Acer R700 manual Running the DPC Console

58 4 Configuration Software and Utilities

•DPC over LAN mode. Access the DPC console features using the DPC console window menus and/or toolbar. Active when a connection is established through the LAN.

•Re-direct mode. Active when the server is running BIOS console redirection. In this mode, the DPC console launches a separate window. The window operates as an ANSI terminal and communicates with the server through the port. Character-based commands you type in the DPC Console go directly to the server, and the DPC Console displays the text that you would normally see on the server console.

To use this mode, you must configure the Console Redirection option of BIOS Setup for Redirect mode. Enabling Console Redirection requires that the Boot Time Diagnostics Screen be Enabled in BIOS Setup. If the redirection window does not display information, the Console Redirection is either incorrectly configured or disabled, the EMP is disabled in BIOS Setup, or the server is in protected mode. For DPC to function, the server must NOT be in graphics mode.

•If the DPC console fails to connect in EMP within 10 seconds and the server can operate in Redirect mode, a prompt is displayed with the option to switch to Re-direct mode.

•Service Partition mode. Entered when the server reboots from the service partition and the DPC Console has successfully connected to the server through a modem. This mode allows running of DOS- based programs that are stored on the service partition and transferring of files.

Running the DPC Console

For more information about setting up and running the DPC Console, see the document named “ASMe_Install_Guide.pdf.” This document is in the ASMe\DOCS directory on the ASMe CD accompanying the Altos R700 server board.