IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network

12.Click OK to close the current browser window.

13.Repeat step 2 on page 88 through step 12 for each packet that you must update.

14.After the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware is updated, log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II again to access the Web interface.

Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network

Note: This feature is not available on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine.

You can connect to remote systems through the ASM interconnect network from the Access Remote ASM link. The Remote ASM Access table displays color-coded icons to indicate the overall status of each remote system in the System Health column. The system name is the name that corresponds to each remote system. The ASM Interconnect Connection column provides a login link that you can use to quickly access each remote system.

Note: Although it is possible to access a Remote Supervisor Adapter II from a server that is using a Remote Supervisor Adapter, doing so does not present the full function of a Remote Supervisor Adapter II. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II first and then log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter to obtain full Remote Supervisor Adapter II functionality.

To access a Remote Supervisor Adapter, a Remote Supervisor Adapter II, an ASM PCI adapter, or an ASM processor on the ASM interconnect network, complete the following steps:

1.Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.

2.In the navigation pane, click Access Remote ASM. A page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed.

3.The Remote ASM Access page contains a table that lists processors and adapters that are linked to the host server. The table also displays the following information:

System Health

The system health icon of the remote service processor is displayed in this column.

ASM Name

The name of the remote service processor is displayed in this column.

ASM Interconnect Connection

The ASM Interconnect Connection column provides a login link that you can use to quickly access each remote system through the ASM interconnect network. To log in to a remote system that is displayed in

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