Megarac G2 Server Heartbeat - American Megatrends MegaRAC G2 User Manual

Advanced MegaRAC G2 Card Configurations,

MegaRAC G2 Server Heartbeat

MegaRAC G2 Server Heartbeat is a program that is installed onto the host system. The
host system is the system that has the MegaRAC G2 card physically installed into it. Once
it is installed, it loads as a Windows Service and is scheduled to run Automatically.
When it is running, it communicates with the MegaRAC G2 card at your specified time
intervals and is used to tell whether the operating system on the host system is operating
or not. It can also detect whether the operating system was shutdown normally or
abruptly.
Do NOT double click on the MegaRAC G2 Server Heartbeat icon to install it.
Step Description
1 To install the MegaRAC G2 Server Heartbeat Time Interval program, left click the START button and
then left click RUN. Do NOT double click on the MegaRAC G2 Server Heartbeat icon to install it.
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Note:
The
elapsed time interval to know that the operating system on host system is up and running.
2 Type in the following command into the RUN field to install the Host Heartbeat Time Interval program:
hostheartbeat
After you type in the command, left click the OK button.
3 The installation will enter the Host Heartbeat Time Interval program into your system's registry and will
copy the MegaRAC G2 Server Heartbeat program into the SYSTEM32 folder. This concludes the
installation procedure for the MegaRAC G2 Server Heartbeat program.
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card expects a heartbeat from the host system after every configured
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