Good Bye, Folks!

As you may have heard, Fujitsu has completely discontinued Data Center Products and Solutions business in North America on April 1st, 2021. Therefore I no longer work for the company. Since I don't have a PRIMERGY server at home, I will not post any new blog entries. I will leave this blog as is, but I may not be able to answer your questions.

Thank you for reading my blog over the past years. I really appreciate it. Although Fujitsu closed the data center business in the US, they still sell PRIMERGY/PRIMEQUEST/PRIMEFLEX/ETERNUS in other regions and support is provided in all regions including North America (for NA via Tech Data/Synnex), so you should be good.

Anyway, if you have or know a job opportunity, please let me know.

Thank you,
Masa

Fujitsu ServerView Agents 9.20-14 for Ubuntu

I have created ServerView Agents 9.20-14 packages for Ubuntu. I only tested them on Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04, but I think it will work on 20.04 as well.

Here are the deb packages. I changed the names from serverview-xxxx.deb to srvmagt-xxxx.deb to use the same naming as the original RPM packages.

• serverview-connectorservice_2.32.00-01_amd64.deb
• srvmagt-mods-src_9.20-14_amd64.deb
• srvmagt-eecd_9.20-14_amd64.deb
• srvmagt-agents_9.20-14_amd64.deb
• ssmwebui_9.20-14_amd64.deb

Below are some screenshots.

If you need them, please open a support case with your regional Fujitsu support, and ask for the package.

As you may have heard, Fujitsu America will cease the datacenter hardware product business (PRIMERGY/PRIMEQUEST servers, ETERNUS storage, and Fujitsu PSwitch Ethernet switches) including platform product related solutions business like PRIMEFLEX. My job will also be terminated, so this will probably be the last update for ServerView Agents for Ubuntu I create.
Fujitsu will continue to support Fujitsu servers/storage arrays/switches for North American customers, so the remaining support group may create ServerView packages for Ubuntu in the future. Please ask your Fujitsu support to see if they have updated packages when you need them.

Fujitsu ServerView RAID Manager 7.2.6 for Ubuntu

I have created ServerView RAID Manager 7.2.6 package for Ubuntu (serverview-raid-manager_7.2-6_amd64.deb). This is primarily for my Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 servers, but I believe it will work in Ubuntu 20.04 too.

If you need it, please open a support case with your regional Fujitsu support, and ask for the package.

As you may have heard, Fujitsu America will cease the datacenter hardware product business (PRIMERGY/PRIMEQUEST servers, ETERNUS storage, and Fujitsu PSwitch Ethernet switches) including platform product related solutions business like PRIMEFLEX. My job will also be terminated, so this will probably be the last update for ServerView RAID Manager for Ubuntu I create.
Fujitsu will continue to support Fujitsu servers/storage arrays/switches for North American customers, so the remaining support group may create ServerView packages for Ubuntu in the future. Please ask your Fujitsu support to see if they have updated packages when you need them.

Fujitsu ServerView RAID Manager 7.1.3 for Ubuntu

I have created ServerView RAID Manager 7.1.3 package for Ubuntu (serverview-raid-manager_7.1-3_amd64.deb). This is mainly for my Ubuntu 16.04 servers, but probably works on 18.04 as well.

I can't distribute the package. If you need it, please ask your regional Fujitsu support. They may have an official one for Ubuntu.
If you are a Fujitsu customer in North America (US or Canada), please open a case with Fujitsu America and request the package. I may be able to provide it. Please understand that Fujitsu does not officially support ServerView for Ubuntu, so this will be provided as-is. Support is on a best-effort basis. If that is fine with you, I will provide the package via your Fujitsu America Service Request.

Fujitsu ServerView Agents 8.40.12 for Ubuntu

I have ported ServerView Agents 8.40.12 for Linux to Ubuntu.

Here are the packages. eecd and eecd_mods_src are combined into serverveiw-eecd, so it has both.

• serverview-connectorservice_2.22.00-01_amd64.deb
• serverview-eecd_8.40-12_amd64.deb
• serverview-agents_8.40-12_amd64.deb
• serverview-ssmwebui_8.40-12_all.deb

Below are some screenshots.

As always. I can't distribute the packages. If you need them, please ask your regional Fujitsu support. They may have an official one for Ubuntu.

