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Table 2. Actions available when logged in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter installed in an xSeries 330 server
Link
Event Log
Vital Product Data
Firmware Update
Access Remote ASM
System Settings
Login Profiles
Alerts
Serial Port
Network Interfaces
Network Protocols
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names used by the ASM Web interface are identical; however, the
information and functions that are supported differ. In the following table,
these features are explained as they function when you are logged in to the
Remote Supervisor Adapter and not the ASM processor.
Action
View the event log for Remote
Supervisor Adapter events
View the Remote Supervisor
Adapter vital product data (VPD)
Update the Remote Supervisor
Adapter firmware
Access other
system-management processors
or adapters on the ASM
interconnect network
Configure the system settings
Set the Remote Supervisor
Adapter clock
Configure login profiles on the
Remote Supervisor Adapter
Configure alert forwarding
Configure the serial port of a
Remote Supervisor Adapter
Configure the network interfaces
of the Remote Supervisor Adapter
Configure the network protocols
of the Remote Supervisor Adapter
Description
The event log window contains information specific to
the Remote Supervisor Adapter, such as remote access
attempts and dial-out events. All events in the log are
time-stamped using the Remote Supervisor Adapter
clock.
You can view information about the Remote Supervisor
Adapter firmware data from the Vital Product Data
window.
You can update the firmware of the Remote Supervisor
Adapter from the Firmware Update window.
You can view a list of system-management processors
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and adapters on the ASM interconnect network and
establish a connection to any of those systems.
You can configure information about the Remote
Supervisor Adapter, such as the name, contact, and
location information on the System Settings window.
You can set the clock used by the Remote Supervisor
Adapter for time-stamping the entries in the event log.
You can define up to 12 login profiles that enable
access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter from the
Login Profiles window.
The Remote Supervisor Adapter forwards alerts
generated by the ASM processor. It does not generate
alerts on its own. You can configure settings for
forwarding alerts from the Alerts window.
You can configure the serial port and modem settings
used by the Remote Supervisor Adapter from the Serial
Port window.
Note: The serial port used by the Remote Supervisor
Adapter is different from the serial port used by the
ASM processor. The Remote Supervisor Adapter has a
dedicated serial port.
You can configure network-access settings to the
Remote Supervisor Adapter from the Network Interfaces
window, which is available only when you log in to the
Remote Supervisor Adapter. The Remote Supervisor
Adapter supports both Ethernet and point-to-point
protocol (PPP) connections, enabling remote access
using a Web browser or Telnet application.
You can configure Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP), Domain Name System (DNS), and
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) settings used by
the Remote Supervisor Adapter from the Network
Protocols window, which is available only when you log
in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter.