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Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network . . . . . . 62
Chapter 6. Starting and configuring the ASM text-based interface . . . . 65
Accessing the text-based interface through a Telnet connection . . . . . . . 65
Accessing the text-based interface through a direct serial connection . . . . . 66
Configuring terminal settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network . . . . . . 67
Chapter 7. Configuring your Remote Supervisor Adapter using a
text-based interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setting system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setting server timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Creating a login profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Setting modem and dial-in settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Configuring remote alert recipients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Setting remote alert attempts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting remote alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configuring the serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Initialization-string guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Configuring network interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Configuring an Ethernet connection to the Remote Supervisor Adapter . . . 87
Configuring PPP access over the serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configuring network protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Configuring SMTP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting the Remote Supervisor Adapter and ASM processor clocks. . . . . . 94
Chapter 8. Checking system health and performing tasks through the
text-based interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Monitoring temperature, voltage, and fan readings . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Viewing the event log
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Viewing vital product data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter tasks through a text-based interface 102
Remotely controlling the power status of a server. . . . . . . . . . . 103
Viewing the server text console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Restoring ASM defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Restarting ASM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Logging off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . 107
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web
. . . . . . . . . 107
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Edition notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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