The following illustration shows an Ethernet cable connecting the remote administrator system to the Remote Supervisor Adapter that is installed in an xSeries 450. Server 1 uses the LAN connection to forward system-management data generated by the other xSeries 450s in the ASM interconnect network bus to the remote system-management administrator.

Remote system

management administrator system

Ethernet

 

xSeries 450

 

Server 3

xSeries 450

 

Server 2

RS-485

 

 

terminator plug

xSeries 450

 

Server 1

ASM

RS-485

Interconnect

terminator plug

modules

Note: The ASM Interconnect module is connected to the RS485 port on the back panel of the Remote Supervisor Adapter in each server.

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