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How To Remotely Manage a PowerEdge C-Series server using the BMCTool

Summary: Details on remote management of a PowerEdge C-Series server using the BMCTool

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This article describes how to manage the PowerEdge C-Series servers using the BMCTool

 

The BMC tool is designed to condense and improve upon the functions of IPMITool.

It can be downloaded from poweredgec.dell.com.

Requires that OpenIPMI and IPMITool be installed and accessible.

This tool allows for both local and remote management of PE-C BMCs.
Allows you to use any command available via ipmitool and collect information in a consolidated fashion.

*NOTE* Recommended install directory is /opt/dell/pec/sys_mgmt_pack/
It allows for very robust collection of system information with a single command that would often require multiple commands or tools to gather.

./bmc allinfo 
  
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Other sample syntax:


./bmc nic_mode set [dedicated|shared]
Sets the BMC port to use the dedicated NIC port or the Shared LOM on the system.
./bmc ping
Sends a ping request to the specified BMC.
./bmc info
Shows a single line with basic information about the system including BIOS revision, BMC firmware, BMC IP address etc...

     

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    ./bmc selfilter crit
    Queries the system hardware log and filters certain types of events. 

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    Sample Out-Of-Band syntax:
    ./bmc –H <ip.address> -U <Username> -P <Password> <command>

    The bmctool simplifies one-to-many operations by allowing for creation of hostfiles which can quickly gather system information from multiple sources.
    Syntax for a host file is one BMC IP address per line. Use the "#" to comment the file.

    Sample hostfile:
    #BMC Hostfile
    192.168.1.100  #nameserver
    192.168.1.101  #head node
    192.168.1.102
    192.168.1.103

    Sample hostfile execution:

    ./bmc -H^hostfile info 
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    See Also: 

    How To inspect and change BIOS configurations on a PowerEdge C-Series server with SetupBIOS Tool 
    How To view storage information on a PowerEdge C-Series server with LDState Tool   
    How To Gather logs on a PowerEdge C-Series server with PECLogs script 

     

     

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    Affected Product
    Servers, PowerEdge C1100, PowerEdge C2100, PowerEdge C410X, PowerEdge C4130, Poweredge C4140, PowerEdge C5000, PowerEdge C5125, PowerEdge C5220, PowerEdge C5230, PowerEdge C6100, PowerEdge C6105, PowerEdge C6145, PowerEdge C6220, PowerEdge C6220 II , PowerEdge c6300, PowerEdge c6320, PowerEdge c6320p, PowerEdge C6400, PowerEdge C6420, PowerEdge C8000 ...
    Last Published Date

    01 Oct 2021

    Version

    5

    Article Type

    Solution