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& ESCALA BSM 1.4 NOVASCALE Installation Guide REFERENCE 86 A2 54FA 04 NOVASCALE & ESCALA BSM 1.4 Installation Guide Software December 2010 BULL CEDOC 357 AVENUE PATTON B.P.20845 49008 ANGERS CEDEX 01 FRANCE REFERENCE 86 A2 54FA 04 The following copyright notice protects this book under Copyright laws which prohibit such actions as, but not limited to, copying, distributing, modifying, and making derivative works. Copyright © Bull SAS 2008-2010 Printed in France Trademarks and Acknowledgements We acknowledge the rights of the proprietors of the trademarks mentioned in this manual. All brand names and software and hardware product names are subject to trademark and/or patent protection. Quoting of brand and product names is for information purposes only and does not represent trademark misuse. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Bull will not be liable for errors contained herein, or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of this material. Table of Contents Preface..................................................................................................................vii Overview .............................................................................................................. ix Chapter 1. General Installation Requirements ..........................................................1 1.1 Supported Operating Systems.............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Required Disk Space .......................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Required Memory............................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Management Server Installation and Operational Requirements............................................... 3 1.4.1 Windows................................................................................................................. 3 1.4.2 Linux ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 Management Agent Installation and Operational Requirements ............................................... 6 1.5.1 AIX and Linux ........................................................................................................... 6 1.6 Web GUI Operational Requirements .................................................................................... 7 1.7 Additional Tools................................................................................................................. 7 1.7.1 Hardware Management Command Line Interface (CLI).................................................. 7 1.8 Restrictions ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.8.1 Windows................................................................................................................. 7 1.8.2 Linux ....................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 2. Installing Bull System Manager for Windows...........................................9 2.1 Prerequisites ...................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Installing Management Server............................................................................................ 10 2.3 Installing Management Console ......................................................................................... 13 2.3.1 Installing Management Console from the CD-ROM...................................................... 13 2.3.2 Installing Management Console from the Web Server ................................................. 13 2.4 Installing Management Agent ............................................................................................ 15 2.4.1 Installing Management Agent from CD-ROM.............................................................. 15 2.4.2 Installing Management Agent from the Web Server .................................................... 16 2.5 Uninstalling Bull System Manager Components.................................................................... 17 2.6 Upgrading to a New Bull System Manager Version.............................................................. 17 2.6.1 Upgrading a distributed Bull System Manager solution................................................ 17 Preface iii Chapter 3. Installing Bull System Manager for Linux................................................19 3.1 Prerequisites ....................................................................................................................19 3.2 Installing Management Server ............................................................................................20 3.2.1 Installing Java Runtime Environment, Bull System Manager Server and Bull System Manager Webinstall Packages ................................................................21 3.2.2 Installing Bull System Manager server extensions ........................................................23 3.3 Installing Management Console .........................................................................................25 3.3.1 Installing Management Console from the CD-ROM......................................................25 3.3.2 Installing Management Console from the WEB Server .................................................26 3.4 Installing Management Agent.............................................................................................27 3.4.1 Installing Management Agent from the CD-ROM.........................................................27 3.4.2 Installing Management Agent from the Web Server.....................................................28 3.5 Uninstalling Bull System Manager Components ....................................................................29 3.6 Upgrading to a New Bull System Manager Version..............................................................29 3.6.1 Upgrading a distributed Bull System Manager solution ................................................30 Chapter 4. Installing Bull System Manager Agent for AIX.........................................31 4.1 Prerequisites ....................................................................................................................31 4.2 Installing Management Agent.............................................................................................32 4.2.1 Installing Management Agent from the CD-ROM.........................................................32 4.2.2 Installing Management Agent from the web server ......................................................33 4.3 Uninstalling Bull System Manager Components ....................................................................34 4.4 Upgrading to a new version of Bull System Manager............................................................34 Chapter 5. Installing Additional Tools for Linux ...................................................... 35 5.1 Installing the Remote Hardware Management CLI.................................................................35 Chapter 6. Getting Started............................................................................... 37 6.1 Launching Bull System Manager.........................................................................................38 6.2 Bull System Manager Authentication and Roles ....................................................................39 6.2.1 Bull System Manager Server User Authentication – Linux & Windows............................39 6.3 Launching Bull System Manager Console ............................................................................41 6.4 Launching Console Supervision Modes ...............................................................................43 6.4.1 Launching the Tree Supervision Mode........................................................................43 6.4.2 Launching the Map Supervision Mode .......................................................................45 6.4.3 Launching the Alerts Supervision Mode......................................................................46 6.5 Launching Bull System Manager Tools.................................................................................47 6.5.1 Launching the Reporting Indicators Tool .....................................................................47 6.5.2 Launching the Hardware Management GUI................................................................48 iv BSM 1.4 - Installation Guide 6.6 Administering Bull System Manager ................................................................................... 49 6.6.1 Launching the Bull System Manager Configuration Web GUI....................................... 49 6.6.2 Launching the Bull System Manager Documentation home page................................... 50 6.6.3 Launching the Bull System Manager Download home page ......................................... 51 6.6.4 Launching the Bull System Manager Control............................................................... 52 Appendix A. Bull System Manager Port Numbers.........................................................53 A.1 Bull System Manager Server Ports ...................................................................................... 53 A.2 Bull System Manager Agent Ports......................................................................................