QUANTA QuantaGrid S31A-1U, User Manual

Page 1: ...Version 1 0 QuantaGrid Series S31A 1U Compact 1U Server with full feature User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...on in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifi cally disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular pur pose Furthermore the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without ...

Page 3: ...stem Rear I O 1 8 Power Sub System Redundant PSU SKU 1 8 Power Sub System Fixed PSU SKU 1 9 LED Status Definitions 1 9 Front Control Panel LED 1 9 LAN LED 1 10 BMC Management Port LED 1 11 HDD LED 1 11 BIOS BIOS Setup Utility 2 1 Operation 2 1 Setup Page Layout 2 1 Entering BIOS Setup 2 1 Keyboard Commands 2 2 Menu Selection Bar 2 4 Server Platform Setup Utility Screens 2 4 Main Screen 2 5 Advance...

Page 4: ...g Utility 2 16 BIOS Revision 2 16 Clear CMOS 2 19 Clear Password 2 19 Server Management 2 20 Console Redirection 2 20 Serial Configuration Settings 2 20 Keystroke Mapping 2 20 Reset 2 21 Limitations 2 21 Interface to Server Management Optional 2 22 Network BIOS Support 2 22 PXE Boot 2 22 Checkpoints 2 22 Standard Checkpoint 2 22 ACPI ASL Checkpoints 2 28 OEM Reserved Checkpoint Ranges 2 28 BMC Ser...

Page 5: ... Event Filter 3 3 BMC Firmware Update 3 4 DOS Recovery Utility 3 4 WebUI Update 3 4 BMC Recovery 3 5 Recovery Process in DOS System 3 5 Recovery Process in Linux System 3 5 Recovery Process in Windows System 3 5 SMASH 3 6 System Level Commands 3 7 BMC Information 3 10 Web Graphical User Interface GUI for ESMS 3 12 Using the Web GUI 3 12 Login 3 12 Dashboard 3 13 Device Information 3 14 Network Inf...

Page 6: ...tory 3 26 DNS 3 30 LDAP E Directory 3 34 Mouse Mode 3 37 Network 3 39 PEF 3 42 RADIUS 3 50 Remote Session 3 52 SMTP 3 53 SOL 3 56 SSL 3 57 User Management 3 62 Virtual Media 3 66 Services 3 67 LAN Port Settings 3 70 Remote Control 3 70 Console Redirection 3 71 Server Power Control 3 82 Java SOL 3 83 Maintenance Group 3 85 Preserve Configuration 3 86 Restore Factory Defaults 3 88 Firmware Update 3 ...

Page 7: ...ctromagnetic Compatibility Notices 4 1 FCC Verification Statement USA 4 1 Europe CE Declaration of Conformity 4 1 VCCI Japan 4 1 BSMI Taiwan 4 1 Regulated Specified Components 4 2 Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Compliance 4 2 End of Life Product Recycling 4 2 Product Regulatory Compliance Markings 4 3 ...

Page 8: ...ype face denotes keyboard keys Warning information appears before the text it references and should not be ignored as the content may prevent damage to the device WARNING Warning information appears before the text it references and should not be ignored as the content may prevent damage to the device CAUTION CAUTIONS APPEAR BEFORE THE TEXT IT REFERENCES SIMILAR TO NOTES AND WARNINGS CAUTIONS HOWE...

Page 9: ...erviced only by technically qualified persons You must adhere to the guidelines in this guide and the assembly instructions in related chapters to ensure and maintain compliance with existing product certifications and approvals Use only the described regulated components specified in this guide Use of other products components will void the UL Listing and other regulatory approvals of the product...

Page 10: ...uppressor and disconnect telecommunication lines to your modem during an electrical storm Provided with a properly grounded wall outlet Provided with sufficient space to access the power system because they serve as the product s main power disconnect Provided with either two independent DC power system or two independent phases from a single power system The enclosure is designed to carry only th...

Page 11: ...ARATE THE SYS TEM FROM THE POWER SOURCE CAUTION TO AVOID RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DISCONNECT ALL CABLING FROM THE SYSTEM AND REMOVE THE SYSTEM FROM THE RACK CAUTION TO AVOID PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE THE FOLLOWING SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS APPLY WHENEVER ACCESSING THE INSIDE OF THE PRODUCT Disconnect from the power source by removing the system from the rack Disconnect all cabling running into th...

Page 12: ...ent If installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the oper ating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than room ambient Therefore consideration should be given to installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature Tma specified by the manufac turer Reduced Air Flow Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the a...

Page 13: ...ther resource as a reference pay close attention to the safety instructions Adhere to the assembly instructions in this manual to ensure and maintain compliance with existing product certifications and approvals Use only the described regulated components spec CAUTION ESD CAN DAMAGE DRIVES BOARDS AND OTHER PARTS WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PERFORM ALL PROCEDURES AT AN ESD WORKSTATION IF ONE IS NOT AVAIL...

Page 14: ... discharge ESD Hold boards only by their edges After removing a board from its protective wrapper or from the server place the board component side up on a grounded static free surface Use a conductive foam pad if available but not the board wrapper Do not slide board over any surface Installing or removing jumpers A jumper is a small plastic encased conductor that slips over two jumper pins Some ...

Page 15: ...ctrical devices In regions that are susceptible to electrical storms we recommend you plug your system into a surge suppressor and disconnect telecommunication lines to your modem during an electrical storm Provided with a properly grounded wall outlet Provided with sufficient space to access the power system because they serve as the product s main power disconnect WARNING The system is safety ce...

Page 16: ...ction provides information regarding the BIOS architecture BIOS update utility server management checkpoints and error handling found in the sys tem Chapter 3 BMC This section provides information and key features of BMC Baseboard Manage ment Controller Chapter 4 Regulatory and Compliance Information This section provides regulatory and compliance information applicable to this system ...

Page 17: ...About the System Chapter 1 This section introduces the system its different configuration s and the main features ...

Page 18: ...tacenter cool ing needs and achieve higher data center infrastructure efficiency DCIE value Flexible and Scalable I O options QuantaGrid S31A 1U provides flexible I O scalability for today s diverse data center application requirements It features OCP LAN mezzanine card solutions in addition to dual GbE or 10GbE LAN on motherboards LoM The onboard SAS controller offers multiple QCT SAS mezzanine c...

Page 19: ...ith 8MB DDR3 video memory Front I O Power ID Reset Buttons LAN HDD Status ID LEDs 2x USB 2 0 ports Rear I O 2x USB 3 0 ports 1x VGA port 1x RS232 serial port 2x GbE RJ45 port 1x GbE RJ45 management port 1x ID button with LED TPM Yes optional Power supply SKU1 1 1 redundant hot plug PSU 80 Plus Platinum 3Y 700W 100 240Vac 50 60Hz 10 5A 3Y 400W 100 240Vac 50 60Hz 6 3A Acbel 700W 100 127 200 240Vac 5...

