Dell External OEMR 1435 User manual

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Dell™ OpenManage™ Baseboard
Management Controller Utilities
User’s Guide

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Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What’s New in BMC Management Utility 3.0 . . . 10
Supported Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
BMC Configuration and Management Tasks . . . . . . 12
Configuring the BMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Managing the System Using BMC . . . . . . . . . 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

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2 Configuring Your Managed System . . . . . 25
BIOS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring System BIOS in
Dell PowerEdge™ x8xx/x9xx Systems . . . . . . . 26
Configuring System BIOS in
Dell PowerEdge™ x9xx and xx0x Systems . . . . . 27
Using BIOS Console Redirection With
SOL Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration . . . 29
Entering the Remote Access Configuration
Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote Access Configuration 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 Remote Access Controller 5 . . . . . . 47
3 Using the BMC Management Utility . . . . 49
Installing the BMC Management Utility . . . . . . . . 50
Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Installation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing on Systems Running Supported
Windows Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Uninstalling on Systems Running Supported
Windows Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing on Systems Running Supported
Linux Enterprise Operating Systems . . . . . . . . 54
Uninstalling on Systems Running Supported
Linux Enterprise 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
Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
General Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
SOL Proxy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
IPMI Shell Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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A BMC Management Utility
Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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

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D Serial Port Console Redirection . . . . . . 125
Serial Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Console Redirection 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

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Introduction 9
Introduction
The Dell™ systems’ baseboard management controller (BMC) monitors the
system for critical events by communicating with various sensors on the
system board and sends alerts and logs events when certain parameters exceed
their preset thresholds. The BMC supports the industry-standard Intelligent
Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification, enabling you to
configure, monitor, and recover systems remotely. The BMC provides the
following features:
• Access through the system’s serial port and integrated NIC
• Fault logging and SNMP alerting
• Access to the system event log (SEL) and sensor status
• Control of system functions including power on and power off
• Support that is independent of the system’s power or operating state
• Text console redirection for system setup, 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 and/or
serial port power control, event log access, and console redirection.
• The Remote Access Configuration Utility enables configuring BMC in a
pre-operating system environment.
• The Dell OpenManage™ Deployment Toolkit SYSCFG utility provides a
powerful command line configuration tool.
• Dell OpenManage Server Administrator allows remote, in-band access to
event logs, power control, and sensor status information and provides the
ability to configure the BMC.
• Command Line Interface (CLI) tools provide a command line tool for sensor
status information, System Event Log (SEL) access, and power control.

10 Introduction
Additionally, the BMC can be accessed by standard, off-the-shelf terminal or
terminal emulator utilities that allow access to sensor status information and
power control.
What’s New in BMC Management Utility 3.0
The BMC Management Utility (BMU) 3.0 has the following new features:
• IPMItool command line interface available for Dell x 8 xx , x 9 xx , and xx 0 x
systems running supported Microsoft
®
Windows
®
and Linux systems.
• New commands to manage the LCD display in
x 9 xx and xx 0 x 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/default.mspx.
Supported Systems
The BMC management features documented in this guide are supported on
the following Dell systems:
• 800
• 830
• 840
• 850
• 860
• SC1425
• SC1435
• 1800
• 1850
• 1855
• 1900
• 1950