iBMA Management

Function Description

The Baseboard Management Agent (iBMA) is an in-band management agent software.

On the iBMA Management page, you can install the iBMA on the server operating system through the Remote Console. After the iBMA is successfully installed, the iBMA basic information, including the version number, running status, and driver version, will be displayed on the page.

GUI

Choose iBMC Settings > iBMA Management. The page shown in Figure 3-61 is displayed.

Figure 3-61 iBMA Management

Parameter Description

Installing the iBMA

• Only the client running Linux supports installation of the iBMA.
• To mount the iBMA drive, you must have the remote media permission.
• To start the Remote Console, you must have the remote control permission.
• To install the iBMA, you must have the remote media and remote control permissions.

1. Click Install iBMA.

   The iBMA sets up a connection with the operating system of the server. If the connection is set up successful, the Description page is displayed.

2. Click Open Remote Console.

   The Remote Console starts.

3. On the Remote Console, log in to the operating system of the server as an administrator, and then enter the user name and password of the operating system.
4. In the device list of the server operating system, locate the driver disk iBMA. If iBMA is not displayed, mount the iBMA driver disk and go to 5. For details about how to mount the iBMA driver disk, see Mounting the iBMA Driver Disk.
5. Open the README.TXT file on the Linux operating system and query the Linux operating system version information listed in Supported Operating Systems in this Release.
   1. Right-click in the blank area of the operating system.
   2. Choose Open Terminal from the menu displayed. The server operating system CLI is displayed.
   3. Run the cd Linux and ls commands and check the README.TXT file on Linux.

      [root@localhost ~]# cd Linux
      [root@localhost Linux]# ls
      app config drivers install.sh README.TXT script

   4. Run cat README.TXT.

      [root@localhost ~]# cat README.TXT
      iBMA on-board installation package
      Version 2.1.3.020
      
      ********************************************************************************
      Installation
      ********************************************************************************
      
      * On the Linux operating systems, execute "sh install.sh -s" from the "Linux" directory to install iBMA silently and execute "sh install.sh -u" to upgrade iBMA.
      
      For more information on installation instructions, includingsilent installation options, see the "iBMA 2.0 User Guide".
      
      ********************************************************************************
      Supported Operating Systems in this Release
      ********************************************************************************
      
      * EulerOS 2.0 SP8
      * CentOS 7.6 on aarch64
      --More details on limitations and supported Operating Systems can be located in the "iBMA 2.0 User Guide".

      • If the version of the Linux operating system installed is the same as any of the Linux operating system versions listed in Supported Operating Systems in this Release, go to 6.
      • If the version of the Linux operating system installed is different from the values listed in Supported Operating Systems in this Release, update the operating system version to any of the Linux operating system versions listed in README.txt, and then go to 6.

6. Install the iBMA.

   For details about how to install the iBMA, see the iBMA User Guide of the latest version. The installation file path of the iBMA varies depending on the operating system you use.

   Table 3-67 Operating systems and iBMA installation file paths

   Operating System	Installation File Path
   Linux	Linux/install.sh

Mounting the iBMA Driver Disk

1. Right-click in the blank area of the operating system.
2. Choose Open Terminal from the menu displayed. The server operating system CLI is displayed.
3. Run the lsscsi command to query the properties of the iBMA driver disk.

   [root@localhost ~]# lsscsi
   [0:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      ST4000NM0033-9ZM SN06  -
   [0:0:1:0]    disk    ATA      ST4000NC001-1FS1 CN02  -
   [0:0:2:0]    disk    ATA      WDC WD6000F9PZ-3 0R01  /dev/sdc
   [0:0:3:0]    disk    ATA      WDC WD6000F9PZ-3 0R01  /dev/sdd
   [0:0:4:0]    disk    HGST     HUS726060AL4210  A523  -
   [0:0:5:0]    disk    HGST     HUS726060AL4210  A7MH  -
   [0:0:6:0]    disk    ATA      SSDSC2BB016T7H   0121  /dev/sde
   [0:0:7:0]    disk    HGST     HUS726060AL4210  A523  /dev/sdf
   [0:1:0:0]    disk    LSI      Logical Volume   3000  /dev/sdb
   [0:1:1:0]    disk    LSI      Logical Volume   3000  /dev/sda
   [19:0:0:0]   disk    SERVER   iBMA USB Device   225  /dev/sdv

   In the command out, iBMA USB Device indicates the node name of the iBMA driver disk, and /dev/sdv indicates the drive letter assigned to the iBMA driver disk.

4. Run mount /dev/sdv /home/file to mount the iBMA driver disk to the /home/file directory.
   In this example, /home/file is the directory for storing the file mounted. Create a directory based on actual requirements. The names of the folders in the directory can contain digits, letters, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and dots (.).

   [root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/sdv /home/file
   #

5. Run the ls /home/file command to check whether the iBMA driver disk is successfully mounted.

   [root@localhost ~]# ls /home/file
   Linux

   If Linux is displayed in the command output, the iBMA driver disk is successfully mounted.