Technical Product Specification

Intel® Server Board S1600JP TPS Platform Management Functional Overview
The Integrated BMC supports an embedded KVM application (Remote Console) that can be
launched from the embedded web server from a remote console.
USB1.1 or USB 2.0 based
mouse and keyboard redirection are supported.
It is also possible to use the KVM-redirection
(KVM-r) session concurrently with media-redirection (media-r).
This feature allows a user to
interactively use the keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) functions of the remote server as if the
user were physically at the managed server.
The KVM-redirection feature automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen
capture and provides high-performance mouse tracking and synchronization. It allows remote
viewing and configuration in pre-boot POST and BIOS setup, once BIOS has initialized video.
Other attributes of this feature include:
 Encryption of the redirected screen, keyboard, video, and mouse
 Compression of the redirected screen
4.12.1.2
Remote Console
The Remote Console is the redirected screen, keyboard, video, and mouse of the remote host
system.
To use the Remote Console window of your managed host system, the browser must
include a Java* Runtime Environment plug-in. If the browser has no Java* support, such as with
a small handheld device, the user can maintain the remote host system using the administration
forms displayed by the browser.
The Remote Console window is a Java* Applet that establishes TCP connections to the
Integrated BMC. The protocol that is run over these connections is a unique KVM protocol and
not HTTP or HTTPS. This protocol uses ports #7578 for KVM, #5120 for CDROM media
redirection, and #5123 for Floppy/USB media redirection (both supporting encryption).
4.12.1.3
Performance
The remote display accurately represents the local display. The feature adapts to changes to the
video resolution of the local display and continues to work smoothly when the system transitions
from graphics to text or vice-versa.
The responsiveness may be slightly delayed depending on
the bandwidth and latency of the network.
Enabling KVM and/or media encryption will degrade performance. Enabling video compression
provides the fastest response while disabling compression provides better video quality.
For the best possible KVM performance, a 2Mb/sec link or higher is recommended.
The redirection of KVM over IP is performed in parallel with the local KVM without affecting the
local KVM operation.
4.12.1.4
Security
The KVM redirection feature supports multiple encryption algorithms, including RC4 and AES.
The actual algorithm that is used is negotiated with the client based on the client’s capabilities.
4.12.1.5
Availability
The remote KVM session is available even when the server is powered-off (in stand-by mode).
No re-start of the remote KVM session shall be required during a server reset or power on/off.
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