IPMI View User Guide
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1. Login ID Password Login Logout IPMI Domain Figure 3 1 M IPMI View 1 0 build 02062104 Super Micro Computer Inc File Edit Session Help Search Engine roup IPMI Domain El Web Server Search Engine System Name Search Engine IP Address 192 168 5 37 Description MySQL Database Server 3 IPMl Domain Login ID ADMIN Password fees Login Logout CONNECTED Figure 3 2 The default Login IDs are ADMIN and USER which have the default passwords ADMIN and USER respectively Both Login ID and Password are case sensitive In the IPMI design an MDS algorithm will encrypt the password when it s transmitted through the network Once the password is confirmed IPMI View will receive a reply without error If the password is invalid after a short delay it will show a message in the Status Area that reads Unable to activate a session please check ID and Password see Figure 3 3 ul IPMI View 1 0 build 02062104 Super Micro Computer Inc Figure 3 3 In order to reduce overhead on the managed system all pages will not refresh automatically The user must refresh manually as needed 10 IV IPM Device Device Information Firmware Revision 01 03 IPMI Revision 1 5 ACPI System Power State S0 G0 a Graceful Power Control2. As shown in Figure 2 1 there are several components in the IPMI View window Figure 2 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Menu Bar contains functions allowing you to add delete systems or groups and save configurations System Window lists managed computers with a BMC card Group Window lists managed computers groups for more convenient management Viewing Window shows detailed information including Login IPMI Device Event Log Sensors BMC Setting and Text Console Status Area shows messages regarding current status Viewing System IPMI View may manage up to 20 systems at the same time The current managed system is indicated in the Viewing System window w IPMI iew 1 0 build 02060503 Super Micro Computer Inc Fe lol xj File Edit Help Web Server Search Engine IPMI View Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI 1 5 over LAN TIPMI Domain Session for Search Engine is closed Figure 2 2 e Adding a new system to IPMI View Reload Configuration Save Configuration Exit Figure 2 3 In Figure 2 3 click File gt New gt System to add a new system to IPMI View An Add a new system dialog box will pop up as shown in Figure 2 4 aixi System Name New Systemi IP address 0 0 0 0 Description DESCRIPTION OK Figure 2 4 In the Add a new system dialog box key in the desired System Name for the managed system and the corre
3. Graceful Shutdown Graceful Reboot Graceful Power Cycle Chassis Power Control BMC coins Refresh Figure 4 1 Clicking the IPMI Device tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window shown in Figure 4 1 will display some information and functions of the system s BMC firmware e Device Information This shows the BMC s firmware and IPMI revision levels e ACPI System Power State This shows the managed system s power state If the managed system is in a power off state the green light will be off This status will update automatically every five seconds e Graceful Power Control Administrator and Operator only Graceful power control will inform the OS running on the managed system to shutdown reboot power cycle within a specified time the default is 30 seconds When the OS running on the managed system 11 receives a graceful power control request it will generate a pop up window on the managed system s monitor and start to count down This pop up notice window gives the user who is working on the system a chance to save any working files However remote login users or service users for example Web site visitors will not see this notice Graceful Shutdown same as the shutdown function in Windows The managed system will enter an S5 state Graceful Reboot same as the reboot function in Windows Graceful Power Cycle this function is a combination of the Graceful Shutdown
4. s MAC address or the gateway s MAC address ARP Address Resolution Protocol is used to get the MAC address from the IP address While the managed system s OS is running the network protocol stack will take care this function However when the managed system is in a power down state this function cannot be achieved Therefore each MAC address has to be configured manually BMC and running OS on managed system may use different IP Addresses for security reason For example running OS may use 66 201 4 73 that can be reached by public access while the IP Address for BMC may be set to 192 168 1 55 that can only be reached in a private LAN But LAN MAC Phe address must be the same absolutely If BMC uses a private IP Address you have to make sure that the manager s system can communicate with the private IP Address for BMC on managed system e BMC LAN Configuration This shows the IP Address LAN MAC Gateway IP Gateway MAC and Subnet Mask of the BMC and allows you to modify them NOTE please make sure the MAC address of the LAN and gateway for the BMC are correct before updating it by clicking the Update button Be careful to enter the correct value especially for the LAN MAC If you enter the wrong LAN MAC IPMI View cannot connect to that system any more If you accidentally enter a wrong LAN MAC value you may use the IPnMAC command in the IPMI Solution Utility subfolder on this CD to update it IPnMAC which is a DOS comman
