Server Management Guide
Baseboard Management Controller
36 Intel
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Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide
2.6.6 BMC IP Address and external connection
The BMC IP address for a particular embedded NIC is always different from the IP address of the
Server’s operating system.
The BMC supports static and DHCP sourced IP address assignment on all of its management NICs. The
IP address source parameter must be set to “static” before the IP address, subnet mask, or gateway
address can be manually set.
If the BMC’s IP address on a LAN channel changes while a LAN session is in progress over that channel,
the BMC does not take action to close the session except through a normal session timeout. The remote
client must re-sync with the new IP address.
To communicate with the BMC, you need to attach a standard Ethernet cable to NIC 1. You can use
PING to confirm that this connection is valid.
The following figure displays the location for NIC1 and NIC2 on Intel
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S2600JF server board to serve as
a reference.
NOTE
The location of the on-board NICs may be slightly different on other Intel
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server boards.
H
On-board NIC1
G
On-board NIC2
C
RMM4 option NIC3
Figure 12. Rear connectors of the Intel
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S2600JF server board
2.6.7 Secure Shell (SSH)
Secure Shell (SSH) connections are support for one SMASH-CLP session to the BMC.
2.6.8 BMC Users
The BMC supports the IPMI 2.0 user model including support for user ID 1-15. These 15 users can be
assigned to any channel. The following restrictions are placed on user-related operations:
User names for User IDs 1 and 2 cannot be changed. These will always be “” (Null) and “root”