Server Management Guide

Baseboard Management Controller
44 Intel
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Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide
Key features of the Intel
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RMM4 add-on card are:
 KVM redirection through either the RMM4 NIC or the baseboard NIC used for management
traffic; up to two simultaneous KVM sessions.
 Media redirection – The media redirection feature is intended to allow system administrators or
users to mount a remote IDE or USB CD-ROM, floppy drive, or a USB flash disk as a remote
device to the server. Once mounted, the remote device appears just like a local device to the server,
allowing system administrators or users to install software (including operating systems), copy
files, update BIOS, and so on, or boot the server from this device.
 KVM - Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture, high-performance
mouse tracking and synchronization. It allows remote viewing and configuration in pre-boot POST
and BIOS setup.
Intel
®
RMM4 uses BMC’s user authorization. In order to access Intel
®
RMM4 or Intel
®
RMM4 Lite,
you have to use common utilities, such as the Intel
®
Deployment Assistant (IDA), SYSCFG utility or
BIOS menu to configure its IP address, username, and password before doing remote access:
 Set user’s password (other than anonymous users)
 Enable that user on BMC LAN Channel 3 (for Intel
®
RMM4)
 Configure BMC LAN Channel 3’s IP address (DHCP or static IP)
The web server is available on all enabled LAN channels. If a LAN channel is enabled, properly
configured, and accessible, the web server is available.
For security reasons, the null user (user 1) may not be used to access the web server. The session
inactivity timeout for the embedded web server is 30 minutes. This is not user-configurable.
For detailed information on how to configure and use Intel
®
RMM4 and Intel
®
RMM4 Lite, refer to the
Intel
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Remote Management Module 4 and Integrated BMC Web Console User Guide.
2.6.13 Access BMC through Intel
®
RMM4
The Intel
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RMM4 is IPMI V2.0 Compliant. It allows the customer to remote access BMC through
Intel
®
RMM4’s dedicated LAN channel (LAN channel 3).
 The customer can send IPMI commands through the dedicated NIC on the Intel
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RMM4.
 Intel
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RMM4 also supports SOL over this channel. The customer can activate SOL session
through the dedicated NIC on the Intel
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RMM4.
In order to access BMC through Intel
®
RMM4 Lite and RMM4, you must configure Intel
®
RMM4’s IP
address and associate BMC user ID to BMC LAN channel 1 or LAN channel 3.