Using The Baseboard Management Controller Utility Programs - IBM System x3800 Type 8865 User Manual

To install the OSA SMBridge management utility program on a server running a
Linux operating system, complete the following steps. You must be logged in as a
root user to perform these procedures.
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/support/, download the utility program, and create the
2. Insert the OSA BMC Management Utility CD into the drive.
3. Type mount/mnt/cdrom.
4. Locate the directory where the installation RPM package is located and type
5. Type the following command to run the RPM package and start the installation:
6. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. When the installation is
The utility starts automatically when the server is started. You can also locate the
/ect/init.d directory to start the utility and use the following commands to manage
the utility:

Using the baseboard management controller utility programs

Use the baseboard management controller utility programs to configure the
baseboard management controller, download firmware updates, and remotely
manage a network.
Using the baseboard management controller configuration utility
program
Use the baseboard management controller configuration utility program to view or
change the baseboard management controller configuration settings. You can also
use the utility program to save the configuration to a file for use on multiple servers.
Go to http://www.ibm.com/support/ to download the utility program; then, copy the
bmc_cfg.exe file to a configuration utility diskette on a USB diskette drive.
To start the baseboard management controller configuration utility program,
complete the following steps:
1. Insert the configuration utility diskette into the diskette drive and restart the
The installation program prompts you for a TCP/IP port number and an IP
address. Specify an IP address, if you want to limit the connection requests that
will be accepted by the utility program. To accept connections from any server,
type INADDR_ANY as the IP address. Also specify the port number that the utility
program will use. These values will be recorded in the smbridge.cfg file for the
automatic startup of the utility program.
OSA BMC Management Utility CD.
cd/mnt/cdrom.
rpm -ivh smbridge-2.0-xx.rpm
where xx is the release level being installed.
complete, the utility copies files to the following directories:
/etc/init.d/SMBridge
/etc/smbridge.cfg
/usr/sbin/smbridged
/var/log/smbridge/License.txt
/var/log/smbridge/Readme.txt
smbridge status
smbridge start
smbridge stop
smbridge restart
server.
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