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User’s Guide
Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
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and Remote Supervisor Adapter
User’s Guide
Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine
Seventh Edition April
Chapter 3. Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter
Contents
Chapter 2. Opening and using the Web interface
Chapter 5. Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter II tasks
Chapter 6. Command-line interface
Chapter 4. Monitoring remote server status Viewing system health
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
Contents
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2. Under Product support, click System
Remote Supervisor Adapter II features
Chapter 1. Introduction
v Automatic notification and alerts v Automated Server Restart ASR
Web browser and operating-system requirements
Notices used in this book
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Chapter 2. Opening and using the Web interface
Logging in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter
4. The Welcome window opens
5. Click Continue to start the session
Remote Supervisor Adapter II action descriptions
Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions
Link
Action
Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions continued
Link
Action
Description
Attention When you click Restore Defaults, all of the
Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions continued
Link
Action
Chapter 3. Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter
Setting system information
Setting server timeouts
Chapter 3. Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
Loader watchdog
POST watchdog
O/S watchdog
Power off delay
NMI reset delay
Setting the date and time
NTP auto-synchronization service
NTP update frequency
Synchronizing clocks in a network
NTP server host name or IP address
Creating a login profile
Disabling the USB device driver interface
4. In the Login ID field, type the name of the profile
Configuring the global login settings
Login Profiles
Supervisor
Read Only
2. In the navigation pane, click Login Profiles
Configuring remote alert settings
User login password required
Number of previous passwords that cannot be used
Maximum Password Age
Configuring remote alert recipients
v IBM Director Comprehensive
Forwarding alerts
Setting remote alert attempts
Setting remote alerts
Delay between entries
Delay between retries
Remote alert retry limit
Warning alerts
Setting local events
System alerts
Configuring the serial connectors
Table 5. Local events
4. In the Baud rate field, select the data-transfer rate
What you type
Table 6. Port 1 settings
Field
Configuring the dual serial connectors for serial redirection
string is issued to the modem, so that the modem will recognize the
default value is 1 second
Escape guard
Serial-to-serial redirection
a. In the Port function field, select Serial redirect
Serial-to-Telnet redirection
Example session
telnet 192.168.70.125 Press Enter. Connecting to
username USERID Press Enter password ******** Press Enter
Configuring the command-line interface settings
3. Scroll to the Serial Redirect Settings / CLI Settings area
v None CLI disabled
CLI mode
CLI authentication
v Enabled
v Disabled
v CLI with user defined keystroke sequences
Configuring port assignments
HTTPS
Configuring network interfaces
Configuring an Ethernet connection to the Remote Supervisor Adapter
TCP command mode
SNMP Agent
v Enabled v Try DHCP server. If it fails, use static IP config
The default setting is
Configuring PPP access over a serial connection
Configuring network protocols
Configuring SNMP
To configure SNMP, complete the following steps
Configuring SMTP
Configuring LDAP
Setting up a client to use the LDAP server
Domain Source
Search Domain
Group Filter
Service Name
Root DN
Binding Method
Configuring the LDAP client authentication
Configuring the LDAP search attributes
Group Search Attribute
Login Permission Attribute
UID Search Attribute
v Reserved bit position 11 This bit is reserved for future use
TCP Command Mode Protocol
Service Location Protocol SLP
Command mode
Command mode timeout
Configuring security
Secure Web server and secure LDAP
Address type
Multicast address
SSL certificate overview
SSL server certificate management
Generating a self-signed certificate
Generating a certificate-signing request
Required certificate data
Country
State or Province
City or Locality
Challenge Password
Contact Person
Email Address
Optional certificate data
openssl req -in csr.der -inform DER -out csr.pem -outform PEM
openssl x509 -in cert.pem -inform PEM -out cert.der -outform DER
Enabling SSL for the secure Web server
SSL client certificate management
SSL client trusted certificate management
Configuring the Secure Shell server
Enabling SSL for the LDAP client
Generating a Secure Shell server key
Enabling the Secure Shell server
Backing up your current configuration
Using the Secure Shell server
Using the configuration file
Restoring and modifying your ASM configuration
Logging off
Restoring ASM defaults
Restarting ASM
2. If you are running Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, click Yes in the confirmation window
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Chapter 4. Monitoring remote server status
Viewing system health
Hard Shutdown
Warning Reset
Soft Shutdown
Non-recoverable
Non-critical
Critical
Return to normal
Non-recoverable
Soft Shutdown
Hard Shutdown
Non-critical
Viewing the event log
Informational
Viewing vital product data
Machine level VPD
Component level VPD
Component Activity Log
ASM VPD
POST/BIOS VPD
Diagnostics VPD
Integrated system management processor VPD
Table 16. ASM vital product data continued
Field
Function
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Server power and restart activity
Chapter 5. Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter II tasks
Remotely controlling the power status of a server
Power-on hours
Power on server immediately
Restart count
Remote control
Power on server at specified time
Power off server immediately
Power Off Server Immediately Shut down OS and then power off server
Remote console
4. Click Save Buttons
Remote console keyboard support
Remote disk
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Select File
Removable Drive
CD-ROM
USB flash drive
Setting up PXE network boot
Serial redirection quick setup
2 Select Uninstall/Unplug a device then, click Next
3 Click Unplug/Eject a device then, click Next
Disable serial redirect
Serial pass-thru
Redirect to Telnet
3. Use the following information to complete the quick setup information
Updating firmware
e. Click Continue
Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network
System Health
ASM Name
ASM Interconnect Connection
Direct LAN Connection
no LAN support
function not supported
no LAN connection
Chapter 6. Command-line interface
Accessing the command line
Logging in to the command-line session
Command syntax
Features and limitations
x345RSA history 0 ifconfig eth0 1 readlog 2 readlog 3 readlog
4 history x345RSA !0 state enabled -c dthens i 192.168.70.125 -g s
x345RSA power on ok x345RSA power state Power On
Utility commands
exit command
help command
history command
Monitor commands
clearlog command
fans command
readlog command
syshealth command
temps command
volts command
Description
vpd command
Server power and restart control commands
Syntax
Description
power command
reset command
Serial redirect command
console command
Configuration commands
dhcpinfo command
Description
Syntax
Description
ifconfig command
Syntax
ldap command
x345RSA ifconfig eth0 -state enabled
Example
Syntax
Option
Description
Values
name/ipaddr
ntp command
passwordcfg command
Syntax
Description
portcfg command
x345RSA passwordcfg -nul yes ok x345RSA passwordcfg -cnt 5 ok
x345RSA passwordcfg Security Level Customize -exp cnt nul allowed
Example
slp command
srcfg command
Example
Syntax
ssl command
Description
Example
Syntax
tcpcmdmode command
Server secure transport enable
Parameters
Server Web/CMD key status
timeouts command
Example
Syntax
Description
users command
Syntax
Description
Example
ASM control commands
clearcfg command
clock command
Description
resetsp command
update command
Example
Description
Example
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Before you call
Using the documentation
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
Software service and support
Hardware service and support
IBM Taiwan product service
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web
Appendix B. Notices
Trademarks
Important notes
Appendix B. Notices
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web site continued
support line, telephone numbers
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