How does IPMI work?
When an appliance is
powered off or cannot be
accessed using the
network interface
Remote Management
Port
Out of band management using IPMI
Remote Management Console
The following are some of the main uses of IPMI:
■
Manage an appliance that is powered off or unresponsive. Using the IPMI, you
can power on, power off, or restart the appliance from a remote location.
■
Provide out-of-band management and help manage situations where local
physical access to the appliance is not possible or preferred like branch offices
and remote data centers.
■
Access the appliance shell remotely using IPMI if regular network interface is
not possible.
Note:
Only the appliance menu can be accessed by using the IPMI interface.
The web console cannot be accessed by using the IPMI interface.
■
Reimage the appliance from the IPMI interface by using ISO redirection.
■
Monitor hardware health of the appliance from a remote location.
■
Avoid messy cabling and hardware like keyboard, monitor, and mouse (KVM)
solutions to access the appliance.
See
“Configuring the Veritas Remote Management Interface”
on page 28.
Product documentation
Additional documentation is available at the following site:
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Hardware overview
Product documentation
