User`s guide

60 NovaScale 4020 User’s Guide
Baud Rate
This field sets the baud rate at which serial data is transferred by the BMC when SOL is active.
The choices are Default IPMI, 9600 bps, 19.2 kbps, 38.4 kbps, 57.6, and
115.2 kbps. If Default IPMI is selected, the baud rate used is the rate currently set for
BIOS serial redirection. When SOL is active, serial communication with the BMC always
occurs with 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, and RTS/CTS (hardware) flow control.
User Configuration Sub-task
The User Configuration sub-task provides a way to configure the user access to the LAN and
Serial/Modem channels. Up to four users are allowed. Some of the options presented in these
screens depend on how the channels have been configured; therefore, the channels should be
configured before you access these settings.
Sessions allow a framework for user authentication and allow multiple IPMI messaging streams
on a single channel.
After clicking on the User Configuration sub-task, the screen displayed below is shown. This
screen displays an entry for each possible user that can be configured. This screen shows:
• Whether a particular user is enabled or disabled for channel access
• Whether a password is set for the user
• The privilege level the user has for each of the available channels that supports sessions
(users can only access channels that support sessions)
Figure 30. User Configuration
The first user is always present and is used to support an anonymous login. The username for
this user is null (blank) and cannot be changed; the user name displays the text Anonymous
User. The password can be set to a desired value.
It is possible for multiple user entries to have the same username. This occur is if a different
password is needed for the same user on different channels. In this case, the privilege level for
the channel that is not to be accessed with the associated password should be set to No
Access. Otherwise, the firmware attempts to use the first entry in the user table that it finds