Users Guide

8 Introduction
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Supported Systems
The BMC-management features documented in this guide are supported on the following Dell
PowerEdge systems:
• 800
• 1425SC
• 1800
• 1850
• 1855
• 2800
• 2850
BMC Configuration and Management Tasks
This User’s Guide documents the basic tasks needed to set up and configure the BMC on a
managed system in preparation for using the BMC Management Utility. These basic tasks are
described in the following sections:
• Configuring the BMC
• Managing the BMC
Configuring the BMC
To configure the BMC in a pre-boot environment, you can use either the BIOS BMC Setup
Module or the DTK BMCCFG.EXE utility, depending on the scope of your required configuration
tasks. Alternately, you can configure the BMC on a managed system with a running operating
system using the Server Administrator home page GUI or CLI. See "Baseboard Management
Controller Configuration" for more information.
Managing the BMC
To manage the BMC in a pre-boot environment, or to access the BMC of a nonresponsive system,
you must use the BMC Management Utility. See "Using the BMC Management Utility." To
configure the BMC on a system with a running operating system or to perform everyday BMC
management tasks, you can use the GUI on the Server Administrator home page. See the
Server
Administrator Version 2.0 User’s Guide
for more information about using Server Administrator to
manage your system’s BMC functions. Figure 1-1 shows the configuration matrix for BMC.