Page 20: ...ONTENTS 1 3 1 2 Package Contents 1 S31A 1U system 1 processor heat sink 1 power supply unit 1 power cord optional 1 utility CD This Guide included 1 rail kit Note Note For exact shipping contents contact your sales representative ...

Page 21: ...m System Overview The server is available as a redundant PSU SKU1 and fixed PSU SKU2 configuration The redundant PSU SKU configuration system overview is displayed in the following image Figure 1 1 Redundant PSU System SKU1 Component Overview 2 5 7 10 1 6 4 3 9 8 11 ...

Page 22: ...8 Gen 3 0 4 Riser assembly Support PCIe expansion card PCIe x 8 Gen 3 0 Support QCT SAS mezzanine card PCIe x 8 Gen 3 0 5 DIMM slots 4 DDR4 DIMM slots 6 PSU assembly SKU1 Redundant power supply unit assembly SKU2 Fixed power supply unit assembly 7 Mainboard System mainboard 8 Backup battery Backup battery for SAS mezzanine card 9 Front control panel See Front Control Panel FCP on page 1 6 10 HDD a...

Page 23: ...CRIPTION 1 Front control panel See Front Control Panel LED on page 1 9 for further information 2 HDD bays 4 x 3 5 SAS SATA HDD 3 SSD tray 2 x SSD Table 4 Front Control Panel Definition NO ICON NAME DESCRIPTION 1 USB ports USB ports 1 2 2 Reset button Soft reset system function 3 LAN2 LED LAN access 4 LAN1 LED LAN access 5 HDD activity LED Hard disk drive access 6 Fault LED Provides critical and no...

Page 24: ... NO FEATURE DESCRIPTION 1 Power sub system Upper Redundant power supply unit Bottom Fixed power supply unit See Power Sub System Redundant PSU SKU on page 1 8 2 System I O ports See System Rear I O on page 1 8 3 Expansion slot PCIe expansion slot with PCIe x8 signal 4 OCP mezzanine slot Support OCP mezzanine card with PCIe x 8 signal Table 4 Front Control Panel Definition Continued NO ICON NAME DE...

Page 25: ...em A secondary PSU is available for redundacy functionality Table 6 System Rear I O Defintition NO ICON NAME DESCRIPTION 1 ID button with LED Toggle the identification when pressing 2 COM port DB9 port for debug or terminal concentrator 3 VGA connector Maximum display resolution 1920x1200 32bpp 60Hz reduced blanking 4 USB ports USB 3 0 ports 5 Dedicated NIC Dedicated RJ45 connector 6 LAN2 RJ45 con...

Page 26: ...l Panel LED on page 1 9 Figure 1 9 System Front Control Panel LEDs Table 7 Power Supply Units by Model PSU AC INPUT 2 x 400W high efficiency redundant PSU 100 240V AC 50 60Hz Table 8 Power Supply Units by Model PSU AC INPUT 1 x 400W high efficiency PSU 100 240V AC 50 60Hz Table 9 Front Control Panel LED Behavior NAME COLOR CONDITION DESCRIPTION Power LED Blue On System power on Off System power of...

Page 27: ...rmal trip DC off Off SEL cleared Last pending warning or error has been de asserted HDD activity Blue Blinking Hard disk drive access only on board SATA port Off No access non SAS LAN1 LED Blue On Link Blinking LAN access off when there is traffic LAN2 LED Blue On Link Blinking LAN access off when there is traffic Table 10 RJ45 LED Description CONDITION LINK ACTIVITY Unplugged Off Off 1G active li...

Page 28: ...LED conditions when a driver is online and the slot is not empty Only support SATA SAS HDD SSD Table 11 RJ45 LED Description CONDITION LINK ACTIVITY Unplugged Off Off 1G active link On amber Blinking green 100M active link On green Blinking green 10M active link Off Blinking green Table 12 HDD LED Status Behavior ICON NAME COLOR CONDITION DESCRIPTION HDD Present Blue On Drive is online HDD Fault A...

Page 29: ...BIOS Chapter 2 This section provides information regarding the BIOS architecture BIOS update utility server management checkpoints and error handling found in the system ...

Page 30: ...ea of the screen and has dedicated functionality The following table lists and describes each functional area Entering BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is started by pressing DEL or F2 during boot time when the OEM Quanta logo is displayed Table 1 BIOS Setup Page Layout FUNCTIONAL AREA DESCRIPTION Title Bar The title bar is located at the top of the screen and displays the title of the form page the user is ...

Page 31: ...e Esc key provides a mechanism for backing out of any field When the Esc key is pressed while editing any field or selecting features of a menu the parent menu is re entered When the Esc key is pressed in any sub menu the parent menu is re entered When the Esc key is pressed in any major menu the exit confirmation window is displayed and the user is asked whether changes can be discarded If No is ...

Page 32: ...pace in item specific help area F8 Previous Values Pressing F8 causes the following to appear If Yes is highlighted and Enter is pressed all Setup fields are set to their previous values If No is highlighted and Enter is pressed or if the Esc key is pressed the screen is returned to the one before F8 was pressed without affecting any existing field values F9 Setup Defaults Pressing F9 causes the f...

Page 33: ...lumn of the tables indicates default values These values are not displayed in bold on the setup screen The bold text in this document is to serve as a reference point The Comments column provides additional information where it may be helpful This information does not appear in the BIOS Setup screens Information in the screen shots that is enclosed in brackets indicates text that varies depending ...

Page 34: ...ays the BIOS compliancy Project Version Information only Displays the Project version Build Date and Time Information only Displays the BIOS build date Total Memory Information only Displays the Total System Memory Size Access Level Information only Displays the Total System Memory Size System Date Day of week MM DD YYYY Set the Date Use Tab to switch between Date elements Valid range of year 1998...

Page 35: ...d Screen Table 4 Advanced Screen Description SETUP ITEM OPTIONS HELP TEXT COMMENTS Trusted Computing Trusted Computing Settings Runtime Error Logging Runtime Erro Logging Support Setup Options Super IO Configuration System Super IO Chip Parameters Serial Port Console Redirection Serial Port Console Redirection CPU Configuration CPU Configuration Parameters SATA Configuration SATA Device Opton Sett...

Page 36: ...s chosen Figure 2 3 Chipset Screen Onboard Device Configuration Onboard Device Parameters iSCSI Configuration Configure the iSCSI Parameters Dynamic Table 5 Chipset Screen Description SETUP ITEM OPTIONS HELP TEXT COMMENTS Pwr Perf Profiles Custom Energy Saving Mode Balanced Mode Virtualization Mode HPC Mode Configure your own power and performance settings under Custom or adopt quick setting profi...

Page 37: ...tion System Agent SA Parameters PCH IO Configuration PCH Parameters Table 6 Server Management Screen Description SETUP ITEM OPTIONS HELP TEXT COMMENTS BMC Self Test Status Information only Displays the BMC Self Test Status BMC firmware version Information only Displays the BMC firmware version IPMI version Information only Displays the IPMI version FRB 2 Timer Enabled Disabled Enable or Disable FR...

