User's Manual

18 Introduction
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 in
x9xx
systems
(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,
xx0x, and xx1x
systems.
•SOL Proxy
•IPMI Shell