User guide

227
CHAPTER
8
Working with IPMI 1.5
Target Devices
An IPMI 1.5 target device is a server containing one or more BMCs (Baseboard management
controllers) that are used to monitor internal sensor information such as temperature, fan speed and
battery voltage. The BMCs in IPMI 1.5 target devices are added to your DSView software system
using a DSI5100 IPMI proxy appliance, which provides a secure interface to all IPMI 1.5 target
devices in your enterprise. The DSI5100 appliance is used to access, aggregate and report
information from sensors read by the BMCs.
Sensor information may be viewed either graphically using the IPMI Viewer window, or by
clicking on an IPMI 1.5 target device in a Unit Views window.
Adding and Changing DSI5100 Appliance BMCs
NOTE: You must have Configure Unit Settings rights to customize DSI5100 appliance BMC settings. See
Changing Unit Access Rights on page 102 for more information.
BMCs accessed by a DSI5100 appliance are managed using the Appliance BMC Ports window.
You may choose to add or remove BMCs or change the name, IP address, or username and
password of a BMC.
To change an existing BMC, you must first click on the name of the DSI5100 appliance to which it
is associated in a Unit Views window. Next, from the side navigation bar, click Appliance Settings
and then BMCs to display the Appliance BMC Ports window. All BMCs associated with the
DSI5100 appliance will appear in the Appliance BMC Ports window.
Information related to the IPMI 1.5 target device may be edited by clicking on the IPMI 1.5 target
device in a Target Devices, Units in Site, Units in Custom Field, Topology or Recently Accessed
Units window. Overview, Properties, Access Rights and Connections information is modified
similarly to that of non-IPMI 1.5 target devices. See Managing Units on page 95 for
more information.
Click on the name of a BMC to change it using the links in the side navigation bar. The identity and
credentials BMC settings may be viewed and modified.