How Megarac™ Express Works; Megarac™ Express Software Modules - American Megatrends Express 788 Hardware Manual

How MegaRAC™ Express Works
MegaRAC™ Express Software Modules
Software Module
Hardware
Services
Application
Services
Management
Services
User Interface
4 MegaRAC™ Express Hardware Guide
MegaRAC™ Express comes with software modules that
provide operating system-specific services. These services
interface with the MegaRAC™ Express hardware and
provide access to the server from the hardware. The on-
board firmware allows the Management Console to access
the server using the server side services.
The MegaRAC™ Express software architecture is built
upon several independent software modules that run under
a specific operating system. The modules include hardware
services, application services, management services, and
user interfaces. The following table displays the software
modules for MegaRAC™ Express:
Description
MegaRAC™ Express card interface driver under
Microsoft® Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, Novell®
NetWare 4.x, 5.x, and RedHat Linux
•
Graphics capture service under Windows NT 4.0 and
Windows 2000 only
•
Virtual mouse service under Windows NT 4.0 and
Windows 2000 only
•
Health Agent
•
Communication
SNMP agent under Windows NT, Novell NetWare, and
Linux.
GUI based under Windows NT 4.0, W2000, Windows 95
and Windows 98
Hardware services are the drivers running under each
operating system. The drivers allow applications and other
system-level services to access the MegaRAC™ Express
hardware. These services are operating system specific and
differ from one operating system to another.
Application services work between the hardware services
and the upper-level user interface. One example is the
driver that captures the graphics screen content.
Application services maintain the MegaRAC™ Express
features and the implementation of the console services.
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