Dell PowerEdge C5230 User Manual

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Dell PowerEdge C5230

COMMENT

Using the

Baseboard

Management

Controller

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Regulatory Model B04S

Dell PowerEdge C5230

Using the

Baseboard

Management

Controller

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your system.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if

instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal

injury, or death.

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2013-11 Rev. A00

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Supported Platform

BMC Key Features and Functions

Using the Web UI

Logging in to the Web User Interface

System Features

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System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Component Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Server Identify Firmware Update

Front Panel User Interface

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Power Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

System Information

Device Information Network Information Remote Control

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Sensor Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Event Logs

FRU Information

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Component

Server Identify

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Server Health Group

Sensor Readings Event Log

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Configuration Group

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DNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Mouse Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Network SNMP SMTP

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Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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PEF

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SSL

Web Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Remote Control

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Console Redirection Server Power Control

Maintenance Group

Firmware Update

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Introduction

This section introduces the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) and includes the requirements for web-based graphical user interface (GUI), keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM), and virtual media.

Supported Platform

PowerEdge C5230

BMC Key Features and Functions

The following lists the supported features of the BMC:

• Support for IPMI v1.5 and v2.0

• Out-of-band monitoring and control for server management over LAN

• Share NIC for remote management via network

• FRU information report, which includes main board part number, product name, manufacturer, etc.

• Health status/hardware monitoring report

• View and clear events log

• Event notification by lighting chassis LED indicator and Platform Event Tra p (P ET)

• Platform Event Filtering (PEF) to take selected action for selected events including NMI

• Chassis management, which includes power control, status report, front panel buttons, and LEDs control

• Watchdog and auto server re-start and recovery

• Support for multi-session user and alert destination for LAN channel

Using the Web UI

The BMC firmware features an embedded web server, enabling users to connect to the BMC using an Internet browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer) without needing to install KVM and virtual storage software on a remote console.

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Web-based GUI is supported on the following browsers:

Microsoft Windows:

• Internet Explorer 6, 7 or later

• Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later

• Chrome 3.0 or later

NOTE: Before using the web user interface, ensure that the firewall settings are

configured to enable access to the following ports: 7578 (KVM), 5120, and 5123 (storage).

Logging in to the Web User Interface

Enter the IP address or URL (default DHCP\static IP address) into the address bar of the web browser.

When connecting to the BMC, the login screen prompts for the username and password. This authentication with Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection prevents unauthorized intruders from gaining access to the BMC web server. Once authentication is passed, you can manage the server by privilege.

Table 1-1. Default User Name And Password

Field Default

User Name root

Password root

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NOTE: The default username and password are in lowercase characters. It is

advised to change the root password once you have logged in.

Click the Help button on the top right corner for assistance. Click Logout to exit.

Table 1-2. Main Page

Menu Item Description

System Information Displays the system information.

FRU Information Displays information for the various FRU devices present in

this system.

Component Displays component information.

Server Identify Displays server identify current status and allows the user to

perform a server identify operation.

Server Health Displays the monitoring status of the server.

Configuration Allows the user to configure the IPMI settings.

Remote Control Allows the user to launch KVM console and perform power

control.

Maintenance Allows the user to do firmware updates.

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System Features

System Information

The System Information page enables you to view the BMC firmware version, BIOS version, and Chassis version. Click System Information to view the Remote Management Controller.

Table 1-3. BMC Summary

BMC Information Description

Firmware Revision The revision number of the firmware.

Firmware Build Time Date the firmware was last flashed in the form:

M DD YYYY HH:MM:SS

BIOS Version BIOS version for the system.

Chassis Version Displays the chassis version number.

MB Position Displays the current position of the mainboard within the

chassis.

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Component Information

The Number of CPU Socket field and the Number of Memory Slot field display the total number of motherboard supported.

CPU Information

Including CPU ID, Status, Socket, Manufacturer, Model, and Frequency.

Memory Information

Including Memory ID, Status, Socket, Module Size, Model, and Frequency.

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Server Identify

The Server Identify page displays the indicator LED status. You can select a Server Identify Operation to control the indicator LED functions.

Table 1-4. Server Identify

Item Description

Current Server Identify Displays the current server identify status is on or off.

Server Identify

Operation

Server Identify Timeout You can set the timeout value when you select the Blink

Perform Action Click to execute the selected Server Identify Operation.

Select the server identify LED operation:

• ON

• OFF

• Blink

operation. The range is between 1 to 255 seconds, but note 255s is blinking continuously.

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Firmware Update

Use the Firmware Update feature to upgrade to the latest firmware version. The following data is included in the BMC firmware package:

• Compiled BMC firmware code and data

• Web-based user interface, JPEG, and other user interface data files

• Default configuration files

Updating the BMC Firmware

NOTE: Before beginning the firmware update, download the latest firmware

version and save it on your local system. During the process of firmware update, the AC power of the managed system cannot be unplugged and the Web GUI cannot be closed.

