6-9OFF-LINE MAINTENANCE UTILITYThe Off-line Maintenance Utility is an OS-independent maintenance program. When you are unableto start the OS-dependent NEC ESMPRO to troubleshoot a problem, the Off-line MaintenanceUtility can be used.IMPORTANT: The Off-line Maintenance Utility is intended for use of your sales agent. The NECEXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM and the Off-line Maintenance Utility Bootable FD youhave created contain a file that describes operation of the utility, but do not attempt to usethe utility by yourself. Contact your sales agent and follow instructions. Starting the Off-line Maintenance Utility disables any access from a client to the server.Starting the Off-line Maintenance UtilityThe Off-line Maintenance Utility may be started in the following ways.NEC Express5800/ft series does not support the feature to start the Off-line Maintenance Utilityfrom the maintenance partition. From the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROMSet the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and reboot the system.After the menu is displayed on the screen, select [Tools] → [Off-line Maintenance Utility].The Off-line Maintenance Utility program starts from the CD-ROM. From the floppy diskSet the Off-line Maintenance Utility Bootable FD in the floppy disk drive and reboot thesystem. The Off-line Maintenance Utility program starts from the boot disk. The Off-lineMaintenance Utility Bootable FD is created by selecting [Tools] → [Create Support FD]on the NEC EXPRESSBUILDER.Features of Off-line Maintenance UtilityThe Off-line Maintenance Utility provides the following features. IPMI Information ViewerProvides the functions to view the system event log (SEL), sensor data record (SDR), andfield replaceable unit (FRU) in IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) and tomake a backup copy of them.Using this feature, you can find system errors and events to determine a maintenance part. BIOS Setup ViewerProvides the functions to export the current configuration data defined with the SETUP utilityto a text file.
