User's Manual

4 Contents
2 Configuring Your Managed System . . . . . 25
BIOS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring System BIOS in
Dell PowerEdge™ x8xx/x9xx Systems
. . . . . . . 26
Configuring System BIOS in
Dell PowerEdge™ x9xx and xx0x Systems
. . . . . 27
Using BIOS Console Redirection With
SOL Proxy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Baseboard Management Controller Configuration
. . . 29
Entering the Remote Access Configuration
Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote Access Configuration Utility
Options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Configuring Your BMC Using the
Deployment Toolkit Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installation and Setup for
Microsoft Windows PE Operating Systems
. . . . 37
Creating a Bootable
Windows PE 2005 ISO Image
. . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Creating a Bootable
Windows PE 2.0 ISO Image
. . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installation and Setup for
Linux Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Basic configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring Your BMC Using
Server Administrator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using Dell Remote Access Controller 5
. . . . . . 47
3 Using the BMC Management Utility . . . . 49
Installing the BMC Management Utility . . . . . . . . 50
Installation Prerequisites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Supported Operating Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . 51