Acer Smart Blade Console; Introduction; Network Connection/Login - Acer AB460 F1 User Manual

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Acer Smart Blade Console

Introduction

The Acer Smart Blade Console is a web-based interface that
consolidates and simplifies system management for Acer AB7000
systems. The Acer Smart Blade Console aggregates and displays data
from the CMM.
The Acer Smart Blade Console provides the following key management
features:
• Enables IT administrators to view in-depth hardware configuration
and status information using a single intuitive interface.
• Provides an OS-independent, remote graphical console.
• Allows remote users to map local media (floppy, CD-ROM,
removable disks and hard drives) or ISO images on a shared
network drive to a blade server.
Supported Browsers
The following browsers have been tested for use with the Acer Smart
Blade Console. It is recommended that you use the most current
revision of the browser you choose. The minimum browser revisions
supported by the Acer Smart Blade Console are shown below:
• Internet Explorer 7
• Firefox 2.0.0.7
• Netscape 9.03b

Network Connection/Login

To log into the Acer Smart Blade Console:
1 Launch a web browser.
2 In the address field of the browser, enter the IP address that you
assigned to the Chassis Management Module and hit the <E
key.
3 When the browser makes contact with Acer's Chassis Management
Module, enter your
4 The Acer Smart Blade Console will then display. See Figure 2-14.
username password
and
2 Chassis Enclosure
NTER
, then click L .
OGIN
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