NOTE: Once you enter into Update Mode and choose to cancel the firmware flash

operation, the BMC must be reset. This means that you must close the Internet browser and log back onto the BMC card before you can perform any other types of operations.

Select the Enter Update Mode button from the Maintenance tab to put the device in a special mode that allows firmware update. You can now follow the instructions presented below to successfully update the card’s firmware. The device resets if update is cancelled. The device also resets upon successful completion of firmware update.

Browse to, or enter the path on your system where the firmware image file resides.

Example:

C:\Updates\V1.0\<image_name>

The default firmware image name is s81s

XXX

.bin (whereas XXX is the

version number).

Select

Auto Reset BMC

if you want the BMC to auto reset after the

update.

BMC will not check if the Firmware image belongs to C5230 platform when selecting

Click the

BMC will save configure settings when

Force Update

Upload Firmware

button.

Preserve Configuration

is selected.

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Click

Start Upgrade

The update might take several minutes. When the update is completed, a dialog box appears.

Click OK to close the session and automatically log out.

After the BMC resets, click

to log in to the BMC again.

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Front Panel User Interface

The BMC provides control panel interface functionality including indicators (fault, status, and ID LEDs) and buttons (power/ID).

Power Button

The power button turns the device on and off.

LEDs

BMC Heartbeat LED

The green LED provides an easy way to indicate that BMC is now enabled.

ID LED

A blinking LED indicates the Chassis Identify command has been accepted.

System Status LED

There is a dual-color LED to show the system status. The BMC turns the LED off after all event logs are cleared.

The behavior of Status LED and ID LED is listed in Table 1-5.

Table 1-5. LED Status

LED Color Status Occurrence Note

Status LED Amber Blinking See "Blinking Fault

LED Conditions" on page 14.

Off Normal status

Power LED Green Solid On Power On The power LED status is

Off Power Off

controlled by BIOS.

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Table 1-5. LED Status

LED Color Status Occurrence Note

ID LED Blue Off Normal status (by IPMI

Chassis Identify command or System ID Button)

Solid On Identify the system Turn on the ID LED.

Blinking Identify the system with

interval

Heartbeat LED

Green On BMC is not ready

Blinking BMC is ready

Turn off the ID LED.

1. ipmitool raw 0x00 0x04 0x00

2. ipmitool raw 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x00

1.ipmitool raw 0x00 0x04 0x3c 01

1. IPMI chassis identify command without request data ipmitool raw 0x00 0x04

2. IPMI chassis identify command with only 1 parameter data ipmitool raw 0x00 0x04 0x3c (blink 60 sec)

3. IPMI chassis identify command with 2 parameter data ipmitool raw 0x00 0x04 0x3c 0x00 (blink 60 sec)

Table 1-6. Blinking Fault LED Conditions

Index Sensor Name Event Triggers

1 Memory Error 0: Correctable error

1: Uncorrectable error

5: Correctable ECC error logging limit reached

2 POST Error Defined by BIOS and this sensor logged by BIOS.

3 PCIE Error 7: Bus correctable error

8: Bus Uncorrectable error

A: Bus fatal

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Index Sensor Name Event Triggers

4 Temp_CPU

Temp_ Ambient

• Upper Critical Going High

• Upper Non-Critical Going High

Temp_DIMM

Rear Temp

5 Vol tag e Se n sor s

• Upper Critical Going High

• Upper Non-Critical Going High

6 SLED 12V

• Upper Critical Going High

• Upper Non-Critical Going High

7 Fan Sensors

• Lower Critical Going Low

• Lower Non-Critical Going Low

8 BMC Watchdog 0: Timer expired

1: Hard Reset

2: Power Down

3: Power Cycle

9 Processor 0: IERR

1: Thermal Trip

10 BMC SEL 5: SEL almost full (909 x 75% = 681 records)

4: SEL full (909 records)

11 Processor Hot 1: State Asserted

12 System Event 4: PEF action

13 Critical IRQ 0: Front Panel NMI / Diagnostic Interrupt

14 PSU 1 Status

PSU 2 Status

0: Presence detected

1: TEMPERATURE Failure detected

2: IOUT Failure detected

3: VOUT Failure detected

4: FANS Failure detected

5: INPUT Failure detected

15 PSU Redundancy 1: Redundancy lost

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System Information

In MegaRAC GUI, the System Information page gives the overall information about the status of a device. To open the System Information page, click System Information from the main menu. A sample screenshot of the System Information page is shown below.

A brief description of the System Information page is given below.

Device Information

The Device Information displays the following information.

Table 1-7. Device Information description

Item Description

Firmware Revision The revision number of the firmware.

Firmware Build Time This field shows the date and time on which the

firmware is built.

BIOS Version The vision number of the BIOS.

Chassis Version The version of the chassis.

MB Position Displays the mother board position of the chassis.

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Network Information

The Network Information of the device with the following fields is shown here. To edit the network Information, click Edit.

Table 1-8. Network Information Description

Item Description

MAC Address Read only field showing the IP address of the device.

