Introduction; Hardware And Firmware Requirements; Hardware Requirements - Intel SBCE Setup Manual

1 Introduction

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The Intel Blade Server Chassis SBCE management module command-line interface provides access to the
text-console command prompt on each blade server through a Serial over LAN (SOL) connection, enabling
the blade servers to be managed from a remote location. This document explains how to update and configure
SBCE components for SOL operation using the Intel
interface. You can also perform many configuration procedures using the management-module command-line
interface or the simple network management protocol (SNMP). See the Intel
Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide for information about the management-
module command-line interface and instructions about how to use it.
In the SBCE environment, the integrated system management processor (ISMP) and network interface
controller (NIC) on each blade server routes the serial data from the blade server serial communications port to
the network infrastructure of the SBCE unit, including an Ethernet-compatible I/O module that supports SOL
communication. SBCE components are configured for SOL operation through the SBCE management
module. The management module also acts as a proxy in the network infrastructure to couple a client running
a Telnet session with the management module to an SOL session running on a blade server, enabling the
Telnet client to interact with the serial port of the blade server over the network. Because all SOL traffic is
controlled by and routed through the management module, administrators can segregate the management
traffic for the SBCE unit from the data traffic of the blade servers.
To start an SOL connection with a blade server, you must first start a Telnet command-line interface session
with the management module. When this Telnet command-line interface session is running, you can start a
remote-console SOL session with any blade server in the SBCE unit that is set up and enabled for SOL
operation. You can establish up to 20 separate Telnet sessions with the SBCE management module, so that you
can have 14 simultaneous SOL sessions active (one for each of up to 14 blade servers) with six additional
command-line interface sessions available for SBCE unit management. If security is a concern, you can use
Secure Shell (SSH) sessions to establish secure Telnet command-line interface sessions with the SBCE
management module before starting an SOL console redirect session with a blade server.
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Hardware and firmware requirements

The SBCE unit must be correctly configured before you can use the command-line interface and SOL. This
section describes the hardware and software that are required for the command-line interface and SOL.

Hardware requirements

The following hardware is required for SOL operation:
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• For the Intel Server Compute Blade SBXL52
— SOL uses the first network interface, Ethernet 1 (eth1 or Planar Ethernet 1), of the blade server to
communicate. When this network interface attempts to boot through PXE or DHCP, the network
interface is reset, causing the current SOL session to be dropped and have a new status of Not Ready.
If you require booting through PXE or DHCP, use the second network interface, Ethernet 2 (eth2 or
Planar Ethernet 2), of the blade server and install an SOL-capable Ethernet I/O module in I/O-module
bay 1.
— Jumper J28 on the Intel
See
"SOL jumper placement" on page 19 for information.
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• For the Intel Server Compute Blade SBX44, SOL uses the first network interface, Ethernet 1 (eth1 or
Planar Ethernet 1), of the blade server to communicate. When this network interface attempts to use
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Blade Server Chassis SBCE management-module Web
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Blade Server Chassis SBCE: Serial over LAN Setup Guide, please
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Server Compute Blade SBXL52 must be installed in the correct position.
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