Creating A Bmc User Password - Dell PowerEdge 2970 Information Update

Creating a BMC User Password

You must assign a valid LAN user name and password before you can connect to your system's Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) using the BMC Management Utility. There are two methods of creating
a LAN user name and password:
• If you access the BMC Remote Access Utility by pressing <CTRL+E> during system startup, you can
create a LAN user name, and a password with up to 16 characters. (Note that only one LAN user name
and associated password can be created using this utility.) For information on this option, see
"Baseboard Management Controller Configuration" in your Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management
Controller Utilities User's Guide.
• If you use the Deployment Toolkit SYSCFG.EXE utility, you can create a LAN user name, and
a password of up to 20 characters using the syscfg passwordaction command. For more
information, see "Configuring New BMC Users" in the BMC User's Guide.
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