Server Management Guide

Table of Contents
iv Intel
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Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide
2.5.4 IPMI 2.0 Channel Management ............................................................................ 24
2.5.5 BMC IP Address and external connection ............................................................ 25
2.5.6 Secure Shell (SSH) ................................................................................................ 26
2.5.7 BMC Users ............................................................................................................ 26
2.5.8 Session Support ..................................................................................................... 26
2.5.9 New Features of BMC ........................................................................................... 27
2.5.10 Intel
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Remote Management Module 4 .................................................................. 30
2.5.11 Access BMC through Intel
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RMM4 ..................................................................... 32
2.6 BMC in Intel
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Server S4600/S2600/S1600/S1400 Platforms ............................................... 32
2.6.1 LAN interface ........................................................................................................ 32
2.6.2 BMC Embedded LAN Channels ........................................................................... 32
2.6.3 Dedicated MAC Address ....................................................................................... 33
2.6.4 BMC LAN Failover ............................................................................................... 34
2.6.4.1 Setting up BMC LAN Failover ........................................................... 34
2.6.5 IPMI 2.0 Channel Management ............................................................................ 35
2.6.6 BMC IP Address and external connection ............................................................ 36
2.6.7 Secure Shell (SSH) ................................................................................................ 36
2.6.8 BMC Users ............................................................................................................ 36
2.6.9 Session Support ..................................................................................................... 37
2.6.10 New Features of BMC ........................................................................................... 37
2.6.11 Monitoring for “Fans Off” Scenario ...................................................................... 42
2.6.12 Intel
®
Remote Management Module 4 .................................................................. 42
2.6.13 Access BMC through Intel
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RMM4 ..................................................................... 44
3 BMC Firmware Update Procedure ............................................................................................... 45
3.1 Update BMC firmware under EFI ......................................................................................... 45
3.2 Update BMC firmware under WinPE .................................................................................... 45
3.3 Update BMC firmware under IDA ........................................................................................ 46
3.4 Update BMC firmware using OFU for Microsoft Windows* ............................................... 46
3.5 Update BMC firmware using OFU for Linux* ..................................................................... 46
4 Server Management Software and Utilities .................................................................................. 48
4.1 SYSCFG Utility ..................................................................................................................... 48
4.1.1 Supported Operating Systems ............................................................................... 48
4.1.2 Different SYSCFG versions .................................................................................. 48
4.1.3 SYSCFG INI file ................................................................................................... 49
4.1.4 SYSCFG installation and usage ............................................................................ 50
4.2 Intel
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Deployment Assistant CD ........................................................................................... 51
4.2.1 Get System Updates .............................................................................................. 52
4.2.2 Configure a server ................................................................................................. 53
4.2.3 RAID configuration ............................................................................................... 53
4.2.4 Unattended OS installation .................................................................................... 54
4.3 Intel
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SEL Viewer ................................................................................................................. 54
4.3.1 The SEL Log format .............................................................................................. 55
4.3.2 Launching the Intel
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SEL Viewer ......................................................................... 55