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RH2488 V2 Server BMC

V100R002C02

User Guide

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Date

2014-09-15

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Summary of Contents for RH2488 V2 Server BMC

Page 1: ...RH2488 V2 Server BMC V100R002C02 User Guide Issue 04 Date 2014 09 15 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD ...

Page 2: ...e customer All or part of the products services and features described in this document may not be within the purchase scope or the usage scope Unless otherwise specified in the contract all statements information and recommendations in this document are provided AS IS without warranties guarantees or representations of any kind either express or implied The information in this document is subject...

Page 3: ...be found in this document are defined as follows Symbol Description Alerts you to a high risk hazard that could if not avoided result in serious injury or death Alerts you to a medium or low risk hazard that could if not avoided result in moderate or minor injury Alerts you to a potentially hazardous situation that could if not avoided result in equipment damage data loss performance deterioration...

Page 4: ...ssues are cumulative The latest document issue contains all the changes made in earlier issues Issue 01 2011 12 430 This issue is used for first office application FOA Issue 02 2013 03 10 Bug fix of documentation Issue 03 2014 05 15 A Flash Tools is updated User Guide Issue 04 2014 09 15 RH2488 V2 BMC Issue 04 2014 09 15 is deleted Tecal ...

Page 5: ...1 Conﬁguration Alerts 13 2 4 2 Conﬁguration Time and Date Settings 15 2 4 3 Conﬁguration Light Weight Directory Access Protocol LDAP Settings 16 2 4 4 Conﬁguration Active Directory Settings 16 2 4 5 Conﬁguration Active Directory Advanced Settings 17 2 4 6 Conﬁguration Mouse Mode 18 2 4 7 Conﬁguration Network Settings 18 2 4 8 Conﬁguration Remote Session 19 2 4 9 Conﬁguration SMTP Settings 20 2 4 1...

Page 6: ...ous UID Unit Identiﬁcation 35 2 8 Language 36 3 Frequently Asked Questions 37 3 1 Frequently Asked Questions 37 A Flash Tools 38 A 1 Overview 38 A 2 Flashing the BMC Firmware in the DOS Environment 38 A 3 Flashing the BMC Firmware in the Windows Environment 39 A 4 Flashing the BMC Firmware in the Linux Environment 42 A 5 Firmware Recovery 45 User Guide Issue 04 2014 09 15 RH2488 V2 BMC ...

Page 7: ...Y module or shared NCSI connections The WPCM450 communicates with onboard components via six SMBus interfaces PECI Platform Environment Control Interface buses and General Purpose I O ports WPCM450 DDR2 Memory Interface The WPCM450 supports 16 bit DDR2 memory with a speed of up to 220 MHz The motherboard supports 128 MB of shared memory between the BMC and onboard graphics card For best signal int...

Page 8: ...rusion monitoring Remote power control to power on power off or reboot a system Remote access to text based graphic based system information including BIOS conﬁgurations and OS operation information KVM Remote management of utility software applications Provides Network Management Security via remote access console redirection Key features include User authentication enhancement Encryption support...

Page 9: ...pendently of the operating system When used in conjunction with the IPMIView which is an IPMI compliant management software pre installed in a computer the WPCM450 BMC Controller provides serial link connections between the South Bridge and other onboard system components allowing for network interfacing via remote access With the WPCM450 Controller and the IPMIView software built in the motherboa...

Page 10: ... Conﬁguring BIOS Before conﬁguring IPMI follow the instructions below to conﬁgure the system BIOS settings Enabling COM Port for SOL IPMI Step 1 Press the Del key at bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Step 2 Select Advanced and press Enter to enter the Advanced menu Step 3 From the Advanced menu select Remote Access and press Enter Step 4 Make sure that the COM port for SOL COM2 or COM3 is ena...

Page 11: ...d press Enter to enter the Advanced menu Step 3 Select Advanced Chipset Control and press Enter Step 4 From the Advanced Chipset Control submenu select South Bridge Control and press Enter Step 5 Make sure that all onboard USB ports are enabled highlighted If not Select USB Functions and press Enabled or select the number of onboard USB ports and press Enter to enable all onboard USB ports see Fig...

