Server Management Guide

Server Management Software and Utilities
48 Intel
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Server Boards and Server Platforms Server Management Guide
4 Server Management Software and Utilities
In order to perform in-band and out-of-band management of Intel
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Servers, Intel
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provides several
solutions such as tools, utilities, and management software to allow you to manage the system easily.
This chapter provides an overview of Intel
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Server management utilities, tools, and software.
4.1 SYSCFG Utility
The Intel
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System Configuration Utility (SYSCFG) is a command-line utility that can be used to save
and restore BIOS and BMC firmware settings to a file or to set and display
individual settings.
SYSCFG is a command-line, scriptable utility. It can be used in a script to automate the process of
configuring multiple servers.
The general syntax is: syscfg <switch> <argument1> <argument2> ...
Example: # syscfg /sole 1 enable 1 19200 6 50
For detailed information, refer to the SYSCFG User Guide that is provided with BIOS, Firmware
Update, and Configuration Utilities under http://www.intel.com/.
4.1.1 Supported Operating Systems
SYSCFG can be run from pre-OS boot and post-OS boot environments:
 Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
 Microsoft Windows* Installation Environment
 Microsoft Windows*
 Linux*
Some platforms may not support all the operating environments for this utility. Refer to the SYSCFG
User Guide for details.
4.1.2 Different SYSCFG versions
Moving to Intel
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S1400/S1600/S2400/S2600/S4600 Serial Platforms, SYSCFG utility is in different
version comparing with previous generations. Especially for BIOS setting changes, it needs password
information along with SYSCFG command.
Examples:
On previous generation platforms:
syscfg /bcs “Quiet Boot” 0
syscfg /bcs “Main” “Quiet Boot” 0 “POST Error Pause” 1
syscfg /bcs “system acoustic and performance configuration” “Set throttling mode” 2 “Altitude”
900 “Set fan profile” 2