User's Manual

Introduction 15
Table 1-3. BMC LAN Access Configuration Guidelines
Features Connection
Medium
BMC Configuration
Tools
Basic Configuration
Tasks
Management
Tools
• Remote SEL
access
•Power control
•System
identification
•Sensor
information
LAN • Remote Access
Configuration
Utility in
x9xx
systems
(pre-operating
system
environment)
• Deployment
Toolkit
(pre-operating
system
environment)
•Server
Administrator
1 Enable IPMI over
LAN on the
managed system
2 Configure NIC
selection to
select Shared,
Failover, or
Dedicated
NOTE: This
option is
available only on
Dell PowerEdge
x9xx, xx0x, and
xx1x systems.
3 Configure the
IP address,
Subnet mask,
and Gateway on
the managed
system
4 Configure IPMI
encryption key
(optional)
NOTE: This
option is
available only on
Dell PowerEdge
x9xx, xx0x, and
xx1x systems.
5 Configure VLAN
(optional)
6 Configure BMC
users
IPMI Shell