Installation guide
Introduction
5
Controller Features
The controller is an EISA-bus master hardware controller. The controller is used
to:
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Sense internal and external conditions of the server
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Control the server
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Communicate with the management station.
The controller provides monitoring, alerting, and control of a remote server. The
controller communicates the conditions of the remote server to the management
station through a communications port on the remote server. The controller is not
dependent on the server power
*
or server operating system for its basic operation.
Controller features are:
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Communicates with the management station
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Communicates with the server
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Independent real-time clock (lithium battery)
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Nonvolatile memory for storing updatable firmware and the event log
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OS-independent keystroke monitoring and control
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Ability to utilize external and internal power*
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Hard reset of the host server system
*
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Software password protection
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Ability to power the server down and power it back up*
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Except for XL servers