Acer RDM Operation & User’s Manual

that allows server management control via remote station. It utilizes modems, pagers, and telephone lines to enable a remote station to monitor and analyze the server condition, update system BIOS settings and quickly return the system to normal operation. This � ...

SYSTEM (server administrator) RDM STATION (service engineer) Figure 1-1 RDM Block Diagram MODEM MODEM COM2 SIO RDM RDM Daughterboard Micro-controller MC-firmware I/O port Hard- ware O.S. (RDM Drivers) BIOS with RDM Button LED ...

1.3.1 RDM Agent The RDM agent refers to the system with an RDM module. An RDM module contains the microprocessor that acts as the RDM controller. See Chapter 2 for more details on RDM module. To enable the RDM module, the RDM agent drivers must be installed into the RDM agent and the sys ...

connection, it must have the RDM module, button, and the RDM agent software installed into the server. For the RDM station, it must have the RDM station software. For detailed information on RDM software, see Chapter 3. Peripherals such as modem, te ...