Graphics Console Redirection (Windows Nt); Rconsole (Netware) - HP NetServer E 60 Administrator's Manual

Chapter 1
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Run NetServer Diagnostics. This utility provides you with ways to test a NetServer's hardware
components, including main circuit board function.
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Remotely boot the server and view startup messages.
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Set or reset system date, time, and keyboard language.

Graphics Console Redirection (Windows NT)

You can use pcANYWHERE32's capabilities (when installed at both NetServer and remote console) to gain
virtually full graphic control over an HP NetServer from a remote location.
Using this feature, the console display exactly mimics the display at the NetServer. In this way, you can take
full control of your HP NetServer from the remote console. pcANYWHERE32 graphics console redirection
requires your HP NetServer to be running Windows NT.
The following figure shows how the Graphic Console Redirection is setup.
At the Server
After setting the server to
receive using
pcANYWHERE32, the
server may be taken over
by the remote console.
Figure 1-2. A Typical Installation of Graphics Console Redirection
pcANYWHERE32 allows you to redirect what's graphically displayed on an HP NetServer running
Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 to a remote Windows NT 3.51, 4.0 or Windows 95 PC console. Features include
the ability to:
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Launch the NetServer's registry editor.
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Run NOS-level diagnostics on the NetServer.
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Access the NetServer's control panel to review and modify a connected NetServer's NOS level
configuration settings, including network settings, administrative tools, and driver installation.

RCONSOLE (NetWare)

You can use Novell NetWare's RCONSOLE program to take control of a customer's HP NetServer running
Novell NetWare/intraNetWare. RCONSOLE works at the NOS-level to provide full character-based remote
access to a NetServer running Novell NetWare/intraNetWare. Features include the ability to:
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Load and unload modules (NLMs)
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Run NOS-level diagnostics on the NetServer
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Modem
Modem
NetServer
What is Remote Administration?
Remote
Console
At the Remote Console
Using a modem, the offsite
remote console
workstation, using
pcANYWHERE32, may
dial into and take full
graphic control of the HP
NetServer.