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Known Issues and Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: Why can’t I connect to a console using the terminal emulation software 
included with my Microsoft Windows

®

 operating system?

A: The version of HyperTerminal included with Windows does not provide 
many functions required during console redirection. Either upgrade to 
HyperTerminal Private Edition 6.1 or later, or select any other terminal 
emulation software that supports full configuration of VT100 or ANSI 
emulation mode.

Q. What is the Spanning Tree feature?
A. Most quality routers use the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) to 
optimize performance and remove loops. This can cause delays up to 30 seconds 
or more whenever a NIC is reset. Resets are known to happen during BIOS 
POST, driver initialization, and some network software installation and 
configuration. The delay can cause errors when running IPMISH commands. 
It can also cause a SOL proxy session to become inactivated. You can 
configure your router to reduce or eliminate the delay by enabling the router 
option edge-port (Dell™ PowerConnect™) or port fast (Cisco). This will 
allow the link to remain constant and handle the optimization in real time.

Q: I performed a 

Reboot and Activate Console Redirection

 command using 

SOL Proxy, but the option to press <F2> to enter the BIOS setup never 
appeared.
A: When the network switch has spanning-tree enabled, it takes as much as 
30 to 40 seconds for the spanning-tree check to make sure there are no loops 
in the network. During this time, packet forwarding by the switch is blocked. 
Therefore, the software cannot communicate with the BMC until the 
spanning tree check is complete. When the spanning tree feature is enabled 
on a edge-port or port fast router, the network link can be broken for periods 
of time in excess of 30 seconds while the router analyzes the network. This 
situation can be identified partially when the link light is off. IPMISH 
commands can timeout during this process. Disable spanning-tree on the 
port fast router or enable the 

Spanning Tree Fast

 option and try performing a 

Reboot and Activate Console Redirection

 command using SOL Proxy again. 

You should now be able to enter BIOS setup by pressing <F2>.

Summary of Contents for External OEMR 1435

Page 1: ...w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ell the DELL logo OpenManage PowerVault PowerConnect and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Inc Microsoft Windows Windows Server and M DOS are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Corporation SUSE is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Intel is a regis...

Page 3: ...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 ...

Page 4: ...onfiguration 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 Re...

Page 5: ...rprise 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...

Page 6: ... 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 ...

Page 7: ...rection 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 ...

Page 8: ...8 Contents ...

Page 9: ... 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 an...

Page 10: ...pported Microsoft Windows and Linux systems New commands to manage the LCD display in x9xx and xx0x 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 defaul...

Page 11: ... PowerVault NX1950 PowerVault 100 PowerVault 500 PowerVault 600 NOTE All references in this document to x9xx systems also apply to the PowerVault NX1950 PowerVault 500 and PowerVault 600 systems All references to the PowerEdge 840 system also apply to the PowerVault 100 system ...

Page 12: ... your required configuration tasks Alternately you can configure the BMC on a managed system with a running operating system using the Server Administrator home page GUI or CLI See Baseboard Management Controller Configuration for more information Managing the System Using BMC To manage the BMC in a pre boot environment or to access the BMC of a system you can use the BMC Management Utility See Us...

Page 13: ...Introduction 13 Figure 1 1 BMC Configuration Matrix ...

Page 14: ... and Failover and if a RAC card is present the additional option available is Dedicated See the NIC Selection option in the table in Remote Access Configuration Utility Options section for more information on Shared Failover and Dedicated NOTE The Dedicated NIC selection option is available only if you are using Dell Remote Access Controller DRAC 5 Table 1 1 BMC Action on Event Configuration Guide...

Page 15: ...ools Platform Event Alerts SNMP Traps LAN Remote Access Configuration Utility pre operating system environment Deployment Toolkit pre operating system environment Server Administrator 1 Configure NIC Selection to select Shared Failover or Dedicated NOTE This option is available only on DellPowerEdgex9xx and xx0x systems 2 Configure the IP address Subnet mask and Gateway on the managed system 3 Con...

Page 16: ... Deployment Toolkit pre operating system environment Server Administrator 1 Enable IPMI over LAN on the managed system 2 Configure NIC selection to select Shared Failover or Dedicated NOTE This option is available only on Dell PowerEdge x9xx and xx0x systems 3 Configure the IP address Subnet mask and Gateway on the managed system 4 Configure IPMI encryption key optional NOTE This option is availab...

Page 17: ...ement Tools Interactive mode Remote SEL access Power control System identification System information Access the BMC of the remote system Accessed through the serial channel by using a null modem cable BIOS pre operating system environment Deployment Toolkit pre operating system environment Server Administrator to enable BMC serial only 1 Configure Serial Port 1 to BMC Serial NOTE This option is a...

Page 18: ...he rate to be used by the management tool 4 Set BMC Serial Connection Mode to Basic for IPMI Shell or Terminal for Terminal emulation 5 Configure BMC users Table 1 4 BMC Serial Configuration Guidelines continued Features Connection Medium BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Tasks Management Tools ...

Page 19: ...le redirection Linux text console redirection LAN BIOS pre operatingsystem environment Remote Access Configuration Utility pre operatingsystem environment Deployment Toolkit pre operatingsystem environment Server Administrator 1 Configure Serial Port 1 to BMC NIC NOTE This option is available only on Dell PowerEdge x8xx systems 2 Configure BIOS console redirection to Serial Port 1 NOTE This option...

Page 20: ...PMI over LAN on the managed system 6 Configure the IP address Subnet mask and Gateway on the managed system 7 Configure IPMI encryption key optional NOTE This option is available only on Dell PowerEdge x9xx and xx0x systems 8 Configure VLAN optional 9 Configure BMC users Table 1 5 BMC SOL Configuration Guidelines continued Features Connection Medium BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Task...

Page 21: ...ionally you can use the Deployment Toolkit utilities to capture and replicate system settings on similar systems See Configuring Your BMC Using the Deployment Toolkit Utility on page 36 for more information on how to install and set up the DTK SYSCFG utility Using the BMC Management Utility The BMC Management Utility provides a command line interface to your remote management station to manage BMC...

Page 22: ... supported browser on a management station Configure BMC remotely or locally on the managed system See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator User s Guide and Command line Interface User s Guide on the Dell Support website at support dell com the Dell Systems Documentation CD or the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD for more information about using Server Administrator to confi...