Page 12: ...ng BIOS Step 1 Press the Del key at bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Step 2 Select Advanced and press Enter to enter the Advanced menu Step 3 From the Advanced menu select IPMI Conﬁguration and press Enter Step 4 From the IPMI Conﬁguration submenu select Set LAN Conﬁguration and press Enter to set IP and MAC addresses see Figure 2 3 End User Guide Issue 04 2014 09 15 RH2488 V2 BMC ...

Page 13: ... your shipment Step 2 Follow the instructions given in the Readme txt ﬁle to conﬁgure Gateway IP Netmask IP addresses to enable disable DHCP and to conﬁgure other IPMI settings See Table 2 1 Table 2 1 Set the IP MAC Addresses Values Meanings m Show IP and MAC m IP Sets IP format m MAC Sets MAC format k Shows Subnet Mask k Mask Sets Subnet Mask format dhcp Gets the DHCP status dhcp on Enables the D...

Page 14: ...Enables the VLAN and sets the VLANtag If VLANtag is not given it uses previously saved value vlan off Disables the VLAN raw Sents a RAWIPMI request and print the response Format Netfn LUN Cmd Data1 DateN sdr Shows SDR records and reading sdr del SDR ID Delete SDR record sdr backup File Backups sdr to file sdr restore File Restores sdr from file sdr Ver V1 V2 Retrieves and sets SDR version V1 V2 se...

Page 15: ...ame network and open the IPMIView utility Step 3 Go to File New System Enter System Name IP Address of LAN1 or the dedicated LAN Description in the appropriate ﬁelds and press Enter Step 4 Select the system from the IPMI Domain Enter the Login ID and Password in the appropriate ﬁelds to login to the IPMIView utility End Using the Internet Browser Step 1 Connect a LAN cable to the onboard LAN1 port...

Page 16: ...Your Computer 2 2 1 To Log In Once you are connected to the remote server the following screen will display Step 1 Enter your Username Step 2 Enter your Password and click Login To use the IPMIView Utility to access BMC IPMI settings refer to the IPMIView User s Guide for instructions The manufacturer default username and password are ADMIN Once you have logged into the BMC using the manufacturer ...

Page 17: ...nter Submenu Bar The submenu Bar on the top lists the following submenus Submenus Meanings System Information This submenu displays system information Server Health This submenu displays server health monitoring status Configuration This submenu allows the user to configure the IPMI settings Remote Control This submenu allows the user to launch KVM Console and perform power control and management ...

Page 18: ...e System Information Click this item to display and configure a submenu items Refresh Page Click this icon to refresh the page Logout Click this icon to logout from the IPMI utility The Main Display Area This area displays the items included in a submenu The following items are included in the System Information submenu Firmware Revision This item displays the current ﬁrmware revision number Firmw...

Page 19: ...lows the user to set Server Health Settings Click Server Health to display the following submenu The Server Health submenu contains the following items Sensor Readings Sensor Readings with Thresholds Event Log 2 3 1 Sensor Readings Click this item to display the Sensor Reading page as shown below User Guide Issue 04 2014 09 15 RH2488 V2 BMC ...

Page 20: ...displays the following items CPU Vcore CPU DIMM voltages 3 3V 3 3VSB 1 5V 12V 5V and VBAT Battery Voltage Fan Sensors This item displays the readings of the onboard fans Power Supply This item displays the status of power supply failure monitoring OEM Reserved This item reserved for OEM use 2 3 2 Sensor Readings with Thresholds Click this item to display all sensor readings and their thresholds as...

Page 21: ...gh Non Critical This is the high threshold of a non critical item Any item with a reading below this threshold is not in a critical state 9 High CT High Critical Threshold This is the high threshold of a critical item Any item with a reading above this threshold is in a critical state 10 High NR High Non Recoverable This is the high threshold of a non recoverable item Any item with a reading above...

