User manual ASUS M10

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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Timeout Value [ 0] Allows you to set the operating system boot timeout in minutes. Valid input ranges from 1 to 100 minutes, with 0 signifying that the boot timeout is inactive. Clear System Event Log [Disabled] Allows you to clear the system event log. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] BMC Time Sync. [Enabled] Allows you to synchronize the BIOS time with the BMC time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] System Event Log Allows you to view all the events in the BMC event log. It will take a maximum of 15 seconds to read all the BMC SEL records. Server Total number of entries: SEL Entry Number: BIOS SETUP UTILITY 0 [N/A] Use +/- to traverse the event log. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. 2-10 Chapter 2: Installation LAN Setting Allows you to set the BMC LAN Parameter settings. Server Local IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Address Local IP Address · · · Subnet Mask · · · Gateway Address · · · BIOS SETUP UTILITY 0. 0. 0. 0 0. 0. 0. 0 0. 0. 0. 0 [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] 0] +F1 F10 ESC Information to set the BMC IP address. Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Local IP Address Allows you to provide information to set the BMC IP address. Subnet Mask Allows you to provide information to set the BMC subnet mask. We recommend that you use the same Subnet Mask you have specified on the operating system network for the used network card. Gateway Address Allows you to provide information to set the gateway address. We recommend that you use the same gateway address you have specified on the operating system network for the used network card. ASUS M10-SOL 2-11 2. 5 Running the ASMC utility The ASUS Server Management Card Utility allows you to know the MAC address of the server motherboard and to set the IP address. Download the latest M10-SOL firmware from the ASUS website (www. If ASWM is not yet installed on your server system, use the motherboard support CD to install the application. Click the Configuration link, then select IPMI Flash from the menu. 3 4 5 4. 5. Click Browse to locate the latest firmware you downloaded earlier. When selected, the firmware path and filename appears in the Firmware Image Name field. Click Apply to update the M10-SOL firmware. ASUS M10-SOL 2-15 2. 6 Software installation You can monitor, control, or manage the remote server from the local/central server using the ASUS Remote Console (ARC). The ARC is a web-based application available from the support CD that came with the M10-SOL package. You must install the ARC on the local/central server to access the remote server. Before you install the ARC: · · For SNMP Service: View the Platform Event Trap (PET) information. For Microsoft® ActiveSync: Enable the SMS feature. See page 3-15 for details. 2. 6. 1 1. Installing the ARC To install the ARC to the local/central server: Place the support CD to the optical drive. The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support CD to locate the file ARC. EXE in the ARC folder. [. . . ] Use the down arrow button to select a host interface, then press <Enter>. You can select from the following interfaces: KCS Interface SMIC Interface BF Interface PCI Interface 3. Keyboard Controller Style Server Management Interface Chip Block Transfer Peripheral Component Interconnect When finished, press <Esc> to return to the main screen. To set the BMC Timer: 1. Select BMC Timer from the Set command option, then press <Enter>. Set the BMC IPMI timer to the current system time. [. . . ]