Dell POWEREDGE 1955 - Manual (Page 5)

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1 General System Configuration
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Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring Drive Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Additional Integrated Mirroring Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a USB Drive, Keyboard, and Mouse
to the Server Module Front Panel
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Installing an Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring the DRAC/MC Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DRAC/MC Module Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DRAC/MC Configuration Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Serial or Telnet Console Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Redirecting the DRAC/MC Serial Console
to the Ethernet Switch Module
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Updating the DRAC/MC Module Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Integrating the System Into the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Updating the PowerConnect Switch Module Firmware . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3030 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring the Cisco Switch Using a Web Browser
and a Management Station
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Configuring the SwItch Using a Serial or Telnet Console . . . . . . . . . 30
Gb Pass-through Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Gb Pass-through Module Link Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Enabling PXE on a Gb Ethernet Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Enabling PXE on the Broadcom TOE NIC Daughter Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 31