Rackable Systems Management Card

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Field

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first column shows the current state.

 

 

Power status

Three buttons are available to initiate an action to either, power

 

 

on, power off or restart the server. Dependant on the current sta-

 

 

 

 

 

 

tus Power on or Power off is disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reboot

Reboot the Rackable Server by sending a 500ms reset signal to

 

 

the server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Connect

Spawn the Java Telnet applet or the local Telnet/SSH application

 

 

to connect directly to the port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED Mgmt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED

To control the LED in the front of the Rackable Server.

 

 

The first columns shows the current status of the LED. Three but-

 

 

Management

tons are available to select the activity of the status LED: turn on,

 

 

 

turn off and blinking. Either of these buttons is disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LCD Mgmt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currently

Shows the message that is currently displayed on the LCD dis-

 

 

displayed

 

 

play.

 

 

message

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erase

This function clears the LCD display.

 

 

The saved message stays saved to flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Save

Save currently displayed message to flash memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Show saved

The first columns shows the current status: Yes or No.

 

 

This parameter defines which message is displayed upon startup

 

 

LCD message

 

 

of the server, either the saved message or the standard: “Rack-

 

 

upon startup

 

 

able Systems Phantom Vx.xx”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contrast

Set a contrast for the LCD panel.

 

 

The default is 50, the range is 0 – 100.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phantom

 

 

 

Properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperature

Indicates current temperature inside the Rackable Systems Server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power delay

Time in seconds before the server starts up after applying power

 

 

(0-98 seconds, 99 means no power on delay).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The power sense option toggles between sensing server power

 

 

 

on the reset header or on the J7 connector. Most applications will

 

 

Power sense

use the “Reset” option. This option should be set before shipping

 

 

 

from Rackable Systems, but may need to be reset if somehow

 

 

 

changed after shipping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communication

Configure the baud rate used to communicate with the Rackable

 

 

settings

Systems Management Card. For this change to become effective

 

 

reset or power-cycle the Management card, and be sure to

 

 

Baud Rate

 

 

switch the port settings in the Digi CM port settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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