Lenovo 6435, 6438, 6437 BMC Serial Port Access Mode, Reboot System on NMI, User Account Settings

together with the BMC Serial Port Access Mode setting, affects serial-related behavior and remote-management capabilities on this server. For more information, see the help for this choice.

-BMC Serial Port Access Mode

Select this choice to specify the access mode for the serial port. This choice, together with the System-BMC Serial Port Sharing setting, affects serial-related behavior and remote-management capabilities on this server. For more information, see the help for this choice.

-Reboot System on NMI

Select this choice to enable or disable the ability of the server to restart after an NMI interrupt is issued. If the value is Enabled, this setting supersedes the automatic server restart (ASR) setting.

-User Account Settings

Select this choice to view the settings for each BMC user ID, change the password for a BMC user ID, and set the maximum BMC privilege level.

-BMC Network Configuration

Select this choice to view the mini-BMC MAC address, IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, host name, and DHCP control setting.

-BMC System Event Log

Select this choice to view the BMC system-event log, which contains all system-error messages that have been generated. Use the arrow keys to move among pages in the log. Run the diagnostic programs to get more information about error codes that occur. See the Hardware Maintenance Manual , available on the Lenovo Support Web site, for instructions. To clear the BMC system-event log, select Clear BMC SELs and confirm the selection.

The BMC system-event log is limited in size. When the log is full, new entries will not overwrite existing entries; therefore, you must periodically clear the BMC system-event log. When you are troubleshooting an error, be sure to clear the BMC system-event log so that you can find current errors more easily.

–High Precision Event Timer

Select this choice to enable or disable the high precision event timer (HPET) function.

v Event/Error Logs

Select this choice to view or clear error logs.

–System Event/Error Log

Select this choice to view the complete log of POST error messages. Use the arrow keys to move among pages in the log.

Run the diagnostic programs to get more information about error codes that occur. See the Hardware Maintenance Manual for instructions.

To clear the system event/error log, select Clear System Event/Error Log and confirm the selection.

The system event/error log is limited in size. When the log is full, new entries will not overwrite existing entries; therefore, you must periodically clear the system event/error log. When you are troubleshooting an error, be sure to clear the system event/error log so that you can find current errors more easily.

–RSA II Event/Error Log

This choice is displayed only when a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine is installed in the server.

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