]# head ilo.dat <RIBCL VERSION="2.0"> <LOGIN USER_LOGIN="admin" PASSWORD="password"><RIB_INFO mode="write"><MOD_NETWORK_SETTINGS> <ENABLE_NIC VALUE="Y"/> <SPEED_AUTOSELECT VALUE="Y"/> <NIC_SPEED VALUE="10"/> <FULL_DUPLEX VALUE="N"/> <DHCP_ENABLE VALUE="Y"/>

Set iLO configuration# hponcfg -f ilo.dat

hpbootcfg - Change boot order from CLI

Reboot to PXE without waiting for prompt# /sbin/hpbootcfg -P -b

hpsnmpconfig - Change the SNMP config

Check ProLiant MIB load# grep cma /etc/snmp/snmpd.confdlmod cmaX /usr/lib64/libcmaX64.so


ipmitool - OpenIPMI interface to send commands to iLO

Power Management

# ipmitool -I lanplus -H <IP> -U admin -P admin123 chassis power up

Set nextboot device

Reset system, reset ilo

LAN configuration# ipmitool -I lanplus -H <IP> -U admin -P admin123 lan print 2

IP Address : 10.1.0.36

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)


HP System Management Homepage


HP Smart Update Manager


HP Smart Start Scripting Toolkit


HP Smart Start Scripting Toolkit (SSSTK)

Bundle of optional HP tools for ProLIantContains HP utilities to automate Hardware configuration of HP ProLiant ServersAvailable as individual Linux packages with dependencies for use with the native distribution update manager (yum, yast, apt-get) from the Extras SDR repositorySSSTK captures iLO, BIOS and RAID Firmware configurations on a master server and is able to redeploy these configuration on a bare metal target machine in an unattended manner.This toolkit is designed to be customized by experienced IT administrators, familiar with scripting under Linux and ProLiant servers.


HP SSSTK in action

Capture/Create serverconfigurations (iLO, BIOS,

& SA). Create scriptsBootable CD or

over the Network install

HW conf + Install OS fromCD or Network Share

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server data file

options data file

Script File

PXE bootCD boot

USB boot

Setup InstallationServer

Configure PXE, TFTP, DHCP, DDNS, NFSConfigure SSSTK

Load OS bits

Bundle of optional HP tools for ProLIantHP utilities to automate HW configuration of HP ProLiant ServersAvailable as individual Linux packages usable with the SDR repo


SSSTK Additional Tools 1/2hp-discovery - Hardware inventory tool# hp-discovery<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Discovery Version="2.1">[...]<ServerInformation> <SMBIOS> <ROM>I27</ROM> <ROMDate>05/05/2011</ROMDate> <SerialNumber>CZ3126KH10</SerialNumber> <SystemName>ProLiant BL460c G7</SystemName> <UUID>37333036-3831-5A43-3331-32364B483130</UUID> <AssetTag></AssetTag>[...]# hp-discovery > /tmp/disco.xml# hp-ifhw /tmp/disco.xml /opt/hp/hp-scripting-tools/etc/allboards.xml "PCI:Smart Array"PCI Device Search: "Smart Array" => "Smart Array P410i Controller"Expression is TRUE

hp-reboot - Reboot on a chosen device# hp-reboot pxe -cold

hpbootcfg - Change boot order from CLI

Reboot to PXE without waiting for prompt# /sbin/hpbootcfg -P -b

hp-rbsureset – Reset the ROM BIOS Setup to default values

hp-setbootorder – Change boot order# hp-setbootorder pxe cdrom usbCurrent Boot Order: cdrom usb hd pxeRequested Order: pxe cdrom usb


SSSTK Additional Tools 2/2

hplpcfg – Configure Emulex based HBA (allow setting WWID, boot device WWID and boot LUN# hplpcfg

hpqlarp – Configure QLogic based HBA (allow setting boot device WWID and boot LUN)# hpqlarp

hp-statemgr – Get/Set a persistent Variable across reboot

# hp-statemgr -R BOOT_TO_PXE0# hp-statemgr -W BOOT_TO_PXE 11# hp-statemgr -R BOOT_TO_PXE1


hp-conrephp-conrep – Display/Apply BIOS configuration for all HP ProLiant servers (up to Gen9)

# hp-conrep -s -f rcu.xmlconrep 3.30 - SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Configuration Replication ProgramCopyright (c) 2007-2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. System Type: ProLiant BL460c G7 ROM Date : 05/05/2011 ROM Family : I27 Processor Manufacturer : IntelXML System Configuration : conrep.xmlHardware Configuration : rcu.xmlFile contains global platform restrictions Global Restriction: [minimumconrepversion ] OKPlatform check: : [ProLiant DL7 ] no match : [ProLiant DL9 ] no match : [ProLiant BL ] match : [ProLiant DL160 Gen8 ] no match : [ProLiant SL160 Gen8 ] no matchSaving configuration data to rcu.xml.CONREP Return code: 0


