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Dell PowerEdge C6145 Using the Baseboard Management Controller ...

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___________ Information in this publication is subject to change without notice. © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden...

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Contents | 3 Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................5 BMC Key Features and Functions ............................................................ 5 2 Using t...

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Contents | 4 4 Events Table ............................................................................. 40 5 IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List ..................................... 44 6 IPMI OEM Command List..............

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Introduction | 5 1 Introduction This section introduces the BMC and includes the requirements for web-based graphical user interface (GUI), keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM), and virtual media. BMC Key Features and Function...

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Using the WEB UI | 6 2 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 virtu...

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Using the WEB UI | 7 Using Your Remote Management Controller: The Remote Management Controller has a user-friendly Graphics User Interface (GUI) called the Remote Management Controller GUI. It is designed to be easy to use. ...

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Using the WEB UI | 8 Remote Management Controller GUI Explained After you successfully log in to your Remote Management Controller, you are greeted with the Remote Management Controller GUI. Logout Log out from your Remote ...

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Using the WEB UI | 9 List FRU The List FRU page shows a list of the detected Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) in the system. Select a FRU item from the drop down list to show more information. Chassis Information Lists the ...

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Using the WEB UI | 10 Server Health The Sensor menu provides information about system hardware such as the fan speed, internal temperature, and voltage. Sensor Readings & Sensor Readings with Thresholds It reads the ...

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Using the WEB UI | 11 Event Log The System Event Log (SEL) page displays system events that occur on the managed system. The SEL is generated by the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) or BIOS on the managed system. The SEL ...

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Using the WEB UI | 12 Configuration Alerts When the BMC senses a platform event, such as an environmental warning or a component failure, an alert message can be sent to one or more email addresses. The Alerts window enab...

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Using the WEB UI | 13 ...

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Using the WEB UI | 14 2 Select Alert Type , there are two options, Snmp Trap and Email . 3 Select Event Severity , The five options available are, Disable All, Informational, Warning, Critical and Non-recoverable. 4...

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Using the WEB UI | 15 5 If your Alert Type is Email, enter the destination email address, and enter a brief description for the Subject of the email. 6 Click Save . ...

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Using the WEB UI | 16 Mouse mode It is an option to set up mouse mode which will using in KVM. Setting mouse mode depends on OS can get accurate mouse pointer. Absolute mode for host’s system is Windows OS Relative mode ...

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Using the WEB UI | 17 SMTP Set E-mail (SMTP) server IP address for sending alert notification to user then click “ Save ”. ...

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Using the WEB UI | 18 Users The Users page enables you to view information and configure existing BMC users. You can control user who can login Remote Management Controller and accessing privileges. Table 1-28 displays the ...

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Using the WEB UI | 19 Enter user name, IPMI version, password, confirm password and network privileges, click Add . ...

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Using the WEB UI | 20 To change the settings for a user, click their user ID number , in the Users list. Click Modify User . Modify user name, IPMI version, password, confirm password and network privileges, click Modify ...

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Using the WEB UI | 21 Remote Control Power Control This feature enables the administrator to power on, power off, power cycle, and reset the system remotely. Select Remote Control in menu bar. Click Power Control. Sel...

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Using the WEB UI | 22 Click Perform Action to enable the selected Power Control Operation . Console Redirection The Console Redirection page enables you to use the display, mouse, and keyboard on the local management st...

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Using the WEB UI | 23 Console Redirection Configuration Before you use Console Redirection, please check your Mouse mode . If the host’s OS is Linux, please change the Mouse mode to RELATIVE If the host’s OS is Windo...

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Using the WEB UI | 24 2 Click Java Console . 3 And click Mouse item to Sync Cursor . ...

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Using the WEB UI | 25 BMC Virtual Media The Device menu allows you to virtualize a diskette image or drive. Virtual media enables a floppy image, floppy drive or CD/DVD drive on your system to be available on the managed s...

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Using the WEB UI | 26 Virtualizing Devices The Device client displays the list of devices available for mapping in the main window. To virtualize a device, select the checkbox in the Mapped column of the table. The device ...

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Using the WEB UI | 27 Unmapping a Virtual Media Drive To unmap a virtual media drive, select the Mapped check box for a particular drive. Because some interaction might be going on with the drive, you must confirm the acti...

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Using the WEB UI | 28 BMC KVM The BMC KVM client main menu consists of five menu options, which are used to provide access to functions available through the viewer: Video , Keyboard , Mouse , Options , Device , and Help ...

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Using the WEB UI | 29 Keyboard Table 2-6. BMC KVM Keyboard menu items Dropdown Menu Items Description Hold Right CTRL Key This menu item can be used to act as the right- side <CTRL> key when in Console Redirect...

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Using the WEB UI | 30 Dropdown Menu Items Description Right Windows Key This menu item can be used to access the right-side <WINDOWS> key during a Console Redirection session. The following actions can be performe...

