Users Guide

8 Introduction
What’s New in BMC Management Utility 2.0
The BMC Management Utility (BMU) 2.0 has the following new features:
• Interactive mode for the IPMI Shell.
• New commands for IPMI Shell and SOL Proxy to connect to remote BMC and display sensor status.
• Choice of menu and command mode in SOL Proxy.
• Support for the following maximum baud rates for BMC serial communication and SOL:
– 19200 for PowerEdge 1425SC
and other PowerEdge x8xx systems.
– 57600 for PowerEdge
x9xx systems without Dell Remote Access Controller 5 (DRAC 5).
– 115200 for PowerEdge
x9xx systems with DRAC 5.
• SOL activation through IPMI Shell interactive mode.
• Configuration of each SOL proxy server for up to 20 simultaneous SOL sessions.
• Support for SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server.
Supported Systems
The BMC management features documented in this guide are supported on the following
Dell PowerEdge systems:
• 800
• 830
• 850
• 1425SC
• 1800
• 1850
• 1855
• 1900
• 1950
• 1955
• 2800
• 2850
• 2900
• 2950
• 6800
• 6850