Dell IDRAC6 12 Deploying Your Operating System Using VMCLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 13 Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) . . . . . . . 249

12 Contents
12 Deploying Your Operating
System Using VMCLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Before You Begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Remote System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 239
Network Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Creating a Bootable Image File . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Creating an Image File for Linux Systems . . . . 240
Creating an Image File for
Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Preparing for Deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Configuring the Remote Systems. . . . . . . . . 240
Deploying the Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Using the VMCLI Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Installing the VMCLI Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Command Line Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
VMCLI Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
VMCLI Operating System Shell Options . . . . . 247
13 Configuring Intelligent Platform
Management Interface (IPMI) . . . . . . . 249
Configuring IPMI Using Web-Based Interface . . . . 249
Configuring IPMI Using the RACADM CLI. . . . . . . 249
Using the IPMI Remote Access
Serial Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Configuring Serial Over LAN Using
the Web-Based Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254