BXadmin:Configure IPMI SOL

In the BIOS, enable IPMI over LAN and set NIC selection to shared.

The rest of the network/user settings can either be configured via the Remote Access BIOS screen, or via the OS.

Configure console redirection by going into Serial Communication in the BIOS:

Note: Set the Failsafe Baud Rate to 57600! Other speeds may or may not work!

On linux, modprobe ipmi_devintf and ipmi_si

ipmitool -I open lan set 1 ipaddr <ip address>
ipmitool -I open lan set 1 netmask <netmask>
ipmitool -I open lan set 1 defgw ipaddr <ip address>
ipmitool -I open lan set 1 vlan id 1
ipmitool -I open lan set 1 access on

ipmitool user set name 2 admin
ipmitool -I open user set password 2
ipmitool channel setaccess 1 2 callin=on ipmi=on link=on privilege=4
ipmitool user enable 2

Run ipmitool -I open lan print to see if VLANs are supported.

Enable GRUB and the kernel to output to serial.

In /boot/grub/menu.lst:

serial --unit=1 --speed=57600
terminal --timeout=5 serial console

Then append to the kernel line:

console=tty0 console=ttyS1,57600n8