If you are a North American Fujitsu customer, please open a case with Fujitsu America and request the packages. I may be able to provide them. Please understand that Fujitsu does not officially support ServerView for Ubuntu, so they will be provided as-is. Support is on a best-effort basis. If that is fine with you, I will provide the packages via your Fujitsu America Service Request.

Fujitsu ServerView RAID Manager 6.6.11 for Ubuntu

I have created ServerView RAID Manager 6.6.11 package for Ubuntu (serverview-raid-manager_6.6-11_amd64.deb). This is mainly for my Ubuntu 16.04 servers, but it works on 14.04 and 18.04.

I can't distribute the package. If you need it, please ask your regional Fujitsu support. They may have an official one for Ubuntu.

If you are a North American Fujitsu customer, please open a case with Fujitsu America and request the package. I may be able to provide it. Please understand that Fujitsu does not officially support ServerView for Ubuntu, so this will be provided as-is. Support is on a best-effort basis. If that is fine with you, I will provide the package via your Fujitsu America Service Request.

Fujitsu World Tour 2018 in New York

Fujitsu World Tour 2018 will be held in New York, USA on May 30th, 2018. We will have Keynotes from our CEO and Micosoft, Breakout Sessions on AI, Cloud, Security, etc., Expert Talks, and Exhibitions. I will be there to show our enterprise products like PRIMERGY, PRIMEQUEST, and ETERNUS AF All-flash Storage, and provide demos on ServerView Infrastructure Manager (ISM) software with PRIMERGY and Fujitsu ToR switch.

If you have time, please come see Fujitsu solutions and products, and meet Fujitsu experts. I will be at booth 17.

Fujitsu World Tour 2018 New York

https://www.fujitsu.com/us/microsite/world-tour-2018/index.html

Fujitsu ServerView RAID Manager 6.6.5 for Ubuntu

I have updated ServerView RAID Manager on my Ubuntu 16.04.4 servers to 6.6.5 (serverview-raid-manager_6.6-5_amd64.deb) that I ported.

I can't distribute the package. If you need it, please ask your regional Fujitsu support. They may have an official one for Ubuntu.

If you are a North American Fujitsu customer, please open a case with Fujitsu America and request the package. I may be able to provide it. Please understand that Fujitsu does not officially support ServerView for Ubuntu, so this will be provided as-is. Support is on a best-effort basis. If that is fine with you, I will provide the package via your Service Request.

Fujitsu ServerView RAID Manager 6.4.11 for Ubuntu

I have updated ServerView RAID Manager on my Ubuntu 16.04.1 servers to 6.4.11 (serverview-raid-manager_6.4-11_amd64.deb) that I ported.

I can't distribute the package. If you need it, please ask your regional Fujitsu support. They may have an official version for Ubuntu.

Fujitsu ServerView Agents and ServerView RAID Manager for Ubuntu

Fujitsu ServerView Agents is a server management agent for Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers, and Fujitsu ServerView RAID Manager is a RAID management utility for RAID controllers in PRIMERGY. The latest ServerView Agents and RAID Manager for Ubuntu published on Fujitsu download site are old, and does not support the latest platforms. I have ported SV Agents 7.20.28 for Linux and SV RAID Manager 6.4.3 for Linux to Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 and created deb packages to manage Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers running Ubuntu.

Here are the packages I ported.

• serverview-raid-manager_6.4-3_amd64.deb
• serverview-connectorservice_2.10.03-01_amd64.deb
• serverview-eecd_7.20-28_amd64.deb
• serverview-agents_7.20-28_amd64.deb
• serverview-ssmwebui_7.20-28_all.deb

I am not authorized to distribute these packages, so if you need deb packages, please ask Fujitsu support. Fujitsu may have the latest packages. I just could not find them on the Fujitsu site.

Here are some screenshots.

