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    PRIM ERGY Ser verView Suite PRIMERGY ServerView Suite ServerView Remote Management Frontend Serv erView Op erat ions Mana ger V 4.90 Redakteur cognitas3 81730 München T el.: (0 89) 61 001 - 123 F ax: 0 700 / 372 00000 Ser verVie w Remote Man agement F rontend Sprachen: E n Edition June 2009[...]

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    Comments … Suggestions … Corrections … The User Documentation Depar tment would lik e to know y our opinion of this manual. Y our f eedback helps us optimize our documentation to suit y our indivi dual needs. F eel free to se nd us your comments b y e-mail to manuals@ts.fujit su.com . Certified documentation according to DIN EN ISO 9 001:2000[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend Contents 1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 Structure of the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.3 Changes since t he last edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1.4 Notational[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend Contents 4 W orking with the Ser verView R emote Management Frontend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4.1 The Remote Managemen t Frontend user interface . . . . . . 33 4.1.1 Remote Management window f or Remote Manager and Console Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 5 1 Preface The ServerView Remote Management F rontend provides y ou with a web-based working en vironment for the remote m anagement of PRIMERGY ser vers which is integr ated in the Ser verView O perat ions Manager . The Ser verVie w Remote Management F rontend is star ted from the Ser verVie w Operations Mana[...]

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    6 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Overview Preface 1.1 O ver view The type of window di s pla yed in the Remote Management F rontend depends, on the one hand, on the hardware (iRMC, RSB etc.) which yo u us e to estab lish the connection to the managed ser ver and, on the other , on the interf ace whic h is provided i n eac h case. Hard ware- [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 7 Preface Overview The interface pro v ided by the Remote Management Frontend for the remote management o f PRIMERGY servers: Depending on the hardware av ailabl e for remote management on the individual managed servers, the Remote Manageme nt Fron tend pr ovides the following interf aces for web-based access t[...]

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    8 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Structure of the manual Preface 1.2 Structure of the manual This manual pro vides you with in f or mation about the f ollowing topic s: – Chapter 1: Preface This chapter pro vides you with a br ief o ver view of the Remote Management F rontend. – Chapter 2: Configu ration This chapter describes how y ou c[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 9 Preface Changes since the last edition 1.3 Changes since the last editio n This edition is v alid f or the Remote Management F rontend V4.90 and replaces the f ollowing online man ual: “Remote Management F rontend V4.80“, edition April 2009.[...]

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    10 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Nota tiona l con ventio ns Preface 1.4 Notational con ventions The meanings of the symbols used in this man ual are as follow s: If ref erence is made to passages elsewhere in this manual, the title of the chapter or section is named and the page number given ref ers to the star t of the section. V Wa r n i [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 11 2 Configuri ng the Remote Management Fr onten d Y ou can use confi guration files to mak e the f ollowing settings f or the Remote Management F rontend: – Multisession suppor t f or power management and console redirection via BMC/ iRMC/ iRMC S2 and displa y of the buttons f or SSH access (iRMC/ iRMC S2) a[...]

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    12 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Configuration Ins tallation and configuration – SSH access to the iRMC/ iRMC S2: In the Se rverV ie w [s erver -na me] window f or PRIMERGY ser v er s with iRMC/ iRMC S2, the iRMC SSH button f or SSH access to the iRMC/ iRMC S2 is displa yed (see figure 5 on page 22 ). Def ault value: The iRMC SSH b utton [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 13 Installation and configuration Configuratio n 2.2 Deleting/not d eleting the console area on text cons ole redirection after the end of a session When console redirection is perf ormed, the c ontent of the console area is deleted by default f ollowing termination of the console redirection session. If the co[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 15 3 Star ting the Remote Management Fr ontend This chapter describes: – the requirements that must be fulfil led in order to star t the Remote Management F rontend via the Operations Manager . – how y ou star t the Remote Management F rontend via the Operations Manager and what you need to take account of [...]

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    16 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Requirements Starting the Remote Management Frontend 3.1 Requirements Bef ore you can star t the Remote Management F rontend and establ ish a connection to the managed server , a number of requirements m us t fulfilled both at the managed server and at the remote workstation. 3.1. 1 Requireme nts at the m an[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 17 Starting the Remote Management Frontend Requirements The management por t of the RSB S2/ RSB S2 LP (3HU) on the managed ser ver shoul d be c onfigured to the def ault value 3172. I Since the Operations Manager does not know the management por t val ue, the Remote Management F rontend works with the def ault [...]