Page 38: ...e that the OS successfully loaded or follows the O S Boot Watch dog Timer policy OS Wtd Timer Timeout 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes Configure the length of the OS Boot Watchdog Timer Not avail able if OS Boot Watchdog Timer is disabled OS Wtd Timer Policy Do Nothing Reset Power Down Configure how the system should respond if the O S Boot Watchdog Timer expires Not available if O S Boo...

Page 39: ...TUP ITEM OPTIONS HELP TEXT COMMENTS Setup Prompt Timeout number Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key Default is 5 seconds max is 10 and min is 1 Bootup Num Lock State On Off Select the keyboard NumLock state POST Error Pause Disabled Enabled Enables or disables POST Error Pause Quiet Boot Disabled Enabled Enables or disables Quiet Boot option Boot mode select LEGACY UEFI Select boot ...

Page 40: ...s the system boot order Boot Option 4 Device String 1 Device String 2 Disabled Sets the system boot order Hard Drive BBS Priorities Set the order of the legacy devices in this group Only appears when at least one Hard Disk is detected Network Device BBS Priorities Set the order of the legacy devices in this group CD DVD ROM Drive BBS Priori ties Set the order of the legacy devices in this group On...

Page 41: ... also provides a method to restore the server to the factory defaults or to save or restore a set of user defined default values If Restore Defaults is selected the default settings noted in bold in the tables in this chapter will be applied If Table 8 BIOS Screen Description SETUP ITEM OPTIONS HELP TEXT COMMENTS Administrator Password Set Administrator Password User Password Set User Password Sec...

Page 42: ...Reset the system after saving the changes Discard Changes Discards changes done so far to any of the setup options Restore Defaults Restore Load Default values for all the setup options Save as User Defaults Save the changes done so far as User Defaults Restore User Defaults Restore the User Defaults to all the setup options Device String 1 Boot with Device Device String 1 Device String 2 Boot wit...

Page 43: ...st to reset the system to the defaults can be sent in the following ways Pressing F9 from within the BIOS Setup utility Load BIOS defaults by jumper as follows 1 Power down the system 2 Move CMOS clear jumper from pins 2 3 to pins 1 2 for a few seconds 3 Move CMOS clear jumper back to pins 2 3 4 System automatically powers on 5 Check BIOS defaults are loaded Device String 6 Boot with Device Device...

Page 44: ...e utilities It is very important to follow the rule and use official provided package to update BIOS under DOS Linux EFI shell environment Using incorrect flash option to flash BIOS may cause damage to your system This utility loads a fresh copy of the BIOS into the flash ROM The BIOS update may affect the following items The system BIOS including the setup utility and strings Onboard video BIOS R...

Page 45: ...he OS ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange An 8 level code 7 bits plus parity check widely used in data processing and data communications systems ATA Advanced Technology Attachment a disk interface standard BAR Base Address Register Device configuration registers that define the start address length and type of memory space required by a device BIOS Basic Input Output System F...

Page 46: ...ompted command input For example pressing F2 during POST will take the operator to the Setup Utility HT Intel Hyper Threading Technology IBMC Integrated Baseboard Management Controller ICH I O Control Hub a chipset component IDE Integrated Drive Electronics a disk interface standard IIO Integrated I O I O controller integrated into the processor chip IMC Integrated Memory Controller memory control...

Page 47: ...vity from the time on Power On until Operating System boot begins PXE Pre execution Environment QPI Intel QuickPath Interconnect RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks provides data security by spreading data over multiple disk drives RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 are different patterns of data on varying numbers of disks to provide varying degrees of security and performance RAS Reliability...

Page 48: ...es a specific marketing package in this sense based around a server board configuration SMBIOS System Management BIOS SMI System Management Interrupt SMM System Management Mode SOL Serial Over LAN SPI Serial Peripheral Interface a serial data interface used for Flash memory UDIMM Unbuffered DIMM also called Unregistered memory modules do not have a register between the SDRAM modules and the system...

Page 49: ...s from both sources are considered valid and video is displayed to both outputs As an option the system can be operated without a host keyboard or monitor attached to the system and run entirely via the remote console Utilities that can be executed remotely include BIOS Setup Serial Configuration Settings The BIOS does not require that the splash logo be turned off for console redirection to funct...

Page 50: ...cape sequence The escape sequence in the following table is an input sequence This means it is sent to the BIOS from the remote terminal Reset BIOS provides another friendly method to reset system from console User could use Ctrl Shift to reboot system from remote console Limitations BIOS Console redirection terminates after an operating system has being loaded The operating system is responsible ...

Page 51: ... in the BIOS image for the onboard controllers The legacy PXE ROM is required to boot a non EFI operating system over the network Checkpoints A checkpoint is either a byte or word value output to Debug port The BIOS outputs check points throughout bootblock and Power On Self Test POST to indicate the task the sys tem is currently executing Checkpoints are very useful in aiding software developers ...

Page 52: ... Not used Progress Codes 0x01 Power on Reset type detection soft hard 0x02 AP initialization before microcode loading 0x03 North Bridge initialization before microcode loading 0x04 South Bridge initialization before microcode loading 0x05 OEM initialization before microcode loading 0x06 Microcode loading 0x07 AP initialization after microcode loading 0x08 North Bridge initialization after microcod...

Page 53: ...x2B Memory initialization Serial Presence Detect SPD data reading 0x2C Memory initialization Memory presence detection 0x2D Memory initialization Programming memory timing information 0x2E Memory initialization Configuring memory 0x2F Memory initialization other 0x30 Reserved for ASL see ASL Status Codes section below 0x31 Memory Installed 0x32 CPU post memory initialization is started 0x33 CPU po...

Page 54: ...ed 0x57 CPU mismatch 0x58 CPU self test failed or possible CPU cache error 0x59 CPU micro code is not found or micro code update is failed 0x5A Internal CPU error 0x5B reset PPI is not available 0x5C 0x5F Reserved for future AMI error codes S3 Resume Progress Codes 0xE0 S3 Resume is stared S3 Resume PPI is called by the DXE IPL 0xE1 S3 Boot Script execution 0xE2 Video repost 0xE3 OS S3 wake vector...

Page 55: ... initialization is started 0x71 South Bridge DXE SMM initialization is started 0x72 South Bridge devices initialization 0x73 South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module specific 0x74 South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module specific 0x75 South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module specific 0x76 South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module specific 0x77 South Bridg...

Page 56: ...r ASL see ASL Status Codes section below 0xAD Ready To Boot event 0xAE Legacy Boot event 0xAF Exit Boot Services event 0xB0 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP Begin 0xB1 Runtime Set Virtual Address MAP End 0xB2 Legacy Option ROM Initialization 0xB3 System Reset 0xB4 USB hot plug 0xB5 PCI bus hot plug 0xB6 Clean up of NVRAM 0xB7 Clean up of NVRAM 0xB8 0xBF Reserved for future AMI codes 0xC0 0xCF OEM B...

Page 57: ...m is entering S4 sleep state 0x05 System is entering S5 sleep state 0x10 System is waking up from the S1 sleep state 0x20 System is waking up from the S2 sleep state 0x30 System is waking up from the S3 sleep state 0x40 System is waking up from the S4 sleep state 0xAC System has transitioned into ACPI mode Interrupt controller is in PIC mode 0xAA System has transitioned into ACPI mode Interrupt co...

Page 58: ...BMC Chapter 3 This section provides information and key features of BMC Baseboard Management Controller ...

Page 59: ...for remote management via network The FRU information report includes main board part number product name manu facturer etc Health status Hardware monitoring report Events log view and clear Event notification via lighting chassis LED indicator and Platform Event Trap by SNMP trap or Mail by Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Platform Event Filtering PEF to take selected actions for selected events inc...

Page 60: ...0 is assigned to its Shared NIC LAN and a dedicated NIC Default in the system IPMI Specification v2 0 defines how IPMI messages encapsulated in RMCP RMCP packet format can be sent to and from the BMC This capability allows a remote console application to access the BMC and perform the following operations Chassis control obtain chassis status reset and power up the chassis Obtain system sensor sta...

Page 61: ...ime BMC will get the current time from system PCH after BMC boot The current time is updated period ically from the PCH The remote console program interpret this time as pre initial SEL BMC supports IPMI 1 5 2 0 standard SEL operation It can keep SEL log Event happened in BIOS side will be logged by using Add SEL Entry command BMC will store them in FLASH the time stamp field will be filled by BMC...

Page 62: ...correlated to log SEL to SEL Repository Serial Alerting is no support BMC Firmware Update The BMC will allow users to upgrade firmware image on following entities BMC All other upgradable entities The update capability is provided by local and remote interfaces DOS Recovery Utility SOCFLASH Utility WebUI Update Remote update can be performed through the remote Web console ...

Page 63: ...y 2 Boot into DOS 3 Run dos bat The BMC recovery is complete Recovery Process in Linux System To recover BMC on a Linux system do as follows 1 Copy BMC firmware package to your USB drive 2 Boot into Linux 3 Run linux sh The BMC recovery is complete Recovery Process in Windows System To recover BMC on a Windows system do as follows 1 Copy BMC firmware package to your USB key 2 Boot into Windows 3 R...

Page 64: ...re is shown as below Figure 3 1 Using SSH to login in Here presents an activity diagram user could use SSH to login in embedded Linux of BMC from remote terminal After login in successfully SMASH would be executed automati cally In this time SMASH is running and allowing user to input commands The connec tion will be terminated if the terminal console is idle more than five minutes Default SSH Use...

Page 65: ...system level commands provide you the information and power state control Displays information for the board show SYS Power on system start SYS Table 3 2 Targets and Verbs RELATED TARGETS SUPPORTED VERBS CD EXIT HELP CREATE DELETE SET SHOW RESET START STOP VERSION v v v v v SYS v v v v v v v v SYS voltage v v v v v SYS fan v v v v v SYS temperature v v v v v SYS powerSupply v v v v v ...

Page 66: ...turn system power off by IPMI command power soft when there is no response from operating system and system could not be shutdown What is the Chassis Status A The status of ChassisStatus is powerIsON Table 3 3 SYS PROPERTY NAME VALID VALUE ACCESS DESCRIPTION LOM OCP Mezz QCT Mezz System MAC Address R Dynamically to show System MAC address by LOM OCP QCT ChassisStatus powerIsOFF powerIsON R Chassis...

Page 67: ...tical indicates the hardware outside normal operating range critical indicates the hardware exceeding specified ratings Table 3 5 SYS fan PROPERTY NAME VALID VALUE ACCESS DESCRIPTION Sensor name list of fan na ok nonCritical critical R na indicates the status not available unknown typically because system power is off ok indicates the monitored parameters within normal operating ranges nonCritical...

Page 68: ...SYS powerSupply PROPERTY NAME VALID VALUE ACCESS DESCRIPTION Sensor name list of power supply Presence Power Supply Fail ure Detected Predictive Fail Power Supply Input Lost AC DC All Deasserted Note Only for certain models R Presence Detected indicates the Power Supply Presence detected Power Supply Failure Detected indicates the Power Supply Failure detected Predictive Fail indicates the Power S...

Page 69: ...tify on Set server identify LED to be blinking set SP ServerIdentify blinking SP Table 3 9 SYS fan PROPERTY NAME VALID VALUE ACCESS DESCRIPTION BMCVersion R Display BMC firmware revision BMCGUID R Display BMC GUID ServerIdentify off on blinking R W Configuring server identify LED BMCMAC R Display the NIC physical address used by server management agent ...

Page 70: ...refox 8 0 and above Google Chrome 2 0 and above Login Enter the IP address or URL default DHCP static IP address into the address bar of the web browser When connecting to the BMC the Login screen prompts for the username and password This authentication with SSL protection prevents unauthorized intruders from gaining access to the BMC web server When a user is authenticated they can manage the se...

Page 71: ...min Password qct admin Note The default username and password are in lowercase characters It is advised to change the admin password once you have logged in Table 5 Main Web Page MENU ITEM DESCRIPTION Dashboard Displays the device network sensor monitoring and event logs infor mation Server information Shows system information Server Health Monitoring status of the server Configuration Configurati...

Page 72: ...1 manufacture revision PSU1 Firmware version Display PSU1 Firmware version PSU2 MFR Revision Display PSU2 manufacture revision PSU2 Firmware version Display PSU2 firmware version PDB Firmware Version The current PDB Power Distribution Board firmware version FCB Version The current FCB Fan Control Board firmware version PSU Max output Power Display power supply max output power Watts MB Position Di...

Page 73: ...onitoring Lists all the available sensors on the device The status column displays the state of the device as follows BMC Date Time The current time of BMC system BMC Chipset This field shows BMC chipset type Table 7 Network Information ITEM DESCRIPTION Host Name Read only field showing the DNS Hostname of the device MAC Address Read only field showing the BMC MAC address of the device V4 Network ...

Page 74: ...ion The Server Information Group consists of the following items FRU Information Server Component Server Identify BIOS POST Code The following screenshot displays the Server Information menu items Figure 3 6 Server Information Menu FRU Information In the MegaRAC GUI the FRU Information Page displays the BMC FRU file information The information displayed in this page is Basic Information Common Hea...

Page 75: ...ws Figure 3 7 FRU Information Page A brief description of the fields is given in the following sections Basic Information Chassis Information Chassis Information Area Format Version Chassis Type Chassis Part Number Chassis Serial Number Chassis Extra Board Information Board Information Area Format Version Language Table 4 Basic Information ITEM DESCRIPTION FRU device ID The ID of the device FRU De...

Page 76: ...mation Area Format Version Language Manufacturer Name Product Name Product Part Number Product Version Product Serial Number Asset Tag Server Component The Component Information page displays the CPU and memory information The Num ber of CPU Socket field and the Number of Memory Slot field display the total number of the motherboard supported Figure 3 8 Component Information Page ...

