Specifications

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Chapter
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Operation and Maintenance
Introduction
Thischapterpresentsthefollowingoperationandmaintenancetopics:
•Hotswapprocess
•IPMIoverLAN
•SerialoverLAN
•Firmwareandsoftwareupgrades.
Hot Swap of the CPM
TheCPMishotswapcapableandmeetsthehotswaprequirementsdefinedinthePICMG 3.0
Revision 2.0AdvancedTCABaseSpecification.TheShelfManagercontrolsthehotswap
process,andtheIPMCenablesanddisablespayloadpowertotheCPMwheninstructedby
theShelfManager.RefertoRemovingtheCPMonpage 71and/orInstallingtheCPMon
page 72fordetailedproceduresonperformingahotswapoftheCPM.
IPMI-Over-LAN
AremotemanagementapplicationcanestablishanIPMI‐over‐LANsessionwiththeIPMC.The
IPMCisremotelyaccessi blethroughtheBaseEthernetports.TheCPMimplementsIPMI‐
over‐LANusingRMCPandRMCP+asdescribedintheIPMI2.0specification.TheIPMI‐over‐
LANsessioncanbe usedtoenablethefunctionalitydescribedinSerial‐Over‐LANonpage 65.
Configuring IPMI-over-LAN access
TheCPMmustbeinitiallyconfiguredtomakeIPMI‐over‐LANaccessavailable.TheIPMCsaves
theconfigurationchangesinnon‐volatileRAMsotheyarenotlostduringreboots,hot‐swaps,
orfirmwareupdates.
Before you begin
1. Gatherthefollowingresources:
•AremotecomputerwithnetworkaccesstotheShelfManagerintheshelfwiththe
CPM.
Note:TheinitialstepscanberundirectlyontheCPM’sCPUasanalternative.
•Anrsys‐ipmitoolutility(availableonthesoftwareinstallationCD).