User`s guide

Serial-over-lan Commands
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ipmitool <opts> lan set 1 netmask x.x.x.x
impitool <opts> lan set 1 arp respond on
impitool <opts> lan set 1 arp generate on
To check your lan settings:
impitool <opts> lan print 1
Serial-over-lan Commands
Serial-Over-Lan (SOL) comes preconfigured and enabled on each node of your cluster.
Configuring SOL
SGI recommends the following parameter settings for the SGI Altix XE head node:
impitool <opts> sol set character-send-threshold 50 1
impitool <opts> sol set character-accumulate-level 004 1
impitool <opts> sol set retry-interval 20 1
impitool <opts> sol set retry-count 6 1
impitool <opts> sol set non-volatile-bit-rate 115.2
Note: Some systems were set to a 115.2 baud rate. To see your configuration, enter the following:
impitool <opts> sol info
SGI recommends the following parameter settings for the SGI Altix XE compute nodes:
impitool <opts> sol set character-send-threshold 80 1
impitool <opts> sol set character-accumulate-level 012 1
impitool <opts> sol set retry-interval 100 1
impitool <opts> sol set retry-count 7 1
impitool <opts> sol set non-volatile-bit-rate 115.2