Page 77: ...r Model Frequency Memory Information Displays the following information Memory ID Status Socket Module Size Model Frequency Table 6 Server Identify Page ITEM DESCRIPTION Current Server Identify Status The server status On or Off Server Identify Operation Server identify LED operation with the following options ON OFF Blink Server Identify Timeout Setup server timeout value when a Blink Identify Op...

Page 78: ...he Server Health Group consists of the following items Sensor Readings Event Log Perform Action Executes the selected Server Identify Operation Table 7 BIOS POST Code Page ITEM DESCRIPTION Current Codes Current BIOS Port 80h POST code Previous Codes Previous BIOS Port 80h POST code Table 6 Server Identify Page Continued ITEM DESCRIPTION ...

Page 79: ...information on a particular sensor including thresholds and a graphical representation of all associated events A screenshot of Sensor Readings page is shown in the following image Figure 3 12 Sensor Readings Page A brief description of the Sensor Readings page fields is given in the following sections Sensor Type This drop down menu allows you to select the type of sensor The List of sensors with...

Page 80: ...per Non Recoverable UNR Upper Critical UC Upper Non Critical UNC The threshold states could be Lower Non critical going low Lower Non critical going high Lower Critical going low Lower Critical going high Lower Non recoverable going low Lower Non recoverable going high Upper Non critical going low Upper Non critical going high Upper Critical going low Upper Critical going high Upper Non recoverabl...

Page 81: ... logs occurred by the different sensors on this device Double click on a record to see the details of that entry You can use the Note Widgets are little gadgets which provide real time information about a particular sensor User can track a sensor s behavior over a specific amount of time at specific intervals The result will be displayed as a line graph in the widget The session will not expire un...

Page 82: ... menu A sam ple screenshot of the Event Log page is shown as follows Figure 3 14 Event Log Page Save Event Logs Note The size of event log is 909 records for maximum and 909 x 75 681 records for almost full The status LED blinks with color amber when the event logs reach almost full It stops recording new events when full You could click on Save Event Logs button to save your system s event logs T...

Page 83: ...ory options All Events System Event Records BIOS Generated Events SMI Handler Events System Management Software Events System Software OEM Events Remote Console Software Events Terminal Mode Remote Console Software Events Filter Type Filtering can be done with the sensors mentioned in the list Once the Event Log category and Filter type are selected the list of events will be displayed with Event ...

Page 84: ...ectory An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains An active direc tory sometimes referred to as an AD does a variety of functions including the ability to provide information on objects helps organize these objects for easy retrieval and access allows access by end users and administrat...

Page 85: ... Server Addresses Role Group ID The ID that identifies the role group in the Active Directory Group Name This name identifies the role group in Active Directory Note Role Group Name is a string of 64 alpha numeric characters Special symbols hyphen and underscore are allowed Group Domain The domain where the role group is located Note Domain Name is a string of 255 alpha numeric characters Special ...

Page 86: ...omplete in the Time Out field Note If you have enabled Active Directory Authentication enter the required information to access the Active Directory server Note Enter the required information to access the Active Directory server if Active Directory Authen tication enabled Secret username password for AD is not mandatory if the AD s secret username password is not provided AD should be kept in the...

Page 87: ...up Name field 3 Enter the domain where the role group is located in the Role Group Domain field 4 Enter the level of privilege to assign this role group in the Role Group Privilege field Note Default Time out value 120 seconds Range from 15 to 300 allowed Note IP address of Active Directory server At least one Domain Controller Server Address must be configured IP Address made of 4 numbers separat...

Page 88: ...lete a Role Group Select the row to delete and click Delete Role Group in the Advanced Directory Settings Page DNS The Domain Name System DNS is a distributed hierarchical naming system for comput ers services or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network It associates the information with domain names assigned to each of the participants Most impor tantly it translates domain nam...

Page 89: ...disable all the DNS Service Configurations MULTICAST DNS SUPPORT mDNS Settings To enable disable the mDNS Support Configurations HOST CONFIGURATION Host Settings Choose either Automatic or Manual settings Host Name It displays hostname of the device If the Host setting is chosen as Man ual then specify the hostname of the device Note Value ranges from 1 to 64 alpha numeric characters Special chara...

Page 90: ...ion for DNS settings for the device Manual and available LAN interfaces If you choose Manual setting you have to configure the DNS Server IP addresses If you have chosen DHCP then you have to select the interface from which the IP address is to be received IP Priority If IP Priority is IPv4 it will have 2 IPv4 DNS servers and 1 IPv6 DNS server If IP Priority is IPv6 it will have 2 IPv6 DNS servers...

Page 91: ...CP server 5 Enable TSIG Authentication in TSIG Configuration The current file name will be displayed in Current TSIG private file To view a new one browse and navigate to the TSIG private file 6 In the Domain Name Configuration Select the Domain Settings from the drop down list Enter the Domain Name in the given field if the option Manual is being selected in domain settings field 7 In the Domain ...

Page 92: ...r existing LDAP Server keeps an authentication centralized you will always know who is accessing the net work resources and can easily define the user or group based policies to control access To open LDAP Settings page click Configuration LDAP from the main menu A sample screenshot of LDAP Settings Page is shown in the screenshot below Figure 3 20 LDAP Settings Page The fields of LDAP Settings Pa...

Page 93: ...e Common Name Type as IP Address 5 Enter the IP address of LDAP server in the Server Address field 6 Specify the LDAP Port in the Port field 7 Specify the Bind DN that is used during bind operation which authenticates the cli ent to the server Note During login prompt use username to login as an LDAP Group member Note Configure proper port number when SSL is enabled Note IP Address made of 4 numbe...

Page 94: ...to find the client private key filename 14 Click Save to save the settings 15 Click Cancel to cancel the modified changes To add a Role Group Note Bind DN is a string of 4 to 64 alpha numeric characters It must start with an alphabetical character Special Symbols like dot comma hyphen underscore _ equal to are allowed Example cn manager ou login dc domain dc com Note Password must be at least one ...

Page 95: ...l the settings and return to the Role Group List To Modify Role Group 1 Select the row or double click that you would like to modify and click Modify Role Group in the LDAP E Directory Settings Page 2 Make the necessary changes and click Save To Delete a Role Group Select the row that you wish to delete and click on Delete Role Group in the LDAP E Directory Settings Page Mouse Mode In MegaRAC GUI ...

Page 96: ...TION Absolute Mode The absolute position of the local mouse is sent to the server Relative Mode Relative mode sends the calculated relative mouse position displace ment to the server Other Mode For the Host OS which is neither Absolute Mode nor Relative Mode Save To save any changes made Reset To Reset the modified changes Note Applicable for all Windows versions RHEL Linux versions not below than...

Page 97: ...ge is used to configure the network settings for the available LAN channels To open Network Settings page click Configuration Network from the main menu A sample screenshot of Network Settings Page is shown in the screenshot below Figure 3 24 Network Settings Page The fields of Network Settings page are explained below Note Applicable for SLES Linux version SLES11 ...

