IBM E Server 325 Technical Update

Configuring the baseboard management controller LAN
connection
This Technical Update supplements the documentation that comes with your IBM
8835 server.
Important: Before following the instructions in this document, make sure that you have an external USB
diskette drive attached to the server. You will need this device to complete the tasks.
To configure the baseboard management controller local area network (LAN) connection options for your
IBM ERserver 325 server, use the LAN configuration utility. This utility is named lancfg.exe and is located
on the baseboard management controller firmware update diskette. You can start the LAN configuration
utility after you update the baseboard management controller firmware.
Use the procedures in the following sections to download and update the baseboard management
controller firmware and to configure the baseboard management controller LAN connection options.
Downloading the baseboard management controller firmware update
Complete the following steps to download the latest baseboard management controller firmware update:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
2. In the Download section, click Downloads and drivers.
3. On the "Downloads and drivers" page, in the Brand field, select Servers.
4. In the Family field, select eServer 325; then, click Continue.
5. On the "eServer 325 support" page, select the baseboard management controller firmware update
diskette.
6. Create a firmware update diskette from the image file.
Note: If the Linux or Microsoft
World Wide Web and you have obtained the applicable update package, follow the instructions
that come with the update package.
Updating the baseboard management controller firmware
Complete the following steps to update the baseboard management controller firmware.
1. Turn off the server.
2. Insert the baseboard management controller Firmware Update Diskette into the external USB diskette
drive that you have attached to the server.
3. Turn on the server. If the server does not start from the external USB diskette drive, use the BIOS
Configuration/Setup Utility program (accessed by pressing F1 during server startup) to configure the
external USB diskette drive as a startup device. (For more information, see the information about
Configuration/Setup Utility startup sequences in the User's Guide on the IBM Eserver Documentation
CD.) Then, start again at step 1 of this procedure.
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