Intel® Server System R2000WF Product Family Technical Product Specification
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The redirection of KVM over IP is performed in parallel with the local KVM without affecting the local KVM
operation.
11.3.4
Availability
The remote KVM session is available even when the server is powered off (in stand-by mode). No restart of
the remote KVM session shall be required during a server reset or power on/off. A BMC reset (for example,
due to a BMC Watchdog initiated reset or BMC reset after BMC FW update) will require the session to be re-
established. KVM sessions persist across system reset, but not across an AC power loss.
11.3.5
Security
The KVM redirection feature supports multiple encryption algorithms, including RC4 and AES. The actual
algorithm that is used is negotiated with the client based on the client’s capabilities.
11.3.6
Usage
As the server is powered up, the remote KVM session displays the complete BIOS boot process. The user is
able interact with BIOS setup, change and save settings as well as enter and interact with option ROM
configuration screens.
11.3.7
Force-enter BIOS Setup
KVM redirection can present an option to force-enter BIOS Setup. This enables the system to enter F2 setup
while booting which is often missed by the time the remote console redirects the video.
11.3.8
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.
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 remote 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 on, or boot the server from this
device.
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 usable 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 operating systems from the remotely mounted device and to boot
from disk IMAGE (*.IMG) and CD-ROM or DVD-ROM ISO files. See the Tested/supported Operating
System List for more information.
Media redirection supports redirection for both a virtual CD device and a virtual Floppy/USB device
concurrently. The CD device may be either a local CD drive or else an ISO image file; the Floppy/USB
device may be either a local Floppy drive, a local USB device, or else a disk image file.
The media redirection feature supports multiple encryption algorithms, including RC4 and AES. The
actual algorithm that is used is negotiated with the client based on the client’s capabilities.
A remote media session is maintained even when the server is powered off (in standby mode). No
restart of the remote media session is required during a server reset or power on/off. An BMC reset
(for example, due to an BMC reset after BMC FW update) will require the session to be re-established
The mounted device is visible to (and usable by) managed system’s OS and BIOS in both pre-boot
and post-boot states.
The mounted device shows up in the BIOS boot order and it is possible to change the BIOS boot
order to boot from this remote device.