5. delete it Delete Group Select a group in the Group Window you want to delete and then click Edit gt Delete gt Group from the pull down menu shown in Figure 2 6 to delete it You can also right click on a group in the Group Window and then select Delete in the pop up menu to delete it Join a group Select a group in the Group window and select a system in the System Window then click Edit gt Join from the pull down menu shown in Figure 2 6 to have the selected system join the desired group Disjoin a group Double click the group you want to disjoin a system from The members of that group will appear in the System Window Then select the system you want to disjoin and click Edit gt Disjoin from the pull down menu shown in Figure 2 6 You can also right click the selected system to disjoin the system from the group and then select Disjoin in the pop up menu to delete it File Edit Session Help New System1 New System2 Close New System2 Figure 2 7 6 Selecting an IPMI View management session When more than one system is managed by IPMI View at the same time you can select which opened management session you want to control by double clicking on system s name in the System Window or by selecting Session gt lt lt System name gt gt in the pull down menu where lt lt System name gt gt denotes the name of the target system you want to control as sho
6. Server Management IPMI over LAN ma IPMI View User Guide Copyright 2002 Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved IPMI View IPMI 1 5 Over LAN I Overview IPMI View is a management software based on IPMI specification version 1 5 IPMI View sends IPMI messages to and from the BMC Base Management Card on a remotely managed system IPMI messages are encapsulated in RMCP Remote Management Control Protocol packet datagrams This capability is also referred to as IPMI over LAN The Distributed Management Task Force DMTF has defined RMCP for supporting pre OS and OS absent management RMCP is a simple request response protocol that can be delivered using UDP User Datagram Protocol datagrams IPMI over LAN uses version 1 of the RMCP protocol and packet format A RMCP packet is transmitted via IP Internet Protocol networking Thus system managers may manage their IPMI enabled system over the Internet Of course in a private LAN this is a basic feature IPMI uses the same UDP port number 623 in decimal with ASF Alert Standard Forum protocol If the managed system is protected by a firewall UDP port 623 must be opened In Supermicro s IPMI solution a BMC shares the LAN1 NIC on the mainboard The NIC will re route the IPMI packet to the BMC instead of forwarding it to the upper layer network protocol stacks as other protocol packets do II System Management Title Bar Menu Bar Figure 2 1
7. Users Text Console Fans CPU1 Chassis 1 Voltages VCCP 12V Temperatures _ Auto Refresh 60 seconds Manual Refresh vi Hide inactive item Figure 6 1 Clicking on the Sensors tab of the IPMI View management session in Viewing Window as shown in Figure 6 1 provides you with detailed information of the sensors monitored by the BMC It shows the reading of supported voltages and fan speeds and temperatures monitored by the BMC The current reading is shown in yellow numbers the high limits low limits in red numbers and a description for the monitoring sensors in blue text beneath the monitoring sensor figures Fan speeds have only a low limit temperatures have only a high limit and voltages have both high and low limits e Refreshing monitor status You can configure the IPMI View to automatically refresh the monitoring status periodically by checking the Auto Refresh check box and selecting the refresh period in seconds in the seconds list Or click the Manual Refresh button to refresh the monitoring status every time you need an update e Hide inactive item 15 IPMI View gets predefined sensor information from the mainboard Some items may be not installed for different configurations For example there will be no CPU fan if using a passive CPU heat sink and only one CPU on a dual CPU mainboard The first time the sensors page is shown IPMI View will hide inactive items default setting if any A manag