Page 22: ...elow Select an item to conﬁgure its settings The items included are listed below Alerts This item allows the user to conﬁgure Alerts settings Date Time This item allows the user to conﬁgure Date Time settings LDAP This item allows the user to conﬁgure LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol settings Active Directory This item allows the user to conﬁgure settings to authenticate and access to th...

Page 23: ...e alert level for each alert 4 Destination Address This item indicates the target address of an alert 5 Modify Click this icon to conﬁgure or modify a selected alert 6 Send Test Alert Click this item to send a con ﬁgured alert to its destination the target address for testing 7 Delete Click this item to delete an alert Modifying Alerts When you select an item and click Modify the Modify Alert subm...

Page 24: ...ation in the ﬁelds press Save to save the information you ve entered or press Cancel to cancel it To set up an email alert please enter the IP address of your mail server in the SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 2 4 2 Conﬁguration Time and Date Settings This feature allows the user to conﬁgure time and date settings for the host server and client computer When you click Time and Date in the Optio...

Page 25: ... IP address of the LDAP server 3 Bind Password Secret This item indicates the password of the LDAP server 4 Bind DN cn manager dc administrator dc com The bind DN is the user or the LDAP server that is allowed to do limited search in the LDAP directory 5 SearchBase dc administrator dc com This feature shows the client which port in the external directory tree to use for doing search After entering...

Page 26: ... ID This item displays the role group ID 5 Group Name This item displays the name of the role group 6 Group Domain This item displays the domain of the role group 7 Group Privilege This item displays the user privilege of the role group 2 4 5 Conﬁguration Active Directory Advanced Settings This feature allows the user to conﬁgure Active Directory Advanced settings When you click Active Directory i...

Page 27: ...rtiﬁcate After the required information is entered click Save to save the information you ve entered or click Cancel to cancel it 2 4 6 Conﬁguration Mouse Mode This feature allows the user to conﬁgure mouse mode settings When you click Mouse Mode in the Options window the following screen will display 1 Mouse Mode Click this item to conﬁgure the mouse mode settings 2 Set Mode to Absolute Check thi...

Page 28: ...Gateway Enter the IP address for the default gateway of your network 6 Primary DNS Server Enter the IP address of your primary domain name server 7 Secondary DNS Server Enter the IP address of your secondary domain name server 8 Enable VLAN Check this box to enable Virtual LAN support 9 VLAN Tag This item allows you to use VLAN Tagging or Frame Tagging to encapsulate speci ﬁc data so it can be tra...

Page 29: ...cted through the virtual media wizard Detach Select this mode to disable virtual media for remote access 3 Floppy Emulation Click the pull down menu to see the following Off Default Select this item to disable ﬂoppy emulation when you wish to connect the USB Flash drive via virtual media redirection On Select this item to enable ﬂoppy emulation when you wish to connect a ﬂoppy drive or ﬂoppy ISO i...

Page 30: ...Conﬁguration SSL Upload Settings This feature allows the user to conﬁgure upload settings for encrypted data to transmit across the internet by using the Secure Sockets Layer SSL protocol When you click SSL Upload in the Options window the following screen will display 1 SSL Check this item to conﬁgure SSL Upload settings for the encrypted data to securely transmit through the internet 2 Default C...

Page 31: ...er Privileges for an Administrator An administrator has full privileges in accessing controlling and managing the network including creating accounts for users and changing network conﬁguration settings Privileges for an Operator An operator has limited access to the network to perform tasks that have been pre assigned or approved by the Administrator He she is not allowed to issue commands or mod...

Page 32: ...LAN port Onboard LAN Select this item to direct all IPMI communication to an onboard LAN port 3 Set Click Set to use the port you ve selected for IPMI communication 2 4 13 Conﬁguration Ports This feature allows you to change LAN Port settings When you click Ports in the Options window the following screen will display 1 Ports This item allows you to the following LAN port settings 2 Video Enter a ...

Page 33: ...ver via remote access This submenu allows you to conﬁgure the remote control settings 1 Remote Control Click this item to conﬁgure Remote Control settings 2 Launch Console Click this button to launch Remote Console via Java or IE 3 Launch SOL Click this button to enable Serial_Over_LAN support 4 Power Control Click this button to display server power state and to con ﬁgure server power settings 5 ...

