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2015年3月12日星期四

How to execute Intel DCM (DataCenterManager)

How to execute Intel DCM (DataCenterManager)
Install this package on client with windows OS

1.Install Intel DCM
2.Install adobe flash
3.Open web browser
put in http://"computer-name":8688/DataCenterManager
4.Configuration=>Add group
5.Group=>Network discovery
Put in search ip address, BMC user name and password
6.Waiting for a few minutes, you can see the data change.

2015年3月11日星期三

How to flash Primary/Backup BIOS from recovery mode (Intel platform)

How to flash Primary/Backup BIOS from recovery mode (Intel platform)

1.Adjust jumper to recovery mode
2.Boot to EFI shell

(大小寫有分別)
3.iflash32.efi -u xxxx.cap UpdateBackupBios

4.Adjust jumper to normal mode.

2015年2月12日星期四

Migrating a virtual machine in vSphere 5.x fails with the error: The operation is not allowed in the current connection state of the host

Symptoms

Cannot migrate a virtual machine in a vSphere 5.x environment.
Migrating a virtual machine fails with the error:

Relocate virtual machine
The operation is not allowed in the current connection state of the host
Time: xx/xx/xxxx xx:xx:xx
Target: xxxxx
vCenter Server: xxxxx
The Summary tab of the powered on virtual machine reports this information:
- CPU Usage - 0 MHz
- Memory Usage - 0.00 MB

Resolution

To resolve this issue, perform these steps, verifying if the issue is resolved after each step:

Restart the VMware VirtualCenter Server Service.
Restart the Management agents on the ESX host running the virtual machine. For more information, see Restarting the Management agents on an ESXi or ESX host (1003490).
Disconnect and reconnect the ESX host that is running the virtual machine to force vCenter Server to retrieve an updated set of data relating to the objects registered to the host.

VM with Windows 2008/2012 fail to power on when setup Intel X520/X540 SRIOV NIC

Details

ESXi supports a maximum of 31 vectors per PCI device. If you add Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-SR2 (ixgbe), Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X540-SR2 as Direct I/O PCI devices to virtual machines with Windows 2008 and later guests, you cannot power on the virtual machines. When you start the virtual machine, Windows accesses all the message signaled interrupts (MSI/MSIX). When a device requests to support more than 31 interrupt vectors, the virtual machine stops responding and the vmware.log file reports an out of MSI-X vectors message.

This issue also occurs when you install the Windows PF driver for these adapters. You see an error similar to PCIPassthru: 07:00.1 tried to modify MSI-X vectors number 32-32, but maximum supported vector number is 31. During load time, the X520-2 device is marked as unsafe. The driver does not load what appears to be an unsafe device. The virtual machine starts and shows the error message.

Solution

To resolve this issue, expose fewer vectors to the guest operating system by adding the pciPassthru0.maxMSIXvectors = 31parameter to the virtual machine's configuration file.

From the vSphere Web Client

Right-click the virtual machine and select Edit Settings.
Click the Options tab and click General.
Click Configuration.
Click Add Row.
Add the parameter to the new row:
- In the Name column, add pciPassthru0.maxMSIXvectors.
- In the Value column, add 31.
Click OK.

From a command line

Note: Do not reinstall the driver before modifying the .vmx file.

Open the .vmx file for the virtual machine in a text editor.
Add this entry to the file:

pciPassthru0.maxMSIXvectors = 31
Reinstall the driver in the virtual machine.

Note: If multiple devices are present, ensure to add entries for each PCI device.

pciPassthru0.maxMSIXvectors = xx, pciPassthru1.maxMSIXvectors = xx

2015年2月8日星期日

How to flash broadcom 57810 fw under Windows/Linux

How to flash broadcom 57810 fw under Windows/Linux

1.Download fw update utility "winfwnx2.exe"
2.Execue winfwnx2
3.dir (Check current fw version)
4.q
5.winfwnx2.exe -all restorenvram "xxx.bin"
6.Waiting about 10 minutes to complete.

