Microsoft Windows 2003 Advanced Edition Configuration - Intel SBCE Setup Manual

For blade server chassis; serial over lan (sol)
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Microsoft Windows 2003 Advanced Edition configuration

This procedure is based on a default installation of the Microsoft* Windows* 2003 operating system.
Complete the following steps to configure the Windows* 2003 operating system for SOL operation. You must
be logged in as a user with administrator access to perform this procedure.
1.
Complete the following steps to determine which boot entry ID to modify:
bootcfg at a
a.
Type
options for your system.
Boot Entries
b.
In the
Windows Server 2003, Standard. Write down the boot entry ID for use in the next step.
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2.
To enable the
command prompt, type
bootcfg /EMS ON /PORT COM2 /BAUD 19200 /ID boot_id
where boot_id is the boot entry ID determined from step 1
3.
Complete the following steps to verify that the EMS console is redirected to the COM2 serial port:
bootcfg at a Windows
a.
Type
options for your system.
b.
Verify the following changes to the bootcfg settings:
Boot Loader Settings section, make sure that redirect is set to COM2 and that
In the
redirectbaudrate is set to 19200
Boot Entries section, make sure that the
In the
/redirect appended to the end of it.
The following samples show examples of the original bootcfg program output and the output after
modification.
Boot Loader Settings
----------------------------
timeout: 30
default: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
Boot Entries
----------------
Boot entry ID: 1
OS Friendly Name: Windows Server 2003, Standard
Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options: /fastdetect
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Windows command prompt; then press Enter to display the current boot
section, locate the boot entry ID for the section with an OS friendly name of
®
Windows Emergency Management System (EMS), at a Windows
command prompt; then, press Enter to display the current boot
.
Original bootcfg program output
Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE: Serial over LAN (SOL) Setup Guide
; then, press Enter.
line has
OS Load Options:

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