Page 34: ...h Console Click this button to launch the remote console via the Java script 3 Java Starting Upon launching the remote console a screen will display indicating that Java is starting After the remote console is launched the screen of the client system will display as shown below Remote Console Video This feature allows you to conﬁgure video settings for your remote console When you click Video in t...

Page 35: ...n Resume Click this item to re activate a frozen screen Refresh Click this item to refresh the system Capture Current Screen Click this item to capture the current screen display Full Screen Click this item to use the full screen mode Exit Click this item to exit the Remote Console Remote Console Keyboard This feature allows you to conﬁgure keyboard settings for your remote console When you click ...

Page 36: ... Key submenu as follows Hold down Check this item to emulate the left window key when pressed Press and Release Click this option to press and release the left window key Right Windows Key Click this item to display the Right Window Key submenu as follows Hold down Check this item to emulate the right window key when pressed Press and Release Click this option to press and release the right window...

Page 37: ...the remote console as shown below 1 Language From the pull down menu select the following language settings English United States English United Kingdom Japanese and Germany 2 Modiﬁer Key Click a button to select the soft keyboard mode Combination Click the button to use a special key combination as a single key Single Key Lock Click this button to lock the key combination you ve created Remote Co...

Page 38: ...se cursor and the mouse cursor of your remote console 2 Show Cursor Click this item to display the cursor on the screen Remote Console Media This feature allows you to conﬁgure media virtualization settings for your remote console 1 Click Media in the Menu bar to invoke the Media page as shown above 2 Virtual Media Wizard click this item to launch the Virtual Media Wizard which allows you to conﬁg...

Page 39: ...e console via the Floppy drive you chose 5 CD Media This item allows the user to con ﬁgure CD Media settings The sub items include the following ISO Image Drive letter CD DVD Drive Browse Click Browse to select the location of the CD DVD ISO image 6 Connect CD DVD After selecting the Virtual Media for your Remote Console click Connect CD DVD to connect to the remote console via the CD DVD you chos...

Page 40: ...er from a remote site 8 Security Warning Once you ve launched SOL a security warning will appear indicating that the application s digital signature cannot be veriﬁed 9 Always trust content from this publisher Click this item to give full access to this program eliminating further security warnings 10 Click Run to continue launching SOL If you continue with SOL launching the following screen will ...

Page 41: ...t s 19200 bit s 38400 bit s 57600 bit s 115200 bit s and default Make sure that the Baud Rate selected here matches the Baud Rate set in the BIOS Then click Start to start the session or press Stop to abort the SOL session 2 5 3 Server Power Control This feature allows you to conﬁgure power management settings for your remote console To conﬁgure Server Power Control settings follow the instruction...

Page 42: ...tdown Click this radio button to power off and shut down the remote server in an orderly manner Power On Server Click this radio button to power on the remote server Power Cycle Server Click this radio button to power cycle the remote server 4 Perform Action fter selecting a power setting from the list above click this item to execute the command and perform the action 2 6 Maintenance 2 6 1 Mainte...

Page 43: ...ﬁrmware updating 1 When updating ﬁrmware you are given the option to Preserve Conﬁguration Uncheck this option to load the factory default settings and all the con ﬁguration sett ings will be lost 2 If you are using the Static IP mode it is not recommended to uncheck Preserve Conﬁguration since it will reset the network settings to the DHCP Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol mode 2 7 Miscellaneous...

Page 44: ...tion support as shown on the next page 2 7 2 Miscellaneous UID Unit Identiﬁcation This feature allows the user to enable or disable UID support Click Miscellaneous in the Menu bar to display the Miscellaneous page 1 This item shows the current UID status 2 This item allows the user to enable or disable UID support for console redirections After clicking the enable UID button or disable UID button ...

