Product guide

120 Configuration Software and Utilities
121MAXDATA PLATINUM 90004R Server System
Terminal Mode Overview
Terminal mode is a feature that allows you to directly interface to the server’s Baseboard Management
Controller (BMC) via a serial port connection and execute text-based commands. Two types of text
commands are supported:
• A limited selection of text commands
• Standard binary IPMI 1.5 hex-ASCII commands
Using the terminal mode feature you can do the following:
• Power the server on or off
• Reset the server
• Retrieve the server’s health status
• Congure and retrieve the server management subsystems boot options
• Congure and retrieve the BMC’s terminal mode conguration
• Execute any platform supported binary command specied in the Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) v1.5 specication using the hex-ASCII format
Setup and Conguration
Connection Mechanism
Two types of connection mechanisms are supported as follows:
• Direct connection, where a local host is connected to the target system “directly,” or from one
system’s serial port to another, and;
• Modem connection, where the local host is connected to the target system via a modem.
Hardware Setup
Hardware setup is dependent upon the type of connection mechanism being employed as follows:
• For a direct connection, a null modem cable is all that is needed to connect the local host to
the target system
• For a modem connection, the local host and target systems must both be connected to
modems via serial cables
Conguration Using System Maintenance Utility (SMU)
Conguration of terminal mode requires proper conguration of the following: the serial channel,
user login information (user name and password), and the terminal mode conguration parameters.
SMU provides methods to access and manipulate all the necessary parameters for terminal mode
conguration.
Serial Channel Conguration
The serial channel conguration setup is done with the SMU.
Set the connection mode to the desired connection mode and the rest of the options to the desired
state for your application.
Direct Connection Mode
Set the options on the direct connection mode to the desired states for your application. It is highly
recommended that you disable the ping message or else you will get serial ping message data from
the BMC displayed on your terminal screen.