Quick Hardware Installation Guide English
Step 3 Connect External Cables
Connect the MegaRAC G4
USB cable to the card.
(Optional) Connect the Power
Adapter to the card.
Connect to the USB Port
on the Host System.
Connect to the VGA port
on the Host System. Connect the VGA Splitter
Cable to the card.
Connect to the
local Monitor.
Connect the Network
Cable to the card.
USB In
Network
VGA In
•Attach the VGA splitter to the MegaRAC® G4 card. Connect the female end to the
monitor and the male end to your host system’s VGA port.
•Connect the RJ45 LAN cable from your local network to your MegaRAC® G4 card.
•Connect the MegaRAC G4 USB cable from your host system’s USB port to you
MegaRAC® G4 card.
•Connect your AC adapter to the MegaRAC G4 USB cable.
Note: The AC Adapter (optional) continues to provide power to the MegaRAC card in the
event that the host system is on standby mode (3.3V STB) or powered on.
Step 4 Confirm the Motherboard’s BIOS Settings
Power on the motherboard and enter the BIOS. Using the following table, confirm that your
motherboard’s BIOS settings are correct.
BIOS Section Setting
Boot Options> Removable Devices AMI Virtual Floppy or USB Boot Device
Boot Options> ATAPI CDROM AMI Virtual CDROM or USB Boot Device
Advanced> PCIPnP> Configuration> Enable
Legacy USB Support
Save the BIOS settings and restart the computer.
Note: Make sure that your motherboard BIOS supports Legacy USB devices, USB Boot or
Boot to USB.
Note: On some motherboards and server boards, depress the <CTRL>, <ALT>, and <ESC>
keys simultaneously to enter the BIOS. On others use the <F2> keys. See your server’s
documentation for more information on entering the BIOS setup.
Step 5 Initial Configuration of the MegaRAC G4 card
The MegaRAC® G4 card is ready to be used at this stage. If you have an AC Adapter
attached to the MegaRAC® G4 card’s USB cable, it will be powered on even if your
host system is not powered on.
At this point you may wish to do an initial configuration of the MegaRAC® G4 card in
order to find its IP Address.
You can access the MegaRAC® G4 card from another system via the network. AMI
refers to this other system as the client system. To do this, you must know the
MegaRAC® G4 card’s IP Address. If you have installed the MegaRAC® G4 card on a
network that uses DHCP, you can search the network for the MegaRAC® G4 card. To
locate and find out its IP Address, run the G4ConfigApp Utility located on your CD.
G4ConfigApp
The MegaRAC card can be located using the G4ConfigApp utility. Once the IP Address
is located or configured, you can use your Internet browser to access the MegaRAC
card remotely. The G4ConfigApp utility is a GUI-based program that must be run from
the host machine. The host machine is the computer that has the MegaRAC card
installed in it.
To run the G4ConfigApp program, double left click the G4ConfigApp.exe icon
located in the following directories on your MegaRAC™ G4 CD:
CDROM\ServerAgent\Windows\
The G4ConfigApp Dialog window will appear. When prompted for the user name and
password, use root for the User Name and superuser for the Password. Both are
all lower-case characters. Once logged in, you will be able to get the MegaRAC card’s
current network information.
Step 5 Initial Configuration of the MegaRAC G4 card, Continued
Note: When you log in using the root user name and password, you have full
administrative powers. It is advised that once you log in, you change the
root password.
Setup your Client System’s Internet Browser
You must first set up Internet Explorer browser on the client system before you can
redirect the host system’s console. Set up Internet Explorer’s Security Settings to allow
the downloading of Signed ActiveX controls and also allow it to run Signed ActiveX
controls. See the MegaRAC G4 User’s Guide located on the MegaRAC G4 CD for
more information.
Note: At the time this document was being created, the MegaRAC ActiveX
controls were in the process of being “signed” (by VeriSign®) so that they
could be authenticated by Internet browsers. If redirection does not operate
properly, you may have to set up Internet Explorer’s Security Settings to
allow the downloading of Unsigned ActiveX controls and also allow it to run
Unsigned ActiveX controls as well.
Step 6 Install/Boot to an Operating System
At this stage if you already have an operating system loaded on the host system, you
can boot to it. While the operating system is booting up, it will detect the MegaRAC
G4 card’s USB devices (that make device redirection possible).
The operating system will default to the standard drivers for all devices. If you are
running Linux on your host system, it will continue to use default drivers.
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