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RX2600 consoles
Baseboard Management Controller
(BMC)
• Available only on COM1 serial port of RX2600, ZX200, ZX6000
• Has it’s own processor
• Password protected
• Entered by “ESC (“ and exited by “ESC )” or “ESC Q”
• Power ON/OFF and system reset
• TOC command can be used to force a crash on hung system
cli>help
CLI Commands:
C [<passwordstring>] - Change Password
CON - Display Console selection
FPL - Read Forward Progress Log
H - Help (this text)
INFO - Display BMC FW Revision
LOC [0,1] - Locator LED Control
P [0,1] - Power Control
Q - Quit/Logout
RS [s] - Reset System [and switch to sys console]
SE - Read System Event Log
TOC [s] - Send an INIT/TOC [and switch to sys console]
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RX2600 consoles
Management Processor (MP)
• Optional on RX2600, standard on RX4640 and up
• Minimum MP firmware for VMS is E2.22
• Uses it own processor with private ethernet adapter
• Username/Password protected
• Snoop EFI serial line and send out characters over
serial line, TELNET or WWW (requires IP address)
• Supports multiple session, but only one controls
input
• ^B used to enter remote console
• Can control power and reset system
• TC command can force a crash dump
• All console terminal I/O stored in NVRAM
