♦ About Managed Servers
[About setting a Windows Firewall] If the Windows Firewall is enabled, communication with the management machine will be interrupted and the system will not work correctly. To use NEC ESMPRO Manager with the Windows Firewall enabled, open the required ports. For Remote Console, see " About Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition."
| For ports used by NEC ESMPRO Manager, see Appendix "Port numbers that NEC ESMPRO Manager uses".
[About support for SOL] The SOL (Serial over LAN) system implements a CUI remote console via LAN by the following method: the BMC gets redirection data that has been output to the serial port 2 by System BIOS or console–less OS and transmits the data via the LAN. If the remote console has been set in the BMC configuration information, the serial port 2 (COM2) cannot be used for connecting another device such as UPS because the BMC occupies the serial port 2. See "Appendix C Managed Servers Summary" in "NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide" to confirm the managed server supports SOL. The remote console of Linux or SAC (Special Administration Console) of Windows Server 2003 can be used when the managed server support SOL. However, there are the following notes:
• | Use of serial port 2 is restricted. See "Notes on Managed Servers and Network Devices".
There are the following notes in the managed server which does not support SOL:
• | Do not attempt to boot Windows or Linux on the managed server when you use Remote Control function with utility boot mode via LAN connection. Booting of Windows or Linux may result in a failure.
• | To operate RAID EzAssist for a SOL–incompatible managed server from the CUI remote console via LAN, set the item "Console Redirection" to "Disable" on the BIOS Setup Utility screen, reboot the system, and then boot the RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility.
• | The remote console by the redirection function of Linux and the remote console of SAC (Special Administration Console) of Windows Server 2003 cannot be used via LAN.
[About video adapter] When the managed server does not use the driver corresponding to the video adapter, the remote console of NEC ESMPRO Manager may not display the Windows screen. In such a case, confirm that the driver that supports the video adapter is used on "Display Properties" of the managed server.
[Power control with the BIOS Setup Utility Active] If you use the managed server integrated BMC, do not control the power supply while the BIOS Setup Utility is active on the managed server. Otherwise, the alert setting of BMC configuration will be disabled.
[CUI Remote Console of DOS] To execute the CUI remote console function of the DOS screen, select "Server" → "Console Redirection" and change "ACPI Redirection" to "Disable" on the BIOS Setup Utility screen of the managed server if "ACPI Redirection" exists on the "Console Redirection".
[About Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition] If OS of managed server is Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, the remote console of NEC ESMPRO Manager may not display the Windows screen correctly. Please perform following settings:
1. | To open the properties dialog box of VNC, click "Start" → "All Programs" → "VNC" → "Administrative Tools" → "Slow Default Settings".
2. | Change following settings in "Update Handling":
– | Uncheck "Poll Console Windows Only".
– | Check "Poll Window Under Cursor".
3. | Click [OK].
[CUI Remote Console after Windows boot]
• | If the managed server does not support SOL, Remote Console of Windows Server 2003 Special Administration Console cannot be executed via LAN.
• | To execute the CUI remote console function of the SAC screen after Windows boot, select "Server" → "Console Redirection" and change "ACPI Redirection" to "Enable" on the BIOS Setup Utility screen of the managed server. When "ACPI Redirection" is set to "Enable" on the BIOS Setup Utility screen, the CUI remote console function cannot be executed after POST. If "ACPI Redirection" does not exist on the "Console Redirection" menu, please confirm that "Console Redirection after POST" is enabled.
[In case of change of the authentication key] If you do not use DianaScope Agent ver.2.00.00 and above, please execute either way below when you change the authentication key of the configuration information,
– | Reboot the managed server.
– | Restart the VNC service on the managed server.
[About GUI Remote Console] When the OS of the managed server is Windows since Windows Server 2008, this function is disabled.