Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor

Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor

The following information is about the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor that is integrated in the Netfinity 5500 M20. It also describes how to access the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor without Netfinity Manager.

Note:
To use all of the functions of the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor, you must install the Advanced System Management service for Netfinity Manager. You also will need a user-provided modem attached to serial port A to use the remote functions. Refer to 'Serial ports' for information about serial port A.

The Advanced System Management service gives you the ability to configure and monitor many features of the server's Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor. You can connect to, and directly access and control, the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor of a remote system. With the Advanced System Management service you can configure Advanced System Management service events (such as POST, loader, and operating system timeouts; and critical temperature and 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
Accessing the Netfinity Advanced System Management Processor without Netfinity Manager
System power menu selections
Boot menu selections
Using remote video mode to monitor and access POST

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