Linux: lnxfwnx2 -all restorenvram "xxx.bin"

2015年2月6日星期五

How to check video memory size under linux

How to check video memory size under linux

#dmesg | grep -i vesafb

2015年2月4日星期三

Braodcom 57810 SRIOV under linux (3.7 older kernel)

Braodcom 57810 SRIOV under linux

1. Enable VT-d & SRIOV function in BIOS setup
2. Boot to Linux OS
3. Update NIC driver bnx2x(Broadcom 57810)
4. #modprobe -r bnx2x (This is temp,reboot will be disable)
5. #modprobe bnx2x num_vfs=7
6. #lspci (Check if you can see Ethernet Virtual fuction)

7. Block virtual device in host (Isolation physical & virtual NIC traffic)
#vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
add " "to blacklist.conf
8. Add pci device to VM (Not network device)

-------------------------------------------------------------

1. Enable VT-d & SRIOV function in BIOS setup

2. Boot to Linux OS

3. Update NIC driver bnx2x(Broadcom 57810)

4. # vim /etc/modprobe.d/bnx2x.conf (This is fix, always enable)
options bnx2x num_vfs=7
#rmmod bnx2x
#modprobe bnx2x

5. #lspci (Check if you can see Ethernet Virtual fuction)

6. Add pci device to VM (Not network device)

在RHEL下安裝新的套件

在RHEL下安裝新的套件

#yum grouplist (確認目前安裝套件狀態)
#yum group install Virtualization* (以Virtualization大項為範例)

先確認已更改linux repo檔
http://lisoulin.blogspot.tw/2013/09/linuxproxyyum.html

2015年1月21日星期三

How to launch LSI MSM(RWC2) under linux

How to launch LSI MSM(RWC2) under linux

#cd /usr/local/RAID Web Console 2
#./startupui.sh

2015年1月20日星期二

[Office] 自從您上次存檔後檔案 (filename.xls) 可能已由另一位使用者變更

[Office] 自從您上次存檔後檔案 (filename.xls) 可能已由另一位使用者變更

當您嘗試將 Microsoft Excel 活頁簿儲存到網路伺服器時，如果該伺服器正在執行例如 Services for Macintosh 的中繼服務，或是在開啟活頁簿時出現網路連線延遲情形，您可能就會收到下列訊息：

自從您上次存檔後檔案 (filename.xls) 可能已由另一位使用者變更。若是如此，請問您要怎麼做?

儲存複本
覆寫變更

請依照下列步驟執行：

按一下 [開始]，再按一下 [執行]，輸入 regedit，然後按一下 ENTER。
找出並按一下下列機碼：

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Excel\Options
在 [編輯] 功能表上，指向 [新增]，然後按一下 [DWORD 值]。
輸入 QFE_Saskatchewan 做為機碼名稱，再按下 ENTER。
用滑鼠右鍵按一下
QFE_Saskatchewan
項目，然後按一下 [修改]。
在 [數值資料] 方塊中，輸入 1，以便 Excel 停用時間戳記檢查，並在每種情況下隱藏此對話方塊。
按一下 [確定] 以儲存設定。

2015年1月8日星期四

How to enable TXT function on ESXi

How to enable TXT function on ESXi

1. Plug in TPM module. Ensure that there were no issues or interference with the installation.

2. Boot into BIOS setup

a. ensure that VT and VT-d are enabled;

b. Under the "Security" menu, set an administrative password and reboot the system;

3. Boot into BIOS Setup:

a. Under the "Security" menu, under "TPM Administrative Control" select "Turn On" and then reboot the system

4. Boot into BIOS Setup:

a. a. Go to the Security Menu and the TPM State’ should show as [Enabled/Activated]

b. Under Advanced --> Processor Configuration, set "Intel (R) Txt" to "Enable" and reboot the system.

5. Boot into EFI Shell

6. Execute ServerTXTINFO –C:a –a –V:2 > LogFile.txt

7. Edit LogFile.txt:

6a. Search for “ERROR”.

6b. At the end of the file there should be the following statement:

All checks are passed. Platform appears to be correctly configured for establishing of TXT environment.”

