User Guide

1 Product Overview
This chapter describes the main features of the Intel
®
Remote Management Module
(Intel
®
RMM) and provides information about the operating system requirements to
configure the Module and manage the server with it.
The Intel
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Remote Management Module is a component of a server system that consists
of an Intel
®
server board and chassis and a RMM NIC. The Intel
®
Remote Management
Module and the RMM NIC plug into connectors on the Intel server board, acting as
components of the server board instead of as separate products.
The primary goal of the Intel
®
Remote Management Module and the RMM NIC is to
create easy access to a server, even if it is at a remote location. These products provide a
way to look at and operate the remote server's desktop in real-time. Mouse movements
and clicks, and keyboard keystrokes are transmitted to the managed server from the
remote workstation.
Using Virtual Media capabilities, it is also possible to run local media, such as a CD-ROM
disk, on the remote server. For example, the user can insert a CD-ROM disk that contains
an installation program in the local system and use a Virtual Media session to run the
installation on the remote server.
The Intel
®
Remote Management Module and the RMM NIC use a dedicated network
controller that is always on, as long as the server is attached to a power supply. This
dedicated network controller is for server management purposes only. It is separate and
independent from all other network controllers provided by the server. Since the Intel
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Remote Management Module network controller is dedicated to management, it is not
available to the operating system. Operating systems cannot see it.