Gigabyte Server Management Console

User's Guide
Rev. 1.0

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Getting Started...............................................................................................................................5
1-1
Software Requirement.......................................................................................................5
1-2
Gigabyte Management Console Network Configuration...................................................6
1-3
Log In Gigabyte Management Console.............................................................................7
1-3-1 Required Browser Settings:.......................................................................................8
1-4
Quick Button and Logged-in User.....................................................................................9
1-5
Help.................................................................................................................................10
1-6
Menu Bar.........................................................................................................................10
Enter Gigabyte Management Console.........................................................................................112-1
Dashboard.......................................................................................................................112-2
Sensor.............................................................................................................................13
2-2-1 Sensor Detail...........................................................................................................14
2-2-3 Threshold Settings...................................................................................................15
2-2-2 Sensor Events.........................................................................................................16
2-3
System Inventory.............................................................................................................17
2-3-1 CPU Inventory.........................................................................................................18
2-3-2 DIMM Inventory.......................................................................................................19
2-3-3 PCI Inventory...........................................................................................................20
2-3-4 HDD Inventory.........................................................................................................21
2-3-5 NIC Inventory...........................................................................................................22
2-3-6 GPU Inventory.........................................................................................................23
2-3-7 FRU Inventory.........................................................................................................24
2-3-8 PSU Inventory.........................................................................................................26
2-4
Logs & Reports................................................................................................................27
2-4-1 IPMI Log..................................................................................................................27
2-4-2 Operation Log..........................................................................................................29
2-4-3 Record Log..............................................................................................................30
2-5
Settings...........................................................................................................................31
2-5-1 Monitoring................................................................................................................31
2-5-1-1 Captured BSOD.......................................................................................................31
2-5-1-2 Log Settings.............................................................................................................32
2-5-1-3 Platform Event Filters..............................................................................................34
2-5-1-4 LAN Destinations.....................................................................................................37
2-5-1-5 RAID Management..................................................................................................42
2-5-1-6 SMTP Settings.........................................................................................................48
2-5-1-7 Video Recording......................................................................................................51
2-5-1-8 Redfish Event..........................................................................................................58
2-5-2 Basic........................................................................................................................58
2-5-2-1 Date & Time.............................................................................................................58-3-

2-5-2-2 KVM Mouse Settings...............................................................................................59
2-5-2-3 Media Redirection Settings......................................................................................60
2-5-2-4 Network Settings.....................................................................................................66
2-5-2-5 Services...................................................................................................................74
2-5-2-6 GCT Diagnostic Analyzer........................................................................................77
2-5-2-7 Cold Redundant Settings.........................................................................................81
2-5-2-8 IPMI Interfaces........................................................................................................82
2-5-2-9 BIOS........................................................................................................................82
2-5-3 Security....................................................................................................................85
2-5-3-1 External User Services............................................................................................85
2-5-3-2 PAM Order Settings.................................................................................................94
2-5-3-3 SSL Settings............................................................................................................95
2-5-3-4 System Firewall.......................................................................................................99
2-5-3-5 User Management.................................................................................................106
2-5-3-6 Front Panel Settings..............................................................................................109
2-5-4 Others....................................................................................................................110
2-5-4-1 Fan Profile.............................................................................................................110
2-5-4-2 Power Consumption..............................................................................................112
2-5-4-3 Power Control........................................................................................................118
2-6
Remote Control.............................................................................................................120
2-7
Maintenance..................................................................................................................121
2-7-1 Backup Configuration............................................................................................122
2-7-2 Firmware Image Location......................................................................................123
2-7-3 Firmware Information.............................................................................................125
2-7-4 Firmware Update...................................................................................................126
2-7-5 Preserve Configuration..........................................................................................128
2-7-6 Restore Configuration............................................................................................132
2-7-7 Restore Factory Defaults.......................................................................................133
2-7-8 System Administrator.............................................................................................134
2-7-9 System Diagnostics...............................................................................................135
2-8
Sign Out........................................................................................................................136-4-

Chapter 1
1-1

Getting Started

Software Requirement••

Client machine with 8GB RAM.
If the client machine has 4GB RAM, there will be lag in video/keyboard/mousefunctionality.

Supported Browsers

		• Chrome latest version.
• IE 11 and above.
• Firefox (with limited support).
Note: It is advisable to use Chrome or IE for H5Viewer since Firefox has its own
memory limitations.

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Gigabyte Management Console Network Configuration

Follow the instruction to enable the console redirection function.
1. You can gather the IP address on the POST screen.

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Or, Go to BIOS setup menu.
Select Server Management.
Select BMC network Configuration.
Define Configuration Address source to DynamicBmcDhcp or Static.
Save and Exit.
The BMC IP Address will appear on the Station IP address parameter.

8. Save the configuration and exit BIOS setup menu.
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Log In Gigabyte Management Console

To access the Gigabyte Management Console, the MegaRAC utility will prompt you to enter theUser Name and Password.

The fields are explained as follows:
For basic login to the MegaRAC UI, use the following login:•••

Username: admin
Password: Refer to unique MB serial number.
US - English: Changes the interface language.

NOTE!
		 If your motherboard / server version is older than G9 (upgrade version), then use the		 following login:
		Username: admin
		Password: password
This serial number can be found on the serial number sticker located on the motherboard of
every GIGABYTE server motherboard and system. The unique pre-programmed password willbe the last 11 characters of the serial number. For example, for the below serial number, thepassword will be “JG4P6400027

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GIGABYTE will also affix new stickers that display the unique BMC password (example below) toboth the product box (packaging) and to the CPU cover (for motherboards sold separately) or theserver chassis.

Please see the reference guide below / attached for where to find locations of this sticker
according to product / model type.
Products that have been implemented with this change will be indicated as version G9 on the“Upgrade Version” sticker located on the motherboard / motherboard anti-static packaging /server chassis / server packaging.

Remember Username: Check this option to remember your login credentials.
Sign me in: After entering the required credentials, click the Sign me in to login to GUI.
I forgot my password: If you forget your password, you can generate a new one using this link.
Enter the user name, click on Forgot Password link. This will send the newly generated
password to the configured Email-ID for the user.

1-3-1 Required Browser Settings:
Allow file download from this site: For Internet Explorer, Choose Tools ->Internet Options->Security Tab, based on device setup, select among Internet, Local intranet, trusted sites andrestricted sites. Click Custom level.... In the Security Settings - Zone dialog opened, under
settings, find Downloads option, Enable File download option. Click OK to the entire dialog
boxes.
For all Other Browsers, accept file download when prompted.
Enable javascript for this site: The icon indicates whether the javascript setting is enabled inbrowser.
Enable cookies for this site: The icon indicates whether the cookies setting are enabled inbrowser.
		Cookies must be enabled in order to access the website.
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Quick Button and Logged-in User

The user information and quick buttons are located at the top right of the Web GUI. A screenshotof the logged-in user information is shown below.

User Information
The logged-in user information shows the logged-in user, his/her privilege and the four quick
buttons allowing you to perform the following functions:
Logged-in user and its privilege level
This option shows the logged-in user name and privilege. There are five kinds of privileges.
User: Only valid commands are allowed.
Operator: All BMC commands are allowed except for the configuration commands that canchange the behavior of the out-of-hand interfaces.
Administrator: All BMC commands are allowed.
No Access: Login access denied.
OEM: All OEM commands are allowed.
Refresh: Click the icon to reload the current page.
Sync: Click the icon to synchronize with Latest Sensor and Event Log updates.
US - English: Click to select the language of the Web GUI.
Warning: Click to view the warning messages.
Notification: Click the icon to view the notification messages.

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Help

Help - The Help icon (?) is Located at the top right of the each page in Web GUI. Click this help
icon to view more detailed field descriptions.

1-6

Menu Bar

The menu bar displays the following:

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Chapter 2

2-1

Enter Gigabyte Management Console

Dashboard

The Dashboard page gives the overall information about the status of a device.
To open the Dashboard page, click Dashboard from the menu bar. It displays the following:

Dashboard
A brief description of the Dashboard page is given below.
Product Information
Displays the technical information for the system.
Power Consumption
Displays the current power consumption information.
Network Information
Displays the network information of the system.
BMC System Information
Displays the system BMC information of the system.
System Health Status
Displays the summary of hardware device sensors. If the device is detected, the screen will
display ‘OK’ or ‘NG’ according to the hardware status. If the device is not detected, it will display ‘Not
Ready’, usually indicating that the system is powered off.

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Allows you to view and control the power of your server. The various options of Power Control
are given below:• Power Off: To immediately power off the server.
• Power On: To power on the server.
• Power Cycle: This option will first power off, and then reboot the system (cold boot).
• Hard Reset: This option will reboot the system without powering off (warm boot)BIOS POST CODE
Click the blue tab to download POST code record.
Task Summary
Displays the task summary schedule information.
Remote KVM
Click Refresh to see the screen of the remote system.
IPMI Event Log
Displays the list of event logs occurred by the different sensors on this system.

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SensorThe Sensor Readings page displays all the sensor related information.
To open the Sensor Readings page, click Sensor from the menu. Click on any sensor to show
more information about that particular sensor, including thresholds and a graphical representationof all associated events.
The sensors are sorted through temperature, fan speed, voltage, and other sensors. The buttons
at the top of the page are used to control the display of information for each category.
A sample screenshot of Sensor Readings page is shown below.

The Sensor Readings page contains the following information:
In this Sensor Reading page, Live readings for all the available sensors with details like Sensor
Name, Status, Current Reading and Behavior will be appeared, else you can choose the sensor
type that you want to display from the list. Some examples for sensors are Temperature Sensors,
Fan Sensors, Watchdog Sensors and Voltage Sensors etc.
Note: Four DIMM Temp sensors are deployed for monitoring the DIMM temperature on thesystem. Users must take notice that the live reading of each DIMM Temp sensor indicates thetemperature of a DIMM group, not the temperature of a specific DIMM.
		

Note: Four DIMM Temp sensors are deployed for monitoring the DIMM temperature on
the system. Users must take notice that the live reading of each DIMM Temp sensor
indicates the temperature of a DIMM group, not the temperature of a specific DIMM.

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2-2-1 Sensor Detail
Select a particular sensor from the Critical Sensor or Normal Sensor lists. The Sensor Information
as Live Widget and Thresholds for the selected sensor will be displayed as shown below.
		

Note: For Illustrative Purpose, a sample screenshot of Sensor detail page with Change
Thresholds option is shown and explained below.

Note: Widgets are little gadgets, which provide real time information about a particularsensor. User can track a sensor's behavior over a specific amount of time at specific		 intervals. The result will be displayed as a line graph in the widget. The session will not		 expire, until the widgets gets a live data of the last widget that is kept opened.
		 For the selected sensor, this widget gives a dynamic representation of the readings for		 the sensor.
There are six types of thresholds:• Lower Non-Recoverable (LNR)• Lower Critical (LC)• Lower Non-Critical (LNC)• Upper Non-Recoverable (UNR)• Upper Critical (UC)• Upper Non-Critical (UNC)
The threshold states could be Lower Non-critical - going low, Lower Non-critical - going high,Lower Critical - going low, Lower Critical - going high, Lower Non-recoverable - going low, Lower
Non-recoverable - going high, Upper Non-critical - going low, Upper Non-critical - going high,Upper Critical - going low, Upper Critical - going high, Upper Non-recoverable - going low, Upper
Non-recoverable - going high.
A graphical view of these events (Number of Entries vs. Thresholds) can be viewed as shown in
the Sensor Readings page screenshot.

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2-2-3 Threshold Settings
Click Change Thresholds to configure threshold settings. A sample screenshot is given below.

Enter the Threshold values and click Save to configure the threshold values.

Note: The Threshold Settings will be enabled only for administrator or operator privilege users.
For other users the Threshold Settings option will be disabled, and they can’t access to perform
this action.
Note: The Threshold Settings must follow the rule: UNR > UC > UNC > LNC > LC > LNR.

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2-2-2 Sensor Events
The Sensor Events page displays information about events that have triggered the system’s
sensor. A sample screenshot of Sensor Events page is shown below.

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System Inventory

The System Inventory page displays the following information:• CPU Inventory• DIMM Inventory• PCI Inventory• HDD Inventory• NIC Inventory• GPU Inventory• FRU Inventory• PSU Inventory
A screenshot displaying the menu items under System Inventory is shown below.

A detailed description of System Inventory is given below.

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2-3-1 CPU Inventory
This page displays all detected CPUs on this device. Select one CPU to see the details of thatentry. Click Download SMBIOS file to download the SMBIOS file.

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2-3-2 DIMM Inventory
This page displays all detected DIMMs on this device. It allows you to see memory attributes,
individual memory details. Click Download SMBIOS file to download the SMBIOS file.

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2-3-3 PCI Inventory
This page displays all detected PCI cards on this device. It allows you to see on-board PCI cards,
add-on PCI cards. Click Download SMBIOS file to download the SMBIOS file.

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2-3-4 HDD Inventory
This page displays all detected HDDs on this device. It allows you to see on-board HDDs, add-on
HDDs. Click Download SMBIOS file to download the SMBIOS file.

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2-3-5 NIC Inventory
This page displays all detected NICs on this device. It allows you to on-board NICs, add-on NICs.
Click Download SMBIOS file to download the SMBIOS file.

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2-3-6 GPU Inventory
This page displays all detected GPU cards on this device. It allows you to to see on-board GPU
cards, add-on PCI cards. Click Download SMBIOS file to download the SMBIOS file.

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2-3-7 FRU Inventory
FRU Inventory page displays the BMC’s FRU device information. FRU page shows information
like Basic Information, Chassis Information, Board Information and Product Information of the
FRU device.
To open the FRU Information Page, click System Inventory from the menu bar and selectFRU inventory. Select a FRU Device ID from the FRU Information section to view the details of
the selected device. A screenshot of FRU
Information page is given below.

The following fields are displayed here for the selected device.

Available FRU Devices• FRU device ID - Select the device ID from the drop-down list.
		 Note: 0/1 is for BMC, the others are for PSU.
• FRU Device Name - The device name of the selected FRU device.

Chassis Information
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Chassis Information Area Format Version
Chassis Type
Chassis Part Number
Chassis Serial Number
Chassis Extra
Chassis Type
Chassis Part Number
Chassis Serial Number
Chassis Extra

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Board Information
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Board Information Area Format Version
Language
Manufacture Date Time
Board Manufacturer
Board Product Name
Board Serial Number

Product Information
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Product Information Area Format Version
Language
Product Manufacturer
Product Name
Product Part Number
Product Version
Product Serial Number
Asset TagFRU File ID
Product Extra

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2-3-8 PSU Inventory
This page displays information about PSU Information.

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Logs & Reports

The Logs & Reports page displays the following information:• IPMI Event Log• Operation Log• Record Log
A screenshot displaying the menu items under Logs & Reports is shown below.

A detailed description of Logs & Reports is given below.

2-4-1 IPMI Log
This page displays the list of event logs occurred by the different sensors on this device. Double
click on a record to see the details of that entry. You can use the sensor type or sensor name filter
options to view those specific events or you can also sort the list of entries by clicking on any of
the column headers.
To open the Event Log page, click Logs & Reports > IPMI Log from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Event Log page is shown below.

The Event Log page consists of the following fields:

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Filter By Date: Filtering can be done by selecting Start Date and End Date using Calendar.
Note: Date should be in MM/DD/YYYY format. By default, all log time will be displayed in BMC
time zone.
Filter By Type: The category could be either All Events, System Event Records, OEM Event
Records, BIOS Generated Events, SMI Handler Events, System Management Software Events,
System Software - OEM Events, Remote Console Software Events, Terminal Mode Remote
Console Software Events, and Event-Only Records.
Note: Once the Filter By Date and Filter type are selected, the list of events will be displayed with
the Event ID, Time Stamp, Sensor Type, Sensor Name and Description.
Clear IPMI Logs: Deletes all the IPMI logs.
Save IPMI Logs: Download and save the IPMI logs.
Procedure
1. From the Filter By Date field, select the time period by Start Date and End Date using
Calendar for the event categories. The events will be displayed according to the selected
date.
2. From the Filter By Type field, select the Type of the event and Sensor and Severities
to view the events for the date. The events will be displayed based on the selected time
period.
3. To clear all events from the list, click Clear All IPMI Logs.
4. To download the event logs, click Download IPMI Logs.

