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- Page 1 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide MAN-940 01/04/07...
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Page 2: Revision History
American Megatrends, Inc. American Megatrends, Inc. acknowledges the following trademarks: Intel is a registered trademark of the Intel Corporation. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
MegaRAC® G4 Card Layout ... 4 MegaRAC® G4 Card Layout and Connection Guide ... 5 Step 2 Plug in the MegaRAC® G4 card into the Host System and Attach Internal Cables ... 5 Step 3 Connect External Cables... 7 Step 4 Confirm the Motherboard’s BIOS Settings ... 7 Step 5 Initial Configuration of the MegaRAC®... - Page 4 Getting Started ... 39 Network Configuration Tab ... 39 User Manager Tab ... 40 Adding a User... 40 User Properties ... 40 Appendix D SMASH Command Line Utility ... 41 Overview ... 41 Prerequisites... 41 Hardware Setup ... 41 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide...
- Page 5 BIOS ... 41 Connecting using Hyper Terminal... 42 Logging In ... 43 Default Root User Name and Password ... 43 Applicable Documents and References:... 43 Introduction: ... 44 What is SMASH:... 44 SMASH CLP Architecture: ... 44 List of commands:... 45 Table 1: Command List ...
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Page 6: Limited Warranty
AMI or you purchased an AMI product from an unauthorized reseller, If an American Megatrends MegaRAC® G4 card fails to operate as described or you are in doubt about a configuration option, please call technical support at 770-246-8645. Web Site We invite you to access the American Megatrends World Wide Web site at: http://www.ami.com/... -
Page 7: Disclaimer
Disclaimer This manual describes the operation of the American Megatrends MegaRAC® G4 card. Although efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained here, American Megatrends expressly disclaims liability for any error in this information, and for damages, whether direct, indirect, special, exemplary, consequential or otherwise,... - Page 8 MegaRAC® G4 feature connector cable • an AC Adapter (Optional) The MegaRAC G4 USB Cable is specifically designed for the MegaRAC G4, revision E PCB and newer revisions only. Do not use the MegaRAC G4 USB Cable for any other MegaRAC device. Note: The AC Adapter (optional) continues to provide power to the MegaRAC card in the event that the host system is on standby mode (3.3V STB) or powered on.
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Page 9: Fcc Class A Statement
FCC Class A Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. -
Page 10: Industry Canada
EN 55022:1998 (EU) Power Line Harmonics/Voltage Flicker • European Union-- EN 55022:1998 Radiated & Conducted Emissions Class A • European Union-- EN 61000-3-2/-3 Harmonics & Flicker Electromagnetic Compatibility-Immunity • European Union-- EN 55024: 1998 + A1:2001 + A2:2003 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide... -
Page 11: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction Features Feature Description • Key Feature • • • • • • • • • Processor System On Chip • (SOC) • • • • Flash • Form Factor • AMI MG9080 KVM • Engine • • •... - Page 12 • • OEM Tools • • Power Supply • MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide Email (SMTP) notification Web based user interface Cross browser support Customizable GUI Added security with SSL (HTTPS) Cross platform support Sophisticated user management Multiple user permission level...
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Page 13: Installing Your Megarac® G4 Card
Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) can damage the MegaRAC® G4 card and other system components. Keep your MegaRAC® G4 card in its anti-static bag until it is to be installed. Avoid contact with any component or connector on any adapter card, printed circuit board, or memory module. -
Page 14: Step 1 Unpack The Megarac® G4 Card (And Check Jumper Settings)
J10 RS232 Serial Port USB In Network VGA In Note: There are some headers on your MegaRAC G4 card that cannot be used. Therefore, they are not described in this document. MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide (and check jumper settings) J5 Recovery/ Configuration J18 MegaRAC Feature Connector J16 &... -
Page 15: Megarac® G4 Card Layout And Connection Guide
VGA Port (15-pin Male) The MegaRAC G4 USB Cable is specifically designed for the MegaRAC G4, revision E PCB and newer revisions only. Do not use the MegaRAC G4 USB Cable for any other MegaRAC device. Step 2 Plug in the MegaRAC® G4 card into the Host System and Attach Internal Cables Physically plug in the MegaRAC®... - Page 16 Description J2, J3, J4, Do not use these headers if you have a MegaRAC G4 Revision E. As of Revision E, these headers J11and J12 are no longer active and in the future will not be mounted on the PCB.
