How to approach BMC on Advantech CIoT platforms ?

Purpose:

To introduce All the possible interfaces to approach BMC functions. 

Target Audience:

All users which is using Advantech CIoT platforms, including FWA, SKY-7K, SKY-8K, SKY-9K Series. 

Diagram:

Introduce Interfaces:

(1) KCS :  Local access, the command is running on local machines

ref command: ipmitool mc info

(2) IOL: ipmitool over lan which is through Ethernet management port which support side band interface (NC-SI), recent we support following 3 kinds of IOL

– From External Client

– OS2BMC  (OS to BMC)

– Virtual Ethernet

ref command : # ipmitool -I lanplus -H <bmc ip> -U <user> -P <passwd> mc info

(3) ipmitool serial : ipmitool through UART interface to BMC, require special ipmitool83 to make it work. Please contact support team to understand your platform supports this feature and the proper utility.

ref command :# ipmitool83 -I serial-basic -D /dev/ttyACM0 -z 1500 mc info

(4) Web UI: the popular and easier way to approach BMC through Ethernet management port. please refer to How to access node explorer? to get start