GIGABYTE GSM Agent App User Guide

: June 9, 2024
: Gigabyte

GSM Agent
Installation & Features Guide
User’s Manual
Version: 1.0

GSM Agent App

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GSM Agent is part of the GSM (GIGABYTE Server Management) software suite. It is a software program to complement and assists the remote monitoring and management of GIGABYTE servers.

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 1

GSM Agent should be installed locally on each GIGABYTE server node. It collects node information (CPU/memory/HDD/PCIe devices) from the operating system and shares this information with the local BMC.
This information can then be used and displayed by GSM Server, GSM’s remote monitoring and management software platform.

GSM Agent can be used with both Linux & Windows operating systems.

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 2

Installation/Startup/Uninstallation

Installation

OS: Ubuntu
Before installation, please ensure packages Sudo and ufw are already installed. Otherwise, GSM Agent installation will fail.

apt-get install sudo ufw

dpkg -i gsmagent_x.x_all.deb

OS: Fedora / RHEL / CentOS
Before installation, please ensure packages Sudo and ufw are already installed. Otherwise, GSM Agent installation will fail.

yum install Sudo firewalld

rpm -ivh GSM_agent-x.x-1.x86_64.rpm

OS: Windows Server
Execute GSM_Agent_x.x.exe

Startup

GSM Agent starts automatically when the system boots each time.
For Windows systems, the user needs to add ports 8080 and 8443 to the firewall exception.
For Ubuntu or Linux systems, if /dev/ipmi0 doesn’t exist, the user should use the command “ mod probe ipmi_devintf”

Uninstallation
OS: Ubuntu

dpkg -r gsmagent

OS: Fedora / RHEL /CentOS

rpm -e GSM_agent-x.x-1.x86_64

OS: Windows Server
System > Control Panel > GSM Agent Installer

Using GSM Agent

Logging in

Connect using http://localhost.8080/GSM_Agent/
Default username: admin
Default password: password

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 3

Main Dashboard

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 4

Monitor Functions

System: CPU
Displays idle/usage information about CPUs or cores

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 5

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 6

System: Memory
Displays usage status of memory, virtual memory, and huge pages

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 7

System: Log
GSM Agent records events from the system and BMC on this page

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 8

System: NIC
This page displays information about the system’s network configuration including IP address, MAC address and interface name.

System: Information
This page displays system information about the OS, CPU, Memory, Hostname, BMC Version, and BMC IP.

System: PCI
This page displays information about PCIe devices installed in the system

Storage: RAID
This page lists RAID health data from logical and physical layers. It includes two RAID types, hardware and software.

Software RAID array info:
Level: RAID level
Array Size: RAID array size
State: Health state
Number of Disks: Number of devices
Spare Disks: Number of spare devices
Chunk Size: Component disks

Hardware RAID array info:
Level: RAID level
Array Size: RAID array size
State: Health state
Number of Disks: Number of devices
Spare Disks: Number of spare devices
Chunk Size: Component disks

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 13

Storage: S.M.A.R.T.
The S.M.A.R.T. page lists the current health state of each disk

GIGABYTE GSM Agent App - Figure 14

Notification Function

Notification allows you to set an upper limit for CPU and memory usage.
When the system is running and the CPU or memory usage reaches or exceeds the set limit, GSM Agent will send an alert to the user.