Chapter 5. Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter tasks

Use the functions under the Tasks heading in the navigation pane to directly control the actions of the Remote Supervisor Adapter and your server. The tasks you can perform depend on the server in which the Remote Supervisor Adapter is installed.

If the Remote Supervisor Adapter is installed in an xSeries 330 server and you are logged in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter, you can perform the following tasks:

vUpdate the Remote Supervisor Adapter firmware

vAccess other Remote Supervisor Adapters

If the Remote Supervisor Adapter is installed in an xSeries 330 server and you are logged in to the ASM processor, you can perform the following tasks:

vUpdate the ASM processor firmware

vPower on or restart the server

If you are logged in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter that is installed in a server other than an xSeries 330, you can perform the following tasks:

vView server power and restart activity

vRemotely start (boot) a server from a diskette image

vRemotely control the power status of the server

vRemotely access the server graphical console

vView server POST

vView remote blue screen capture

vUpdate firmware

vAccess other Remote Supervisor Adapters

Note: Some features are not available on all servers.

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