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Dell PowerEdge C6145 Using Instructions

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  • Page 1   Dell Po owerEd Using the Ba aseboa nageme Control ller    ...
  • Page 2 © 2011 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of these materials in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and PowerEdge™ are trademarks of ® ®...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

      Contents 1 Introduction ................5     BMC Key Features and Functions ............. 5 2 Using the Web UI ............... 6     Logging in to the Web User Interface ............6   Remote Management Controller GUI Explained ........8  ...
  • Page 4   4 Events Table ................40   5 IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List ........44   6 IPMI OEM Command List............52     Extended Configurations ................61 Appendix ..................71     SSH/Telnet Enable and Disable .............. 71  ...

  • Page 5: Introduction

      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 Functions The following lists the supported features of the BMC:  Support for IPMI v1.5 and v2.0 ...

  • Page 6: Using The Web Ui

      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. Web-based GUI is supported on the following browsers: Microsoft Windows: ...
  • Page 7   Using Your R Remote Manag gement Contro oller: The Remote M Management Co ontroller has a u user-friendly G Graphics User I Interface (GUI) called th he Remote Man nagement Cont troller GUI. It i is designed to b be easy to use.

  • Page 8: Remote Management Controller Gui Explained

      Remote M Managem ment Con troller GU UI Explai After you succ cessfully log in to your Remot te Managemen nt Controller, yo ou are greeted with th he Remote Man nagement Contr roller GUI. Logout Log out from y your Remote M Management Co ontroller...
  • Page 9   List FRU The List FRU p page shows a l list of the detec cted Field Repl aceable Units ( (FRUs) in the system. Select a FRU i tem from the d drop down list t to show more information.

  • Page 10: Server Health

      Server H ealth The Sensor me enu provides in nformation abo out system hard dware such as t the fan speed, internal temperature, a and voltage. Sensor Readi ings & Senso r Readings w with Threshold It reads the sen nsor informatio on the system. Y You can select a sensor type category.
  • Page 11   Event Log The System Ev vent Log (SEL) ) page displays s system events s that occur on managed syste em. The SEL is generated by t the Baseboard Management Controller (BM MC) or BIOS o n the managed d system.

  • Page 12: Configuration

      Configur ration Alerts When the BMC C senses a plat form event, suc ch as an enviro onmental warni ing or a component fail lure, an alert m message can be sent to one or m more email add dresses.
  • Page 13     Us s ing the WEB UI...
  • Page 14   Select A Alert Type, the ere are two opt tions, Snmp Tr rap and Email     Select E Event Severity y, The five opti ions available a are, Disable Al Informa ational, Warnin ng, Critical and d Non-recovera able.
  • Page 15   If your Alert Type is Email, enter th he destination e email address, a enter a b brief descriptio on for the Subj ject of the ema Click S ave.     sing the WEB UI...
  • Page 16   Mouse mode It is an option t to set up mous e mode which will using in K KVM. Setting m mouse mode depends on OS can get t accurate mous se pointer. Absolute mod e for host’s sys stem is Window ws OS Relative mode...
  • Page 17   SMTP Set E-mail (SM MTP) server IP address for sen nding alert not tification to use er then click “Save”.     sing the WEB UI...
  • Page 18   Users The Users pag ge enables you t to view inform mation and conf figure existing users. You can n control user w who can login R Remote Manag gement Control ller and accessing privi ileges. Table 1-28 disp plays the User s list for existin ng BMC users.
  • Page 19   Enter user nam me, IPMI versio on, password, c confirm passwo ord and networ privileges, clic ck Add.   sing the WEB UI...
  • Page 20   To change the settings for a u user, click their r user ID num ber, in the Use ers list. Click Modify U User. Modify user na ame, IPMI vers sion, password d, confirm passw word and netw work privileges, clic ck Modify.