Page 98: ...ngs This option is to enable the IPv6 settings in the device Obtain an IPv6 address automatically This option is to dynamically configure IPv6 address using DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol IPv6 Address To specify a static IPv6 address to be configured to the device Eg 2004 2010 Subnet prefix length To specify the subnet prefix length for the IPv6 settings Note Value ranges from 0 to 128 D...

Page 99: ...n VLAN Configuration if you wish to enable the VLAN settings check Enable 9 Enter the VLAN ID in the specified field 10 Enter the VLAN Priority in the specified field 11 Click Save to save the entries Table 15 Reserved IPv6 Address IPV6 PREFIX ALLOCATION REFERENCE 0000 8 Reserved by IETF RFC4291 0100 8 Reserved by IETF RFC4291 0200 7 Reserved by IETF RFC4048 0400 6 Reserved by IETF RFC4291 0800 5 ...

Page 100: ...nfigurations PEF from the main menu A sample screenshot of PEF Management Settings Page is shown in the screen shot below Each tab is explained below Event Filter Tab A PEF implementation is recommended to provide at least 16 entries in the event filter table A subset of these entries should be pre configured for common system failure events such as over temperature power system failure fan failur...

Page 101: ...n check the box to enable the PEF settings In Event Severity select any one of the Event severity from the list 4 In the Filter Action configuration section Event Filter Action is a mandatory field and checked by default which enable PEF Alert action read only Table 16 PET Management Event Filter ITEM DESCRIPTION PEF ID This field displays the ID for the newly configured PEF entry read only Filter...

Page 102: ...essage was received over Or choose 0 if the event message was received via the system interface primary IPMB or internally generated by the BMC Choose the corresponding IPMB Device LUN if event generated by IPMB 6 In the Sensor configuration section Select the sensor type of sensor that will trigger the event filter action In the sensor name field choose the particular sensor from the sensor list ...

Page 103: ...ompare 2 respectively 10 Click on Add to save the modification and return to Event filter list 11 Click on Cancel to cancel the modification and return to Event filter list 12 In the Event filter list select the configured slot and click Modify or alternatively double click the configured slot to modify the existing event filter entry 13 In the Event filter list click Delete to delete the existing...

Page 104: ...m the list 0 Always send alert to this destination 1 If alert to previous destination was successful do not send alert to this destination Proceed to next entry in this policy set 2 If alert to previous destination was successful do not send alert to this destination Do not process any more entries in this policy set 3 If alert to previous destination was successful do not send alert to this desti...

Page 105: ...nt Spe cific 10 In the Alert String Key field choose any one value that is used to look up the Alert String to send for this Alert Policy entry 11 Click Add to save the new alert policy and return to Alert Policy list 12 Click Cancel to cancel the modification and return to Alert Policy list 13 In the Alert Policy Page to modify a configuration select the slot to be modified and click Modify 14 In...

Page 106: ...er for the selected slot read only LAN Destination Displays Destination number for the newly configured entry read only Destination Type Destination type can be either an SNMP Trap or an Email alert For Email alerts the 3 fields Username Subject and body of the mes sage needs to be filled The SMTP server information also has to be added under Configuration SMTP For SNMP Trap only the destination I...

Page 107: ...ation type with the user configured in FixedSubject Format If the selected user for mail alert is configured with AMI Format then the Subject and message fields will be greyed out An e mail will be sent to the config ured e mail address in case of any severity events with a subject speci fied in subject field and will contain the message field s content as the e mail body Note User should be confi...

Page 108: ...rn to LAN destination list 12 In the LAN Destination Tab to modify a configuration select the row to be modi fied and click Modify 13 In the LAN Destination Tab to delete a configuration select the slot and click Delete RADIUS RADIUS is a modular high performance and feature rich RADIUS suite including server cli ents development libraries and numerous additional RADIUS related utilities In MegaRA...

Page 109: ...e 3 Click Save to save the changes made else click Cancel to go back to the previous screen Table 19 RADIUS Settings Page ITEM DESCRIPTION RADIUS Authentication Option to enable RADIUS authentication Port The RADIUS Port number Note Default Port is 1812 Port value ranges from 1 to 65535 Server Address The IP address of RADIUS server Note IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in xxx xxx...

Page 110: ...KVM session will not use its dedicated port whereas both Web and KVM ses sions will be established only via Web Port If this support is disabled KVM and Web sessions will use their own dedicated ports respectively KVM Encryption Enable Disable Encryption of KVM data for the next redirection session If KVM Encryption is enabled the KVM session will use the Secure port which has been configured in C...

Page 111: ...during JViewer launch 7 In Virtual media Attach mode select Auto Attach or Attach from the drop down list as required 8 Click Save to save the current changes 9 Click Reset to reset the modified changes SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP is an Internet standard for electronic mail e mail transmission across Internet Protocol IP networks Using MegaRAC GUI you can configure the SMTP settings of...

Page 112: ...erver Machine Name The Machine Name of the SMTP Server Machine Name is a string of maximum 31 alpha numeric characters Space special characters are not allowed Primary SMTP Server Lists the Primary SMTP Server configuration SMPT Support Enable Disable SMTP support for the BMC Port Specify the SMTP Port Note Default Port is 25 Port value ranges from 1 to 65535 Server Address The IP address of the S...

Page 113: ...l characters comma colon semicolon space and backslash are not allowed Password The password for the SMTP User Account Note Password must be at least 4 characters long White space is not allowed This field will not allow more than 64 characters Enable STARTTLS Support Check this option to enable STARTTLS support for the SMTP Client SMTP CA Certificate File File that contains the certificate of the...

Page 114: ...he Server Address can be edited only when the SMTP Support option is enabled 10 Enter the Port value in the specified field 11 Enter the Server Address in the specific field 12 Enable the check box SMTP Server requires Authentication if you want to authen ticate SMTP Server 13 Enter your User name and Password in the respective fields 14 Click Save to save the entered details else click Reset to u...

Page 115: ...led Channel Privilege Level Limit Select the IPMI Serial over LAN minimum user privilege Administrator Operator User Save Use this button to save your settings Advanced SOL Settings Use this button to go to advanced SOL page Table 23 SOL Advanced Settings Page ITEM DESCRIPTION Character Accumulate Interval The amount of the time that the BMC will wait before transmitting a partial SOL character da...

Page 116: ... sample screenshot of SSL Management Page is shown in the screenshot below Figure 3 36 SSL Certificate Configuration Upload SSL The fields of SSL Certificate Configuration Upload SSL tab are explained below Table 24 SSL Certificate Configuration Upload SSL ITEM DESCRIPTION Current Certificate Current certificate information will be displayed read only New Certificate Certificate file should be of ...

Page 117: ...rtificate is to be generated Maximum length of 64 characters Special characters and are not allowed Organization Unit OU Over all organization section unit name for which certificate is to be generated Maximum length of 64 characters Special characters and are not allowed City or Locality L City or Locality of the organization mandatory Maximum length of 64 characters Special characters and are no...