Page 45: ...ettings for your IPMI connections Follow the instructions below to conﬁgure the language settings 1 Click Language in the Menu bar to display the Language page as shown above 2 From the Available Languages submenu select a language setting for your remote console Currently English is the language available for this utility User Guide Issue 04 2014 09 15 RH2488 V2 BMC ...

Page 46: ...Maintenance button Browse the ﬁles to select a correct ﬁle to ﬂash the ﬁrmware Step 3 Click the Update Firmware button to proceed with ﬁrmware ﬂashing B Questions How do I set up the IP address and MAC address for remote access Answer Step 1 Boot the system into DOS Step 2 Run the utility IPMICFG from DOS Step 3 Follow the prompts to set up the IP address and MAC address for remote access You can ...

Page 47: ...r USB connections You can choose to use network connections or USB connections to ﬂash the BMC based on how you use the ﬂ ash tools YAFUKCS YAFUKCS Yet Another Firmware Upgrade Keyboard Controller Style is used to ﬂash the ﬁrmware in the DOS environment via the KCS Keyboard_Controller_Style interface A 2 Flashing the BMC Firmware in the DOS Environment YAFUKCS is the tool used to ﬂash the BMC ﬁrmw...

Page 48: ...Examples Example 1 Yafukcs info rom ima Description This command displays the details of both existing and new ﬁrmware Example 2 Yafukcs full rom ima Description This command starts ﬂashing the new rom ima to the ﬁrmware Example 3 Yafukcs full force boot rom ima Description This command starts ﬂashing the new rom ima to the ﬁ rmware using FORCE BootLoader upgrade A 3 Flashing the BMC Firmware in t...

Page 49: ... automatic upgrades by comparing flash module headers full This options allows for full upgrades force boot Select this option to force the boot loader to be upgrade during full upgrade The boot loader is preserved by default c This option preserves configuration modules during full upgrade MEDIUM Table 3 3 Medium Options Medium Options meanings cd Select this option to use USB connections nw ip S...

Page 50: ...32 12 Example 2 Yafuﬂash nw ip 155 166 132 12 full rom ima Description This command starts ﬂashing the new rom ima to the ﬁ rmware using the network connection with the IP address of 155 166 132 12 Example 3 Yafuﬂash nw ip 155 166 132 12 full force boot rom ima Description This command starts ﬂashing the new rom ima to the ﬁ rmware with FORCE BootLoader Upgrade via the network connection using the...

Page 51: ...libipmi so 1 to a folder and issue the following command LD_LIBRARY_PATH location_of_libipmi_so Yafuﬂash You may have to create a link to libipmi so 1 0 ln sf libipmi so 1 0 libipmi so 1 Step 4 Run Yafuﬂash exe in the terminal Step 5 Use the settings as listed below Format Yafuﬂash OPTION MEDIUM FW_IMAGE_FILE NOTE Using USB as a Medium Example 1 Yafuﬂash cd info rom ima Description This command di...

Page 52: ...pgrade The boot loader is preserved by default c This option preserves configuration modules during full upgrade MEDIUM Table 3 5 Medium Options Medium Options Meanings cd Select this option to use USB connections nw ip Select this option to use network with ip followed by the IP address FW_IMAGE_FILE The ﬁrmware image ﬁle name is rom ima End Examples Using Network as a Medium Example 1 Yafuﬂash n...

Page 53: ...the new rom ima to the ﬁ rmware using the network connection with the IP address of 155 166 132 12 Example 3 Yafuﬂash nw ip 155 166 132 12 full force boot rom ima Description This command starts ﬂashing the new rom ima to the ﬁ rmware with FORCE BootLoader Upgrade via the network connection using the IP address of 155 166 132 12 User Guide Issue 04 2014 09 15 RH2488 V2 BMC ...

Page 54: ...he ﬁrmware using Yafukcs End Using USB as a Medium Example 1 Yafuﬂash cd info rom ima Description This command displays the details of both existing and new ﬁrmware using a USB connection Example 2 Yafuﬂash cd full rom ima Description This command starts ﬂashing the new rom ima to the ﬁ rmware using a USB connection Example 3 Yafuﬂash cd full force boot rom ima Description This command starts ﬂash...

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