Installation Guide

8.4 Managed Servers
♦Setting a Windows Firewall
If the Windows Firewall is enabled, communication with the management machine will be interrupted and the system
will not work correctly. To use NEC ESMPRO Manager with the Windows Firewall enabled, open the required ports.
For ports used by NEC ESMPRO Manager, see "Appendix Port numbers / Protocols"
♦Support for SOL
The SOL (Serial over LAN) system implements a CUI remote console via LAN by the following method: the BMC or
vPro gets redirection data that has been output to the serial port 2 by System BIOS or console–less OS and transmits
the data via the LAN. If the remote console has been set in the BMC configuration information, the serial port 2 (COM2)
cannot be used for connecting another device such as UPS because the BMC occupies the serial port 2.
See "Appendix C Managed Components Summary" in "NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Setup Guide" to confirm the
managed server supports SOL.
The remote console of Linux or SAC (Special Administration Console) of Windows can be used when the managed
server support SOL. However, there are the following notes:
 Use of serial port 2 is restricted. See "Notes on Managed Servers and Network Devices".
 In case of the managed server based on vPro, NEC ESMPRO Manager does not support the Remote Console of
SAC (Special Administration Console) of Windows.
There are the following notes in the managed server which does not support SOL:
 Do not attempt to boot Windows or Linux on the managed server when you use Remote Control function with utility
boot mode via LAN connection. Booting of Windows or Linux may result in a failure.
 To operate RAID EzAssist for a SOL–incompatible managed server from the CUI remote console via LAN, set the
item [Console Redirection] to [Disable] on the BIOS Setup Utility screen, reboot the system, and then boot the
RAID EzAssist Configuration Utility.
♦Power control with the BIOS Setup Utility Active
If you use the managed server integrated BMC, do not control the power supply while the BIOS Setup Utility is active
on the managed server. Otherwise, the alert setting of BMC configuration will be disabled.
♦CUI Remote Console of DOS
To execute the CUI remote console function of the DOS screen, select [Server]- [Console Redirection]and change
[ACPI Redirection] to [Disable] on the BIOS Setup Utility screen of the managed server if [ACPI Redirection] exists
on the [Console Redirection].
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