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2-4-2 Operation Log
Operation log displays all the system events occurred in this device that has been alreadyconfigured.
Note: Logs must be configured under Settings > Monitoring > Log Settings > Advanced Log
Settings in order to display any entries.
To open the Operation Log page, click Logs & Reports > Operation Log from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Video Log page is shown below.
Note: For configuration, go to Settings > Log Settings > Advanced Log Settings.

Procedure
1. From the Filter By Date field, select the time period by Start Date and End Date using
Calendar for the event categories.
2. To download the event logs, click Download Logs.

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2-4-3 Record Log
To open the Record Log page, click Logs & Reports > Record Log from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Video Log page is shown below.
Note: Video Trigger Settings should be enabled, to display the Record Log page. Video Trigger
Settings can be configured under Settings > Monitoring > Video Recording > Auto Video
Settings > Video Trigger Settings.

ICON

Description

Download

Play/Pause

DeleteProcedure
Click on the Record Log entry to view the Record.
You can Download, Play/Pause and Delete the video by clicking the respective icons.
Note: Video will be allowed to play/download only if file size is lesser than 40MB. Browsers havevarious memory restrictions, due to this browser cannot store and process data greater than
40MB (approximately). If file size is greater than 40MB, user will be notified with a message to
use Java player Application.

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Settings

This group of pages allows you to access various configuration settings. A screenshot ofConfiguration Group menu is shown below.

A detailed description of the Settings menu is given below.

2-5-1 Monitoring

2-5-1-1 Captured BSOD
This menu displays a snapshot of the blue screen captured at the time when/if the host systemcrashed since the last reboot. A sample screenshot of Captured BSOD is shown below.
Note: KVM service should be enabled to display the BSOD. This can be configured under
Settings > Services > KVM.

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2-5-1-2 Log Settings
In Web GUI, System and Audit log page displays a list of system logs and audit logs occurred inthis device.
To open Log Settings page, click Settings > Monitoring > Log Settings from the menu bar. A
sample screenshot of Log Settings page is shown below.

SEL Log Settings Policy

To open SEL Log Settings Policy page, click Settings > Monitoring > Log Settings > SEL Log
Settings Policy from the menu bar. The SEL Log Settings Policy page allows users to configure
the log policy for the event log. A sample screenshot of SEL Log Settings Policy page is shown
below.

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Advanced Log Settings

To open Advanced Log Settings page, click Settings > Log Settings > Advanced Log Settingsfrom the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Advanced Log Settings page is shown below.

The fields in the Advanced Log Settings page are explained below.
System Log: Check/uncheck to enable/disable the System Logs.
Local Log: Select local log to save the logs locally (BMC).
Note: Local file resides at /var/log/
Remote Log: Select remote log to save the logs in a remote machine.
Port Type: When Remote Log is enabled, user can select either UDP or TCP per requirement.
Rotate Count: Backs up the log information in back up files.
Note: Values supported are 0 and 1.
When log information exceeds the file size, the old log information is automatically moved toback up files based on the rotate count value. If rotate count is zero, then old log information getscleared permanently.
File Size and Rotate Count options will be available only when Local Log is enabled.
Remote Log Server: This field is to specify the remote server address to log the system events.
Note: Server address will support the following:
IPv4 and IPv6 address format.
FQDN (Fully qualified domain name) format.
Remote Server Port: This field is to specify the remote server port to log the system events.
Note: Remote Log Server and Remote Server Port options will be available only when Remote
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Log is enabled.
Enable Audit Log: Enables/Disables the audit log.
Save: Saves the current changes.
Procedure
1. In the System Log field, enable or disable the option.
2. Select the Log type: Local Log or Remote Log.
3. If Local Log is selected, enter the file size in the File Size field and rotate count in the
Rotate Count field.
Note: If Remote Log is selected, the fields file size and rotate count need not be mentioned.
4. If remote log is selected specify the Port Type, Server Address and Server Port of theremote server, where the system events are logged.
5. In the Audit Log field, check or uncheck the Enable option as needed.
6. Click Save to save the changes.
Steps to configure the remote server to enable syslogging
Note: This example uses FC13 as the remote machine to log syslog.
On FC machine, disable the following lines for UDP in /etc/rsyslog.conf.
1. MODLOAD imudp
2. UDPSERVER 514

2-5-1-3 Platform Event Filters
Platform Event Filter (PEF) provides a mechanism for configuring the BMC to take selectedactions on event messages that it receives or has internally generated. These actions include
operations such as system power-off, system reset, as well as triggering the generation of analert.
In Web GUI, the PEF Management allows users to configure the following settings.
• Event Filters• Alert Policies• LAN Destinations

To open PEF Management Settings page, click Settings > Monitoring > Platform Event Filter
from the menu bar.
Each tab is explained below.

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Event Filters
A PEF implementation is recommended to provide at least 40 entries in the event filter table.
A subset of these entries should be pre-configured for common system failure events, such as
over-temperature, power system failure, fan failure events, etc. Remaining entries can be madeavailable for ‘OEM’ or System Management Software configured events. Note that individual
entries can be tagged as being reserved for system use – so this ratio of preconfigured entries torun-time configurable entries can be reallocated if necessary.

The fields of Platform Event Filters Tab are explained below.
This page contains pre-configured 40 Events with PEF IDs. Click Delete icon (x) on the top rightcorner to directly delete an item from the list.
All: Display all the event filters.
Configured: Display the configured event filters.
Unconfigured: Display the unconfigured event filters.

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Alert Policies
This page allows user to configure of the Alert Policy for the PEF configuration. You can add,
delete, or modify an entry in this page.

The fields of Platform Event Filter – Alert Policies section are explained below.
Policy Group Number: Displays the Policy number of the configuration.
Enable this alert: To enable or disable the policy settings.
Policy Action: To choose any one of the Policy set values (0-5) from the list.
0 – Always send alert to this destination.
1 – If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination.
Proceed to next entry in this policy set.
2 – If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination. Do notprocess any more entries in this policy set.
3 – If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination. Proceed
to next entry in this policy set that is to a different channel.
4 – If alert to previous destination was successful, do not send alert to this destination. Proceed
to next entry in this policy set that is to a different destination type.
LAN Channel: To choose a particular channel from the available channel list.
Destination Selector: To choose a particular destination from the configured destination list.
Note: LAN Destination must be configured – under Settings -> Monitoring -> Platform Event
Filters -> LAN Destinations.
Event Specific Alert String: To specify an event-specific Alert String.
Alert String Key: To specify which string is to be sent for this Alert Policy entry.
Save: To save the Alert Policies entries.
Delete: To delete the selected configured Alert Policy.

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2-5-1-4 LAN Destinations
This page provides function to configure the LAN destination of PEF configuration. A sample
screenshot of LAN Destination Page is given below.

The fields of Platform Event Filters – LAN Destinations are explained below.
Select any empty slot to configure LAN Destinations.
Select the LAN Channel: To select the LAN Channel number.
LAN Channel: Displays LAN Channel Number for the selected slot (read-only).
LAN Destination: Displays ID for setting Destination Selector of Alert Policy (read-only).
Destination Type: Destination type can be either an SNMP Trap or an E-mail alert. For E-mailalerts, the four fields – SNMP Destination Address, BMC Username, Email subject and Emailmessage needs to be filled. The SMTP server information also must be added – under Settings-> Monitoring -> SMTP Settings. For SNMP Trap, only the SNMP Destination Address must be
filled.
SNMP Destination Address: If Destination type is SNMP Trap, then enter the IP address of thesystem that will receive the alert. Destination address will support the following:• Ipv4 address format.
• Ipv6 address format.
BMC Username: If Destination type is Email Alert, then choose the user to whom the email alert
has to be sent.
Email address for the user has to be configured under Settings -> Security-> Users Management.
Email Subject & Email Message: These fields must be configured if email alert is chosen as
destination type. An email will be sent to the configured email address of the user in case ofany severity events with a subject specified in subject field and will contain the message field’scontent as the email body. These fields are not applicable for ‘AMI-Format’ email users.
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Save: To add a new entry to the device. Alternatively, double click on a free slot.
Delete: To delete the selected configured LAN Destination.
Procedure:
To configure Event Filter
1. Click the Event Filters section to configure the event filters in the available slots.
2. To Add an Event Filter entry, select a free section to open the Event Filter Entry Page. A
sample screenshot of Event Filter Configuration page is shown below.

In the Event Filter Configuration section,• In Enable this filter, check this option to enable the PEF settings.
• In Event Severity to trigger, select any one of the Event severities from the list.
• Event Filter Action Alert: It is checked by default. This action enables PEF Alert action(readonly).
• Select any one of the Power Action either Power down, Power reset or Power cycle from thedrop-down list.
• Choose any one of the configured Alert Policy Group Number from the drop-down list.
Note: Alert Policy has to be configured – under Settings->PEF->Alert Policy.
• Check Raw Data option to fill the Generator ID with raw data.
• Generator ID 1 field is used to give raw generator ID1 data value.
• Generator ID 2 field is used to give raw generator ID2 data value.
Note: In RAW data field, specify hexadecimal value prefix with ‘0x’.

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In the Generator Type section, choose the event generator as Slave Address – if event was
generated from IPMB.
Otherwise as System Software ID – if event was generated from system software.
In the Slave Address/Software ID field, specify corresponding I2C Slave Address or System
Software ID.
Choose the particular Channel Number that event message was received over. Or choose‘0’ if the event message was received via the system interface, primary IPMB, or internallygenerated by the BMC.
Choose the corresponding IPMB Device LUN if event generated by IPMB.
Select the Sensor Type of sensor that will trigger the event filter action.
In the Sensor name field, choose the particular sensor from the sensor list.
Choose Event Option to be either All Events or Sensor Specific Events.
Event Trigger field is used to give Event/Reading type value.
Note: Value ranges from 1 to 255.
Event Data 1 AND Mask field is used to indicate wildcarded or compared bits.
Note: Value ranges from 0 to 255.
Event Data 2 AND Mask field is similar to Event Data 1 AND Mask.
Event Data 2 Compare 1 & Event Data 2 Compare 2 fields are similar to Event Data 1
Compare 1 and Event Data 1 Compare 2 respectively.
Event Data 3 AND Mask field is similar to Event Data 1 AND Mask.
Event Data 3 Compare 1 & Event Data 3 Compare 2 fields are similar to Event Data 1
Compare 1 and Event Data 1 Compare 2 respectively.

3. Click Save to save the changes and return to event filter list.
4. Click Delete to delete the existing filter.

Gigabyte Server Management Console- 39 -To Configure Alert Policies
1. In the Alert Policies Section, select the slot for which you have to configure the Alert policy.
That is, In the Alert Policies page, if you have chosen Alert Policy Group Number as 4, youhave to configure the 4th slot (the slot with Policy Number 4) in the Alert Policy Tab.
2. Select the slot and click on the empty slot to open the Alert Policies page as shown in thescreenshot below.

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Select Policy Group Number from the drop-down list.
Check Enable this alert to enable the policy settings.
Choose any of the Policy Action from the list.
Choose particular LAN Channel from the available channel list.
In the Destination Selector, choose particular destination from the configured destination list.
Note: LAN Destination must be configured under Settings -> Monitoring -> Platform Event
Filters -> LAN Destinations. That is if you select the number 4 for destination selector in
Alert  Policy Entry page, then you have to configure the 4th slot (LAN Destination Number 4)
in the LAN Destinations tab.
8. Enable Event Specific Alert String if the Alert policy entry is Event Specific.
9. In the Alert String Key field, choose any one value that is used to look up the Alert String tosend for this Alert Policy entry.
Note: Using Web UI, Alert strings cannot be configured but option for Event Specific alert
strings can be enabled/disabled. There is an option to select only the alert string keys, butalert strings have to be configured using IPMI Command (Set PEF Config Parameter “Alert
String”).
10. Click Save to save the new alert policy and return to Alert Policy list.
11. Click Delete if you want to delete a configuration.

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To configure LAN Destinations
1. In the LAN Destinations section, choose the number of slots to be configured. This should be
the same number of slot that you have selected in the Alert Policies – Destination Selector
field. That is if you have chosen the Destination Selector as 4 in the Alert Policies page of
Alert Policies tab, then you have to configure the 4th slot of LAN Destination Page.
2. Select the slot and click on the empty slot. This opens the LAN Destination entry.

3. In the LAN Channel Number field, the LAN Channel Number for the selected slot is displayed
and this is a read only field.
4. In the LAN Destination field, the destination for the newly configured entry is displayed andthis is a read only field.
5. In the Destination Type field, select the one of the types.
6. In the SNMP Destination Address field, enter the destination address.
Note: If Destination type is E-mail Alert, then give the e-mail address that will receive thee-mail.
7. If the destination type is Email alert, select the BMC Username from the list of users.
Note: E-mail address should be configured under Settings -> User Management.
8. In the Email Subject field, enter the subject.
9. In the Email Message field, enter the message.
10. Click Save to save the new LAN destination and return to LAN destination list.
11. Click Delete if you want to delete a configuration.

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12. Click Send Test Alert

to send sample alert to configured destination.

Note: Test alert can send only with enabled SMTP configuration. SMTP support can be
enabled under Settings- >SMTP Settings.

2-5-1-5 RAID Management
To open the RAID Controller Information, click Settings > Monitoring > RAID Management.
The RAID Management page allows you to view the Storage Summary, RAID Controller
information, Physical Device Information, Logical Device Information and Event Log.

RAID Controller Information
To open the RAID Controller Information, click Settings > Monitoring > RAID Management > RAID
Controller Information from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of RAID Controller Information
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Serial Number - Displays the Serial number of the RAID Controller.
Package Version - Displays the Package Version number of the RAID Controller.
BIOS Version - Displays the BIOS Version number of the RAID Controller.
Expander Version - Displays the Expander Version number of the RAID Controller.
NVDATA Version - Displays the NVDATA Version number of the RAID Controller.
SEEPROM Version - Displays the SEEPROM Version number of the RAID Controller.
CPLD Version - Displays the CPLD Version number of the RAID Controller.
Package Version - Displays the Package Version number of the RAID Controller.
PCI Vendor Id - Displays the PCI Vendor Id of the RAID Controller.
PCI Device Id - Displays the PCI Device Id of the RAID Controller.
PCI Subvendor ID - Displays the PCI Subvendor Id of the RAID Controller.
PCI Subsystem Id - Displays the PCI Sub-Device Id of the RAID Controller.
ROC Temp (°C) - Displays ROC temperature.
Expander Temp (°C) - Displays the Expander temperature.
RAID Event Log - Displays a graphical representation of all events incurred by the RAID
Controller and %occupied/available space in logs. If you click on the Details link, you canview a list of available events.

Storage Summary
This tab displays a brief summary of storage devices available under the RAID controller. To
open the Storage Summary section, click Settings > Monitoring > RAID Management > Storage
Summary from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Storage Summary section is shown below.

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Physical Devices Count - Displays the number of Physical Devices connected to thecontroller.
Logical Devices Count - Displays the number of Logical Devices configured and available
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Physical Device Information
This tab displays the details about the Physical Devices connected to the RAID controller. To
open the Physical Device Information, click Settings > Monitoring > RAID Management > Physical
Device Information from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Physical Device Information
section is shown below.

