IBM 866011U - Netfinity 5500 - 8660, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Netfinity System Management
Processor
The following information is about the system management
processor that is integrated in the server. It also describes
how to access the system management processor without
Netfinity Manager. The following information is for the
Netfinity System Management Processor.
One of the features of the Netfinity 5500 is the integrated
system management processor.
Note
To use all of the functions of the system management
processor, you must install the Advanced System
Management service for Netfinity Manager. You also
will need a user-provided modem attached to serial
port A to use the remote functions. Refer to “Serial
ports” on page 166 for information about serial port A.
The Advanced System Management service gives you the
ability to configure and monitor many features of the
server's system management processor. You can connect
to, and directly access and control, the system
management processor of a remote system. With the
Advanced System Management service you can configure
Advanced System Management service events (such as,
POST, loader, and operating-system timeouts; and critical
temperature and voltage failures). If any of these events
occur, the Advanced System Management service can be
configured to automatically forward a Netfinity alert in one
of three ways:
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Alert forwarded to another Netfinity system
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Alert forwarded to a standard numeric pager
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Alert forwarded to an alphanumeric pager
In addition, with the Advanced System Management
service you can remotely monitor, record, and replay all
textual data generated by a remote system during POST.
While monitoring a remote system during POST, you can
enter key commands on the keyboard that will then be
relayed to the remote system.
The Netfinity Manager software is included in the
serverGuide package. Refer to the documentation that
comes with ServerGuide for information on how to install
the Netfinity Manager software. Then, refer to the online
Netfinity documentation or the online
Advanced System
Management Service for Netfinity Manager User’s Guide
for information on using the system management
processor.
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