IBM 8835 - Eserver 325 - 1 GB RAM Technical manual

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Configuring the baseboard management controller LAN
connection
This Technical Update supplements the documentation that comes with your IBM
®
Eserver
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325 Type
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 ER s e r v e r 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
®
Windows
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operating-system update package is available from the
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.

Using the LAN configuration utility
Complete the following steps to configure the baseboard management controller LAN connection using
the LAN configuration utility.
Note: You must run the LAN configuration utility (lancfg.exe) in a DOS session after you start your
server from the startable baseboard management controller firmware update diskette. Do not run
the utility from a DOS window.
1. After the baseboard management controller firmware update is completed, a command prompt is
displayed. Type lancfg and press Enter. The LAN configuration utility starts and the BMC
Information screen is displayed. The default values that are displayed are read-only. You cannot make
changes in this screen.
To use the LAN configuration utility, press F10 and use the arrow keys to select the menu items at the
top of the window.
2. Select LanCfg. The LAN Configuration screen is displayed. Type the values for the baseboard
management controller in the fields and select OK.
Note: The Host MAC Address field is read-only and cannot be changed from the LAN configuration
utility.
3. Select Alert. The Alert Setting screen is displayed. Type the applicable values for your server in the
fields and select OK.
Note: In the IP Address field, type the IP address of the workstation to which the baseboard
management controller will forward alerts.
4. Select Security. The Security Setting screen is displayed. You can maintain the four baseboard
management controller user accounts on this screen. To make changes on this screen, select Edit, type
your changes in the Edit screen, and select OK.
5. After you make all the changes and before you exit the LAN configuration utility, remove the
firmware update diskette from the diskette drive.
6. Select Exit. When you are prompted to restart the server, select Reboot.
First Edition (October 2003)
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