Page 118: ...the certificate Generate To generate the new SSL certificate Note HTTPs service will get restarted to use the newly generated SSL certificate Table 26 SSL Certificate Configuration View SSL ITEM DESCRIPTION Basic Information This section displays the basic information about the uploaded SSL cer tificate It displays the following fields Version Serial Number Signature Algorithm Public Key Table 25 ...

Page 119: ...he number of days the certificate will be valid in the Valid For field 4 Choose the Key Length bit value of the certificate 5 Click Generate to generate the certificate 6 Click View SSL tab to view the uploaded SSL certificate in user readable format Issued From This section describes the following Certificate Issuer information Common Name CN Organization O Organization Unit OU City or Locality L...

Page 120: ...ote Once you Upload Generate the certificates only HTTPs service will get restarted You can now access your Generic MegaRAC SP securely using the following format in your IP Address field from your Internet browser https your MegaRAC SP s IP address here For example if your MegaRAC SP s IP address is 192 168 0 30 enter the following https 192 168 0 30 Please note the s after http You must accept t...

Page 121: ...the user SNMP Status Displays if the SNMP status for the user is Enabled or Disabled E mail ID Displays e mail address of the user Add User To add a new user Modify User To modify an existing user Delete User To delete an existing user Note The Free slots are denoted by in all columns for the slot Note User Name is a string of 4 to 16 alpha numeric characters It must start with an alphabetical cha...

Page 122: ... ID field enter the email ID of the user If the user forgets the password the new password will be mailed to the configured email address Email Format Two types of formats are available AMI Format The subject of this mail format is Alert from your Hostname The mail content shows sensor information ex Sensor type and Description Note Password must be at least 4 characters long White space is not al...

Page 123: ... in the screenshot below Figure 3 41 Modify User Page 2 Edit the required fields 3 To change the password enable the Change Password option 4 After editing the changes click Modify to return to the users list page Delete an existing User To delete an existing user select the user from the list and click Delete User Note SSH key file should be of pub type Note SNMP related fields will not show at s...

Page 124: ...re 3 42 Configure Virtual Media Devices The following fields are displayed in this page Table 28 Configure Virtual Media Devices ITEM DESCRIPTION Floppy devices The number of floppy devices that support for Virtual Media redirec tion CD DVD devices The number of CD DVD devices that support for Virtual Media redirec tion Hard disk devices The number of hard disk devices that support for Virtual Med...

Page 125: ...he service To open Services page click Configuration Services from the menu bar A sample screenshot of Services Page is shown below Figure 3 43 Services page The fields of Services Page are explained below Note Maximum of two devices can be added in Floppy CD DVD and Hard disk drives Note If there are two device panels for each device and when you click the Connect button then the redirected devic...

Page 126: ...dia default port is 5127 SSH default port is 22 Note Telnet service will not support secure port If single port feature is enabled KVM CD Media FD Media and HD Media ports cannot be edited Timeout Displays the session timeout value of the service For Web user can con figure the session timeout value Note Web timeout value ranges from 300 to 1800 seconds KVM timeout value ranges from 300 to 1800 se...

Page 127: ...ect a slot and click Terminate to terminate the particular session of the service else click Cancel to cancel the modification and return to Services list Modify To modify the existing services Procedure 1 Select a slot and click Modify to modify the configuration of the service Alterna tively double click on the slot 2 This opens the Modify Service screen as shown in the screenshot below Figure 3...

Page 128: ... entered changes and return to the Services Page else Click Cancel to exit LAN Port Settings Here you can configure LAN Port setting of the BMC NIC Figure 3 45 LAN Port Settings Procedure 1 Select LAN Port from the dropdown list 2 Click Save to save the change or click Reset to reset the previously saved values Remote Control The Remote Control consists of the following menu items Console Redirect...

Page 129: ... server s operating system remotely using the screen mouse and keyboard and to redirect local CD DVD Floppy diskette and Hard disk USB thumb drives as if they were connected directly to the server List of Supported Client Operating Systems WinXP W2K3 32 bit W2K3 64 bit RHEL 4 32 bit RHEL 4 64 bit RHEL 5 4 32 bit RHEL 5 4 64 bit RHEL 6 0 64 bit RHEL 6 0 32 bit Ubuntu 9 10 LTS 32 bit Ubuntu 9 10 LTS...

Page 130: ...bit MAC 64 bit List of Supported Host OS RHEL 5 RHEL 6 W2K3 W2K8 RHEL 4 OpenSuse 11 2 OpenSuse 10 x Ubuntu 8 10 Ubuntu 9 10 Ubuntu 11 04 Supported JRE Version Java SE Runtime Environment 1 6 0 Note If OS use 32 bit then use JRE 32 bit version If OS use 64 bit then use JRE 64 bit version To get JRE version command in Linux Windows java version Windows example ...

Page 131: ...launched in two ways 1 Open the Dashboard Page and click Launch for Java Console in Remote control sec tion 2 Open Remote Control Console Redirection Page and click Java Console This will download the jnlp file from BMC To open the jnlp file use the appropriate JRE version Javaws When the downloading is done it opens the Console Redirection window The Console Redirection main menu consists of the ...

Page 132: ...If you enable this option the server display will be blank but you can view the screen in Console Redirection If you disable this option the display will be back in the server screen Full Screen This option is used to view the Console Redirection in full screen mode Maximize This menu is enabled only when both the client and host resolution are the same Exit This option is used to exit the console...

Page 133: ...t you are redirecting Full keyboard support This menu item can be used to act as totally host OS keyboard in Con sole Redirection It will disable the hot key of RKVM when enable Full Keyboard Support If the hot key is used in client OS It can t be used in RKVM host OS Because the hot key is used by client OS first Context menu This menu item can be used to act as Context Menu key in Console Redire...

Page 134: ...cro Windows used to define Windows key Tab used to define Tab key Clear used to delete the latest defined key Clear All used to delete all defined key ok used to confirm and add defined macro Note Please press key one by one to define the macro If click to close this window and then click Add to open again defined macro kept is normal Support maximum 6 combo keys in 1 macros 3 Click ok to add this...

Page 135: ... the Host Operating System RHEL Linux versions below than RHEL5 8 Fedora Linux versions below than FC14 SLES Linux versions below than SLES11 Other mouse mode For the Host Operating System which is nei ther Absolute nor Relative mouse mode SLES Linux version SLES11 Other Mouse Mode does not support Zoom In Zoom Out and Maximize Window button is removed like this When this mode is selected scroll b...

Page 136: ...l DVD CD ROM drive and cd image types such as iso Hard disk USB Key Media This menu item can be used to start or stop the redirection of a Hard Disk USB key image and USB key image such as img Note For windows client if the logical drive of the physical drive is dismount then the logical device is redirected with Read Write Permission else it is redirected with Read permission only For MAC client ...

Page 137: ...ifferent then for all the languages other than English mentioned above you must select the appropriate language in the list shown in JViewer and use the soft keyboard to avoid typo errors Note Soft keyboard is applicable only for JViewer Application not for other application in the client system Note This option is available only when you launch the Java Console Table 36 Video Record ITEM DESCRIPT...

