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Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users who intend to integrate Supermicro’s unique IPMI 2.0 Management Utility into their systems. It provides detailed information for the application and use of the AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC that supports remote access for system monitoring, diagnosis and management.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual ........................................................................................................ iii Manual Organization ..................................................................................................... iii Conventions Used in the Manual: ................................................................................. iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview ..................................
Table of Contents Graceful Power Cycle ................................................................................... 3-21 3-7 System Event Log ........................................................................................ 3-23 3-8 Sensors ........................................................................................................ 3-25 3-9 BMC Setting (Administrator only) ................................................................ 3-27 3-10 Users ......................
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Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview The AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC is a highly efficient, highly compatible and easy-to-use IPMI card that allows the user to take advantage of the BMC, a baseboard management controller installed on a server motherboard and the IPMIView, an IPMI compliant management application software loaded in a PC, to provide serial links between the main processor and other system components, allowing for network interfacing via remote access.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual 1-3 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.
Chapter 1: Introduction 1-4 • Hardware Product Features The AOC-SIMSO-HTC: Mini size (2.65” W x 1.75” H) (67.31 mm W x 44.45 mm H) • Supports IPMI over LAN • Supports 1U and above • The AOC-SIMLC-HTC: Slim size (4.6” W x 1.3” H) (116.84 mm W x 33.02 mm H) • Supports IPMI over LAN • Supports 1U and above 1-5 Checklist If your shipping package came with missing or damaged parts, please contact Supermicro’s technical support. Please refer to the following checklist when contacting us.
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Chapter 2: Installation Chapter 2 Technical Specifications and Hardware Installation 2-1 The Configuration The AOC-SIMSO-HTC card shares LAN1 on the motherboard for IPMI traffic. 2-2 Front Components 2.2.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual SIMSO-HTC Front Component and LED Descriptions #1. Renesas H8S BMC Chip #2. Activity LED #3. Processor Reset LED 2.2.2 SIMLC-HTC Figure 1-3 AOC-SIMLC-HTC image H8S D10 3 Reset LED SRAM Renasas Activity LED 2 D9 1 BMC SIMLC-HTC Figure 1-4 AOC-SIMLC-HTC layout SIMLC-HTC Front Component and LED Descriptions #1. Renesas H8S BMC Chip #2. Activity LED #3.
Chapter 2: Installation 2-3 LED Descriptions and Pin Definitions #2. Activity LED Indicator Activity LED Indicator Table Activity LED (marked #2 above), located on the card, indicates the functionality and activity of the card. The blinking of the Activity LED indicates that the add-on card is active. See the table on the right for details. Activity LED (D1) On (Blinking) Card is active Off Card is not active #3.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual 2-5 Installation 2.5.1 Safety Guidelines To avoid personal injury and property damage please carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when installing the AOC-SIMLC-HTC/AOC-SIMSO-HTC into your system. ESD Safety Guidelines Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To prevent damage to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Software Application and Usage With an independent I/O processor embedded in Hitachi’s Renesas H8S System Chip, the AOC-SIMSO-HTC and AOC-SIMLC-HTC Add-On Cards allows the user to access, monitor, manage and interface with systems that are in remote locations via LAN. The necessary utilities for the access and configuration of the add-on card are included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came with your card.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual 3-1 BMC Firmware Update 1. Shut down the system and unplug the AC power cord. 2. Insert the BMC card. 3. A: If you use a supplied CD-ROM, follow the steps below: • • Turn on your computer and put the IPMI CD into the CD-ROM drive. You will see the following prompt. You can choose option 1 to automatically detect the model number of the motherboard and flash the IPMI card or choose 2 if you know the model number of your motherboard. Step 1.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Step 2. Type yes and hit and the installer will automatically flash the IPMI card (a screen as shown below will appear). Step 3. After flashing is finished, you will see a DOS prompt and you can also configure your IPMI card using the ipmicfg utility. Note: If you choose No you will see a DOS prompt. (If you know that you have the appropriate firmware installed and that you would like to configure the IPMI card using the ipmicfg utility, this option is useful.