SuperMicro Intelligent ManagementWow! I'm learning a whole bunch about SuperMicro Intelligent Management. It basically provides a way to control the physical server from a remote location. Or as they put it you can have "system management in a pre-OS or an OS-absent environment." Pretty cool.
I can view the bios, change bios settings, change IP settings, view the screen as if I were sitting right in front of the server. Again, pretty cool.
A couple of notes for me:
-CONSOLE REDIRECTION and KVM CONSOLE and CONSOLE REDIRECTION and IPMI are all the same type of item and refer to the same item, a remote console.
-SOL is SERIAL OVER LAN. I do not know what this is but I think it's passe. I'll check and report if I find differently.
Here you can get the IPMIView:
ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/utility/
But you don't need it. Just hit the IP address of the IPMI nic in INTERNET-EXPLORER (will not work in FIREFOX) and a login page will show. The default user/pass is:
- USER: ADMIN
- PASS: ADMIN
- (case-sensitive)
You may have to add the ip address to the JAVA security section before this will work:
- -start > control-panel > java
- -click SECURITY tab (at the top).
- -click EDIT-SITE-LIST
- -type your ip-address like so: https://1.2.3.4
- -click OK > OK
To add an ISO:
- -click VIRTUAL-MEDIA > VIRTUAL-STORAGE
From here you can add an ISO, IMA, USB, etc
To update the SUPERMICRO BIOS:
- -get a bootable ISO here: http://pingtool.org/downloads/fd11src_live.iso
- -get the bios zip file for your motherboard from the supermicro web site
- -extract the bios zip files
- -open AMI.BAT in a text-editor
- -comment out the following lines by adding the double colon (::) in front of the lines:
::REN AFUDOSU.SMC AFUDOSU.EXE
::REN AFUDOSU.EXE AFUDOSU.SMC - -manually rename AFUDOSU.SMC to AFUDOSU.EXE
- -download the MAGICISO program.
- -install MAGICISO.
- -start MAGICISO.
- -open the bootable ISO.
- -add the bios files to the FREEDOS > 3RDPARTY folder
- -save the ISO (click file > save).
- -connect the ISO to the VIRTUAL-MEDIA (as above).
- -choose FREEDOS from the menu.
- -change to the 3RDPARTY folder: cd 3RDPARTY
- -type: AMI filename.xxx (ie: ami X10SLM5.c21)
- -hit ENTER
- -wait.
- -wait more.
- -wait longer.
- -eventually it will complete.
- -once you get the message "System must power-off to have the changes take effect!", turn the power-off on the IMPI.
- -disconnect the ISO.
- -power-on the system.
- -let it reboot 4 times on it's own.
- -once it reboots to something, enter the bios and reset to the defaults (this is necessary as there are defaults that cannot be manually changes and must be set).
- -reboot again and enter bios.
- -set your bios options to your preference.
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