Serial Over LAN (SOL)—MPCBL0010 SBC

Note: While ipmitool is a supported utility, reference_cfg is provided as an unsupported reference to be modified by customers to suit their specific environments and integration needs.

11.6Supported Usage Model

Customers are expected to use SOL to accomplish the following:

BIOS console redirection

Remote terminal access for OS setup and viewing text console output

The ipmitool utility runs on a remote network node and communicates over the LAN interface. The remote node and the target SBC may be on the same subnet or on different subnets.

The reference script can be run on the remote node.

Figure 28. Reference Script Running on a Remote Node, Communicating over the LAN

Note: The machine or “remote node” running ipmitool may also be an MPCBL0010 SBC within the same chassis.

11.6.1Configuring the Blade for SOL

In order to configure a blade for SOL, the system on which the configurator is installed (typically the remote node) needs to establish an RMCP connection with the SBC. The configurator sends commands and configuration settings to the SBC in order to configure and enable SOL operation. In order to configure a blade for SOL, reference_cfg must run either on the same blade as the IPMC and communicate via the KCS interface, or on a remote node. In the latter case, the script sends IPMI messages over the LAN to the SBC shelf manager, which in turn bridges data to the IPMC’s IPMB- 0 interface.

The minimal per-blade configuration that must be set up includes the following:

an IP/MAC address, subnet mask, default gateway

ARP configuration

user ID and password to authenticate access

channel, user, payload, and SOL privilege levels

The configuration utility is referring to the reference_cfg script described above.

 

Intel NetStructure® MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer

October 2006

Technical Product Specification

Order Number: 304120

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