Page 23: ... txt file provides the latest available information for the installation and operation of the programs and utilities used to manage your system through the BMC The readme is available on the Dell Systems Console and Agent CD the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD and on the Dell Support website at support dell com Obtaining Technical Assistance If at any time you do not understand...

Page 24: ...24 Introduction ...

Page 25: ...a null modem cable This section describes the basic procedures you must perform to prepare your BMC to be accessed and managed using the BMC Management Utility The following procedures are described BIOS Configuration Baseboard Management Controller Configuration Configuring your BMC with the Dell OpenManage Deployment ToolKit DTK SYSCFG utility Configuring your BMC with Dell OpenManage Server Adm...

Page 26: ...es the COM1 address and communication can be through the serial port or the integrated shared NIC RAC control uses only the COM1 address Off and COM3 are not available options when Console Redirection is set to use serial port 1 a Select BMC Serial if you are planning to access the BMC through the serial cable connection b Select BMC NIC if you are using SOL proxy and are planning to access the BM...

Page 27: ...ins to load before you press F2 allow the system to finish booting and then restart your system and try again 3 Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate to the Serial Communication field and press Enter 4 Use the spacebar to select the appropriate serial communication option 5 Press Enter to select the appropriate option for Console Redirection The following options are available On without Cons...

Page 28: ... and accessing the BMC over LAN 8 Press Enter to select 9 If required use the spacebar to navigate to and change the settings for Redirection after Boot 10 Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate to the Failsafe Baud Rate option and then use the space bar to set the console failsafe baud rate if applicable 11 Use the up and down arrow keys navigate to the Remote Terminal Type option and then us...

Page 29: ...ed Depending on the operating system and its setup the results may vary Dell recommends the following steps as good practice DR DOS Do not configure DR DOS for serial console output Enable console redirection after reboot in system BIOS Windows Special Administrative Console SAC Do not configure Windows SAC for serial console redirection Enable console redirection after reboot in system BIOS Linux...

Page 30: ...restart your system and try again Remote Access Configuration Utility Options Table 2 1 lists the Remote Access Configuration Utility options and shows how to configure the BMC on a managed system After entering all settings press Esc and select one of the following Save Changes and Exit Keep all entries made in the Remote Access Configuration Utility Discard Changes and Exit Undo all entries made...

Page 31: ...nd NIC 2 but transmits data only through NIC 1 If NIC 1 fails the remote access device will not be accessible NOTE The NIC 2 is not available on the PowerEdge 1900 system Failover Select this option to share the network interface with the host operating system The remote access device network interface is fully functional when the host operating system is configured for NIC teaming The remote acce...

Page 32: ...on key is entered as a maximum of 20 pairs of ASCII hexadecimal characters representing 20 bytes For example 01FA3BA6C812855DA001FA3BA6C812855DA0A0A0 IP Address Source Displays whether the network controller will be assigned a Static IP address or a DHCP address Ethernet IP Address The static IP address of the BMC This field is limited to a maximum value of 255 255 255 255 The following IPv4 rules...

Page 33: ...osest VLAN This field is read only when VLAN Enable is set to off Specifies the priority of the VLAN The valid values range from Priority 0 Priority 7 LAN Alert Enabled Enables or disables LAN alerting Alert Policy Entry 1 Enables or disables the first alert destination Alert Destination 1 This field is read only when LAN Alert Enabled is set to off Enter the IP address of the first alert destinat...

Page 34: ...ed Setting to 10 or 100 Mbps LAN Duplex Setting This field is read only when Auto Negotiate is set to Enabled Sets the LAN communication method to Half or Full Duplex DNS Configuration Options DNS Servers from DHCP on IP addresses of the DNS Servers are assigned by the DHCP off IP addresses of the DNS Servers are set manually DNS Server 1 This field is read only when DNS Servers from DHCP is set t...

Page 35: ...hout saving Domain Name from DHCP Turns the domain name on or off Domain Name This field is read only when DNS Servers from DHCP is set to on Enter the Domain Name using 1 64 alpha numerics spaces and symbols Press Enter to save the value Press Esc to exit the field without saving Virtual Media Configuration NOTE This option is available only on systems with a DRAC installed Virtual Media Attaches...

Page 36: ...ommand line interface This utility runs on PowerEdge 1435SC and all supported PowerEdge x7xx x8xx x9xx and xx0x systems Enter Password Enter the password for this Account User You must enter at least one non null character Confirm Password Confirm the password you entered Reset To Default Clears the BMC settings and resets the BMC setting to the defaults NOTICE Resetting to factory defaults will r...

Page 37: ...extracting zip file on the Dell Support website at support dell com The self extracting file can be opened on any system running a Microsoft Windows operating system or it can be extracted at the Windows Command Prompt cmd exe using the PKUNZIP EXE utility not supplied with the Deployment Toolkit By default the dtk 2 X winpe AXX exe files are extracted to the root directory of your local hard driv...

Page 38: ...ell drivers folder 3 Adding support for mass storage drivers into Windows PE NOTE You must implement this step to ensure mass storage drivers are installed into Windows PE In the winpeoem sif file available under I386 SYSTEM32 in your Windows PE directory edit the following text to remove the semicolons from the Oem Driver Params section and append the directory names for the Dell mass storage dri...

Page 39: ...into your CD drive 3 Copy all CD files from the Windows PE directory to the WinPE_OPKTools directory 4 Copy factory exe and netcfg exe from the CD drive tools x86 directory to the WinPE_OPKTools directory 5 Remove the CD from the CD drive 6 Create and name a directory on your development system hard drive This is where the ISO file is stored 7 Navigate to the WinPE_OPKTools directory through a com...

Page 40: ...Build DTK provides a script VPE_driverinst bat to pre install the Dell drivers into a base Windows PE 2 0 image offline Use the following steps to execute this script 1 Open a command prompt on your system and change the directory to the location of VPE_driverinst bat For example cd C Dell Drivers winpe2 x 2 Execute VPE_driverinst bat with two required arguments WINPEPATH and DTKPATH For example V...

Page 41: ...he Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide for a complete list of all valid options suboptions and arguments for using the SYSCFG utility to configure and manage your BMC 1 Obtain the ISO image of embedded Linux available on the Dell Support website at support dell com 2 Burn the ISO image using any commonly available CD burning software NOTE When you create a bootable CD this im...

Page 42: ...table 10 Your ISO image is ready for booting Basic configuration Before you can use the BMC Management Utility to remotely manage the BMC on a managed system you must perform some basic configuration tasks The Deployment Toolkit SYSCFG utility provides a powerful command line interface for performing the following configuration tasks Configuring BMC users for the managed system Configuring the BMC...

Page 43: ... line options 3 To enable the new user ID at the command prompt type syscfg useraction userid X action enable Press Enter to execute the command line options 4 To set the password for a BMC user at the command prompt type syscfg passwordaction action setpassword userid X password password where password is an ASCII string of 16 or fewer characters for both PowerEdge x8xx and x9xx systems NOTICE A ...

Page 44: ...t of valid options suboptions and arguments for configuring the BMC LAN channel see the Deployment Toolkit Command Line Interface Reference Guide 3 To configure the BMC IP address source for the LAN channel to a static IP address at the command prompt type syscfg lcp ipaddrsrc static ipaddress XXX XXX XXX XX subnetmask XXX XXX XXX X gateway XXX XXX XXX X Press Enter to execute the command line opt...

Page 45: ...ace Reference Guide Configuring Your BMC Using Server Administrator You can also configure the BMC options using Server Administrator Version 5 3 which is a one to one systems management software program that must be installed on the managed system Once installed you can remotely access Server Administrator from a management station with a supported browser to perform BMC configuration tasks See t...

Page 46: ...with Admin privileges to configure the BMC settings 1 Log in to the Server Administrator home page for the target system 2 Click the System object 3 Click the Main System Chassis object 4 Click the Remote Access object 5 The BMC Information window is displayed 6 Click the Configuration tab Under the Configuration tab you can configure LAN Serial Port and Serial Over LAN 7 Click the Users tab Under...

Page 47: ...ier option using a one byte interface number 0 followed by a six byte MAC address NOTE If your managed system DRAC is configured in Shared or Shared with Failover mode and the DRAC is connected to a switch with Spanning Tree Protocol STP enabled network clients will experience a 20 to 30 second delay in connectivity when the management station s LOM link state changes during the STP convergence 1 ...

Page 48: ...g steps 1 Expand the System tree and click Remote Access 2 Click the Configuration tab and then click Users The Users page appears which includes each user s State RAC Privilege IPMI LAN Privilege and IPMI Serial Privilege 3 Click a user ID number in the User ID column 4 Configure the user s properties and privileges in the User Configuration page 5 Click Apply Changes when completed 6 Click the a...

Page 49: ...cess to the BMC The IPMI Shell can be used either in the generic CLI mode or the interactive mode The interactive mode allows for a dedicated connection to a server and availability of all commands from the operating system CLI Using the IPMI Shell in this mode improves usability and reduces time and traffic required for connecting and authenticating The IPMItool can only be used in the CLI mode B...

Page 50: ...minal emulation software that supports VT100 or ANSI emulation mode One example of a full VT100 or ANSI terminal emulator that supports console redirection on your system is Hilgraeve s HyperTerminal Private Edition 6 1 or later NOTE See your system s User s Guide for more information about console redirection including hardware and software requirements and instructions for configuring host and c...

Page 51: ...l modem cable Figure 3 1 Installing on a Management Station Supported Operating Systems The management station must be running one of the following supported operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS ES WS version 4 0 32 bit and 64 bit Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Standard and Enterprise Editions SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 x86_64 SUS...

Page 52: ... the systems management software components 2 Exit any open application programs and disable any virus scanning software 3 Insert the Dell Systems Console and Agent CD or the Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD into your system s CD or DVD drive If the CD does not automatically start the setup program click the Start button click Run and then type x windows setup exe where x is the...

Page 53: ...allation and Security User s Guide for additional information about installing the BMC Management Utility on a management station By default the installation program copies the files to the following directory C Program Files Dell SysMgt bmc The SOL Proxy service does not auto start after installation To start the SOL Proxy service after installation you can reboot the system SOL Proxy automatical...

Page 54: ...the following command for SUSE Linux Enterprise server rpm ivh linux bmc osabmcutil9g SUSE rpm or for Red Hat Enterprise Linux use the following command rpm ivh linux bmc osabmcutil9g RHEL rpm By default the installation program copies the files to the following locations etc init d SOLPROXY cfg etc SOLPROXY cfg usr sbin dsm_bmu_solproxy32d usr sbin solconfig usr sbin ipmish The SOL Proxy will sta...

Page 55: ... console application and has no GUI Its commands and options are specified using command line arguments only IPMI Shell supports out of band OOB access over a LAN or through the serial port to a single system at a time however multiple IPMI Shell sessions can run simultaneously on the same managed system See Figure 3 2 IPMI Shell allows a user with user level BMC privileges to Display the current ...

Page 56: ...off without shutting down the operating system Clear the system event log SEL Turn the blinking system identification LED on or off To facilitate command scripting upon successful execution IPMI Shell terminates with an exit code of zero and will output the execution results in a parsable format If an error is encountered the program exits with a non zero error code and outputs the error in a pars...

Page 57: ...nds and arguments On systems running a supported Linux operating system 1 Start an operating system OS shell 2 Enter IPMI Shell commands see IPMI Shell Command Syntax to manage the remote system See IPMI Shell Commands for a complete list of valid options commands subcommands and arguments NOTE The IPMI Shell will be located in usr sbin IPMI Shell Command Syntax The general syntax of IPMI Shell CL...

Page 58: ... ip Synopsis ipmish ip bmc_ip_address bmc_hostname u username p password k KG value command Description This option is used to establish a connection to a remote managed system using the LAN channel The IP port specified in installation default value is 623 is used unless another port has been configured NOTE This global option cannot be used independently to connect to the BMC One or more IPMISH ...

Page 59: ... options can be configured in BIOS Setup as well as using Dell OpenManage tools Log on to Server Administrator and navigate to BIOS Setup External Serial Connector must be configured and set to Remote Access for PowerEdge x9xx and xx0x systems This option is available in the Serial Communication submenu in BIOS setup Disable the RAC serial Console if you have a DRAC 5 card installed Log on to the ...

Page 60: ...e x9xx and xx0x systems without Dell Remote Access Controller 5 DRAC 5 115200 for PowerEdge x9xx and xx0x systems with DRAC 5 NOTE The baud rate for serial channel should match the baud rate set in the managed system flow flow_control Specifies the data flow control method There are two flow control options cts hardware flow control and none no flow control u username Specifies the BMC username p ...

