Using the Sun Remote System Control (RSC) Card
The Sun Remote System Control (RSC) card is an integrated hardware card that supports a system management console and a diagnostics and administrative software package for the Sun Fire 280R and other workgroup servers. The card supports the console through either or both an Ethernet port and a modem.
With the RSC card in the Sun Fire 280R server, the Sun Management Center and all other supported Solaris 8 software can now monitor multiple Sun servers and systems, devices, and network resources from a single system. The RSC hardware and software extend the server’s available RAS features to the network. You can install the RSC software from the Solaris Supplement CD.
From a remote host
In addition, RSC provides both a graphical user interface (GUI) as well as its own CLI. The RSC GUI is available to users of:
■Solaris 8 Operating Environment and later compatible software
■Windows 95 operating environment
■Windows 98 operating environment
■Windows NT Workstation operating environment
RSC features include:
■Remote system monitoring and error reporting, including output from
■Remote server reboot,
■Ability to monitor the CPU temperature and fan sensors without being near the managed server, even when the server is offline
■Ability to run diagnostic tests from a remote console
■Remote event notification of server problems
■A detailed log of RSC events
■Remote console functions on both the modem and Ethernet ports
For a more complete list of features in the RSC software, see “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Software” on page 110. For additional information about RSC software, see http://www.sun.com/servers/rsc.html.
For more information about the RSC hardware, see “About the Remote System Control (RSC) Card and Ports” on page 107.