V4 Network Mode The v4 network mode of the device which could be

either disable, static or DHCP.

IPv4 Address The IPv4 address of the device (could be static or

DHCP).

V6 Network Mode The v6 network mode of the device which could be

either disable, static or DHCP.

IPv6 Address: The IPv6 address of the device.

Remote Control

Start remote redirection of the host by launching the console from this page.

Sensor Monitoring

It lists all the available sensors on the device with the following information’s. The status column displays the state of the device. There are four states describe in Table 1-9.

Table 1-9. Sensor Status Description

Status Description

Denotes normal state

Denotes Not Available State

Denotes Warning State

Denotes Critical State

If you click the icon, the sensor page for that particular sensor will be displayed.

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Event Logs

A graphical representation of all events incurred by various sensors and occupied/available space in logs can be viewed. If you click on the color-coded rectangle in the Legend for the chart, you can view a list of those specific events only.

FRU Information

In MegaRAC GUI, the FRU Information Page displays the BMC FRU file information. The information displayed in this page is Basic Information, Common Header Information, Chassis Information, Board Information and Product Information of the FRU device.

To open the FRU Information Page, click FRU Information from the top menu. Select a FRU Device ID from the Basic Information section to view the details of the selected device. A screenshot of FRU Information page is given below.

The following fields are displayed here for the selected device.

Table 1-10. FRU Information

Item Description

Basic Information

FRU device ID Select the device ID from the drop down list.

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Table 1-10. FRU Information

Item Description

FRU Device Name The device name of the selected FRU device.

Component

This page shows the CPU information and memory information. The Number of CPU Socket field and the Number of Memory Slot field display the total number of the motherboard supported.

Table 1-11. Component Information

Item Description

CPU Information Include CPU ID, Status, Socket, Manufacturer, Model

and Frequency.

Memory Information Include memory ID, Status, Socket, Module Size,

Model and Frequency.

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Server Identify

The Server Identify page displays the indicator LED status. You can select a Server Identify Operation to control the indicator LED.

Table 1-12. Server Identify

Item Description

Current Server Identify Status

Server Identify Operation Select the server identify LED operation.

Server Identify Timeout You can set the timeout value when you select the

Perform Action Click to execute the selected Server Identify

Displays the current server identity status as on or off.

•ON

•OFF

•Blink

Blink operation, and must between 1 to 255 seconds, but 255 presents blinking continuously.

Operation.

NOTE: If using “chassis identify force on”, there are three way to make it off.

1. Web UI

2. AC removal

3. BMC reset

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Server Health Group

The Server Health Group consists of two items.

Sensor Readings

Event Log

The A screenshot displaying the menu items under Server Health is shown below.

Sensor Readings

In MegaRAC GUI, the Sensor readings Page displays all the sensor related information. To open the Sensor readings page, click Server Health > Sensor Readings from the top menu. Click on a record to show more information about that particular sensor, including thresholds and a graphical representation of all associated events. A screenshot of Sensor Readings page is given below.

The Sensor Readings page contains the following information.

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Sensor Type (dropdown menu)

This drop down menu allows you to select the type of sensor. The List of sensors with the Sensor Name, Status and Current Reading will be displayed in the list. If you select All Sensors, all the available sensor details will appear else you can choose the sensor type that you want to display in the list. Some examples of other sensors include Temperature Sensors, Fan Sensors, and Voltage Sensors etc.

Select a particular sensor from the list. On the right hand side of the screen you can view the

Thresholds for this sensor. Thresholds are of six types:

Lower Non-Recoverable (LNR)

Lower Critical (LC)

Lower Non-Critical (LNC)

Upper Non-Recoverable (UNR)

Upper Critical (UC)

Upper Non-Critical (UNC)

The threshold states could be

• Lower Non-critical - going low

• Lower Non-critical - going high

• Lower Critical - going low

• Lower Critical - going high

• Lower Non-recoverable - going low

• Lower Non-recoverable - going high

• Upper Non-critical - going low

• Upper Non-critical - going high

• Upper Critical - going low

• Upper Critical - going high

• Upper Non-recoverable - going low

• Upper Non-recoverable - going high

A graphical view of these events (Number of event logs vs. Thresholds) can be viewed as shown in the Sensor Readings Page screenshot.

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Live Widget

For the selected sensor, you can click ON or OFF to turn the widget paper or disappear. This widget gives a dynamic representation of the readings for the sensor. Given below is a sample screenshot when the widget is on.

NOTE: Widgets are little gadgets, which provide real time information about a

particular sensor. User can track a sensor's behavior over a specific amount of time at specific intervals. The result will be displayed as a line graph in the widget. The session will not expire, until the widgets gets a live data of the last widget that is kept opened.

View this Event Log

You can click here to view the Event Log page for the selected sensor.

Event Log

In MegaRAC GUI, this page displays the list of event logs occurred by the different sensors on this device. Double click on a record to see the details of that entry. You can use the sensor type or sensor name filter options to view those specific events or you can also sort the list of entries by clicking on any of the column headers.

