IBM System x3500 Installation And User Manual

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v Serial over LANEstablish a Serial over LAN (SOL) connection to manage servers from a remotelocation. You can remotely view and change the UEFI settings, restart the server,identify the server, and perform other management functions. Any standard Telnetclient application can access the SOL connection.Obtaining the IP address for the IMM2To access the web interface, you need the IP address for IMM2. You can obtain theIMM2 IP address through the Setup utility. The server comes with a default IPaddress for the IMM2 of 192.168.70.125. To locate the IP address, complete thefollowing steps:1. Turn on the server.Note: Approximately 5 to 10 seconds after the server is connected to power,the power-control button becomes active.2. When the prompt Setup is displayed, press F1. (This prompt is displayedon the screen for only a few seconds. You must press F1 quickly.) If you haveset both a power-on password and an administrator password, you must typethe administrator password to access the full Setup utility menu.3. From the Setup utility main menu, select System Settings.4. On the next screen, select Integrated Management Module.5. On the next screen, select Network Configuration.6. Find the IP address and write it down.7. Exit from the Setup utility.Logging on to the web interfaceTo log onto the web interface to use the remote presence functions, complete thefollowing steps:1. Open a web browser on a computer that connects to the server and in theaddress or URL field, type the IP address or host name of the IMM to whichyou want to connect.Note: The IMM2 defaults to DHCP. If a DHCP host is not available, the IMM2assigns a static IP address of 192.168.70.125.2. On the Login page, type the user name and password. If you are using the IMMfor the first time, you can obtain the user name and password from your systemadministrator. All login attempts are documented in the event log.Note: The IMM2 is set initially with a user name of USERID and password ofPASSW0RD (passw0rd with a zero, not the letter O). You have read/writeaccess. You must change the default password the first time you log on.3. On the Welcome page, type a timeout value (in minutes) in the field that isprovided. The IMM2 will log you off of the web interface if your browser isinactive for the number of minutes that you entered for the timeout value.4. Click Continue to start the session. The System Health page provides a quickview of the system status.Using the remote presence capability and blue-screen captureThe remote presence and blue-screen capture features are integrated functions ofthe Integrated Management Module II (IMM2). When the optional IBM IntegratedManagement Module Advanced Upgrade is installed in the server, it activates the128 IBM System x3500 M4 Type 7383: Installation and User’s Guide