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Page 17: Step 3 Connect External Cables
Connect to the VGA port on the Host System. • Attach the VGA splitter to the MegaRAC® G4 card. Connect the female end to the monitor and the male end to your host system’s VGA port. • Connect the RJ45 LAN cable from your local network to your MegaRAC® G4 card. -
Page 18: Step 5 Initial Configuration Of The Megarac® G4 Card
Step 5 Initial Configuration of the MegaRAC® G4 card The MegaRAC® G4 card is ready to be used at this stage. If you have an AC Adapter attached to the MegaRAC® G4 card’s USB cable, it will be powered on even if your host system is not powered on. -
Page 19: Intel Device Spy For Upnp Technologies
When prompted for the user name and password, use root for the User Name and superuser for the Password. Both are all lower-case characters. Left click the OK button. After you successfully log into your MegaRAC® G4 card, you are greeted with the Welcome to MegaRAC® G4 card screen. -
Page 20: Setup Your Client System's Internet Browser
At this stage if you already have an operating system loaded on the host system, you can boot to it. While the operating system is booting up, it will detect the MegaRAC® G4 card’s USB devices (that make device redirection possible). -
Page 21: Megarac® G4 Card Layout
J2, J3 and J4 Not Used Do not use these headers if you have a MegaRAC G4 Revision E. As of Revision E, these headers are no longer active and in the future will not be mounted on the PCB. -
Page 22: J6 Usb In, J7 Network And J8 Vga In External Connectors
J6 USB In, J7 Network and J8 VGA In External Connectors The MegaRAC G4 USB Cable is specifically designed for the MegaRAC G4, revision E PCB and newer revisions only. Do not use the MegaRAC G4 USB Cable for any other MegaRAC device. -
Page 23: J9 Service Connector
J11 and J12 Not Used Do not use these headers if you have a MegaRAC G4 Revision E. As of Revision E, these headers are no longer active and in the future will not be mounted on the PCB. -
Page 24: J14 And J15 I2C Clock/Data Pci Bypass Jumper
I2C on the PCI slots, place a jumper on these two headers. By default these headers are open. These two headers allow your MegaRAC® G4 card to read I2C bus information. If your hosts system’s motherboard has support for I2C on the PCI slots, place a jumper on these two headers. -
Page 25: J18 Megarac® Feature Cable
I2C Cable to the motherboard Connect the cable Reset pins. from the chassis Reset Switch to these pins. Chapter Three : MegaRAC® G4 Card Layout Power On Cable (Runs between the MegaRAC G4 and the Power On Switch located on Front Panel of... - Page 26 Note: Only the OEM version can utilize the hardware health monitoring capabilities of MegaRAC® G4 card. The hardware health monitoring function requires an OEM specific cable and Sensor Definition Kit (SDK/SDR.DAT) file and Soft Processor (SP.DAT) file.
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Page 27: Ipmb (Intelligent Platform Management Bus)
Header located Runs between the MegaRAC and the Reset on the Host G4 and the IPMB Header Switch located System’s located on the Host System’s on Front Panel of Motherboard) Motherboard) the Host System) Chapter Three : MegaRAC® G4 Card Layout... - Page 28 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide...