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To open the Event Log page, click Server Health > Event Log from the top menu. A sample screenshot of Event Log page is shown below.

The Event Log page consists of the following Fields.

Table 1-13. Even Log

Item Description

Event log Category The category could be either Sensor-Specific Event,

BIOS Generated event or System Management Software event.

Filter Type The type of filter is listed.

NOTE: Once the Event Log category and Filter type are

selected, the list of events will be displayed with the Event ID, Time Stamp, Sensor Type, Sensor Name and Description.

Clear All Event Logs To delete all the existing records for all the sensors.

Procedure:

From the

Event Log Category

categories.

From the

Filter Type

dropdown list, select the sensor name filer to view

the event for the selected filer.

To clear all events from the list, click

drop down menu, select the event

Clear All Event Logs

button.

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Configuration Group

This group of pages allows you to access various configuration settings. A detailed description of each configuration group is given ahead. A screenshot of Configuration Group menu is shown below.

A detailed description of the Configuration menu is given ahead.

DNS

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed hierarchical naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates the information with domain names assigned to each of the participants. Most importantly, it translates domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical (binary) identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices worldwide.

In MegaRAC GUI, the DNS Server settings page is used to manage the DNS settings of a device.

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To open DNS Server Settings page, click Configuration > DNS from the main menu. A sample screenshot of DNS Server Settings Page is shown in the screenshot below.

The fields of DNS Server Settings page are explained below.

Table 1-14. DNS Server Settings

Item Description

Host Configuration

Host Settings Choose either Automatic or Manual settings.

Host Name It displays hostname of the device. If the Host setting

is chosen as Manual, then specify the hostname of the device.

Dynamic DNS or through DHCP Client FQDN.

Domain Name Configuration

Domain Settings It lists the option for domain interface as Manual, v4

or v6 for multiLAN channels.

NOTE: If you choose DHCP, then select v4 or v6 for

DHCP servers.

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Table 1-14. DNS Server Settings

Item Description

Domain Name It displays the domain name of the device. If the

Domain setting is chosen as Manual, then specify the domain name of the device. If you chose Automatic, the Domain Name cannot be configured as it will be done automatically. The field will be disabled.

IPv4 Domain Name Server Configuration

DNS Server Settings It lists the option for v4 DNS settings for the device,

Manual and available LAN interfaces.

Preferred DNS Server The DNS (Domain Name System) server v4 address to

be configured to the device.

• IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".

• Each number ranges from 0 to 255.

• First number must not be 0.

Alternate DNS Server The secondary DNS (Domain Name System) server v4

address to be configured to the device.

• IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".

• Each number ranges from 0 to 255.

• First number must not be 0.

IPv6 Domain Name Server Configuration

DNS Server Settings It lists the option for v6 DNS settings for the device,

Manual and available LAN interfaces. If you choose Manual setting, you have to configure the DNS Server Ip addresses. If you have chosen DHCP, then you have to select the interface from which the IP address is to be received. Example of IPv6 address 2001:db8:0::101.

Preferred DNS Server, Alternate DNS Server

Save To save the entered changes.

Reset To reset the entered changes.

Specify the DNS (Domain Name System) server v6 address to be configured to the device.

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Procedure:

Choose the

NOTE: If you choose Automatic, you need not enter the Host Name and if you

choose Manual, you need to enter the Host Name.

Enter the

Host Configuration

Host Name

in the given field if you have chosen Manual

either Automatic or Manual.

Configuration.

Under

• Check the option

• Choose the option dynamic DNS or choose

to register with this DNS settings.

Direct Dynamic DNS

DHCP Client FQDN

to register with direct

to register through

DHCP server.

In the

Domain name Configuration Settings

• Select the domain settings from the dropdown list.

• Enter the

IPv4 Domain Name Server Configuration

• Select the

•In the

IPv6 Domain Name Server Configuration

• Select the

•In the

Click

Save

Click

Reset

Domain Name

in the given field

DNS Server Settings

Preferred DNS Server

Alternate DNS Server

DNS Server Settings

Preferred DNS Server

Alternate DNS Server

to save the entries.

to reset the entries.

, from the dropdown list.

field, enter the preferred IP address.

field, enter the alternate address.

, from the dropdown list.

field, enter the preferred IP address.

field, enter the alternate address.

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Mouse Mode

In MegaRAC GUI, Redirection Console handles mouse emulation from local window to remote screen in either of two methods. User has to be an Administrator to configure this option. To open Mouse Mode page, click Configuration > Mouse Mode from the main menu. A sample screenshot of Mouse Mode Settings Page is shown in the screenshot below.

The fields of Mouse Mode Settings page are explained below.

Table 1-15. Mouse Mode

Item Description

Absolute Mode The absolute position of the local mouse is sent to the

server.

Relative Mode Relative mode sends the calculated relative mouse

position displacement to the server.

