Product User Guide

Intel® Remote Management Module 2 User Guide 7
1.1 Feature Summary
The Intel
®
RMM2 works as an integrated solution on your server system. Based on an
embedded operating system, the Intel
®
RMM2 add-on card provides both exceptional stability
and permanent availability independent of the present state of the server’s operating system.
As a system administrator, you can use the Intel
®
RMM2 to gain location-independent remote
access to respond to critical incidents and to undertake necessary maintenance.
1.1.1 Feature Details
The Intel
®
RMM2 add-on card defines a new class of remote access devices. It offers
convenient, remote KVM access and control via LAN or Internet. It captures, digitizes, and
compresses video and transmits it with keyboard and mouse signals to and from a remote
computer. Remote access and control software runs on Intel
®
RMM2 embedded processors so
there is no impact to the server operation or network performance. In addition, the Intel
®
RMM2
add-on card offers integrated remote power management using IPMI. Key features of the Intel
®
RMM2 add-on card are:
• Embedded Web UI - Remote Power on\off, system health, system info, Intel
®
RMM2 Firmware Update, Event log includes Intel
®
RMM2 events
• KVM redirection via Dedicated NIC– high performance, multiple concurrent
sessions
• USB 2.0 media redirection - boot over remote media
• Security – SSL, LDAP, SSH, RADIUS support
• OEM Customization
• Email Alerting for Intel
®
RMM2 events
• SMASH CLI/CLP, WS- MAN , SNMP traps for Intel
®
RMM2 events
• Soft Keyboard via KVM (multiple language support)
• IPMI V2.0 Compliance
• Intel
®
RMM2 dedicated NIC can works as BMC channel 3 (IPMI forwarding)
• Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture
• High-performance mouse tracking and synchronization
• Allows remote viewing and configuration in pre-boot POST and BIOS setup
1.2 Supported Operating Systems
The Intel
®
RMM2 runs independently of the host operating system on the server where it is
installed except during remote console (KVM) connections. During remote console connections
the keyboard, mouse, and video of the console system operate just as if you were at the server
where the Intel
®
RMM2 is connected. During remote console connections the interaction with
the host operating system limits the support to operating systems that have been validated.
Those operating systems are listed below:
1.2.1 Server System
The following operating systems are supported on the managed server:
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server* with Service Pack 1 or later, and all recent
updates
• Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4