ADLINK aTCA-9710 - Manual (Page 83)

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7 Serial Over LAN
Serial Over LAN (SOL) is a remote management feature that allows the IPMC (Smart Fusion
A2F500) to redirect the serial console from the blade via an IPMI session over the network
with RMCP+ protocol.
The aTCA-9710 supports SOL on the Base Interface which is powered by the Intel 82576
Gigabit Ethernet Controller. The Intel 82576 Gigabit Ethernet Controller is connected to the
IPMC (Smart Fusion A2F500) via the NC-SI interface, which provides remote management
capability before the payload power is authorized. Users can use the SOL feature to
transmit/receive serial console message from a remote site with full console management
functionality.
The aTCA-9710 supports 2 channels (channel 1/2) and 2 user IDs for SOL. You can refer to
the following sections for more detailed information.
Note: SOL does not support simultaneous login of more than one user.
7.1 Preparation For SOL Connection
First of all, you need to prepare a remote client with Linux OS and connect to the network.
7.2 Configure The Remote Client
7.2.1 Install IPMItool For The Remote Client
You can download the latest IPMItool and document from the following website
http://IPMItool.sourceforge.net
Click on either the *bz or *gz version of IPMItool to download the bzipped or gzipped
IPMItool source code tarball respectively.
To build IPMItool, unzip and untar the downloaded IPMItool package, configure IPMItool for
your system, and change to the created IPMItool directory to build IPMItool.
Example using the gzipped tarball:
tar xvzf IPMItool*.tar.gz cd IPMItool*
Run the following to configure IPMItool for your system:
./configure