iRMC S2/S3
Contents
1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1 Purpose and target groups of the manual . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.2 Functions of the iRMC S2/S3 (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.3 Communication interfaces of the iRMC S2/S3 . . . . . . . . 19
1.4 Communication protocols used by the iRMC S2/S3 . . . . . 20
1.5 IPMI - technical background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.6 DCMI (Data Center Management Interface) . . . . . . . . . 29
1.7 Changes since the previous versions of the manual . . . . 30
1.8 ServerView Suite link collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
1.9 Documentation for ServerView Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
1.10 Notational conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
2 Logging on to the iRMC S2/S3 for the first time . . . . . . . 37
2.1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
2.2 iRMC S2/S3 factory defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
2.3 Logging into the iRMC S2/S3 web interface . . . . . . . . . 39
3 Configuring the iRMC S2/S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.1 Configuring the LAN interface of the iRMC S2/S3 . . . . . . 41
3.1.1 Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1.1.1 Connected to the correct LAN port? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.1.1.2 Interaction between the IP addresses of the iRMC S2/S3
and the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.1.1.3 Access from a different subnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.1.2 Configuring the LAN interface: Configuration tools . . . . . . . 43
3.1.3 Configuring the LAN interface using the BIOS / TrustedCore /
UEFI setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.1.3.1 Configuring the LAN interface of the iRMC S2 by using
the BIOS / TrustedCore setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44