HP Integrity BL870c Server-Blade - Manual (Page 43)

consisting of N blades is treated just like a server consisting of N blades, all of the plugins on top
of SIM will work as it is without any changes.
nPars and Blade Link Domain
Unlike other partitionable systems, the nPars are associated to the Blade Link Domain to which
they belong and there is no notion of a Complex node.
nPars and VC profiles
Each of the Monarchs in a Blade Link Domain can be assigned a VC profile. Once a VC profile
is assigned, the details of the same can be seen even in SIM.
Differences between Superdome 2 nPars and BL8x0c i4 nPars
The following table shows differences between nPars on Superdome 2 and nPars on BL8x0c i4
servers:
Table 11
Superdome 2 nPars BL8x0c i4 nPars
Management Processors are never associated to nPars Management Processors are associated to nPars
nPars are associated to the Complex to which they belong nPars are associated to the Blade Link Domain to which
they belong
There is no notion of Auxiliary Blades Auxiliary blades are present, but never represented in SIM.
Changes in partition configurations are notified by
WSMAN events from parcon Changes in partition configurations are notified by SNMP
traps from OA
Debugging BL8x0c i4 nPars problems
Always ensure the output of SYSSET command shows correct Model information reflecting the
present partition configuration.
For more details, refer to the HP Integrity BL860c i4, BL870c i4 & BL890c i4 Server Blade HP
User Service Guide at
http://www.hp.com/go/Blades-docs. http://www.hp.com/go/Blades-docs
for BL8x0c i4 nPars support in HP SIM.
Configuring Onboard Administrator to send traps to CMS
The Central Management Server IP address needs to be added in the SNMP settings of Onboard
Administrator to allow Onboard Administrator send traps to the CMS. The steps are :
1. Login to Onboard Administrator: https:/// https:///
2. Navigate to Enclosure Information -> Enclosure Settings -> SNMP Settings.
3. Enter the IP Address or Fully Qualified Domain Name of the CMS in the Host section and
Community String of the CMS in Community String section.
4. Click on Add button to add the CMS to the trap listeners list.
5. A test alert can be sent to ensure CMS receives the trap by clicking on Send Test Alert button.
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