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    18 ServerView Remote Management Frontend ... starting via t he Operations Manager Remote Management Frontend 3.2 Star ting the Remo te Management Frontend via the O p erations Mana ger Y ou star t the R emote Management F rontend via the gr aphical user interface of the Operations Manager . Proceed as f ollows: Ê Star t the Operations Manager (see[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 19 Remote Management Frontend ... starting via the Operation s Manager Ê On the main page of the Oper ations Manager , click the li nk ServerList under the entr y “Ser v erList”. The ServerList window is displa yed (see figur e 2 ). Figure 2: Operations M anager: “S erver List” window Access to the Rem[...]

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    20 ServerView Remote Management Frontend ... starting via t he Operations Manager Remote Management Frontend 3.2.1 Star t ing the Remote Management Frontend via an iRMC/ iRMC S2 Proceed as f ollows: Ê In the ServerList windo w ( see figure 2 on page 19 ), clic k the name of the server which you w ant to manage with the Remote Management F rontend:[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 21 Remote Management Frontend ... starting via the Operation s Manager Start ing the Remote Manageme nt Frontend for manageable servers If the server can be managed via the Operations Manager then clic king the ser ver name i n the ServerList window (see figure 2 on page 19 ) opens the ServerV iew [server -name[...]

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    22 ServerView Remote Management Frontend ... starting via t he Operations Manager Remote Management Frontend Figure 5: Operations Manager: Remote Managem ent view ( server can be managed) I The remote management buttons (2) are only displa yed if , in the Displayed Data: bo x , displa y of the online data ( Online Data ) (1) has been set. If the di[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 23 Remote Management Frontend ... starting via the Operation s Manager Y ou can clic k on one of the displa yed buttons (e xcept for iRMC W eb) to star t the Remote Management F rontend. The corresponding Remote Management F rontend user interface ( Remote Management window) is then displa yed. The structure an[...]

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    24 ServerView Remote Management Frontend ... starting via t he Operations Manager Remote Management Frontend Startin g Remote Management Frontend for servers in BMC mode If the ser v er cannot be managed via the Operations Manager then click i ng the server name in the Ser v erLi st window (see figure 2 on page 19 ) immediately opens the f ollowing[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 25 Remote Management Frontend ... starting via the Operation s Manager 3.2.2 Star ting Remote Mana geme nt Fr onte nd via an RSB/ RSB S2/ RSB S2 LP(3HU) or a BMC Proceed as f ollows: Ê In the ServerList windo w (see figure 2 on page 19 ), click the name of the server which you w ant to manage with the Remote M[...]

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    26 ServerView Remote Management Frontend ... starting via t he Operations Manager Remote Management Frontend Startin g the Remote Management Frontend for manageable servers If the server can be managed via the Operations Manager then clic king the server name in the Ser verList windo w (s ee figure 2 on page 19 ) opens the Se rverV ie w [s erver -n[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 27 Remote Management Frontend ... starting via the Operation s Manager Figure 9: Operations Manager : Rem ote Management v ie w (ser ver can be managed) I The remote management b uttons are only displa yed if, in the Displayed Data: bo x , the displa y of the current data ( Online Data ) has been set (1). If th[...]

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    28 ServerView Remote Management Frontend ... starting via t he Operations Manager Remote Management Frontend Y ou can click on one of the displa y ed buttons (ex c ept f or RSB Manage r ) to star t the Remote Management F rontend. The corresponding Remote Management F rontend user interfac e ( Remote Management windo w) is then display ed. The stru[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 29 Remote Management Frontend ... starting via the Operation s Manager Start ing the Remote Managem ent Frontend for servers in RSB mode/BMC mode If the server cannot be managed via the Operati ons Manager then c lic k ing the ser ver name i n the ServerList window (see figure 2 on page 19 ) immediately opens t[...]

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    30 ServerView Remote Management Frontend ... starting via t he Operations Manager Remote Management Frontend 3.2.3 Star t ing Remote Management Frontend via a RemoteView Management Bla de Proceed as f ollows: Ê In the ServerList windo w ( see figure 2 on page 19 ), clic k the name of the blade ser ver ( ) that you want to manage with the Remote M [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 31 Remote Management Frontend ... starting via the Operation s Manager I It is only possib le to establish a T elnet/SSL connection to a RemoteView Management Blade with a fir mware v ersion less than S3 if the Remote Management F rontend is installed on a Windo ws system and the web browse r is also running on[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 33 4 W orking with the Ser verVi e w Remote Manag emen t Frontend This chapter describes: – The structure of the Remote Management F rontend user interface and the components which are displa yed when the Remote Management F rontend is star ted via the Operations Manager . – The procedure f or establishing [...]

