Chapter 5: BIOS
5-7 IPMI Setup
Table 5-13. IPMI Menu
Menu Option
IPMI Information
System Event Log
SEL Components
Erase SEL
When SEL is Full
Log EFI Status
Codes
BMC Network Configuration
BMC Network
Configuration
Information
Update IPMI LAN Configuration
Configuration Address Source
Description
IPMI Firmware Revision and IPMI Status information are statically displayed at the top of this menu.
Selecting this submenu displays settings for changing the SEL Event Log configuration. Note: all values changed here do not take effect until the system is restarted.
Change this setting to Enable or Disable all features of the System Event Logging during
Use this setting for erasing the SEL. Options are No, Yes On Next Reset and Yes On Every Reset.
Use this setting to choose options for reactions to a full SEL. Options include Do Nothing and Erase Immediately.
Use this setting to Enable or Disable logging of EFI status codes, log only error codes or only progress codes
Use this submenu to configure BMC network parameters.
The submenu contains static display information for the Station IP Address, Subnet Mask, Station MAC Address and Gateway IP Address.
Specify Yes or No for the BIOS to use this setting for IPMI in the next
This setting allows you to configure LAN channel parameters Statically or Dynamically (by BIOS or BMC). Unspecified option will not modify any BMC network parameters during the BIOS phase. Options are DHCP (dynamic) or Static.