Users Guide

14 Introduction
SOL Proxy Over a LAN
If you plan to use the BMC Management Utility’s SOL Proxy to access your system’s console over a LAN,
you must follow the BMC configuration guidelines listed in Table 1-5.
Table 1-5. BMC SOL Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium
BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Tasks Management
Tools
• Text Utility
console
redirection
• Remote BIOS
setup
• Microsoft text
console
redirection
• Linux text
console
redirection
• Force a reboot
on a remote
system and
activate console
redirection
• Access BMC of
the remote
system
LAN • BIOS (pre-operating system
environment)
• Remote Access
Configuration Utility (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Deployment Toolkit (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Server Administrator
1 Configure Serial Port 1 to
BMC NIC
NOTE: This option is available
only on Dell PowerEdge x8xx
systems.
2 Configure BIOS console
redirection to Serial Port 1
NOTE: This option is available
only on Dell PowerEdge x8xx
systems.
3 Configure Console
Redirection to On with
Console Redirection via
COM2
NOTE: This option is available
only on Dell PowerEdge x9xx
systems.
4 Configure other Console
Redirection parameters,
such as baud rate,
emulation type, etc.
5 Enable IPMI over LAN on
the managed system
6 Configure the IP address,
Subnet mask, and Gateway
on the managed system
7 Configure IPMI encryption
keyIPMI encryption key
(optional)
NOTE: This option is available
only on Dell PowerEdge x9xx
systems.
8 Configure VLAN (optional)
9 Configure BMC users
•SOL Proxy
•IPMI Shell