Configuring SBC 7000 BMC IP Address Via Serial Console

The following procedure describes how to use the Windows PC/terminal to connect to the SBC 7000 serial port and assign the BMC an IP address.

Procedure

1. Connect one end of the supplied serial cable (DSUB 9-Pin Female to DSUB 9-Pin Male) to the SBC DB9 serial port and the other end to the serial port of your PC.
   
   
2. Use the following serial port settings of PC.
   Baud:115200
   Data bits:8
   Stop bits:1
   Parity:None
   Flow Control:None
   
   
3. Login to the BMC using default credentials:
   At the prompt enter:
   Username: linuxadmin
   Password: <password>
   
   
4. Switch User to 'root' using the command: su -
   Enter the 'root' access password.
   
   

5. Execute the bmcInit.sh command. Assign the BMC management IP address, netmask, default gateway and NTP time server IP address.

   Example:
   # sh bmcInit.sh
   *************************************************************
   ***                BMC Initialization                     ***
   *************************************************************
   Enter BMC management IP (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd)     : 10.2.12.181
   Enter BMC management netmask (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd): 255.255.255.0
   Enter default gateway IP (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd)    : 10.2.12.1
   Enter NTP time server IP (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd)    : 10.1.1.2
   
   Enter advanced configuration? <y/n>:n
   
   Note: The advanced configuration is used exclusively to configure static routes. For this installation example, enter "n".
   
   Verify your entries....
   bmcIpAddr       = 10.2.12.181
   bmcNetmask      = 255.255.255.0
   gatewayIpaddr   = 10.2.12.1
   ntpServerIpaddr = 10.1.1.2
   
   Ok to apply configuration? <y/N>:y
   
   Restarting NTP and network services ....
   Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter.
   Reconfiguratoin network interfaces...done.
   Restarting NTP server: ntpd... done.
   Note: Reboot the BMC after completing the process.

6. Connect the Field Service port of SBC to the Ethernet router to access the BMC over the network.