Contents
1
Preface ................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1
1.2
Documentation overview ............................................................................................................................... 6
1.3
Notational conventions ................................................................................................................................... 7
2
IPMI ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.1
Technical Background ................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2
IPMI over LAN .............................................................................................................................................. 13
2.3
Supported IPMI OEM Commands .............................................................................................................. 14
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
BIOS-specific commands ..................................................................................................................... 20
2.3.4
iRMC S5-specific commands ............................................................................................................... 22
2.4
2.5
Serial over LAN (SOL) ................................................................................................................................. 30
3
iRMC Configuration ............................................................................................................................................. 32
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
Configuration via scripting............................................................................................................................ 35
3.5
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
4
4.1
4.2
Required user permissions .......................................................................................................................... 43
4.3
Logging in ...................................................................................................................................................... 46
4.4
Main menu .................................................................................................................................................... 48
4.4.1
System Information menu .................................................................................................................... 49
4.4.2
Power Management menu ................................................................................................................... 50
4.4.3
Enclosure Information menu ............................................................................................................... 51
4.4.3.1
System Eventlog ............................................................................................................................ 52
4.4.3.2
Internal Eventlog ............................................................................................................................ 53
4.4.4
Service processor menu ...................................................................................................................... 54
4.4.5
4.4.6
Shell menu ............................................................................................................................................. 55
4.4.7
Console Logging ................................................................................................................................... 56
4.4.8
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