Using, Baseboard, Management – IBM 4190 User Manual

Page 67: Controller, Utility, Programs

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The

installation

program

prompts

you

for

a

TCP/IP

port

number

and

an

IP

address.

Specify

an

IP

address,

if

you

want

to

limit

the

connection

requests

that

will

be

accepted

by

the

utility

program.

To

accept

connections

from

any

server,

type

INADDR_ANY

as

the

IP

address.

Also

specify

the

port

number

that

the

utility

program

will

use.

These

values

will

be

recorded

in

the

smbridge.cfg

file

for

the

automatic

startup

of

the

utility

program.

To

install

the

Avocent

SMBridge

management

utility

program

on

a

server

running

a

Linux

operating

system,

complete

the

following

steps

.

You

must

be

logged

in

as

a

root

user

to

perform

these

procedures.

1.

Go

to

http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/,

download

the

management

utility

program,

and

create

the

BMC

Management

Utility

CD.

2.

Insert

the

BMC

Management

Utility

CD

into

the

drive.

3.

Type

mount/mnt/cdrom

.

4.

Locate

the

directory

where

the

installation

RPM

package

is

located

and

type

cd/mnt/cdrom

.

5.

Type

the

following

command

to

run

the

RPM

package

and

start

the

installation:

rpm

-ivh

smbridge-2.0-xx.rpm

where

xx

is

the

release

level

that

is

being

installed.

6.

Follow

the

prompts

to

complete

the

installation.

When

the

installation

is

complete,

the

utility

copies

files

to

the

following

directories:

/etc/init.d/SMBridge

/etc/smbridge.cfg

/usr/sbin/smbridged

/var/log/smbridge/LICENSE

The

utility

starts

automatically

when

the

server

is

started.

You

can

also

locate

the

/ect/init.d

directory

to

start

the

utility

and

use

the

following

commands

to

manage

the

utility:

smbridge

status

smbridge

start

smbridge

stop

smbridge

restart

Note:

For

more

information

about

the

SMBridge

management

utility

program,

see

“Using

the

SMBridge

management

utility

program”

on

page

54.

Using

the

baseboard

management

controller

utility

programs

Use

the

baseboard

management

controller

utility

programs

to

configure

the

baseboard

management

controller,

download

firmware

updates

and

SDR/FRU

updates,

and

remotely

manage

a

network.

Using

the

baseboard

management

controller

configuration

utility

program

Use

the

baseboard

management

controller

configuration

utility

program

to

view

or

change

the

baseboard

management

controller

configuration

settings.

You

can

also

use

the

utility

program

to

save

the

configuration

to

a

file

for

use

on

multiple

servers.

Go

to

http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/

to

download

the

utility

program.

Run

the

utility

program

to

create

a

configuration

utility

diskette.

Complete

the

following

steps

to

start

the

baseboard

management

controller

configuration

utility

program:

Chapter

3.

Configuring

the

server

53

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