User's Manual

Using the BMC Management Utility 51
In addition, to access the BMC using the IPMI serial feature, you must have a
working connection between the management station and the correct serial
I/O port of the managed system’s BMC using a null modem cable.
Figure 3-1. Installing on a Management Station
Supported Operating Systems
The management station must be running one of the following supported
operating systems:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (version 4.0) 32-bit and 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Server
®
2003 Web, Standard, and Enterprise Editions
•SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3 (x86_64)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64)