Release Notes TM BLADEHarmony Manager Version 3.2 Part Number: BMD00093, July 2009 2350 Mission College Blvd. Suite 600 Santa Clara, CA 95054 www.bladenetwork.net
Copyright 2009 Blade Network Technologies, Inc., 2350 Mission College Blvd., Suite 600, Santa Clara, California, 95054, USA. All rights reserved. Part Number: BMD00093. This document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Blade Network Technologies, Inc. Documentation is provided as is without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including any kind of implied or express warranty of non-infringement or the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. U.S. Government End Users: This document is provided with a commercial item as defined by FAR 2.101 (Oct. 1995) and contains commercial technical data and commercial software documentation as those terms are used in FAR 12.211-12.212 (Oct. 1995). Government End Users are authorized to use this documentation only in accordance with those rights and restrictions set forth herein, consistent with FAR 12.211-12.212 (Oct. 1995), DFARS 227.7202 (JUN 1995) and DFARS 252.227-7015 (Nov. 1995). Blade Network Technologies, Inc. reserves the right to change any products described herein at any time, and without notice. Blade Network Technologies, Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the use of products described herein, except as expressly agreed to in writing by Blade Network Technologies, Inc. The use and purchase of this product does not convey a license under any patent rights, trademark rights, or any other intellectual property rights of Blade Network Technologies, Inc. BLADEHarmony Manager is a trademark of Blade Network Technologies, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. Any other trademarks appearing in this manual are owned by their respective companies. Originated in the USA. 2 July 2009
Release Notes New applications and services that support strategic business functions depend on complex network services and protocols. Technology professionals must manage network configuration and reliability across increasingly large and complex server deployments. Lost productivity and missed opportunities because of network downtime are costly to an enterprise. BLADEHarmony Manager is a web-based client/server application that is designed to manage blade server switches and top-of-rack switches. You can just point and click to administer and monitor switches in a single-blade chassis, multiple-blade chassis, or large multirack deployments. These release notes provide the latest information regarding BLADEHarmony Manager. This supplement modifies information found in Using BLADEHarmony Manager. Please keep these release notes with your product manuals. July 2009 3
Installing BLADEHarmony Manager This section describes system requirements, prerequisites and related information. System Requirements Before you install and access BLADEHarmony Manager, make sure that your computer meets the requirements that are described in Table 1. Table 1 BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2 System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP Intel 32-bit or 64-bit system Linux: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with Service Pack 3 for x86 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS and ES for x86 with Update 5 AIX 5L, Version 5, Release 3 System Memory 1 GB minimum Hard drive space Minimum free disk space during installation: Windows: 160MB Linux, AIX: 200MB Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Windows & Linux: 1.5.0 or later (no separate installation required as JVM is installed with BLADEHarmony Manager) AIX: Java 5 32-bit or 64-bit SDK should be installed on the AIX system prior to installing BLADEHarmony Manager. Prerequisites Windows Operating System BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2 requires the exclusive use of port 162 and 514 for SNMP trap and Syslog messages. Before you start the BLADEHarmony Manager service, you must stop the SNMP Trap Service or any service that uses port 162 or 514. Complete the following steps to stop the SNMP Trap Service. 1 Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. 2 Click SNMP Trap Service. 3 Click Stop the service. To check whether port 162 or 514 is in use, issue the following command: # netstat -an -p UDP 4 July 2009
Linux Operating System BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2 requires the exclusive use of port 162 and 514 for SNMP trap and Syslog messages. Before you start the BLADEHarmony Manager service, you must stop any service that uses port 162 or 514. To check whether port 162 or port 514 is in use on Linux, issue the following commands: # lsof i :162 # lsof i :514 NOTE The lsof command is found in the following directory: /usr/bin or /usr/sbin AIX Operating System BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2 requires the exclusive use of port 162 and 514 for SNMP trap and Syslog messages. Before you start the BLADEHarmony Manager service, you must stop any service that uses port 162 or 514. To check whether port 162 or port 514 is in use on AIX, issue the following commands: # lsof i :162 # lsof i :514 Browser Requirements BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2 is a web-based application. You can log in to BLADEHarmony Manager from any system that supports the following browser versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.x and 7.x Mozilla Firefox version 2.x and 3.x You must enable JavaScript on each browser. Requirement: Java must be installed on the system on which the browser is running if you want to launch a telnet session from BLADEHarmony Manager. July 2009 5
Enabling JavaScript in Microsoft Internet Explorer 1 Open Microsoft Internet Explorer. 2 Click Tools > Internet Options. 3 Click Security. 4 Click the Internet icon. 5 Click Custom Level. 6 Scroll to Scripting. 7 Click Enable Active Scripting. 8 Click OK. Enabling JavaScript in Mozilla Firefox 1 Open Mozilla Firefox. 2 Click Tools > Options. 3 Click Content. 4 Click Enable JavaScript. 5 Click OK. 6 July 2009
