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Console Manager for SGIconsoleTM Administrator’s Guide 007–4477–004 CONTRIBUTORS Written by Terry Schultz Edited by Susan Wilkening Illustrated by Terry Schultz Production by Glen Traefald Engineering and testing contributions by Rusty Ballinger, James Grisham, Scott Henry, Tony Kavadias, Jenny Leung, Sarah Pham, Paddy Sreenivasan, and Rebecca Underwood COPYRIGHT © 2001–2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved; provided portions may be copyright in third parties, as indicated elsewhere herein. No permission is granted to copy, distribute, or create derivative works from the contents of this electronic documentation in any manner, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc. LIMITED RIGHTS LEGEND The software described in this document is "commercial computer software" provided with restricted rights (except as to included open/free source) as specified in the FAR 52.227-19 and/or the DFAR 227.7202, or successive sections. Use beyond license provisions is a violation of worldwide intellectual property laws, treaties and conventions. This document is provided with limited rights as defined in 52.227-14. TRADEMARKS AND ATTRIBUTIONS Silicon Graphics, SGI, the SGI logo, Altix, IRIX, O2, Onyx, and Origin are registered trademarks and IRISconsole, NUMAlink, Performance Co-Piot, SGIconsole, SGI Linux, Silicon Graphics Prism, and Supportfolio are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries worldwide. Indy is a registered trademark used under license in the United States and owned by Silicon Graphic, Inc., in other countries worldwide. EtherLite is a trademark of Digi International, Inc. Java and Sun are registered trademarks of Sun MicroSystems, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds used with permission by Silicon Graphics, Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks Microsoft Corporation. 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Major Documentation Changes This release adds information about the following: • Added information about new manuals for the SGI Altix 3700Bx2 and Silicon Graphics Prism products in the Preface. • Updated information in "SGIconsole Overview" on page 1. 007–4477–004 iii Record of Revision Version Description 001 November 2001 Original publication. 002 August 2002 Supports the SGIconsole 1.1 release. 003 July 2003 Supports the SGIconsole 2.0 release. 004 November 2004 Supports the SGIconsole 2.1 release. 007–4477–004 v Contents About This Guide ..................... xv Related Publications . ................... xv Obtaining Publications . ...................xviii Conventions . ........................ xix Reader Comments ....................... xx 1. Console Manager Features and Capabilities . .......... 1 SGIconsole Overview . ................... 1 Getting Started with Console Manager . .............. 4 Console Manager Requirements, Restrictions, and Workarounds ........ 5 Installing Console Manager ................... 5 Configuring Console Manager .................. 6 Default Terminal Type . ................... 6 Configuring Xterm Connections for SGIconsole ............. 6 Systems Supported . ................... 7 Starting the Console Manager ................... 7 SGIconsole and Security Under OpenSSH . .............. 7 Secure Console Services . ................... 8 Using the Console Manager Client Software for Secure Administration . 8 Secure Access to Nodes From the SGIconsole Server . ......... 9 Access To SGIconsole Web Services via OpenSSL. ......... 9 Console Manager Server Security Without Strong Security . ......... 10 Logging Into SGIconsole . ................... 12 Using Console Manager With Strong Security ............. 12 007–4477–004 vii Contents Starting Console Manager Client Software .............. 14 Using the Text-Based User Interface . .............. 15 Using SGIconsole Web Services Securely .............. 16 Console Manager Graphical User Interface . .............. 17 Console Manager Overview ................... 17 Console Manager Tasks and Functions . .............. 21 Console Manager View . ................... 23 SGIconsole Hardware Configuration . .............. 28 Command Line Interface to Console Manager .............. 29 2. Configuring Console Manager . .......... 33 Installing Console Manager . ................... 33 Starting the Console Manager GUI on the SGIconsole Server . ......... 33 Quitting the Console Manager Graphical User Interface . ......... 