Dpc Console Modes Of Operation; Running The Dpc Console - Intel SE7501BR2 - Server Board Motherboard Product Manual

Even when the server is off, you can use DPC Console to verify the state of a server or diagnose a
problem with the server hardware. DPC console features allows you to:
Establish connection to remote servers
Server Control: power on, power off, and reset operations
Retrieve and display entries in the System Event Log (SEL)
Retrieve and display Sensor Data Records (SDR)
Retrieve and display Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) information
Retrieve and display current Remote Sensor Access (RSA) information
Access a phonebook for remote connection management
Remote control of the service partition
File transfer from / to the server

DPC Console Modes of Operation

There are four DPC console modes of operation:
EMP mode. Access the DPC console features using the DPC console window menus and/or
toolbar. Active when a connection is established through the EMP port (Serial B).
DPC over LAN mode. Access the DPC console features using the DPC console window
menus and/or toolbar. Active when a connection is established through the LAN.
Re-direct mode. Active when the server is running BIOS console redirection. In this mode, the
DPC console launches a separate window. The window operates as an ANSI terminal and
communicates with the server through the port. Character-based commands you type in the
DPC Console go directly to the server, and the DPC Console displays the text that you would
normally see on the server console.
To use this mode, you must configure the Console Redirection option of BIOS Setup for
Re-direct mode. Enabling Console Redirection requires that the Boot Time Diagnostics Screen
be Enabled in BIOS Setup. If the redirection window does not display information, the
Console Redirection is either incorrectly configured or disabled, the EMP is disabled in BIOS
Setup, or the server is in protected mode. For DPC to function in this mode, the server must
NOT be in graphics mode.
If the DPC console fails to connect in EMP within 10 seconds and the server can operate in
Re-direct mode, a prompt is displayed with the option to switch to Re-direct mode.
Service Partition mode. Entered when the server reboots from the service partition and the
DPC Console has successfully connected to the server. This mode allows running of
DOS-based programs that are stored on the service partition of the local hard drive and
transferring of files.

Running the DPC Console

For more information about setting up and running the DPC Console, see the ISM Installation
User's Guide. This document is in the ISM\DOCS\[language] directory on the ISM CD
accompanying the SE7501BR2 server board.
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