Maintenance Of Express5800/Ft Series - NEC Express5800/R310e-E4 Maintenance Manual

Chapter 1 Maintenance
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Maintenance of Express5800/ft series

Express5800/ft series (ft server) can be maintained by the following ways:

Using NEC ESMPRO Manager for remote maintenance

Using the ft server utility on the ft server for local maintenance
The table below lists the maintenance way (remote or local) of each feature on the components.
Component
Maintenance
features
Start
Stop
View MTBF information
MTBF clear
Diagnosis
Dump collection
Board switch
BIOS Update
F/W update
Quick dump
Auto firmware update
Auto module start
Remote: Executable by using NEC ESMPRO Manager remotely
Local: Executable on local server by using ft server utility
–: Not supported
Express5800/R310e-E4, R320e-E4, R320e-M4, R310f-E4, R320f-E4, R320f-M4 Maintenance Guide (Windows)
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To start the ft server utility, select menus as follows:
Tips
○
Start Screen  ↓  ft server utility
（Start  All Programs  NEC ESMPRO Agent  ft server utility）
General CPU module
– Remote / Local
– Remote / Local
– Remote / Local
– Remote / Local
– Remote / Local
– Remote / Local
– Remote / Local
– Remote / Local
–
Local
Local
Local
The server does not support maintenance feature for the components listed below.
Tips

Internal devices
SCSI adapter under PCI module
Ethernet board under PCI module
Network port of Ethernet board under PCI module
SCSI enclosure and SCSI slots under the enclosure

Optional devices

Consult with your maintenance personnel to use the maintenance features.
Important

Perform the following steps before replacing component.
1. Clear MTBF information of relevant component.
2. Stop the relevant CPU module and PCI module.
PCI module
enclosure
Remote / Local
Remote / Local
Remote / Local
Remote / Local
Remote / Local
–
–
–
– –
– –
– –
– –
4. Maintenance of Express5800/ft series
SCSI BMC
Firmware
– –
– –
– –
– –
– –
– –
– –
– –
– Local
– –
– –
– –