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The moderator’s information is incorrect for the default username and password, the user manual, and ACCE. Buyers of this motherboard should disregard this information, as the default username and password for the BMC are “Administrator/superuser” and not “admin/admin” as the mod’s post says. The correct user manual for this BMC is located here: ASMB11-iKVM not the link provided in the mod’s post. When using the web interface to the BMC, the login page title is “ASMB11-iKVM” as shown in the screen image:
The other content in the web interface matches the user manual. Note that in the correct manual, it says there are two admin accounts, and that one is Administrator/superuser and the other is admin/admin, but I found that only the Administrator/superuser account worked in the most recent BMC firmware. All of my attempts to use admin/admin (ACCE, ssh, web login) failed, while Administrator/superuser worked. @Jiaszzz_ASUS please go to your lab and actually try this for yourself and correct the post here so that your users are not subjected to much difficulty by this inaccurate information.
The ACCE software does not do KVM with the AST2600, as is clearly shown in the ACCE web page and indeed by the software itself. The ACCE will only do KVM with the RTK8117 BMC. As a result of ACCE not doing KVM for this BMC, ACCE is basically useless, and users should attach to the BMC controller directly using https://<dhcp_IP> for the controller. The built in BMC software for the AST2600 provides full KVM and management support needed to manage this one motherboard.
Since the product was advertised with support for ACCE, and considering that ACCE explicitly does not support this motherboard, any advertised management features exclusive to ACCE are not available. If you expected ACCE features like ACCE remote desktop when buying this board, you should consider returning it for a refund, as those features are not available.
Another key finding on this - the webpage for the WRX90-E-SAGE motherboard prominently advertises:
"Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE workstation motherboard features compatibility with BMC connections, and it is bundled with ASUS Control Center Express software to provide comprehensive in-band and out-of-band management features for businesses and industries". In the snapshot of the website, it shows Remote Console supported on the motherboard, clearly and unambiguously. (source: https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/workstation/pro-ws-wrx90e-sage-se/)
On the website for Asus Control Center Express, it states with an asterisk: "* Requires a connection to a management LAN port supporting RTL 8117 LAN IC for BIOS and OS reinstallation in hardware mode." But this motherboard doesn't have that model of BMC chip, so it clearly states that ACC will not work, and indeed it does not. (source: https://www.asus.com/campaign/ASUS-Control-Center-Express/global/)
So the answer appears to clearly be that Asus has advertised capabilities that do not exist for this $2,000 product. This is false advertising at worst, and incompetent product management at best.
Asus - you need to respond to this.
And below is what ChatGPT found on this when I asked the right question. This is confirmed false advertising. Asus needs to provide customers who bought this motherboard a free license to the full Asus Control Center software or a full no questions asked refund for the product.
