Accessing the main system console on a Power Systems AC922 or IC922
There are a variety of methods for connecting to the main system console, allowing you to run the installation process for your chosen Operating System. At this stage, the console access is managed through the BMC interface.
Before you can do this you will need to setup your AC922 or IC922 and set an IP address to the management interface.
IPMI Serial over LAN
You can access the console through a Serial over LAN (SoL) function, using an IPMI tool, such as the ipmitool package available for Linux. This can be setup by running the command:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H <BMC IP address or host name> -U <IPMI username> -P <IPMI password> sol activate
The default password for a new AC922 or IC922 server is 0penBmc (the first character is zero) for the default user root. For a new system, with BMC IP address 123.45.67.89, you would start a new SoL session using the command:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H 123.45.67.89 -U root -P 0penBmc sol activate
In order to exit from the Serial over LAN console environment, you can use the keyboard escape string “ ~. ”. If an existing Serial over LAN instance has not been closed correctly, or if you want to take control from another system, you can deactivate an existing console connection using:
ipmitool -I lanplus -H <BMC IP address or host name> -U <IPMI username> -P <IPMI password> sol deactivate
Only one Serial over LAN connection to the system can exist at any given time.
If you log into the system in a SoL session and then close the SoL connection the user will remain logged in on that console. The next SoL connection will be logged in as that same user, which can be a security risk. It is advised that you log out of the system before closing a SoL connection.
SSH
You can directly access the main system console through the BMC interface over an SSH connection. This is provided through port 2200 (as port 22 is used for SSH to the management environment). As this is not a commonly used port, you may need to open access through your firewall. You will need to connect to the user root, with the password of the BMC interface. The default password for a new AC922 server is 0penBmc (the first character is zero).
In order to exit from the SSH connected console environment, you can use the keyboard escape string “ ~. ”.
GUI
The GUI environment provides Serial over LAN console access to the system. This can be found under the Server control section of the interface. You can connect to this as a secure website, accessed on the IP address set previously:
https://<BMC IP address or host name>
The default username and password for a new AC922 are root and 0penBmc (the first character is zero).
Next Steps
You can now continue with your installation by:
- Accessing the management interface
- Installing an Operating System
