Using the system setup utility – Dell PowerEdge 7250 User Manual

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Configuring Your Managed System

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Using the System Setup Utility

1

Navigate to the Systems Management menu.

2

Navigate to the Console Redirection menu item and press <Enter>.

3

Configure all Setup Console Redirection submenu items necessary for the method you have

chosen to access your managed system’s BMC. See Table 2-2 for a list of all valid

Setup

Console Redirection submenu items. Default values, if applicable, are enclosed in brackets.

See Figure 1-1 for an overview of the necessary setup procedures.

4

Navigate to the Exit menu and select Exit Saving Changes. When prompted, select Yes to

save your changes and exit the utility.

Table 2-1. Using Setup Screens

Key

Action

Left arrow Scroll left through the main menu screens
Right

arrow

Scroll right through the main menu screens

Enter

Select a submenu item or accept a drop-down choice

Tab

Select a field within a value (for example, date field)

F9

Select the default value

F10

Save your changes and exit Setup

ESC

Go back to a previous screen

Up arrow

Scroll up through menu items or value lists

Down

arrow

Scroll down through menu items or value lists

Table 2-2. Setup Console Redirection Submenu Items

Submenu Item

Default Value

Description

Serial Console

Redirection

Enabled
Disabled

When enabled, Console Redirection uses only COM2.

Choosing Disabled completely disables Console

Redirection.

Baud Rate

9600

[19.2K]
38.4K
57.6K

115.2K

When Console Redirection is enabled, use the baud rate

specified. When the BMC Management Utility is

sharing the COM port as console redirection, the baud

rate must be set to 19.2K to match the utility’s baud

rate.

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