Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4200 - Manual (Page 26)

2-6 Sun Fire X4100 and Sun Fire X4200 Servers System Management Guide • December 2005
2.3.3 Adding Your Server to Your SNMP Environment
Add your Sun Fire X4100 or Sun Fire X4200 server as a managed node using your
SNMP management application. See your SNMP management application
documentation for further details.
2.3.4 Configuring Receipt of SNMP Traps
Configure a trap in your ILOM service processor. See How to Manage ILOM Alerts
using the CLI, or How to Configure Alerts and View Alert Destinations, using the
GUI.
2.4 About IPMI
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is an open-standard hardware
management interface specification that defines a specific way for embedded
management subsystems to communicate. IPMI information is exchanged though
baseboard management controllers (BMCs), which are located on IPMI-compliant
hardware components. Using low-level hardware intelligence instead of the
operating system has two main benefits: first, this configuration allows for out-of-
band server management, and second, the operating system is not burdened with
transporting system status data.
Your ILOM Service Processor is IPMI v2.0 compliant. You can access IPMI
functionality through the command line with the IPMItool utility either in-band or
out-of-band. Additionally, you can generate an IPMI-specific trap from the web
interface, or manage the server's IPMI functions from any external management
solution that is IPMI v1.5 or v2.0 compliant. For more information about the IPMI
v2.0 specification, go to
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/spec.htm#spec2 .
2.4.1 IPMItool
IPMItool is a simple command-line interface that is useful for managing IPMI-
enabled devices. You can use this utility to perform IPMI functions with a kernel
device driver or over a LAN interface. IPMItool enables you to manage system field-
replaceable units (FRUs), monitor system health, and monitor and manage system