8-36 Troubleshooting

Features of Off-line Maintenance Utility

The Off-line Maintenance Utility provides the following features. (Available features vary depending on the way you started the Off-line Maintenance Utility.)

IMPORTANT: See the on-line help for details of the Off-line Maintenance Utility. For further information, ask your service representative.

„IPMI Information Viewer

Provides the functions to view the system event log (SEL), sensor data record (SDR), and field replaceable unit (FRU) and to make a backup copy of them.

Using this feature, you can find system errors and events to determine a maintenance part.

„BIOS Setup Viewer

Provides the functions to export the current configuration data defined with the SETUP utility to a text file.

„System Information Viewer

Provides the functions to view information on the processor and the BIOS and export it to a text file.

„System Information Management

Provides the function to make a back-up copy of your data.

Without the backup data, the system-specific information and/or configuration may not be restored.

Only the authorized personnel is allowed to restore the backup data.

„Start of Utilities

With the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER, you can start the following utilities installed in the maintenance partition.

–System Management

–System Diagnostics

–Maintenance Partition Update

„Chassis Identify

This function can distinguish the machine with the LED or buzzer of the machine. This is convenient if you have to distinguish a machine among many machines on the rack.