8. Boot the server to ESXi

9. Check if "TrustedBoot" is enabled:

8a Login to the ESXi Shell (ALT-F1) and

8b. Enter the following command: bootOption –o

The "TrustedBoot" value should equal "TRUE"

2014年12月30日星期二

How to enable OCP(Intel X520/X550) iscsi/pxe/wol option rom

How to enable OCP(Intel X520/X550) iscsi/pxe/wol option rom

1.Boot up to UEFI with "bootutil" utility (EFIx64 folder)
Enable iscsi option
2.bootutil64e.efi -up=iscsi+efi -nic=1
(Yes)
If fw image exist(Overwrite)
(Yes)
Set primary port
3.bootutil64e.efi -bootenable=iscsiprimary -nic=1
4.bootutil64e.efi -bootenable=iscsisecondary -nic=2

---------------------------------------
[PXE]
bootutil64e.efi -up=pxe+efi -nic=1

-----------------------------------------
[WOL] wake on lan
bootutil64e.efi -WOLENABLE -all

2014年12月23日星期二

How to check linux vga driver

How to check linux vga driver 2016/4/22 update

#Xorg :1 -configure
#cat /var/log/Xorg.1.log
finding LoadModule: "ast" (Do not use grep)
module version=0.99.10

ast is a vga vender, you can find video to find your vga vender then
check "module version" is your driver version

2014年12月10日星期三

How to set root auto login RHEL 7.0 / SLES 12

How to set root auto login RHEL 7.0 / SLES 12

RHEL 7.0
Edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf to add [daemon]
add the following two lines in the [daemon]
section:

[daemon]
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=root

SLES 12

Open Terminal.

Edit the /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager file.

 vi /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager

To enable the autologin, place your user name (in my case “raj”) in the DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN field; it will look like below.

## Type: string
## Default:
#
# Define the user whom should get logged in without request. If string
# is empty, display standard login dialog.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN="root"

To disable auto login, remove the username from the DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN field; it will look like below.

## Type: string
## Default:
#
# Define the user whom should get logged in without request. If string
# is empty, display standard login dialog.
#
DISPLAYMANAGER_AUTOLOGIN=""

2014年10月30日星期四

How to run perfomance on Intel GPGPU(MIC) under linux

How to run perfomance on Intel GPGPU(MIC) under linux

Please setup MPSS service first
http://lisoulin.blogspot.tw/2014/10/how-to-stress-intel-gpgpumic-under-linux.html

A.Install Linpack
1.Dowload linpack package from Intel website
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-math-kernel-library-linpack-download
2.Copy l_lpk_p_11.2.0.003 to SLES OS
3.Unzip package
#tar zxvf l_lpk_p_11.2.0.003.tgz

B.Install Intel® C++ Composer XE 2013
1.Dowload Composer XE package from Intel website
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/redistributable-libraries-for-the-intel-c-and-fortran-composer-xe-2013-sp1-for-linux
2.Copy l_ccompxe_2013_sp1.4.211_redist to SLES OS
3.Unzip package
#tar zxvf l_ccompxe_2013_sp1.4.211_redist.tgz
4.Install composer xe package
#cd l_ccompxe_2013_sp1.4.211_redist
#./install.sh
accept

C.Install micperf
1.Install micperf rpm
#cd /mpss-3.4.1/perf
#rpm -ivh *.rpm
2.Setup micperf
#cd /usr/src/micperf/micp-3.4.1
#./setup.py install

D.Setting environment
#export PYTHONPATH=/usr/src/micperf/micp-3.4.1
#echo $PYTHONPATH
#export MKLROOT=/linpack_11.2.0
#echo $MKLROOT
#source /root/bin/compileravars.sh intel64

E.Running Linpack
Running linpack with default parameter
#micprun -k linpack

The deafualt parameter will be
micprun -k linpack -p '--matrix_size 36864 --num_rep 3--lead_dim 36928'
The performance result is GFlops

Try to run linpack with different parameter to find out best GFlops value
#micprun -k linpack -p '--matrix_size 10000 --num_rep 3 --lead_dim 10000'

2014年10月7日星期二

How to check sata link under linux

How to check sata link under linux

#dmesg | grep -i sata | grep link

How to text TXT under linux (Old)

How to text TXT under linux 2015/06/03 update

TXT only support in BIOS legacy mode , not support UEFI mode.

Install trousuers and trousers-devel

#rpm –ivh trousers-devel-0.3.4-4.e16.x86_64.rpm

Unzip the tboot source code to a folder under root

Type the following command:

# tar -xzvf tboot.1.8.tar.bz2 -C /root

# cd /root/tboot-1.8/

Browse to the tboot source code and execute “make all”

This compile successfully and generates a tboog.gz image which needs to be copied to the /boot folder.