Page 138: ...tart Record 8 Record the process 9 To stop the recording click Video Record Stop Record Active Users Click this option to displays the active users and their system IP address Help About Jviewer Displays the copyright and version information Quick Buttons The lower right of Console Redirection windows displays all the quick buttons These quick buttons helps you to perform these functions by just c...

Page 139: ... KVM and second user needs to wait for first user permit in 30 seconds then second user will get the waiting information as shown below At the moment first user needs to give permission to second user And there are three options to decide the second user access right for the first user as below Allow Virtual Console Second user is the same as first user access right and second user can access the ...

Page 140: ...er Control and Status page you can click Remote Control Server Power Control from the main menu and then there are more options to control server system Such as reset system power off immediate power off orderly power on and power cycle A sample screenshot of Power Control and Status page is shown in the screenshot below Figure 3 49 Power Control and Status Page The various options of Power Contro...

Page 141: ...ng off warm boot Power off Server Immediate This option will immediately power off the server Power off Server Orderly Shut down This option will initiate operating system shutdown prior to the shut down Power On Server This option will power on the server Power Cycle Server This option will first power off and then reboot the system cold boot Perform Action Click this option to perform the select...

Page 142: ...le Bit Rate from the drop down lists Power off Server Orderly Shut down This option will initiate operating system shutdown prior to the shut down Power On Server This option will power on the server Power Cycle Server This option will first power off and then reboot the system cold boot Perform Action Click this option to perform the selected operation Table 38 Server Power Control Continued ITEM...

Page 143: ...redirection window as shown in the screenshot below Maintenance Group This group of pages allows you to do maintenance tasks on the device The menu contains the following items Preserve Configuration Restore Factory Defaults Figure 3 51 Restore Factory Defaults ...

Page 144: ...f5 Response 55 00 55 is the last record ID Step 2 get OEM record to use the last record ID to check if added successfully Please refer to IPMI 2 0 Spec page 466 644 Command ipmitool raw 0x0a 0x23 0x0 0x0 0x55 0x0 0x0 0xff Response ff ff 55 00 51 c0 04 57 01 0 f5 ff ff means record ID 55 is the last record ID Step 3 go to Web UI to check SDR to be preserved Step 4 upgrade firmware Step 5 after Step...

Page 145: ...and check if the mode is still preserved if preserved then PASS else FAIL 5 SNMP supported from Grantley platform Step 1 Please go to add a new user and enable SNMP function Step 2 check if the user added and SNMP function enabled Step 3 go to Web UI to check SNMP to be preserved Step 4 upgrade firmware Step 5 after Step 4 go to Step 2 and check if the setting is still preserved if preserved then ...

Page 146: ...anged Step 3 go to Web UI to check Services to be preserved Step 4 upgrade firmware Step 5 after Step 4 go to Step 2 and check if the setting is still preserved if preserved then PASS else FAIL Restore Factory Defaults In MegaRAC GUI this option is used to restore the factory defaults of the device firmware Note SSL cert doesn t support restore default WARNING Please note that after entering resto...

Page 147: ...edure Click Restore Factory to restore the factory defaults of the device firmware Firmware Update This group of pages allows you to do Firmware Update on the device The menu contains the following items BMC Firmware Update BIOS Update Figure 3 54 Firmware Update Menu BMC Firmware Update In MegaRAC GUI this wizard takes you through the process of firmware up gradation A reset of the box will autom...

Page 148: ...rmware upgrade WARNING Please note that after entering update mode widgets other web pages and services will not work All open widgets will be closed automatically If upgrade process is cancelled in the mid dle of the wizard the device will be reset Note The firmware upgrade process is a crucial operation Make sure that the chances of a power or connectivity loss are minimal when performing this o...

Page 149: ...upgrade the current device firmware The screenshot of HPM Firmware Update is as shown below Note All configuration items below will be preserved as default during the restore configuration operation The various are listed below Preserve Configuration Item The Preserve Configuration items will be listed ...

Page 150: ... select the option Update All to update all the Components or select any specific Component Name and click Proceed to update the Firmware The list of components used to allow you to configure the Firmware image will be displayed as shown in the below screenshot e Flashing the image f Resetting the image The sample screenshot of HPM Firmware update is as shown below Note You will not be able to per...

Page 151: ... below Preserve All Configurations To preserve all the listed configurations Preserve Configuration Item The Preserve Configuration items will be listed Preserve Status The status of the Preserve Configuration items Enter Preserve Configuration To redirect to the Preserve Configuration page Enter Update Mode To upgrade the current device firmware WARNING Please note that after entering the update ...

Page 152: ...e overwritten by the default configuration The sample screenshot is shown below 3 Select Check All to to select the configuration items to be preserved in the cases of Restore Configuration and Firmware Update without Preserve Configuration option 4 Click Save to preserve the Configuration Items 5 Click Enter Update Mode to upgrade the current device firmware The Firmware update undergoes the foll...

Page 153: ...es differ in size and location proceed with force firmware upgrade If all the module versions are same restart BMC by saying all the module versions are similar If only few module versions are differ those module will be flashed Note Only selected sections of the firmware will be updated Other sections are skipped Before starting flash operation you are advised to verify the compat ibility between...

Page 154: ...on the top right corner of the screen User Privilege Below table describes user privilege definition and the main different features Note Command privilege level table defined in IPMI 2 0 Specification Appendix G Command Assignments According to IPMI 2 0 Specification Chassis Iden tify command is allowed for Operator privilege Because this command didn t Table 39 User Privilege Definition USER PRI...

Page 155: ...C through SSH ID sysadmin Password superuser Web Account can t login SSH SMASH If supported SMASH then to login SSH will go to SMASH If NOT Support SMASH then to login SSH will go to BMC console Table 40 User Privilege WEB GUI PRIVILEGE LIST PRIVILEGE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN IPMI AND WEB GUI ADMINISTRATOR OPERATOR USER CALLBACK OEM login BMC from Web GUI O O X O configure BMC from Web GUI O X X X conf...

Page 156: ...Regulatory and Compliance Information Chapter 4 This section provides regulatory and compliance information applicable to this system ...

Page 157: ... radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Europe CE Declaration of Conformity This product has been tested in accordance too and complies with the Low voltage Direc tive 2006 95 EC and EMC Directive 2004 108 EC The product has been marked with...

Page 158: ... the region in which it is sold Peripheral Storage Devices must be UL recognized or UL listed accessory and TUV or VDE licensed Maximum power rating of any one device is 19 watts Total server con figuration is not to exceed the maximum loading conditions of the power supply Restriction of Hazardous Substances RoHS Compliance Quanta Computer Inc has a system in place to restrict the use of banned s...

Page 159: ... Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation of this device is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received includ ing interference that may cause undesired operation VCCI Marking Class A Japan この裝置は クラス A 情報技術裝置です この裝置を家 庭環境で使用すると電波妨害を引き起こすことがありま す この場合には使用者が適切な対策を講ずるよう要求 されることがあります VCCI A BSMI Certificatio...