IBM Partner Pavilion manual Configuring your Remote Supervisor Adapter using a

Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network . . . . . . 62

Chapter 6. Starting and configuring the ASM text-based interface	. . .	.	65
Accessing the text-based interface through a Telnet connection . . .	. . .	.	65

Accessing the text-based interface through a direct serial connection . . . . . 66 Configuring terminal settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network . . . . . . 67

Chapter 7. Configuring your Remote Supervisor Adapter using a

text-based interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Setting system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Setting server timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating a login profile	. . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . .	.	73
Setting modem and dial-in settings	. . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . .	.	76
Configuring remote alert recipients.	. . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . .	.	77
Setting remote alert attempts. . .	. . . . . . .	. . . . . . . . .	.	80

Setting remote alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Configuring the serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Initialization-string guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Configuring network interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Configuring an Ethernet connection to the Remote Supervisor Adapter .	.	.	87
Configuring PPP access over the serial port	.	.	90

Configuring network protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Configuring SNMP	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring DNS		. . . . . . .	.	.	93
Configuring SMTP.	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . . . . .	.	.	94

Setting the Remote Supervisor Adapter and ASM processor clocks. . . . . . 94

Chapter 8. Checking system health and performing tasks through the

text-based interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Monitoring temperature, voltage, and fan readings	.	.	97
Viewing the event log	.	.	99
Viewing vital product data	.		100
Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter tasks through a text-based interface			102
Remotely controlling the power status of a server	.		103
Viewing the server text console	.		104
Restoring ASM defaults	.		105
Restarting ASM	.		106

Logging off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . .	. . . .	.	.	107
Before you call	. . . .	.	.	107

Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Getting help and information from the World Wide Web	. . . . . . . .	.	107
Software service and support	. . . . . . . .	.	108
Hardware service and support	. . . . . . . .	.	108
Appendix B. Notices	. . . . . . . .	.	109

Edition notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Trademarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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