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Device Id - Displays the Device ID of physical device available under selected RAID
controller.
Controller - Displays the name of RAID controller to which the physical device is attached.
Media Type - Displays the media type of physical device that is attached to the selected
RAID controller.
State - Displays State of the Physical Device (either online, or offline).
Slot - Displays Slot number, through which Physical Device is connected to the back plane.
Speed - Displays the speed of the Physical Device in Gb/s.
Link Speed - Displays the link speed of the Physical Device in Gb/s.
Size (GB) - Displays the Size of the Physical Device.
Temp (°C) - Displays the Temperature of the Physical Device.

To perform additional operations, click on the slot or expand the (+) icon. A sample screenshot isshown below.
View Physical Device Information: Click View Icon to view more details about the Physical
Device Information, including Device Id, Vendor Id, Product Id, Serial Number, Power State, andInterface Type. A sample screenshot of View Physical Device Information page is shown below.

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Logical Device Information
This tab displays the details about the Logical Devices configured under the RAID controller. To
open the Logical Device Information section, click Settings > Monitoring > RAID Management >Logical Device Information from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Logical Device Information
section is shown below.

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specific RAID controller.
LD Name - Displays the name of the Logical Device configured under selected RAID
controller.
Controller - Displays the Name of the RAID Controller under which the Logical Devices are
configured.
Type - Displays the type of RAID level in which the Logical Device is configured, e.g. RAID O
or RAID 1 etc.
State - Displays the state of the Logical Device (either online or offline).
Read Policy - Displays the Read Policy details of the Logical Device.
Default Write Policy - Displays the Default Write Policy of the Logical Device.
Current Write Policy - Displays the Current Write Policy of the Logical Device.
IO Policy - Displays the IO Policy details of the Logical Device.
Access Policy - Displays the Access Policy of the Logical Device.
No.of Physical Devices - Displays the number of Physical Devices available under the
specific Logical device.

To perform additional operations, click on the slot or expand the (+) icon available for each
Logical Device. A sample screenshot is shown below.

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View Physical Device info for selected Virtual Device - Clicking on the icon will display the
Logical Physical Device Information page, It lists the information of physical devices configured
for specified logical device. A sample screenshot of View page is shown below.

Check Advanced Properties – Click icon to view the advanced properties of the selected
Logical device. A sample screenshot is shown below.

Delete Virtual Drive - Click icon to delete selected virtual device. A pop-up message prompts
you to confirm your choice. Upon confirmation, you will be informed about the status.

Gigabyte Server Management Console- 46 -To Create Virtual Device:
1. Click Create Virtual Device to create Logical Volume of the Device. A sample screenshot ofCreate Virtual Device page is shown below.

2. Select Controller Name from the drop-down lists.
3. Select RAID Level from the drop-down lists. A sample screenshot of RAID Levels is as shown
below.
Note: Only RAID Levels RAID00,RAID10,RAID50 and RAID60 will support Span Creation.
4. Enter the depth of the Span in Span Depth field.
5. Enter the number of Drives in Drives per Span field.
6. Select UnConfig Physical Drives from the drop-down lists.
Note: UnConfigured Physical Drives should be equal to multiples of Span Depth and Drives
per Span.
7. Click Create Span for mapping Span Id’s to the selected Physical Drives. The mapped Span
Id for the selected Unconfigured Physical Drives will be displayed as shown in the above
screenshot.
8. Enter Logical Name of the Device.
9. Select Initialization type from the drop-down lists.
10. Select Stripe Size (KB), Read Policy, Default Write Policy, IO Policy, Access Policy, Disk
Cache Policy and UnConfigured Physical Drives details from the respective drop-down lists.
11. Click Save to add the information to the Logical Device Information. The information will be
added and displayed in the Logical Device Information page.
Event Log
This page displays all the RAID Controller events occurred that has been already configured. To
open the Event Log section, click Settings > Monitoring >RAID Management > Event Log fromthe menu bar.
Note: All the events mentioned here are read-only and cannot be edited.
A sample screenshot of Event Log section is shown below.

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The Event Log page consists of the following Fields.
Select the Event Type: This field is to filter the type of event to be viewed among all available
events under specified RAID controller. The category could be either All Events, LD events, PD
Events, Enclosure Events, BBU Events, SAS Events, Controller Events, Configuration Eventsand Cluster Events.
Note: Filtering can be done with the Events mentioned in the list. Once the Event Log
category is chosen in the Event type drop-down list then the filtered events will be displayedwith the Record ID, Time Stamp, Event Code, Event Type and Event Class.
Navigational arrows can be used to selectively access different pages of the Event Log.
Clear Event Log: To delete all the event logs.
Procedure
1. Select the RAID Controller from the drop-down list.
2. Select the Event Type from the drop-down list.
3. To clear all events from the list, click Clear Event Log.

2-5-1-6 SMTP Settings
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (e-mail)transmission acrossInternet Protocol (IP) networks.
Using Web GUI, you can configure the SMTP settings of the device.
To open SMTP Settings page, click Settings > Monitoring > SMTP Settings from the menu bar.
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The fields of SMTP Settings Page are explained below.
LAN Interface: Displays the list of LAN channels available.
Sender Email ID: A valid ‘Sender Address’ to indicate the BMC, whenever e-mail is sent.
Primary Server Name: The ‘Machine Name’ of the BMC, from where the e-mail is sent.
Note:
Machine Name is a string of maximum 15 alpha-numeric characters.
Space, special characters are not allowed.
Primary SMTP Support: To enable/disable SMTP support for the BMC.
Primary SMTP Port: To specify the SMTP Normal Port.
Primary Secure SMTP Port: To specify the SMTP Secure Port.
Note:• For Primary SMTP Port – Default Port is 25, and the Port value ranges from 1 to65535.
• For Primary Secure SMTP Port – Default Port is 465, and the Port value ranges from
1 to 65535.
Primary Server IP: The IP address of the SMTP Server. It is a mandatory field.
Note:• IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in “xxx.xxx. xxx.xxx”.
• Each Number ranges from 0 to 255.
• First Number must not be 0.
• Supports Ipv4 Address format and Ipv6 Address format.
Primary SMTP Authentication: To enable/disable SMTP Authentication.
Note: SMTP Server Authentication Types supported are:
• CRAM-MD5• LOGIN
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If the SMTP server does not support any one of the above authentication types, the user will get
an error message stating, Authentication type is not supported by SMTP Server.
Primary Username: Enter username to access SMTP Accounts.
Note:• User Name can be of length 4 to 64 alpha-numeric characters, dot(.), dash(-), andunderline(_).
• It must start with an alphabet.
• Other Special Characters are not allowed.
Primary Password: Enter password for the SMTP User Account.
Note:• Password must be at least 4 characters long.
• White space is not allowed.
• This field will not allow more than 64 characters.
Primary SMTP STARTTLS Enable: To enable STARTTLS support for the SMTP Client.
Upload SMTP CA Certificate File: File that contains the certificate of the trusted CA certs.
CACERT key file should be of pem type,• Upload SMTP Certificate File: Client certificate filename. CERT key file should be of pem
type.
• Upload SMTP Private Key: Client private key filename. SMTP key file should be of pem
type.
Note: To enable STARTTLS support, the respective SMTP support option should be 		enabled.
Secondary SMTP Support: It lists the Secondary SMTP Server configuration. It is an optional
field. If the Primary SMTP server is not working fine, then it tries with Secondary SMTP Server
configuration.
Note: Options of Secondary SMTP Support are same as Primary SMTP Support.
Save: To save the new SMTP server configuration.
Procedure
1. Select the LAN Interface from the drop-down list.
2. Enter the Sender Email ID in the specified field.
3. Check Primary SMTP Support option to enable SMTP support for the BMC.
4. Enter the Machine Name of the SMTP Server in the Primary Server Name.
Note:• Machine Name is a string of maximum 15 alpha-numeric characters.
• Space, special characters are not allowed.
5. Enter IP address of the SMTP Server in the Primary Server IP field. It is a mandatory field.
6. Enter the Primary SMTP Port in the specified field.
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8. Enable the check box Primary SMTP Authentication if you want to authenticate SMTP
Server.
9. Enter your Primary Username and Primary Password in the respective fields.
10. Enable the check box Primary SMTP SSLTLS Enable to send data through secure Port.
Note: If this option is selected, STARTTLS option and Normal Port will be hidden.
11. Check the Secondary SMTP Support option to enable Secondary SMTP support for the
BMC.
12. Enter the Secondary Server Name, Secondary Server IP, Secondary SMTP Port and Secure
Port values in the respective fields.
13. Enable the check box Secondary SMTP Authentication if you want to authenticate SMTP
Server.
14. Enter your Secondary Username and Password in the respective fields.
15. Enable the check box Secondary SMTP SSLTLS to send data through secure Port.
Note: If this option is selected, STARTTLS option and Normal Port will be hidden.
16. Click Save to save the entered details.

2-5-1-7 Video Recording
The Video Recording consists of the following. A sample screenshot of the Video Recording isgiven below.

Auto Video Settings• Video Trigger Settings• Video Remote Storage• Pre-Event Video Recordings
SOL Settings•••

SOL Trigger Settings
SOL Video Settings
SOL Configurations

A detailed description of the menu items is given below.
Auto Video Settings
This page allows user to configure the events that will trigger auto video recording function of theKVM server.
A sample screenshot of the Video Recording is given below.

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To triggers for Auto Video Recording, click Video Recording > Auto Video Settings > Video
Trigger Settings from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Video Trigger Settings page isshown below.

Video Trigger Settings
Event List: It shows the list of available events to be configured. The events are mentioned
below.
• Critical Events (Temperature/Voltage)• Non Critical Events (Temperature/Voltage)• Non Recoverable Events (Temperature/Voltage)• Fan state changed Events• Watchdog Timer Events• Chassis Power on Events• Chassis Power off Events• Chassis Reset Events• LPC Reset Events• Date and Time Event• Pre-Event Video Recording• Pre-crash• Pre-reset
Save: To save any changes made.
Procedure:
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1. Check the events to be enabled.
2. To set particular Date and Time Event, check the option Date and Time Event.
a. Choose the month, day and year from the Date field.
b. Enter/Choose the Time in hh:mm format in the respective fields.
Note: KVM service should be enabled to perform auto-video recording. The date and timeshould be in advance to the system date and time.
3. Click Pre-Event Video Recording to edit the Pre-Event video recording configurations.
A sample screenshot of Pre-Event Video Recordings page is shown as below.

To set video quality, select ranges (very low, low, high, average, and normal) from Video Quality
drop-down list.
b. To set compression mode, select modes (high, normal, low, no) from Compression Mode dropdown list.
c. To set number of frames per second, select frames/sec (1-4) from Frames Per Second
dropdown list.
d. To set duration of video, select second (10-60) from Video Duration drop-down list.
e. Click Save to save the changes made on the Pre-Event Video Recording.
4. Select Crash Reset either Pre-crash or Pre-reset.
5. Click Save to save the changes.
Note: Pre-Event video recording will not occur, while active KVM session or Post-event video
recording is in progress.
Video Remote Storage
When a trigger event occurs, it will capture the host video and save it to the Video Remotestorage, click Video Recording > Auto Video Settings > Video Remote Storage. A Sample
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1. Check Record Video to Remote Server to enable the Remote Video Support.
Note: By default, video files will be stored in local path of BMC. If remote video support isenabled, then the video files will be stored only in remote path, not within BMC.
2. Enter Maximum Dumps of the video.
3. Enter Maximum Duration (Sec) of the video.
4. Enter Maximum Size (MB) of the video.
Note: The Maximum Duration of the video should be in the range from 1 to 3600 seconds.
The Maximum Size of the video should be in the range from 1 to 500 mb. The Maximum
Dumps should be in the range from 1 to 100. The
recorded video file should meet either the size constraint or duration constraint, according to theconfigured settings, depending on which constraint is met first.
5. Enter the Server Address.
Note: Server address will support the following:• P Address (Both Ipv4 and Ipv6 format).
• FQDN (Fully qualified domain name) format.
6. Enter the source path in Path in Server field.
7. Select the Share Type (NFS/CIFS). If the selected share type is (CIFS), Enter the Username,
Password and Domain Name in the respective fields.
8. Click Save to save the settings.
Pre-Event Video Recording
Pre-Event video recording files will be named as per event captured. For example – if any video
is recorded for Crash Event, the recorded file will be named as pre_crash_video_x.dat, where x
is file count, similarly if it is recorded for reset event it will be named as pre_reset_video_x.dat.
Post-Event
Post-Event video recording files will be named as shown below.
Video_dump_<Hostname>_%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.dat.

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File Count and Duration for Pre and Post Event Recordings are as shown in the below table:
Auto Video Recording (Post Pre-Event Video
Event)
Recording(only for
Crash/reset event)Time Limits

20 seconds or 5.5MB video
allowed if Local Storage.

Default-10sec but can be
configurable up to 60sec.

3600 s e c o n d s o r 500M B
video recording allowed if
Remote Storage (RemotePath).
Video File Count

Local Storage: 2 (After 2, if
video recording starts, theoldest video file among thetwo files will be replaced with
the new video)

1 if local storage/3 if remotestorage.
(Once Max file count reached,will Delete Old video file tostore new file.)

Remote Storage: maximum
configured dump value ofvideo files for Remote
Storage.

SOL Settings

The SOL Settings consists of the below fields.
• SOL Trigger Settings• SOL Video Settings• SOL Configuration
Note: The “SOL Trigger Settings”, “SOL Video Setting” and “SOL Configuration” settings will
be displayed only when “UARTLOG” feature is enabled.
SOL Trigger Settings
Event List: It shows the list of available events to be configured. The events are mentioned
below.
• Critical Events (Temperature/Voltage)• Non Critical Events (Temperature/Voltage)• Non Recoverable Events (Temperature/Voltage)
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• Fan state changed Events• Watchdog Timer Events• Chassis Power on Event• Chassis Power off Event• Chassis Reset Events• Date and Time Events• LPC Reset Events Save: To save any changes made.
A sample screenshot of SOL Trigger Settings page is shown as below.

Procedure:
1. Check the events to be enabled to configure which event on the page will trigger the SOL
video recording option to start.
2. To set particular Date and Time Event, check the option Date and Time Event.Choose themonth,
a. Choose the month, day and year from the Date field.
b. Enter the Time in hh:mm:ss format in the respective fields.
Note: The date and time should be in advance to the system date and time.
3. Click Save to save the changes.
SOL Video Settings
This page allows you to configure recorded video files. The sample screenshot and various fields
of SOL Video Settings are given below.

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Procedure for SOL Video Settings:
1. Click SOL Video Settings.
2. Enter Log Size (KB). The value will support maximum length of 10 digits.
3. Enter Log File Count. The Maximum number of Log files count is 1.
4. Check Record Video to Remote Server to enable the Remote Video Support.
Note: The Server Address, Source Path and Share Type will be enabled only if the Remote
Video Support option is enabled.
5. Enter the Server Address.
Note: Server address will support the following:• IP Address (Both Ipv4 and Ipv6 format).
• FQDN (Fully qualified domain name) format.
6. Enter the source path in Path in server filed.
7. Select the Share Type(NFS/CIFS). If the selected share type is CIFS, Enter the Username,
Password and Domain Name in the respective fields.
8. Click Save to save the settings.
Note:• If the proper SOC specific video driver is installed in the host, only video changes will be
captured during the video recording process.
• The host cursor data, in this case, will not be a part of the video changes, and hence thehost cursor will not be available in the recorded video file (DAT file).
SOL Configuration
Configuration List: It shows the list of available configurations to be configured. The configurations
are mentioned below.
• Volatile Bit Rate
• Non-Volatile Bit Rate
The sample screenshot and various fields of SOL Configuration are given below.

