Hardware Management Console Best Practices
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Table of Contents
1 Overview..............................................................................................................5
2 Planning................................................................................................................6
2.1 Do I Need an HMC?......................................................................................6
2.2 HMC Models.................................................................................................6
2.3 Physical Location of an HMC.......................................................................7
2.4 Planning for Network Connectivity ..............................................................7
2.5 Private vs. Open ............................................................................................8
2.6 Customer Setup .............................................................................................9
2.7 Documentation ..............................................................................................9
3 Initial Configuration...........................................................................................11
3.1 Install and Configure the HMC First...........................................................11
3.2 Changing Passwords ...................................................................................11
3.3 Creating User IDs........................................................................................12
3.4 Configuring Call-Home...............................................................................12
3.5 Configure Electronic Service Agent ...........................................................13
4 Security...............................................................................................................14
4.1 Network Security.........................................................................................14
4.2 Secure WebSM............................................................................................15
4.3 WebSM Ports ..............................................................................................15
4.4 Restricting Network Access........................................................................16
4.4.1 Power 5 HMC port information........................................................... 17
4.5 Network Access between HMC and FSP....................................................18
4.6 Restricted shell on the HMC.......................................................................18
4.7 Auditing capabilities on the HMC ..............................................................19
4.8 Managing and Understanding Security Vulnerabilities on HMC...............21
4.9 Resource Monitoring and Control...............................................................21
4.10 CIM and Cluster System Management .....................................................22
5 User Management ..............................................................................................23
5.1 HMC Users and Access...............................................................................23
5.2 Task and Managed Resource Roles ............................................................25
6 Problem Determination ......................................................................................30
6.1 Problem Analysis ........................................................................................30
6.2 Problem Logging and Tracking...................................................................32
6.3 Problem Correction .....................................................................................32
7 Maintaining Licensed Internal Code..................................................................36
7.1 Critical Console Data Backups ...................................................................36
7.2 HMC Code Installation/Upgrade/Update....................................................37
7.3 Install/Recovery ..........................................................................................37
7.4 Upgrade.......................................................................................................37
7.5 Update (Corrective Service)........................................................................38
7.6 HMC Code Update and Service Strategy....................................................38
7.7 HMC Code Update on Multiple Machines .................................................40
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