Page 2 - Contents
2 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Contents Platform Compatibility .........................................................................................5 System Requirements..........................................................................................6 Managed Server R...
Page 5 - Platform Compatibility
5 Platform Compatibility Feature availability can depend on which version of the Intel® Server Control (ISC) is running onwhich platform. Specifically, compatibility is an issue when an ISC 3.1 console is managing anetwork of systems that are running older versions of ISC. For feature availability, ...
Page 6 - System Requirements; Managed Server Requirements; Windows 2000/NT Requirements
6 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control System Requirements ISC contains two parts: • ISC Console Software • ISC Server Instrumentation Software ISC Console Software allows interaction with the managed server. It can be installed on thesesystem configurations: • Windows NT † 4.0 server or ...
Page 7 - Red Hat Linux Requirements; Console Requirements
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 7 Red Hat Linux Requirements If you intend to manage a Linux file server, it must meet the following minimum requirements: • Red Hat Linux 6.2 SBE 2 running in multiple-processor kernel • 32 MB of RAM • 60 MB of available disk space SCO UnixWare Requir...
Page 8 - Windows 98 Second Edition
8 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Windows 98 Second Edition • Intel ® Pentium ® microprocessor or higher. • At least 32 MB of RAM. • At least 10 MB of available disk space. • Microsoft Windows compatible modem must be used for if you connect to the server bymodem. Windows 2000/NT • W...
Page 9 - Service Partition and Population; Service Partition Installation; Requirements
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 9 Service Partition and Population The service partition is a special hard disk partition. It is established when initially setting up theserver system and contains utilities, diagnostics, and other software required for remotemanagement. The service p...
Page 10 - Installation
10 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Installation This procedure is for installing the SP on a clean formatted hard drive only. CAUTION To prevent data loss, do not attempt to run the installation utility from anydevice other than the Software Kit CD. 1. Backup all data on all hard dri...
Page 11 - Boot the Server from the Service Partition; Locally Booting the Server from the Service Partition Boot
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 11 Boot the Server from the Service Partition Boot the server from the service partition when you want to run the utilities and diagnostics foundon the service partition. You can reboot a server: • Locally • Remotely • Using the DPC console manager • U...
Page 12 - Configuring the Server for LAN Access
12 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 13. Enter the following in the Emergency Management Port (EMP) dialog box: Option Entry Enter New Password: Enter the EMP password, up to 16 characters. Verify New Password: Re-enter the EMP password. ESC Sequence: +++ (default) Hangup String: ATH (...
Page 13 - Using the DPC Console Manager
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 13 12. Click the Configure LAN button.13. Enter the following on the BMC LAN Configuration (LAN) dialog box: Option Entry Enable LAN Alerts: Click to enable BMC LAN-alerts. Enter New Password: Enter the BMC LAN Configuration password, up to 16 characte...
Page 14 - Installing ISC; Managed Server Preparation; Compatibility and Upgrade Issues; LSC and LDSM
14 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Installing ISC Managed Server Preparation ISC uses the event-logging feature of the BIOS for system management status and information. Toenable this feature for each server to be managed with ISC, you must boot the server(s) using theSystem Configur...
Page 15 - NetWare
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 15 NetWare For installation on systems using NetWare, be aware of the following: • Connect as a user with supervisor rights when installing ISC to a NetWare server. • All NetWare servers require two manual reboots following the ISC installation. • The ...
Page 16 - Red Hat Linux; Red Hat Linux Installation
16 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Red Hat Linux For installation on systems using Red Hat Linux, be aware of the following: • Remote ISC installation is not available. • Additional steps are required to configure the Linux DMI service provider. • Additional steps are required to con...
Page 17 - Installing Linux DMI Service Provider; Installing ISC Server Instrumentation
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 17 Installing Linux DMI Service Provider 1. Insert the Software Kit CD into the Linux server CD ROM reader.2. Mount the CD using either of the following methods: • Enter the mount command as follows: mount /mnt/cdrom • Use the Disk Management utility. ...
Page 18 - Configuring the SNMP–DMI Mapper
18 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control You should see file names similar to the following: ipmidrvr-2.2.14.6.1.1smp-1.i386.rpm ipmidrvr-2.2.16.22smp-1.i386.rpm isc-3.1-1.i386.rpm installme 4. Run the ISC install script from the directory you listed in the previous step by entering the fo...
Page 19 - Customizing NetWare Servers After Setup
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 19 Customizing NetWare Servers After Setup While installing PIC, the configuration and Setup program installs Adaptec and LSI (Symbios)SCSI, and Intel ® LAN Adapter instrumentation on the NetWare server but does not enable the instrumentation support. ...
Page 20 - Launching ISC
20 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Launching ISC ISC can be launched from and can manage your server from one of these enterprise managementenvironments: • LANDesk Server Manager (LDSM) • HP Network Node Manager • CA-Unicenter TNG Once the ISC application is launched from an enterpri...
Page 21 - Stand-alone ISC Console; Launching the ISC Console with Internet Browsers
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 21 Stand-alone ISC Console Use the stand-alone ISC Console to manage ISC-enabled servers without installing an enterprisemanagement console application. The environment is implemented as an executable program; asan application within Microsoft Manageme...
Page 22 - Launching the ISC Console with Microsoft Management Console
22 Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control Launching the ISC Console with Microsoft Management Console To launch the stand-alone ISC Console within Microsoft Management Console (MMC), do thefollowing: 1. From a Start Menu in Windows or from the Start->Run selection, run MMC.2. Within MMC,...
Page 23 - Platform Compatibility Matrix
Installation Guide for the Intel Server Control 23 Platform Compatibility Matrix Table 1lists ISC features specific to hardware platforms. In the table, columns present groupedplatforms while rows describe specific features. More general features, which can consist ofmultiple specific features, appe...
