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4.2 BMC Firmware Configuration
Along with the BIOS configuration, the firmware in the BMC has to be configured for Out-of-band
[OOB] communication over LAN Setting Users and Enabling SOL. Following are the BMC settings that
can be done using either the Intel® Deployment Assistant
or the Intel® System Configuration Utility.
• IP source (static or DHCP)
• IP Address
• Subnet mask
• Default gateway (only required if you will be connecting from client outside of subnet)
• Enable one user
• Enable user’s privilege level
• Set Users and passwords
• Enable text based console redirection (serial Over LAN - SOL)
4.2.1 Enabling and Configuring LAN Channel using Intel® System Configuration Utility
Following steps use the Intel® System Configuration Utility to set the LAN channel, User, and SOL
settings on the BMC:
1. Configure LAN channel IP info on BMC channel 1 using the Intel® System Configuration Utility.
• Type: syscfg /le 1 static 192.168.1.12x 255.255.255.0
2. Configure BMC users authorization
• Set password for BMC user 1 (Anonymous):
Type: syscfg /u 1 “” “password” -------------- password is “password” in this tab
• Enable the BMC user 1 on BMC channel 1:
Type: syscfg /ue 1 enable 1
• Enable “admin” privilege and payload type to “SOL” for the BMC user 1 on BMC
channel 1:
Type: syscfg /up 1 1 admin sol
3. Configure BMC for SOL Parameters.
• Enable Serial Over LAN (SOL) on the BMC channel 1:
Type: syscfg /sole 1 enable admin 115200 5 60
NOTE: Make sure that the baud rate for SOL configured in BIOS Setup and in the BMC firmware, both
on a managed server, are the same.
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