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Step 4. If you choose to manually flash the firmware, you will see the following screen appear. After flashing the firmware you will see a DOS prompt. On this prompt you can configure your IPMI card using the ipmicfg utility. Please see usage below in section 4.1. Step 5. If you choose to manually flash the firmware, you will see the following screen appear. After flashing the firmware you will see a DOS prompt.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3. B: If you wish to use a floppy to flash your IPMI card, please complete the following steps: Step 1. Place the CD in your computer (Windows should have been installed). If you have autorun enabled, you will see the following screen (see below). Otherwise double click on the CD-ROM icon in your ‘My computer’ window, and it will bring up the screen below. Step 2. Click on ‘Make BMC Firmware Upgrade Diskette’. Step 3.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Note: Please have a 3.5 floppy ready to be inserted. Step 4. When prompted, place floppy into your floppy drive. Step 5. When floppy drive is written with the files, remove the floppy and place it in the floppy drive of your computer with the IPMI card installed. Step 6. Turn on the computer which has the IPMI card. Ensure that the floppy is on the top in boot priority. Once the computer is booted from the floppy, it will start flashing the firmware.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting -dhcp off Disable the DHCP -g Show Gateway IP -g IP Set Gateway IP (format: ###.###.###.###) -r BMC cold reset -garp on Enable the Gratuitous ARP -garp off Disable the Gratuitous ARP 3-2 Overview of IPMI View IPMI View is management software based on IPMI specification version 1.5 - 2.0. IPMI View sends IPMI messages to and from the BMC (Base Management Card) on a remotely managed system.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual i) For Windows: Select “Install IPMIView” from auto-run windows to install IPMIView. You may also select IPMIView20setupwin32.exe” in the “IPMI SOLUTION/Windows/ Administrator” directory. ii) For Linux: Select “IPMIView20setuplinux.bin” in the “IPMI SOLUTION/Linux/Administrator” directory.
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Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3-4 System Management The following screen shows the main functions of the IPMI View screen. From this screen, the user can manage the features of the IPMI View software. Figure 2-1 Note: This screen is only a model of the System Management. As shown in Figure 2-1, there are several components in the IPMI View window (Figure 2-2): • • • • • • • Menu Bar: Contains functions allowing you to add/delete systems or groups and save configurations.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Figure 2-2 Step 1. As shown in Figure 2-3, click “File>New…>System” to add a new system to IPMI View. An “Add a new system…” dialog box will pop up as shown in Figure 2-4.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Figure 2-4 Step 2. As shown in Figure 2-4, in the “Add a new system” dialog box, type in the desired System Name for the managed system and the correct IP address, as well as a description. Then click OK. Figure 2-5 Step 3. As shown in Figure 2-5, To maintain systems easier, the manager may categorize managed systems into different groups. A system may be included in multiple groups. The default group is IPMI Domain.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Figure 2-6 Step 4. As shown in Figure 2-6, IPMI View includes a function that allows the user to collect candidate system information in order to build their information into a System List (see Figure 2-6). User may specify the IP range to search any possible system that has either IPMI 1.5 or IPMI 2.0 capability. After the candidate system information is collected, the user may add systems into a System List by IP addresses, or by a given Prefix name.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Figure 2-7 Step 5. As shown in Figure 2-7, Reload Configuration From the pull-down menu, click “File>Reload Configuration” to load the previous saved configuration. Save Configuration From the pull-down menu, click “File>Save Configuration” to save the current IPMI View configuration. To exit IPMI View from the pull-down menu, click “File>Exit” or press Alt-F4 when the IPMI View is running. Note: Remember to save your configuration before exiting.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Figure 2-8 Step 6. As shown in Figure 2-8, Modify System Select a system in the System Window you want to modify and then click “Edit>Modify…>System” from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-7 to modify it. You can also right click on a system in the System Window, and then select “Modify” in the pop-up menu to modify it.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Delete Group Select a group in the Group Window you want to delete and then click “Edit>Delete… >Group” from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-7 to delete it. You can also right click on a group in the Group Window, and then select ”Delete” in the pop-up menu to delete it.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Or - right click on the system in the System Window you want to close and select “Close Session” in the pop-up menu to close it. When closing a session, a session will not be closed until 1) replies have been received for all outstanding packets or 2) all outstanding packets have timed out. 3-5 Login In Figure 3-1, double click the system in the System Window you want to manage.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Figure 3-0 Note: The default Login ID is “ADMIN”,,which has the default password of “ADMIN”. Both the Login ID and Password are case-sensitive. In the IPMI design, an MD5 algorithm will encrypt the password when it is transmitted through the network. Once the password is confirmed, IPMI View will show a CONNECTED symbol, and all available function pages will be shown as seen in Figure 3-0.