Installation Manual

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Configuring Intelligent Platform
Management Interface
This section provides information about configuring and using the iDRAC6
IPMI interface. The interface includes the following:
• IPMI over LAN
• IPMI over Serial
•Serial over LAN
The iDRAC6 is fully IPMI 2.0 compliant. You can configure the iDRAC6
IPMI using:
• iDRAC6 GUI from your browser
• An open source utility, such as
IPMItool
• The Dell OpenManage IPMI shell, ipmish
•RACADM
For more information about using the IPMI Shell, ipmish, see the Dell
OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User’s Guide
at
support.dell.com\manuals.
For more information about using RACADM, see "Using RACADM
Remotely" on page 110.
Configuring IPMI Using Web-Based Interface
For detailed information, see "Configuring IPMI Using Web Interface" on
page 60.