Users Guide

30 Configuring Your Managed System
Configuring the BMC Serial Channel Access
1 Insert the bootable diskette or CD into the appropriate drive of the system to be deployed, and reboot
the system.
2 To configure the serial port for BMC, at the command prompt, type:
syscfg scp --connectionmode=basic --msgcommbitrate= XXXXX
where XXXXX is the baud rate in bps.
Press <Enter> to execute the command line options.
3 To configure the terminal mode for BMC, at the command prompt, type:
syscfg scp --connectionmode=terminal --msgcommbitrate= XXXXX
where XXXXX is the baud rate in bps.
Press <Enter> to execute the command line options.
For a complete list of valid options, suboptions, and arguments for configuring the BMC serial
channel, see the
Deployment Toolkit Version 2.1 Command Line Interface Reference Guide .
Configuring Your BMC Using Server Administrator Version 5.0
You can also configure the BMC options using Server Administrator, which is a one-to-one systems
management software program that must be installed on the managed system. Once installed, you can
remotely access Server Administrator from a management station with a supported browser to perform
BMC configuration tasks. See the Server Administrator User’s Guide for more information about
installing and using Server Administrator.
You can configure the BMC settings from either the Server Administrator home page or from its
command line interface. Users must have Administrator privileges to access the BMC settings. Users
logged in with User or Power User group privileges can view the BMC information but cannot change
the settings.
See the Server Administrator Version 5.0 Command Line Interface User's Guide for information about
configuring the BMC from the command line.
When using Server Administrator, you can click Help on the global navigation bar for more detailed
information about the specific window you are viewing. Server Administrator help is available for all
windows accessible to the user based on user privilege level and the specific hardware and software
groups that Server Administrator discovers on the managed system.
Configuring the BMC
The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service allows you to manage BMC features, such as, general
BMC information, configuration of the LAN and serial port, BMC users, and BIOS setup. To use Server
Administrator to configure the BMC on a managed system, perform the following steps:
NOTE: You must be logged in with Admin privileges to configure the BMC settings.