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