NOTE: There is an message, “Relative Mode used for

some OS where the mouse will be out of synchronization”, shown as below when click Relative Mode.

Save To save any changes made.

Reset To Reset the modified changes.

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Procedure:

Choose either of the following as your requirement:

• Set mode to Absolute

• Set mode to Relative radio

Click

Save

button to save the changes made.

Click

Reset

to reset the modified changes.

Network

In MegaRAC GUI, the Network Settings Page is used to configure the network settings for the available LAN channels. To open Network Settings page, click Configuration > Network from the main menu. A sample screenshot of Network Settings Page is shown in the screenshot below.

The fields of Network Settings page are explained below.

Table 1-16. Network Settings

Item Description

LAN Interface Lists the LAN interfaces.

LAN Settings To enable or disable the LAN Settings.

MAC Address This field displays the MAC Address of the device.

This is a read only field.

IPv4 Settings This option lists the IPv4 configuration settings.

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Table 1-16. Network Settings

Item Description

Obtain IP Address automatically

IPv4 Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway

This option is to dynamically configure IPv4 address using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).

These fields are for specifying the static IPv4 address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway to be configured to the device.

NOTE:

•

IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".

•

Each Number ranges from 0 to 255.

•

First Number must not be 0.

IPv6 Configuration This option lists the following IPv6 configuration

settings.

IPv6 Settings

Obtain an IPv6 address automatically

IPv6 Address

This option is to enable the IPv6 settings in the device.

This option is to dynamically configure IPv6 address using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).

To specify a static IPv6 address to be configured to the device. Eg: 2004::2010.

NOTE: When IPv6 Enable and setting DHCP mode, IPv6

address will be assigned of different address each time.

Subnet Prefix length

To specify the subnet prefix length for the IPv6 settings.

NOTE: Value ranges from 0 to 128.

Default Gateway

VLAN Configuration It lists the VLAN configuration settings.

VLAN Settings To enable/disable the VLAN support for selected

VLAN ID The Identification for VLAN configuration.

Specify v6 default gateway for the IPv6 settings.

interface.

• Value ranges from 2 to 4094 (0, 1 for AMI and 4095 reserved).

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Table 1-16. Network Settings

Item Description

VLAN Priority The priority for VLAN configuration.

• Value ranges from 1 to 7.

• 7 is the highest priority for VLAN.

Save To save the entries.

Reset To Reset the modified changes.

Procedure:

Select the

Check

In IPv4 Configuration, enable

automatically

If the field is disabled, enter the

Gateway

In IPv6 Configuration, if you wish to enable the IPv6 settings, check

Enable

If the IPv6 setting is enabled, enable or disable the option

obtaining the IP address automatically

If the field is disabled, enter the

Default Gateway

In VLAN Configuration, if you wish to enable the VLAN settings, check

Enable

Enter the

Click

LAN Interface

Enable

to enable the LAN Settings.

from the drop down list.

Use DHCP to Obtain an IP address

to dynamically configure IPv4 address using DHCP.

IPv4 Address, Subnet Mask

in the respective fields.

IPv6 Address, Subnet Prefix length

in the given field.

VLAN ID

VLAN Priority

Save

to save the entries.

Reset

if you want to reset the modified changes.

in the specified field.

Use DHCP for

and

Default

and

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SNMP

To op en SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol) page, click Configuration > SNMP from the main menu. A sample screenshot of SNMP

Page is shown in the screenshot below.

The fields of SNMP Settings Page are explained below.

Table 1-17. SNMP Settings

Item Description

Enable SNMPv1/v2 To enalbe or disable SNMP service.

Read-Only Community String

Read-Write Community String

Save To save the new SNMP configuration.

Reset To reset the modified changes.

Community string which allows read only.

Community string which allows read and write access.

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SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail) transmission across Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Using MegaRAC GUI, you can configure the SMTP settings of the device. To open SMTP Settings page, click Configuration > SMTP from the main menu. A sample screenshot of SMTP Settings Page is shown in the screenshot below.

The fields of SMTP Settings Page are explained below.

Table 1-18. SMTP Settings

Item Description

Sender Address The 'Sender Address' valid on the SMTP Server.

Machine Name The 'Machine Name' of the SMTP Server.

• Machine Name is a string of maximum 15 alphanumeric characters.

• Space, special characters are not allowed.

Primary SMTP Server Primary SMTP Server configuration.

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Table 1-18. SMTP Settings

Item Description

Server Address The 'IP address' of the SMTP Server. It is a mandatory

field.

NOTE:

•

IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in "xxx.xxx. xxx.xxx".

•

Each Number ranges from 0 to 255.

•

First Number must not be 0.

•

Supports IPv4 Address format and IPv6 Address format.

SMTP Server requires Authentication

User Name The username to access SMTP Accounts.

To enable/disable SMTP Authentication.

NOTE: SMTP Server Authentication Types supported

are:

•

CRAM-MD5

•

PLAIN

If the SMTP server does not support any one of the above authentication types, the user will get an error message stating, "Authentication type is not supported by SMTP Server".

