Chapter 5. ASMI Module Usage
Prerequisites
The ASMI module features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of
standardized interfaces. This chapter will describe these interfaces and the way to use them in a more
detailed manner. The interfaces are accessed using the TCP/IP protocol family, thus they can be accessed
using the built-in Ethernet adapter.
The following interfaces are supported:
HTTP/HTTPS
Full access is provided by the embedded web server. The ASMI module environment can be fully
managed using a standard web browser. You can access the ASMI module using the insecure HTTP
protocol or using the encrypted HTTPS protocol. Whenever possible use the more secure HTTPS.
Telnet
A standard Telnet client can be used to access most of the ASMI module’s functionality including a
text-mode console redirection.
SSH
A Secure Shell (SSH) client can also be used to access the ASMI module including a text-mode
console redirection as mentioned above.
The primary interface of the ASMI module is the HTTP interface. This is covered extensively in this
chapter. Other interfaces are addressed in subtopics.
In order to use the Remote Console window of your managed host system, the browser has to include a
Java Runtime Environment version 1.4 or higher. If the browser has no Java support (for example as
found on small handheld devices), you are still able to manage your remote host system using the
administration forms displayed by the browser itself.
Important: We strongly recommend that you to install a Sun JVM version 1.4 or higher.
For an insecure connection to the ASMI module we can recommend the following web browsers:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP
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Netscape Navigator 7.0, Mozilla 1.6 and Mozilla Firefox on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows
2000, Windows XP, Linux and other UNIX-like Operating Systems
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