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10. Continue with "Completing the configuration".
Completing the configuration: To complete the configuration of the Remote
Supervisor Adapter, see the Remote Supervisor Adapter User's Guide on the IBM
xSeries Documentation CD. The tasks include the following:
v Defining the login IDs and passwords
v Selecting the events that will receive alert notification
v Monitoring remote server status using the ASM Web interface or a text-based
v Controlling the server remotely
If you want to set up an ASM interconnect network and have not already done so,
continue with "Using the ASM interconnect network". If you do not want to set up an
ASM interconnect network, Remote Supervisor Adapter configuration is now
complete. To start managing the server remotely, see the Remote Supervisor
Adapter User's Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD.
Using the ASM interconnect network
This section explains how to configure and connect the server to function within an
ASM interconnect network.
The ASM interconnect network can include as many as 12 individual ASM
connections in a single bus. These connections can include Remote Supervisor
Adapters, ASM processors, and ASM PCI Adapters. When the clients and servers
are connected, they use the ASM interconnect network to share ASM resources,
information, and alerts among multiple servers, without having to add additional
communications hardware or network interface adapters.
An ASM interconnect network provides two levels of functionality. First, the ASM
interconnect network enables you to configure settings and to control the servers
where other Remote Supervisor Adapters, ASM processors, and ASM PCI Adapters
on the network reside. Second, the ASM interconnect network enables other
interconnect network devices to use the resources (Ethernet or modem) of other
Remote Supervisor Adapters, ASM processors, and ASM PCI Adapters in the ASM
interconnect network for sending alerts. This interconnect network is used when
Remote Supervisor Adapters, ASM processors, or ASM PCI Adapters cannot send
an alert and must forward the information to another one of these devices to send
the alert.
Planning and cabling the interconnect network
To support the most recent ASM features, a Remote Supervisor Adapter must be
the main gateway interconnect to the ASM interconnect bus if the bus also includes
servers with ASM PCI adapters or ASM processors. The Remote Supervisor
Adapter forwards the ASM information generated by the servers attached to the
ASM interconnect bus to other servers on the Ethernet network. The connected
ASM processors and ASM PCI Adapters are managed through the new user
interface and Web browser access of the Remote Supervisor Adapter.
Note: To ensure the stability of the system, you must have the most current level of
7. In the System Security window, press Esc.
8. Select Save Settings; then, press Enter.
9. Confirm your selection; then, exit the Configuration/Setup Utility.
user interface
firmware installed on the Remote Supervisor Adapter that is the main
interconnect gateway for the ASM interconnect network. The most current
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