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Procedure :1. Choose Volatile Bit rate to determine which baud rate will be used for both of IPMI andHTML based SOL, this field will be overwritten as same as Non-Volatile Bit rate after reboot.
2. Choose Non-Volatile Bit rate to determine which baud rate will be saved, it will set to Volatile
Bit rate after reboot.
3. Click Save to save the current changes.

2-5-1-8 Redfish Event
This page displays the Redfish Event. The sample screenshot and various fields of Redfish Eventare given below.

Redfish Event Settings
Maximum Number of Retries: The maximum number of retries.
Retry Interval: The interval of every retry.
Save: To save the configuration.
Redfish Event Subscription
Destination: Display the destination of Redfish Event.
Name: Display the name of Redfish Event.

2-5-2 Basic
2-5-2-1 Date & Time

This field is used to set the date and time on the BMC. A Sample screenshot of Date & Time isshown as below.

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The Date & Time section consists of the following fields.
Configure Date & Time: Displays Time zone list containing the UTC offset along with thelocations and Navigational line to select the location which can be used to display the exact local
time.
Select Time Zone: This field is used to set the date and time on the BMC.
Automatic NTP Date & Time: Automatically synchronizes Date and Time with the NTP Server.
• Primary NTP Server: Configures a primary NTP server to use when automatically setting
the date and time.
• Secondary NTP Server: Configures a secondary NTP server to use when automaticallysetting the date and time.
Save: Saves the configured settings.

Procedure
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Select the Time zone location from the map.
Enable Automatic NTP Date & Time.
a. In the Primary NTP Server and Secondary NTP Server fields, specify the NTP serversof the device respectively.
Note: Secondary NTP server is optional field. If the Primary NTP server is not working fine,then the Secondary NTP Server will be tried.
3. Click Save button to save the settings.

2-5-2-2 KVM Mouse Settings
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In Web GUI, Redirection Console handles mouse emulation from local window to remote screenin either of three methods. User has to be an Administrator to configure this option. To view the
Supported Operating Systems for Mouse Mode, click Mouse Mode.
To open KVM Mouse setting page, click Settings > Basic > KVM Mouse Settings from themenu bar. A sample screenshot of KVM Mouse Settings Page is shown below.

The fields of KVM Mouse Settings page are explained below.
Absolute Positioning (Windows): The absolute position of the local mouse is sent to the server.
Other Mode (SLES-11 OS Installation): To have the calculated displacement from the local
mouse in the center position sent to the server.
Save: To save the changes made.
Procedure
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Choose either of the following as your requirement:• Set mode to Absolute
Note: Applicable for all Windows versions, versions above RHEL6, and versions above FC14
• Set mode to Other Mode
Note: Recommended for SLES-11 OS Installation
2. Click Save button to save the changes made.
Note: If the client and host mouse position is not in sync, then check the release notes of the
Host OS to verify any additional configuration to be needed in the Host.

2-5-2-3 Media Redirection Settings
This page is used to configure the media into BMC for redirection. To open Media Redirection
page, click Settings > Basic > Media Redirection Settings from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Media Redirection page is shown below.

The fields of Media Redirection page are explained below.
• General Settings• Vmedia Instance Settings• Remote Session

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•

Active Redirections

General Settings
This option is used to configure General Media Settings.
To open General Media Settings section, click Settings > Basic > Media Redirection Settings> General Settings.

Remote Media Support: To enable or disable Remote Media support, check/uncheck the ‘Enable’
check box.
If it is selected, then the following Remote Media types will be displayed.
• Mount CD/DVD• Mount Harddisk
On selecting the individual media types, its respective configurations will be displayed. You canconfigure different settings for different Remote Media types. A sample screenshot of General
Settings page is shown below.

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Mount CD/DVD: Enable/Disable to Mount CD/DVD.
Server Address for CD/DVD Images: Address of the server where the Remote media images are
stored.
Path in server: Source path to the Remote media images.
Share Type for CD/DVD: To select Share Type for CD/DVD either NFS/ CIFS /HTTPS/ SMBE/
encrypted NFS.
Mount Harddisk: Enable/Disable to Mount Harddisk.
Server Address for Harddisk Images: Address of the server where the Remote media images are
stored.
Path in server: Source path to the Remote media images.
Share Type for Harddisk: To Select Share Type for Harddisk either NFS or CIFS.
Domain Name, Username, and Password: If share Type is Samba(CIFS), then enter user
credentials to authenticate on the server.
Username, and Password: If share Type is HTTPS, then enter user credentials to authenticate on
the server.
Default Realm Name, KDC Server name, Domain Realm1, Domain realm2, Principal Name,
Principal Password,
Key Version Number, and Encryption Type: If share Type is encrypted NFS(Kerberos), thenenter the user credentials to authenticate on the server.
Retry Interval: Enter the retry interval to reconnect RMedia.
Retry Count: Enter the retry count to reconnect RMedia.
Save: To save the settings.
Note: More than one image can be configured for each image type. At maximum 4 images
can be configurable.
To configure the image, you need to enable Remote Media support under Settings->Media
Redirection -> General Settings.
To start/stop redirection and to delete an image, you must have Administrator Privileges.
Free slots are denoted by “~”.
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Supported CD/DVD format: ISO9660, UDF(v1.02~v2.60).
Supported CD/DVD media file type: (*.iso), (*.nrg).
Supported HDD media file type: (*.img), (*.ima).
The fields of Remote Media tab are as follows:
Media Type: Displays type of Media such as CD/DVD and Harddisk.
Media Instance: Displays total media instance count.
Image Name: Displays the default recovery image name on the server.
Status: Displays the status of the media.
Session Index: Displays Media Server Session Index.
Start/Stop Redirection: To start or stop Media redirection.
Pause: To Pause the Media redirection.
Sync Image Status: To get latest Image lists from the Remote Storage.
Procedure:
Select Remote Media Support option.
1. Select Mount CD/DVD.
2. Enter Server Address for CD/DVD Images.
3. Enter Path in server.
4. Select Share Type for CD/DVD.
5. Select Same settings for Harddisk Images if required.
6. Select Mount Harddisk.
7. Enter Server Address for Harddisk Images.
8. Enter Path in server.
9. Select Share Type for Harddisk.
10. Enter Retry Interval.
11. Enter Retry Count.
12. Click Save.
Vmedia Instance Settings
This page is used to configure Virtual Media device settings. To open Vmedia Instance Settings
page, click Settings > Basic > Media Redirection Settings > Vmedia Instance Settings fromthe menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Vmedia Instance Settings Page is shown below.

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The following fields are displayed in this page.
CD/DVD device instances: The number of CD/DVD devices supported for Virtual Media
redirection.
Harddisk instances: The number of harddisk devices supported for Virtual Media redirection.
Remote KVM CD/DVD device instances: The number of CD/DVD devices supported for KVM
Virtual Media redirection.
Remote KVM Hard disk instances: The number of Hard disk devices supported for KVM Virtual
Media redirection.
Power Save Mode: To enable or disable the virtual USB devices visibility in the host. If this option
is enabled, Virtual media devices will be connected to the Host machine only at the instancelaunching KVM session. If this option is disabled, Virtual media devices will remain connected tothe host machine all the time irrespective of KVM session
status.
Save: To save the configured settings.
Note: Virtual Media configuration changes will restart all the media services. So
configuration changes will be blocked when any active media redirection is present.
Procedure
1. Select the number of CD/DVD devices, Harddisk devices and Remote KVM CD/DVD andHard disk Devices from the respective drop-down list.
Note: Maximum of four devices can be added in CD/DVD and Harddisk drives.
2. Select the Emulate SD Media as USB disk to Host option to enable/disable the SD card
support in the host.

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3. Check the Power Save Mode option to enable/disable the Virtual USB devices visibility inthe host.
4. Click Save to save the changes made else click Reset to reset the previously saved values.
Note: When KVM is launched from Standalone Application, If there are two device panels foreach device, and when you click the Connect button, then the redirected device panel will bedisabled.
Unmounting device will make the driver disconnect device when using Auto Attach. 		
Hence, when unmounting one USB key, the other USB key will be disconnected and thenreconnected.
Remote Session
In Web GUI, this page is used to configure Remote Session configuration settings. “KVM Single
Port Application” is enabled by default.
To open Remote Session page, click Settings > Basic > Media Redirection Settings > Remote
Session from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Remote Session Page is shown below.

The fields of Configure Remote Session Page are explained below.
KVM Single Port Application: To Enable/Disable single port support by runtime. On changing
this configuration, KVM and Vmedia Sessions will be restarted. If this support is enabled, KVM
session will not use its dedicated port whereas both Web and KVM sessions will be establishedonly via Web Port. If this support is disabled, KVM and Web sessions will use their own dedicatedports respectively.
Keyboard Language: This option is used to select the keyboard supported languages.
Retry Count: This option is used to retry the redirection session for certain number of attempts.
Retry Time Interval(Seconds): This option is used to give time interval for each attempts.
Server Monitor OFF Feature Status: To enable/disable Server Monitor OFF. If this option isenabled, You can Lock or Unlock the Local host monitor from the remote KVM window. If thisoption is disabled, you cannot Lock or Unlock the Local host monitor from the remote KVM
window.
Automatically OFF Server Monitor, When KVM Launches: To enable/disable Automatically
OFF Server Monitor, When KVM Launches.
Save: To save the current changes.
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Note: It will automatically close the existing remote redirection either KVM or Virtual media
sessions on Single Port enable/Disable or KVM Encryption Enable/Disable.
Procedure
1. Choose the Keyboard Language from the list of keyboard supported languages.
2. Enter a value in the Retry Count field to set the number of attempts for retrying theredirection session.
3. Enter a value in the Retry Time Interval(Seconds) field to give time interval for eachattempts.
4. Check the Server Monitor OFF Feature Status check box to enable Local Monitor ON/OFF
command during runtime.
5. Check the Automatically OFF Server Monitor, When KVM Launches check box toautomatically Lock the local monitor during H5Viewer launch.
6. Click Save to save the current changes.
Active Redirections
This page is used to display the active redirected media. Information like Media type, Media
Instance, Client Type,
Image Name, Redirection status, Client IP will be displayed. To open Active Redirections page,
click Settings > Basic > Media Redirection Settings > Active Redirections from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Active Redirections Page is shown below.

The following fields are displayed in this page.
Media Type: The type Media devices (CD/DVD) supported for Active Redirections.
Media instances: The number of Media devices supported for Active Redirections.
Client Type: The type Media devices (CD/DVD) supported for Active Redirections.
Image Name: The name of Media devices supported image for Active Redirections.
Redirection Status: The status Media for Active Redirections.
Client IP: The IP of the connected Media devices (CD/DVD) supported for Active Redirections.
Note: Local/Remote Media connection will use loopback socket for communication. So ‘~’
symbol will be displayed for loopback ip(127.0.0.1 (or) ::1 ) in media session information
page.

2-5-2-4 Network Settings
In Web GUI, the Network Settings Page is used to configure the network settings for the available
LAN channels.

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Network IP Settings
To open Network Settings page, click Settings > Basic > Network Settings > Network IP Settingsfrom the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Network IP Settings Page is shown below.

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The fields of Network IP Settings page are explained below.
Enable LAN: To enable or disable the LAN Settings.
LAN Interface: Lists the LAN interfaces.
MAC Address: This field displays the MAC Address of the device. This is a read only field.
Enable Ipv4: This option is to enable/disable the Ipv4 settings in the device.
Enable Ipv4 DHCP: This option is to enable Ipv4 DHCP support for the selected interface.
Ipv4 Address, Ipv4 Subnet Mask, and Ipv4 Default Gateway: These fields are for specifying
the static Ipv4 address,Subnet Mask and Default Gateway to be configured to the device.
Note:• IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”.
• Each Number ranges from 0 to 255.

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Enable Ipv6: To Enable/Disable the Ipv6 configuration settings.
Enable Ipv6 DHCP: To Enable/Disable the Ipv6 settings in the device. It dynamically configures
Ipv6 address using DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
Ipv6 Index: To specify a static Ipv6 Index to be configured to the device. E.g.: 0
Ipv6 Address: To specify a static Ipv6 address to be configured to the device. Eg: 2004::2010
Subnet Prefix length: To specify the subnet prefix length for the Ipv6 settings.
Note: Value ranges from 0 to 128.
Default Gateway: Specify v6 default gateway for the Ipv6 settings.
Note: If core feature IPV6_COMPLIANCE is enabled, the IPV6 default Gateway field will not
be displayed.
Enable VLAN: To enable/disable the VLAN support for selected interface.
VLAN ID: The Identification for VLAN configuration.
Note: Value ranges from 2 to 4094.
VLAN Priority: The priority for VLAN configuration.
Note:• Value ranges from 0 to 7.
• 7 is the highest priority for VLAN.
Save: To save the entries.
Procedure
1. Check Enable LAN to enable LAN support for the selected interface.
2. Select the LAN Interface to be configured.
3. Check Enable Ipv4 to enable Ipv4 support for the selected interface.
4. Check Enable Ipv4 DHCP to dynamically configure Ipv4 address using DHCP.
5. If the field is disabled, enter the Ipv4 Address, Ipv4 Subnet Mask and Ipv4 Default
Gateway in the respective fields.
6. In Ipv6 Configuration, if you wish to enable the Ipv6 settings, check Enable Ipv6.
7. If the Ipv6 setting is enabled, enable or disable the option Enable Ipv6 DHCP.
8. If the field is disabled, enter the Ipv6 Address, Subnet Prefix length and Ipv6 Index in thegiven field.
9. In VLAN Configuration, if you wish to enable the VLAN settings, check Enable LAN.
10. Enter the VLAN ID in the specified field.
11. Enter the VLAN Priority in the specified field.
12. Click Save to save the entries.
Network Bond Configuration
To open Network Settings page, click Settings > Basic > Network Settings > Network Bond
Configuration from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Network IP Settings Page is shown
below.
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The fields of Network Bond Configuration page are explained below.
Bond Interface: This option is used to select bond interface.
Bond Mode: Display the current bond mode.
Procedure
1. Choose the Bond Interface from the list of bond interface.
2. Click Save to save the configuration.
DNS Configuration
The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed hierarchical naming system for computers,
services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates theinformation with domain names assigned to each of the participants. Most importantly, ittranslates domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical binary) identifiers associatedwith networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices
worldwide.
The DNS Server settings page is used to manage the DNS settings of a device.
To open DNS Server Settings page, click Settings > Basic > Network Settings > DNS
Configuration from the menu ar. A sample screenshot of DNS Configuration page is shown
below.

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The fields of DNS Configuration page are explained below.
Domain Name Service Configuration
DNS Enabled: To enable/disable all the DNS Service Configurations.