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Using the WEB UI | 31 Options Bandwidth: Helps in regulated the network bandwidth. Video Settings: Helps in adjust video resolution. Device Table 2-7. BMC KVM Device Menu Items Dropdown Menu Items Description Redir...

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Using the WEB UI | 32 Dropdown Menu Items Description Redirect ISO Enable you to start or stop the redirection of the ISO. You can choose the CD IMAGE file from client computer. Redirect Floppy / USB Enable you to sta...

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Using the WEB UI | 33 2 Browse to, or Type the path on your system where the firmware image file resides. Example: C:\<Product Name>\KCSFlash\<image_name> 3 Select the Update Type as Normal or Forced (T...

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Using the WEB UI | 34 5 A window, telling that the firmware image has been verified, appears. Compare the uploaded image with existing device firmware version. 6 Select the Preserve Configuration or Don’t Preserve Config...

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Using the WEB UI | 35 The update might take several minutes. 8 The update is completed. Close the session and automatically log out. ...

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Using the WEB UI | 36 9 After the BMC resets, click Log In to log in to the BMC again. ...

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Sensors Threshold | 37 3 Sensors Threshold Table 3-1. Sensors Threshold Sensor Number Sensor Name The Converting Formula Upper non- recoverable Upper critical Upper non- critical Lower non- recoverable...

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Sensors Threshold | 38 Sensor Number Sensor Name The Converting Formula Upper non- recoverable Upper critical Upper non- critical Lower non- recoverable Lower critical Lower non- critical 0x98 0...

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Sensors Threshold | 39 Sensor Number Sensor Name The Converting Formula Upper non- recoverable Upper critical Upper non- critical Lower non- recoverable Lower critical Lower non- critical 61h CPU1...

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Events Table | 40 4 Events Table Table 4-1. Threshold Sensors Event Sensor Number Sensor Name Sensor Type Events 01h FCB FAN1 04h(Fan) Lower Critical – going low asserted Lower Critical – going low dea...

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Events Table | 41 Sensor Number Sensor Name Sensor Type Events 2Ah FCB Ambient1 01h (Temperature) Upper Critical – going high asserted Upper Critical – going high deasserted Upper Non-recoverable – goin...

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Events Table | 42 Table 4-2. Non-threshold Sensors Event Table Sensor Number Sensor Name Sensor Type Sensor- Specific Offset Events 71h PEF Action 12h O4h PEF Action 72h WatchDog2 23h 00h Tim...

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Events Table | 43 Sensor Number Sensor Name Sensor Type Sensor- Specific Offset Events correctable memory error 01h Uncorrectable ECC/other uncorrectable memory error 05h Correctable ECC/other correc...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 44 5 IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List Table 5-1. IPMI Device Global Commands Command NetFn CMD O/M Supported Get Device ID App 01h M Yes Cold Reset App 02h...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 45 Command NetFn CMD O/M Supported Send Message App 34h M Yes Read Event Message Buffer App 35h O Yes Get BT Interface Capabilities App 36h O No ...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 46 Command NetFn CMD O/M Supported Master Write-Read I2C App 52h M Yes Get Channel Cipher Suites App 54h O Yes Suspend/Resume Payload Encryption App 55h ...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 47 Set System Boot Options (Note: PARAMETER #5 DATA3 [6:5]- FIRMWARE VERBOSITY - BIOS UNSUPPORT PARAMETER #7 UNSUPPORT Chassis 08h O Yes Get System Boot Options (Note: PARA...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 48 Get Auxiliary Log Status Storage 5Ah O No Set Auxiliary Log Status Storage 5Bh O No Get SEL Time UTC Offset Storage 5Ch O Yes Set SEL Time UTC Offset Sto...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 49 Write FRU Inventory Data Storage 12h M Yes ...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 50 Table 5-9. Sensory Device Commands Command NetFn CMD O/M Supported Get Device SDR Info S/E 20h M No Get Device SDR S/E 21h M No Reserve Device SDR Reposit...

