Support for Lenovo System x series servers IMM providers on ESXi 5.x and later
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Support for Lenovo System x series servers IMM providers on ESXi 5.x and later

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Article ID: 339956

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article describes IMM providers support for Lenovo System x series servers. There are 4 providers: immpassthru, filetrans, fwupdate and concretejob.

  • The immpassthru provider runs on ESXi and mirrors all the CIM functionality available in the Lenovo Integrated Management Module (IMM). CIM requests to ESXi get the same response as a request directly to the IMM.
  • The filetrans provider is used to transfer files to the ESXi host in preparation to fulfill a future requirement.
  • The fwupdate provider is used to update all Lenovo firmware supported by the Lenovo IMM. Currently, the IMM supports updating the IMM, pre-boot DSA, UEFI, and FPGA.
  • The concretejob provider is an assistant provider. It is used by consumer providers (e.g. Filetrans, Fwupdate or other providers) to support asynchronous operations. It also provides a logging mechanism for all of the providers.
Disclaimer: The partner product referenced in this article is a software module that is developed and supported by a VMware partner. Use of this product is also governed by the end user license agreement of the partner. You must obtain the application, support, and licensing for this product directly from the partner. For more information, see Lenovo - IBM Server.

Note: The preceding link was correct as of April 10, 2015. If you find the link is broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.



Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5

Resolution

Supported hardware and/or software

The providers are available in two modes.

Option 1: All the four providers are integrated into the VMware vSphere 5.x with Lenovo Customization Image. You can acquire a USB key version of the VMware vSphere 5.x with Lenovo Customization Image or you can install the image with an ISO of VMware vSphere 5.x with Lenovo Customization Image.

Option 2: The four providers and any other Lenovo providers are published as a provider bundle. You can install the bundle on VMware vSphere 5.x using the VMware vSphere CLI.

With these providers, Lenovo ToolsCenter is able to manage ESXi 5.x and later systems.
For more information about Lenovo ToolsCenter, see IBM.com. Search for the package named: Lenovo ToolsCenter Suite.

IPMI extensions

None


Implementation schema details

The immpassthru provider schema is mapping from the Lenovo IMM, it follows DMTP standard DSP1023.
The filetrans provider does not follow any DMTF and SMI-S spec, it follows a private OEM profile.
The fwupdate provider follows DMTP standard DSP1025.
The concretejob provider does not follow any DMTF and SMI-S spec, it follows a private OEM profile.


CIM client plug-in support

None


Support information

Product documentation:

Support process: Follow the normal Lenovo support process
SLA: none
Escalation Process: Follow the normal Lenovo support escalation process
Contact information ：none

Note: The preceding links were correct as of April 10, 2015. If you find the links are broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the links.


Additional Information

Additional support information

All of the four providers should be installed together when use them, or they can not work correctly.

You can enable logging to debug Lenovo IMM providers with class IBM_RecordLog. The logs are stored in the directory: /tmp/LenovoIMMLog.log

Example detailing how to open the logs:
1.
[root@~]# wbemcli ein -noverify 'https://username:[email protected]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"

[root@~]# wbemcli cm -noverify 'https://username:[email protected]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"' 'TurnOnLogFlag'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService" TurnOnLogFlag: 0


2.
[root@~]# wbemcli ein -noverify 'https://username:[email protected]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"

[root@~]# wbemcli cm -noverify 'https://username:[email protected]:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService"' 'TurnOffLogFlag'
192.168.0.1:5989/ibm/cimv2:IBM_SoftwareInstallationService.SystemCreationClassName="IBM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="Management Control-ler",CreationClassName="IBM_SoftwareInstallationService",Name="IMMSoftwareInstallationService" TurnOffLogFlag: 0


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