Page 61: ...mand list and a capsule description of options are printed if no argument is given When there is an argument specifying a valid command the help option displays a detailed description of the command See Figure 3 7 and Figure 3 4 Figure 3 3 IPMI Help Option Example 1 ...

Page 62: ... invokes the interactive CLI mode An IPMISH prompt appears when entering interactive CLI mode Type quit to exit the IPMISH prompt and return to the CLI prompt NOTE The command prompt responds with an error message in the interactive mode if a command is used before establishing an IPMI session with connect Options interactive Invokes the interactive CLI mode cfg config file ...

Page 63: ...tion The following line edit functions are supported during the interactive session 1 Up and Down arrow keys to browse command history 2 Left and Right arrow keys to move the input cursor 3 Home and End keys to move the input cursor to the beginning or end of the line 4 Backspace key to move the input cursor back by one space The following line edit functions are supported for the SOL proxy menu m...

Page 64: ...Description identify Controls the identification LED on the front panel sysinfo Retrieves and displays managed system information power Controls the power state of the managed system sel Displays or deletes information from the SEL sol Enables Serial over LAN for the remote managed system sensor Displays current status of platform sensors lcd Displays information on and helps configure the LCD pan...

Page 65: ...tify off command is used to turn the LED off NOTE Acknowledgement or status check of the command is not displayed on the command prompt You should manually check the status on the system Options t seconds Specifies how long the LED is on It should be no longer than 255 seconds Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command acts the same as the identify on command Figure 3 6 ident...

Page 66: ...ld replaceable unit FRU and BMC information for the managed system See Figure 3 7 and Figure 3 8 Subcommands fru Returns FRU related information id Returns BMC related information Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command acts the same as sysinfo id See Figure 3 7 Figure 3 7 sysinfo Option Example ...

Page 67: ...he current power status of the system the returned value is on or off on Turns on the managed system off Issues a graceful shutdown IPMI command NOTE This reboot feature mimics restarting the system using the server s power button A graceful shutdown of the server operating system may not be possible when the server software stops responding or if you are not logged as an administrator at a local ...

Page 68: ...ss of the power state Options force This option simulates pressing and holding the power button for four or more seconds Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command functions the same as power status Figure 3 9 power Option Example sel Synopsis sel status sel get begin index1 end index2 max count last n format oemlist legacy ...

Page 69: ...the argument count is bigger than the total number of the records the last record displayed will be the last one in the event log last n Specifies the number of records to be displayed starting from the last record and counting backwards Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command acts the same as sel status Display Format System event log records are displayed using either a ...

Page 70: ...al Description This command allows you to configure sol session parameters of a remote BMC NOTE The command prompt responds with an error message if a command is used before establishing an IPMI session with connect Subcommands enable Allows you to enable SOL of connected server disable Allows you to disable SOL of connected server config Allows you to configure SOL baud rate and privilege level ...

Page 71: ...ll retry sending SOL packages if no acknowledgement is received The maximum and minimum values are 7 and 0 respectively retry interval retry_interval Specifies the retry time interval that the BMC will wait before resending SOL packets to the remote console It is specified in 10 ms increments For example if you set 100 as the value the BMC will wait 1000 ms before retrying to send SOL packages to ...

Page 72: ...you do not specify a sensor group all sensors for which there is information will be displayed format oemlist legacy Use different formats to output the sensor data Default format is oemlist Legacy format is displayed as below Sensor Name Sensor Type Sensor Status Value Units Subcommands temp fan volt discrete numeric Specifies the sensor group for which information is displayed If no sensor group...

Page 73: ...s the out of band IP address or hostname of the remote managed system u username Specifies the username to connect to the remote system p password Specifies the password to be used to connect to the remote managed system k IPMI encryption key value Specifies the KG value in Hex format The IPMI encryption key is a public key used to generate an encryption key for use between firmware and applicatio...

Page 74: ...ommands info Displays information about the LCD display set Sets LCD display to either none default custom Choose custom to set a string of your choice none Turns the LCD display off default Sets the default display on the LCD Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command functions the same as lcd info powermonitor Synopsis powermonitor status Description This command displays t...

Page 75: ...r Deletes the cumulative power values Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command functions the same as power status quit Synopsis quit Description This command exits the IPMI Shell interactive mode and returns to the command mode help Synopsis help command Description This command lists commands and capsule descriptions with syntax for each command Argument command Specifies ...

Page 76: ...hen BIOS console redirection to serial port is enabled on the remote managed system any application that uses the BIOS to read from or write to the system console will have its I O redirected to the designated serial I O port When SOL is activated the BMC firmware reads any data written to the serial port and transmits it to the SOL Proxy as LAN packets SOL Proxy then forwards the data to the teln...

Page 77: ...tion keys such as F1 and F2 will not operate correctly with this client except on systems running Windows Server 2003 In a Windows environment you can also use any telnet application that supports VT100 or ANSI emulation mode such as HyperTerminal as your console NOTICE All versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system include Hilgraeve s HyperTerminal terminal emulation software However the ...

Page 78: ...ogram in use has the ability to send the break function For example you can send the break signal through the Linux telnet modules by typing Ctrl send brk Enter The Linux SysRq function is one example of an advanced debugging feature that is enabled by use of the break function See the BIOS Configuration section on how to use this feature See the Serial Console redirection With SOL Proxy section f...

Page 79: ...the system running the service DSM_BMU_SOL_Proxy 4 Provide a password when prompted SOL Proxy will use this combination of operating system username and password to authenticate you on the SOL Proxy Server The specific authentication scheme will depend on the operating system configuration for the SOL Proxy Server However if localhost or an IP address of 127 0 0 1 is used it is assumed that the us...

Page 80: ...OL Proxy Server 4 Provide a password when prompted SOL Proxy will use this combination of operating system username and password to authenticate you on the SOL Proxy Server The specific authentication scheme will depend on the operating system configuration for the SOL Proxy Server However if localhost or an IP address of 127 0 0 1 is used it is assumed that the user has login privileges to the cu...

Page 81: ...3 or 4 and the application state is not connected you are prompted to connect to a BMC Menu option 2 allows you to enable disable and configure the SOL defaults including the minimum user privilege level required for activating SOL and the communication baud rate Menu options 3 and 4 allow you to establish a SOL remote console session through the SOL Proxy main menu Menu option 3 establishes a SOL...

