How To Install and Configure A Simplex Server

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HiPath 4000 Update Course for Service
How to Install and Configure a Simplex Server
Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited

1. SLES11 SP1 Installation and Configuration

• Reset the DSCXL2 Board and access the BIOS by repeatedly hitting <F4>.
• Once in the BIOS, change the boot sequence so that the USB Stick is set as the primary boot
device.
• When finished, save the configuration and exit out of the BIOS by hitting <F10>.
Upon re-boot, The DSCXL2 Board should now boot from the USB Stick.
• To install the HiPath 4000 V6 R1.10.0 Hard Disk Image, Select Yes by hitting <Return>.
• Accept the Default Configuration Information by hitting <Return>.
The System Installation will now begin.
• When installation is finished, remove the USB Stick and hit <Return> to re-boot the System.
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The ISO Image is pre-installed with the following defaults:
Logins
Application User Password

Linux / RMX root hicom
Linux linuser hicom
Portal / Assistant engr Siemens2000
CSTA root Siemens2000
Pacemaker (Hawk) hacluster hicom
Network Configuration
Interface LAN 1 – ETH 0 IP Address

Physical IP 192.168.0.2 (Changed in previous exercise)
Portal 192.168.0.3
Default GW / Router 192.168.0.1 (Changed in previous exercise)
After re-boot, the Server will start in Multi-User Mode with Networking (init 3).
• Login as user root with password hicom.
• At the password change request prompt, please enter the password hicom for “Old
Password”, “New Password” and “Re-enter New Password” to keep things simple.
• Check the installed software version to confirm correct with command checkydata.
Screenshot for illustration purposes only.
• Stop the openais service with command service openais stop.
Open the YaST2 Interface with command yast.
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The most important functions to navigate in YaST2 are as follows:
Moving the focus with <Tab> or <Shift> <Tab>.

Scrolling in lists with <Up>, <Down>, <Left> or <Right>.
Direct command start by pressing <Alt> + the yellow highlighted letter, e.g. <Alt> <i> for “Edit”.
• Select Network Devices – Network Settings and hit <Return>.
• Move the focus to LAN Card ETH0
• To edit the settings, hit <Alt> <i>.
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• Enter the Servers physical IP Address on the Customer LAN.
• Change the Subnet Mask to /24 if it is not set to this value already.
• Enter the Servers physical Hostname on the Customer LAN.
• Hit <F10> (Next) to get back to the Global Network Settings Overview.
• Hit <Alt> <u> to open the Routing settings.
• Enter the default GW IP Address.
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• Hit <Alt> <s> to open the Hostname/DNS settings.
• Re-enter the Servers physical Hostname on the Customer LAN.
• Make sure that “No interface with DHCP” is displayed.
• Make sure that option “Assign Hostname to Loopback IP” is un-checked.
• Hit <F10> (OK) to save the settings and get back to the YaST2 Control Centre.
• Select System – Date and Time and hit <Return>.
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• Choose Region Europe and change Time Zone to United Kingdom.
• To change Date and Time configuration, make sure that checkbox “Hardware Clock set to
UTC” is checked.
• Hit <Alt> <n> for change.
• Choose option “Synchronise with NTP Server”.
• Edit the NTP Server Address
• Select “Save NTP Configuration”.
• Hit <Alt> <o> [Configure] to configure the advanced NTP settings.
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• Hit <Alt> <b> to choose “Now and On Boot”.
• Hit <F10> (OK) to get back to “Change Date and Time”.
• Hit <F10> (OK) to accept the changes.
If you see the error message “ntpdate <IP Address> failed”, come up on screen, don’t worry. It is
nothing you have done. This has come up intermittently on several occasions during the
preparation for this course, and it seems that for whatever reason, the System intermittently fails to
communicate with the NTP Server. However, on the occasions that this message has come up, it
has been ok after a re-boot.
• Press <Alt> <n> to not revisit the NTP configuration and to get back to “Clock and Time Zone”.
• Hit <F10> (Accept) to get back to the “YaST2 Control Centre.
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• Select System – Power Management and hit <Return>.
• Check that “Low Latency Computing” is the selected Energy Saving Profile. If not, change it to
“Low Latency Computing”.
• Hit <F10> to finish.
• Hit <F9> to leave the YaST2 Control Centre.
• Re-boot the Server with command reboot.
Once the Server has re-booted, proceed to step 2.
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2. HiPath 4000 Installation and Configuration