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    34 ServerView Remote Management Frontend User interfaces Working with the Remote Management Frontend 4.1.1 Remote Management window f or R emote Manager and Console Menu The f ollowing section de s cribes the components of the Remote Management window f or the Remote Manager (iRMC/ iRMC S2, RS B/ RSB S2/ RSB S2 LP (3HU)) and the Console Menu applic[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 35 Working with the Remote Management Frontend User interfaces Online help Ê T o call the Remote Management F rontend help function, clic k HE LP . The Remote Management F rontend help fu nc tion pro vides you with detailed inf or mation on: Overview An ov er view containing introduc tor y inf or mation Remote[...]

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    36 ServerView Remote Management Frontend User interfaces Working with the Remote Management Frontend Console area Once you ha v e es tab l ished a connection to the iRMC/ iRMC S2 or RSB/ RSB S2/ RSB S2 LP (3HU) or RemoteVie w Management Blade (see page 42 ), the corresponding T elnet application is opened in the cons ole area: – f or iRMC/ iRMC S[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 37 Working with the Remote Management Frontend User interfaces Status bar The Remote Management F rontend status bar contains the f ollowing displa ys and controls: Connected to <IP address> <managem ent po rt> A left-aligned string indicates the status of the connection, the IP address and the por [...]

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    38 ServerView Remote Management Frontend User interfaces Working with the Remote Management Frontend 4.1.2 Remote Manag ement w indow for te x t console redirection and power mana g ement The components of the Remo te Ma nagemen t windo w for tex t c onsole redirection and power management via iRMC/ iRMC S2 or BMC are descr ibed below . Figure 13: [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 39 Working with the Remote Management Frontend User interfaces Online help Ê T o call the Remote Management F rontend help function, clic k HE LP . The Remote Management F rontend help fu nc tion pro vides you with detailed inf or mation on: Overview An ov er view containing introduc tor y inf or mation Remote[...]

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    40 ServerView Remote Management Frontend User interfaces Working with the Remote Management Frontend Console area The console area contains the displa y from the redirected console. In the console area, y ou c an also enter SA C commands if a Windows s y stem with an activ ated E mergency M anagement S er vices (EMS) is booted. Console redirection [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 41 Working with the Remote Management Frontend User interfaces P ower management bar The power management bar pro vides inf or mation on the power status of the managed server . Y ou can update the display b y clicking the S tatus button. The Command drop-do wn list allows you to s elect and r un the f ollowing[...]

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    42 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Connection to ser ver Workin g w ith the Remote Management Frontend 4.2 Estab lishing a connection to the managed server This section describes how y ou establish the connection to th e managed ser ver both in the Remote Management window f or the Remote Manager and in the Remot e Manag ement windo w for con[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 43 Working with the Remote Management Frontend Connection to server Requirements at a managed server with RSB S2 /RSB S2 LP (3 HU) – The frame work vehicle of the RSB S2/ RSB S2 LP (3HU) must be 6.4. 57.29 or higher . – Access via T elnet must be activ ated via RSB S2/ RSB S2 LP (3HU). I Since the Operation[...]

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    44 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Connection to ser ver Workin g w ith the Remote Management Frontend Establishing a T elnet/SSH connection and lo gging into the Remote Ma nager I The ex ample below describes the establis hment of T elnet/SSH connection to the managed PRIMERGY server via an iRMC/ iRMC S2. The establ ishment of a T elnet conn[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 45 Working with the Remote Management Frontend Connection to server Figure 15: Establishing an SSH conne ction to the iRMC/ iRMC S2[...]

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    46 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Connection to ser ver Workin g w ith the Remote Management Frontend Ê In the connection bar , clic k Connect . I If the connection attempt f ails, then this ma y be due to the f act that the management por t number at the managed machine i s not 3172 (T elnet) or 22 (SSH). The management por t number is not[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 47 Working with the Remote Management Frontend Connection to server – Loggin g into t he Rem ote Ma nager over a T elne t conne ctio n The Remote Manager login window i s displa yed: Figure 17: T elnet connection: Logging in to the Remote Manager I Depending on whether ServerView agents ha ve already been sta[...]

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    48 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Connection to ser ver Workin g w ith the Remote Management Frontend Figure 18: Main menu of the Remote Manager Closing a T elnet/SSH connection Ê Close the connection to the Remote Manager by clicking the Discon nect button in th e connection bar of the Remote Management window or by pressing the [0] ke y i[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 49 Working with the Remote Management Frontend Connection to server 4.2.2 Est ablishing a connection to the iRMC/ iRMC S2/BMC f or po wer management and console re direction I The ex ample below illustrates the estab lishment of a connection to an iRMC/ iRMC S2 which permits power managem ent and c onsole redir[...]