Page 82: ... option 1 in the main menu 2 Enter the BMC IP address of the remote managed system 3 Provide the BMC username and password for the BMC on the managed system The BMC username and password must be assigned and stored in the BMC non volatile storage See Configuring Your Managed System for more information about configuring BMC users Only one SOL session with one BMC is permitted at one time The conne...

Page 83: ... value will be ignored if no key was set at the BMC on the target server See Connecting to the Remote Managed System s BMC for more information The SOL configuration menu appears According to the current SOL status the content of the SOL configuration menu varies If SOL is already enabled the current settings are displayed and you are presented with three choices See Figure 3 17 Figure 3 17 Config...

Page 84: ...system serial port and the BMC The minimum BMC user privilege level required for activating console redirection SOL Proxy displays a list of valid values for each feature as well as the current value of the feature enclosed in a pair of brackets Select the number before a value to set it as the new setting and press Enter to confirm your changes The new SOL settings are then displayed See Figure 3...

Page 85: ...cted to the managed system s BMC you are prompted for an IP address and a username password combination See Connecting to the Remote Managed System s BMC for more information The remote managed system s text console is redirected to your management station See Figure 3 20 NOTE BIOS Console Redirection must be enabled on the managed system and correctly configured before SOL can be successfully act...

Page 86: ...nformation The power state of the remote managed system is confirmed If power is on you are prompted to decide between a graceful or forceful shutdown NOTE This reboot feature mimics restarting the system using the server s power button A graceful shutdown of the server operating system may not be possible when the server software stops responding or if you are not logged as an administrator at a ...

Page 87: ...gure BIOS settings See Figure 3 21 NOTE Before activating the console redirection you must first enable the console redirection features See Configuring Your Managed System for more information Figure 3 21 Reboot Example Getting Help Select option 5 in the main menu to display detailed descriptions for each option See Figure 3 22 ...

Page 88: ...s installed for use in the menu mode by the system See Configuring the SOL Proxy Configuration File section for instructions on how to change the default settings to command mode Commands in SOL Proxy SOL Proxy command mode is similar to the IPMI Shell interactive mode In addition to supporting all commands of the IPMI Shell interactive mode the SOL Proxy supports the following additional commands...

Page 89: ...ession with connect reboot Synopsis reboot force Description This command allows you to control power configurations and establish an SOL session in one atomic operation It is equivalent to executing the menu command of Reboot and Activate Console Redirection Options force This option is used to force the system to shut down If this option is omitted the reboot command is executed using a graceful...

Page 90: ...R_ANY SOL proxy listens for input on any interface on the server 127 0 0 1 SOL proxy listens for input on the localhost only IP address SOL proxy listens for input on this IP address only For example ip INADDR_ANY Port Binding Specifies the port at which the SOL Proxy listens for incoming connections By default the port is set to 623 and can be modified by the user This item defines the port when ...

Page 91: ...d returns to the top level menu This timeout value is specified in seconds and can be changed during SOL Proxy installation For example power_off_timeout 60 Retry Interval Specifies the period of time in seconds that the BMC waits before it tries to resend a packet The retry_interval unit is half a second Therefore a value of 2 means that the software waits one second for the BMC to respond before...

Page 92: ...Cache Specifies whether the system probe information is saved This information enhances speed of providing sensor and System Event Log SEL data The possible values are on and off Default value is on For example sdr_cache on Sdrcache Path Specifies path where the system probe information is saved Default location is the installed BMC directory on your hard drive For example sdrcache_path specified ...

Page 93: ...nt log Display logged events Display current status of platform sensors Enable or disable SOL NOTE See the IPMItool man page available on the World Wide Web for a comprehensive list of features NOTE While running ipmitool inband on Linux if the OpenIPMI driver is not running by default it may cause commands to fail To start the OpenIPMI drivers use the command service ipmi start To set the system ...

Page 94: ...ecific features Table 3 2 lists the delloem subcommands with a brief description Options for LCD info Displays information about the LCD display set none default custom string Sets LCD display to either none default or choose the custom option to set a string of your choice Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command functions the same as lcd info Options for powermonitor Tabl...

Page 95: ...f the event log count first count Displays the first count oldest entries in the SEL If the count is zero all entries are displayed last count Displays the last count most recent entries in the SEL If the count is zero all entries are displayed time Displays the most recent entries in the SEL If the count is zero all entries are displayed You can use the get command to display the system event log...

Page 96: ...unr Upper Non Recoverable ucr Upper Critical unc Upper Non Critical lnc Lower Non Critical lcr Lower Critical lnr Lower Non Recoverable Default Subcommand If a subcommand is not specified this command acts the same as sensor list IPMItool Command for Dynamic Entry on the DNS Server When DRAC is Not Present To create a dynamic entry on the DNS server when DRAC is not present use the following comma...

Page 97: ...f Text 004 004 004 00000100 EOT End of Transmission 005 005 005 00000101 ENQ Enquiry 006 006 006 00000110 ACK Acknowledgment 007 007 007 00000111 BEL Bell 008 010 008 00001000 BS Backspace 009 011 009 00001001 HT Horizontal Tab 010 012 00A 00001010 LF Line Feed 011 013 00B 00001011 VT Vertical Tab 012 014 00C 00001100 FF Form Feed 013 015 00D 00001101 CR Carriage Return 014 016 00E 00001110 SO Shi...

Page 98: ...r 032 040 020 00100000 SP Space 033 041 021 00100001 Exclamation Mark 034 042 022 00100010 Double Quote 035 043 023 00100011 Number Sign 036 044 024 00100100 Dollar Sign 037 045 025 00100101 Percent 038 046 026 00100110 Ampersand 039 047 027 00100111 Single Quote 040 050 028 00101000 Left Opening Parenthesis 041 051 029 00101001 Right Closing Parenthesis 042 052 02A 00101010 Asterisk 043 053 02B 0...

Page 99: ...n 060 074 03C 00111100 Less Than 061 075 03D 00111101 Equal Sign 062 076 03E 00111110 Greater Than 063 077 03F 00111111 Question Mark 064 100 040 01000000 AT Symbol 065 101 041 01000001 A 066 102 042 01000010 B 067 103 043 01000011 C 068 104 044 01000100 D 069 105 045 01000101 E 070 106 046 01000110 F 071 107 047 01000111 G 072 110 048 01001000 H 073 111 049 01001001 I 074 112 04A 01001010 J 075 1...

