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1. Unzip and untar the downloaded ipmitool package:
tar xvzf ipmitool*.tar.gz
2. Configure ipmitool for your system:
cd ipmitool*
./configure
3. Change to the created ipmitool directory to build ipmitool and install it:
make
make install
6.1.9 Ports used by the BMC
The BMC uses several TCP/UDP ports for communication, as shown in
Table 6-2. If the communication with the BMC passes firewalls, it is important to
know which ports you must enable on the firewalls to communicate properly.
Table 6-2 TCP/IP ports used by the BMC
Port number
623
664
161
162
6.2 Remote Supervisor Adapter II
The Remote Supervisor Adapter II, shown in Figure 6-13 on page 317, is a
system management card that ships with the x3850 M2 and x3950 M2 server
systems.
The adapter includes two components: the main board has an embedded video
chip ATI RN50 and the networking interface; and the daughter card is the RSA II
adapter that is connected by a separate internal cable to the Intelligent Platform
Management Bus (IPMB) on the Serial IO/PCI-X board.
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Planning, Installing, and Managing the IBM System x3950 M2
Description
IPMI communications to SMBridge and IBM Director
IPMI communications (secondary)
SNMP get and set commands
SNMP traps and PET alerts to IBM Director
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