• Login as user root with password hicom.
To begin configuring the Portal, you need to access the KDE Desktop (the Linux GUI).
• To do this, type init 5 and hit <Return>.
• At the login screen, login as user root with password hicom.
Once you are logged in and you are looking at the KDE Desktop, launch the Mozilla Firefox Web
Browser by clicking on the “Firefox” icon on the top left hand corner of the screen.
• When Firefox has launched, type in https://192.168.0.3/Portal/ and hit <Return>.
If you get a message stating that the connection is un-trusted:
• Click “I understand the risks”.
• Click the Add Exception button.
• Confirm the “Permanently store this exception” option is checked.
• Click the Confirm Security Exception button.
• Sign into the Portal with user engr and password Siemens2000.
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• Open the LAN Wizard (System -> LAN Wizard) to choose the Platform type and to configure
the required IP Addresses.
HW Platform
• Check and confirm that the initial setup tick box is ticked.
• Select the Deployment Type Simplex from the dropdown box.
• Click Next.
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LAN Settings
Most values are already set to factory defaults. Configure the missing entries and change the
existing ones as required to match your setup.
Customer LAN
• Select Ethernet Interface Node eth0.
• Set IP Address of Portal.
• Change Netmask if necessary to 255.255.255.0.
• Set IP Address of Assistant.
• Set IP Address of CSTA
• Set IP Address of Default GW/Router
IPDA LAN
• Select Ethernet Interface Node to eth0.
If you receive a warning message because you have selected the same network interface for
Customer and IPDA LAN, just click OK.
• Set IP Address of CCA.
• Set IP Address of NGS.
All other values will be great out because they have been ported across from the Customer LAN
settings.
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Atlantic LAN
No changes required.
• Click Next.
Internal LAN
No changes required.
• Click Submit.
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After clicking submit, you will see a message stating that the Web Service is executing a restart
which may last a few minutes.
What it is actually doing is changing the IP addresses based on what you have just entered into the
LAN Wizard, and in doing so, has dropped your connection to the Portal. It is also in the process of
sending an automatic background script to RMX, which does the pre-configuration by AMOs (DBC,
APC, CPCI, UPDAT, REST).
When RMX is back in service, the First Installation of Assistant will start automatically.
• Close Firefox and re-open after approximately 10 minutes.
• Browse to the Portal via its new IP Address.
If you get a message stating that the connection is un-trusted:
• Click “I understand the risks”.
• Click the Add Exception button.
• Confirm the “Permanently store this exception” option is checked.
• Click the Confirm Security Exception button.
• Click on the Status tab, and wait until the “Assistant Installation is running” message appears in
the log file.
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More specific details regarding the Assistants installation can be found by clicking “Assistant
Installation Status”.
Assistant Settings
• Login to Assistant either by clicking “Assistant” in the Portal Menu, or by opening

https://<Assistant-IP/ in a browser.
• As the Assistant requires a change of Password, please change it to hip*4000.
As of now, this will also be password required to login to the Portal.
Once you are at this stage, proceed with the SWU Database generation.
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3. Notes
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1. SLES11 SP1 Installation and Configuration

• Accept the Default Configuration Information by hitting <Return>.

The System Installation will now begin.

© 2011 Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited Version No. 1

The ISO Image is pre-installed with the following defaults:

Application User Password

Interface LAN 1 – ETH 0 IP Address

• Login as user root with password hicom.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Stop the openais service with command service openais stop.

Open the YaST2 Interface with command yast.

© 2011 Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited Version No. 1

The most important functions to navigate in YaST2 are as follows:

Moving the focus with <Tab> or <Shift> <Tab>.

• Select Network Devices – Network Settings and hit <Return>.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Move the focus to LAN Card ETH0

• To edit the settings, hit <Alt> <i>.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

© 2011 Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited Version No. 1

• Enter the Servers physical IP Address on the Customer LAN.

• Enter the Servers physical Hostname on the Customer LAN.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Hit <Alt> <u> to open the Routing settings.

• Enter the default GW IP Address.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

© 2011 Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited Version No. 1

• Hit <Alt> <s> to open the Hostname/DNS settings.

• Re-enter the Servers physical Hostname on the Customer LAN.

• Make sure that “No interface with DHCP” is displayed.

• Make sure that option “Assign Hostname to Loopback IP” is un-checked.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Select System – Date and Time and hit <Return>.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

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• Choose Region Europe and change Time Zone to United Kingdom.

• Hit <Alt> <n> for change.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Choose option “Synchronise with NTP Server”.

• Edit the NTP Server Address

• Select “Save NTP Configuration”.

• Hit <Alt> <o> [Configure] to configure the advanced NTP settings.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

© 2011 Siemens Enterprise Communications Limited Version No. 1

• Hit <Alt> <b> to choose “Now and On Boot”.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Hit <F10> (OK) to get back to “Change Date and Time”.

• Hit <F10> (OK) to accept the changes.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Hit <F10> (Accept) to get back to the “YaST2 Control Centre.

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• Select System – Power Management and hit <Return>.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

Screenshot for illustration purposes only.

• Hit <F10> to finish.

• Hit <F9> to leave the YaST2 Control Centre.

• Re-boot the Server with command reboot.

Once the Server has re-booted, proceed to step 2.

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2. HiPath 4000 Installation and Configuration

• To do this, type init 5 and hit <Return>.