Release Notes

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DELL OPENMANAGE(TM) BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER MANAGEMENT

UTILITY VERSION 1.2 README

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NOTE: This readme provides information about the Dell OpenManage

Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Management Utility

version 1.2.

NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator readme

("readme.txt") on the "Installation and Server Management" CD

for the latest information and issues specifically related to

Server Administrator.

NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage 4.5 installation readme

("readme_ins.txt") on the "Installation and Server Management"

or "Systems Management Consoles" CD for the latest

installation information and issues specifically related to

Server Administrator.

This file contains the following sections:

* Criticality

* Release Highlights

* User Notes

* Known Issues

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CRITICALITY

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3 - Optional

Optional = Dell recommends that you review the specifics about the

update to see if it applies to your system. The update contains

changes that impact only certain configurations, or provides new

features that may or may not apply to your environment.

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RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS

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* Corrected the text for the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) software event

log entries for the SOLProxy service. (140549)

* Fixed an issue that created phantom solproxyd processes. (146097)

* Fixed an authentication issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

(146425)

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USER NOTES

Summary of content (7 pages)

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##################################################################### DELL OPENMANAGE(TM) BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER MANAGEMENT UTILITY VERSION 1.2 README ##################################################################### NOTE: This readme provides information about the Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) Management Utility version 1.2. NOTE: See the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator readme ("readme.
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##################################################################### This section provides information that will help enhance your experience with your systems management software, in particular implementations and environments.
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The "Character Send Threshold" value specifies the number of characters per SOL data packet. As soon as the number of characters accepted by the BMC is determined to be equal or greater than the "Character Send Threshold" value, the BMC starts transmitting SOL data packets. Each SOL data packet contains number of characters equal to or less than the "Character Send Threshold" value. If a packet contains fewer characters than this value, it is defined to be a partial SOL data packet.
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"SOL not able to write to the system serial port." The SOL session closes after displaying this message. You are then directed to the main SOL menu to reconnect (or reconfigure settings). * You can manage a system by accessing multiple Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) instances at the same time, as long as your system's BMC supports multiple concurrent connections. However, multiple sessions can lead to session failures under high network traffic.
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* The SOL proxy is unable to start a console redirection session from the Windows command prompt (you can access the Windows command prompt by clicking the "Start" button and selecting "Run," then typing "cmd.exe" in the "Run" dialog box). The following message is displayed on the management station: "SOL not able to write to the system serial port." Cause: Console redirection is not enabled in the BIOS setup.
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===================================================================== ISSUES FOR THE BMC MANAGEMENT UTILITY ===================================================================== * After IPMI Shell is installed, if you open a command prompt and type "ipmish" without being in the "C:\Program Files\Dell\SysMgt\bmc" directory, you will receive an error stating that the command could not be found. This is because by default, the IPMISH directory is not added to the system path.
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