Users Guide

Contents 5
Configuring the DRAC 5 Network Settings . . . . . . . 45
Adding and Configuring DRAC 5 Users
. . . . . . . . . 46
Updating the DRAC 5 Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Before You Begin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Downloading the DRAC 5 Firmware
. . . . . . . . 47
Updating the DRAC 5 Firmware Using the
Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Clearing the Browser Cache
. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Accessing the DRAC 5 Through a Network
. . . . . . . 48
Configuring IPMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring IPMI Using the
Web-Based Interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuring IPMI Using the RACADM CLI
. . . . . 53
Configuring Platform Events
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring Platform Event Filters (PEF)
. . . . . . 58
Configuring PET
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Configuring E-Mail Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
3 Configuring and Using the
DRAC 5 Command Line Console . . . . . . . 65
Command Line Console Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Enabling and Configuring the Managed System to
Use a Serial or Telnet Console
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the connect com2 Serial Command
. . . . . 66
Configuring the BIOS Setup Program for a
Serial Connection on the Managed System
. . . . 66
Using the Remote Access Serial Interface
. . . . 67
Configuring Linux for Serial Console
Redirection During Boot
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68