User's Manual

Introduction 19
SOL Proxy Over a LAN
If you plan to use the BMC Management Utility’s SOL Proxy to access your
system’s console over a LAN, you must follow the BMC configuration
guidelines listed in Table 1-5.
Table 1-5. BMC SOL Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium
BMC Configuration
Tools
Basic Configuration
Tasks
Management
Tools
• Text Utility
console
redirection
• Remote
BIOS setup
• Microsoft
text
console
redirection
• Linux text
console
redirection
LAN • BIOS (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Remote Access
Configuration
Utility (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Deployment
Toolkit (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Server
Administrator
1 Configure Serial
Port 1 to BMC
NIC
NOTE: This
option is available
only on Dell
PowerEdge x8xx
systems.
2 Configure BIOS
console
redirection to
Serial Port 1.
NOTE: This
option is available
only on Dell
PowerEdge x9xx
systems.
3 Configure
Console
Redirection to
On with Console
Redirection via
COM2
NOTE: This
option is available
only on Dell
PowerEdge x9xx
and xx0x systems.
•SOL
Proxy
• IPMI
Shell