Users Guide

12 Introduction
IPMI Shell Over a LAN
Table 1-3 lists the actions you can perform, if you plan to use the BMC Management Utility’s IPMI Shell
or other IPMI tools to access your system’s BMC over a LAN.
Table 1-3. BMC LAN Access Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium
BMC Configuration Tools Basic Configuration Tasks Management
Tools
• Remote SEL
access
• Power control
•System
identification
•Sensor
information
LAN • Remote Access
Configuration Utility (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Deployment Toolkit (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Server Administrator
1 Enable IPMI over LAN on
the managed system
2 Configure NIC selection to
select Shared, Failover, or
Dedicated
NOTE: This option is available
only on Dell PowerEdge x9xx
systems.
3 Configure the IP address,
Subnet mask, and Gateway
on the managed system
4 Configure IPMI encryption
key (optional)
NOTE: This option is available
only on Dell PowerEdge x9xx
systems.
5 Configure VLAN (optional)
6 Configure BMC users
IPMI Shell