• ServerView System Monitor Web GUI

• ServerView RAID Manager


• ServerView Agents status check command output (srvmagt status)

# srvmagt status

Installation script for ServerView Agents Linux v7.20-28
(c) Fujitsu Technology Solutions 2016

Getting status of ServerView Agents Linux ...
               Server model: PRIMERGY BX2580 M2
                   Hostname: bx900s1-u-b8 (192.168.64.148)
           Operating system: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [UBUNTU1604]
               Linux kernel: 4.4.0-28-generic on x86_64, SELinux unknown, EDAC enabled, target system
            ServerView eecd: serverview-eecd    7.20-28
  ServerView SNMP subagents: serverview-agents  7.20-28
      System Monitor Web UI: serverview-ssmwebui        7.20-28
ServerView Remote Connector: serverview-connectorservice        2.10.03-01
            ServerView Raid: serverview-raid-manager    6.4-3
               SNMP service: snmpd      5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4

    ServerView module smbus: exists, loaded, /dev/pci/smbus exists
        Native IPMI modules: requested, loaded, /dev/ipmi0 exists

        SNMP daemon (snmpd): running (1629), UDP #161 OK, AgentX socket OK SNMP communication OK
     RAID daemon (amDaemon): running (1646), TCP 3173 OK
     ServerView eecd daemon: running (40798), /dev/eecd[as] OK
          SVRemoteConnector: running (17877), TCP 3172 OK
           ServerView scagt: running (42222), status OK (1)
          ServerView sc2agt: running (42234), status OK (1)
          ServerView busagt: running (42246), status OK (1)
           ServerView hdagt: running (42256), status OK (1)
         ServerView unixagt: running (42266), status OK (1)
        ServerView etheragt: running (42276), status OK (1)
         ServerView biosagt: running (42286), status OK (1)
        ServerView securagt: running (42298), status OK (1)
       ServerView statusagt: running (42308), status OK (1)
          ServerView invagt: running (42318), status OK (1)
          ServerView thragt: running (42329), status OK (1)
           ServerView vvagt: running (42340), status OK (1)
        ServerView hpsimagt: running (42350), status OK (1)
          ServerView vmeagt: running (42394), status OK (1)
     ServerView svupdateagt: running (42360), status OK (1)
           ServerView osagt: running (42370), status OK (1)
      ServerView vmesnmpagt: running (42417), status OK (1)
Getting status completed with result 0 (OK status).

vCenter Server Event Log is Filled Up with Log in/Log out Events from Fujitsu ServerView Operations Manager

If you monitor Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers running VMware ESXi with Fujitsu ServerView Operations Manager (SVOM), you probably notice that there are many log in/log out events from your SVOM server recorded in the event log (see the following screenshot for example):
By default, SVOM checks the host status through Fujitsu ServerView CIM provider which is included in Fujitsu Custom ESXi 5.x/6.0 images every five minutes (300 seconds). That is why you see the log in/log out events in every 5 minutes. In case you want to see some important events/messages in the event log like when a failure occurs, these unimportant login/logout events make you harder to find what you are looking for. You can change the monitoring interval or even disable the polling. To do this, follow the procedure described below.

1. Log in to your SVOM.
2. Open up a ServerList window.
   
3. Select the host where you want to change the interval, and bring up the Server Properties window.
   
4. Go to the Network/SNMP tab, and change the interval in Poll Interval. In this example, I changed it to 600 seconds (10 minutes). If you set this value to 0, that means the polling will be disabled for this host. Once you confirm the value, click the OK button to apply the change.

If you are using Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers and all are running ESXi, it would be better to use ServerView plugin for vCenter Server. With the plugin, you can monitor all your PRIMERGY server hardware status within vCenter Server. Also you can launch iRMC which is baseboard management controller on PRIMERGY (similar to DELL iDRAC, or HP iLO), open a remote KVM, and update BIOS and firmware.
You can download the latest plugin (as of 3/2/2016, it's V2.2.8) from the Fujitsu download site. Here is the direct link to the download page.

• FUJITSU Software ServerView Plug-in for VMware vCenter V2.2.8

Fujitsu ServerView Operations Manager showing Link Up/Link Down alerts in every one or two minutes for Windows Server

When you manage your Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers running Windows Server with ServerView Agents, you sometimes see a lot of "Link Up/Link Down" alerts in ServerView Operations Manager like the following screenshot:

In this case, check what interface is reporting the link problem. In the above example, it shows "Communication link failed at the station 15.", so the interface index you should check is 15. In most cases, it is "Teredo Tunneling Interface".

Log in to the Windows Server system, and bring up a command prompt. Run the following commands to find out the interface:

C:\> netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
C:\> netsh interface ipv6 show interfaces

In the above, the interface index 15 is "Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface", so if you don't need this, disable it.

C:\> netsh interface teredo set state disable

This should stop the frequent up/down events in SVOM. If you see this for an interface other than "Teredo Tunneling Pseudo Interface", you probably have a real connection issue.