Power Control - Acer ASM 7 Faq

ASM 7.0 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
(i.e. Altos G310 Mk2, G320, G530, G5350 and R510 Mk2) do not feature IPMI 2.0 technology.
For servers with memory mirror/sparing configured, can ASM 7.0 detect memory status and log the event
2.
once memory mirror/sparing is taking affect?
ANSWER: No. The feature is only for IPMI 2.0 based system. Currently, the ASM 7.0 supported Altos servers
(i.e. Altos G310 Mk2, G320, G530, G5350 and R510 Mk2) do not feature IPMI 2.0 technology.
OS Support
Which OS can ASM 7.0 Agent support?
1.
ANSWER: Please refer to ASM 7.0 THOL (Tested Hardware & Operating System List) for more detail.
Please refer to below table.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
Red Hat Linux 9.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (Update 2)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SP1)
NetWare 6.5
OpenServer 5.0.7
UnixWare 7.1.4
2. Can ASM 7.0 support Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition?
ANSWER: No.
Can ASM 7.0 support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0?
3.
ANSWER: No.
4. Is SP1 (Service Pack 1) needed for ASM 7.0 on Windows Server 2003?
ANSWER: No, ASM 7.0 can support Windows Server 2003 with or without SP1.
Is Update 2 required for ASM 7.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0?
5.
ANSWER: Yes, Update 2 is necessary to support ASM 7.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0.
Performance
1. Can we save the performance data (for example, CPU utilization, Memory Utilization, HDD Utilization) of
a server to a log file? Hence, the IT administrator could view the server on a daily/weekly basis and see the
trends of the server.
ANSWER: No, ASM 7.0 can only support online monitoring of system performance. Those performance
data won't be saved.

Power Control

1. Does ASM 7.0 support remote power control feature?
Operating System
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ASM 7 Agent
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
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