Users Guide

Introduction 11
BMC Action on Event
If you plan to use your system’s BMC to peform actions when events occur, you must follow the BMC
Action on Event configuration guidelines listed in Table 1-1.
Basic BMC Alerting Over a LAN
If you plan to use your system’s BMC to send alerts (Platform Event Traps), you must follow the
BMC configuration guidelines listed in Table 1-2.
NOTE: The LAN-sharing depends on the NIC selection configuration option. The available options are Shared and
Failover, and if a RAC card is present, the additional option available is Dedicated. See the NIC Selection option in the
table in "Remote Access Configuration Utility Options" section for more information on Shared, Failover, and Dedicated.
NOTE: The Dedicated NIC selection option is available only if you are using Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) 5.
Table 1-1. BMC Action on Event Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium
BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Tasks Management
Tools
• System Reset
•System Power
Off
•System Power
Cycle
LAN • Deployment Toolkit
(pre-operating system
environment)
• Server Administrator
• Enable platform events
• Enable alert actions
NA
Table 1-2. BMC LAN Alerting Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium
BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Tasks Management
Tools
Platform Event
Alerts (SNMP
Tr ap s)
LAN
• Remote Access
Configuration Utility (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Deployment Toolkit (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Server Administrator
1 Configure NIC Selection to
select Shared, Failover, or
Dedicated
NOTE: This option is available
only on Dell PowerEdge x9xx
systems.
2 Configure the IP address,
Subnet mask, and Gateway
on the managed system
3 Configure the VLAN
(optional)
4 Enable alerting
5 Configure the Alert
destination IP address
6 Configure the Host Name
(optional)
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