NOTE:

•

User Name can be of length 4 to 64 alpha-numeric characters.

•

It must start with an alphabet.

•

Special characters ','(comma), ':'(colon), ';'(semicolon), ' '(space) and '\'(backslash) are not allowed.

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Table 1-18. SMTP Settings

Item Description

Password The password for the SMTP User Account.

NOTE:

•

Password must be at least 4 characters long.

•

White space is not allowed.

•

This field will not allow more than 64 characters.

Secondary SMTP Server It lists the Secondary SMTP Server configuration. It is

an optional field. If the Primary SMTP server is not working fine, then it tries with Secondary SMTP Server configuration.

Save To save the new SMTP server configuration.

Reset To reset the modified changes.

Procedure:

Enter the

In Primary SMTP Server, enter the

Enable the check box

Sender Address

Machine Name

SMTP Server requires Authentication

in the specified field.

Server Address

in the specified field.

if you want

to authenticate SMTP Server.

Enter your

In Secondary SMTP Server, enter the

Enable the check box

User Name

and

Password

in the respective fields.

Server Address

in the specific field.

SMTP Server requires Authentication

if you want

to authenticate SMTP Server.

Enter your

Click

User Name

Save

to save the entered details.

Reset

to update the entered details.

and

Password

in the respective fields.

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Users

In MegaRAC GUI, the User Management page allows you to view the current list of user slots for the server. You can add a new user and modify or delete the existing users. To open User Management page, click Configuration > Users from the main menu. A sample screenshot of User Management Page is shown in the screenshot below.

The fields of User Management Page are explained below.

Table 1-19. User Management

Item Description

User ID Displays the ID number of the user.

NOTE: The list contains a maximum of ten users only.

User Name Displays the name of the user.

User Access To enable or disable the access privilege of the user.

Network Privilege Displays the network access privilege of the user.

Email ID Displays email address of the user.

Add User To add a new user.

Modify User To modify an existing user.

Delete User To delete an existing user.

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Procedure:

NOTE: The Free slots are denoted by "~" in all columns for the slot.

Add a new user:

To add a new user, select a free slot and click

Add User

User screen as shown in the screenshot below.

Enter the name of the user in the

NOTE:

•

User Name is a string of 4 to 16 alpha-numeric characters.

•

It must start with an alphabetical character.

•

It is case-sensitive.

•

Special characters ','(comma), '.'(period), ':'(colon), ';'(semicolon), '

User Name

field.

'(space), '/'(slash), '\'(backslash), '('(left bracket) and ')'(right bracket) are not allowed.

In the

Password

and

Confirm Password

fields, enter and confirm your new

password.

. This opens the Add

NOTE:

•

Password must be at least 8 characters long.

•

White space is not allowed.

•

This field will not allow more than 20 characters.

Enable or Disable the

User Access

Privilege.

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In the

Network Privilege

field, enter the network privilege assigned to the user which could be Administrator, Operator, User or No Access. Please refer to table below for detailed information.

Table 1-20. User Privilege Association between IPMI and Web GUI

Web GUI Privilege List Privilege association between IPMI and Web GUI

Administrator Operator User

configure BMC from Web GUI

configure users from Web GUI

clear logs from Web GUI O X X

execute server power control from Web GUI

virtual KVM redirection O O X

virtual media O O X

Check the

NOTE: Password field is mandatory, if SNMP Status is enabled.

Choose the SNMP Access level option for user from the

SNMP Status

OOX

OXX

OOX

check box to enable SNMP access for the user.

SNMP Access

dropdown list. Either it can be Read Only or Read Write.

Choose the

Authentication Protocol

to use for SNMP settings from the

drop down list.

NOTE: Password field is mandatory, if Authentication protocol is changed.

Choose the Encryption algorithm to use for SNMP settings from the

Privacy protocol

dropdown list.

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In the

Email ID

field, enter the email ID of the user. If the user forgets the

password, the new password will be mailed to the configured email address.

NOTE: SMTP Server must be configured to send emails.

Email Format: Two types of formats are available:

AMI-Format:

The subject of this mail format is 'Alert from (your Hostname)'. The mail content shows sensor information, ex: Sensor type and Description.

Fixed-Subject Format:

This format displays the message according to

user's setting. You must set the subject and message for email alert.

In the

New SSK Key

NOTE: SSH key file should be of pub type.

Click

Add

to save the new user and return to the users list.

Click

Cancel

field, click Browse and select the SSH key file.

to cancel the modification and return to the users list.

Modify an existing User

Select an existing user from the list and click Add User screen as shown in the screenshot below.

Edit the required fields.

To change the password, enable the

After editing the changes, click

Change Password

Modify

Modify User

. This opens the

option.

to return to the users list page.

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Delete an existing User

To delete an existing user, select the user from the list and click

User

NOTE: There is a list of reserved users which cannot be added / modified as BMC

users. Please Refer “MEGARAC SP-X Platform Porting Guide” section “Changing the Configurations in PMC File-> User Configurations in PMC File” for the list of reserved users.

