Off-Line Maintenance Utility; Starting The Off-Line Maintenance Utility; Features Of Off-Line Maintenance Utility - NEC Express5800 140Rd-4 User Manual

OFF-LINE MAINTENANCE UTILITY

The Off-line Maintenance Utility is an operating system-independent maintenance program. When you are unable to start the
operating system-dependent ESMPRO to troubleshoot a problem, the Off-line Maintenance Utility can be used.
IMPORTANT:
The Off-line Maintenance Utility is intended for use of your sales agent. The
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 your sales agent and follow instructions.
Starting the Off-line Maintenance Utility disables any access from a client to the server.

Starting the Off-line Maintenance Utility

The Off-line Maintenance Utility may be started in the following ways.
From the CD-ROM
Set the EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM in the CD-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
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
EXPRESSBUILDER.
Manual start (by pressing F4)
When the Off-line Maintenance Utility is installed, press F4 while the start-up screen of the server is on screen. The
Off-line Maintenance Utility starts from the hard disk.

Features of Off-line Maintenance Utility

The Off-line Maintenance Utility provides the following features. (Available features vary depending on the way you started
the Off-line Maintenance Utility.)
IMPORTANT:
information, ask your sales agent.
IPMI Information Viewer
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
Provides the functions to export the current configuration data defined with the SETUP utility to a text file.
System Information Viewer
Provides the functions to view information on the processor and the BIOS and export it to a text file.
System Information Management
Provides the function to make a back-up copy of your data.
Without the backup data, the system-specific information and/or configuration may not be restored.
See the on-line help for details of the Off-line Maintenance Utility. For further
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