Table 1-2. BMC LAN Alerting Configuration Guidelines
Features
Connection
Medium
Platform
LAN
Event Alerts
(SNMP
Traps)
IPMI Shell Over a LAN
Table 1-3 lists the actions you can perform, if you plan to use the BMC
Management Utility's IPMI Shell or IPMItool to access your system's BMC
over a LAN.
BMC Configuration
Tools
• Remote Access
Configuration
Utility (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Deployment
Toolkit (pre-
operating system
environment)
• Server
Administrator
Basic Configuration
Tasks
1
Configure NIC
Selection to
select Shared,
Failover, or
Dedicated
NOTE:
This option is
available only on
Dell PowerEdge x9xx
and xx0x systems.
2
Configure the IP
address, Subnet
mask, and
Gateway on the
managed system
3
Configure the
VLAN (optional)
4
Enable alerting
5
Configure the
Alert destination
IP address
6
Configure the
Host Name
(optional)
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