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The integrated baseboard management controller has support for advanced management features
which are enabled when an optional Intel®Remote Management Module 4 Lite (RMM4 Lite) is
installed. The Intel RMM4 add-on offers convenient, remote KVM access and control through LAN
and internet. It captures, digitizes, and compresses video and transmits it with keyboard and mouse
signals to and from a remote computer. Remote access and control software runs in the integrated
baseboard management controller, utilizing expanded capabilities enabled by the Intel RMM4
hardware.
Key Features of the RMM4 add-on are:
KVM redirection from either the dedicated management NIC or the server board NICs used
for management traffic; up to two KVM sessions
Media Redirection – The media redirection feature is intended to allow system
administrators orusers to mount a remote IDE or USB CDROM, floppy drive, or a USB
flash disk as a remote device to the server. Once mounted, the remote device appears just
like a local device to the server allowing system administrators or users to install software
(including operating systems), copy files, update BIOS, or boot the server from this device.
KVM – Automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture, high
performancemouse tracking and synchronization. It allows remote viewing and
configuration in pre-boot POST and BIOS setup.
9.1.3.1 Keyboard, Video, Mouse (KVM) Redirection
The BMC firmware supports keyboard, video, and mouse redirection (KVM) over LAN. This feature
is available remotely from the embedded web server as a Java applet. This feature is only enabled
when the Intel®RMM4 lite is present. The client system must have a Java Runtime Environment
(JRE) version 6.0 or later to run the KVM or media redirection applets.
The BMC supports an embedded KVM application (Remote Console) that can be launched from the
embedded web server from a remote console. USB1.1 or USB 2.0 based mouse and keyboard
redirection are supported. It is also possible to use the KVM-redirection (KVM-r) session
concurrently with media-redirection (media-r). This feature allows a user to interactively use the
keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) functions of the remote server as if the user were physically at
the managed server. KVM redirection console supports the following keyboard layouts: English,
Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
KVM redirection includes a “soft keyboard” function. The “soft keyboard” is used to simulate an
entire keyboard that is connected to the remote system. The “soft keyboard” functionality supports
the following layouts: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.
The KVM-redirection feature automatically senses video resolution for best possible screen capture
and provides high-performance mouse tracking and synchronization. It allows remote viewing and
configuration in pre-boot POST and BIOS setup, once BIOS has initialized video.
Other attributes of this feature include:
Encryption of the redirected screen, keyboard, and mouse
Compression of the redirected screen.
Ability to select a mouse configuration based on the OS type.
Supports user definable keyboard macros.
KVM redirection feature supports the following resolutions and refresh rates:
640x480 at 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz, 100Hz
800x600 at 60Hz, 72Hz, 75Hz, 85Hz