Page 100: ...0111 W 088 130 058 01011000 X 089 131 059 01011001 Y 090 132 05A 01011010 Z 091 133 05B 01011011 Left Opening Bracket 092 134 05C 01011100 Back Slash 093 135 05D 01011101 Right Closing Bracket 094 136 05E 01011110 Caret Circumflex 095 137 05F 01011111 _ Underscore 096 140 060 01100000 097 141 061 01100001 a 098 142 062 01100010 b 099 143 063 01100011 c 100 144 064 01100100 d 101 145 065 01100101 e...

Page 101: ...71 01110001 q 114 162 072 01110010 r 115 163 073 01110011 s 116 164 074 01110100 t 117 165 075 01110101 u 118 166 076 01110110 v 119 167 077 01110111 w 120 170 078 01111000 x 121 171 079 01111001 y 122 172 07A 01111010 z 123 173 07B 01111011 Left Opening Brace 124 174 07C 01111100 Vertical Bar 125 175 07D 01111101 Right Closing Brace 126 176 07E 01111110 Tilde 127 177 07F 01111111 DEL Delete Table...

Page 102: ...102 Using the BMC Management Utility ...

Page 103: ...sword as defaults resulting in a Login Not Authorized error SOL Proxy Issues SOL Proxy on IP port 623 allows connections from a Web browser However if you connect from a Web browser SOL Proxy displays only jumbled and unusable data You must close the Web session and connect through a telnet connection to run the application Microsoft SAC does not implement hardware control flow Therefore when cons...

Page 104: ...most common management tasks Therefore IPMI Shell commands may not correspond one to one to IPMI commands Q Can I manage a system by accessing multiple IPMI instances simultaneously A Yes you can manage a system by accessing multiple IPMI instances at the same time as long as your system s BMC supports more than one concurrent connection Q Can my SOL Proxy server handle multiple connections at a t...

Page 105: ... delay by enabling the router option edge port Dell PowerConnect or port fast Cisco This will allow the link to remain constant and handle the optimization in real time Q I performed a Reboot and Activate Console Redirection command using SOL Proxy but the option to press F2 to enter the BIOS setup never appeared A When the network switch has spanning tree enabled it takes as much as 30 to 40 seco...

Page 106: ...I character set and most utilities require function keys and control keys for ordinary operations See Escape Key Sequences for more information on the same Q Can you use terminal mode simultaneously with BIOS console redirection A Yes BMC terminal mode can function simultaneously with BIOS console redirection You can escape between the BMC s terminal mode and the BIOS console redirection using the...

Page 107: ...ple Error 0xC1 Invalid Command Table A 1 BMC Management Utility Error Codes Code Classification Message Description IPMI Error A1h Connection errors Connection timeout BMC not responding Invalidauthentication type Authentication type error A2h Communicati on errors Communication error Network stack or serial communication error Data error Data packet format error 0xC6 0xC7 0xC8 0xCA Not connected ...

Page 108: ...rse command Unrecognized command Unrecognized command Conflicting option Conflicting option last and max Invalid parameter Invalid parameter A7h Parameter value errors Parameter out of range Parameter out of range 0xC9 Parameter out of range 1 255 The value is out of range 1 255 Parameter out of range 1 65535 The value is out of range 1 65535 Invalid data field Invalid data field 0xCC Invalid inde...

Page 109: ...CE Destination error Cannot deliver request to destination 0xD3 Device error Device specific OEM errors 0x01 0x 7E A9h Processing errors transient errors that may disappear upon retry of command BMC busy BMC out of processing resources 0xC0 Destination timeout error BMC timeout while processing command 0xC3 BMC out of storage space BMC out of storage space required to process command 0xC4 Invalid ...

Page 110: ...equest not supported in present BMC state 0xD5 BMC out of sessions No session slots are available for connection request 0x81 0x82 0x83 AEh Unexpected IPMI errors Invalid LUN Invalid Logical Unit Number LUN in request 0xC2 Unspecified error Unspecified error 0xFF AFh Unknown error Unknown error Unknown error Table A 1 BMC Management Utility Error Codes continued Code Classification Message Descrip...

Page 111: ... complete the following steps 1 Log in to the Server Administrator home page for the target system 2 Click the System object 3 Click the Main System Chassis object 4 Click the Remote Access object 5 The BMC Information window is displayed 6 Click the Configuration tab In the Configuration tab click Serial Port 7 Click the Terminal Mode Settings button You can configure the Connection Mode Setting ...

Page 112: ...SCII format NOTE Many of the Terminal Mode features described in this section require an extensive knowledge of IPMI It is strongly recommended that Terminal Mode users have an advanced understanding of IPMI before using the commands documented in this section Security Information Access to the BMC using terminal mode is governed by the proper setup of user names and password See Configuring Your ...

Page 113: ...s illegal characters Special Character Handling Esc character The Esc character deletes an entire message prior to submission to the BMC for processing If line editing is enabled and the Esc key is followed by an input newline sequence the BMC responds by displaying an output newline sequence Otherwise the BMC looks for the next start character Special Character Handling Delete or Backspace charac...

Page 114: ...ds do not support the bridging and sequence number fields present in the hex ASCII commands In addition text commands are preceded by a prefix consisting of the string SYS Table B 3 lists the terminal mode text commands and Table B 4 lists the terminal mode configuration Table B 1 Terminal Mode Request to BMC Byte Explanation 1 7 2 Net Function even 1 0 Responder s LUN 2 7 2 Requester s Sequence N...

Page 115: ...Session IPMI message must be successfully executed before any command or IPMI messages are accepted NOTE A modem connection may be automatically dropped if multiple bad passwords are entered N password N represents a Null username and password represents a printable password up to 16 characters If password is not provided then a Null password all binary 0 s is submitted Passwords are case sensitiv...

Page 116: ... sets all the Boot Initiator Acknowledge data bits to 1b SYS SET BOOTOPT XX YY NN This is a text version of the IPMI Set System Boot Options command It allows any of the boot option parameters to be set not just the boot flags XX YY NN represent the hex ASCII encoding for the data bytes that are passed in the Set System Boot Options request XX Parameter valid 7 1b Mark parameter invalid locked 0b ...

Page 117: ...elector YY Set Selector 7 0 Selects a particular block or set of parameters under the given parameter selector Write as 00h if the parameter does not use a Set Selector ZZ Block Selector Selects a particular block within a set of parameters Write as 00h if the parameter does not use a Block Selector NOTE There are no IPMI specified Boot Options parameters that use the block selector However this f...

