Fujitsu N800 manual ServerView and the CAN bus, Connecting devices to the server

Connecting devices to the server Installing the server

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Figure 11: The PCI CAN bus controller

The CAN bus connector is located on the connection panel of the CAN bus controller board (inserted into a PCI slot) on the back of the server (see figure 11 on page 30 and figure 13 on page 36).

Optical fiber transmission can be used to bridge longer distances between the PRIMERGY server and the PRIMERGY S40-DF, i.e. the CAN bus connection is made via multi mode fiber technology (for further information, see the documentation for CAN-MMF).

ServerView and the CAN bus

ServerView uses the CAN bus for communication with the clients.

This involves setting up ServerView, including the corresponding agents, in the group of servers and storage subsystems to be monitored. ServerView can then receive information on the status of the fans, temperature and other important system components from all the members in the group (e.g. the storage subsystem) via the CAN bus. ServerView evaluates this information and edits it for the administrator (Manager) for display or forwarding. Refer to the ServerView manual for more information (see “Related publications” on page 125).

IA retrofitted PCI CAN bus controller will be identified by ServerView after an update of the installed ServerView Client only.

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