  • Page 21: Remote Control

      Remote C Control Power Contro This feature en nables the admi inistrator to po ower on, power r off, power cy ycle, and reset the s system remotel Select Remote e Control in m enu bar. Click Power Contro ol.
  • Page 22   Click Perform m Action to ena able the selecte ed Power Cont trol Operation Console Redir rection The Console R Redirection pa age enables you u to use the disp play, mouse, an keyboard on th he local manage ement station t to control the c orresponding d...
  • Page 23   Console Redir rection Config guration Before you use e Console Redi irection, please e check your M Mouse mode. If the host’s OS S is Linux, ple ase change the Mouse mode to RELATIVE If the host’s OS S is Windows, please change the Mouse mo ode to ABSOL...
  • Page 24   Click Ja ava Console. And cli ck Mouse item m to Sync Curs s or.   Using the WEB UI...
  • Page 25   BMC Virtual Media The Device me enu allows you u to virtualize a a diskette image e or drive. Virt tual media enables a floppy image e, floppy drive or CD/DVD d drive on your sy ystem to be available on n the managed system's conso ole as if the flop...
  • Page 26   Virtualizing D Devices The Device cli ient displays th he list of device es available for r mapping in th he main window. To vi irtualize a devic ce, select the ch heckbox in the e Mapped colu umn of the table.
  • Page 27   Unmapping a Virtual Medi ia Drive To unmap a vir rtual media dri ive, select the M Mapped check k box for a parti ticular drive. Because e some interacti ion might be go oing on with th he drive, you m must confirm the act tion before the...
  • Page 28   BMC KVM The BMC KVM M client main m menu consists of five menu o options, which are used to provide acce ess to functions s available thro ough the viewe er: Video, Keyb board, Mouse, Option ns, Device, and d Help.
  • Page 29   Keyboard Table Error! No text of specified style in documen nt.-6. BMC KVM Keyboard men nu items Dropdown Me enu Items Description Hold Right C CTRL Key This menu ite em can be used d to act as the ri ight- side <CTRL>...
  • Page 30   Dropdown Me enu Items Description Right Window ws Key This menu ite em can be used d to access the right-side <W WINDOWS> ke ey during a Con nsole Redirection se ession. The fol llowing actions s can be performed Hold Down Press and Rel lease...
  • Page 31   Options Bandwidth: He elps in regulate ed the network bandwidth. Video Settings s: Helps in adju ust video resolu ution. Device Table Error! No text of specified style in documen nt.-7. BMC KVM Device Menu te Dropdown Me enu Items Description Redirect CDR Enable you...

  • Page 32: Maintenance

      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 start or stop the redirection of the Floppy/USB drive.
  • Page 33   Browse e to, or Type th e path on your system where the firmware i image file resi ides. xample: \<Product Na ame>\KCSFla ash\<image_n name> Select t he Update Typ pe as Normal or Forced (Th e default value e is Norma ormal: An up...
  • Page 34   A wind ow, telling that t the firmware image has been n verified, app ears. Compar re the uploaded d image with ex xisting device f firmware versi ion. Select t he Preserve C Configuration o or Don’t Prese erve Configur ration (The de...
  • Page 35   T T he update mig ght take severa al minutes. The upd date is complet ted. Close the s session and aut tomatically log out.   sing the WEB UI...
  • Page 36   After th he BMC resets, click Log In t t o log in to the BMC again.   Using the WEB UI...

  • Page 37: Sensors Threshold

      Sensors Threshold Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-8. Sensors Threshold Sensor Sensor The Converting Formula Number Name Upper non- Upper Upper Lower non- Lower Lower recoverable critical non- recoverable critical non- critical critical Actual_Reading (RPM) = Raw_Data x 100 FAN1 0xFF 0xFF...
  • Page 38   Sensor Sensor The Converting Formula Number Name Upper non- Upper Upper Lower non- Lower Lower recoverable critical non- recoverable critical non- critical critical 0x98 0x96 0x92 0x7D 0x7F 0x84 Actual_Reading (Volts) = Raw_Data x 0.0087 PS 1.1V 0xFF 0xFF 0xFF 0x00 0x00...
  • Page 39   Sensor Sensor The Converting Formula Number Name Upper non- Upper Upper Lower non- Lower Lower recoverable critical non- recoverable critical non- critical critical Actual_Reading (℃) = Raw_Data CPU1_ Temp 0x4E 0x4C 0x4B 0x00 0x00 0x00 Actual_Reading (℃) = Raw_Data CPU2_ Temp 0x4E...

  • Page 40: Events Table

      Events Table Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-9. Threshold Sensors Event Sensor Sensor Name Sensor Type Events Number FCB FAN1 Lower Critical – going low asserted FCB FAN2 04h(Fan) Lower Critical – going low FCB FAN3 deasserted FCB FAN4 Upper Non-critical –...
  • Page 41   Sensor Sensor Name Sensor Type Events Number Upper Critical – going high asserted Upper Critical – going high deasserted Ambient1 (Temperature) Upper Non-recoverable – going high asserted Upper Non-recoverable – going high deasserted Upper Non-critical – going high asserted Upper Non-critical –...
  • Page 42   Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-10. Non-threshold Sensors Event Table Sensor Sensor Name Sensor Sensor- Events Number Type Specific Offset PEF Action PEF Action Timer expired, status only Hard Reset WatchDog2 Power Down Power Cycle Timer Interrupt AC Pwr On AC lost deasserted ACPI Pwr...
  • Page 43   Sensor Sensor Name Sensor Sensor- Events Number Type Specific Offset Memory Correctable ECC/other correctable memory error Uncorrectable ECC/other uncorrectable memory error Correctable ECC/other correctable memory error logging limit reached Security Out-of-band Access Password Violation PwrLimitAlert DCMI Power management exception action Events Table...

