Wednesday, August 4, 2010

AMM SOL console

IBM's AMM provide excellent feature for blade servers remote control via SSH.
You may login using SSH to AMM, then choose target blade, power it on if it is switched off and issue commands to AIX/Linux/whatever:

[root@server ~]# ssh -l USERID 10.10.10.11
password:

Hostname: blade
Static IP address: 10.10.10.11
Burned-in MAC address: 00:16:5F:3F:10:A0
DHCP: Disabled - Use static IP configuration.
Last login: Wednesday August 4 2010 15:53 from 10.10.10.12 (SSH)

system>
system> list -l 2
system
mm[1] primary
power[1]
power[2]
blower[1]
blower[2]
switch[1]
switch[3]
blade[1] LS21
blade[2] JS21
blade[3] HS21linux
blade[4] HS21windows
mt[1]
system>
system> env -T blade[2]
OK
system:blade[2]>
system:blade[2]> console

login: root
root's Password:
*******************************************************************************
* *
* *
* Welcome to AIX Version 6.1! *
* *
* *
* Please see the README file in /usr/lpp/bos for information pertinent to *
* this release of the AIX Operating System. *
* *
* *
*******************************************************************************
Last unsuccessful login: Wed Aug 4 17:29:22 GMT+04:00 2010 on /dev/vty0
Last login: Wed Aug 4 17:29:28 GMT+04:00 2010 on /dev/vty0

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Now, to disconnect from console you need press Esc-( or - Ctrl+[ and then Shift+(

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