Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Edition Configuration - IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839 Setup Manual

Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Edition configuration

Note: This procedure is based on a default installation of the Microsoft Windows
2003 operating system.
Complete the following steps to configure the Windows 2003 operating system for
SOL operation. You must be logged in as a user with administrator access to
perform this procedure.
1. Complete the following steps to determine which boot entry ID to modify:
2. To enable the Microsoft Windows Emergency Management System (EMS), at a
3. Complete the following steps to verify that the EMS console is redirected to the
The following samples show examples of the original bootcfg program output and
the output after modification.
Original bootcfg program output
Boot Loader Settings
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timeout: 30
default: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
Boot Entries
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Boot entry ID: 1
OS Friendly Name: Windows Server 2003, Standard
Path: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
OS Load Options: /fastdetect
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a. Type bootcfg at a Windows command prompt; then press Enter to display
the current boot options for your system.
b. In the Boot Entries section, locate the Boot entry ID for the section with an
OS friendly name of Windows Server 2003, Standard. Write down the Boot
entry ID that appears above this line for use in the next step.
Windows command prompt, type bootcfg /EMS ON /PORT COM2 /BAUD 19200
/ID boot_id where boot_id is the boot entry ID from step 1b; then, press Enter.
COM2 serial port:
a. Type bootcfg at a Windows command prompt; then, press Enter to display
the current boot options for your system.
b. Verify the following changes to the bootcfg settings:
v In the Boot Loader Settings section, make sure that redirect is set to
COM2 and that redirectbaudrate is set to 19200.
v In the Boot Entries section, make sure that the OS Load Options: line has
/redirect appended to the end of it.