This topic describes how to configure ASF on a managed system.
The available configuration options vary, depending on the type of network
interface card (NIC) and the level of ASF that it supports.
To configure ASF:
- The managed system must contain an ASF-capable NIC, and the applicable
device drivers must be installed.
- IBM® Director
must have performed an inventory collection on the managed system.
Complete the following steps:
- In IBM Director
Console, drag the Configure ASF task onto the managed system.
- In the Alert Standard Format window, complete the following steps
to enable ASF on the NIC:
- Select the Enable ASF Hardware check box.
- Select the Enable all Platform Event Traps check box
if it is displayed. (This check box displays only for certain types of NICs.)
- (ASF 2.0 systems only) To enable remote power management, select
the Enable Remote Management check box.
- Click the Configuration tab.
- In the Configuration page, configure the ASF settings:
- In the Management Server (IP address) field, type the
IP address of the management server to which the PET alerts are sent.
- To ensure that heartbeat alerts are sent, select the Enabled check
box and type the number of seconds in the Heartbeat frequency (seconds) field.
- In the Minimum watchdog timer (seconds) field, type the
minimum number of seconds for the watchdog timer.
- In the Minimum ASF Sensor Inter Poll Wait Time (5 ms units) field,
type the minimum time to wait for the ASF Sensor Inter Poll.
- (ASF 2.0 systems with remote management enabled only) Click the Remote
Management tab.
- In the Remote Management page, create or modify authentication
keys:
- If you have not created authentication keys previously, click Generate
Keys. Three authentication keys are generated. If you want to copy the
authentication keys, do so now. When you click Apply,
the key values are replaced by asterisks.
- If you want to create new authentication keys, select the Overwrite
the existing keys used by IBM Director Console for authentication check box.
- Click Apply . If you created or modified authentication
keys, the keys are written to both IBM Director Server and the managed system.