Expressscope Engine 3 - NEC Express5800 Series Maintenance Manual

Chapter 2 Convenient Features
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EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3

EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 enables various features by using a system management LSI called BMC
Baseboard Management Controller (BMC).
EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 monitors statuses inside the server such as that of temperature and voltage.
Connecting the management LAN port to your network enables you to do the following from a remote site
through a web browser and SSH client;
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Managing the server
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Operating* KVM (keyboard, video, and mouse) from a remote console
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Accessing* a CD-ROM, DVD ROM, floppy disk, ISO image, or USB flash drive in a remote console
* To actualize these features, the virtual USB mass storage (Remote FD, Remote CD/DVD, Remote USB
Memory, or Vritual Flash) is always connected as USB mass storage for CPU blade.
More than one removable drives other than the actual drive are displayed on the operating system of the
server. These added removable drives are the virtual removable drives reserved for the remote media feature
of EXPRESSSCOPE Engine 3 (*1).
Fig. 1 For example, Windows Server 2008 R2 Computer Folder (*2)
Fig. 2 For example, Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Manager (*2)
*1 This feature is to use FD/CD/DVD drives, ISO images and USB flash memories connected to the PC for
Management as drives virtually connected to the server.
*2 The number of drives and the drive letters depend on the system configurations.
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