1.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter

The x440 includes a Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA), which is positioned horizontally in a dedicated PCI slot beneath the PCI-X adapter area of the system.

Rear of x440

 

 

 

External power

ASM interconnect

10/100

supply

(RS-485) port

 

Ethernet port

Error LED

Power LED

Management

(amber)

(green)

COM port

Figure 1-15 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectors

The Remote Supervisor Adapter offers the following capabilities:

￿In-band and out-of-band remote server access and alerting through IBM Director

￿Full Web browser support with no other software required

￿Enhanced security features

￿Graphics/text console redirection for remote control

￿Windows NT and 2000 blue screen capture

￿Dedicated 10/100 Ethernet access port

￿ASM interconnect bus for connection to other service processors

￿Serial dial in/out

￿E-mail, pager and SNMP alerting

￿Event log

￿Predictive Failure Analysis on memory, power, hard drives, and CPUs

￿Temperature and voltage monitoring with settable threshold

￿Light Path Diagnostics

￿Automatic Server Restart (ASR) for operating system and POST

￿Wake on LAN

￿Remote firmware update

￿LAN access

￿Alert forwarding

See the IBM Redbook Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions, SG24-6188 for more information on the Remote Supervisor Adapter.

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IBM 440 manual Remote Supervisor Adapter, Rear