
Chapter 1: Introduction
About the Server Availability Management Processor
The Server Availability Management Processor (SAMP) remote maintenance circuit card is preinstalled in the S8500 Media Server. The SAMP monitors and reports alerts from the S8500 components to provide remote maintenance and serviceability for the media server. The SAMP also provides controls to turn on and turn off the power to the media server.
About SAMP functionality
The SAMP circuit card:
●Monitors the fans, the voltages, and the temperature.
●Reports
Note:
Modem contention is resolved on a
●Provides the capability to turn on power and to reset the media server remotely.
●Provides a secure
●Provides access to the SAMP and subsequently access to the host by way of the Services laptop.
The SAMP presents a virtual TTY that the media server uses when the media server must send out alarms through the modem interface (). The system uses the modem that is connected to the USB port on the SAMP card to report alarms on the:
●Media server by the media server
●Media server by the SAMP, such as server reboots.
●SAMP by the SAMP
About SAMP connections
The SAMP card is installed in
The SAMP comes in a
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