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DELL(TM) EMBEDDED REMOTE ACCESS/MC RELEASE NOTES

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This document contains updated information about the Dell Embedded
Remote Access/MC (ERA/MC) controller for Dell modular computing
chassis. For more information about ERA/MC, see the "Dell Remote
Access Controller/MC User's Guide. This document is located on your
documentation CD.


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SUPPORTED SYSTEMS
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ERA/MC is supported on the Dell PowerEdge(TM) 1655MC.


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SOFTWARE COMPONENTS AND THEIR SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Your controller comes with software components that provide a set of
services for each operating system supported by the PowerEdge 1655MC.
These services interface with the controller hardware to enable the
following functions:

* Remote controller configuration through the serial management port
  or the Ethernet management port.

* Remote access to the managed system's shared chassis components and
  limited access to its server modules.

ERA/MC software components support the following operating systems:

* Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server and Advanced Server

* Red Hat Linux Professional 7.3


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SUPPORTED WEB BROWSERS
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* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later


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KNOWN ISSUES FOR ERA/MC
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* The ERA/MC Web-based remote access interface does not work properly
  with Netscape Navigator. This issue will be addressed in a future
  release.

* If you want to launch the ERA/MC Web-based remote access interface
  from Dell OpenManage(TM) IT Assistant, you must enable certain Java
  options in Internet Explorer.

  To enable the Java options, perform the following steps:
 
  1. In Internet Explorer, select Tools—> Internet Options...


  2. In the Internet Options window, click the "Advanced" tab.


  3. Scroll the "Settings" list downward until you see the
     "Microsoft VM" heading.

  4. Under "Microsoft VM", select (check) either "Java console enabled
     (requires restart)", "Java logging enabled", or both.

  5. Click "Apply", and then click "Ok".
 
If you checked "Java console enabled (requires restart)", you must
close and then reopen Internet Explorer for the settings to take
effect.


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September 2002