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Page 29: Using Your Megarac® G4
The MegaRAC® G4 has a user-friendly Graphics User Interface (GUI) called the MegaRAC® G4 GUI. It is designed to be easy to use. It has a low learning curve because it uses a standard Internet browser. You can expect to be up and running in less than five minutes. -
Page 30: Megarac® G4 Gui Explained
After you successfully log into your MegaRAC® G4, you are greeted with the MegaRAC® G4 GUI. Menu Bar There is a menu bar located at the top of the MegaRAC® G4 GUI. It lists the following groups: • General Information Group •... -
Page 31: Sensor Monitoring Options
If being monitored by an external BMC, you will need to provide the slave address so that the MegaRAC® G4 card will be able to read data from the onboard BMC on the motherboard/ server board. 0x20 is the address most commonly used. -
Page 32: Sensor Reading
Sensor Readings Refresh Button Show Thresholds Button MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide Description You can select a specific category of sensors that you may want to view or all the sensors. All Sensors Temperature Sensors Voltage Sensors Fan Sensors This field displays the individual sensor’s name, reading and the current... -
Page 33: Event Log
This field allows you to set the MegaRAC® G4’s IP address. This field allows you to set the Subnet Mask The MegaRAC® G4 resides on. This field allows you to set the MegaRAC® G4’s Gateway access address. -
Page 34: User List
Modify User Button Delete User Button MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide Description This field displays the ID number used in association with the User Name. This field displays a list of all users who are able to access this MegaRAC® Note: The default administrator is root. -
Page 35: Add New User
Confirm your password by entering your password again in the Confirm Password field. Assign network permissions and access rights. • Administrator • Operator • No Access Use this button to add the new user. Use this button to cancel this action. Chapter Four : Using Your MegaRAC® G4... -
Page 36: Modify User
Delete User If you would like to delete a user, select their name in the list and select the Delete User button. MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide Description This field contains the user name being modified. This field cannot be modified. -
Page 37: Alert List
Disable All • Informational • Warning • Critical • Non-recoverable Type the SNMP destination IP address into this field. Use this button to cancel this action. Use this button to save your settings. Chapter Four : Using Your MegaRAC® G4... -
Page 38: Mouse Mode Settings
Note: The MegaRAC® G4 does not support pass-phrase encrypted certificates. Once you upload the certificates, left click the OK button to reset your MegaRAC® G4. You can now access your MegaRAC® G4 securely using the following format in your IP Address field from your Internet browser: https://<your MegaRAC®... -
Page 39: Ldap Settings
LDAP server. An LDAP directory requires an RFC 2247–compliant distinguished name, or search base, to perform an LDAP search. Type in your search base name here. Chapter Four : Using Your MegaRAC® G4... -
Page 40: Remote Control Group
2. Java Console (Recommended on all platforms) Remote Console Shortcut Key Combinations The most powerful feature of your MegaRAC® G4 is the ability to redirect the host system’s console. To redirect the host system’s console is the ability to manage your host system as if it were physically in front of you, when it is not. -
Page 41: Console Redirection Window
Hold Down • Press and Release This menu item can be used to act as if you depressed the <CTRL>, <ALT> and <DEL> keys down simultaneously on the host system that you are redirecting. Chapter Four : Using Your MegaRAC® G4... -
Page 42: Mouse
Menu Item Bandwidth Quality Video Settings KB/Mouse Encryption MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide Description This menu item can be used to synchronize or unsynchronize the mouse cursor. Description The Bandwidth Usage option allows you to adjust the bandwidth. You can select one of the following: •... -
Page 43: Device
Select this option to power down the host system gracefully. Select this option to power up the host system. Select this option to power cycle the host system. Select this button to execute the option selected. Chapter Four : Using Your MegaRAC® G4... -
Page 44: Firmware Update
Item Enter Update Mode Button Logging Out To log out, simply click on the Log Out link. MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide Warning BUTTON ONLY! Description Select the Enter Update Mode button to put the device in a special mode that allows firmware update. Follow the instructions listed on the update wizard. -
Page 45: Appendix A Troubleshooting
Appendix A Troubleshooting BMC Not Responding Problem The BMC does not respond. Symptom You cannot power off, power on, or power cycle the host system. You cannot obtain Host System health information. Solution Make sure that in IPMI configuration "Use server's onboard BMC to access health information"... -
Page 46: Cannot Power On The Host System Remotely
Solution The user should make sure that the feature cable is connected properly from the G4 card and the host system’s main board and chassis. The wall AC adapter must be connected to the MegaRAC®... -
Page 47: Appendix B Serial Over Lan
You can use an external serial port connector and null modem cable to setup the MegaRAC® G4 to perform Serial over LAN operations. To do this, you must have an external 9-pin serial port connector and cable plugged into the MegaRAC® G4 card’s serial port connector at J10. - Page 48 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide...
