Remote Supervisor Adapter - IBM 8687 - Eserver xSeries 440 Planning And Installation Manual

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1.11 Remote Supervisor Adapter

The x440 includes a Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA), which is positioned
horizontally in a dedicated PCI slot beneath the PCI-X adapter area of the
system.
Rear of x440
Figure 1-15 Remote Supervisor Adapter connectors
The Remote Supervisor Adapter offers the following capabilities:
In-band and out-of-band remote server access and alerting through IBM
Director
Full Web browser support with no other software required
Enhanced security features
Graphics/text console redirection for remote control
Windows NT and 2000 blue screen capture
Dedicated 10/100 Ethernet access port
ASM interconnect bus for connection to other service processors
Serial dial in/out
E-mail, pager and SNMP alerting
Event log
Predictive Failure Analysis on memory, power, hard drives, and CPUs
Temperature and voltage monitoring with settable threshold
Light Path Diagnostics
Automatic Server Restart (ASR) for operating system and POST
Wake on LAN
Remote firmware update
LAN access
Alert forwarding
See the IBM Redbook Implementing IBM Director Management Solutions ,
SG24-6188 for more information on the Remote Supervisor Adapter.
External power
ASM interconnect
supply
(RS-485) port
Power LED
Error LED
(amber)
(green)
Chapter 1. Technical description
10/100
Ethernet port
Management
COM port
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