Dell PowerEdge 7250 User Manual

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16 Configuring Your Managed Systemw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o mConfiguring Your Managed System with the SystemMaintenance Utility (SMU)NOTE: The SMU can be run from both the Resource CD and from the system’s utility partition (UT). Seethe System Software Guide on the Resource CD for instructions on running the SMU from the UT.The managed system must have a CD drive. A network connection is not required.The following sequence of steps is followed to start the SMU locally (using the system ResourceCD):1 Insert the system Resource CD into the CD drive on the managed system and boot thesystem to the EFI shell. The Resource CD menu program begins running automatically anddisplays a splash screen followed by the main menu.2 Use the arrow keys to move to the Utilities menu item. Press the key.3 Use the down arrow key to highlight the System Maintenance Utility menu item. Press the key to start the local SMU application.The server management configuration task appears in the task pane of the SMU. This task allowsyou to configure server management settings maintained by the BMC. The server managementconfiguration task supports configuring of the following, which are displayed as sub-tasks:• Users• LAN Channel• Serial/Modem• Platform Event Filtering (PEF)• Power SettingsUpon selecting one of the above sub-tasks, a screen is displayed that contains some or all of theconfiguration items that pertain to the selected sub-task. The data that is initially displayed is readfrom the server management controller of the system. You can update the settings and save themback to the system.Sub-tasks can be made up of one or more screens, depending on the server managementconfiguration settings you enabled. Buttons that are common to the server managementconfiguration tasks are:Save — Causes the current values of the settings in the current subtask to be stored in non-volatilememory on the system.Edit — Causes a screen to be displayed that allows you to change settings related to a single entryin a table.