NEC EXP320A, User Manual

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6-10 Maintenance
OFF-LINE MAINTENANCE UTILITY
The Off-line Maintenance Utility is an OS-independent maintenance program. When you are unable
to start the OS-dependent NEC ESMPRO to troubleshoot a problem, the Off-line Maintenance
Utility can be used.
IMPORTANT:
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The Off-line Maintenance Utility is intended for use of your sales agent. The NEC
EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM and the Off-line Maintenance Utility Bootable FD you
have created contain a file that describes operation of the utility, but do not attempt to use
the utility by yourself. Contact your sales agent and follow instructions.
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Starting the Off-line Maintenance Utility disables any access from a client to the server.
Starting the Off-line Maintenance Utility
The Off-line Maintenance Utility may be started in the following ways.
NEC Express5800/ft series does not support the feature to start the Off-line Maintenance Utility
from the maintenance partition.
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From the CD-ROM
Set the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and reboot the system.
After the menu is displayed on the screen, select [Tools] - [Off-line Maintenance Utility].
The Off-line Maintenance Utility program starts from the CD-ROM.
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From the floppy disk
Set the Off-line Maintenance Utility Bootable FD in the floppy disk drive and reboot the
system. The Off-line Maintenance Utility program starts from the boot disk. The Off-line
Maintenance Utility Bootable FD is created by selecting [Tools] - [Create Support FD] on
the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.
Features of Off-line Maintenance Utility
The Off-line Maintenance Utility provides the following features.
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IPMI Information Viewer
Provides the functions to view the system event log (SEL), sensor data record (SDR), and
field replaceable unit (FRU) and to make a backup copy of them.
Using this feature, you can find system errors and events to determine a maintenance part.
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BIOS Setup Viewer
Provides the functions to export the current configuration data defined with the SETUP utility
to a text file.