Server Management Guide

Scenarios and Best Practices
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5.4.5 Using SOL to access BIOS Menu
When the ESB2 BMC or Integrated BMC are used for serial port sharing, SOL and Console
Redirection on the Serial B port are mutually exclusive features, but SOL setting and console
redirection setting must be synced.
In order to access the BIOS Setup Menu from a SOL session, you may have to configure BIOS console
redirection as a pre-request.
You can use Telnet to remotely manage the server. When using telnet to connect to the remote server
(that is, to issue Intel
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DPCCLI commands and to operate in SOL mode), you must connect the telnet
session to the dpcproxy by specifying (in the telnet command line) the port on which dpcproxy is
listening as follows:
 To remote power-off the managed system, type:
dpccli> power –off
 To power on the managed system and start a SOL session, type:
dpccli> power -on –console
 Monitor the managed system’s BIOS boot up screen through Serial Over LAN (SOL).
Example: Press “F2” go to BIOS menu and select “Discard Changes and Exit”.
Figure 44. BIOS menu screen under SOL
 Close the “Telnet localhost” window.
5.4.6 Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2003* to support SOL
When you connect to the BMC using the DPCCLI, you can remotely control the text console. With
SOL, this also includes operating systems such as Microsoft Windows Server 2003* and Linux*.