Modify a hardware profile

You can change the settings for an IPMI hardware profile.

Before you begin

You can modify the following attributes only:
  • serialport, serialspeed, and serialflow attributes in the nodehm table
  • bmcport, username, and password attributes in the ipmi table
Important: Do not modify any other attributes in the xCAT database. Only these six attributes can be changed after a hardware profile is created. The remainder of the attributes cannot be modified as they can cause system errors and are not attributes related to a hardware profile.

About this task

To update an IPMI-based hardware profile, you can update the nodehm and the ipmi table. Update the attributes as mentioned in the following steps only:

Procedure

  1. Edit the hardware profile table nodehm. Run the tabedit nodehm command to open the Edit window.
    1. Find the node attribute __HardwareProfile_myhwprofile, where myhwprofile is the name of your hardware profile.
    2. Set a new value for the following attributes: serialport, serialspeed, and serialflow.
    3. Save and exit the Edit mode.
  2. Edit the hardware profile table ipmi. Run the tabedit ipmi command to open the Edit window.
    1. Find the node attribute __HardwareProfile_myhwprofile, where myhwprofile is the name of your hardware profile.
    2. Set a new value for the following attributes: bmcport, username, and password.
    3. Save and exit the Edit mode.
  3. For the hardware profile to be available from the Web Portal, you must run the following command to load the hardware profile: 
    plcclient.sh -d pcmhardwareprofileloader

Results

The IPMI hardware profile is updated.