hp-conrep results# cat /opt/hp/hp-scripting-tools/etc/rcu.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Conrep version="3.30" originating_platform="ProLiant BL460c G7" originating_family="I27" originating_romdate="05/05/2011" originating_processor_manufacturer="Intel"> <Section name="IMD_ServerName" helptext="LCD Display name for this server"> <Line0>localhost.loca</Line0> <Line1>ldomain</Line1> </Section> <Section name="IPL_Order" helptext="Current Initial ProgramLoad device boot order."> <Index0>00 </Index0> [...] </Section> <Section name="IPL_Order_Size" helptext="Current Initial ProgramLoad device boot order size."> <Size0>05 </Size0> </Section> <Section name="PCI_Devices" helptext="Lists of PCI devices and their interrupts - not displayed if default values are set.">EMPTY_DELETE</Section> <Section name="Controller_Order" helptext="Lists the current boot controller ordering."> <Id0>10 3c 32 45 </Id0> <Slot0>00 </Slot0> <BusDev0>0c 00 </BusDev0> <Rest0>41 </Rest0> <Id1>10 3c 32 61 </Id1> <Slot1>01 </Slot1> <BusDev1>06 00 </BusDev1> <Rest1>41 </Rest1> <Id2>10 3c 32 61 </Id2> <Slot2>01 </Slot2> <BusDev2>06 01 </BusDev2> <Rest2>41 </Rest2> </Section> <Section name="Language" helptext="Defines current language identifier">ENGUSAus </Section> <Section name="System_WOL" helptext="System Wake On Lan Capabilities.">Enabled</Section> <Section name="System_APIC" helptext="System APIC Settings(MPS Table Mode).">Full Table</Section>


PUSK Overview› The HP ProLiant USB setup key (PUSK) is a set of tools working together with the HP

Smart Start Scripting Tool Kit (SSSTK) and HP Software Depot Repository (SDR) to create a bootable USB key to easily and automatically capture and deploy BIOS, RAID and iLO configurations on HP ProLiant servers.

› The PUSK allows to easily modify configuration on site, while also storing logs of the setup run.

› The PUSK is easily mountable from both a Windows (operator machine) or a Linux (deployed server) environment using a VFAT FS.

› The PUSK is built from a master machine using the running distribution (RHEL 6 for now) and the HP SDR.

› The PUSK provides 1 simple text based config file which has to be configured for iLO setup (IP conf, License, Password).

› The other extracted configurations are also modifiable in XML format, as well as the boot configuration done with syslinux.


The future is already there...


HP RESTful APIhprest – CLI to manage systems using the HP RESTful API

Written in Python:

Platform independent

Lots of reusable modules and easier to maintain

Packaged (aka “Frozen”) into a stand alone executable to avoid having to install Python.

Windows and Linux versions available

Local (CHIF) and remote (HTTPS) mode supported.

Remote/Out-of-band mode allows support for other OSes.

Ability to set individual settings from command line or import/export settings from a file (like Conrep).

Support for BIOS and some iLO settings with first release. Additional sub-systems to be supported later.

Support HP ProLiant servers starting with Gen9 requiring iLO4 >= 2.00


HP RESTful API resultshprest select ServiceRoot.0.9.5hprest list[...] ServiceVersion=0.9.5Oem Hp Manager ManagerFirmwareVersion=2.03 HostName=ILOCZ250211YL ManagerType=iLO 4 Blade EnclosureName=LabOSSI RackName=Z8R1U25 BayNumber=Bay 4[...] Sessions LocalLoginEnabled=True LoginFailureDelay=0 LDAPAuthLicenced=False KerberosEnabled=False ServerName=lab4-2.labossi.hpintelco.org


Packaged based Firmware

Packaged Firmware have been released in April 2015

Used by HPSUM for platform upgrade

hpsum command in CLI mode is another way to use them

# yum list hp-firmware'*'

Get FW rpm list from repo Install a FW rpm from repo

# yum install -y hp-firmware-ilo4.i386

# hpsum list

Get FW list available to HPSUM Install FW with HPSUM

# hpsum upgrade


Some reference sites :› Portal: http://www.hp.com/go/proliantlinux › Certification: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert.html› RHEL on ProLiant : http://www.hp.com/go/rhel› Service Pack for ProLiant : http://www.hp.com/go/spp› Insight Foundation: http://www.hp.com/go/foundation › SDR: http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/› SSSTK: http://www.hp.com/servers/sstoolkit and http://www.gp.com/go/stk/docs› HP RESTful API : http://www.hp.com/go/restfulapi› PUSK: http://pusk.project-builder.org› Project Builder: http://www.project-builder.org› Dracut: https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/

References


The Open Source Solutions Initiative

»Customers are highly interested in Open Source Solutions (cost + control)»Red Hat is the leader in Open Source and first vendor gaining $1B revenue»HP #1 in Linux server market share,$13.9B cumulative server revenues; 3.2M servers sold»Intel is in the second largest contributor to the Linux kernel

…more information available at http://www.hpintelco.net/hp-intel-redhat.htm

Drive awareness and adoption of Intel, HP and Red Hat solutions as the highest value platform for today's + tomorrow's enterprise solutions

● Executive briefings and discovery sessions

● Open Source workshops

● Innovative Solutions

● Proof-of-Concepts


http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hplinuxcert.html

http://www.hp.com/go/rhel

http://www.hp.com/go/spp

http://www.hp.com/go/foundation

http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR/

http://www.hp.com/servers/sstoolkit

http://www.gp.com/go/stk/docs

http://www.hp.com/go/restfulapi

http://pusk.project-builder.org/

http://www.project-builder.org/

https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/


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