Page 118: ... hex ASCII encoding for data bytes 1 and 2 as specified in Table B 4 The BMC returns the same output as for SYS SET TCFG above N XX YY Sets the non volatile Terminal Mode Configuration XX and YY represent hex ASCII encoding for data bytes 1 and 2 as specified in Table B 4 The BMC returns the same output as for SYS SET TCFG above SYS RESET Directs the BMC to perform an immediate system hard reset S...

Page 119: ...hysical Security O is Other OEM zzz is ON OFF soft off or mechanical off SLP sleep used when sleep level cannot be distinguished S4 S3 S2 S1 unknown and xx is ok nc cr nr uf or where ok OK monitored parameters within normal operating ranges nc non critical warning hardware outside normal operating range cr critical fatal hardware exceeding specified ratings nr non recoverable potential damage syst...

Page 120: ...t termination sequence Other xx output termination sequence Where xx is OK monitored parameters within normal operating ranges Non critical warning hardware outside normal operating range Critical fatal hardware exceeding specified ratings Non recoverable potential damage system hardware in jeopardy or damaged Unspecified fault fault detected but severity unspecified Unknown status not available u...

Page 121: ...ng itself This is a text version of the optional Chassis Identify command Table B 4 Terminal Mode Configuration Byte Explanation 1 7 6 Reserved 5 Line Editing 0b Disable 1b Enable Factory default 4 Reserved 3 2 Delete control only applies when line editing is enabled 00b BMC outputs a Delete character when Backspace or Delete is received 01b BMC outputs a Backspace SP Backspace sequence when Backs...

Page 122: ...inal Mode 0h no termination sequence 1h CR LF Factory default 2h NULL 3h CR 4h LF CR 5h LF All other reserved 3 0 Input newline sequence Console to BMC Selects what characters the console uses as the newline sequence when writing to the BMC in Terminal Mode 0h reserved 1h CR Factory default 2h NULL All other reserved Table B 4 Terminal Mode Configuration continued Byte Explanation ...

Page 123: ...y using a special key sequence called an escape sequence to represent a specific key Use the Escape sequences listed in the following table for keys while setting console redirection in BIOS through serial port These keys are also listed during BIOS POST Press the spacebar to pause and view the list Supported sequences are also listed in the history of the system s telnet client Table C 1 Escape s...

Page 124: ...124 Escape Key Sequences ...

Page 125: ...l connector or to the remote access device such as a BMC or DRAC 5 for Serial Over LAN SOL communication To activate serial console redirection via COM2 you must configure the following settings Set Serial Communication Serial Communication to On with Console Redirection via COM2 Set Serial Communication External Serial Connector to COM2 NOTE If the console redirection is used for SOL then the Ext...

Page 126: ... must be set to the same value When in terminal mode to switch the connection to the system COM2 port use Esc Shift q When connected to the system COM2 port to go back to the terminal mode use Esc Shift 9 SPCR Table The Serial Port Console Redirection SPCR table provides information about how the system firmware and service processor use the out of band OOB management port For example if the OOB M...

Page 127: ... configure the Sysrq key in systems running Linux follow the instructions given below NOTE The following instructions are specific to the Linux GRand Unified Bootloader GRUB Similar changes would be necessary for using a different boot loader NOTE In configuring the client VT100 emulation window you must set the window or application that is displaying the redirected console to 25 rows x 80 column...

Page 128: ...ub after making changes to this file NOTICE You do not have a boot partition This means that all kernel and initrd paths are relative to e g root hd0 0 kernel boot vmlinuz version ro root dev sdal initrd boot initrd version img boot dev sda default 0 timeout 10 splashimage hd0 2 grub splash xpm gz serial unit 0 speed 19200 terminal timeout 10 serial title Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2 4 9 e 3smp...

Page 129: ...lashimage 2 If you have multiple options in GRUB and you want all of them to start a console session through the BMU serial connection add console ttyS1 19200 to all options The preceding example shows console ttyS0 19200 added to only the first option Enabling Login to the Console After Boot Edit the file etc inittab as follows Add a new line to configure a getty on the COM1 serial port co 2345 r...

Page 130: ...efault runlevel The runlevels used by RHS are 0 halt Do NOT set initdefault to this 1 Single user mode 2 Multiuser without NFS The same as 3 if you do not have networking 3 Full multiuser mode 4 unused 5 X11 6 reboot Do NOT set initdefault to this id 3 initdefault System initialization si sysinit etc rc d rc sysinit l0 0 wait etc rc d rc 0 l1 1 wait etc rc d rc 1 l2 2 wait etc rc d rc 2 l3 3 wait ...

Page 131: ...own f h 2 Power Failure System Shutting Down If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in cancel it pr 12345 powerokwait sbin shutdown c Power Restored Shutdown Cancelled Run gettys in standard runlevels co 2345 respawn sbin agetty h L 19200 ttyS0 vt100 1 2345 respawn sbin mingetty tty1 2 2345 respawn sbin mingetty tty2 3 2345 respawn sbin mingetty tty3 4 2345 respawn sbin mingetty tty4 5 2...

Page 132: ...dd a new line with the name of the serial tty for COM1 ttyS0 See the sample file which shows the addition of the new line Table D 3 Sample File etc securetty vc 1 vc 2 vc 3 vc 4 vc 5 vc 6 vc 7 vc 8 vc 9 vc 10 vc 11 tty1 tty2 tty3 tty4 tty5 tty6 tty7 tty8 tty9 tty10 tty11 ttyS0 ...

Page 133: ... which is a set of routines protocols and tools for building software applications that act as an interface between the operating system and application programs Argument The value supplied with an option such as in the following command line instance utilname option argument ARP Acronym for Address Resolution Protocol which is a method for finding a host s Ethernet address from its Internet addre...

Page 134: ...base 2numberingsystemthatuses0and1torepresentinformation Thesystem performs operations based on the ordering and calculation of these numbers BIOS Acronym for basic input output system Your system s BIOS contains programs stored on a flash memory chip The BIOS controls the following Communications between the microprocessor and peripheral devices such as the keyboard and the video adapter Miscella...

Page 135: ... system cache A fast storage area that keeps a copy of data or instructions for quicker data retrieval For example your system s BIOS may cache ROM code in faster RAM Or a disk cache utility may reserve RAM in which to store frequently accessed information from your system s disk drives when a program makes a request to a disk drive for data that is in the cache the disk cache utility can retrieve...

