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User’s Manual for OSA System Management Bridge
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................3
TARGET AUDIENCES .............................................................................................................................3
GLOSSARY ............................................................................................................................................4
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS .......................................................................................................................4
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ................................................................................................5
INSTALLATION STEPS ......................................................................................................................9
INSTALLATION ON WINDOWS SYSTEM ..................................................................................................9
INSTALLATION ON LINUX SYSTEM ......................................................................................................14
POST INSTALLATION ...........................................................................................................................14
UNINSTALLING OSA SMBRIDGE ........................................................................................................15
Uninstalling OSA SMBridge from Windows System.......................................................................15
Uninstalling OSA SMBridge from Linux System ............................................................................15
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE MODE .........................................................................................16
WORKING IN CLI MODE ......................................................................................................................16
SYNTACTIC RULES ..............................................................................................................................17
GLOBAL OPTIONS................................................................................................................................18
Help Option -help ...........................................................................................................................18
IPMI Session Option -ip .................................................................................................................19
IPMI Session Option -com..............................................................................................................19
COMMANDS.........................................................................................................................................20
identify ............................................................................................................................................21
sysinfo.............................................................................................................................................22
power ..............................................................................................................................................23
sel ...................................................................................................................................................24
INTERACTIVE SERVER MODE .....................................................................................................27
STARTING THE OSA SMBRIDGE DAEMON ..........................................................................................27
TELNET CLIENTS .................................................................................................................................29
WORKING IN SERVER MODE ...............................................................................................................29
Via Windows Command Prompt.....................................................................................................29
Via Windows HyperTerminal Console ...........................................................................................29
Via Linux Shell ...............................................................................................................................29
USER LOGIN ........................................................................................................................................30
GETTING HELP ....................................................................................................................................31
COMMANDS.........................................................................................................................................32
Commands inherited from the CLI mode........................................................................................32
connect............................................................................................................................................33
sol ...................................................................................................................................................34
console............................................................................................................................................36
reboot..............................................................................................................................................37
TROUBLE SHOOTING......................................................................................................................38
APPENDIX A.
A.1
A.2
CONFIGURING A REMOTE SERVER FOR OOB ACCESS........................39
BMC CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................39
BIOS CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................39
APPENDIX B.
TELNET CLIENTS USE AND CONFIGURATION........................................40
APPENDIX C.
CONFIGURE OSA SMBRIDGE ........................................................................41
APPENDIX D.
ERROR MESSAGES ...........................................................................................43
D.1
OSA DEFINED COMPLETION CODES.................................................................................43
INDEX ...................................................................................................................................................45
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