Delete

PEF

Platform Event Filtering (PEF) provides a mechanism for configuring the BMC to take selected actions on event messages that it receives or has internally generated. These actions include operations such as system poweroff, system reset, as well as triggering the generation of an alert.

In MegaRAC GUI, the PEF Management is used to configure the following:

•Event Filter

• Alert Policy

•LAN Destination

To op en PE F M an ag em en t Settings page, click Configurations > PEF from the main menu. Each tab is explained below.

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Event Filter Tab

A PEF implementation is recommended to provide at least 16 entries in the event filter table. A subset of these entries should be pre-configured for common system failure events, such as over-temperature, power system failure, fan failure events, etc. Remaining entries can be made available for ’OEM’ or System Management Software configured events. Note that individual entries can be tagged as being reserved for system use - so this ratio of pre-configured entries to run-time configurable entries can be reallocated if necessary.

The fields of PEF Management - Event Filter Tab are explained below.

This page contains the list of configured PEF’s.

Table 1-21. PEF Management - Event Filter

Item Description

PEF ID This field displays the ID for the newly configured

PEF entry (read-only).

Filter configuration Check box to enable the PEF settings.

Event Filter Action Check box to enable PEF Alert action. This is a

mandatory field.

Sensor Name To choose the particular sensor from the sensor list.

Add To add the new event filter entry and return to Event

filter list.

Modify To modify the existing entries.

Cancel To cancel the modification and return to Event filter

list.

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Procedure:

Click the slots

To Add an Event Filter entry, select a free slot and click Add event Filter entry Page. A sample screenshot of Add Event Filter Page is in seen the screenshot below.

In the Event Filter Configuration section,

• PEF ID displays the ID for configured PEF entry (read-only).

• In filter configuration, check the box to enable the PEF settings.

Event Filter

Tab to configure the event filters in the available

Add

to open the

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In the Filter Action configuration section,

• Event Filter Action is a mandatory field and checked by default, which enable PEF Alert action (read-only).

• Select any one of the Power action either Power down, Power reset or Power cycle from the drop down list

• Choose any one of the configured alert policy number from the drop down list.

NOTE: Alert Policy has to be configured - under Configuration->PEF->Alert Policy.

In the Sensor configuration section,

• Select the type of sensor that will trigger the event filter action.

• In the sensor name field, choose the particular sensor from the sensor list.

• Choose event option to be either All Events or Sensor Specific Events.

Click

Modify

Click

Reset

Click

Cancel

In the Event filter list, click

to accept the modification and return to Event filter list.

to reset the modification done.

to cancel the modification and return to Event filter list.

Modify

Delete

to modify the existing filter.

to delete the existing filter.

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Alert Policy Tab

This page is used to configure the Alert Policy and LAN destination. You can add, delete or modify an entry in this page.

The fields of PEF Management - Alert Policy Tab are explained below.

Table 1-22. PEF Management - Alert Policy

Item Description

Policy Entry # Displays Policy entry number for the newly configured

entry (read-only).

Policy Number Displays the Policy number of the configuration.

Policy Configuration To enable or disable the policy settings.

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Table 1-22. PEF Management - Alert Policy

Item Description

Policy Set To choose any one of the Policy set values from the

list.

• 0 - Always send alert to this destination.

• 1 - If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination. Proceed to next entry in this policy set.

• 2 - If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination. Do not process any more entries in this policy set.

• 3 - If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination. Proceed to next entry in this policy set that is to a different channel.

• 4 - If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination. Proceed to next entry in this policy set that is to a different destination type.

Channel Number To choose a particular channel from the available

channel list.

Destination Selector To choose a particular destination from the configured

destination list.

NOTE: LAN Destination has to be configured - under

Configuration > PEF > LAN Destination.

Add To save the new alert policy and return to Alert Policy

list.

Modify To modify the existing entries.

Cancel To cancel the modification and return to Alert Policy

list.

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Procedure:

In the Alert Policy Tab, select the slot for which you have to configure the Alert policy. That is, In the

Event Filter Entry

Page, if you have chosen Alert Policy number as 4, you have to configure the 4th slot (the slot with Policy Number 4) in the Alert Policy Tab.

Select the slot and click

Add

to open the

Add Alert Policy Entry

shown in the screenshot below.

Policy Entry #

Select the

In the

Policy Configuration

is a read only field.

Policy Number

from the list.

field, check

Enable

if you wish to enable the

policy settings.

In the

Policy Set

In the

Channel Number

field, choose any of the Policy set from the list.

field, choose particular channel from the

available channel list.

In the

Destination Selector

field, choose particular destination from the

configured destination list.

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NOTE: LAN Destination has to be configured under:

Configuration > PEF > LAN Destination. That is if you select the number 4 for destination selector in Alert Policy Entry page, then you have to configure the 4th slot (LAN Destination Number 4) in the LAN Destination tab.

