User's Manual

26 Configuring Your Managed System
Configuring System BIOS in Dell PowerEdge x 8 xx/x 9 xx Systems
1 Turn on or restart your system.
2 Press < F2 > immediately after you see the following message:
<F2> = Setup
The System Setup screen appears.
NOTE: If the operating system begins to load before you press <F2>,
allow your system to boot, and then restart your system, and try again.
3 Use the up- and down - arrow keys to navigate to the Integrated Devices
field and press <Enter>.
4 Use the up- and down- arrow keys to navigate to the Serial Port 1 field and
press <Enter>.
5 Use the space bar to select the serial port option.
The options are
COM1 , COM3 , BMC Serial , BMC NIC , Off , and RAC
(if an optional RAC is installed in the system).
To use BMC, serial port 1 uses the
COM1 address and communication
can be through the serial port or the integrated shared NIC. RAC control
uses only the
COM1 address. Off and COM3 are not available options
when Console Redirection is set to use serial port 1.
a Select BMC Serial if you are planning to access the BMC through the
serial cable connection.
b Select BMC NIC if you are using SOL proxy and are planning to
access the BMC over a shared LAN.
6 Press <Enter> to return to the System Setup screen.
7 Use the up- and down- arrow keys to navigate to the Console Redirection
field and press <Enter>.
8 Use the up- and down- arrow keys to navigate to the Console Redirection
option and then use the space bar to set the console redirection feature to
Serial Port 1 . Optionally, you can also enable Redirection after Boot.
9 Use the up- and down- arrow keys to navigate to the Failsafe Baud Rate
option and then use the space bar to set the console failsafe baud rate,
if applicable.