NEC Express5800 Series User Manual page 234

OFF-LINE MAINTENANCE UTILITY
The Off-line Maintenance Utility is an OS-independent maintenance program. The Off-line
Maintenance Utility can be used when you are unable to start the OS-dependent NEC ESMPRO to
troubleshoot a problem.
IMPORTANT:
The Off-line Maintenance Utility is intended for use by an authorized support
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representative. The NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM and the Off-line Maintenance
Utility Bootable FD you have created contain a file that describes operation of the utility,
but do not attempt to use the utility by yourself. Contact NEC Corporation of America's
Technical Support or your authorized Sales agent and follow instructions.
Starting the Off-line Maintenance Utility disables any access from a client to the server.
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Starting the Off-line Maintenance Utility
The Off-line Maintenance Utility may be started in the following ways.
From the CD-ROM
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Set the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM in the DVD-ROM drive and reboot the
system. After the menu is displayed on the screen, select [Tools] - [Off-line Maintenance
Utility]. The Off-line Maintenance Utility program starts from the CD-ROM.
From the floppy disk
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Set the Off-line Maintenance Utility Bootable FD in the floppy disk drive and reboot the
system. The Off-line Maintenance Utility program starts from the boot disk. The Off-line
Maintenance Utility Bootable FD is created by selecting [Tools] - [Create Support FD] on
the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
Features of Off-line Maintenance Utility
The Off-line Maintenance Utility provides the following features.
IPMI Information Viewer
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Provides the functions to view the system event log (SEL), sensor data record (SDR), and
field replaceable unit (FRU) and to make a backup copy of them.
Using this feature, you can find system errors and events to determine a maintenance part.
BIOS Setup Viewer
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Provides the functions to export the current configuration data defined with the SETUP utility
to a text file.
System Information Viewer
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Provides the functions to view information on the processor (CPU) and the BIOS and export it
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