Platform Management
Intel
®
Server Board S5500BC TPS
Intel order number: E42249-003
Revision 1.0
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4.2.2
Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) Redirection
The BMC firmware supports keyboard, video, and mouse redirection over LAN. This feature is
available remotely from the embedded web server as a Java applet. This feature is only enabled
when the RMM3 is present.
Keyboard and Mouse
The keyboard and mouse are emulated by the BMC as USB human interface devices.
Video
Video output from the KVM subsystem is equivalent to the video output on the local
console. Video redirection is available from the point video is initialized by the system
BIOS.
Availability
Up to two remote KVM sessions are supported.
The default inactivity timeout is 30 minutes, but may be changed through the embedded
web server. Remote KVM activation does not disable the local system keyboard, video,
or mouse. Remote KVM is not deactivated by local system input, unless the feature is
disabled locally.
KVM sessions will persist across system reset, but not across an AC power loss.
4.2.3
Media Redirection
The embedded web server provides a Java applet to enable remote media redirection. This may
be used in conjunction with the remote KVM feature, or as a standalone applet. This feature is
only enabled when the RMM3 is present.
The media redirection feature is intended to allow system administrators or users to mount a
remote IDE or USB CD-ROM, floppy drive, or a USB flash disk as a USB device to the server.
Once mounted, the remote device appears just like a local device to the server, allowing system
administrators or users to install software (including operating systems, copy files, update BIOS,
and so forth) or boot the server from this device. USB2.0 needs to be supported for better
performance.
The following capabilities are supported:
The operation of remotely mounted devices is independent of the local devices on the
server. Both remote and local devices are useable in parallel.
Either IDE (CD-ROM, floppy) or USB devices can be mounted as a remote device to the
server.
It is possible to boot all supported (P1) Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems
from the remotely mounted device and to boot from disk IMAGE (*.IMG) files.
It is possible to mount at least two devices concurrently.
