IBM HS40 Setup Guide - Page 19

Updating and configuring the blade server BIOS, Devices and I/O Ports - hs20

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a. In the navigation pane, click Blade Tasks → Serial Over LAN; then, scroll to the Serial Over LAN Status section. b. Make sure that the SOL Session column of the table shows a status of Ready. For the BladeCenter HS20 Type 8832 blade server, if the SOL Session column does not show a status of Ready, make sure that the J28 jumper on the blade server is in the correct position. See "HS20 Type 8832 SOL jumper placement" on page 28 for information. Updating and configuring the blade server BIOS Note: If you update the blade server BIOS using UpdateXpress, the blade server will maintain any BIOS settings that might have been set previously using the Configuration/Setup Utility program; the blade server will not revert to the BIOS default settings when you use UpdateXpress. Complete the following steps to update and configure the blade server BIOS to enable SOL. Some blade servers have special BIOS update and configuration requirements that are in Chapter 4, "Special component requirements," on page 25. 1. Complete the following steps to update the blade server BIOS: a. Download the latest version of BIOS for your blade server type from http://www.ibm.com/support/. b. Update the blade server BIOS, following the instructions that come with the update file that you downloaded. 2. Complete the following steps to configure the blade server BIOS settings: a. Restart the blade server and press F1 when prompted to start the Configuration/Setup Utility program. b. Select Devices and I/O Ports; then, make sure that the values are set as follows: v Serial Port A: Auto-configure v Serial Port B: Auto-configure c. Select Remote Console Redirection; then, make sure that the values are set as follows: v Remote Console Active: Enabled v Remote Console COM Port: COM 2 v Remote Console Baud Rate: 19200 v Remote Console Data Bits: 8 v Remote Console Parity: None v Remote Console Stop Bits: 1 v Remote Console Text Emulation: ANSI v Remote Console Keyboard Emulation: ANSI v Remote Console Active After Boot: Enabled v Remote Console Flow Control: Hardware d. Press Esc twice to exit the Remote Console Redirection and Devices and I/O Ports sections of the Configuration/Setup Utility program. Note: For older blade servers, do not use Planar Ethernet 1 for PXE/DHCP or BOOTP booting or installation. See "Hardware and firmware requirements" on page 2 for information. Chapter 2. General configuration 13

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a.
In the navigation pane, click
Blade Tasks
→
Serial Over LAN
; then, scroll to
the
Serial Over LAN Status
section.
b.
Make sure that the
SOL Session
column of the table shows a status of
Ready. For the BladeCenter HS20 Type 8832 blade server, if the SOLSession
column does not show a status of Ready, make sure that the J28 jumper on
the blade server is in the correct position. See “HS20 Type 8832 SOL jumper
placement” on page 28 for information.
Updating and configuring the blade server BIOS
Note:
If you update the blade server BIOS using Update
X
press, the blade server
will maintain any BIOS settings that might have been set previously using the
Configuration/Setup Utility program; the blade server will
not
revert to the BIOS
default settings when you use Update
X
press.
Complete the following steps to update and configure the blade server BIOS to
enable SOL. Some blade servers have special BIOS update and configuration
requirements that are in Chapter 4, “Special component requirements,” on page 25.
1.
Complete the following steps to update the blade server BIOS:
a.
Download the latest version of BIOS for your blade server type from
b.
Update the blade server BIOS, following the instructions that come with the
update file that you downloaded.
2.
Complete the following steps to configure the blade server BIOS settings:
a.
Restart the blade server and press F1 when prompted to start the
Configuration/Setup Utility program.
b.
Select
Devices and I/O Ports
; then, make sure that the values are set as
follows:
v
Serial Port A:
Auto-configure
v
Serial Port B:
Auto-configure
c.
Select
Remote Console Redirection
; then, make sure that the values are set
as follows:
v
Remote Console Active
: Enabled
v
Remote Console COM Port
: COM 2
v
Remote Console Baud Rate
: 19200
v
Remote Console Data Bits
:8
v
Remote Console Parity
: None
v
Remote Console Stop Bits
:1
v
Remote Console Text Emulation
: ANSI
v
Remote Console Keyboard Emulation
: ANSI
v
Remote Console Active After Boot
: Enabled
v
Remote Console Flow Control
: Hardware
d.
Press Esc twice to exit the
Remote Console Redirection
and
Devices and
I/O Ports
sections of the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
Note:
For older blade servers, do not use Planar Ethernet 1 for PXE/DHCP
or BOOTP booting or installation. See “Hardware and firmware
requirements” on page 2 for information.
Chapter 2. General configuration
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