IPMITool Quick Start Guide - 2. Remotely Monitor and Manage

Purpose:

There are three ways to monitor and manage the sensors and functions remotely through BMC.

A.  IOL(IPMI Over LAN)

B. SOL(Serial Over LAN)

C. BMC WebUI

User should set BMC IP address for all method above. Please refer to How to set BMC IP address.

Target Audience:

1. Advantech ICVG FWA/SKY servers with BMC firmware

2. Linux users

Instructions:

A. IOL(IPMI Over LAN)

Kindly check items below for enabling this function.

• It requires network available between Advantech NC-SI supported LAN port and other commanding platforms with IPMI utility.
• The default username for Advantech BMC is administrator, and the default password is advantech.
• BMC payload must be powered on. (plug power cable to x86)

      A.1 Remotely read system info

 [root@localhost ~]#ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U administrator -P advantech fru print 

      Please refer to (BMC quick start guide) Section 1 - Read System Information for more IPMI available commands.

      A.2 Remotely power control

          A.2.1 Check device power status.

 [root@localhost ~]# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U administrator -P advantech chassis power status
Chassis Power is on

          A.2.2 Remotely power on a device.

[root@localhost ~]# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U administrator -P advantech chassis power on
Chassis Power Control: Up/On

         A.2.3 Remotely shutdown a device.

[root@localhost ~]# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U administrator -P advantech chassis power off
Chassis Power Control: Down/Off

         [Note]: It is NOT a soft way to power off the device, it might crash OS.

B. SOL(Serial Over LAN)

Kindly check items below for enabling this function.

• It requires network available between Advantech NC-SI supported LAN port and other commanding platforms with IPMI utility.
• The default username for Advantech BMC is administrator, and the default password is advantech.
• BMC payload must be powered on. (plug power cable to x86)
• Redirect OS to console. Please refer to How to redirect OS to console.

     B.1 Activate SOL

[root@localhost ~]# ipmitool -I lanplus -H 192.168.1.1 -U administrator -P advantech sol activate

[SOL Session operational. Use ~? for help]

[root@fwa-3050 ~]#

     B.2 Stop SOL

            Press [Alt] + [~], and press [.] to exit SOL.

[root@fwa-3050 ~]# ipmitool sol deactivate
[root@localhost ~]#

C. BMC WebUI

      C.1 Open "https://[BMC IP address]" through browser.

      C.2 Default login username is administrator, password is advantech.