Expressscope Engine 3; Overview - NEC Express5800 Series User Manual

Chapter 3 Setup
3.

EXPRESSSCOPE ENGINE 3

3.1

Overview

EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 provides a variety of features using BMC (Baseboard Management Controller),
which is a system management LSI.
EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 monitors the power unit, fans, temperature, and voltage of the server. If you have
the management LAN port connected to the network, you can remotely perform the following over a web
browser or SSH client:
• Manage the server
• Remotely control the keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM)*
• Remotely access a CD/DVD/floppy disk/ISO image/USB memory*.
* To enable this feature, the optional license for remote management (N8115-04) is required.
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Note (If N8115-04 Remove KVM and Media License if installed)
More than one removable drives other than the actual drive are displayed on the
operating system of the host system. This is a normal operation and these added
removable drives are the virtual removable drives reserved for the remote media
function of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 (*1).
Fig. 1 Exp. Windows Server 2008 R2 Computer Folder (*2)
Fig. 2 Exp. Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Manager (*2)
*1 A function to use FD/CD/DVD drives, ISO images and USB memories
connected to the management PC as drives virtually connected to the host
system.
*2 The number of drives and the drive character are different depending on
system configurations.
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