Gateway® Server Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) USERGUIDE ®
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features and operation of the BMC server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Starting the BMC Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Connecting to the BMC Web interface through a Web browser . . . . . 1 Viewing the hardware inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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www.gateway.com Introduction The following information will help you connect with the BMC and understand and utilize its features, including the Remote KVMS. Features and operation of the BMC server Starting the BMC Web interface You can connect to the BMC Web interface through a Web browser. Connecting to the BMC Web interface through a Web browser To connect to the BMC Web interface: 1 Open a Web browser and go to the current IP address of the BMC Web interface (default http://192.168.2.100).
3 After entering the username and password, click OK. The BMC HTTP Server interface screen opens. Viewing the hardware inventory The hardware inventory provides you with information on the CPU and power supply configuration of the BMC host server. To access the hardware inventory: • From the BMC Web server main screen, click Hardware Inventory on the left side of the screen. The Hardware Inventory screen opens.
www.gateway.com Setting power control options The power control options screen provides you with information on the system power status. It also provides several power control options and lets you set a power restore policy. The power-on counter indicates the length of time that the BMC (only) has been receiving power (that is, plugged in) and not how long the server has been turned on. This count takes place even when the system is powered off.
Monitoring sensors and setting PEFs (platform event flags) The monitoring sensors screen provides you with information on the status of the various sensors in the server being monitored. You can set a particular sensor’s PEF configuration to initiate a specific action, as you designate. To access the monitoring sensors and set PEFs: 1 From the BMC Web server main screen, click Monitoring Sensors on the left side of the screen. The Monitoring Sensors screen opens.
www.gateway.com Each sensor has an operating range. When a sensor changes state (from healthy to unhealthy, or unhealthy to healthy), you can choose to initiate some type of action. The PEF configuration screen shows all possible sensor states for that sensor (only states applicable to this sensor are available). You can choose to have the server take a variety of actions (from shut-down to a notifying e-mail), depending on the change of state. Only one action can be enabled for all the events selected.
Setting the Watchdog Timer The Watchdog Timer restarts your server, turns off your server, or cycles power to your server in your absence. If any event hangs the server, the Watchdog Timer takes the action you set. To set the Watchdog Timer: 1 From the BMC Web server main screen, click Watchdog Timer on the left side of the screen. The Watchdog Timer screen opens. 2 Open the Log Timeout list, then select an option. • True—Logs the timeout. • False—Does not log the timeout.
www.gateway.com Managing network settings The network settings screen lets you review or change the current network settings of the BMC LAN interface to which you are connected. It also provides you with the MAC address of the BMC LAN. The BMC can be configured either to use a dynamic IP address through DHCP, or a specified static IP address (recommended). For DHCP, click the DHCP enable check box. For a static IP configuration, populate the three IP fields on this page.
Configuring platform event traps The Platform Event Trap Configuration screen lets you configure platform event traps and set up notifications when the policies are triggered. Any PEF action that you want to allow a sensor to trigger must be checked, then you must click Apply. For information on configuring individual sensor’s PEFs (platform event flags), see “Monitoring sensors and setting PEFs (platform event flags)” on page 4.
www.gateway.com 5 The Alert Policy Table lets you group alert destinations. In this table, alert destinations are placed into the Destination Selector fields and group numbers are placed into the Policy Number fields. For example, if group policy 1 is selected, alerts are sent to both alert destinations 1 and 2. If group policy 2 is selected, an alert is only sent to alert destination 1, and so forth.
Configuring for multiple users The user configuration screen lets you configure the server for multiple users, including setting up passwords and privileges. We recommend that you delete or change all default passwords and unused user names. To configure multiple users: 1 From the BMC Web server main screen, click User Configuration on the left side of the screen. The User Configuration screen opens. 2 Assign a User Name and a Password Size (16- or 20-byte), then enter a Password (IPMI v1.
www.gateway.com Connecting to the Remote KVMS Java Client Important To successfully run the Remote KVMS Java Client, you should have a Java Runtime Environment (we recommend the latest version) installed in your computer. This is available at http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp. When the Remote KVMS button in the BMC Web interface is clicked, a new Remote KVMS Viewer window opens. To connect to the Remote KVMS Java Client: • From the BMC HTTP Server interface screen, click Remote KVMS.
Optimizing the mouse settings To synchronize the mouse pointer: • To synchronize the local mouse pointer and the remote mouse pointer, move the local mouse pointer to the top left corner as shown. This action attracts the remote mouse pointer to the top left corner of the Remote KVMS Viewer window as well. Both pointers become synchronized when they overlap as one pointer. In order to optimize the mouse synchronization, there are some settings that should be changed from within the KVMS window.
www.gateway.com Optimizing the mouse pointer properties in Windows To optimize the mouse pointer properties: 1 Go to Start, Control Panel, then click Mouse. The Mouse Properties panel opens. 2 Click the Pointer Options tab. The following panel opens. 3 Make sure that the Select a pointer speed bar is set to the middle and that everything is unchecked. Click OK to continue. 4 Right-click your Windows desktop screen. A menu opens. 5 Click Properties. The Display Properties window opens.
