System Management
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Figure 2-1
As shown in Figure 2-1, there are several components in the main window (Figure 2-2):
1) Menu Bar: contains functions allowing you to add/delete systems or groups and save configurations.
2) Tool Bar: contains functions allowing you to execute quickly.
3) Logo: Press Logo to visit supporting web site.
4) Device Sorting: Sorting device by ascending, descending, on-line and original.
5) System List: lists the computers managed with a BMC card.
6) Group management: For new, join, disjoin and refresh group.
7) Group List: lists managed computer groups for more convenient management.
8) Viewing Window: shows detailed information including Login, IPMI Device, Event Log, Sensors, BMC Setting and Text Console.
9) Status Area: shows messages regarding current status.
10) System View Sessions: It can manage up to 20 systems at the same time. The current managed system is indicated in the System View window.
Figure 2-2
As shown in Figure 2-3, toolbar helps you quickly execute functions which may be used frequently. You can quickly switch server or group management. The received trap info will show in this toolbar once got trap.
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Figure 2-3
Figure 2-4
As shown in Figure 2-4, click ¡§File>New¡K>System¡¨ to add a new system. An ¡§Add a new system¡K¡¨ dialog box will pop up as shown in Figure 2-5.
Figure 2-5
In the ¡§Add a new system¡¨ dialog box, type in the desired System Name for the managed system and the correct IP address, as well as a description. Then click OK.
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To maintain systems easier, the manager may categorize managed systems into different groups. A system may be included in multiple groups. The default group is ¡§IPMI Domain¡¨. All managed systems belong to IPMI Domain even if they join other groups.
In Figure 2-4, click menu ¡§File>New¡K>Group¡¨ to add a new group.
An ¡§Add a new group¡¨ dialog will pop up as shown in Figure 2-6.
Figure 2-6
In the ¡§Add a new group¡¨ dialog box, type in the desired Group Name and description. Then click OK.
Discover New Systems in a Specified Network
It includes a function that allows the user to collect candidate system information in order to build their information into a System List (see Figure 2-7). The user may specify the IP range or click ¡§Detect¡¨ to search any possible system that has either IPMI 1.5 or IPMI 2.0 capability. After the candidate system information is collected, the user may add systems into a System List by IP addresses or by a given Prefix name. The ¡§IPMI 2.0+¡¨ list in version column means this system is IPMI 2.0 RMCP+ protocol supported.
Figure 2-7
Reload Configuration
From the pull-down menu, click ¡§File>Reload Configuration¡¨ to load the previous saved configuration.
Save Configuration
From the pull-down menu, click ¡§File>Save Configuration¡¨ to save the current configuration.
Exit
From the pull-down menu, click ¡§File>Exit¡¨ or press Alt-F4.
Figure 2-8
Modify System
Select a system in the System Window you want to modify and then click ¡§Edit>Modify¡K>System¡¨ from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-8 to modify it.
You can also right click on a system in the System Window and then select ¡§Modify¡¨ in the pop-up menu to modify it.
Delete System
Select a system in the System Window you want to delete and then click ¡§Edit>Delete¡K>System¡¨ from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-8 to delete it.
You can also right click on a system in the System Window and then select ¡§Delete¡¨ in the pop-up menu to delete it.
Modify Group
Select a group in the Group Window you want to modify and then click ¡§Edit>Modify¡K>Group¡¨ from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-8 to modify it.
You can also right click on a group in the Group Window and then select ¡¨Modify¡¨ in the pop-up menu to modify it.
IMPI Security
It can automatically detect the current IPMI version during the beginning of login phase. If you want to manually specify the protocol, you may check the ¡§For Advanced User¡¨ box as shown in Figure 2-9 and select the following protocols for a specific system.
l Hardware: BMCB, Firmware:IPMI 1.5:
l Hardware: BMC2, Firmware:IPMI 2.0 non-RMCP+:
l Hardware: BMC2, Firmware:IPMI 2.0 Standard RMCP+.
You may choose the encryption function in the IPMI 2.0 Standard RMCP+. All the packets transmitted from client to managed system will then be encrypted.
Figure 2-9
Delete Group
Select a group in the Group Window you want to delete and then click ¡§Edit>Delete¡K>Group¡¨ from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-8 to delete it.
You can also right click on a group in the Group Window and then select ¡¨Delete¡¨ in the pop-up menu to delete it.
Join a group
Select a group in the Group window and select a system in the System Window, then click ¡§Edit>¡KJoin¡K¡¨ from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-8 to have the selected system join the desired group.
Disjoin a group
Double click the group you want to disjoin a system from. The members of that group will appear in the System Window. Then, select the system you want to disjoin and click ¡§Edit>¡KDisjoin¡K¡¨ from the pull-down menu shown in Figure 2-8.
You can also right click the selected system and then select ¡§Disjoin¡¨ in the pop-up menu to delete it.
Timeout
The timeout setting is shown in Figure 2-10. Timeout is the period to wait for a response after sending a command to a managed system. If a response is not received from the managed system in the timeout period, it will resend the command to managed system. You may specify the timeout value in order to get a quicker notification of no response from the managed system. You also can specify the number of retries to limit the number of times it will resend the command.
Figure 2-10
Figure 2-11
Selecting a management session
When more than one system is managed at the same time, you can select which opened management session you want to control by double clicking on system¡¦s name in the System Window or by selecting ¡§Session><<System name>>¡¨ in the pull-down menu, where <<System name>> denotes the name of the target system you want to control (as shown in Figure 2-11).
Closing management session
To close the opened management session, select the management session you want to close as the current management session and then click ¡§Session>Close <<System name>>¡¨ in the pull-down menu, where <<System name>> denotes the name of the system you want to close (as shown in Figure 2-11).
Or - right click on the system in the System Window you want to close and select ¡§Close Session¡¨ in the pop-up menu to close it.
When closing a session, a session will not be closed until 1) replies have been received for all outstanding packets or 2) all outstanding packets have timed out.