Main Functions; Requirements And Restrictions - Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Remote Console Users Manual

Main functions

This subsection describes main functions of the remote console.
Remote VGA, keyboard, and mouse
Remote VGA, keyboard, and mouse functions enable you to display VGA
windows of EFIs and OSs, which operate on a server blade, on a system
console, and to operate those VGA windows using the keyboard and mouse of
the system console.
Remote power operation
The remote power operation function enables you to turn on or off, or reset
server blades.
Virtual media
Virtual media functions enable you to use an FD drive, CD/DVD drive, and
USB memory of a system console from a server blade. FD image files on the
system console can be used as FD media; CD/DVD image files on the system
console as CD/DVD media.
These functions enable you to install OSs and applications on a server blade.
Note: With Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 on a system
console, you need to have a built-in user account. If not, you cannot use a
physical drive using the virtual media function, but can use image files.

Requirements and restrictions

This subsection describes requirements for and restrictions on the remote
console.
Requirements for a system console
The following table describes requirements for a system console on which the
remote console can operate.
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Oracle Java version 6 (Update 29 or later)
Oracle Java version 7 (Update 2 or later)
(The architecture(x86/x64) of Java VM and OS must be
the same.)
Windows Server 2012 Standard
Windows Server Datacenter
Windows 8
Windows 8 Professional
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