Using Windows Headless Mode And Console Redirection; Security Configuration Wizard - NEC Express5800/320Ma Administrator's Manual

Using Windows Headless Mode and Console Redirection

6. Press Esc, then select Exit Saving Changes and press Enter.
The system resumes booting.
Using Windows Headless Mode and Console Redirection
In headless mode, Windows Server 2003 can run without a keyboard, mouse, and
monitor. You can remotely manage and restart the system through a serial connection.
If your system is operating in headless mode, and if the port for both console redirection
and Windows headless are set to use the same Serial port, configure the BIOS to stop
console redirection when the power-on self-test (POST) has finished processing.
To configure the BIOS to stop console redirection after POST
1. When the system is booting and the progress bar has started to fill, press F2 to
enter the BIOS setup program and wait for the BIOS setup program to run.
2. Use the RIGHT ARROW key to select the Advanced tab.
3. On the Advanced menu, use the DOWN ARROW key to select Console
Redirection. Press ENTER.
4. On the Console Redirection menu, use the DOWN ARROW key to select
Continue C.R. after POST. Use the PLUS SIGN key (+) to change the value to
OFF.
5. Press F10.
6. In the Setup Confirmation dialog box, select Yes and press ENTER to save the
new settings and exit from the BIOS Setup program.

Security Configuration Wizard

If you use the Security Configuration Wizard (new in Windows Server 2003 Service
Pack 1) to create a security-configuration template on an Express5800/320Ma system,
perform the following steps to ensure that the template does not interfere with ftServer
services running on the system.
The following steps assume that you have selected all the defaults associated with the
ftServer services.
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The dialog boxes shown in the following steps do not
appear in the exact sequence shown. However, they
should all appear in the course of running the Security