Manager Discovery - pSeries Servers

eG Enterprise is capable of monitoring the AIX LPARs that are operating on IBM pSeries servers using a patented ‘In-N-Out’ monitoring approach. The first step towards implementing this approach is to discover the IBM pSeries servers in the environment. To save administrators the trouble of manually adding each IBM pSeries server to be monitored, the eG management console facilitates the configuration of an HMC (Hardware Management Console) server, using which the IBM pSeries servers can be automatically discovered. To discover the pSeries Servers, do the following:

1. Select the Virtual Platforms option from the Settings sub-node of the Manager Discovery node in the Discovery tree in the left panel.

2. Then, choose the pSeries Servers option from the Choose a virtual platform to discover drop down in the right panel.

3. To add a new HMC server, do the following:

   • Click on the Add new HMCs option from the What action would you like to perform? dropdown.

   • In the HARDWARE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE (HMC) DISCOVERY page that then appears in the right panel, specify the IP address of the Hardware management console to be used for the discovery.

     Note: Only an IPv4 address can be specified against IP address of the Hardware management console.

   • Then, mention the Host Name of the Hardware management console.

   • Next, indicate whether/not the eG manager needs to Use SSL to connect to HMC. To use SSL, set the Use SSL to connect to HMC flag to Yes. Otherwise, set it to No.

   • If more than one HMC server is deployed in your environment, you may want to discover the IBM pSeries servers using one of the HMC servers alone; you may still want to feed the eG manager with the details of the other HMC server, so that it can be used for discovery some time later. This is why, while configuring an HMC server using this page, you need to indicate whether/not the HMC server being configured is to be used for discovery or not. To use the HMC server for discovery, set the Discover pSeries servers using this HMC flag to Yes. Set the flag to No if you do not want to discover pSeries servers using this HMC server.

   • Provide a valid user name for connecting to the HMC server in the Username to connect to HMC text box.

   • Specify the Password of the HMC user.

   • Confirm the password by retyping it in the Confirm password for the user text box.

   • Finally, click the Update button to save the changes.

   • A message box will then appear requesting your confirmation to proceed with the discovery. Click the Yes button to discover the pSeries servers, or click the No button to cancel discovery.

4. To view the HMC servers that have been configured, select the View configured HMCs from the What action would you like to perform?. The details of the HMC servers that pre-exist will then appear.

5. To modify a HMC server configuration, do the following:

   • Select the Modify Configured HMCs option from the What action would you like to perform? dropdown.

   • Pick the IP address of the Hardware management console to be modified from the right panel. The details of the chosen HMC will then be displayed. Make the required changes, and click the Update button to save them.

6. To delete a HMC configuration, do the following:

   • Select on the Delete Configured HMCs option from the What action would you like to perform? dropdown.

   • The details of all existing HMC servers will then be displayed in the right panel. To mark a HMC server for deletion, simply select the check box alongside the details of that HMC. To mark all listed HMC servers for deletion, simply select the check box that precedes the column lable HMC IP.

   • Finally, click the Delete button to delete the selection.