The following procedure describes how to use the Windows PC/terminal to connect the SBC 5400 serial port and assign it 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. Connect to the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) through this serial port using the following serial port settings:
    1. Baud:38400
    2. Data bits:8
    3. Stop bits:1
    4. Parity:None
    5. Flow Control:None
  3. Log in to the BMC using the following credentials
    Username: root
    Password: <password>

  4. At the root prompt, execute the bmcInit.sh command. Assign the BMC management IP address, netmask, default gateway and NTP time server IP address. For example:

    Example:

# ./bmcInit.sh
****************************************************************
***               BMC Initialization                         ***
****************************************************************
Enter BMC management IP (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd)     :10.2.13.237
Enter BMC management netmask (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd):255.255.255.0
Enter default gateway IP (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd)    :10.2.13.1
Enter NTP time server IP (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd)    :10.1.1.2
Enter advanced configuration? <y/n>:n
Please verify your entries....
bmcIpAddr       = 10.2.13.237
bmcNetmask      = 255.255.255.0
gatewayIpaddr   = 10.2.13.1
ntpServerIpaddr = 10.1.1.2
Ok to apply configuration? <y/N/>:y
Restarting NTP and network services ....
ifdown: interface lo not configured
Interface eth0 is going down
Interface eth0 has gone down
Interface lo is going to go up
Interface lo is up
IPv6 entry is not present in interfaces file
Interface eth0 is going to go up
Interface eth0 is up
IPv6 entry is not present in interfaces file
ipv6autoconf.sh : Nodes not present for IPv6
Stopping lighttpd
WEB is enabled and port numbers are NON-SSL:0x50 SSL:0x1bb
  5. Connect the Field Service port of SBC to the Ethernet router and access the BMC over the network.


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