Reference Guide

ManualsBrandsDell ManualsComputer HardwarePOWEREDGE 1955

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Contents

1 General System Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Initial Setup

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Configuring Drive Mirroring

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Additional Integrated Mirroring Guidelines

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting a USB Drive, Keyboard, and Mouse

to the Server Module Front Panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Installing an Operating System

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Configuring the DRAC/MC Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

DRAC/MC Module Features

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

DRAC/MC Configuration Interface Options

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Web-Based Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Serial or Telnet Console Interface

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using a Serial or Telnet Console

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Redirecting the DRAC/MC Serial Console

to the Ethernet Switch Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Updating the DRAC/MC Module Firmware

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Integrating the System Into the Network

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Updating the PowerConnect Switch Module Firmware

. . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuring the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Configuring the Cisco Switch Using a Web Browser

and a Management Station

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Configuring the SwItch Using a Serial or Telnet Console

. . . . . . . . . 30

Gb Pass-through Module

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Gb Pass-through Module Link Negotiations

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Enabling PXE on a Gb Ethernet Daughter Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Enabling PXE on the Broadcom TOE NIC Daughter Card

. . . . . . . . . . . . 31