In the

Alert String

field, enable the check box if the Alert policy entry is

Event Specific.

In the

Alert String Key

field, choose any one value that is used to look up

the Alert String to send for this Alert Policy entry.

Click

Add

to save the new alert policy and return to Alert Policy list.

Click

Cancel

to cancel the modification and return to Alert Policy list.

In the Alert Policy list, to modify a configuration, select the slot to be modified and click

Modify

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In the

Modify Alert Policy Entry

click

Modify

In the Alert Policy list, to delete a configuration, select the slot and click

Delete

PEF Management LAN Destination Page

Page, make the necessary changes and

This page is used to configure the Event filter, Alert Policy and LAN destination. A sample screenshot of PEF Management LAN Destination Page is given below.

The fields of PEF Management - LAN Destination Tab are explained below.

Table 1-23. PEF Management - LAN Destination

LAN Destination Displays Destination number for the newly configured

entry (read-only).

Destination Type Destination type can be either an SNMP Trap or an

Email alert.

For Email alerts, the 3 fields - destination Email address, subject and body of the message needs to be filled. The SMTP server information also has to be added - under Configuration > SMTP.

For SNMP Trap , only the des t ination IP address has to be filled.

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Table 1-23. PEF Management - LAN Destination

Destination Address If Destination type is SNMP Trap, then enter the IP

address of the system that will receive the alert. Destination address will support the following:

• IPv4 address format.

• IPv6 address format.

If Destination type is Email Alert, then give the email address that will receive the email.

Subject & Message These fields must be configured if email alert is

chosen as destination type. An email will be sent to the configured email address in case of any severity events with a subject specified in subject field and will contain the message field's content as the email body.

Add To save the new LAN destination and return to LAN

destination list.

Cancel To cancel the modification and return to LAN

destination list.

Procedure:

In the

LAN Destination Tab

, choose the slot to be configured. This should be the same slot that you have selected in the Alert Policy EntryDestination Selector field. That is if you have chosen the Destination Selector as 4 in the Alert Policy Entry page of Alert Policy Tab, then you have to configure the 4th slot of LAN Destination Page.

Select the slot and click

Add

. This opens the

Add LAN Destination entry

In the

LAN Destination

field, the destination for the newly configured

entry is displayed and this is a read only field.

In the

Destination Type

field, select the one of the types.

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In the

Destination Address

NOTE: If Destination type is Email Alert, then give the email address that will

receive the email.

Select the

In the

Click

User Name

Subject

Message

Add

field, enter the subject.

field, enter the message.

to save the new LAN destination and return to LAN destination

field, enter the destination address.

from the list of users.

list.

Click

Cancel

to cancel the modification and return to LAN destination

list.

In the LAN Destination Tab, to modify a configuration, select the row to be modified and click

In the

Modify LAN Destination Entry P

and click

In the LAN Destination Tab, to delete a configuration, select the slot and click

Modify

Delete

Modify

age, make the necessary changes

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SSL

The Secure Socket Layer protocol was created by Netscape to ensure secure transactions between web servers and browsers. The protocol uses a third party, a Certificate Authority (CA), to identify one end or both end of the transactions.

Using MegaRAC GUI, configure SSL certificate into the BMC. Using this, the device can be accessed in a secured mode.

To open SSL Certificate Configuration page, click Configuration > SSL from the main menu. There are three tabs in this page.

•

Upload SSL

into the BMC.

• After uploaded, tab function [

information of PEM file uploaded.

•

Generate SSL

configuration details.

• After running [

information of SSL generated.

•

View SSL

NOTE: The way to use command lines below will generate certificate.pem and

key.pem.

1. openssl genrsa -out key.pem 1024

2. openssl req -new -key key.pem -out request.pem

3. openssl x509 -req -days 30 -in request.pem -signkey key.pem -out certificate.pem more detail please refer to this link:

http://panoptic.com/wiki/aolserver/How_to_generate_selfsigned_SSL_certificates

option is used to upload the certificate and private key file

View SSL

] will show the

option is used to generate the SSL certificate based on

Generate SSL

] successfully, [

View SSL

] will show the

option is used to view the SSL certificate in readable format.

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A sample screenshot of SSL Management Page is shown in the screenshot below.

The fields of SSL Certificate Configuration - Upload SSL tab are explained below.

Table 1-24. SSL Certificate Configuration - Upload SSL

Current Certificate Current certificate information will be displayed

(read-only).

New Certificate Certificate file should be of pem type.

Current Privacy Key Current privacy key information will be displayed

(read-only).

New Privacy Key Privacy key file should be of pem type.

Upload To upload the SSL certificate and privacy key into the

BMC.

NOTE: Upon successful upload, HTTPs service will get restarted to use the newly

uploaded SSL certificate.

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The fields of SSL Certificate Configuration - Generate SSL tab are explained below.

Table 1-25. SSL Certificate Configuration - Generate SSL

Common Name(CN) Common name for which certificate is to be

generated.

• Maximum length of 64 characters.