  • Page 44: Ipmi 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List

      IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-11. IPMI Device Global Commands Command NetFn Supported Get Device ID Cold Reset Warm Reset Get Self Test Results Manufacture Test On Set ACPI Power State Get ACPI Power State Get Device GUID Broadcast Commands:...
  • Page 45   Command NetFn Supported Send Message Read Event Message Buffer Get BT Interface Capabilities Get System GUID Get Channel Authentication Capabilities Get Session Challenge Activate Session Command Set Session Privilege Level Command Close Session Get Session Information Get Authentication Code Command Set Channel Access Commands Get Channel Access Commands Get Channel Info Command...
  • Page 46   Command NetFn Supported Master Write-Read I2C Get Channel Cipher Suites Suspend/Resume Payload Encryption Set Channel Security Keys Get System Interface Capabilities Set System Info Parameters Get System Info Parameters Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-13. BMC Watchdog Timer Commands Command NetFn...
  • Page 47   Set System Boot Options (Note: Chassis PARAMETER #5 DATA3 [6:5]- FIRMWARE VERBOSITY - BIOS UNSUPPORT PARAMETER #7 UNSUPPORT Get System Boot Options (Note: Chassis PARAMETER #7 UNSUPPORT Set Front Panel Button Enable Chassis Set Power Cycle Interval Chassis Get POH Counter Chassis Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-15.
  • Page 48   Get Auxiliary Log Status Storage Set Auxiliary Log Status Storage Get SEL Time UTC Offset Storage Set SEL Time UTC Offset Storage NOTE: Support for Partial Add SEL is not required when Add SEL is    supported. Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-17. SDR Repository Commands Command NetFn Supported...
  • Page 49   Write FRU Inventory Data Storage   IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 Command Support List...
  • Page 50   Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-19. Sensory Device Commands Command NetFn Supported Get Device SDR Info Get Device SDR Reserve Device SDR Repository Get Sensor Reading Factors Set Sensor Hysteresis Get Sensor Hysteresis Set Sensor Threshold Get Sensor Threshold Set Sensor Event Enable Get Sensor Event Enable...
  • Page 51   Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-21. PEF/PET Alerting Commands Command NetFn Supported Get PEF Capabilities Arm PEF Postpone Timer Set PEF Configuration Parameters Get PEF Configuration Parameters Set Last Processed Event ID Get Last Processed Event ID Alert Immediate PET Acknowledge Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-22.

  • Page 52: Ipmi Oem Command List

      IPMI OEM Command List Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-23. OEM1 Commands (NetFn 30H, 31H) Command NetFN Format Reserved OEM1 01H Request: Extended Response: Configuration Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 - Reservation ID   IPMI OEM Command List...
  • Page 53   Command NetFN Format Get Extended OEM1 02H Request: Configuration Byte 1 - Reservation ID Byte 2 - Configuration ID Byte 3 - Attribute ID. 00h means read entire configuration data. Byte 4 - Index (used by table object only) Byte 5 - Data Offset –...
  • Page 54   Command NetFN Format Set Extended OEM1 03H Request: Configuration Byte 1 - Reservation ID Byte 2 - Configuration ID Byte 3 - Attribute ID. 00h means read entire configuration data. Byte 4 - Index (used by table object only) Byte 5 - Data Offset –...
  • Page 55   Command NetFN Format Restore to OEM1 04H Request: defaults Byte 1 -Configuration to be restored to defaults: [7:5] 111b= Restore the remaining parameters not included in below lists. 000b= Remaining parameters stay what it is. All other values are reserved [4] 1b= Restore PEFs to defaults [3] 1b= Restore serial configuration parameters to defaults...
  • Page 56   Command NetFN Format Get Restore OEM1 05H Request: Status Byte 1 – Task ID Task ID, the value returned by previous call to Restore to Defaults command. Response: Byte 1 –Completion Code Byte 2 –Default Restore Status: 00h: Restore in progress 01h: Restore completed SETSYSTEM OEM1 B3H...
  • Page 57   get web port oem2 Request: number 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) Byte 5 – Http Port Number(High Byte) get board id oem2 Request:...
  • Page 58   GET LAN OEM2 14h Request: SOURCE Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – Current LAN Source 00h – Shared NIC 01h – Dedicated NIC GET FCB FW oem2 Request: VERSION Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – FCB Fw Major number Byte 3 –...
  • Page 59   SET FSC oem2 Request: TABLE 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] – Fan Table Setting(0-based) 80h: 1st FSC fan table (default: 13800RPM) 81h: 2nd FSC fan table (FACEBOOK) 82h: 3rd FSC fan table (Oscillation)
  • Page 60   GET FCB SKU oem2 Request: INFO Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – FCB SKU Information OEM GET PIC oem2 Request: MODEL Response: Byte 1 – completion code Byte 2 – PIC model 10h - PIC16 12h – PIC18 Get PSU OEM2 B3H Request:...

