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Using the BMC
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On-Board
Configures the X-windowing system to exclusively use the on-board BMC Display Adapter.
If for any reason BMC Display Adapter is not present, it will fall back to use NVIDIA DGX
Display Adapter (if present), otherwise the service will exit without any setup.
External
Configures the X-windowing system to exclusively use the DGX Display Adapter. The BMC
Display Adapter is disabled. If for any reason NVIDIA DGX Display Adapter is not present,
the service will exit without any setup.
See Using DGX Station A100 as a Server Without a Monitor for more information.
3.1. Understanding the BMC Controls
In the BMC dashboard, the left navigation pane on the BMC main page contains the primary
controls.
Here is a list of the controls:
Table 1. BMC Navigation Controls
Control Description
Dashboard Displays the overall information about the status
of the device.
Sensor Provides status and readings for system sensors,
such as SSD, PSUs, voltages, CPU temperatures,
DIMM temperatures, and fan speeds.
System Inventory
Displays inventory information of the following
system modules:
System, Processor, Memory Controller,
BaseBoard, Power, Thermal, PCIE Device, PCIE
Function, and Storage.
FRU Information Provides, chassis, board, and product information.
GPU Information
Provides basic information on all the GPUs in the
systems, including GUID, VBIOS version, InfoROM
version, and number of retired pages for each
GPU.
Logs and Reports
View, and if applicable, download and erase, the
IPMI event log, and System, Audit, Video, and
POST Code logs.
Settings
Configure the following settings:
Captured BSOD, Date & Time, External User
Services, KVM Mouse Setting, Log Settings, Media
Redirection Settings, Network Settings, PAM
Order Settings, Platform Event Filter, Services,
SMTP Settings, SSL Settings, System Firewall,