Features of the RILOE II

The RILOE II screen displays the following tabs:

•System Status

This section provides information about the server and the RILOE II. The information includes server status, RILOE II status, survey information, the Remote Insight Event Log, and the Integrated Management Log.

•Remote Console

This section gives you access to the Remote Console and enables you to define keystroke sequences that are transmitted to the remote host server at the press of a hot key. It also provides reset sequence playback and Windows® 2003 EMS access.

•Virtual Devices

This section provides remote Virtual Power Button, power cycle capabilities, remote

reset capabilities, Virtual Floppy Drive, Virtual Floppy Drive USB, and Virtual CD Drive USB.

•Administration

This section allows you to manage individualized settings for users, SNMP alerts, the network environment, global security, certificates, and directory services settings. This section also includes an option that enables you to upgrade the RILOE II firmware.

Managing the user and configuration settings of the RILOE II

The options available in the Administration section allow you to manage user settings, SNMP alerting through integration with Insight Manager, security settings, and network environment settings. This section also provides a firmware upgrade option that allows you to keep the RILOE II current.

User configurations and settings

In User Settings of the Administration section, you can add new users or modify a user's profile. A user with administrator status can remotely add, delete, and modify the configurations of other Remote Insight users.

Parameter

Default value

Definition

 

 

 

User Name

Administrator

This parameter is the user's real name as it

 

 

appears in the user list and event log. It is not

 

 

the name used to log in. The maximum length

 

 

of the user name is 40 characters.

Login Name

Administrator

This is a case-sensitive name that the user must

 

 

provide to log in to RILOE II.

 

 

 

Password

A random, eight-

This is a case-sensitive password that the user

 

character

must provide to log in to RILOE II. In Security

 

alphanumeric string

Options, the minimum password length can

 

that is factory

be assigned. The minimum password can be

 

assigned

from 0 to 40 characters. The default minimum

 

 

password length is eight characters.

Enforced client IP

None

This parameter specifies a specific IP address,

Address

 

an IP address range, or a DNS name. Client

 

 

login attempts that do not meet the specified

 

 

requirements are rejected.

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