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Page 49: Appendix C G4Configapp
Network Configuration Tab The Network Configuration tab allows you to change the way the MegaRAC™ G4 card connects to the network. By default, the MegaRAC™ G4 card obtains an IP address dynamically via DHCP. You can change this by specifying the IP address, network mask, and gateway. -
Page 50: User Manager Tab
User Manager Tab The User Manager tab allows you to manage the MegaRAC™ G4 card’s users. Here you can add, delete, and modify users. Field/ Button Description Add Button The Add button allows you to add a new administrator to the MegaRAC™ G4 card’s user list. -
Page 51: Appendix Dsmash Command Line Utility
You can use an external serial port connector and null modem cable to setup the MegaRAC® G4 to perform Serial over LAN operations. To do this, you must have an external 9-pin serial port connector and cable plugged into the MegaRAC® G4 card’s serial port connector at J10. -
Page 52: Connecting Using Hyper Terminal
Flow control Note: To invoke the <DEL> key, map the <DEL> key to the <BACKSPACE> key in the Hyper Terminal Properties window. MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide What the Serial Port (either COM1 or COM2) set to 19200 set to 8... -
Page 53: Logging In
Logging In Default Root User Name and Password When you see the login prompt, enter your username and password. The default root username and password is as follows: Field Root Username Password Note: The default root user name and password are in lower-case characters. Note: When you log in using the default root user name and password, you have full administrative powers. -
Page 54: Introduction
The SMASH CLP architecture requires a Telnet or an SSH client to communicate with the SMASH server residing within the management controller. The SMASH has 11 commands and predefined targets specified in the SMASH CLP specification document. MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide more... -
Page 55: List Of Commands
List of commands: SMASH has in all 11 commands for the user. The OEMs can add their own commands to SMASH provided they prefix their commands with “OEM_”. The commands are as follows: Table 1: Command List Command Requirement Definition and usage MUST Used to set the Current Default Target (navigate the target address space of the MAP). -
Page 56: List Of Targets
Smash will work for targets that it can discover from SDR, SEL and FRU files. There are some hard coded targets like nic, profiles, etc. Figure 1: Target Tree Example system1 iMac fan1 sensor1 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide system2 log1 log2 nic1 log3 system3... -
Page 57: Working With Smash- Clp
Working with SMASH- CLP How to login Log in to the G3/G4 using the userid and password. In G3, from the command prompt one has to type SMASH and the SMASH CLP prompt will come forth. Display the list of targets one can work with The following command will enlist the targets that SMASH CLP will support. -
Page 58: Changing The Current Default Target
To see one or more properties for a particular target we can use multiple properties. show –display properties = (IP, MAC) /nic1 How to set the values of the sensor or targets The “SET” command is used to modify the values of the targets. set /nic1 ip=10.0.0.23 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide... -
Page 59: Using Advanced Options
Using advanced options: (A)ll option The –a(ll) option shows all properties of the targets. (L)evel option The level option shows the properties of targets down to the level “n” specified in the command. show –l 3 /system1 This command will show the properties of the targets up to the third level starting from the CDT or the target in the command line. - Page 60 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide...
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Page 61: Appendix Eupnp And Port Usage
Appendix E UPnP and Port Usage UPnP The MegaRAC® G4 supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). If your router supports UPnP, the MegaRAC® G4 will automatically open the appropriate ports. Port Usage Table Port Protocol Purpose 5121 Remote Keyboard and Mouse data... - Page 62 MegaRAC® G4 User’s Guide...
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Page 63: Appendix Fmac Address Map
Appendix F MAC Address Map MAC Address Location Description Windows 2003 Advanced 00-40-D9-02-9B-3C Server Room, Rack 2, 5 Server, Mail Server Appendix F: MAC Address Map... -
Page 64: Notes
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Page 65: Index
J9 Service Connector, 13 Keyboard, 31, 51 Launch Redirection, 30 LDAP Settings, 29 List of commands:, 45 List of targets:, 46 Logging In, 43 Logging Out, 34 MAC Address Map, 53 Maintenance Group, 20, 33 MegaRAC® G4 Card Layout, 4, 5, 11 Index... - Page 66 Solution, 35, 36 SSL Configuration, 28 Step 1 Unpack the MegaRAC® G4 card (and check jumper settings), 4 Step 2 Plug in the MegaRAC® G4 card into the Host System and Attach Internal Cables, 5 Step 3 Connect External Cables, 7 Step 4 Confirm the Motherboard’s...