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Note: After enabling mDNS, users can access the web UI using the hostname through thebrowser.
Host Name Settings: Choose either Automatic or Manual settings.
Host Name: It displays host name of the device. If the Host setting is chosen as Manual, thenspecify the host name of the device.
Note:• Value ranges from 1 to 64 alpha-numeric characters.
• Special characters ‘-’(hyphen) and ‘_’(underscore) are allowed.
• It must not start or end with a ‘-’(hyphen). IE browsers won’t work correctly if any
part of the host name contain underscore (_) character.
BMC Registration Settings
BMC Interface: Options to register the BMC through the Interfaces (eth0&eth1).
Register BMC: To register BMC through registration method.
Registration Method
Options to register the BMC are through NS Update or DHCP Client FQDN or Hostname.
TSIG Configuration
Both: Check this option to modify TSIG authentication for both interfaces.
Eth 0&1:
TSIG Authentication Enabled: Check this box to enable TSIG authentication while registering
DNS via nsupdate. Separate TSIG files can be uploaded for each LAN interface.
Current TSIG Private File: The information of Current TSIG private file along with its uploaded
date/time will be displayed (read-only).
New TSIG Private File: Browse and navigate to the TSIG private file.
Note: TSIG file should be of private type.
Domain Setting: Select whether the domain interface will be configured manually or
automatically.
• Automatic – If you Select Automatic, the Domain Name cannot be configured as it
will be done automatically. The field will be disabled.
• Manual – If the Domain setting is chosen as Manual, then specify the domain nameof the device.
• Note: If you select “Automatic” it displays the Domain Interface option. If you select“Manual” it displays “Domain name”.
• Domain Name: It displays the domain name of the device.
Domain Name Server Setting
Automatic – If you select Automatic “DNS Interface” option should be explained.
Manual – Specify the DNS (Domain Name System) server address to be configured for the BMC.
IP Priority:• If IP Priority is Ipv4, it will have 2 Ipv4 DNS servers and 1 Ipv6 DNS server.
• If IP Priority is Ipv6, it will have 2 Ipv6 DNS servers and 1 Ipv4 DNS server.
• Note: This is not applicable for Manual configuration.
DNS Server 1, 2 & 3
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To specify the DNS (Domain Name System) server address to be configured for the BMC.
Note:
• Ipv4 Addresses should be given in dotted decimal representation.
• Ipv6 Addresses are supported and must be global unicast addresses.
DNS Server Address will support the following:• Ipv4 Address format.
• Ipv6 Address format.
Save: To save the entered changes.
Procedure:
1. In Domain Name Service Configuration, Enable DNS Service.
• Check the option DNS Enabled to enable all the DNS Service Configurations.
2. Choose the Host Name Setting either Automatic or Manual
Note: If you choose Automatic, you need not enter the Host Name and if you choose
Manual, you need to enter the Host Name.
3. Enter the Host Name in the given field if you have chosen Manual Configuration.
4. Under Register BMC, choose the BMC’s network port to register with DNS settings.
• Check Register BMC option to register with DNS settings. Nsupdate – Choose• Nsupdate option to register with DNS server using nsupdate application.
• DHCP Client FQDN – Choose DHCP Client FQDN option to register with DNS Serverusing DHCP option 81.
• Hostname – Choose Hostname option to register with DNS server using DHCP option 12.
		 Note: Hostname option should be selected, if the DHCP client FQDN option is not supportedby DHCP server.
5. Check Both option to modify TSIG authentication for both interfaces (eth0&1).
6. In Eth 0&1 TSIG Configuration, Check TSIG Authentication Enabled option to enable/
disable TSIG authentication while registering DNS via nsupdate.
• The current file name will be displayed in Current TSIG Private file info field.
• To view a new one, click New TSIG private file to browse and navigate to the TSIG private
file.
7. In the Domain Settings,• Select the domain settings (Automatic or Manual).
• Enter the Domain Name in the given field if the option “Manual” is being selected indomain settings field.

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8. In Domain Name Server Setting,• Select the domain name server settings (Automatic or Manual).
• Choose the IP Priority, either Ipv4 or Ipv6 if the option “Automatic” is being selected indomain name server settings field.
• In DNS Server1, DNS Server2 and DNS Server3, enter the server addresses to be
configured for the BMC if the option “Manual” is being selected in domain name server
settings field.
9. Click Save to save the entries.

2-5-2-5 Services
This page displays the basic information about services running in the BMC. Only Administrator
can modify the service.
To open Services page, click Settings > Basic > Services from the menu bar. A sample
screenshot of Services Page is shown below.

The fields of Services Page are explained below.
Services: Displays service name of the selected slot (read-only).
Status: Displays the current status of the service, either active or inactive state.
Interfaces: It shows the interface in which service is running.
Non-secure Port: This port is used to configure non secure port number for the service.
• Web default port is 80• KVM default port is 7578
• CD Media default port is 5120
• HD Media default port is 5123
Note: If Single port feature is enabled, KVM, CD Media and HD Media ports cannot beedited. Port value ranges from 1 to 65535.
“ALLOW_NON_SECURE_COMMUNICATION” feature (if applicable) and port 80 will be disabled
by default due to the security reasons. Hence, use _https://<ip address> (port 443) instead of _http://<ip address> (port80).
Secure Port: Used to configure secure port number for the service.
• Web default port is 443• KVM default port is 7582
• CD Media default port is 5124
• HD Media default port is 5127
Note:If single port feature is enabled, KVM, CD Media and HD Media ports cannot be edited.
Port value ranges from 1 to 65535.
Port listening status on various feature settings:
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Single port
enabledSingle port
disabled

Only KVM
encryption
enabledOnly Media
encryption
enabledBoth KVM
and Media
encryption
enabledAdviser (video
server)7578 (LP)7578 (LP)7578 (EO)

7578 (LP)7582 (EO)

7578 (LP)7578 (EO)

7578 (LP)7582 (EO)

Cdserver5120 (LP)5120 (LP)5120 (EO)

5120 (LP)5120 (EO)

5120 (LP)5124 (EO)

5120 (LP)5124 (EO)

Hdserver5123 (LP)5123 (LP)5123 (EO)

5123 (LP)5123 (EO)

5123 (LP)5127 (EO)

5123 (LP)5127 (EO)

Note: LP – Loopback, EO – Exposed Outside.
The adviser will always be listening to loopback as well as kvm configured interface asmentioned in the above table. So that the H5Viewer client can connect to the video server.
The media servers will be listening to loopback as well as configured interface as mentioned
in the above table.So that the lmedia/rmedia and H5Viewer client can connect to the media
servers.
Timeout: Displays the session timeout value of the service. For web, user can configure thesession timeout value.
Note:• Web timeout value ranges from 300 to 1800 seconds.
• KVM timeout value ranges from 300 to 1800 seconds.
• If KVM is launched then the web session timeout will not take effect.
Maximum Sessions: Displays the maximum number of allowed sessions for the service.
Active Sessions: To view the current active sessions for the service.
To view the Active Sessions:
Procedure:
1. Click View Icon ( ) to view the details about the active sessions for the service.
2. This opens the Active Session screen (for example – Service Sessions) as shown in thescreenshot below.

Session ID: Displays the ID of the active sessions.
Session Type: Displays the type of the active sessions.
User ID: Displays the ID of the user.
User Name: Displays the name of the user.
Client IP: Displays the IP addresses that are already configured for the active sessions.
Privilege: Displays the access privilege of the user.
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3. Select a slot and click Terminate icon

to terminate the particular session of the service.

To modify the existing services:to modify the configuration of the service.
1. Select a slot and click Edit icon
Note: Whenever the configuration is modified, the service will be restarted automatically.
User has to close the existing opened session for the service if needed.
2. This opens the Service Configuration screen as shown in the screenshot below.

3. Service Name is a read only field.
4. Activate the Current State by enabling the Active check box.
Note: Interfaces, Nonsecure port, Secure port, Time out and Maximum Sessions will not be
active unless the current state is active.
5. Choose any one of the available interfaces from the Interface Name drop-down list.
6. Enter the Secure Port Number in the Secure Port field.
7. Enter the timeout value in the Timeout field.
Note: The values in the Maximum Sessions field cannot be modified.
8. Click Save to save the entered changes else click Cancel to exit.

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2-5-2-6 GCT Diagnostic Analyzer
The GCT Diagnostic Analyzer in BMC to provides the function of stress tests on major server
components and sub-systems such as CPU, Memory, Storage, PSU, PCIe, Network, serial I/
O, USB, BIOS, and System. With a specify image and BMC FW version you can easily run the
diagnosis on a BMC Web page and have results immediately.

Preparation
To build a GCT diagnostic tool, please prepare followings in advanced.
Diagnostic Tool:gct_diagnostic_analyzer_hgx_v1.0_pre3.iso.
Note: To download the diagnostic tool, go to Gigabyte offical website and go to product download
page, select Firmware, and download GCT Diagnostic Analyzer zip file.
BMC Revision: version v13.06.08 or above
Working PC for local:
USB sticker: 4G recommend or above
rufus: tool to burn the GCT Diagnostic Analyzer Tool in a USB device for remote
PC server: plays as the NFS or HTTP or CIFS server which saves the gct_diagnostic_analyzer_
hgx_v1.0_pre3.iso file
Installation
To perform this diagnostic tool, you need to install an image which consists of an Ubuntu OS anda diagnostic application. You can choose to run the diagnosis locally or remotely and setup thetesting environment accordingly.
Configure a local test environment
To run a local test, please have the GCT Diagnostic Analyzer Tool image be installed in an USB
sticker and insert that USB to the server which will be evaluated. Later you can execute thosediagnostic functions directly from this local USB device.
Burn the GCT diagnostic analyzer tool image
Below is the sample of using “rufus” to burn GCT Diagnostic Analyzer Tool image to a USB
device. You can always use other image burning tools as you want. Insert USB device on yourworking PC then execute rufus.
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Once you have the working USB sticker ready, plugin it to that server which you are going todiagnose then power on that server to enter BIOS setting page as follow. Make sure the USB beselected as the priority first boot device.

After the BIOS boot media is selected then restart server select the “GCT Diagnostic Analyzer
XFCE 64-bit” as the target image. Press ENTER to start the GCT Diagnostic Analyzer Tool
installation.

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Installation Complete
You can either connect a terminal to server or open the BMC KVM function to monitor the GCT
Diagnostic Analyzer Tool installation progress. When the following screen shows then image
creation is done, and you are ready to diagnose your server.

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Execution
After login BMC UI, go to Settings > Basic > GCT Diagnostic Analyzer.
Start the various of diagnosis. Following is an example of getting CPU information, executing
CPU diagnosis, and retrieving diagnostic data. If OS not ready, you use GCT Diagnostic Analyzer
to stress any item.

Test Result
Click Start to view the diagnostic result.

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2-5-2-7 Cold Redundant Settings
This page is used to. To open Cold Redundant page, click Settings > Basic > Cold RedundantSettings from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of Cold Redundant Settings page is shown below.

Cold Redundant Status: Display the status of Cold Redundant.
Enable cold redundant: Enable cold redundant.
Disable cold redundant: Disable cold redundant.
Setting master PSU: Display the list of PSU.
Save: Save the settings.
Procedure:
1. Choose Enable cold redundant.
2. Choose the matser PSU from the list of Setting master PSU.
3. Click Save to save the configuration.
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2-5-2-8 IPMI Interfaces
This page is used to configure the IPMI Interfaces. To open IPMI interfaces page, click Settings> Basic > IPMI Interfaces from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of IPMI Interfaces page is shown below.

This page displays the following interfaces like IPMI Over LAN and IPMI Over KCS.
Procedure• IPMI Over LAN - Check or uncheck the IPMI Over LAN interface which allows the user toperform IPMI communication over LAN.
• IPMI Over KCS - Check or uncheck the IPMI Over KCS interface which allows the user toperform IPMI communication over KCS.
Note: IPMI Communication will not be performed over LAN /KCS interface if it is disabled.
• Save: Click Save to save the configured interfaces.

2-5-2-9 BIOS
This page is used to configure the BIOS. To open BIOS page, click Settings > Basic > BIOS
from the menu bar. The web will pop up another window. User needs to enter Username andPassword to Sign in.

A sample screenshot of BIOS page is shown below.

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Procedure
To modify Setup item current value
1. Please wait the system boot completely
2. Select the item which you want to modify. For example: Above 4G Decoding.

3. Modify the item value.

4. Go to Save & Exit page, and press Save Changes.

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5. If the system save changes successfully, the “Save Changes” will gray out.

6. Please Reboot the system, and wait for the system boot completely.

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2-5-3 Security

2-5-3-1 External User Services
To open External User Services page, click Settings > Security > External User Services fromthe menu bar. A sample
screenshot of External User Services page is shown below.

LDAP/E-Directory Settings
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)/E-Directory Settings is an application
protocol for querying and modifying data of directory services implemented in Internet Protocol (IP)
networks.
In Web GUI, LDAP is an Internet protocol that BMC can use to authenticate users. If you havean LDAP server configured on your network, you can use it as an easy way to add, manage
and authenticate BMC users. This is done by passing login requests to your LDAP Server. Thismeans that there is no need to define an additional authentication mechanism, when using the
BMC. Since your existing LDAP Server keeps an authentication centralized, you will always know
who is accessing the network resources and can easily define the user or group based policies tocontrol access.
To open LDAP/E-DIRECTORY Settings page, click Settings > Security > External User
Services > LDAP/E-Directory Settings from the menu bar.
A sample screenshot of External User Services page is shown below.

The fields of LDAP/E-Directory Settings Page are explained below.
General Settings: To configure LDAP/E-Directory Settings. Options are Enable LDAP/E-Directory
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Authentication, IP Address, Port and Search base.
Role Groups: To add a new role group to the device. Alternatively, double click on a free slot to
add a role group.
ProcedureEntering the details in General LDAP/E-Directory Settings Page
1. In the LDAP/E-Directory Settings Page, click General Settings. A sample screenshot ofGeneral LDAP Settings page is given below.

2. Click Enable LDAP/E-Directory Authentication, to enable LDAP/E-Directory Settings.
Note: During login prompt, use username to login as an LDAP Group member.
3. Select the encryption type for LDAP/E-Directory from the Encryption Type.
Note: Configure proper port number when SSL is enabled. For SSL connections, default port
is 636. For No-Encryption & StartTLS, default port is 389.
4. Select the Common Name Type as IP Address.
5. Enter the IP address of LDAP server in the Server Address field.
Note:
IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in ‘xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx’.
Each Number ranges from 0 to 255.
First Number must not be 0.
Supports IPv4 Address format and IPv6 Address format.
Configure FQDN address, when using StartTLS with FQDN.
6. Specify the LDAP Port in the Port field.
Note:
Default Port is 389. For SSL connections, default port is 636. The Port value ranges from
1 to 65535.
7. Specify the Bind DN that is used during bind operation, which authenticates the client to theserver.
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Note:
Bind DN is a string of 4 to 64 alpha-numeric characters.
It must start with an alphabetical character.
Special Symbols like dot(.), comma(,), hyphen(-), underscore(_), equal-to(=) are allowed.
Example: cn=manager, ou=login, dc=domain, dc=com
8. Enter the password in the Password field.
Note:
Password must be at least 1 character long.
White space is not allowed.
This field will not allow more than 48 characters.
9. Enter the Search Base. The Search base allows the LDAP server to find which part of theexternal directory tree to be searched. The search base may be something equivalent to theorganization, group of external directory.
Note:
Search base is a string of 4 to 63 alpha-numeric characters.
It must start with an alphabetical character.
Special Symbols like dot(.), comma(,), hyphen(-), underscore(_), equal-to(=) are allowed.
Example: ou=login, dc=domain, dc=com
10. Select Attribute of User Login to find the LDAP/E-Directory server which attribute should be
used to identify the user.
Note: It only supports cn or uid.
11. Select CA Certificate File from the Browse field to identify the certificate of the trusted CA
certs.
12. Select the Certificate File to find the client certificate filename.
13. Select Private Key to find the client private key filename.
Note: All the 3 files are required, when StartTLS is enabled.
Note: For the SSL section, the three certificate files are also supported, and it is optional to
upload these three files.
14. Click Save to save the settings.
To add a new Role Group
1. In the LDAP/E-Directory Settings Page, Click Role Groups and select a blank row.
2. Click Add Role Group or alternatively double click on the blank row to open the Add Rolegroup Page as shown in the screenshot below.

