Users Guide

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4 To set the password for a BMC user, at the command prompt, type:
syscfg passwordaction --action=setpassword --userid= X --password= password
where password is an ASCII string of 16 or fewer characters for PowerEdge x8xx systems and 20
characters for PowerEdge
x9xx systems.
NOTICE: A password must be set for each BMC user. The BMC firmware does not allow access to users with
null user names or passwords.
Press <Enter> to execute the command-line options.
5 To configure BMC user privilege, at the command prompt, type:
syscfg lanuseraccess --usrprivlmt=bmcuserprivilege where
bmcuserprivilege=
user, operator, administrator, noaccess
Press <Enter> to execute the command-line options.
Configuring the BMC IP Address
1 Insert the Deployment Toolkit CD into the appropriate drive of the system to be deployed and reboot
the system.
2 To configure the BMC IP address source for the LAN channel to DHCP, at the command prompt,
type:
syscfg lcp --ipaddrsrc=dhcp
Press <Enter> to execute the command line options.
For a complete list of valid options, suboptions, and arguments for configuring the BMC LAN channel
see the
Deployment Toolkit Version 2.1 Command Line Interface Reference Guide .
3 To configure the BMC IP address source for the LAN channel to a static IP address, at the command
prompt, type:
syscfg lcp --ipaddrsrc=static --ipaddress= XXX . XXX . XXX . XX
--subnetmask= XXX . XXX . XXX . X --gateway= XXX . XXX . XXX .X
Press <Enter> to execute the command line options.
For a complete list of valid options, suboptions, and arguments for configuring the BMC LAN channel
see the
Deployment Toolkit Version 2.1 Command Line Interface Reference Guide .
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.