Bmc Configuration And Management Tasks; Configuring The Bmc; Managing The System Using Bmc - Dell External OEMR 1435 User Manual

BMC Configuration and Management Tasks

The following sections document the basic tasks needed to set up and
configure the BMC on a managed system in preparation for using the BMC
Management Utility. These basic tasks are:
•

Configuring the BMC

• Managing the BMC
Configuring the BMC
To configure the BMC on a managed system in a pre-boot environment, you
can use:
• Dell Deployment Toolkit (DTK)
• Remote Access Configuration Utility
• Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC) 5 graphical user interface (GUI)
• command line interface (CLI)
from a management station depending on the scope of your required
configuration tasks. Alternately, you can configure the BMC on a managed
system with a running operating system using the Server Administrator home
page GUI or CLI. See "Baseboard Management Controller Configuration" for
more information.

Managing the System Using BMC

To manage the BMC in a pre-boot environment, or to access the BMC of a
system, you can use the BMC Management Utility. See "Using the BMC
Management Utility." To configure the BMC on a system with a running
operating system or to perform everyday BMC management tasks, you can
use the GUI on the Server Administrator home page. See the Server
Administrator User's Guide for more information about using Server
Administrator to manage your system's BMC functions. Figure 1-1 shows the
configuration matrix for BMC.
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Introduction