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Agentless Management Service

Readme.txt

Version: 2.41.0.0

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Contents
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1.  Introduction
2.  Release notes
3.  Installation notes
4.  What is new? 
5.  Tips and Tricks
6.  Known issues

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1. Introduction
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AMS is a service that is loaded into the OS and routes the OS management information and alerting to the iLO processor,
enabling this information to be processed by the iLO processor and routed over the management network.

AMS installation also includes SMA (System Management Assistant), which is an optional service to provide inband SNMP data,
mirroring those from the out of band management system.


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2.  Release notes
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This release has the following dependencies:
    - iLO 5 CHIF (Channel Interface) driver
    - Microsoft SNMP Service, if SMA (System Management Assistant) is enabled.

The following Windows OS versions are supported:
     - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
     - Microsoft Windows Server 2016
     - Microsoft Windows Server 2019

The following hardware platform is supported:
    - HPE Gen10 servers
    - HPE Gen10 Plus servers


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3. Installation notes
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- The Agentless Management Server for Windows x64 servers installation program 
  requires approximately 10MB of free space.

- Files are installed under %SystemDrive%\Programs Files\OEM\AMS.  

- The services started after installing this package are shown as:
  "Agentless Management Service"

  If SMA (System Management Assistant) service is enabled, the following will also be shown:
  "System Management Assistant"


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4.  What is new ?
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- Fixes
     - Fixed IML was missing NIC link down record if the user unplugs many cables at the same time.
     - Fixed iLO web GUI missing IPv6 address when Windows Hype-V switch is created.
     - Fixed a crash issue when AMS is querying iSCSI information.
     - Fixed incorrect drive status if IDE SATA drive is busy on access.
     - Fixed incorrect drive status if Windows see the predictive failure drive.

- Enhancements
     - Added Logical Drive Trap 5023.
     - Added support for new I/O cards.
     - Changed IDE/SATA interval time from 120 seconds to 60 seconds.
     - Redirect more iLO security logs to the Windows event system.

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5. Tips and Tricks
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About installation and enablement of SMA service:
- During AMS installation in interactive mode, there is pop up message to selectively install SMA.
	- If Yes is selected, SMA service will be installed and set to running state.
        - If No is selected, SMA service will be installed but the service is not enabled.
- During AMS installation in silent mode, SMA is installed but the service is not enabled. 
- To enable SMA service at a later time, go to the following folder:
  %ProgramFiles%\OEM\AMS\Service\ (Typically c:\Program Files\OEM\AMS\Service)
  and execute "EnableSma.bat /f"
  IMPORTANT: The SNMP service community name and permission must be also be setup.
  This is not done by “EnableSma.bat”.
- To disable SMA after it has been enabled, go the the following folder:
  %ProgramFiles%\OEM\AMS\Service\ (Typically c:\Program Files\OEM\AMS\Service)
  and execute "DisableSma.bat /f"
- AMS is periodically collecting dynamic data in the background every 2 minutes by default.
  To change the collection frequency, add a DWORD value named PollInterval in the following
  registry location: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\hpeams\Parameters. Edit the new
  value to desired collection frequency in seconds. Valid values are 10 to 600 seconds.
- AMS is logging CPU and memory utilization once every start up by default. To change the
  logging frequency, add a DWORD value named PollInterval_CPUUtilizationInMinutes in the
  following registry location: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\hpeams\Parameters.
  Edit the new logging frequency in minutes. Valid values are 1 minute to 1440 minutes (1 day).

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6. Known Limitations
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- The AMS control panel applet UI is best displayed on the system when screen resolution is 1280 x 1024 pixels 
  or higher and text size 100%.
- Test trap generated from AMS Control Panel Applet requires iLO5 firmware version 2.10 and newer.
- When in iLO5 high security mode (e.g. FIPS mode), MD5 authentication protocol will not be shown in AMS control panel applet.
- The Device Guard (CI policy) must be enabled after AMS installed.
- If Windows Server Device Guard policy is enabled, AMS can be upgraded from an older version to a newer version,
  but it cannot be uninstalled.  To uninstall AMS, the Device Guard policy needs to be temporarily disabled.