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Sun Fire X2100 Server User Guide • April 2007
C.3
Setting up the SMDC for IPMItool v1.8.5
The following procedures describe how to set up the Sun Fire X2100 Server SMDC
for use with IPMItool v1.8.5, or greater.
The following procedures are included in this section:
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Section C.3.1, “Setting Up the SMDC Using IPMItool” on page C-6
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Section C.3.2, “Setting Up the System BIOS” on page C-7
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Section C.3.3, “Setting Up on Solaris” on page C-8
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Section C.3.4, “Setting Up on Linux” on page C-9
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Section C.3.5, “Setting Up the Console System” on page C-10
C.3.1
Setting Up the SMDC Using IPMItool
The following procedure provides instructions for setting up the SMDC for console
redirection using IPMItool v1.8.5 or greater. For more details on specific menu items
in the util.exe utility, see
Section C.2, “Util. exe Utility” on page C-2
.
Before starting the SMDC set up, you will need to determine the following:
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IP address and gateway for the SMDC (these values will be different from those
of the server)
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MAC address of the Broadcom NIC (if needed)
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User names and passwords for all users
To setup up the SMDC card:
1. Insert the Supplemental CD into the DVD drive.
See the following URL for the latest version of the CD:
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/downloads.jsp
2. Reboot the Sun Fire X2100 server.
The Supplemental CD Main Menu displays.
3. Select Option 4, Exit to DOS.
4. Change to the
ipmi
directory:
> cd \flash\bios\latest\ipmi
5. Type
util
at the prompt to enter the
util.exe
GUI.
