Gigabyte GA-7PESLN User Manual

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Gigabyte Content Management
System Console
User's Guide
Version: 0.1

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  • Page 1 Gigabyte Content Management System Console User’s Guide Version: 0.1...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents   Using Your Gigabyte Content Management System Console ............2   Gigabyte Content Management System Key Features and Functions ..........3   Using the Web UI ..........................4   Gigabyte Content Management System Console Overview ............. 5  ...
  • Page 3: Using Your Gigabyte Content Management System Console

    The Gigabyte Content Management System Console has a user-friendly Graphics User Interface (GUI) called the Gigabyte Content Management System Console 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 4: Gigabyte Content Management System Key Features And Functions

    Gigabyte Content Management System Key Features and Functions  Support IPMI v2.0  Out-of-band monitoring and control for sever management over LAN.  FRU information report includes main board part number, product name, and manufacturer, etc.)  Health status/Hardware monitoring report.
  • Page 5: 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™). The web server shall support 4 concurrent connections Web-based GUI is supported on the following browsers: Microsoft Windows: •...
  • Page 6: Gigabyte Content Management System Console Overview

    Gigabyte Content Management System Console Overview Open a web browser and type in your identified IP. The IP address can be found using your DHCP server. A dialog box prompts you to enter Username and Password. Enter the following values:...
  • Page 7: Enter Gigabyte Content Management System Console

    Enter Gigabyte Content Management System Console After you successfully log into your Gigabyte Content Management System Console, the Remote Management Console GUI appears. Properties Properties displays the firmware version of current remote client system.
  • Page 8: Configuration

    Configuration Network You can view and modify the network settings on this screen. Select the Network Mode from the drop-down list. Dedicate Mode When set to Dedicate Mode, you can configure the BMC related settings through the BMC port. Shared Mode When set to Shared Mode, you can configure the BMC related settings through the NIC2 port.
  • Page 9: Network Security

    Network Security You can configure the network security settings on this screen. Check the IP Blocking Enabled box and input the desire value of IP Blocking Fail Count, IP Blocking Fail Window, and IP Blocking Penalty Time. After you finish the configuration, click Apply Change to save the settings.
  • Page 10: Users

    Users To configure a specific user, click the Users ID. To display new user information, click Refresh. NOTE: BMC convention for enabling an ‘anonymous’ login is to configure the entry for User ID 1 with a null username (all zero’s) and a null password (all zero’s). Applications may then present this to the user as an anonymous login.
  • Page 11: Services

    Services You can configure the web server parameters (such as, HTTP Port Number, HTTPS Port Number, and Timeout) on a remote computer. By default, the timeout is 1800 seconds. When you finish the configuration, click Apply Changes.
  • Page 12: Ipmi

    IPMI This screen contains two sections: IPMI Serial and IPMI Settings. IPMI Serial There are four serial configuration in IPMI Serial: Connection Mode Settings, Baud Rate, Flow Control, and Channel Privilege Level Limit. The Connection Mode Settings allows user to select the Console redirection type and to manage the system from a remote location.
  • Page 13 IPMI Settings IPMI Settings provides remote configuration over LAN. To activate IPMI remote configuration by LAN, check Enable IPMI Over LAN option, define the Channel Privilege Level Limit, and enter the Encryption Key. When you finish the configuration, click “Apply Changes”.
  • Page 14: Time Setting

    Time Setting This page provides the mechanism to configure the Network Time acquisition method. With Administrator or Operator privilege level, you can modify configuration settings and click the Apply Changes button to execute the settings, as well as click the Sync Time Now button (when in Requested Mode) to request an immediate clock set.
  • Page 15: Sessions

    Sessions This screen displays information on Active Sessions. Additionally, the trash can icon provides the delete function for privileged users. Click Refresh to refresh the Sessions status.
  • Page 16: Ldap

    LDAP LDAP screen allows download user list of LDAP server then create Gigabyte Content Management System Console user account from this list directly. Check the box below to enable LDAP authentication and enter the required information to access the LDAP server. Click Apply Changes to save your changes.
  • Page 17: Updates

    Updates The firmware can be updated remotely. To update firmware, follow the instruction below: Select Update Type. Select the file on your local system using Browse. Click Upload to update to the new version of firmware.
  • Page 18: Utilities

    Utilities Utilities provides BMC reboot and Factory default restore functions. To reboot system, click Reboot. To restore factory default, click Factory Default.
  • Page 19: Server Information

    Server Information Power Control The Power Control allows you to power on/off/cycle the remote host system. Additionally you can see the remote power status. To perform the power control operation, select the operation and click Apply Changes.
  • Page 20: Voltages

    Voltages This screen displays the status of system power consumption. Each sensor displays different color to indicate the health status of a specified device. The green color indicates the device is healthy and there’s no sensor that has any alert. The yellow color indicates the device has at least one sensor that has warning alert.
  • Page 21: Thermal

    Thermal This screen displays the Fans and Temperatures sensors of a remote host system. Click Refresh to update current health status for both Fans and Temperatures. The green color indicates the device is healthy and there’s no sensor that has any alert. The yellow color indicates the device has at least one sensor that has a warning alert.
  • Page 22: Temperature

    Temperature...
  • Page 23: System Event Log

    System Event Log It records the event when sensor has an abnormal state. When the log matches the pre-defined alert, the system sends out the notification automatically, if it is pre-configured.
  • Page 24: Event Management

    Event Management Platform Event A platform event filter (PEF) can trigger an action and generate an alert when a critical hardware-related event occurs. For each PEF, you can choose the action to be taken when a platform event occurs. You can also choose to generate and send an alert when a platform event occurs. In the Platform Events screen, you can enable the generation of platform event alerts globally by clicking Global Alerting Enable.
  • Page 25: Trap Settings

    Trap Settings In the Trap Settings, user can set the IPv4 and Ipv6 Destination List. IPv6 and IPv4 are two completely separate protocols. IPv6 is not backwards compatible with IPv4, and IPv4 hosts and routers will not be able to deal directly with IPv6 traffic. IPv6 has a significantly larger address space than IPv4.
  • Page 26: Email Settings

    Email Settings If you want the alert to be sent by email, you can configure to specify the e-mail address, subject and message in the Email Settings. After you finish the configuration, click Apply Change to save the settings. SMTP Set E-mail (SMTP) server IP address for sending alert notification to user.
  • Page 27: Serial Over Lan

    Serial Over LAN You can configure the Serial Over LAN settings on this screen. Check the Enable Serial Over LAN box and select the Baud Rate and Channel Privilege Limit from the drop-down list. After you finish the configuration, click Apply Change to save the settings.
  • Page 28: Remote Console

    Remote Console Console Redirection This screen allows you to start a Remote Console session with the host system.
  • Page 29 Click Launch Java KVM Client to launch the redirection console and manage the server remotely. After clicking the button, a console appears as below:...
  • Page 30: Console Redirection Configuration

    Console Redirection Configuration This screen allows you to configure the Remote Console settings. Check the Virtual KVM Configuration Enabled box or Virtual Media Configuration Enabled box, and select the Max Sessions, Remote Port, Video Encryption Enabled, and Preference Client from the drop-down list.

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