Dell PowerEdge C5230 User Manual

Dell PowerEdge C5230

COMMENT

Using the

Baseboard

Management

Controller

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Dell PowerEdge C5230

Using the

Baseboard

Management

Controller

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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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.

1

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).

2

Select

Auto Reset BMC

if you want the BMC to auto reset after the

update.

3

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

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Click the

5

BMC will save configure settings when

Force Update

Upload Firmware

.

button.

Preserve Configuration

is selected.

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6

Click

Start Upgrade

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

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Click OK to close the session and automatically log out.

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After the BMC resets, click

.

Log In

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.

1

Sensor Readings

2

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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