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    50 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Connection to ser ver Workin g w ith the Remote Management Frontend Figure 20: Logging on to the iRMC/ iRMC S 2 Ê Clic k the Logon b utton to log in to the iRMC/ iRMC S2. Y ou are then prompted to enter your iRMC/ iRMC S2 user name and pass word (see figure 21 on page 50 ): Figure 21: P ower management and [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 51 Working with the Remote Management Frontend Connection to server The window f or power management and te xt console redirection is then displa yed: Figure 22: Window f or power management and te xt console redirection The connection to the iRMC/ iRMC S2 is established and the comm ands for the power manageme[...]

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    52 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Connection to ser ver Workin g w ith the Remote Management Frontend Figure 23: Entering SA C or IPMI commands at the console. Ê T o close the connection to the console , click Leave Console . Ê T o close the connection to the iRMC/ iRMC S 2, click Lo g off . A AAA Select IPMI command and clic k. Enter SAS [...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 53 5S e c u r i t y 5.1 Pass wor d pr otection T o prev ent unauthorized remote access to a ser ver , the PRIMERGY Ser verVie w Suite possesses pass word protection mechanisms. There are two types of pass word that you need f or the Remote Management F rontend: – P assword f or the ServerView W eb ser ver –[...]

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    54 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Security ServerView Remote Management F rontend – Remote IPMI pass words F or each BMC you can define m ultiple user identifications, each with individual pass words. 5.2 Con sole re direc tio n –K a l y p s o B M C : The T elnet packages sent from the ServerVie w Remote Management F rontend are packaged[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 55 Related Pub lications The documentation f or the PRIMERGY manuals can be f ound on the PRIMERGY ServerView Sui te D VD 2 supplied with each server system. The documentation can also be do wnloaded free of charge from the Inter net. Y ou will find the onl ine documentation on the Inter net at http://manuals.t[...]

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    56 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Related publications [9] PRI MERG Y Se rv erVi ew S uite ServerView O p erations Manager Installation under Lin ux Installation G uide [10] PRI MERG Y Se rv erVi ew S uite ServerView O p erations Manager Installation under Lin ux Quic k Installation Guide [11] PRI MERG Y Se rv erVi ew S uite ServerVie w S2 S[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 57 Related pu blications [18] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite ServerView Threshold Man ager User Guide [19] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite ServerView P erformance Manager User Guide [20] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite ServerView Do wnlo ad Manager Ser v erView User Guide [21] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite ServerView Update Man[...]

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    58 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Related publications [28] PRI MERG Y Se rv erVi ew S uite ServerView Virtual-IO Manager User Guide [29] PRI MERG Y Se rv erVi ew S uite ServerView Virtual-IO Manager CLI Command Line Interf ace [30] PRI MERG Y Se rv erVi ew S uite ServerView Integration Over view [31] PRI MERG Y Se rv erVi ew S uite ServerVi[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 59 Related pu blications [39] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite ServerView Integration in DeskView User Guide [40] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite ServerView Remote Manag ement Frontend User guide [41] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite iRMC - integrat ed Remote Management Co ntroller User Guide [42] PRIMERGY ServerVie w Suite iRM[...]

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    60 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Related publications [50] PRIMEPO WER ServerView Suite System Administr ation within a Domain User Guide [51] FibreCA T CX Monitoring FibreCA T SX systems with Ser verView Operations Manager W elcome Guide [52] FibreCA T SX Monitoring FibreCA T SX systems with Ser verView Operations Manager W elcome Guide [5[...]

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    ServerView Remote Management Frontend 61 Inde x B BMC mode 24 , 29 C configur ation file MultiSessionBMC 12 SOLiRMC 12 SSHiRMC 12 configure automatic deletion of c ons ole area on end of te xt console redirection 13 console redirection (iRMC) 12 displa y of iRMC SSH, iRMC P o wer Management buttons 12 multisession support (BMC/ iRMC) 11 power manag[...]

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    62 ServerView Remote Management Frontend Index Remote Management windo w 33 f or Remote Manager and Console Menu 34 f or text console redirection a nd power management 38 Remote Manager 7 , 34 RSB mode 29 S secu rit y 53 with console redirection 54 working with the ServerVie w Remote Management F rontend 53 ServerView Remote Ma nagement F rontend c[...]