Advanced System Management Interface

(ASMI)

ASMI-access
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Table of contents

1 ASMI
-

Advanced System Management Interface

2 How do determine SFP IP adress

3 Connection to ASMI through serial cable

4 Disconnecting an HMC

1.

ASMI - Advanced System Management

Interface
Every firmware service processor on a Power5
box has 2 Ethernet interfaces used for
connection to the Hardware Management
Console (HMC). Immediately after the power
cord is connected to the p5 system, service
processor sends a DHCP request through both
interfaces. If no DHCP adress is received it falls
back to the default adress:


HMC1 Port: 192.168.2.147 / 255.255.255.0



HMC2 Port: 192.168.3.147 / 255.255.255.0 You

can connect to ASMI webinterface through the
browser. See
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserv
er/v1r3s/index.jsp?topic=/iphbp/kickoff.htm
for more information
2.

How do determine SFP IP adress

If the default IPs above are not accessible and
you do not have access to any DHCPd logs
which may have provided an adress you can
use following procedure to determine the
adress through 3 white buttons at the
operation panel below the led: 1.

Select function 02 2.

Change "N" to "M" (for manual) 3.

Select function 30 4.

Change "**" to "00" and press Enter 5.

See the adress of HMC1 at "00" and HMC2 at

"01" 6.

Select function 02 7.

Change "M" back to "N"

3.
Connection to ASMI through serial cable
Service Processor FSP is also accessible
through serial line connection. See
ftp://www6.software.ibm.com/software/develop
er/library/l-pow-opsetup.pdf
for detailed settings. ASMI-access
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This connection is only active if the box is not

currently connected to HMC or was connected
to it in the last 14 days. If you see HMC=1 or
HMC=0 on the LED screen you will not be able
to get serial connection. You can reset the
service processor and make it forget its HMC
connection. See
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserv
er/v1r3s/index.jsp?topic=/iphby/ascii.htm
for more information.
4. Disconnecting an HMC
In order to get serial access to the operating
system you may need to disconnect the system
from HMC and make it forget the HMC
connection. This happens by default after 14
days, but if you do not like to wait so long
follow the procedure described at
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserv
er/v1r3s/index.jsp?
topic=/iphbp/disconnecthmc.htm