KISS
Oil & Gas
2U User’s Manual
Make sure that the main power supply (power outlet) is properly grounded and that the
power cord is in perfect condition without any visible damage. An ungrounded main power
supply is not permissible.
9.2.
Operating System and Hardware Component Drivers
Your computer can optionally be supplied with or without pre-installed operating system.
If you have ordered your KISS
Oil & Gas
2U with pre-installed operating system, all drivers are installed,
corresponding to the ordered computer configuration (optional hardware components). Your computer is fully
functional when you turn it on for the first time.
Since Kontron works closely with Intel® at the board level some of the key Intel system management software
and hardware functionality is enabled in the KTQ77/Flex motherboard and the
KISS Oil & Gas
2U.
Oil & Gas
industry
companies can benefit from remote system management and enhanced security.
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Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT 8.0), supported by Core i5 and Core i7 allows
Oil & Gas
companies to better discover, repair, and protect their networked computing assets. With
built-in manageability, Intel AMT allows IT management to discover assets even while platforms are
powered off. Intel AMT allows IT to remotely remediate and recover systems after OS failures. Out-of-
band alerting and event logging also help to reduce downtime.
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The Intel® Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a hardware-based security crytographic device that
addresses the growing concern on boot process integrity and offers better data protection. TPM
protects the system start-up process by ensuring it is tamper-free before releasing system control to
the operating system. A TPM device provides secured storage to store data, such as security keys
and passwords. In addition, a TPM device has encryption and hash functions. The Intel® TPM module
implements TPM as per TPM PC Client specifications revision 1.2 by the Trusted Computing Group
(TCG).
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A TPM device has been affixed to the Kontron motherboard of the server and is secured from external
software attacks and physical theft. A pre-boot environment, such as the BIOS and operating system
loader, uses the TPM to collect and store unique measurements from multiple factors within the boot
process to create a system fingerprint. This unique fingerprint remains the same unless the pre-boot
environment is tampered with. Therefore, it is used to compare to future measurements to verify the
integrity of the boot process.
If you have ordered your KISS
Oil & Gas
2U without pre-installed operating system, you have to
install the operating system and the corresponding drivers for the ordered computer configuration.
The needed drivers can be downloaded from the web page
by selecting
the product.
Consider the manufacturer specifications of the operating system and the integrate
hardware components.
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