Page 136: ...create an interrupt conflict config sys file The config sys file is executed when you boot your system before running any commands in the autoexec bat file This start up file contains commands that specify which devices to install and which drivers to use This file also contains commandsthatdeterminehowtheoperatingsystemusesmemoryandcontrolsfiles console redirection Console redirection is a functi...

Page 137: ...designed DHCP Abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol a protocol that provides a means to dynamically allocate IP addresses to computers on a LAN DIMM Acronym for dual in line memory module A small circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board directory Directories help keep related files organized on a disk in a hierarchical inverted tree structure Each disk h...

Page 138: ...y refreshes each DRAM chip in the system EEPROM Acronym for electrically erasable programmable read only memory EIDE Abbreviation for enhanced integrated drive electronics EIDE devices add one or more of the following enhancements to the traditional IDE standard Data transfer rates of up to 16 MB sec Support for drives other than just hard drives such as CD and tape drives Support for hard drives ...

Page 139: ...dows operating system requires that extended memory be under the control of an XMM external cache memory A RAM cache using SRAM chips Because SRAM chips operate at several times the speed of DRAM chips the microprocessor can retrieve data and instructions faster from external cache memory than from RAM FEPROM Acronym for flash erasable programmable read only memory Flash memory is a kind of nonvol...

Page 140: ...d as x horizontal by y vertical pixels by z colors GUI Acronym for graphical user interface GUID Abbreviation for Globally Unique Identifier which is a random number used in software applications Each generated GUID is supposed to be unique h Abbreviation for hexadecimal A base 16 numbering system often used in programming to identify addresses in the system s RAM and I O memory addresses for devi...

Page 141: ...is a variant of HTTP used by Web browsers for handling secure transactions HTTPS is a unique protocol that is simply SSL underneath HTTP You need to use https for HTTP URLs with SSL whereas you continue to use http for HTTP URLs without SSL ID Abbreviation for identifier commonly used when referring to a user identifier user ID object identifier object ID or hardware identifier controller ID IDE A...

Page 142: ... but you cannot operate both devices simultaneously KB Abbreviation for kilobyte s 1024 bytes key combination A command requiring you to press multiple keys at the same time For example youcanrebootyoursystembypressingthe Ctrl Alt Del keycombination LAN Acronym for local area network A LAN system is usually confined to the same building or a few nearby buildings with all equipment linked by wiring...

Page 143: ... circuit board containing DRAM chips that connects to the system board MHz Abbreviation for megahertz microprocessor Theprimarycomputationalchipinsidethesystemthatcontrolstheinterpretation and execution of arithmetic and logic functions Software written for one microprocessor must usually be revised to run on another microprocessor CPU is a synonym for microprocessor modem A device that allows you...

Page 144: ... argument partition You can divide a hard drive into multiple physical sections called partitions with the fdisk command Each partition can contain multiple logical drives After partitioning the hard drive you must format each logical drive with the format command PCI Abbreviation for Peripheral Component Interconnect The predominant 32 bit or 64 bit local bus standard developed by Intel Corporati...

Page 145: ...ware before a major operating system such as Microsoft Windows or Red Hat Enterprise Linux is installed program diskette set The set of diskettes from which you can perform a complete installation of an operating system or application program When you reconfigure a program you often need its program diskette set PXE Abbreviation for Pre boot eXecution Environment RAC Acronym for remote access cont...

Page 146: ...knownproblemsorotherthingsyouneedtobeawareofasyouusethesoftware or hardware ROM Acronym for read only memory Your system contains some programs essential to its operation in ROM code Unlike RAM a ROM chip retains its contents even after you turn off your system Examples of code in ROM include the program that initiates your system s boot routine and the POST RPM Abbreviation for Red Hat Package Ma...

Page 147: ...eofthistechnology you must have a SMART compliant hard drive and the proper support in the system BIOS SMBIOS Acronym for system management BIOS SNMP Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP a popular network control and monitoring protocol is part of the original TCP IP protocol suite SNMP provides the format in which vital information about different network devices such as netwo...

Page 148: ...is a synonym for bootable diskette system memory System memory is a synonym for RAM System Setup utility A BIOS based utility that allows you to configure your system s hardware and customize the system s operation by setting such features as password protection and energy management Some options in the System Setup utility require that you reboot the system or the system may reboot automatically ...

Page 149: ... serial communication by converting parallel bytes from the processor into serial bits for transmission and vice versa unicode A fixed width 16 bit world wide character encoding developed and maintained by the Unicode Consortium URL Abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator formerly Universal Resource Locator USB AbbreviationforUniversalSerialBus AUSBconnectorprovidesasingleconnection point for mu...

Page 150: ...emostcommonterminal emulation programs WAN Abbreviation for wide area network Web server A secure port server that makes Web pages available for viewing by Web browsers using the HTTP protocol WH Abbreviation for watt hour s win ini file A start up file for the Windows operating system When you start Windows it consults the win ini file to determine a variety of options for the Windows operating e...

Page 151: ...or by setting the write protect feature in the System Setup program XMM Abbreviation for extended memory manager a utility that allows application programs and operating systems to use extended memory in accordance with the XMS XMS Abbreviation for eXtended Memory Specification X Windows system The graphical user interface used in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux environment ...

Page 152: ...152 Glossary ...

Page 153: ...ies 10 BMC Management Utility 49 107 installation prerequisites 50 installing 50 IPMI Shell 49 SOL Proxy 50 supported operating systems 51 C console redirection 85 D delloem 76 deployment overview network based 22 E error codes BMC Management Utility 107 Escape key sequences 123 F FAQ 103 frequently asked questions 103 H HyperTerminal 50 77 I installation BMC Management Utility 50 installation pre...

Page 154: ...ction 29 running a scripted deployment Windows PE integrating DTK directory structure 38 S sensor 71 serial redirection red hat linux 29 SOL 70 SOL Proxy 76 activating console redirection 85 configuring the SOL for the remote managed system 83 connecting to the remote managed system s BMC 82 getting help 87 Main Menu 80 rebooting the managed system and activating console redirection 86 using 78 us...

Page 155: ...0 77 105 supporting documentation other dell documents you might need 22 system setup entering 26 30 T telnet 50 76 77 terminal emulation software supported 50 77 terminal mode commands 111 U using IPMI Shell 57 using SOL Proxy 78 V VT100 50 77 78 105 ...

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