8. and Power Up functions The Power Cycle function will shut down the managed system for a few seconds and then power up the system Graceful power control will send an event to the System Event Log next section If no more memory space is left for the incoming event the graceful power control will not function e Chassis Power Control Administrator and Operator only The regular function forcibly controls the power state of the managed system s chassis When the BMC receives a chassis power control command it will directly control the power button or reset button Reset this is the same as pressing the Reset button on a managed system s chassis to reset the managed system Power Down this is the same as pressing the Power button on a managed system s chassis to remove power from the managed system Power Up this is the same as pressing the Power button on a managed system s chassis to turn on the power of the managed system Power Cycle this function is a combination of the Power Down and Power Up functions The Power Cycle function will shutdown the managed system for a few seconds and then power up the system e BMC Cold Reset Administrator only Clicking the Cold Reset button allows you to reset the BMC After confirming to reset the BMC the session will break immediately The user has to close this session manually This function is rarely used only in the event you suspect a malfunction 12 V System Event L
9. ct IP address as well as a Description Then click OK e Adding a new group to IPMI View To maintain systems easier the manager may categorize the managed systems into different groups A system may be included in multiple groups The default group is IPMI Domain All managed systems belong to IPMI Domain even if they join other groups In Figure 2 1 click menu File gt New gt Group to add a new group to IPMI View An Add a new group dialog will pop up as shown in Figure 2 5 aix Group Name New Group1C Description DESCRIPTION a Figure 2 5 In the Add a new group dialog box key in the desired Group Name and Description Then click OK e Reload Configuration From the pull down menu click File gt Reload Configuration to load the previous saved configuration e Save Configuration From the pull down menu click File gt Save Configuration to save the current IPMI View configuration e Exit IPMI View From the pull down menu click File gt Exit or press Alt F4 when the IPMI View is running to exit IPMI View Remember to save your configuration before exiting Disjoin Figure 2 6 Delete System Select a system in the System Window you want to delete and then click Edit gt Delete gt System from the pull down menu shown in Figure 2 6 to delete it You can also right click on a system in the System Window and then select Delete in the pop up menu to
10. d must be executed on the managed system e SNMP This shows the SNMP trap configuration of the system needing to receive the SNMP traps generated by the BMC and allows you to modify them To change the configuration on the BMC key in the SNMP community name in the Community text filed and the IP Address and MAC Address in the SNMP Trap Receivers table in the SNMP group and then click the Update button When any critical error occurs an SNMP trap packet will be sent to all receivers in the list To remove an SNMP receiver you may change both IP and MAC addresses to 0 0 0 0 and 00 00 00 00 00 00 respectively and then click Update On the system receiving the SNMP traps a SNMP trap receiver software need to be installed and run up The managed system will send out SNMP trap packet to receivers at the moment event occurs If SNMP trap receiver is not running up the trap packet is discarded and won t be queued at anywhere e RS232 MODEM This shows the configuration of the RS232 interface on the BMC It is used to initialize the RS232 port and the installed modem if any The RS232 port is the box header Figure 7 2 on the BMC and is a dedicated serial port Baud Rate the baud rate for serial connections does not affect paging settings Modem Init String the modem initialization string for serial connections does not affect paging settings Figure 7 2 18 VIII Users ing Users Text Console USERS Priile
11. er may change this option later by unchecking the Hide inactive item box as shown in Figure 6 2 Login IPM Device Event Log Sensors BMC Setting Users Text Console Fans RPM RPM CPU1 CPU2 Chassis 1 Chassis 2 Voltages VCCP 12V 54 Temperatures _ Auto Refresh 60 v seconds Manual Refresh _ Hide inactive item Figure 6 2 16 VII BMC Setting Administrator only Login IPM Device Event Log Sensors BMC Setting Users Text Console BMC LAN Configuration IP Address 192 169 0 239 LAN MAC 00 30 48 1 2 34 32 Update Gateway IP 192 168 0 1 Gateway MAC 00 00 0C 07 AC 09 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 LAN MAC must be correct while update SNMP Community public Update ml Leo ui a IP Address MAC Address 192 168 0 186 00 30 48 00 12 95 Baud Rate 38400 v Update Modern Init String ATL M1X3E0S0 3 RS232 i MODEM Refresh Figure 7 1 Clicking on the BMC Setting tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window as shown in Figure 7 1 gives you detailed information on the BMC LAN Configuration SNMP trap configuration and serial communication port of the BMC In order to support the power down state management capability under the IPMI specification the manager has to configure the proper MAC address for each IP address To deliver an IP packet to a receiver the sender needs to know the receiver
