Setting Up The Remote Supervisor Adapter Ii Slimline; Requirements - IBM 8837 - eServer xSeries 336 User Manual

Using custom configuration: Complete the following steps to use custom
configuration:
10. Exit from ServeRAID Manager and remove the CD from the DVD-ROM drive.
11. Restart the server.
Viewing the configuration
You can use ServeRAID Manager to view information about RAID controllers and
the RAID subsystem (such as arrays, logical drives, hot-spare drives, and physical
drives). When you click an object in the ServeRAID Manager tree, information about
that object appears in the right pane. To display a list of available actions for an
object, click the object and click Actions.

Setting up the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine

You use the optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine to obtain enhanced
system management capabilities, above those of the embedded BMC. The Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine has a dedicated Ethernet connection at the rear of
the server.
This section describes how to set up, cable, and configure the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II SlimLine so that you can manage the server remotely.
In addition to the information in this section, see the IBM Remote Supervisor
Adapter II User's Guide for information about how to configure and use the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine to manage the server remotely through the
Web-based interface or the text-based interface.
Note: The Web-based interface and text-based interface do not support

Requirements

Make sure that the following Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine requirements
are met:
v The web interface Remote Disk function requires the client system to be running
1. In the ServeRAID Manager tree, click the controller.
2. Click Custom configuration.
3. Click Next. The "Create arrays" window opens.
4. From the list of ready drives, select the two drives that you want to group into
the array.
5. Click the icon on the toolbar to add the selected drives to the array.
6. If you want to configure a hot-spare drive, complete the following steps:
a. Click the Spares tab.
b. Select the physical drive that you want to designate as the hot-spare drive,
and the icon on the toolbar to add the selected drives.
7. Click Next. The "Configuration summary" window opens.
8. Review the information in the "Configuration summary" window. To change the
configuration, click Back.
9. Click Apply; then, click Yes when asked if you want to apply the new
configuration. The configuration is saved in the controller and in the physical
drives.
double-byte character set (DBCS) languages.
Microsoft Windows 2000 or later. The web interface Remote Control features
™
require the Java 1.4 Plug-in or later. The following web browsers are supported:
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