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Table 3-23

Compaq System Configuration Utility Pager Settings

for Booting into Compaq Utilities

Pager Data

Setting

Description

Pager

Enabled

Indicates if the pager feature is enabled or disabled.

status

 

 

 

 

 

Pager dial

ATDT

Indicates the pager dial string and delay before the pager

string

555-5555

message. Pagers typically use one of the following formats:

 

 

Local pagers: ATDT 555-5555

 

 

Wide area pagers: ATDT 1-800-555-5555,1234567#

 

 

 

Pager

1234567#

Represents a unique number (maximum seven digits, numeric

message

 

only) that you must designate to identify the server on your pager

 

 

display. The ROM adds a three-digit code to the front of this

 

 

number. The first two indicate the subsystem and the third

 

 

indicates the severity of the error that caused the alert. The #

 

 

symbol usually terminates the message. If no message is required,

 

 

delete

 

 

the # symbol.

 

 

 

Pager test

Select to

Use this to test the current pager settings. Press Enter to dial the

 

test pager

pager number, and the pager message (if present) displays. You

 

setup

must configure the computer before testing the pager and the

 

 

Pager Status must be set to Enabled. Do not test the pager if you

 

 

are running remotely and are using only one modem.

 

 

 

Serial

COM1

Select the communications port for the modem used by the pager

interface

 

and the remote ASR-2 functions. The options are COM1 and

 

 

COM2.

 

 

 

Dial-in

Enabled

Set Dial-In Status to Enabled. Be sure the Reset Boot option is set

status

 

to Boot Compaq Utilities. When the system starts because of an

 

 

ASR reset, it starts to the Compaq Utilities, sets the Management

 

 

Modem to auto-answer, and waits for the administrator to dial in

 

 

and run the Compaq Utilities.

 

 

You automatically disable this option when you configure the

 

 

software error recovery start option to Boot Operating System.

 

 

When ASR pages you, you cannot dial in unless ASR-2 exceeds

 

 

10, the threshold number of server restart retries. When this

 

 

happens, ASR-2 restarts the server into the Compaq Utilities and

 

 

places the modem in auto-answer mode.

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Compaq 1850R manual Pager Data Setting Description, Atdt, COM1, COM2

1850R specifications

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