User Guide

2 Intel
®
Remote Management Module User’s Guide
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the Intel
®
Remote Management Module.
Table 1. Intel
®
Remote Management Module Features
Feature Description
Graphical User Interface Manage the remote Intel
®
Remote Management Module using the
Intel
®
Remote Management Module Web Console, an embedded
web-based graphical user interface that lets you perform many
server configuration and management functions. It also lets you
interactively use the keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) functions
of the remote server as if you were physically at the managed
server.
Control of Virtual Media The Intel
®
Remote Management Module Virtual Media functionality
allows you to apply programs and data to the remote server, even
when those programs and data are physically located at a client
workstation. For example, you can run an installation program that
is located on a client CD, DVD, floppy disk, USB device, or ISO
images to install the program on the managed server. This feature
enables you to install operating systems, recover hard drives, and
back up servers, to name a few examples.
Reporting of Server Board
Sensors
From the Intel
®
Remote Management Module Web Console, you
can check the status of all server board sensors, discrete and
numeric, allowing you to diagnose most problems remotely, as if
you were physically at the managed server.
Control of System Power The Intel
®
Remote Management Module Web Console allows you
to cycle the power, power up, or power down a remote managed
server.
Username and Password The remotely managed server is user name and password
protected. Access is prohibited until you enter a valid user name
and password.
FLASH Upgrade The Intel
®
Remote Management Module is upgradable through
FLASH to ensure that it is always running with the most current
firmware. The firmware upgrade ensures that the FLASH upgrades
safely and correctly by running a series of checks throughout the
download and installation process.