Installation Guide

NEC ESMPRO Manager Ver.5 Installation Guide (Linux)

4.1.3 About Power Control

4.1.3.1 Power OFF, Power Cycle, Reset, and Dump

Since power control is provided by hardware regardless of the state of the managed component's operating

system, the system may be damaged. Be careful of operation under power control.

4.1.3.2 Power OFF, Power Cycle, Reset with the BIOS Setup Utility Active

Do not control the power supply while the BIOS Setup Utility is active on the managed component.

Otherwise, the alert setting of BMC configuration will be disabled.

4.1.4 About IPMI Information Collection

While a managed component is tuned OFF, some records of management controller information and FRU

(Field Replaceable Unit) information cannot be read in. Error messages about records which could not be

read in are shown in the details display area.

The current status of some sensors cannot be read in either while the managed component is turned OFF.

4.1.5 About Remote Console

4.1.5.1 Restriction on Concurrent Connection to the Remote Console

When a single NEC ESMPRO Manager is operating the remote console of a managed component, another

Manager cannot execute the remote console function for the managed component. A managed component can

transmit redirection data to only a single NEC ESMPRO Manager.

4.1.5.2 About Remote Console before OS boot or during DOS program running

If a graphic screen is displayed on a managed component, data cannot be displayed correctly on the CUI

remote console. The CUI remote console screen is displayed only when the managed component displays a

text screen.

If the DOS program running on a managed component displays Japanese words, follow these notes:

-- On the BIOS Setup Utility screen of the managed component, select "Server"  "Console Redirection"

and change Terminal Type" to "PC-ANSI" in advance. (If a managed component of which BIOS Setup

does not include the item Terminal Type, Terminal Type is already set to PC-ANSI, so the managed

component can be used as it is.)

-- Boot the DOS in English mode (with no Japanese-language driver). At this time, the screen contents cannot

be displayed correctly on the managed component, but Japanese words are displayed correctly on the CUI

remote console of the NEC ESMPRO Manager.

4.1.5.3 About Remote Console after starting Linux

Notes in the case of using the remote console after starting Linux on the managed component by the

redirection function of Linux are shown below.

-- The Home key and End key are not enabled when you operate Linux with the CUI remote console

function.

-- If the managed component is rebooted after NEC ESMPRO Manager displays CUI remote console for the

managed component that runs Linux, you may not input following keys on remote console:

F5-F12, Arrows, Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down.

Close the remote console window and re-open it.

4.1.5.4 About the display of a special character

The CUI remote console screen is not displayed correctly in the following cases:

-- Terminal Type

If Terminal Type is not set to PC-ANSI on the BIOS Setup Utility screen of a managed component,

Japanese words on the POST or DOS screen cannot be displayed correctly on the CUI remote console.

-- Special character

Ruled lines, arrows correctly and en-size left arrows cannot be displayed.