Using The Boot Menu Program; Enabling The Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility Program - IBM System x3500 Service Manual

Using the Boot Menu program

The Boot Menu program is a built-in, menu-driven configuration program that you
can use to temporarily redefine the first startup device without changing settings in
the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
To use the Boot Menu program, complete the following steps:
1. Turn off the server.
2. Restart the server.
3. Press F12.
4. Select the startup device.
The next time that the server is started, it returns to the startup sequence that is set
in the Configuration/Setup Utility program.

Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program

The Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility is part of the BIOS. You can use it to
configure the network as a startable device, and you can customize where the
network startup option appears in the startup sequence.
To enable the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program, complete the following
steps:
1. From the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu, select Devices and I/O Ports
2. Select Planar Ethernet and use the Right Arrow (→) key to set it to Enabled.
3. Select Save Settings and press Enter.
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Use the Serial over LAN capability to remotely perform control and management
functions over a Serial over LAN (SOL) network. You can also use SOL to
remotely view and change the server BIOS settings.
At a command prompt, type Telnet localhost 623 to access the SOL network.
Type help at the smbridge> prompt for more information.
Use the following commands in an SOL session:
– connect
Connect to the LAN. Type connect -ip ip_address -u username -p
password.
– identify
Control the system-locator LED on the front of the server.
– power
Turn the server on and off remotely.
– reboot
Force the server to restart.
– sel get
Display the system event/error log.
– sol
Configure the SOL function.
– sysinfo
Display system information that is related to the server and the globally
unique identifier (GUID).
and press Enter.