6 Click the Settings tab, Advanced, then click the TroubleShoot tab. 7 Under Hardware acceleration, set the pointer on the Hardware acceleration bar to one setting down from full, then click OK. Optimizing the mouse pointer properties in Linux To optimize mouse pointer properties in Linux: 1 Use a text editor to edit the file /etc/x11/xorg.conf.
www.gateway.com 3 For SUSE Linux users: a Go to N, Control Center, Peripheral, Mouse, then click the Advanced tab. The Mouse - Control Center window opens. b Set the Pointer acceleration to 1.0x (min.), then set the Pointer threshold to 20 pixels (max). 4 For Fedora Core or Red Hat Linux users: a Open the Mouse Preferences panel. b Click the Motion tab, then increase the Sensitivity setting, as shown. c By experimentation, choose an Acceleration setting.
Reentering your application license key (optional) Your application license key must be entered before you can use the Remote KVMS Java Client. If you are operating a new server for the first time, you should refer to the Application License Key document that accompanied your server. To reenter your application license key: 1 From the BMC Web server main screen, click License Key on the left side of the screen. The Application License Key screen opens.
www.gateway.com Using the Remote KVMS Java Client window controls The Remote KVMS Viewer window lets you interface directly with the remote server. The following information describes the various elements of the Remote KVMS Viewer window. Menu Options There are three menus: KVMS, Preferences, and Help. KVMS Under the KVMS menu, there are 7 different options, including Storage, Keyboard, Refresh Screen, Take Full Control, Disconnect Session, Relinquish Full Control, and Exit.
• Virtual Keyboard–The virtual keyboard gives you precise control of keyboard characters transmitted to the remote server. • Selecting the Keyboard option opens a Virtual Keyboard (English by default). You can change the keyboard language in the Preference panel. • The Lock button is available on all virtual keyboards. Normally, when you click the SHIFT, ALT, CTRL, APPLICATION, and WINDOWS keys, they will remain depressed until clicked again, or until you click a printable character.
www.gateway.com Preferences control panel Accessed by choosing Preferences in the Preferences Menu. Mouse tab Clicking the Mouse tab makes the Mouse Mode list available. The following modes are available on the Mouse Mode list: • Absolute Mode – Recommended for all sessions, especially when you are connected to high-latency networks (overlaps local and remote mouse pointers. Mouse tracking is generally most accurate in this mode.
Keyboard tab Lets you change the keyboard language to one of 12 available choices. For the virtual keyboard to function correctly, make sure that the language for both the remote server and local client computer are set the same. See your operating system documentation for details on changing your local computer’s keyboard language. Logging tab There are two fields in this dialog box, including Global Logging and Console Log File, and an Overwrite Native Library checkbox (do not uncheck this box).
www.gateway.com Help menu Choosing the help menu opens an About box, which specifies the current version of the Remote KVMS Java Client, as well as the current date and time. System buttons There are eight different system buttons available in the Remote KVMS Viewer window, including L Ctrl, L Win, L Alt, R Alt, R Win, R Ctrl, Context, and [Lock]. These buttons are shortcuts to keys in the virtual keyboard.
Connecting a local storage device You can simultaneously connect as many as two unique local storage devices to the BMC host server using the Remote KVMS Java Client’s Virtual Storage feature. To add a storage device: 1 From the KVMS window click KVMS, then click Storage from the list. The Storage Devices panel opens. 2 Click Add. The Add Storage Device panel opens.
www.gateway.com The following options are available: • Look In list – Use to browse to the drive or folder you want. • Storage Type list – Select the storage device type (including ISO files). You must 3 4 indicate a storage type in order for the Remote KVMS Java Client to recognize what kind of device it is sharing. The Storage Type specified needs to correspond to the actual media, not just the drive.
2 Click Connect. For example, to initiate a Virtual Storage connection to a personal USB storage device: a Plug your personal USB storage device into your computer and wait for Windows to enable it as a drive letter (Drive J: in this example). b Choose the Storage option from the KVMS menu. The Storage Devices panel opens.
www.gateway.com c From the Storage Devices panel, click Add to open the Add Storage Device dialog box. The Add Storage Device dialog box opens. d Click My Computer from the Look In list, then click Removable Disk (J:). e Click USB Memory Disk on the Storage Type list. f In the File Name box, type J:, then click Select. You are returned to the Storage Devices g panel. If you want to share this device, select J:, then click Connect.
To enable a Remote Storage Server: • On the computer that you want to configure as a Remote Storage Server, access the command prompt and go to the directory where MSS40Srv.exe is located. To specify the device to share and make it available, enter: MSS40Srv -ISO (Filename).iso • -iso [path to iso file] When the executable prints an IP address (10.120.165.233) and Port number (5901), the computer has been successfully configured as a Remote Storage Server.
www.gateway.com To connect a KVMS session to the Remote Storage Server manually: 1 Open the Remote KMVS Java Client window (see “Starting the BMC Web interface” on page 1). 2 Click Storage on the KVMS menu. The Storage Devices panel opens. 3 Click Remote Storage. The Connect Remote Storage Server dialog box opens.
4 Enter the following: • IP Address: The IP address of the Storage Server • Port: The Port number of the Storage Server (always 5901) • Share Index: Since only one device can be shared by running the Remote Storage 5 28 Server, the share index is always “0”. Highlight the remote storage server entry, then click Connect. The connection is made.
www.gateway.com Booting the BMC host server from a connected Virtual Storage device To boot the BMC host server using remote storage (for example, a CD): 1 After successfully initiating a Virtual Storage connection, reboot the BMC host server. 2 Enter the server’s BIOS and edit the Boot section’s CD/DVD boot order. The first entry should be “USB:VENDORID Remote” (the name for the remote storage connection).
3 During the POST process, click F10 on the virtual keyboard to open the boot devices menu. The boot devices menu opens. 4 Select the connected Virtual Storage device as the boot device.
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