Dell PowerEdge 7250 - Manual (Page 11)

Introduction 9
SOL Proxy Over a Shared LAN
If you plan to use the BMC Management Utility’s SOL Proxy to access your system’s BMC over a
shared LAN, you will need follow the BMC configuration guidelines listed in Table 1-4.
Table 1-3. BMC Serial Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Tasks BMC Management
Tools
• SEL Access
• Power control
• ID
• System
Information
Accessed through
the serial channel
by using a null
modem cable
• SMU (pre-operating system
environment)
• Server Administrator (to
enable BMC serial only)
• Configure BMC user(s)
• Enable BMC Serial in BIOS
• Set BMC serial to either
Basic mode or Terminal
mode
• Set Baud rate (9600 or
19200)
• IPMI Shell
(Basic Mode
only)
• Terminal
emulation
(Terminal
Mode only)
Table 1-4. BMC SOL Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Tasks BMC Management
Tools
• Text Utility
Console
redirection
• Remote BIOS
setup
• Microsoft text
console
redirection
• Red Hat Linux
text console
redirection
Accessed over a
shared LAN
• SMU (pre-operating system
environment)
• Server Administrator (to
enable BMC serial only)
• Configure BMC user(s)
• Enable BMC NIC in BIOS
• Configure BIOS text
console redirection
– Enable
– Set Baud rate (9600 or
19200)
– Set terminal emulation
type (VT100 or ANSI)
• SOL Proxy
• Microsoft text
console
redirection
• Red Hat Linux
text console
redirection