  • Page 61: Extended Configurations

      Extended Configurations Table Error! No text of specified style in document.-25. Extended configurations Extended Configurations All strings are in P-String format. Configuration ID = 02h, NIC Attribute Size Description NicSelection Specifies the current mode of operation for the BMC network interface.
  • Page 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. Configuration ID = 03h, SOL Attribute Size Description SOL Idle Timeout...
  • Page 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 over other bits. Default is 0. [1] - KVM/Virtual Storage, enabled by default.
  • Page 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 Specifies the time period an account should be disabled if the maximum number of authentication failures is reached.
  • Page 65   Account Status 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 enabled via Set User Password 02h = user ID is disabled via Set User Password 03h = user ID is lockout...
  • Page 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 Specifies that the DNS Dhcp Enable domain name should be assigned from the DHCP server.
  • Page 67   Timeout range is 60 to 1920 seconds. A 0 specifies disabling the timeout feature. The default is 300. HTTP Port Num Specifies the port number to use for HTTP communication with the BMC. Default is 80. HTTPS Port Num Specifies the port number to use for HTTPS communication with the...
  • Page 68 1: SYSTEM (BIOS) 2: PDB 3: FCB Product Info 1..64 A text string that identifies the product.    "Dell DCS Remote Management Controller" (default) Firmware Version 1..16 A string containing the BMC firmware version. The firmware version is reading from IPMI Get   ...
  • Page 69   Settings, and IPMI LAN Configuration Parameters. 0h – Set as User Default 1h – Restore User Default Configuration ID = 10h, Firmware Update Attribute Size Description    Remote Update Allow firmware update via Enable TFTP server. Protocol Specified supported protocols.
  • Page 70   Configuration ID = 11h, Power Management Attribute Size Description Power Specify the use of power Management management method. Enable Bit 7: Enable DPNM power management 1b = enable DPNM 0b = disable DPNM Bit 6:0: reserved Power Staggering This parameter is only AC Recovery effective if the Power Policy is not set to always off.

  • Page 71: Appendix

      Appendix SSH/Telnet Enable and Disable Reserved Extended Configuration (NetFn: 30H CMD:01H) Set/Get Extended Configuration(NetFn: 30H CMD:03H/02H) Configuration ID = 04h, Security Attribute Size Description Service Disables or enables services. This Disabled attribute takes precedence over the individual feature enabled/disabled. Once one service has been disabled, the BMC must not allow users to enable the corresponding feature and D5h...

  • Page 72: Ssh/Telnet Redirect Enable And Disable

      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: Reserved Extended Configuration ipmitool raw 0x30 0x01 Response: 0x02 (Reservation ID) Enable SSH/Telnet ipmitool raw 0x30 0x03 0x02 0x04 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x00 (set SSH/Telnet enable) Response: 0x01 SSH/Telnet Redirect Enable and Disable...

  • Page 73: Vlan Id

      Set SSH/Telnet SOL Redirect enable: Reserved Extended Configuration ipmitool raw 0x30 0x01 Response: 0x02 (Reservation ID) Enable SSH/Telnet SOL redirect. ipmitool raw 0x30 0x03 0x02 0x03 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x01 (set 1 to enable) Response: 0x01 VLAN ID User can use LAN configuration command parameter 14H to Set or Get VLAN ID.

  • Page 74: Bmc/Bios Version Info

      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: Get LAN Configuration Parameter command: ipmitool raw 0xC0 0x02 0x01 0x14 0x00 0x00 Response: 0x00 0x11 0x01 0x80 (VLAN Enable and VLAN ID: 1) Set LAN Configuration Parameter command: ipmitool raw 0xC0 0x01 0x01 0x14 0x01 0x80 Response: 0x00...
  • Page 75   Byte 4 Firmw ware Revision 1 [7] De evice available: : 0=normal ope eration, 1= dev vice firmw are, SDR Repos itory update or r self-initializat tion in progress [Firmw ware / SDR Repos itory updates c can be different tiated by issuin ng a Get SDR c...
  • Page 76   BIOS version Info The BIOS enab bles the system m interface to th he BMC and lo ogs this event to o the BMC early in P POST. User can find t the BIOS versi on in event rec cord byte 15-16 6 as following t table:...

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