35 Installing and Configuring a Console Manager Client . ......... 37 Installing and Running Console Manager . .............. 37 cmgr Script and CMGR.BAT Batch File . .............. 38 Requirements ....................... 38 Running Console Manager Client on IRIX or Linux . ......... 38 Running Console Manager Client on Windows ............. 39 Changing the MS-DOS Environment Size . .............. 39 Access Controls in Console Manager . .............. 40 Setting up Access Controls . ................... 40 Seeing the Effects of Access Controls to Nodes and Tasks . ......... 42 Gaining Console Access without Using an X Server . ......... 42 Adding a Console User . ................... 44 Adding Multiple Users . ................... 47 viii 007–4477–004 Console Manager for SGIconsoleTM Administrator’s Guide Modifying a Console User . ................... 49 Deleting a Console User . ................... 51 Changing a Console User Password .................. 52 3. Configuring Sites . ................. 55 Guided Configuration for Setting up Console Nodes, Groups, and Users . 55 Adding a Node ........................ 58 Deleting Nodes ........................ 67 Modifying a Node Configuration .................. 68 Adding a Management Group ................... 70 Modifying A Management Group .................. 73 Deleting a Management Group ................... 75 4. Administering Your Site . ................. 77 Getting, Stealing, or Spying a System Console .............. 77 Powering Down, Powering Up, Resetting, or Interrupting a Node ........ 79 Connecting to the System Controller for a Node .............. 81 Restarting the Console Manager Daemon . .............. 84 Viewing System Logs . ................... 86 Viewing and Deleting Console Logs . .............. 90 Access Control to Console Logging Facilities .............. 91 Viewing Console Logs . ................... 91 Console Log Rotation . ................... 92 Enabling and Disabling Console Logging . .............. 92 Deleting Console Log Files ................... 95 Initiating or Terminating Logging Using the tscm Command Line Interface . 97 5. Troubleshooting SGIconsole . .......... 99 007–4477–004 ix Contents Typical Node Failure Messages ................... 99 L2 System Controller Rebooting and Lost Network Connections ......... 100 Appendix A. SGIconsole Log Files and Console Manager Execution Flow 101 SGIconsole Log Files . ................... 101 Restarting Console Logging After a System Reboot ............. 102 Console Manager Execution Flow .................. 103 Index . ......................... 105 x 007–4477–004 Figures Figure 1-1 SGIconsole Web Interface . .............. 3 Figure 1-2 Log in to Server Dialog Box . .............. 11 Figure 1-3 Console Manager Graphical User Interface . ......... 18 Figure 1-4 File Pulldown Menu .................. 19 Figure 1-5 Tasks Pulldown Menu . .............. 20 Figure 1-6 > Help Pulldown Menu . .............. 21 Figure 1-7 Console Manager View . .............. 24 Figure 1-8 Detailed Console View for a Node .............. 25 Figure 1-9 Detailed Console View for a User .............. 26 Figure 1-10 Detailed Console View for a Group ............. 27 Figure 1-11 Find Button for Nodes and Users .............. 28 Figure 2-1 Console Manager GUI Main Window ............. 35 Figure 2-2 Quitting Console Manager . .............. 36 Figure 2-3 Software Control Confirmation Message Dialog Box ........ 36 Figure 2-4 Add a new Console User Task............... 45 Figure 2-5 Add a new Console User Dialog Box ............. 46 Figure 2-6 Add Console Users Dialog Box . .............. 48 Figure 2-7 Modifying a Console User Dialog Box . ......... 50 Figure 2-8 Delete a Console User Dialog Box .............. 51 Figure 2-9 Change a Console User Password Dialog Box . ......... 53 Figure 3-1 Guided Configruation for Setting up Nodes, Groups, and Users . 56 Figure 3-2 Set up Console Nodes, Groups, and Users Dialog Box ....... 57 Figure 3-3 Node Tasks Pulldown Menu . .............. 59 007–4477–004 xi Contents Figure 3-4 Add a Node Dialog Box . .............. 60 Figure 3-5 Node Management Port Pulldown Menu . ......... 63 Figure 3-6 Console TTY Serial Speed Pulldown Menu . ......... 64 Figure 3-7 Delete Nodes Dialog Box . .............. 68 Figure 3-8 Modify a Node Configuration Dialog Box . ......... 69 Figure 3-9 Add a Management Group Pulldown Menu . ......... 71 Figure 3-10 Adding a Management Group Dialog Box . ......... 72 Figure 3-11 Modify a Management