MPCBL0010 SBC—Serial Over LAN (SOL)

11.8.2.2Installing ipmitool

1.Download 1.8.7 or newer version of ipmitool from http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/

2.Install ipmitool 1.8.7 on the Client Blade. ipmitool provides the SOL client interface.

3.Type: tar zxvf ipmitool-1.8.7.tar.gz

4.Change directory to the ipmitool directory created after tar, cd ipmitool-1.8.7

5.Type: ./configure

6.Type: make install

7.For RedHat* RHEL only: Before using ipmitool, start the IPMI drivers. In MontaVista, the IPMI drivers start automatically.

a. Start the IPMI drivers:

#/etc/init.d/ipmi start (This will start IPMI drivers for this particular session only.)

#chkconfig ipmi on (This starts IPMI drivers by default onthe next reboot.)

8.If the computer that ipmitool was just installed on has a local IPMC, the ipmitool installation can be tested by typing:

ipmitool raw 6 1

If ipmitool is running correctly, the response should be in a format similar to:

20 81 01 03 02 3f 57 01 00 0c 08 01 05 01 00.

11.8.2.3Start an SOL Session

Before starting an SOL session, first make sure you can ping the target blade.

On the Client Blade, execute this command:

#ipmitool -I lanplus -L operator -H <SOL Target IP addr> -U solusername - P soluserpassword sol activate

If the SOL session is activated successfully, you get the following message: [SOL Session operational. Use ~? for help]

Press enter and the target output should be displayed on your console.

If the SOL session does not activate, run this command and check how ipmitool is configured:

# ipmitool -I lanplus -L operator -H <SOL Target IP Addr> -U solusername - P soluserpassword sol info

11.8.2.4Checking SOL Configuration

There are two commands that can be issued to check the SOL configuration. on the Ethernet channels.

Note: ipmitool must be installed on the SOL target blade as well.

Use "ipmitool lan print 1" to display the configuration for the first Ethernet channel.

(This Ethernet port is connected to the Ethernet switch located in Slot #7 on the MPCH0001 chassis)

Intel NetStructure® MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer

 

Technical Product Specification

October 2006

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Intel Intel NetStructure Single Board Computer manual Installing ipmitool, Start an SOL Session, Checking SOL Configuration