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Installing rdm, System requirements, Rdm console setup – Acer Altos G701 User Manual

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Appendix A ASM & RDM quick installation guide

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Installing RDM

Remote Diagnostics Manager (RDM) consists of the RDM Console and
the RDM Agent. RDM agent is preinstalled in any Acer Altos series
server with a BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) board.

System requirements

RDM requires that a BMC board be installed in the managed server;
otherwise, RDM Console will not be able to locate the managed server.

RDM Console requirements

Intel Pentium or higher processor

32 MB of RAM

At least 32 MB free hard disk space

Microsoft Windows 98/2000/Me/XP or Windows NT 4.0 operating
system

Ethernet card

RDM Console setup

This section describes how to install and uninstall the RDM Console
software.

Installing the RDM Console software

Follow these steps to install the RDM Console software:

1

Log in to the managed server using the Administrator account.

2

Insert the EasyBUILD

TM

Management CD into the server’s CD-ROM

drive.

The installation sequence will automatically be displayed.

3

Select the option for RDM installation.

The installation wizard will be initialized.

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