IBM xSeries 440 8687, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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v Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
v Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
support
v Remote power control
v
Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 blue-screen capture
v Remote firmware update and access to critical server settings
v
Optional, independent power, which enables around-the-clock access to the
server, even if the server is powered off
Setup requirements
Before you set up the Remote Supervisor Adapter, you must download to a
diskette, the DOS Remote Supervisor Utility program from the World Wide Web at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support.
Do the following before you set up the Remote Supervisor Adapter.
v
Install the operating system on the server, using ServerGuide and the
documentation that comes with the operating system.
v You must install the agent component of UM Server Extensions to use the
following Advanced System Management (ASM) Web interface features:
– Shutdown O/S and then Power Off Server
– Shutdown O/S and then Restart Server
UM Server Extensions is on the system-management software CD that comes
with the server. For information about installing the agent component, see the
documentation that comes with the system-management CD.
v To configure the remote alert recipients for Director over LAN or Director over
modem, the remote alert recipient must be an IBM Director-enabled server with
UM Server Extensions.
v
If you want to use a Web browser to access the Remote Supervisor Adapter
remotely, the supported Web browsers and browser requirements are:
– Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (with Service Pack 1), or later
– Netscape Navigator 4.72, or later (version 6.0 is not currently supported)
– Java
™
enabled Web browser (See your browser documentation or online Help
for instructions about enabling its Java support.)
– Support for JavaScript
™
1.2, or later (See your browser documentation or
online Help for instructions about enabling its JavaScript support.)
– Support of HTTP version 1.0, or later
– Minimum display resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and 256 colors
Note: The ASM Web interface and the ASM text-based interface do not support
the double-byte character set (DBCS) languages.
Using the documentation
The documentation for the Remote Supervisor Adapter includes the following
publications on the IBM Documentation CD.
v IBM
Eserver
xSeries 440 User’s Guide .
v Remote Supervisor Adapter User’s Guide for the IBM
Eserver
xSeries 440 .
This document explains how to configure and use an ASM network to manage
the server remotely through either the Web-based interface or the text-based
user interface.
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