IBM 86624RY Maintenance Manual - Page 61
System Management Service with Netfinity
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voltage failures). If any of these events occur, the Advanced System Management service can be configured to automatically forward a Netfinity alert in one of three ways: Alert forwarded to another Netfinity system Alert forwarded to a standard numeric pager Alert forwarded to an alphanumeric pager In addition, with the Advanced System Management service you can remotely monitor, record, and replay all textual data generated by a remote system during POST. While monitoring a remote system during POST, you can enter key commands on the keyboard that will then be relayed to the remote system. The Netfinity Manager software is included in the ServerGuide package. Refer to the documentation that comes with ServerGuide for information on how to install the Netfinity Manager software. Then, refer to the online Netfinity documentation or the online Advanced System Management Service for Netfinity Manager User's Guide for information on using the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor. System requirements for the Advanced System Management Service with Netfinity Manager: The minimum system requirements for using the Advanced System Management service are: Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor (built into the Netfinity 5500 M20) Netfinity Manager or Client Services for Netfinity Manager, version 5.10.4 or later 2 MB of available hard disk drive space Accessing the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor without Netfinity Manager: If for some reason you are unable to use Netfinity Manager to access and manage the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor, you can use a terminal program and a modem to connect directly to the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor. This modem should be connected to management port C. (See "Management port C" on page 190.) When connected, you will be able to access a variety of monitor, configuration, and error log data. You can also power the remote (Netfinity 5500 M20) system on or off, shutdown and restart the server, and initiate remote video mode on the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor. Remote video mode enables you to remotely monitor all textual output generated during POST. All POST data will be displayed Netfinity 5500 M20 - Type 8662 53
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