Compaq 281862-002 manual Establishing a Connection

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Chapter 3

Establishing a Connection

You can establish a connection to Integrated Remote Console (IRC) from any ANSI X3.64 compatible terminal or terminal emulator. This section contains specific information on how to establish a connection using either Compaq Insight Manager or Windows HyperTerminal. In addition, this section contains general guidelines necessary if an administrator wants to use a different terminal emulator application.

Establishing a Connection Using

Compaq Insight Manager

Compaq Insight Manager is the recommended application for accessing IRC in a managed server. Although IRC is designed to be accessible from any ANSI compatible terminal, Insight Manager incorporates several keyboard and terminal extensions to make certain tasks easier from within IRC. In addition, Insight Manager combines access to the Compaq suite of remote management tools into one convenient location.

Compaq Insight Manager provides the ability to manage multiple servers either through a local area network (LAN) or a dial-up connection. In addition to providing in-band manageability to these machines, Insight Manager provides the ability to establish an out-of-band modem remote console session with any of the managed servers. Out-of-band remote console access to a server’s Integrated Remote Console feature can be enabled simply by supplying Insight Manager with that server’s out-of-band management phone number. Once completed, the Remote Console menu item is activated for this server and you are able to use this menu item to establish a connection with Integrated Remote Console.

To use the Insight Manager out-of-band remote console feature, both the managed server and the management console must be equipped with compatible (preferably identical) modems.

Compaq Integrated Remote Console User Guide