Switch Configuration Requirements Be sure that each switch that you plan to discover meets the following requirements. Ensure that SNMP access is enabled on the switch. See the Command Reference for your switch to get information about how to enable SNMP access. Ensure that the switch is physically connected to the network. Ensure that the switch is turned on and receiving power. Ensure that the switch has a correct IP address. Ensure that the switch is not blocking access from the client IP address. Be sure that you can successfully ping the switch. If you want to use automatic discovery, you must configure the switches with either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c authentication. Automatic discovery does not support switches that use SNMPv3 authentication. If you plan to use the BLADEHarmony Manager manual discovery feature, you can configure the switch with SNMPv1, SNMPv2c orsnmpv3 authentication. Port Requirements BLADEHarmony Manager uses the HTTP, HTTPS, and RMI service ports described below. Ensure that no other applications use the ports, or configure BLADEHarmony Manager to use different ports. Port 40080 for HTTP Port 40443 for HTTPs Port 40199 for RMI Service BLADEHarmony Manager also uses the following standard ports. Ensure that no other applications use the ports. Port 162 for SNMP trap reception Port 514 for syslog reception July 2009 7
Switch Support The following list contains the names of all of the switch types supported by BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2. BLADEHarmony Manager does not support switch types that are not listed below. Click Help > About to view the list of switches supported by BLADEHarmony Manager. BNT/Nortel Layer 2-3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module BNT/Nortel Layer 2-3 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module, SmartConnect BNT/Nortel Layer 2-7 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module BNT/Nortel 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module BNT/Nortel 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module, SmartConnect Nortel 10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module BNT/Nortel 6-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module BNT 10-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module HP ProLiant BL p-class GbE2 Interconnect Switch HP GbE2c/GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch, SmartConnect HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch NEC 1Gb Intelligent L2 Switch SmartPanel for NEC SIGMABLADE NEC 1Gb Intelligent L3 Switch NEC 10Gb Intelligent L3 Switch BNT RackSwitch G8000 BNT RackSwitch G8100 BNT RackSwitch G8124 8 July 2009
New Features The list of features below briefly summarizes the new functionality of BLADEHarmony Manager (BHM). For detailed information about system capabilities and feature configuration, see Using BLADEHarmony Manager. Added support for the BNT 10-port 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module. New Manager-of-Managers feature provides the ability to consolidate the management of multiple deployments of BHM into one interface. This allows you to consolidate thousands of devices from multiple instances of BHM into one console. The BLADEHarmony Manager service is now supported on AIX 5.3 Comprehensive Command Line Interface to most BLADEHarmony Manager functions. In addition to the browser-based user interface, users can now manage devices by executing CLI commands in a script or interactive shell. BLADEHarmony Manager is now fully internationalized to support running on two-byte character operating systems. A new Health Status page has been added to report vital switch statistics: Port state, speed and utilization of each port on the switch Management Processor memory and CPU utilization ARP and Routing table utilization Temperature Sensors A search function allows you to quickly find a specific device in the device list. Displays, reports, and support of stacked switches has been improved: The status, chassis ID, and module bay are reported for each switch in the stack. Individual switches in a stack can be rebooted. VMready support has been added: Detect, report, and notify when virtual machines (attached to VMready switches) move across the datacenter (either intra- or inter-switch moves). Additional performance monitoring of the following statistics (on applicable switches): Switch > NTP Statistics Switch > Trunk Groups Switch > Trunk Group Ports July 2009 9
Port > LACP Aggregator Port > LACP Port Aggregator Port > Authenticator Diagnostics Statistics Port > IP Statistics Bridge > STP Routing > IP Interface Statistics Routing > TCP Connections Routing > UDP Information Routing > Routes Routing > Routes Standard Routing > Route Statistics Routing > ARP Routing > ARP Statistics Routing > Gateway Information Routing > IP Address Information Routing > BGP Peers Summary Routing > BGP Routing Table Routing > RIP Route Information Routing > OSPF Area Information Routing > OSPF Area Interface Information Routing > OSPF Neighbor Interface Information Routing > OSPF Virtual Interface Information Routing > OSPF Stats2 Information Routing > OSPF Link-State DB Information Routing > OSPF External Link=State DB Information Routing > OSPF Summary Range Information Routing > OSPF Routes Information Routing > OSPF > Neighbor Change Stats 10 July 2009
Routing > OSPF > Timer Kickoffs Hotlinks > Statistics 802.1x/p > General 802.1x/p > 802.1p Priority COSq 802.1x/p > Port Priority Other improvements: Graphing and charting of performance statistics Non-BNT device support (health status and description) Configurable TFTP timeout HP SIM Integration now supports RackSwitches July 2009 11
