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Intel NetStructure
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MPCBL0010 Single Board Computer
October 2006 Technical Product Specification
Order Number: 304120 149
Serial Over LAN (SOL)—MPCBL0010 SBC
Note: While ipmitool is a supported utility, reference_cfg is provided as an unsupported
reference to be modified by customers to suit their specific environments and
integration needs.
11.6 Supported Usage Model
Customers are expected to use SOL to accomplish the following:
• BIOS console redirection
• Remote terminal access for OS setup and viewing text console output
The ipmitool utility runs on a remote network node and communicates over the LAN
interface. The remote node and the target SBC may be on the same subnet or on
different subnets.
The reference script can be run on the remote node.
Note: The machine or “remote node” running ipmitool may also be an MPCBL0010 SBC within
the same chassis.
11.6.1 Configuring the Blade for SOL
In order to configure a blade for SOL, the system on which the configurator is installed
(typically the remote node) needs to establish an RMCP connection with the SBC. The
configurator sends commands and configuration settings to the SBC in order to
configure and enable SOL operation. In order to configure a blade for SOL,
reference_cfg must run either on the same blade as the IPMC and communicate via the
KCS interface, or on a remote node. In the latter case, the script sends IPMI messages
over the LAN to the SBC shelf manager, which in turn bridges data to the IPMC’s IPMB-
0 interface.
The minimal per-blade configuration that must be set up includes the following:
• an IP/MAC address, subnet mask, default gateway
• ARP configuration
• user ID and password to authenticate access
• channel, user, payload, and SOL privilege levels
The configuration utility is referring to the reference_cfg script described above.
Figure 28. Reference Script Running on a Remote Node, Communicating over the LAN