Type the following command:

#cp /root/tboot-1.8/tboot/tboot.gz /boot/

#cp /root/tboot-1.8/tboot/tboot.syms /boot/

Once tboot and the Linux kernel 3.1.5 is compiled and images are generated we should modify the menu.lst file in /boot folder. Just copy the existing boot entry and modify it like this

a) title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Sever + TBOOT

b) root (hd0,0) --- # use what is there in your original menu.lst

c) kernel /tboot.gz logging=serial,vga,memory

d) module /vmlinuz-*.*.* root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ro # use what is there in your original menu.lst

e) module /initramfs-*.*.*.img # use what is there in your original menu.lst

1.1.1.1.2 Booting tboot

Now reboot the system and select the Linux with Intel® Trusted Execution technology from the boot loader. Now your system should boot with a set of tboot messages to the Linux login prompt.

1.1.1 R. TXT.MeasuredLaunchEnvironment.Function

logged in as root

Proceed to the folder where tboot was extracted and compiled.

Browse to /tboot-1.6/utils folder

Execute the txt-stat utility in the terminal by typing “./txt-stat”<ENTER> (dump log: ./txt-stat >> *.log)

Verify if the log mentions “Measured Launch : TRUE”

How to change monitor resolution under linux text mode

How to change monitor resolution under linux text mode

When you modify wrong VGA resolution, then you cannot login the graph mode
Try to modify under text mode

RHEL:
Delete the file
#rm -rf .config/monitor.xml
#reboot

SLES:
#sax2

How to check CPU/Memory watt by node manager

How to check CPU/Memory watt by node manager

test under linux

Check CPU watt
#ipmi-oem intelnm -h x.x.x.x -u root -p superuser get-node-manager-statistics domainid=1

Check Memory watt
#ipmi-oem intelnm -h x.x.x.x -u root -p superuser get-node-manager-statistics domainid=2

How to stress Intel GPGPU(MIC) under linux

How to stress Intel GPGPU(MIC) under linux (kncptu ,knc, ptu) 2015/3/13 update

MIC card test under RHEL
Dowload latest MPSS package from Intel website
https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-manycore-platform-software-stack-mpss#lx34rel
1.Intall driver MPSS
2.#tar xvf mpss-3.2-rhel-6.0.tar
3.#yum install*.rpm
4.#modprobe mic (If you can not load mic modules, please use old mpss version , mpss 3.4 has issue)
5.#micctrl --initdefaults

6.#micctrl --sshkeys=root mic0

7.#service mpss restart
8.#ssh mic0
If you cannot ssh to mic0, please use ip
#ifconfig=>check mic0 ip
#ssh x.x.x.x (mic0 ip)
9.#mkdir tmp

10.#exit
11.#scp ./KncPtuGen mic0:tmp

12.#ssh mic0 (password: "your SUT's password")

13.#cd tmp

14.#./KncPtuGen -P100
If system reboot automatically, please stop bmc watchdog
#service bmc-watchdog stop
If you want to retest, please go to step 7

/opt/mpss/3.4.1/sysroots/klom-mpss-linux/bin/micsmc-gui (RHEL)
This will open a graphical Linux application showing the temperature and power for the MIC cards

MIC card test under SLES
Dowload latest MPSS package from Intel website

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-manycore-platform-software-stack-mpss#lx34rel
1.Intall driver MPSS
2.#tar xvf mpss-3.2.suse-11.3.tar

vi /etc/modprobe.d/unsupported-modules
(SLES 12=>vim /etc/modprobe.d/10-unsupported-modules)

=>allow_unsupported_modules 1
3.#zypper install *.rpm

4.#modprobe mic
5.#micctrl --initdefaults
6.#service mpss start
7.#ssh mic0

(If ssh requre password, please try

to ssh ip directly)

8.#mkdir tmp
9.#exit
10.#scp ./KncPtuGen mic0:tmp
11.#ssh mic0
12.#cd tmp
13.#./KncPtuGen -P100

run ‘/opt/intel/mic/bin/micsmc-gui’ (SLES)

This will open a graphical Linux application showing the temperature and power for the MIC cards

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Symptoms

Resolution

VM with Windows 2008/2012 fail to power on when setup Intel X520/X540 SRIOV NIC

Details

Solution

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