IBM X3850 X6 User Manual

Chapter 7. Management 229
In this section, we describe these topics:
򐂰 7.9.1, “Enabling SoL in UEFI” on page 229
򐂰 7.9.2, “Enabling SoL in the operating system” on page 229
򐂰 7.9.3, “How to start a SoL connection” on page 233
7.9.1 Enabling SoL in UEFI
To enable SoL from the UEFI interface at boot time, press F1 when given the option and
select System Settings  Devices and I/O Ports  Console Redirection Settings.
Table 7-5 lists the UEFI settings that need to be set.
Table 7-5 Settings in UEFI for SoL
7.9.2 Enabling SoL in the operating system
In this section, we describe the settings to enable SoL in these operating systems:
򐂰 Windows Server 2008
򐂰 Linux
Value x3850 X6 and x3950 X6
General settings
COM Port 1 Enable
COM Port 2 Enable
Remote Console Enable
Serial Port Sharing Enable
Serial Port Access Mode Shared
Legacy Option ROM Display COM Port 2
COM settings
Baud Rate 115200
Data Bits 8
Parity None
Stop Bits 1
Terminal Emulation VT100
Active After Boot Enable
Flow Control Hardware
Tip: Terminal Emulation can be set either to VT100 or ANSI; however, when configuring
Linux operating systems, make sure that the OS settings match the terminal emulation that
is selected in the hardware.

IBM X3850 X6 Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel C602J
Network Controller	Integrated quad-port Gigabit Ethernet
Processor	Up to four Intel Xeon E7-4800 v2 series processors or Intel Xeon E7-8800 v2 series processors
Memory	Up to 6 TB of DDR3 ECC Registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) or Load-Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)
Form Factor	4U rack server
Storage	Up to 24x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs
Expansion Slots	Up to 11 PCIe 3.0 slots
Power Supply	Up to four 1400W or 900W hot-swap power supplies
Memory Type	DDR3 RDIMM/LRDIMM
Storage Controller	ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA controller
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware