Chapter 2: Conguring BMC/IPMI Settings
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Chapter 2
ConguringtheIPMISettings
With the Nuvoton WPCM450 BMC Controller and the IPMIView rmware built in,
Supermicro motherboards allow the user to access, monitor, manage and interface
with multiple systems in different remote locations. The necessary rmware for ac-
cessing and conguring the IPMI settings are available on Supermicro website at
http://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/ipmi.cfm. This section provides detailed
information on how to congure the IPMI settings.
2-1 ConguringBIOS
Before conguring IPMI, follow the instructions below to congure the system BIOS
settings.
Enabling COM Port for SOL (IPMI)
1. Press the <Del> key at bootup to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
2. Select Advanced and press <Enter> to enter the Advanced menu.
3. From the Advanced menu, select Remote Access and press <Enter>.
4. Make sure that the COM port for SOL (COM2 or COM3) is enabled (marked
with "*"). If not, Select the port for SOL and press <Enabled>. (For IPMI
to work properly, the BIOS will set the console redirection on this port by
default.)
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