Dell External OEMR 1435 User manual

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Dell™ OpenManage™ Baseboard

Management Controller Utilities

User’s Guide

Notes and Notices

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August 2007

Contents 3

Contents

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What’s New in BMC Management Utility 3.0 . . . 10

Supported Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

BMC Configuration and Management Tasks . . . . . . 12

Configuring the BMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Managing the System Using BMC . . . . . . . . . 12

BMC Action on Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Basic BMC Alerting Over a LAN . . . . . . . . . . 14

IPMI Shell Over a LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

IPMI Shell Over the Serial Cable . . . . . . . . . . 17

SOL Proxy Over a LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

BMC Configuration and Management Tools . . . . . . 21

Using the Remote Access Configuration

Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using Deployment Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Using the BMC Management Utility . . . . . . . . 21

Using Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Other Dell Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . 22

Obtaining Technical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

4Contents

2 Configuring Your Managed System . . . . . 25

BIOS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuring System BIOS in

Dell PowerEdge™ x8xx/x9xx Systems . . . . . . . 26

Configuring System BIOS in

Dell PowerEdge™ x9xx and xx0x Systems . . . . . 27

Using BIOS Console Redirection With

SOL Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 29

Entering the Remote Access Configuration

Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Remote Access Configuration Utility

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuring Your BMC Using the

Deployment Toolkit Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Installation and Setup for

Microsoft Windows PE Operating Systems . . . . 37

Creating a Bootable

Windows PE 2005 ISO Image . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Creating a Bootable

Windows PE 2.0 ISO Image . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installation and Setup for

Linux Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Basic configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring Your BMC Using

Server Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using Dell Remote Access Controller 5 . . . . . . 47

3 Using the BMC Management Utility . . . . 49

Installing the BMC Management Utility . . . . . . . . 50

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Contents 5

Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Installing on Systems Running Supported

Windows Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Uninstalling on Systems Running Supported

Windows Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Installing on Systems Running Supported

Linux Enterprise Operating Systems . . . . . . . . 54

Uninstalling on Systems Running Supported

Linux Enterprise Operating Systems . . . . . . . . 55

IPMI Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using IPMI Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

IPMI Shell Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

IPMI Shell Global Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

IPMI Shell Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

SOL Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using SOL Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using SOL proxy in command mode . . . . . . . . 88

Configuring the SOL Proxy Configuration File . . . . . 90

IPMItool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

IPMItool Command for Dynamic Entry on the

DNS Server When DRAC is Not Present . . . . . . 96

4 Known Issues and

Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . 103

Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

General Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

SOL Proxy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

IPMI Shell Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

6Contents

A BMC Management Utility

Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

B Terminal Mode Commands . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring Terminal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using Terminal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Security Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Command Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Character Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Hex-ASCII Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Text Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

C Escape Key Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Contents 7

D Serial Port Console Redirection . . . . . . 125

Serial Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Console Redirection Via COM1 . . . . . . . . . . 125

Console Redirection Via COM2 . . . . . . . . . . 125

Serial Terminal Communication to

BMC or DRAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

SPCR Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Serial Console redirection With SOL Proxy . . . . . . 127

Configuring Linux for Serial Redirection

During Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Enabling Login to the Console After Boot . . . . . 129

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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Introduction 9

Introduction

The Dell™ systems’ baseboard management controller (BMC) monitors the

system for critical events by communicating with various sensors on the

system board and sends alerts and logs events when certain parameters exceed

their preset thresholds. The BMC supports the industry-standard Intelligent

Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification, enabling you to

configure, monitor, and recover systems remotely. The BMC provides the

following features:

• Access through the system’s serial port and integrated NIC

• Fault logging and SNMP alerting

• Access to the system event log (SEL) and sensor status

• Control of system functions including power on and power off

• Support that is independent of the system’s power or operating state

• Text console redirection for system setup, text-based utilities, and

operating system consoles

• Access to Linux Enterprise server serial console interfaces by using Serial

over LAN (SOL).

Dell provides several distinct utilities and programs for accessing the BMC to

perform management activities. The following BMC interfaces allow you to

configure and manage your system through the BMC:

• The BMC Management Utility allows remote, out-of-band LAN and/or

serial port power control, event log access, and console redirection.

• The Remote Access Configuration Utility enables configuring BMC in a

pre-operating system environment.

• The Dell OpenManage™ Deployment Toolkit SYSCFG utility provides a

powerful command line configuration tool.

• Dell OpenManage Server Administrator allows remote, in-band access to

event logs, power control, and sensor status information and provides the

ability to configure the BMC.

• Command Line Interface (CLI) tools provide a command line tool for sensor

status information, System Event Log (SEL) access, and power control.

10 Introduction

Additionally, the BMC can be accessed by standard, off-the-shelf terminal or

terminal emulator utilities that allow access to sensor status information and

power control.

What’s New in BMC Management Utility 3.0

The BMC Management Utility (BMU) 3.0 has the following new features:

• IPMItool command line interface available for Dell

, and

systems running supported Microsoft

Windows

and Linux systems.

• New commands to manage the LCD display in

and

systems.

• New commands to monitor your system’s power.

• Added support for Windows Server

2008 (includes Standard, Enterprise,

and Web editions.)

NOTE: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is scheduled to be available in the first half

of 2008. For latest information, see

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx.

Supported Systems

The BMC management features documented in this guide are supported on

the following Dell systems:

• 800

• 830

• 840

• 850

• 860

• SC1425

• SC1435

• 1800

• 1850

• 1855

• 1900

• 1950

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