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Chapter 3. Using the ASM interconnect network
This chapter includes information about how to configure and connect your
server to function within an Advanced System Management (ASM)
interconnect network.
Overview
You can connect service processors together to form an Advanced System
Management (ASM) interconnect network. Service processors are Remote
Supervisor Adapter IIs, Remote Supervisor Adapters, ASM processors, ASM
PCI adapters, and integrated system management processors (ISMPs).
An ASM interconnect network provides two levels of functionality. First, the
ASM interconnect network enables you to control and to configure settings for
the servers in which other service processors are located. Second, the ASM
interconnect network enables other service processors to use the resources
(Ethernet or modem) of other Remote Supervisor Adapters IIs, Remote
Supervisor Adapters, ASM processors (modems only), and ASM PCI adapters
in the ASM interconnect network for sending alerts. This interconnect network
is used when a service processor cannot send an alert and must forward the
information to another service processor to send the alert.
Planning and cabling your ASM interconnect network
To support the most recent ASM features, a Remote Supervisor Adapter II
must be the main gateway to your ASM interconnect network if the network
also includes servers with Remote Supervisor Adapters, ASM PCI adapters,
ASM processors, or ISMPs. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II forwards the
ASM information generated by the servers attached to the ASM interconnect
network to other servers on your Ethernet network or that are attached
through a modem. The connected ASM processors, ASM PCI Adapters, and
ISMPs are managed through the user interface and Web browser access of the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
Before cabling the ASM interconnect network, review the following
information:
v
You must connect an ASM breakout cable to the Remote Supervisor Adapter
II.
v
You must connect an ASM interconnect module to the Remote Supervisor
Adapter.
v The cables in an ASM interconnect network are hot-swappable.
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