Supplemental Information This section provides additional information about configuring and operating BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2. Switch Support Limits BLADEHarmony Manager can manage more than 1000 switches if the system on which BLADEHarmony Manager is installed is configured with at least 2GB of RAM. 12 July 2009
Known Issues This section describes known issues in BLADEHarmony Manager 3.2 SNMPv3 Traps SNMPv3 Traps are not supported. HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Configuration Config Sync operation does not work between firmware versions 5.0 and 5.1. The working combination is 5.0 to 5.0, or 5.1 to 5.1 Configuration Script Mismatch Between AOS and ISCLI Issue: If you use BLADEHarmony Manager to push a configuration script to a switch, the switch might report a successful update, even though the script was not interpreted correctly. The problem occurs when the switch is set to use one command-line interface (AOS or ISCLI) and the configuration script is written for the other interface. The switch generates a syslog error when this condition is detected. Solution: Make sure that the configuration script matches the CLI mode in which the switch is operating. An AOS script should be sent when the CLI boot mode is set to aoscli or if the user chose aoscli when prompted for the CLI mode when logging in via telnet/ssh. An iscli script should be sent when the CLI boot mode is set to iscli or if the user chose iscli when prompted for the CLI mode when logging in via telnet/ssh. Incomplete Configuration Script Might Erase Some of the Current Configuration Issue: If you use BLADEHarmony Manager to push a partial configuration script to a switch, the switch may erase those configuration that are not present in the partial configuration script. Solution: Download the current configuration and then add the new configuration parameters to the script file that you downloaded. July 2009 13
Unsupported Operations for Nortel/BNT Layer 2/3 GbESM with SmartConnect The following operations are not supported in BLADEHarmony Manager when you administer the BNT/Nortel Layer 2/3 GbESM with SmartConnect, because it has limited SNMP functionality. Actions Menu: View Ports Config Sync Apply Save Diff Config Diff Flash Config Dump Reboot Switch Switch version report and device list: Save Pending Config For Next Reset Rack/Chassis Module Bay Manufacture Date Image 1 / 2 Software Version Showing a Device as a BNT Device BLADEHarmony Manager displays a device as a Blade Network Technologies (BNT) device only when BLADEHarmony Manager cannot completely retrieve the switch parameters. This is a rare case, but might happen when MIB variables are not implemented by an SNMP agent. Unresponsive Script Warning Message in Mozilla Browser Family The browser might display a warning message that includes a reference to Unresponsive script. This might occur if there are too many rows in a table and you attempt to add or remove columns. If you see this message, click Continue to complete your task. 14 July 2009
Deactivating Clicking Sound in Internet Explorer Browser Issue: Internet Explorer generates a clicking sound when you manually or automatically refresh a BLADEHarmony Manager Web page. To turn off or suppress the clicking sound, complete the following steps on the computer that you use to access BLADEHarmony Manager. 1 Click Start. 2 Click Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices. 3 Click Sounds. 4 Scroll to the Windows Explorer section of the Program events list. 5 Click Start Navigation. 6 Select (None) from the Sounds list (see Figure 1). Tip: Do not change the Sound scheme setting. 7 Click Apply. 8 Click OK. Figure 1 Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Window Example July 2009 15
Limited Functionality in Telnet Window The following features are not available if you click Actions > Launch and open a Telnet session from BLADEHarmony Manager: Tabbing Copy and Paste functionality Printing When printing from BLADEHarmony Manager, the output might be split horizontally across multiple pages. Traps and Syslogs Before you install BLADEHarmony Manager, check to see if any other applications bind to Trap (default 162) and Syslog (default 514) ports. If another application binds to those ports, BLADEHarmony Manager cannot receive traps and syslog messages. SmartConnect/VMready/Stacking Support The following Monitoring pages are not supported since they are not supported by the devices: Switch > STP Statistics Switch > UFD Statistics Switch > UFD Information Port > 802.1x Statistics Bridge > Base Port Information Bridge > CIST Bridge Information Bridge > CIST Port Information Routing > DNS, RIP, and OSPF Statistics Routing > IGMP Information Routing > Multicast Router Information Virtual Routing (all monitoring pages) Access Control List > ACL Port Statistics The Actions > Config Sync feature is not supported. 16 July 2009
RackSwitch SNMP Support These devices have limited SNMP functionality so only the following features are supported in BLADEHarmony Manager: Auto and Manual Discovery Actions Menu Summary View Events View Syslog View Ports Delete Web Launch Telnet Launch Reboot Group Operations Menu Image download Image backup Config Download 1 Config backup Switch Version Report and Device List 2 Monitor Menu Health Status Switch > SNMP Statistics Switch > UFD Statistics Port > Summary Port > Bridge Statistics Port > Ethernet Error Statistics Bridge > Forwarding Database Information Routing > IP Interface Statistics Routing > Interface Information Routing > TCP Statistics Routing > TCP Connections Routing > UDP Statistics Routing > UDP Information Routing > IP Statistics July 2009 17
Routing > ICMP IN Statistics Routing > ICMP OUT Statistics Routing > IP Address Information 1 Configuration download updates the "Active Configuration" block of the switch and the switch must be rebooted manually in order for the configuration to take effect. 2 Panic Dump State is not supported. 18 July 2009