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Configuring the BMC
Overview
The servers’ Integrated Baseboard Management Controller (iBMC) provides the ability
for IPMI-based management systems to monitor and retrieve information from the
server ‘Out-Of-Band’, independent of whether any operating system is running.
To permit management systems to do this it is necessary to configure the BMC with an
IP address and user credentials. This is done using the SYSCFG (System
Configuration) command line utility.
An additional Windows application, SELVIEW (System Event Log Viewer) is provided
to view the contents of the BMC’s System Event Log.
Installation
Windows
Windows-based SYSCFG and SELVIEW utilities are provided on the ExpressBuilder
DVD. These can be found in the \BMC\Windows directory.
To install these utilities, copy the contents of the \BMC\Windows directory of the
DVD and its’subdirectories to a suitable directory on the server, for example, C:\BMC.
IMB Driver Installation
To use the Windows BMC utilities it is necessary to first install the Intelligent
Management Bus (IMB) device driver. This driver provides the Operating System with
access to the BMC.
To install the IMB device driver, run \BMC\IMBDRIVER\SETUPIMB.EXE
Once installed, the device can be seen in the Device Manager under the System Devices
section.
Linux
Refer to the release notes in the \BMC\Linux\<version>\SysCfg directory for
instructions on installing the Linux version of the SYSCFG utility.
SYSCFG
The SYSCFG command line utility is used to configure the IP address and user
credentials of the BMC. Although Windows and Linux versions of this utility are
provided, their command syntax is the same.
The following commands can be used to change the required parameters.
Note: These commands must be run from the directory
containing the SYSCFG.EXE program.