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Figure 3-1 Note: In order to reduce overhead on the managed system, all pages will not refresh automatically. The user must refresh manually as needed.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Clicking the IPM Device tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window (shown in Figure 3-2) will display some information and functions of the system’s BMC firmware. Device Information This shows the revision levels of the BMC and IPMI firmware. ACPI System Power State This shows the managed system’s power state. If the managed system is in a power-off state, the green light will be off. This status will update automatically every five seconds.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual The Power Cycle function will shut down the managed system for a few seconds and then power up the system. Graceful power control will send an event to the System Event Log (next section). If no more memory space is left for the incoming event, graceful power control will not function. Chassis Power Control (Administrator and Operator only) This function is used to forcibly control the power state of the managed system’s chassis.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3-7 System Event Log Figure 3-3 Clicking on the Event Log tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window (shown in Figure 3-3) gives you detailed information on the System Event Log for the BMC. It shows the System Event Log version, number of log entries, free space for the System Event Log and the times of recently added and recently erased System Event Logs.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Timestamp The time the event happened. Sensor Type This could be health sensors or a system event. Event Type The event description. Because the BMC communicates with the NIC on the mainboard via a slow channel, requesting only the events you need to see is recommended. Choosing “all” to get hundreds of event entries will result in a very long delay. Clear System Event Log Clicking the Clear All Entries button clears the logged system events on the BMC.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3-8 Sensors Figure 3-4 Clicking on the Sensors tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window (as shown in Figure 3-4) provides you with detailed information on the sensors monitored by the BMC. It shows the reading of supported voltages and fan speeds and temperatures monitored by the BMC.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Hide Inactive Item IPMI View gets predefined sensor information from the mainboard. Some items may be not installed for different configurations. For example, there will be no CPU fan if using a passive CPU heat sink, and only one CPU on a dual CPU mainboard that has only a single CPU installed. The first time the sensors page is shown, IPMI View will hide inactive items (the default setting) if any.
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AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Clicking on the BMC Setting tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window (as shown in Figure 3-7) gives you detailed information on the BMC LAN Configuration, SNMP trap configuration and serial communication port of the BMC. In order to support the power-down state management capability under the IPMI specification, the manager has to configure the proper MAC address for each IP address.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting text field and the IP address and MAC address in the SNMP Trap Receivers table in the SNMP group, and then click the Update button. The SNMP Trap may have multiple destinations. When any critical error occurs, an SNMP trap packet will be sent to all receivers in the list. To remove an SNMP receiver, you may change both IP and MAC addresses to 0.0.0.0 and 00:00:00:00:00:00 respectively, and then click Update.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual Figure 3-8 FRU The user can find useful information about the board and product, such as the serial number, part number and part name of the board and product.
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 3-11 Text Console Redirection (SOL, Serial Over LAN) Figure 3-9 On the Text Console tab of the IPMI View management session in the Viewing Window (as shown in Figure 3-9), there is a function for you to remotely control the managed system in a text mode console. Click the Start button to start the text console redirection. During control, click the Re-synch button to synchronize the text console with the managed system if you think the screen is not shown properly.
AOC-SIMSO-HTC/AOC-SIMLC-HTC User’s Manual For Windows 2003: 1. Enable Console Redirection in BIOS, and set it to COM 2 (or COM B) 2. Modify boot.ini in C:\. Boot.ini is a hidden file. Below is an example of boot.ini [boot loader] redirect=com2 redirectbaudrate=19200 timeout=30 default=multi(0)di sk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)parti tion(1)\WINDOWS=”Windows Server 2003, Standard” / fastdetect /redirect For Linux: 1.
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 4-1 1. Frequently Asked Questions Question: How do I configure SIMLC-HTC/SIM1U-HTC/SIMSO-HTC? Answer: Boot from the supplied CD with your IPMI card. The CD will auto-detect motherboard type and flash IPMI card. You can use the ipmicfg.exe utility to configure the IP address and MAC address of the IPMI card. 2.
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