Dell PowerEdge 2970 - Creating a BMC User Password

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Creating a BMC User Password
You must assign a valid LAN user name and password before you can connect
to your system's Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) using the BMC
Management Utility. There are two methods of creating a LAN user name
and password:
• If you access the BMC Remote Access Utility by pressing <CTRL+E>
during system startup, you can create a LAN user name, and a password
with up to 16 characters. (Note that only one LAN user name and
associated password can be created using this utility.) For information
on this option, see "Baseboard Management Controller Configuration" in
your
Dell OpenManage Baseboard Management Controller Utilities User’s
Guide
.
• If you use the Deployment Toolkit SYSCFG.EXE utility, you can create a
LAN user name, and a password of up to 20 characters using the
syscfg
passwordaction
command. For more information, see "Configuring
New BMC Users" in the BMC
User’s Guide .
Table 1-2. System Board Jumper Settings
Jumper Setting Description
NVRAM_CLR (default) The configuration settings are retained
at system boot.
The configuration settings are cleared at
the next system boot. (If the configuration
settings become corrupted to the point where
the system will not boot, install the jumper
and boot the system. Remove the jumper
before restoring the configuration
information.)
PWRD_EN
(default) The password feature is enabled.
The password feature is disabled.