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
Contents
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
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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
Notices used in this book
Web browser and operating-system requirements
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Logging in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter
Chapter 2. Opening and using the Web interface
4. The Welcome window opens
5. Click Continue to start the session
Action
Remote Supervisor Adapter II action descriptions
Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions
Link
Description
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Action
Action
Attention When you click Restore Defaults, all of the
Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions continued
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Chapter 3. Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter
Setting system information
Chapter 3. Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
Setting server timeouts
POST watchdog
O/S watchdog
Loader watchdog
NMI reset delay
Power off delay
Setting the date and time
NTP server host name or IP address
NTP auto-synchronization service
NTP update frequency
Synchronizing clocks in a network
Disabling the USB device driver interface
Creating a login profile
4. In the Login ID field, type the name of the profile
Read Only
Configuring the global login settings
Login Profiles
Supervisor
2. In the navigation pane, click Login Profiles
Maximum Password Age
Configuring remote alert settings
User login password required
Number of previous passwords that cannot be used
Configuring remote alert recipients
v IBM Director Comprehensive
Forwarding alerts
Setting remote alert attempts
Remote alert retry limit
Setting remote alerts
Delay between entries
Delay between retries
Warning alerts
System alerts
Setting local events
Table 5. Local events
Configuring the serial connectors
4. In the Baud rate field, select the data-transfer rate
Table 6. Port 1 settings
Field
What you type
Escape guard
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
a. In the Port function field, select Serial redirect
Serial-to-serial redirection
username USERID Press Enter password ******** Press Enter
Serial-to-Telnet redirection
Example session
telnet 192.168.70.125 Press Enter. Connecting to
CLI mode
Configuring the command-line interface settings
3. Scroll to the Serial Redirect Settings / CLI Settings area
v None CLI disabled
v CLI with user defined keystroke sequences
CLI authentication
v Enabled
v Disabled
HTTPS
Configuring port assignments
SNMP Agent
Configuring network interfaces
Configuring an Ethernet connection to the Remote Supervisor Adapter
TCP command mode
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 SNMP
Configuring network protocols
To configure SNMP, complete the following steps
Configuring SMTP
Setting up a client to use the LDAP server
Configuring LDAP
Search Domain
Domain Source
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 timeout
TCP Command Mode Protocol
Service Location Protocol SLP
Command mode
Multicast address
Configuring security
Secure Web server and secure LDAP
Address type
SSL certificate overview
Generating a self-signed certificate
SSL server certificate management
Generating a certificate-signing request
City or Locality
Required certificate data
Country
State or Province
Optional certificate data
Challenge Password
Contact Person
Email Address
openssl x509 -in cert.pem -inform PEM -out cert.der -outform DER
openssl req -in csr.der -inform DER -out csr.pem -outform PEM
SSL client certificate management
Enabling SSL for the secure Web server
SSL client trusted certificate management
Enabling SSL for the LDAP client
Configuring the Secure Shell server
Enabling the Secure Shell server
Generating a Secure Shell server key
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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Viewing system health
Chapter 4. Monitoring remote server status
Warning Reset
Soft Shutdown
Hard Shutdown
Return to normal
Non-recoverable
Non-critical
Critical
Non-critical
Non-recoverable
Soft Shutdown
Hard Shutdown
Viewing the event log
Informational
Component Activity Log
Viewing vital product data
Machine level VPD
Component level VPD
POST/BIOS VPD
Diagnostics VPD
ASM VPD
Function
Integrated system management processor VPD
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Chapter 5. Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter II tasks
Server power and restart activity
Restart count
Remotely controlling the power status of a server
Power-on hours
Power on server immediately
Power Off Server Immediately Shut down OS and then power off server
Remote control
Power on server at specified time
Power off server immediately
Remote console
Remote console keyboard support
Remote disk
4. Click Save Buttons
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USB flash drive
Select File
Removable Drive
CD-ROM
3 Click Unplug/Eject a device then, click Next
Setting up PXE network boot
Serial redirection quick setup
2 Select Uninstall/Unplug a device then, click Next
3. Use the following information to complete the quick setup information
Disable serial redirect
Serial pass-thru
Redirect to Telnet
e. Click Continue
Updating firmware
ASM Interconnect Connection
Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network
System Health
ASM Name
no LAN connection
Direct LAN Connection
no LAN support
function not supported
Command syntax
Chapter 6. Command-line interface
Accessing the command line
Logging in to the command-line session
x345RSA power on ok x345RSA power state Power On
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
history command
Utility commands
exit command
help command
readlog command
Monitor commands
clearlog command
fans command
Description
syshealth command
temps command
volts command
Description
vpd command
Server power and restart control commands
Syntax
console command
power command
reset command
Serial redirect command
Syntax
Configuration commands
dhcpinfo command
Description
ifconfig command
Syntax
Description
Syntax
ldap command
x345RSA ifconfig eth0 -state enabled
Example
name/ipaddr
Option
Description
Values
Description
ntp command
passwordcfg command
Syntax
Example
portcfg command
x345RSA passwordcfg -nul yes ok x345RSA passwordcfg -cnt 5 ok
x345RSA passwordcfg Security Level Customize -exp cnt nul allowed
Syntax
slp command
srcfg command
Example
Syntax
ssl command
Description
Example
Server Web/CMD key status
tcpcmdmode command
Server secure transport enable
Parameters
Description
timeouts command
Example
Syntax
Example
users command
Syntax
Description
Description
ASM control commands
clearcfg command
clock command
Description
resetsp command
update command
Example
Example
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Using the documentation
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
Before you call
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web
Software service and support
Hardware service and support
IBM Taiwan product service
Trademarks
Appendix B. Notices
Important notes
Appendix B. Notices
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support line, telephone numbers
web site continued
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Part Number 43W7827 Printed in USA