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IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List | 51 Table 5-11. PEF/PET Alerting Commands Command NetFn CMD O/M Supported Get PEF Capabilities S/E 10h M Yes Arm PEF Postpone Timer S/E 11h M Yes Set PEF Con...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 52 6 IPMI OEM Command List Table 6-1. OEM1 Commands (NetFn 30H, 31H) Command NetFN cmd Format Reserved Extended Configuration OEM1 01H Request: Response: Byte 1 – completion code ...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 53 Command NetFN cmd Format Set Extended Configuration OEM1 03H Request: Byte 1 - Reservation ID Byte 2 - Configuration ID Byte 3 - Attribute ID. 00h means read entire configuration data. ...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 54 Command NetFN cmd Format Restore to defaults OEM1 04H Request: Byte 1 -Configuration to be restored to defaults: [7:5] 111b= Restore the remaining parameters not included in below lists...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 55 Command NetFN cmd Format Get Restore Status OEM1 05H Request: Byte 1 – Task ID Task ID, the value returned by previous call to Restore to Defaults command. Response: Byte 1 –Comple...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 56 get web port number oem2 03H Request: Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – Https Port Number(Low Byte) Byte 3 – Https Port Number(High Byte) Byte 4 – Http Port Number(Low Byte) ...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 57 GET LAN SOURCE OEM2 14h Request: Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – Current LAN Source 00h – Shared NIC 01h – Dedicated NIC GET FCB FW VERSION oem2 16H Request: Respons...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 58 SET FSC TABLE oem2 63H Request: Byte 1 – FSC Table Setting Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – FSC Table Setting [7] – Enabled/Disabled FAN Table 0h: Disabled (Default) 1h: Enabled [6:0...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 59 GET FCB SKU INFO oem2 6aH Request: Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – FCB SKU Information GET FCB POWER THROTTLING STATUS oem2 6bH Request: Response: Byte 1 – completion...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 60 Table 6-3. OEM3 Commands (NetFn 2EH, 2Fh) Command NetFN cmd Format OemGetBMCSK U Oem3 75H Request: Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 - BMC SKU 00h AST2050 ...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 61 Extended Configurations Table 6-4. Extended configurations Extended Configurations All strings are in P-String format. Configuration ID = 02h, NIC Attribute ID Size Description ...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 62 or Dual Channel Single Package). When user attempts to set to a NIC value that is not supported on the platform, a completion code CCh should be returned to indicate an invalid data. Configura...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 63 Configuration (Configuration ID 0Ch). In other words, Web can only be disabled or enabled when HTTP/HTTPS is enabled. [0] - all services except IPMI are disabled. This bit takes precedence ove...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 64 Whenever this setting is modified, the number of authentication failure of each enabled user must be reset to 0. Default setting is 180 seconds. Lockout Time 4 2 Specifies the time perio...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 65 Account Status 4 1 Status of the account. This is the supplement to the byte 3 of response data of Get User Access command. Indexed by user ID. 00h = status is unspecified 01h = user ID is enab...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 66 character must be alphabetic. The default name is bmc- service_tag, where service_tag is the service tag number of the Dell server. For example: bmc- XG3487A. DNS Domain Name Dhcp Enable 6 ...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 67 Timeout range is 60 to 1920 seconds. A 0 specifies disabling the timeout feature. The default is 300. HTTP Port Num 5 2 Specifies the port number to use for HTTP communication with the BMC...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 68 Entity 3 1 Specifies the physical controller the image is associated with. 0: BMC 1: SYSTEM (BIOS) 2: PDB 3: FCB R Product Info 4 1..64 A text string that identifies the product. &q...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 69 Settings, and IPMI LAN Configuration Parameters. 0h – Set as User Default 1h – Restore User Default Configuration ID = 10h, Firmware Update Attribute ID Size Description R...

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IPMI OEM Command List | 70 Configuration ID = 11h, Power Management Attribute ID Size Description Power Management Enable 1 1 Specify the use of power management method. Bit 7: Enable DPNM power manag...

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Appendix | 71 Appendix SSH/Telnet Enable and Disable 1 Reserved Extended Configuration (NetFn: 30H CMD:01H) 2 Set/Get Extended Configuration(NetFn: 30H CMD:03H/02H) Example: Get SSH/Telnet enable status: 1 Reserved Exte...

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Appendix 72 2 Get Extended Configuration ipmitool raw 0x30 0x02 0x01 0x04 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xFF Response: 0x04 0x01 0x00 0x01 0x08 (SSH/Telnet disabled) Set SSH/Telnet Enable: 1 Reserved Extended Configuration ipmitool raw 0x30 0...

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Appendix | 73 Set SSH/Telnet SOL Redirect enable: 1 Reserved Extended Configuration ipmitool raw 0x30 0x01 Response: 0x02 (Reservation ID) 2 Enable SSH/Telnet SOL redirect. ipmitool raw 0x30 0x03 0x02 0x03 0x02 0x00 0x00 ...

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Appendix 74 VLAN ID matches the VLAN ID value given in this parameter. [6:4] - reserved [3:0] - most significant four bits of the VLAN ID Example: 1 Get LAN Configuration Parameter command: ipmitool raw 0xC0 0x02 0x01 0x14 0x00 ...

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Appendix | 75 Byte 4 Firmware Revision 1 [7] Device available: 0=normal operation, 1= device firmware, SDR Repository update or self-initialization in progress. [Firmware / SDR Repository updates can be differentiated by is...

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Appendix 76 BIOS version Info The BIOS enables the system interface to the BMC and logs this event to the BMC early in POST. User can find the BIOS version in event record byte 15-16 as following table: POST START Event Byte Item ...