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3. In the Group Name field, enter the name that identifies the role group.
4. In the Group Domain field. Enter the Role Group Domain where the role group is located.
Note:
Domain Name is a string of 4 to 64 alpha-numeric characters.
It must start with an alphabetical character.
Special Symbols like dot(.), comma(,), hyphen(-), underscore(_), equal-to(=) are allowed.
Example: cn=manager, ou=login, dc=domain, dc=com
5. In the Group Privilege field, enter the level of privilege (User, Administrator, Operator, None)
to assign to this role group.
6. Select the required options or both
• KVM Access• VMedia Access
7. Click Save to save the new role group and return to the Role Group List.
Active Directory Settings
An active directory is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers andservers to store information and data about networks and domains. An active directory (sometimes
referred to as AD) does a variety of functions including the ability to provide information on
objects. It also helps to organize these objects for easy retrieval and access, allows access by
end users and administrators and allows the administrator to set security up for the directory.
In Web GUI application, Active Directory allows you to configure the Active Directory Server
Settings. The displayed table shows any configured Role Groups and the available slots. You can
modify, add or delete role groups from here. Group domain can be the AD domain or a trusted
domain. Group Name should correspond to the name of an actual AD group.
Note: To view the page, you must be at least a User and to modify or add a group, you must
be an Administrator.

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To open Active Directory Settings page, click Settings > Security > External User Settings >Active Directory from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Active Directory Settings page isshown below.

General Settings: This option is used to configure Active Directory General Settings. Options are
Enable Active Directory Authentication, Secret Username, Secret Password, User Domain name,and up to three Domain Controller Server Addresses.
Role Groups: To add a new role group to the device. Alternatively, double click on a free slot to
add a role group.
Procedure:
1. Click on General Settings to open the General Active Directory Settings Page.

2. In the Active Directory Settings page, check or uncheck the Enable Active directory
Authentication check box to enable or disable Active Directory Authentication respectively.
Note:If you have enabled Active Directory Authentication, enter the required information toaccess the Active Directory server.
3. SSL: Check or uncheck to enable or disable the SSL.
4. Specify the Secret username and password in the Secret Username and Secret Password
fields respectively.
Note:• Secret username/password for AD is not mandatory. When secret username & password
is empty, Authentication fails will be always treated as Invalid Password error. For Invalid
Password error PAM will not try other Authentication Methods. So, it is recommended to keep
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AD in the last location in PAM order.
User Name is a string of 1 to 64 alpha-numeric characters.
It must start with an alphabetical character.
It is case-sensitive.
Special characters like comma, period, colon, semicolon, slash, backslash, square brackets,angle brackets, pipe, equal, plus, asterisk, question mark, ampersand, double quotes, space
are not allowed.
• Password must be at least 6 character long and will not allow more than 127 characters.
•
White space is not allowed.
5. Specify the Domain Name for the user in the User Domain Name field. E.g. MyDomain.com
6. Configure IP addresses in Domain Controller Server Address1, Domain Controller Server
Address2 and Domain Controller Server Address3
Note:• IP address of Active Directory server: At least one Domain Controller Server Address
must be configured.
• IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”.
• Each number ranges from 0 to 255.
• First number must not be 0.
7. Click Save to save the entered settings and return to Active Directory Settings Page.
••••

Role Groups
To open Role Group page, click Settings > Security > External User Settings > Active
Directory > Role Groups from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Role Groups page isshown below.

The fields of Role Group page are explained below.
Role Group Name: The name that identifies the role group in the Active Directory.
Note:
Role Group Name is a string of 64 alpha-numeric characters.
Special symbols hyphen and underscore are allowed.
Group Domain: The domain where the role group is located.
Note:
Domain Name is a string of 255 alpha-numeric characters.
Special symbols hyphen, underscore and dot are allowed.
Group Privilege: The level of privilege to assign to this role group.
KVM Access: To provide access to KVM for AD authenticated role group user.
VMedia Access: To provide access to VMedia for AD authenticated role group user.
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To add a new Role Group
1. In the Active Directory Settings Page, select a Role Group and click Add Role Group oralternatively double click on the blank row to open the Add Role Group Page as shown in thescreenshot below.

2. In the Group Name field, enter the name that identifies the role group in the Active Directory.
		 Note:• Role Group Name is a string of 64 alpha-numeric characters.
• Special symbols hyphen and underscore are allowed.
3. In the Group Domain field, enter the domain where the role group is located.
		 Note:• Domain Name is a string of 255 alpha-numeric characters.
• Special symbols hyphen, underscore and dot are allowed.
4. In the Group Privilege field, enter the level of privilege to assign to this role group.
5. Select the required options• KVM Access• VMedia Access
6. Click Save to add the
6. Click Save to add the new role group and return to the Role Group List.
To Delete a Role Group
1. In the Role Groups Page, select the row that you wish to delete.
2. Click Delete Role Group.

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RADIUS is a modular, high performance and feature-rich RADIUS suite including server, clients,
development libraries and numerous additional RADIUS related utilities.
In Web GUI, this page is used to set the RADIUS Authentication.
To open RADIUS Settings page, click Settings > Security > External User Settings > RADIUS
Settings from the menu ar. A sample screenshot of RADIUS Settings Page is shown below.

General RADIUS Settings

The fields of General RADIUS Settings Page are explained below.
Enable RADIUS Authentication: Option to enable/disable RADIUS authentication.
Server Address: The IP address of RADIUS server.
Note:
IP Address (Both IPv4 and IPv6 format).
FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) format.
Port: The RADIUS Port number.
Note:
Default Port is 1812.
Port value ranges from 1 to 65535.
Secret: The Authentication Secret for RADIUS server.
Note:This field will not allow more than 31 characters.
Secret must be at least 4 characters long.
White space is not allowed.
Enable KVM Access: This field provides access to KVM for RADIUS authenticated users.
Enable VMedia Access: This field provides access to VMedia for RADIUS authenticated users.
Save: To save the settings.
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Procedure
1. Enable the RADIUS Authentication check box to authenticate the RADIUS.
2. Click Advanced RADIUS Settings. This opens the Radius Authorization window as shown
below.

3. Click Save to save the changes made.
Note: For Authorization Purpose, configure the Radius user with Vendor Specific Attribute inServer side.
Example:1
testadmin Auth-Type :=PAP, Cleartext-Password:=”admin”
Auth-Type :=PAP, Vendor-Specific=”H=4”
Example:2
testoperator Auth-Type := PAP, Cleartext-Password := “operator”
Auth-Type :=PAP, Vendor-Specific=”H=3”
If you change the Vendor-Specific value in server then you should change the same values
in this page.

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2-5-3-2 PAM Order Settings
This page is used to configure the PAM ordering for user authentication into the BMC.
To open PAM Ordering page, click Settings > Security > PAM Order Settings from the menubar. A sample screenshot of PAM Order Page is shown below.

The fields of PAM Ordering page are explained below.
PAM Module: It shows the list of available PAM modules supported in BMC.
Note: It is recommended to not to keep same username for different PAM modules.
If Authentication fails, the reason of fail could be invalid User or Invalid Password.
If Radius Authentication fails, we can’t differentiate whether it is invalid user or invalid
password. So, it is always treated as Invalid username error and PAM will try other 		Authentication Methods.
If AD contains secret username & password as empty, Authentication fails will be 		
always treated as Invalid Password error. For Invalid Password error PAM will not try other
Authentication Methods. So it is recommended to keep AD in the last location in PAM order.
Procedure
1. Select the required PAM module and click and drag the required PAM module. It can be
moved UP or DOWN to change its arrangement order.
2. Click Save to save any changes made.
Note: Whenever the configuration is modified, the web server will be restarted automatically.
Logged-in session will be logged out.

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2-5-3-3 SSL Settings
The Secure Socket Layer protocol was created by Netscape to ensure secure transactions
between web servers and browsers. The protocol uses a third party, a Certificate Authority (CA),
to identify one end or both end of the transactions.
Using Web GUI, configure SSL certificate into the BMC. Using this, the device can be accessedin a secured mode.
To open SSL Certificate Configuration page, click Settings > Security > SSL Settings from themenu bar. There are three tabs in this page.

The fields of SSL Settings – Upload SSL Settings tab are explained below.
Current Certificate: Current certificate and uploaded date/time will be displayed (read-only).
New Certificate: Certificate file should be of pem type.
Current Private Key: Current Private key information will be displayed (read-only).
New Private Key: Private key file should be of pem type.
Current trusted CA Certificate: Current trusted CA certificate and uploaded date/time will be
displayed (read-only).
Trusted CA Support: If the Trusted CA Support checkbox is enabled then user can able to
upload the Trusted CA Certificates in BMC, otherwise user can able to upload New Certificate &New Private key only.
Note: If Redfish feature is disabled, Trusted CA Support checkbox wi    te and privacy key
into the BMC.
Note: After successful upload, HTTPs service will get restarted to use the newly uploaded
SSL certificate.

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The fields of SSL Settings – Generate SSL Certificate are explained below.
Common Name(CN): Common name for which certificate is to be generated.
• Maximum length of 64 characters.
• It is a string of alpha-numeric characters.
• Special characters ‘#’ and ‘$’ are not allowed.
Organization(O): Organization name for which the certificate is to be generated.
• Maximum length of 64 characters.
• It is a string of alpha-numeric characters.
• Special characters ‘#’ and ‘$’ are not allowed.
Organization Unit(OU): Over all organization section unit name for which certificate is to begenerated.
• Maximum length of 64 characters.
• It is a string of alpha-numeric characters.
• Special characters ‘#’ and ‘$’ are not allowed.
City or Locality(L): City or Locality of the organization (mandatory).
• Maximum length of 128 characters.
• It is a string of alpha-numeric characters.
• Special characters ‘#’ and ‘$’ are not allowed.
State or Province(ST): State or Province of the organization (mandatory).
• Maximum length of 64 characters.
• It is a string of alpha-numeric characters.
• Special characters ‘#’ and ‘$’ are not allowed.
Country(C): Country code of the organization (mandatory).
• Only two characters are allowed.
• Special characters are not allowed.
Email Address: E-mail Address of the organization (mandatory).
Valid for: Validity of the certificate.
• Value ranges from 1 to 3650 days.
Key Length: The key length bit value of the certificate.
Save: To generate the new SSL certificate.
Note: HTTPs service will get restarted, to use the newly generated SSL certificate.

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The fields of SSL Settings – View SSL Certificate are explained below.
Basic Information: This section displays the basic information about the uploaded SSL certificate.
It displays the following fields.
• Version Serial Number• Signature Algorithm• Public Key• Issuer Common Name(CN)• Issuer Organization(O)• Issuer Organization Unit(OU)• Issuer City or Locality(L)• Issuer State or Province(ST)• Issuer Country(C)• Issuer E-mail Address• Valid From
• Valid Till
• Issued to Common Name(CN)• Issued to Organization(O)• Issued to Organization Unit(OU)• Issued to City or Locality(L)• Issued to State or Province(ST)• Issued to Country(C)• Issued to E-mail Address
Procedure
1. Click the Upload SSL Certificate tab, Browse the New Certificate and New Private key.
2. Click Upload to upload the new certificate and private key.
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3. In Generate SSL Certificate, enter the following details in the respective fields.
• The Common Name for which the certificate is to be generated.
• The Organization for which the certificate is to be generated.
• The Organization Unit name for which certificate to be generated.
• The City or Locality of the organization• The State or Province of the organization• The Country of the organization• The Email address of the organization.
• The number of days the certificate will be valid in the Valid For field.
4. Choose the Key Length bit value of the certificate
5. Click Save to generate the certificate.
6. Click View SSL Certificate tab to view the uploaded SSL certificate in user readable format.
Note:• Once you Upload/Generate the certificates, only HTTPs service will get restarted.
• You can now access your Generic BMC securely using the following format in your IP
Address field from your Internet browser: https://<your BMC’s IP address here>• For example, if your BMC’s IP address is 192.168.0.30, enter the following:https://192.168.0.30• Please note the 
 after <http>. You must accept the certificate before you are able toaccess your Generic BMC.

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2-5-3-4 System Firewall
In Web GUI, the System Firewall page allows you to configure the firewall settings. The firewall
rule can be set for an IP or range of IP Addresses or Port numbers. To view this page, you mustat least be an operator. Only administrators can add or delete a firewall.
To open System Firewall page, click Settings > Security > System Firewall from the menu bar.

•

Basic
• Existing One-touch Settings• One-touch Settings• Advance• General Firewall Settings• IP Address Firewall Rules• Port Firewall Rules
A detailed description of the menu items is given below.
Basic
This page is used to configure the One-touch settings. A sample screenshot of Basic is given
below.

Existing One-touch Settings
This page is used to configure the One-touch settings. A sample screenshot of Basic is given
below.
A blank page will be opened if you did not add anything in “One-touch settings”. If there is no
One-touch Settings
Exists, add a new One-touch settings by clicking link One-touch Settings page.

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Type: The type of the one-touch setting.
Name: The name of the one-touch setting.
Rule: The rule of the setting.
Description: The description of the one-touch setting.
Delete: To delete the one-touch setting.
Add One-touch Settings
1. Click Basic > One-touch Settings. This opens the One-touch Settings page as shown
below.

Check All: Select all the options below.
Ping of Death: Malformed ping packets are blocked.
NULL Packet: Packets with no TCP segment flags are blocked.
UDP Flood: Blocks highly spoofed UDP packets.
Port Scan: Requests of port address are blocked.
ICMP Flood: Blocks highly spoofed and fragmented ICMP packets.
XMAS Packet: Packets with all the flags set in any protocol are blocked.
Smurf: Blocks abnormal ICMP packets.
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Fraggle: Blocks fake ICMP echo reply packets.
Land Attack: Blocks highly spoofed SYN packets.
ICMP Fragment Flood: Block ICMP packets that are not able to reassemble.
2. Select the box of options required.
3. Click Save to save the configuration.
AdvanceThis page is used to configure firewall settings. A sample screenshot of Advance is given below.

General Firewall Settings
Click General Firewall Settings page. A sample screenshot of General Firewall Settings page isshown below.
The fields of Firewall Settings tab are explained below.
Existing Firewall Settings
A blank page will be opened if you did not add anything in “Add Firewall settings”. If there is noFirewall Settings
Exists, add a new firewall setting by clicking link Add Firewall Settings page.

Procedure
To add Firewall settings
Click General Firewall Settings > Existing Firewall Settings icon. A sample screenshot of
Existing Firewall Settings page is shown below.
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Block All: The blocked incoming IP’s and Port’s can be viewed.
Flush All: To flush all the system firewall rules (Read-Only).
Select Timeout to enable or disable firewall rules with timeout.
Time Out : The respective firewall rule effect Start Time, End Date, Start Time, End Time will
be displayed.
Delete: To Delete the system firewall rules.

Add Firewall Settings
1. Click General Firewall Settings > Add Firewall Settings. This opens the Existing Firewall
Settings page as shown below.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Select Block All to block all the incoming IP’s and Port’s.
Select Flush All to flush all the system firewall rules.
Select Timeout to enable or disable firewall rules with timeout.
Enter Start Time to start the respective firewall rule effect from this time.
Enter End Time to end the respective firewall rule effect from this time.
Note: The time should be in the dd-mm-yy:hh-mm format.
7. Click Save to save the changes made else click Cancel to go back to the previous screen.
IP Address Firewall Rules
To View Existing IP Rules or a range of IP Addresses,
A blank page will be opened if you did not add anything in “Add IP Rule”. If there is no Add IP
Rule Exists, add a new
IP Rule by clicking link Add IP Rule page.
Procedure
To add IP Rule
1. Click Settings > Security > System Firewall > Advance > IP Address Firewall Rules >Existing IP Rules. A blank page will be opened if you did not add anything in “Add IP Rule”.
If any rule is added, then the added rule will be listed in “Existing IP Rules” page.
2. Click the IP Addresses tab. A sample screenshot of IP Addresses tab is shown below.

