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3. Select Serial Ports.
4. Select Console Redirection.
5. Set the Com Port Address to 3F8/IRQ 4 (Serial Port A).
6. Select a baud rate.
7. Select console type.
8. Select flow control.
9. Select modem for console connection.
10. Then, after setting up your server and a remote PC console with modems, you install your terminal
emulation software (pcANYWHERE32 included with the server) on the remote console to establish a
connection. For in-depth details on configuring and using the Remote Console feature, refer to the
"Remote Administrator Guide" on the HP Server Online Documentation CD-ROM.
About the Remote Console Feature
The following text and illustration show how HP's Remote Console is connected to the HP Server.
Figure 3-24. HP Remote Console Setup
1. At the server – After using the Utility Partition Console Redirection feature to set the server to receive,
the server may be taken over by the remote console.
2. At the Remote Console – Using a modem and pcANYWHERE32, the offsite remote console
workstation may dial into and run diagnostic utilities on the HP Server.
Using the Remote Console feature, you can remotely access a customer's Server Utility Partition to:
· Update the server BIOS.
This feature is particularly useful since it allows you to update a server's BIOS remotely.
· Run HP server DiagTools.
This utility provides you with ways to test a server's hardware components, including system board
function.
· Remotely boot the server and view startup messages.
· Set or reset server keyboard language.
In addition, your HP Server tc3100 includes pcANYWHERE32 communications software (by Symantec Inc.)
to graphically redirect your Windows NT server console to a remote location. For in-depth details, refer to the
"Remote Console Feature" on the Online Documentation CD.