Using, Mini-baseboard, Management – Lenovo 6434 User Manual

Page 75: Controller, Configuration, Utility, Program

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To

start

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller

setup

utility

program,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

Turn

on

the

server.

2.

Insert

the

setup

utility

diskette

into

the

diskette

drive.

3.

From

a

command

line,

type

bmc

and

press

Enter.

For

the

program

to

interface

with

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller,

the

parameters

in

the

Intf.ini

file

must

be

set

correctly.

To

modify

the

Intf.ini

file,

select

0

from

the

main

menu

and

use

the

arrow

keys

to

select

settings

for

the

following

parameters:

v

System

interface:

This

is

the

interface

through

which

system

software

sends

and

receives

messages

to

and

from

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller.

Select

KCS

(keyboard

controller

style).

v

Port

Address:

This

is

the

base

address

of

the

system

interface.

v

Register

Spacing:

Select

ByteBoundary

,

ThirtyTwoBitBoundary

,

or

SixteenBitBoundary

.

v

Channel

Number:

Use

the

arrow

keys

to

select

the

channel

number

(0

through

15).

v

DHCP

Mode:

This

is

the

LAN

configuration

address

source.

Using

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller

configuration

utility

program

Use

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller

configuration

utility

program

to

view

or

change

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller

configuration

settings

and

to

save

the

configuration

to

a

file

for

use

on

multiple

servers.

To

download

the

program,

complete

the

following

steps.

Note:

Changes

are

made

periodically

to

the

Lenovo

Web

site.

The

actual

procedure

might

vary

slightly

from

what

is

described

in

this

document.

1.

Go

to:

http://www.lenovo.com/support.

2.

Enter

your

product

number

(machine

type

and

model

number)

or

select

Servers

and

Storage

from

the

Select

your

product

list.

3.

From

Family

list,

select

ThinkServer

TS100

,

and

click

Continue

.

4.

Click

Downloads

and

drivers

to

download

firmware

updates.

5.

From

the

BMC

software,

copy

the

file

bmc_cfg.exe

to

a

configuration

utility

diskette.

To

start

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller

configuration

utility

program,

complete

the

following

steps:

1.

Turn

on

the

server.

2.

Insert

the

configuration

utility

diskette

into

the

diskette

drive.

3.

From

a

command

line,

type

bmc_cfg

and

press

Enter.

For

the

program

to

interface

with

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller,

the

parameters

in

the

Intf.ini

file

must

be

set

correctly.

To

modify

the

Intf.ini

file,

use

the

mini-baseboard

management

controller

setup

utility

program

or

a

text

editor.

Chapter

3.

Configuring

the

server

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