Using The Remote Presence And Blue-Screen Capture Features; Enabling The Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility Program; Configuring The Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Controller - IBM System x3755 M3 7164 Installation And User Manual

3. Click Login to start the session. The System Status page, provides a quick view

Using the remote presence and blue-screen capture features

The remote presence and blue-screen capture features are integrated functions of
the integrated baseboard management controller (iBMC).
The remote presence feature provides the following functions:
v Remotely viewing video with graphics resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 at 75 Hz,
v Remotely accessing the server, using the keyboard and mouse from a remote
v Mapping the CD or DVD drive, diskette drive, and USB flash drive on a remote
v Uploading a diskette image to the iBMC memory and mapping it to the server as
The blue-screen capture feature captures the video display contents before the
iBMC restarts the server when the iBMC detects an operating-system hang
condition. A system administrator can use the blue-screen capture feature to assist
in determining the cause of the hang condition.

Enabling the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program

The Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program is part of the server firmware. You
can use it to configure the network as a startable device, and you can customize
where the network startup option appears in the startup sequence. Enable and
disable the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Utility program from the Setup utility.

Configuring the Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller

The Ethernet controllers are integrated on the system board. They provide an
interface for connecting to a 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps network and provide
full-duplex (FDX) capability, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception
of data on the network. If the Ethernet ports in the server support auto-negotiation,
the controllers detect the data-transfer rate (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, or
1000BASE-T) and duplex mode (full-duplex or half-duplex) of the network and
automatically operate at that rate and mode.
You do not have to set any jumpers or configure the controllers. However, you must
install a device driver to enable the operating system to address the controllers. For
device drivers and information about configuring the Ethernet controllers, complete
the following steps:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
2. Under Product support, click System x.
Notes:
a. The iBMC is set initially with a user name of USERID and password of
PASSW0RD (with a zero, not the letter O). You have read/write access. You
must change this default password the first time you log on.
b. The default timeout value is 10 minutes. The iBMC will log you off the web
interface if your browser is inactive for 10 minutes.
of the server status.
regardless of the system state
client
client, and mapping ISO and diskette image files as virtual drives that are
available for use by the server
a virtual drive
Chapter 3. Configuring the server
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