Release Notes

User Notes
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This section provides information to help enhance your experience
with your systems management software in particular implementations
and environments.
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Notes For The BMC Management Utilities
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* Web browsers allow connecting to alternate ports including the
Serial Over LAN (SOL) Proxy on IP port 623. If you connect from a
Web browser, the data received from SOL Proxy will be jumbled, as
the IP port implements the telnet protocol rather than the HTTP or
FTP. For correct results, close the Web session and connect to SOL
Proxy using a telnet program.
* On initiating a console redirection session using SOL Proxy
while loading the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating system, you may
not be able to send data to the serial port. As Windows can block
the writing of data to the serial port, you may receive the
following message on attempting to send data using keyboard input:
"SOL not able to write to the system serial port."
The SOL session closes after displaying this message. The main SOL
menu displays to reconnect (or reconfigure settings).
* You can manage a system by accessing multiple IPMI instances at the
same time as long as your system's BMC supports more than one
concurrent connection. However, multiple sessions can lead to
session failures under high network traffic.
* When attempting to gracefully shutdown a system running Novell(R)
NetWare(R) or Red Hat(R) Linux through SOL Proxy, you may receive a
message stating that the system is unable to power off the server
because the "power_off_timeout" was reached. The
"power_off_timeout" value specifies the time in seconds that SOL
Proxy polls for the managed system's power status and is set to a
default value of 60 seconds. If your managed system is running a
supported NetWare or Red Hat Linux operating system, it may take
more than 60 seconds for the operating system to complete the
graceful shutdown. To avoid this, change the "power_off_timeout"
parameter in the "solproxy.cfg" file to a higher value, such as 90
seconds.
* To configure the BIOS settings for SOL Proxy for the Dell
PowerEdge(TM) 1855, there is no option to set the "Serial Port 1"
field under "Integrated Devices." Instead, navigate to the
"Console Redirection" field and set it to "BMC SOL." You can then
configure the "Failsafe Baud Rate" and "Remote Terminal Type"
settings, if applicable.
* Using a direct connect cable with some 3COM 3C905-TX based network
interface controller (NIC) adapters (including the 3C920), you may
experience problems keeping the SOL connection active when