12. ewing Window you can decide how many logs you want to get from the BMC Click the From button and keying in the first and last numbers of the logs you wish to view or click the All button to get all the logs from the BMC The logs retrieved from the BMC will listed as a table in the central part of the Viewing Window Please refer to the IPMI specifications version 1 5 for detailed descriptions of each field Some helpful fields Timestamp the time the event happened Sensor Type this could be health sensors or a system event Event Type the event description 13 Because the BMC communicates with the NIC on the mainboard via a slow channel requesting only the events you need to see is recommended Choosing all to get hundreds of event entries will result in a very long delay e Clear System Event Log Clicking the Clear All Entries button clears the logged system events on the BMC The total event log space is 16 KB When all this space is used any incoming event will be lost The user has to clear the system event log manually as needed e Time stamp of System Event Log and Time Zone To set the time stamp of the BMC on the managed system key in the time in the Current SEL Device Timestamp field and select the time zone in the Time Zone list Then click the Set Timestamp button to update the BMC Timestamp and Time Zone is the managed system s local time 14 VI Sensors Login IPM Device Event Log Sensors BMC Setting
13. ge administrator Deleteuser PAGING SEVERITY System Power Warning Security warning v Temperature Sensors Warning System Status None v Fans Warning Disk Drives amp Controllers Critical y Memory Errors critical Network Interface yarning v Critical HW Errors py v Remote Management critical v System Hang Critical Others None v POST Errors ap v Update Refresh Figure 8 1 Clicking on the Users tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window as shown in Figure 8 1 gives you detailed information on the Users management and the thresholds for paging severity We strongly suggest you change passwords immediately to prevent malicious users getting control before you e USERS There are some buttons that allow you to add delete a user set user s privileges change passwords and enable disable paging There are six privilege level groups Callback User Operator Administrator OEM and No Access Only the first four privilege levels are implemented Privilege Levels determine which IPMI commands a given user can execute over a given channel Privilege Limits set the maximum privilege level that a 10 user can operate at A user is configured with a given maximum privilege limit for each channel Thus a user can operate at a privilege level that is no higher than his group privilege limit Group Privilege Levels Callback This may be considered t
14. he lowest privilege level Only commands necessary to support initiating a Callback are allowed User Only benign commands are allowed These are primarily commands that read data structures and retrieve status Commands that can be used to alter BMC configuration write data to the BMC or other management controllers or perform system actions such as resets power on off and watchdog activation are not allowed Operator All BMC commands are allowed except for configuration commands that can change the behavior of the out of band interfaces For example Operator privilege does not allow the capability to disable individual channels or change user access privileges Administrator All BMC commands are allowed including configuration commands An Administrator can even execute configuration commands that would disable the channel that the Administrator is communicating over Clicking on Paging Setting allows you to set the parameters for an individual user Figure 8 2 There are two types of paging service Numeric paging and Alphanumeric paging To use a paging service a modem must be connected to the RS232 connector on the BMC Figure 7 2 SD Paging Setting 1 xi User Name USER Pager Mode alphanumeric Paging Service Number Pager ID Paging Password Protocol 9n4 v Baud Rate 4200 v Modem Init String ATL1M1X3S98 2E Dial String ATOT Update Ca
