Users Guide
A: No. The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) rmware does not support PPP congurations for the serial port.
Q: The SYSCFG utility --lancfgparams option has suboptions that congure the IP address, Gateway, and Subnet Mask for the
system BMC. There is also a MAC address. Are these the same as the operating system network parameter of the managed system?
A: No. The Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) has its own IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask, and MAC address values.
Q: What is the minimum conguration needed to support BMC Platform Event Filtering?
A: You must enable LAN-channel access pefalerting and ensure that you set the BMC IP address and Gateway values for alerting.
Q: I installed the factory defaults for the BMC of my system. Then, I enabled BMC user ID 3. What is the username for this user ID?
A: The default username for user IDs 3 to 10 is NULL.
Q: Can I use this NULL username to remotely log in to a BMC of a system?
A: No. Remote login using a NULL username is not allowed. It is recommended that you always provide a non-null, valid username for the
user ID when you enable a BMC user ID.
Q: Are duplicate usernames allowed in the BMC?
A: No. If you enter a username value that already exists, the SYSCFG utility returns an error code of 89, which means This username is
already in use. Enter a unique username
.
Q: In --solcfgparams, when I set the Serial Over LAN (SOL) character send threshold using solcharsendthreshold to be 225, I get a
Hardware subsystem error. Invalid data eld in request. What are the valid values?
A: The range of valid values for --solcfgparams and --solcharsendthreshold are from 1 to 220.
Q: How do I enable console redirection on a modular system?
A: Set the --serialcomm option value to enableconred. For example, syscfg -serialcomm=enableconred.
Embedded Linux questions
Q: After installing Linux, I am not able to boot to the utility partition by pressing the <F10> key during reboot.
A: Re-create the utility partition using the upinit.sh script and install grub in the boot partition.
Q: When booting DTK through PXE, my system displays error messages, unknown behavior, and also leads to a kernel panic
sometimes. However, booting from the media causes no problems.
A: Ensure that you specify the correct RAMDISK size in the pxe cong le before booting through PXE. A sample pxe cong le is
provided in /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/isolinux.cfg.
Q: Can we use the same sample scripts that we have from earlier versions of DTK?
A: The scripts written for the previous versions of DTK do not work in the later versions for embedded Linux. For the sample scripts, see
the directory /opt/dell/toolkit/template/scripts .
Q: After the DTK deployment is complete, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server installation keeps going into attended mode or halts
with the message ks.cfg not found.
A: If the initrd.img is not available in the operating system, get the latest update of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server or prepare driver disks
for your network or disk controller.
Known issues and frequently asked questions
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