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Contents
Contents ......................................................................................................iii
Notices .........................................................................................................vi
Safety information ....................................................................................viii
About this guide .........................................................................................ix
ASMB6-iKVM specications summary .....................................................xi
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! ......................................................................................1-2
1.2 Package contents .........................................................................1-2
1.3 Features ........................................................................................1-3
1.4 System requirements ...................................................................1-4
1.5 Network setup ..............................................................................1-5
Chapter 2: Installation
2.1 Before you proceed .....................................................................2-2
2.2 Hardware installation ...................................................................2-2
2.3 Firmware update and IP conguration .......................................2-4
2.3.1 Firmware update .............................................................2-4
2.3.2 Congure BMC IP source static IP ..................................2-6
2.3.3 Congure BMC IP source DHCP ....................................2-7
2.4 BIOS conguration ......................................................................2-8
2.4.1 Running the BIOS BMC conguration ............................2-8
2.4.2 BMC network conguration .............................................2-8
2.4.3 System Event Log .........................................................2-10
2.5 Running the ASMC6 utility ........................................................2-11
2.5.1 Conguring the LAN controller ......................................2-13
2.5.2 Conguring the user name and password ....................2-14
2.6 Software installation ..................................................................2-15
2.6.1 Installing the ARC .........................................................2-15
2.6.2 Launching ARC .............................................................2-16
Chapter 3: ASUS Remote Console
3.1 ASUS Remote Console (ARC) .....................................................3-2
3.1.1 ARC sections ..................................................................3-3
3.1.2 Connecting to the remote server .....................................3-6
3.1.3 Retrieving sensor information .........................................3-8