What You Need To Do; Running The Ssu - Intel SRPL8 Product Manual

What You Need to Do

You can run the SSU directly from the configuration software CD-ROM after you have installed a
CD-ROM drive, or from a set of DOS diskettes.
If you choose to run the SSU from DOS diskettes, you must copy the SSU from the CD-ROM to
the diskettes and follow the instructions in the included README.TXT file to prepare the
diskettes.
If your diskette drive is disabled or improperly configured, you must use the flash-resident Setup
utility to enable it so you can use the SSU. If necessary, you can disable the drive after exiting the
SSU. Information entered using the SSU overrides any entered using Setup.

Running the SSU

Running the SSU Locally
Running the ssu.bat file provided on the SSU media starts the SSU. If the server boots directly
from the SSU media, the ssu.bat file runs automatically. If the server boots from different media,
the SSU can be started manually or by another application. When the utility starts in the local
execution mode (the default mode), the SSU accepts input from the keyboard and/or mouse. The
SSU presents a VGA-based GUI on the primary monitor.
The SSU runs from writable, nonwritable, removable, and nonremovable media. If the SSU is run
from nonwritable media, user preference settings (like screen colors) cannot be saved.
The SSU supports the ROM-DOS V6.22 OS. It can run on other ROM-DOS compatible OSs, but
they are not supported. The SSU will not operate from a "DOS window" running under an OS like
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Windows .
Running the SSU Remotely
To run the SSU remotely, you must use one of two mechanisms:
Graphical hardware redirection through the Intel remote management card (IRMC)
BIOS console redirection
NOTE
The SSU supports a text mode of operation versus the default VGA graphics
mode. Some forms of remote operation require that the SSU be operated in
text mode. In text mode, the SSU screens are constructed using only
character-based graphics and colors. The primary benefit of text mode is the
reduced amount of display information that needs to be communicated to a
remote console. Support for text mode operation also allows the SSU to be
operated remotely via modem using existing technologies, with no
modification to the SSU required.
To start the SSU in text mode, type "AF/t" from the command line in the
SSU subdirectory (the directory containing the af.exe file). Depending on
the mode of execution, this could involve exiting the SSU to reach the
command prompt, then restarting the SSU in text mode.
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