15. ncel Test Paging Figure 8 2 e PAGING SEVERITY The paging severity settings define when users will be notified of entries into the system event log SEL 90 The following settings are available for each group None When this is selected user notification for this group is inactive Warning When this is selected the RMC will notify users when SEL entries for the group exceed the warning thresholds Critical When this is selected the RMC will notify users when SEL entries for the group exceed the critical thresholds All When this is selected the RMC will notify users of all SEL entries of events for the group All warning and critical thresholds are predefined by Supermicro and based on hardware design 21 IX Text Console Redirection Login IPM Device Event Log Sensors BMC Setting Users Text Console PhoenixBIOS 4 0 Release 6 0 Copyright 1985 2001 Phoenix Technologies Ltd Rll Rights Reserved Supermicro P4pP6 P4DPE BIOS Rev l lc CPU Intel R Genuine CPU 2 00GHz 25PM System RAM Passed Press lt DEL gt for SETUP Stop l ReSynch Figure 9 1 On the Text Console tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window as shown in Figure 9 1 there is a function for you to remotely control the managed system in a text mode console Click the Start button to start the text console redirection During the control click the ReSynch bu
16. og Login IPM Device Event Log Sensors BMC Setting Users Text Console System Event Log Get Entries x SEL Version 1 5 All Total Entries 81 e From 71 Tost Free Space 13792 bytes Recent Entry Added 06 24 2002 09 29 08 Mon Get Recent Entry Erased 01 01 1970 00 00 00 Thu ID Type Timestamp Sensor Type Event Type 71 System Event 06 22 2002 12 OEM Assertion OEM 72 System Event 06 22 2002 12 OEM Assertion OEM 73 System Event 06 22 2002 13 OEM Assertion OEM 74 System Event 06 22 2002 14 OEM Assertion OEM 75 System Event 06 22 2002 14 OEM Assertion OEM 76 System Event 06 22 2002 14 OEM Assertion OEM Ti System Event 06 22 2002 14 OEM Assertion OEM 78 System Event 06 22 2002 14 OEM Assertion OEM 79 System Event 06 22 2002 15 QEM Assertion OEM Clear All Entries Current SEL Device Timestamp 08 24 2002 14 10 21 Mon Set Timestamp Time Zone GMT v Refresh Figure 5 1 Clicking on the Event Log tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window shown in Figure 5 1 gives you detailed information on the System Event Log for the BMC It shows the System Event Log version number of log entries free space for the System Event Log and the time of recently added and recently erased System Event Logs e Get System Event Log In the Get Entries group on the upper left side of the Event Log tab in the Vi
17. tton to synchronize the text console with the managed system if you think the screen is not shown properly Click the Stop button to stop the text console When a managed system switches its video mode from Text Mode to Graphics Mode a terminate notice will be sent to IPMI View to terminate the console redirection Console Redirection will dump a managed system s screen to IPMI View and send the key codes you press to the managed system Console Redirection is not a function in the IPMI specification Super Micro provides this useful function for a manager to control the managed system remotely Especially when managed system is booting up in POST no any software application can get the control to redirect the console IPMI View may give you this function of great ability 9 Important Console Redirection puts a very heavy load on a managed system It will dump the whole screen to the manager s system and slow down the managed system significantly We suggest you use this function only when you need to get special control and cannot achieve it any other way For other applications a proper console redirection software pcAnywhere Symantec Corporation or a remote login protocol telnet is suggested When you finish your remote operation click Stop to terminate console redirection to take the load off the managed system o je
18. wn in Figure 2 7 Closing IPIM View management session To close the opened IPMI View management session select the IPMI View management session you want to close as the current IPMI View management session and then click Session gt Close lt lt System name gt gt in the pull down menu where lt lt System name gt gt denotes the name of the system you want to close as shown in Figure 2 7 Or right click on the system in the System Window you want to close and select Close Session in the pop up menu to close it When closing a session a session will not be closed until 1 replies have been received for all outstanding packets or 2 all outstanding packets have timed out HI Login e Login In Figure 3 1 double click the system in the System Window you want to manage A login screen along with some information about the managed system will appear in the Viewing Window Key in the login ID and password and click the Login button to log in When a login is successful the Login button is grayed 1 e disabled and the Logout button is enabled as well as the availability of other management functions as shown in Figure 3 2 DT 1PMI View 1 0 build 02062104 Super Micro Computer Inc E lajxi File Edit Session Help Search Engine roup IPMI Domain Ll Web Server El Search Engine System Name Search Engine IP Address 192 168 5 37 Description MySQL Database Server
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