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IP Single (or) Range Start : To show the configured Port Address or Range of Ports.
IP Range End : To show the configured Port Address or Range of Ports.
Enable Timeout : To enable/disable Timeout.
Start Date : The respective firewall rule effect will start from this date.
Start Time : The respective firewall rule effect will start from this time.
End Date : The respective firewall rule effect will end from this date.
End Time : The respective firewall rule effect will end from this time.
Rule: To indicate the current setting.
Delete: To delete the selected slot.
Procedure
To add an IP address or range of IP addresses,
1. Click Settings > Security > System Firewall > Advance > IP Address Firewall Rules > Add
New IP Rule to add a new IP or range of IP address.
2. In the Add new rule for IP page, Enter the IP address and a range of IP addresses in the IP
Single or IP Range Start field.
Note: - IP Address will support IPv4 Address format only:• IPv4 Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
• Each number ranges from 0 to 255.
• First number must not be 0.
• IPv6 Address made of 8 groups of 4 Hexadecimal digits separated by colon as inxxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx.
3. Enter IP range end value in the IP Range End field.
4. Enable Timeout to enable firewall rules with timeout.
5. Enter Start Date to start the respective firewall rule effect from this date.
6. Enter End Date to end the respective firewall rule effect from this date.
7. Enter Start Time to start the respective firewall rule effect from this time.
8. Enter End Time to end the respective firewall rule effect from this time.
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Note: The date and time should be in the YYYY/MM/DD and hh-mm format respectively.
9. Determine the rule to block or accept.
10. Click Save to save the changes made.
Port Firewall Rules
To view Existing Port Rules
Click Settings > Security > System Firewall > Advance > Port Firewall Rules > Existing Port
Rules. A blank page will be opened if you did not add anything in “Add New port Rule”. If any rule
is added, then the added rule will be listed in “Existing Port Rules” page. A sample screenshot ofPort tab is shown below.

The fields of System Firewall - Existing Port Rules page are explained below.
Port Single (or) Range Start : To configure the Port or Range of Port Addresses.
Port Range End :To configure the Port or Range of Port Addresses.
Protocol : This field specifies the protocols for the configured Port or Port Ranges.
Network Type : This field specifies the affected network type for the particular Port or Port
Ranges.
Enable Timeout :To enable or disable firewall rules with timeout.
Start Date : The respective firewall rule effect will start from this time.
Start Time : The respective firewall rule will start from this time.
End Date : The respective firewall rule effect will end on this date.
End Time : The respective firewall rule will end at this time.
Rule : To indicate Allow or Block status.
Delete : To delete the entry to the firewall rules list.

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Procedure
To Add Port/Range of ports
1. To add a new rage of Port address, click the Add button.

2. In the Add new rule for Port window, enter the port number or a range of port numbers in the
Port Single (or) Range Start field.
Note: Port value ranges from 1 to 65535.
3. Enter the end value in the Port Range End field.
4. Select the Protocol to be either TCP or UDP or Bot.
5. Select the Network Type. It may be IPv4 or IPv6 or Both.
6. Select Timeout to enable or disable firewall rules with timeout.
7. Enter Start Time to start the respective firewall rule effect from this time.
8. Enter Start Date to start the respective firewall rule effect from this date.
9. Enter End Date to end the respective firewall rule effect on this date.
10. Enter End Time to end the respective firewall rule effect at this time.
Note: The time should be in the YYYY/MM/DD:hh-mm format.
11. Select the Rule to determine the rule to Block or Allow.
12. Click Save to save the changes made.

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2-5-3-5 User Management
In Web GUI, the User Management page allows you to view the current list of user slots for theserver. You can add a new user and modify or delete the existing users.
To open User Management page, click Settings > Security > User Management from the menubar. A sample screenshot of User Management Page is shown below.

Click user icon
and select any free slot to add a new user from the User Management main
page.
Click Delete icon (x) on the top right corner to directly delete an item from the list.
Note: The Free slots are shown as “Disabled” in all columns for the slot.
The fields of User Management Page are explained below.
Channel: To choose a particular channel from the available channel list.
User ID: Displays the ID number of the user.
Note: The list contains a maximum of ten users only.
Username: Displays the name of the user.
User Access: To enable or disable the access privilege of the user.
Network Privilege: Displays the network access privilege of the user.
SNMP Status: Displays if the SNMP status for the user is enabled or Disabled.
E-mail ID: Displays e-mail address of the user.
Add User: To add a new user.
Delete User: To delete an existing user.
Password Policy: To enable or disable using password policy.
Note: Password field is mandatory and should have a minimum of 6 characters. If Password
Policy is checked.
Password is composed of numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters, and special 		characters. The length of password must be at least 8 characters and cannot be the same as
3 characters in succession of Name.

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Procedure
To add a new User
1. To add a new user, select a free section and click on the empty section. This opens the Add
User screen as shown in the screenshot below.
2. Enter the name of the user in the Username field.
Note:• User Name is a string of 1 to 16 alpha-numeric characters.
• It must start with an alphabetical character.
• It is case-sensitive.
• Special characters ‘-’(hyphen), ‘_’(underscore), ‘@’(at sign), ‘.’(dot) are allowed.
• For 20 Bytes password, LAN session will not be established.
3. Set Password Size for the new password.
4. In the Password and Confirm Password fields, enter and confirm your new password.
Note:• Password should be the combination of alphabets, numbers, symbol and upper-casecharacters.
• White space is not allowed.
• This field will not allow more than 16/20 characters based on Password size field value.
• This field will not allow the below mentioned characters.
• The password should be a string, if you try to set password using “ipmitool user set
password”.
5. In Enable User Access, select this option to enable the network access for the appropriate
user.
Note:
• Enabling User Access will intern assign the IPMI messaging privilege to user.
• It is recommended that the IPMI messaging option should be enabled for the user to enable
the User Access option, while creating User through IPMI.
6. In Enable Channel Access field, select the channel/channels to enable the network accessfor the appropriate channels.
7. In the Privilege field, enter the privilege assigned to the user which could be Administrator,
Operator, User, OEM or None.
8. Check KVM Access to assign the KVM privilege for the user.
9. Check VMedia Access assign the Vmedia privilege for the user.
Note: It is recommended that the privileges support to KVM and Vmedia should be provided
only to the ADMIN user and shouldn’t be provided to USER and OPERATOR privilege level
users. The Admin user can provide the privilege support to USER and OPERATOR privilege
level users at their own risk.
Vmedia Privilege only restricts initiating / starting media redirection. If a device is alreadybeing redirected and attached to the host, then in host it will be visible as normal device.
Hence it will be accessible to all the KVM sessions. Which includes ‘KVM Privilege only’
sessions as well.
10. Check the SNMP Access check box to enable SNMP access for the user.
Note: Password field is mandatory if SNMP Status is enabled.
11. Choose the SNMP View from the drop-down list - this feature is for the security of access andthe SNMP view is added to prevent the SNMP users from accessing the data with excessive
privileges. In the SNMP View drop-down list, select the assigned SNMP user which could be
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Administrator, Operator, User or OEM.
Note: SNMP View field is mandatory, if SNMP Status is enabled.
12. Choose the SNMP Access level option for user from the SNMP Access level (SHA) dropdown list. Either it can be Read Only or Read Write.
13. Choose the SNMP Authentication Protocol (SHA) to use for SNMP settings from the dropdown list.Note: Password field is mandatory if Authentication protocol is changed.
14. Choose the Encryption algorithm to use for SNMP settings from the SNMP Privacy protocol(AES or DES) dropdown list.
15. In the Email ID field, enter the email ID of the user. If the user forgets the password, the new
password will be mailed to the configured email address.
Note: SMTP Server must be configured to end emails.
Email Format: Two types of formats are available:
AMI-Format: The subject of this mail format is ‘Alert from (your Host name)’. The mailcontent shows sensor information, ex: Sensor type and Description.
Fixed-Subject Format: This format displays the message according to user’s setting. You
must set the subject and message for email alert.
16. Click Save to save the new user and return to the users list.
To Modify User
1. To modify the existing user, click on the active user tab. This opens a User screen as shownin the screenshot below.

2. Enter the Username in the given field.
3. Mention the same password which is initially given to the login page in Logged-In Password
field.
Note: User must enter the logged-in password again for confirmation. If it is successful only,user modifying operation can be done otherwise error message will pop-up.
4. Check Change Password, if you wish to change the existing Password.
Note: If user login with admin and testuser in two different Web-Browsers and change
the pass word for testuser account from admin account then the testuser account willautomatically get logged-out from Web-Browser where the testuser is logged in.
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5. Follow the steps (3 to 15) of Procedure to add a new User.
6. Click Save to save the changes and return to the users list.
7. Click Delete to delete the user.
Note:
Reserved Users: There are certain reserved users which cannot be added as BMC Users.
The list of reserved users isgiven below,•
sysadmin•daemon
•
ntp
•
root

2-5-3-6 Front Panel Settings
This page is used to configure Front Panel Settings. To open User Management page, click
Settings > Security > Front Panel Settings from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of Front
Panel Settings Page is shown below.

LED Control
LED Status: Display the status of LED.
Green: Change the LED to green.
Amber: Change the LED to amber.
LED Off: Turn off the LED.
ID LED Control
Status: Display the status of ID LED.
Action: Turn on or Turn of the ID LED.
Save: To save the configuration.
Button Control
Unlock: Unlock all the buttons.
Reset Button Disable: Disable the Reset button.
Power Off Button Disable: Disable the Power Off button.

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2-5-4 Others

2-5-4-1 Fan Profile
This page can edit fan profile settings in this page.

& Import: To upload and import the configuration.
Download: To download the current configurations.
Manager Target PCIE device options: To modify Manager Target PCIE device options.
Edit New Fan Profile

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Back: To go back to the previous page.
Save: To save the configuration.
New Policy: To add a new policy.
Delete selected policy: To delete the selected policy.
Name: The name of the fan profile.
Policy: To select the policy.
Algorithm: To select the algorithm.
Sensor Type: To select the sensor type.
Initialize Duty: The initialize duty.
Senor: The sensor to be detected.
Fan: The fan to be used with this profile.
Policy Execute Condition
CPU Tdp (W): The TDP of the CPU.
Ambient Sensor: The sensor to be detected.
PCIE Device: To execute the policy based on the presence or absence of the PCIE device.
Policy Reference Table
New: To add a new reference and duty.
Delete: To delete the reference and duty.
Reference: The sensor value.
Duty: The target duty.
View Fan Profile
This page displays the configuration of the fan profile.

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2-5-4-2 Power Consumption
On this page you can look current power consumption reading, current execute power limit policy,
and configuration power limit.

Platform Power Consumption Limit Settings include the Existing Power Limit Policy page and the
Add Power Limit Policy page.

Existing Power Limit Policy
This page includes all the power limit policy settings and the current execute policy.

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Click the “Delete All Policies” button can delete all policy settings.

If you want to modify the policy, you can click the setting policy to modify.

Add Power Limit Policy
This page can add new power limit policy settings, including Default, Scheduled, Sensor, andPower Supply Specification functions.

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(a) Default function

Limit Watt: Power Limit Requested in [Watts].
Correction Time Limit: Correction time limit in milliseconds. Maximum time taken to limit thepower, otherwise, exception action will be taken as configured. The Exception Action shall betaken if the system power usage constantly exceeds the specified power limit for more than the
Correction Time Limit interval. The Correction Time Limit timeout automatically restarts if thesystem power meets or drops elow the Power Limit.
Sampling Time: Management application Statistics Sampling period in seconds.
Exception Action: Exception actions. Actions are taken if the power limit is exceeded and cannot
be controlled within the correction time limit.

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(b) Scheduled function

Day: Monday – Sunday
Start Time: Start executing Scheduled Policy time (each 6 min as a unit).
End Time: Exit execute Scheduled Policy time (each 6 min as a unit).
Limit Watt: Power Limit Requested in [Watts].
*The interval between start time and end time must be greater than or equal to 12 minutes**scheduled function must click the enable button to save the settings

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(c) Sensor function

Name: Sensor name
Event: Sensor critical event condition
Limit Watt: Power Limit Requested in [Watts]

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(d) Power Supply Specification function

Limit Watt (50 ~ 99) %: Dynamically set limits based on PSU MAX wattage.
Additional feature (2U4N)
Chassis : Power Consumption Reading: Display total chassis power consumption currently.
Chassis : Platform Power Consumption Limit: The function is that you can set the power limit
through CMC. Then, CMC will distribute the power limit to other currently power nodes. For
example, if you set 1000w and 4 nodes power on currently, CMC will set a power limit of 250w foreach node.

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2-5-4-3 Power Control
This page allows you to view and control the power of your server.
To open Power Control, click Settings > Others > Power Control from the menu bar. A sample
screenshot of Power Control is shown below.

The various options of Power Control are given below.
Power Off: To immediately power off the server.
Power On: To power on the server.
Power Cycle: This option will first power off, and then reboot the system (cold boot).
Hard Reset: This option will reboot the system without powering off (warm boot).
ACPI Shutdown: This option initiates the operating system shutdown before the shutdown.
Perform Action: Click this option to perform the selected operation.
Cold Reset: Click this option to reset BMC.
Procedure
Select an action and click Perform Action to proceed with the selected action.
Note: During Execution you will be asked to confirm your choice. Upon confirmation, you will be
informed about the status after a few minutes.

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Additional feature (2U4N)
In 2U4N, the additional feature is that the current node can control another node’s power status.
Node Device ID: Selected device ID to control power status.

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2-6

Remote Control

The system and browser requirements for Remote Control are given below.
System Requirements• Client machine with 8GB RAM.
• If the client machine has 4GB RAM, there will be a lag in the video/keyboard/mousefunctionality.
To open the Remote Control page, click Remote Control from the menu bar. A sample screenshotof the Remote Control page is shown below.

A detailed description of the menu items is given below.
H5Viewer
Click the 'Launch H5Viewer' button to launch the H5viewer window.
Serial Over LAN
Click the 'Activate' button to launch the HTML5 Serial Over LAN window.
Identify LED
Status shows the status of the Identify LED.
Click 'Turn On' or 'Turn Off' to configure the Identify LED.

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2-7

MaintenanceThis group of pages allows you to do maintenance tasks on the device. The menu contains thefollowing items:• Backup Configuration• Image Location• Firmware Information• Firmware Update• Preserve Configuration• Restore Configuration• Restore Factory Defaults• System Administrator
A detailed description is given below.

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2-7-1

Backup Configuration

This page allows you to select the specific configuration items to be backup in case of “Backup
Configuration”.
To open the Backup Configuration page, click Maintenance > Backup Configuration from themenu bar. A sample screenshot of the Backup Configuration page is shown below.

The various fields of the Backup Configuration page are given below.
Check All: Select all the configuration lists.
Download Config: To download and save the configuration files backup from BMC to the clientsystem.
Procedure for Backup Configuration:
1. Click Check All to back up all the configuration items or check the configuration that needs
backup. The Backup Configuration page will appear as shown in the above screenshot.
Note: Network configurations are interrelated to IPMI, and hence by default IPMI
configurations will be selected automatically when you select “Network and Services” to bebacked up.
2. Click Download Config to save the backup file to the client system.

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2-7-2 Firmware Image Location
This page is used to configure firmware image into the BMC.
To open Firmware Image Location, click Maintenance > Firmware Image Location from the menubar. A sample screenshot of Firmware Image Location page is shown below.

