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.
To install the Avocent 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/systems/support/, download the management utility
program, and create the BMC Management Utility CD.
2. Insert the 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
cd/mnt/cdrom.
5. Type the following command to run the RPM package and start the installation:
rpm -ivh smbridge-2.0-xx.rpm
where xx is the release level that is being installed.
6. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. When the installation is
complete, the utility copies files to the following directories:
/etc/init.d/SMBridge
/etc/smbridge.cfg
/usr/sbin/smbridged
/var/log/smbridge/LICENSE
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:
smbridge status
smbridge start
smbridge stop
smbridge restart
Note: For more information about the SMBridge management utility program, see
“Using the SMBridge management utility program” on page 54.
Using the baseboard management controller utility programs
Use the baseboard management controller utility programs to configure the
baseboard management controller, download firmware updates and SDR/FRU
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/systems/support/ to download the utility program. Run the
utility program to create a configuration utility diskette.
Complete the following steps to start the baseboard management controller
configuration utility program: