Kontron AM4901 IPMI - Manual (Page 36)

IPMI Firmware User Guide AM5901/AM4901
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5.2 Ethernet Management Port
The Ethernet management interfaces gives access to the IPMI system and its IPMI commands
and to the CLI using the RMCP/RMCP+ protocol. As a standard under Linux the free tool
'ipmitool' can be used to do the communication.
Please note: ICMP is not supported by the MCH.
The MCH supports:
• IPMI Over LAN (IOL) for invoking IPMI commands
• Serial Over LAN (SOL)
• Virtual LAN (VLAN)
From firmware version R31 on, a DIP switch on the solder side of the MCH board is used to
activate or deactivate the MCH's Ethernet management port. On the AM4901 board it is switch
SW3/1 and on the AM5901 board it is switch SW2/1. Set the switch to position "OFF" to activate
or "ON" to deactivate the MCH's Ethernet management port.
Please refer to "Peculiarities and Restrictions for Releases, R31".
Before the Ethernet management port can be used it must be set up. This may be done using
the CLI and a sequence of commands 'lan set 1…'. Please refer to the CLI command descrip-
tions.
The CLI command:
will list all current basic LAN parameters. If no valid LAN parameters are set, the following
commands may be used to set up the port:
Please note that under a MCH firmware version < R29 the MAC address is not set automati-
cally and must be set using the ’macaddr’ command above.
There are more standard IPMI LAN parameters accessible when ipmitool is used, but the CLI's
‘ lan ’ command allows the setting all parameters for an initial use of the Ethernet management
port. All LAN parameters are stored in a non-volatile way.
If VLAN support is needed the it can be set up by:
where must be > 0.
VLAN support can be disabled by:
lan print 1
lan set 1 ipaddr
lan set 1 netmask
lan set 1 macaddr
lan set 1 access on
lan set 1 vlan
lan set 1 vlan off