The various options for Image Transfer Protocol are given below.
Image Location Type: The type of location to transfer the firmware image into the BMC is either
Web Upload during Flash or TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Server.
TFTP/SFTP Server Address: The address of the server where the firmware image is stored.
Note: The Server supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses• IP Address made of 4 numbers separated by dots as in “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”.
• Each number ranges from 0 to 255.
• The first number must not be 0.
• IPv6 Address made of 8 groups of 4 Hexadecimal digits separated by the colon as in• “xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx”.
• Hexadecimal digits are expressed as lower-case letters.
TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Image Name: The full Source path with the filename of the firmware
image is stored on the TFTP Server.
TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Retry Count: Number of times to be retried in case a transfer failure
occurs. The retry count ranges from 0 to 255.
Save: To save the configured settings.
Enable Update Scheduler: Enable or disable update scheduler.
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Firmware Type: Type of the firmware image.
Update Image: The image that will be updated.
Month: The month of the Update Scheduler.
Day: The day of the Update Scheduler.
Time: The Time of the Update Scheduler.
Procedure
1. Select the Image Location Type (Web Upload during flash/TFTP Server/SFTP Server/
HTTP Server/HTTPS Server).
2. If the protocol selected is TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS, enter the IP address of the server in
the TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Server Address field.
3. Enter the TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Image Name in the given field.
4. Enter the TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Retry Count value.
5. For the SFTP Server setting, enter your SFTP Username and Password.
6. Click Save to save the changes.
Procedure
To Enable the Update Scheduler
1. Select the Image Location Type (Web Upload during flash/TFTP Server/SFTP Server/HTTP
Server/HTTPS Server).
2. If the protocol selected is TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS, enter the IP address of the server in the
TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Server Address field.
3. Enter the TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Image Name in the given field.
4. Enter the TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Retry Count value.
5. For the SFTP Server setting, enter your SFTP Username and Password.
6. Select the box of Enable Update Scheduler.
7. Choose the Firmware Type.
8. Choose the Update image.
9. Choose the Month.
10. Choose the Day.
11. Choose the Time.
12. Click Save to save the changes.

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2-7-3 Firmware Information
This page is used to display the Firmware Information settings.
To open the System Administrator page, click Maintenance > Firmware Information from themenu bar. A sample screenshot of Firmware Information page is shown below.

The various fields of the Firmware Information page are given below.
BMC Firmware Information:
Active Image ID: Describes the Image ID of the active BMC image.
Build Date: Describes the Build Date of the active BMC image.
Build Time: Describes the Build Time of the active BMC image.
Firmware version: Describes the Firmware version of the active BMC image.Image Location
Type: The type of location to transfer the firmware image into the BMC is either Web Upload
during Flash or TFTP/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS Server.
BIOS Firmware Information:
Product Manufacturer: Describes the Product Manufacturer of the BIOS.
Product Name: Describes the Product Name of the BIOS.
Build Date: Describes the Build Date of the active BIOS.
Firmware version: Describes the Firmware version of the active BIOS.
CPLD Firmware Information
MB: Display the CPLD version of the Main Board.
SCM: Display the CPLD version of SCM.
Location [nth]: Display the CPLD version of the nth Back Panel Board. If several Back Panelboards are connected, you will see the number increase.
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2-7-4 Firmware Update
This wizard takes you through the process of firmware upgradation. A reset of the box willautomatically follow if the upgrade is completed or canceled. An option to Preserve All
Configuration is available. Enable it, if you wish to preserve configured settings through theupgrade.
Warning: Please note that after entering update mode widgets, other web pages andservices will not work.
All open widgets will be closed automatically. If the upgrade process is canceled in the
middle of the wizard, the device will be reset.
Note: The firmware upgrade process is a crucial operation. Make sure that the chances of apower or connectivity loss are minimal when performing this operation.
Once you enter Update Mode and choose to cancel the firmware flash operation, the BMC
card must be reset.
This means that you must close the Internet browser and log back onto the BMC card before
you can perform any other types of operations.
Once the Firmware upgrade using the web is started, the regular IPMI command will not
be allowed for safety concerns if Enable IPMI Command handling during flashing support isdisabled in the project configuration.
To configure, choose ‘Firmware Image Location’ under Maintenance. To open Firmware Update
page, click Maintenance > Firmware Update from the menu bar. A sample screenshot of
Firmware Update Page is shown below.

This wizard takes you through the process of AMI-based firmware up gradation. The protocol
information to be used for firmware image transfer during this update is as follows.
Note: All configuration items will be preserved/overwritten as default during the restore
configuration operation.
Procedure
1. Click Browse to select firmware image.
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Note: A file upload pop-up will be displayed for http/https but in the case of tftp files, the fileis automatically uploaded displaying the status of the upload.
2. Click Start firmware update to load the Firmware Update information.
3. Click Preserve all Configuration to preserve all configurations.
• Preserve all Configuration: To preserve all configuration.
• Edit Preserve Configuration: To modify the Preserve status settings.
This wizard takes you through the process of AMI-based firmware upgradation. The protocol
information to be used for firmware image transfer during this update is as follows.
Note: All configuration items will be preserved/overwritten as default during the restore
configuration operation.
4. Click Proceed to Flash, it will prompt you with the warning message. Click OK to start the
Firmware update.
5. The Firmware update undergoes the following steps:
a. Closing all active client requests.
b. Preparing the Device for Firmware Upgrade.
c. Uploading Firmware Image.
d. Verifying Firmware Image
In Section-Based Firmware Update, you can configure the firmware image for section-based
flashing. Check the required sections and click Proceed to update the firmware.
If flashing is required for all images, select the option Full Flash.
If you select the Version Compare Flash option from the web, the current and uploaded module
versions, FMHlocation, and sizes will be compared.
If the modules differ in size and location, proceed with force firmware upgrade.
If all the module versions are the same, restart BMC by saying all the module versions are
similar.
If only a few module versions are different, those module will be flashed.
Note: Only selected sections of the firmware will be updated. Other sections are skipped.
Before starting the flash operation, you are advised to verify the compatibility between image
sections.
e. Flashing Firmware Image
f. Resetting the image. The sample screenshot of Firmware update is shown below.
Note: The Firmware Update page will be disabled, and you will not be able to perform any othertasks until the firmware upgrade is completed and the device is rebooted. You can now follow the
instructions presented in the subsequent pages to successfully update the card’s firmware. The
device will reset if an update is canceled. The device will also reset upon successful completionof firmware update.

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2-7-5 Preserve Configuration
This page allows the user to configure the preserve configuration items, which will be used by the
Restore factory defaults to preserve the existing configuration without overwriting with defaults/
Firmware Upgrade configuration.
To open the Preserve Configuration page, click Maintenance > Preserve Configuration fromthe menu bar. A sample screenshot of Preserve Configuration page is shown below.
Note: You can navigate to the Firmware Update Page and Restore Factory Defaults byclicking the respective links.

The various fields of Preserve Configuration are as follows.
Click here to go to Firmware Update or Restore Configuration: This link will redirect to the
Firmware Update or Restore Configuration page which needs to be preserved.
Check All: To check the entire configuration list.
Save: To save any changes made.
Note: This configuration is used by the Restore Factory Defaults process.
Files Preserved
SDR
The following files will be preserved.
SDR.dat: This file contains the sensor data record information that is used in IPMI.
Dependency Configurations : NIL
FRUThe following files will be preserved.
FRU.bin: This file contains the logical field replaceable unit data that are used by IPMI
Dependency Configurations - SDR
SEL
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The following files will be preserved when Delete SEL reclaim space is disabled.
SEL.dat: This file contains the system event logs that are being logged by the IPMI.
The following files will be preserved when Delete SEL reclaim space is enabled.
Selreclaiminfo.ini: The file contains the SEL repository information.
SEL folder: This folder contains the multiple files of event logs.
Dependency Configurations: IPMI
IPMI
The following files are preserved in IPMI configuration.
IPMI.conf: This file contains the IPMI configurations such as SEL rep size, SDR rep size,interface specific, enable/disable, Primary/Secondary, IPMB Bus number etc.
dcmi.conf: This file contains the DCMI1.5 specification parameters such as DHCP Timing1,
DHCP Timing2, DHCP Timing3. The files are preserved only when the DCMI1.5 feature isenabled in the MDS project configuration.
pwdEncKey: This file contains the keys that are used to decrypt the passwords. When the user
password option is enabled in the MDS project configuration, this file will be preserved.
Dependency Configurations: NIL
Network
To save network settings related to IPMI (LAN IP or DHCP configuration), select “IPMI” and“Network” options simultaneously. After restore the configuration, the Network Configuration will
be preserved successfully. The following files will also be preserved.
dhcp.conf: This file is to configure the host
dns.conf: This file is used to configure the DNS registration method and DNS server for theparticular interface.
hostname: This file is used to store the Hostname of the BMC.
hostname.conf: This file is used to configure the host name creation method Manual/Automaticfor the BMC.
Vlaninterfaces: This file helps to enable the VLAN interface for the particular LAN interface.
vlansetting.conf: This file is to store the VLAN ID and VLAN priority for the particular VLAN
interface entry.
bond.conf: This file is to enable the bond interface for the specified LAN interfaces.
Interfaces: This file is to configure the IP/IPV6 addresses for the LAN interface using the static/
DHCP method.
activeslave.conf: This file is to configure the active interface for the specified bond interface.
This file depends on bond.conf.
hosts: This file is used to store the host name to map the IP address.
hosts.allow: This file contains the list of hosts that have permission to access the systemhosts.deny : This file contains the list of hosts that do not allow accessing the system
resolved.conf: This file is used to store the nameserver and domain name for hostname
registration.
dhcp6c-script: This file is used to configure the domain name, DNS server IPv6 address and
NTP address.
dhcp6c.conf: This file is to configure the IPv6 parameters for the DHCPv6 clients.
ncsicfg.conf: This file is to configure the NCSI related configurations.
nsupdate.conf: This file is to configure the channel ID, and package ID for the NCSI interface.
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phycfg.conf: This file is to configure the link speed, duplex and MTU value for the specified
interface.
dhcp.preip_4: This file is to store the pre IPv4 address. This file will be created at runtime.
Dependency Configurations: IPMINTP
The following files will be preserved.
ntp.conf: This file contains the NTP daemon protocol configuration parameters such assynchronization sources, nodes and other related information.
ntp.stat: This file contains the auto or manual network type protocols
adjtime: This file contains the time to synchronize the system clock.
Localtime: This file is the system link to the file's local time or to the correct time zone in thesystem timezone directly.
Dependency Configurations: IPMI
The following files will be preserved.
snmp_users.conf: This file contains the SNMP user configurations such as username andpassword encryption mechanism for specific users.
snmpcfg.conf: This file contains the SNMP user's privilege levels such as ro user and rw
user.
Dependency Configurations: NIL
KVM
The following files will be preserved.
vmedia.conf: This file contains the modes of media such as cd, and hd and enables and disables
flags for media, media and sd servers.
advised.conf: This file contains the mouse mode configurations and host machine physicalkeyboard language layout configured in the MDS project configuration.
autorecord.conf: This file contains the maximum size of the video record file, the maximum
number of video record files, the maximum time length of the video record file and information
about the remote machine path if it is enabled in the MDS project configuration.
stunnel.conf: This file contains information about the tunnel configuration. It will also contain theadvisor and media server’s secure port if a secure connection is enabled.
rmedia.conf: This file contains the image name and the remote machine information like IP
address, username, password, domain name and share type.
Dependency Configurations: NIL
Authentication
The following files will be preserved.
active dir.conf: This file contains the configurations such as saleable, timeout, racdomain,
adtype, adfilterdc1, adfilterdc2, adfilterdc3, username, password, and rolegroup information suchas name domain and privileges.
openLdapGroup.conf: This file contains the open ldap role group information such as namedomain and privilege.
nsswitch.conf: This file contains the sources to obtain the name service information in the rangeof categories and in what order.
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pam_withunix: This file contains the PAM Order of modules such as IPMI, LDAP, RADIUS andUNIX.
pam_wounix: This contains the PAM Order of modules such as IPMI, LDAP and RADIUS.
group: This file contains the Linux group. It stores the group information or defines the usergroup information in Linux.
passwd: This file contains the user login information for the Linux system.
shadow: This file contains the encrypted password information for the clients.
ldap.conf: This file contains the LDAP server configuration details such as bindn, binpw, pam_password, nss_reconnect_tries, port, port secondary, host, and host secondary.
radius.conf: This file contains the radius server IP address, port number, secret, timeout,privilege etc.
Dependency Configurations: NIL
Syslog
The following files will be preserved.
syslog.conf
rotate.conf
rsyslog.conf
These files contain the system log configuration details to preserve different event categories
such as alert, critical, error notification etc.
Dependency Configurations: NIL
Web
The following files will be preserved.
updatefirmware.conf : This file contains the firmware image location details to update thefirmware configuration.
Dependency Configurations : NIL
ExtlogIt preserves Extended SEL Log events.
This file contains Extended SEL events Log details.
Dependency Configurations : IPMI
Note: This support is feature based. If this feature is enabled, then the Extlog option will be
displayed in the Preserve configuration.
RedfishRedfish preserves the Redis Database file.
redis-dump.rdb: This file contains the Redfish details.
Dependency Configurations: NIL
Note: This support is feature based. If this feature is enabled, then the Redfish option will be
displayed in the Preserve configuration.
Automation Engine
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The following files will be preserved.
ae.sqlite: This file contains the tasks and scripts of the automation engine.
Dependency Configurations: NIL
Note: This support is feature based. If this feature is enabled, then the Automation Engine
option will be displayed in the Preserve configuration.
Procedure
1. Click the Firmware Update or Restore Configuration link to view the Firmware Update or
Restore Configuration page accordingly.
2. Select the required Preserve Configuration items by either choosing the items individually by
selecting the appropriate check boxes or by selecting all or none using Check All.
3. Click Save to save the changes.

2-7-6 Restore Configuration
This page allows you to restore the configuration files from the client system to the BMC.
To open the Restore Configuration page, click Maintenance > Restore Configuration from themenu bar. A sample screenshot of the Restore Configuration page is shown below.

The various fields Restore Configuration page are given below.
Config File : This option is used to select the file that was backed up earlier.
Upload : Upload the backup file to restore the backup files.
Procedure for Restore Configuration:
1. Click Browse to select the configuration file that needs to be backed up and used to Restore
the configuration, when needed.
2. Click Upload to restore the backup files. The Restore Configuration page will appear as
shown below.
3. Click OK to upload the new configuration file and restore.

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2-7-7 Restore Factory Defaults
In Web GUI, this option is used to restore the factory defaults of the device firmware. This section
lists the configuration items that will be preserved during the restore factory default configuration.
Warning: Please note that after entering restore factory widgets, other web pages andservices will not work.
All open widgets will be closed automatically. The device will reset and reboot within a few
minutes.
To open Restore Factory Defaults page, click Maintenance > Restore Factory Defaults from themenu bar. A sample screenshot of the Restore Factory Defaults Page is shown below.

Procedure
1. Click Preserve Configuration to redirect to the Preserve Configuration page, which is used topreserve the particular configuration not to be overwritten by the default configuration.
2. Click Restore Factory Defaults to restore the factory defaults of the device firmware.
Note: When the Restore Factory Defaults action is performed, there might be some log
events present after performing the restore operation. Those events might be newly
generated which can be verified using its timestamp.

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2-7-8 System Administrator
This page is used to configure the System Administrator settings.
To open the System Administrator page, click Maintenance > System Administrator from themenu bar. A sample screenshot of the System Administrator page is shown below.

The various fields of the System Administrator page are given below.
Username: The username of the System Administrator is a read-only field.
Enable User Access: To enable user access for the system administrator.
Change Password: To change the user’s password.
Note: This field will not allow more than 64 characters.
Password must be at least 8 characters long and White space is not allowed.
Save: To save the new configuration for the system administrator.
Procedure
1. Check Enable User Access to enable user access for the system administrator.
2. Enable Change Password option to change the user password. This action enables the
password fields.
3. Enter the new password in the Password field.
4. Re-enter the password in the Confirm Password field.
5. Click Save to save the changes.

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2-7-9 System Diagnostics
This page is used to generate the last logs file.
To open the System Administrator page, click Maintenance > System Diagnostics from themenu bar. A sample screenshot of the System Administrator page is shown below.

Click Generate Log to view the last log file.

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2-8

Sign OutTo log out from the Web GUI, click the admin on the top right corner of the screen. A sample
screenshot of admin option is shown below.

Click Sign Out to perform log out from the Web GUI. A Warning message will prompt you toproceed further, click OK to log out else Cancel to retain the Web GUI.

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