Specifications

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David K. Z. Harris
Compaq Serial Console
Ø Integrated Remote Console (IRC)
² Must be built into the server hardware
Ø Password in Server NVRAM
Access levels allow
² Up to 12 users, definable access rights
² viewing of statistics and events
² rebooting the system
Ø http://www.compaq.com
² Search for “integrated remote console”
Go to the Compaq web site, and get the primer for Integrated Remote Console.
(http://www.compaq.com/support/techpubs/user_reference_guides/281862-
002.pdf) You can order the document as Compaq part number 281862-002.
The “feature” needs to be built into the server hardware. Check the standard
features on your servers, to see if you have it.
This console redirection goes away after the OS goes into graphics mode.
The hardware does not support remote control of Windows NT.
Console (P.O.S.T.) redirection works as long as the display output is ASCII
text. Prior to graphics mode, one can boot to DOS or run the EISA
configuration utilities.
David Primmer recommends the NT lightsout guide. It's a set of tools and
documents that are designed to provide information about setting up,
managing, and running Windows NT systems in a headless “lights-out”
environment. Go to the Compaq homepage, and search for the keywords
“lights out”.
The Proliant and Prosignia lines have an optional Integrated Remote Console,
which connects to the ethernet network, and is reachable, even if the server is
not functional, using a GUI interface.
(http://www.compaq.com/manage/remote-management.html)