Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Getting Started Manual page 5

4 Stopping the CB 2500 ........................................................................ 4-1
Powering off a server blade .................................................................................. 4-2
Forcibly powering off a server blade ...................................................................... 4-3
Powering off a switch module ............................................................................... 4-3
Powering off the server chassis ............................................................................ 4-4
5 Functionality and Operation of the Remote Console ............................. 5-1
Notes on using the remote console ....................................................................... 5-2
Server blade image signals that can be displayed on the remote console ................. 5-3
Starting the remote console ................................................................................. 5-4
Set up the System console that OS X is running ............................................... 5-4
Starting the remote console from the management module via a Web console .. 5-5
Starting the remote console from the Web console on a server blade ................ 5-6
Remote console window ....................................................................................... 5-6
Functionality of the remote console ....................................................................... 5-7
Creating a disk image for access from the server blade ........................................ 5-10
Starting the Virtual Media console ................................................................. 5-10
Items in the Virtual Media console ................................................................ 5-10
Notes on creating disk images ...................................................................... 5-12
Creating a disk image from CD/DVD media .................................................... 5-14
Creating a disk image from FD media ............................................................ 5-14
Exiting the remote console ................................................................................. 5-14
Screen messages displayed by the remote console ............................................... 5-15
6 Troubleshooting ................................................................................ 6-1
Troubleshooting on the remote console ................................................................. 6-2
Issuing an NMI for the operating system running on the server blade ..................... 6-6
A System Unit Specifications ................................................................. A-1
Specifications of the server chassis ....................................................................... A-2
Specifications of server blades .............................................................................. A-2
Specifications of switch modules ......................................................................... A-12
Specifications of the power supply module .......................................................... A-16
Specifications of fan modules ............................................................................. A-17
B Taking a Memory Dump of the OS Running on a Server Blade .............. B-1
Taking a memory dump in Windows ..................................................................... B-2
Setting the Windows system environment ....................................................... B-2
Configuring the settings for taking a complete memory dump .......................... B-3
Taking a memory dump in Windows ............................................................... B-4
Taking a memory dump in Linux ........................................................................... B-5
Failure detection in Red Hat Enterprise Linux .................................................. B-5
Taking a memory dump in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ........................................ B-5
Taking a memory dump with VMware ................................................................... B-5
Configuring the settings to stop VMware when a failure occurs ......................... B-6
Taking a memory dump with VMware ............................................................. B-6
C Cleaning the System Unit ................................................................... C-1
Rough guide for cleaning intervals ........................................................................ C-2
Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Series Getting Started Guide
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