IBM 866251Y - Netfinity 5500 M20, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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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
Ÿ
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 Netfinity Advanced System
Management Processor.
System requirements for the Advanced
System Management Service with Netfinity
Manager:
The minimum system requirements for using the Advanced
System Management service are:
Ÿ
Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor
(built into the Netfinity 5500 M20)
Ÿ
Netfinity Manager or Client Services for Netfinity
Manager, version 5.10.4 or later
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2 MB of available hard disk drive space
Accessing the Netfinity Advanced System
Management Processor without Netfinity
Manager:
If for some reason you are unable to use Netfinity Manager
to access and manage the Netfinity Advanced System
Management Processor, you can use a terminal program
and a modem to connect directly to the Netfinity Advanced
System Management Processor. This modem should be
connected to management port C. (See “Management
port C” on page 190.) When connected, you will be able
to access a variety of monitor, configuration, and error log
data. You can also power the remote (Netfinity 5500 M20)
system on or off, shutdown and restart the server, and
initiate remote video mode on the Netfinity Advanced
System Management Processor. Remote video mode
enables you to remotely monitor all textual output
generated during POST. All POST data will be displayed
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