User Guide

6 Intel
®
Remote Management Module User’s Guide
Connecting with the Intel
®
RMM the First Time
When the Intel
®
RMM is attached to an Intel server for the first time, the Intel
®
RMM
will attempt to obtain an IP address for its built-in management NIC from a DHCP server
attached to the network. If there is no DHCP server that the Intel
®
RMM can get its IP
address from, or if the DHCP server fails to assign the Intel
®
RMM a valid IP address,
then the Intel
®
RMM’s IP address will default to 192.168.0.122. It is important to know
the IP address associated with the Intel
®
RMM because it is with this IP address that a
user can access the Intel
®
RMM with the remote utilities and the Intel
®
RMM Web
Console.
Obtaining the IP address from the DHCP server is the factory default setting for the Intel
®
RMM. If the Intel
®
RMM is connected to a DHCP server and obtains its IP address from
DHCP, then the user can use the mmconfig utility locally to find out the IP address
assigned to the Intel
®
RMM by the DHCP server.
To connect with the Intel
®
RMM for the first time, boot the server to Windows or Linux.
• For Linux: Copy the Linux version of mmconfig in the root directory. At the root
prompt, enter:
./mmconfig –g lan3/ipaddr
The mmconfig utility returns the IP address of the Intel
®
RMM.
• For Windows: Copy the Windows version of mmconfig into the C: directory. Open a
DOS prompt window and navigate to the C: directory. At the C: prompt, enter:
mmconfig –g lan3/ipaddr
The mmconfig utility returns the IP address of the Intel
®
RMM.
This IP address can then be used to access the Intel
®
RMM Web Console remotely or to
run the mmconfig utility remotely.
In addition to using the utilities, the Intel
®
RMM can be configured and updated though
the Intel
®
RMM web console. Logging into the web server involves opening a browser on
the client computer and typing the IP address of the Intel
®
RMM’s NIC into the address
bar. For example: If the IP address of the Intel
®
RMM NIC is 192.168.0.122, enter: https:/
/192.168.0.122/ in the address bar of the web browser to launch the Intel
®
RMM Web
Console.
The Intel
®
RMM does not require user authentication for local utility USB access, but
remote utility access always requires user authentication.