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IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II User Manual

Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and Remote Supervisor Adapter II
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Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and Remote Supervisor Adapter II
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Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix B, “Notices,” on page 115.
Seventh Edition (April 2007)
© Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2003, 2007. All rights reserved.

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Remote Supervisor Adapter II features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Web browser and operating-system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Notices used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Chapter 2. Opening and using the Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Logging in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Remote Supervisor Adapter II action descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Chapter 3. Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter II . . . . . . . .11
Setting system information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Setting server timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Synchronizing clocks in a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Disabling the USB device driver interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Creating a login profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Configuring the global login settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Configuring remote alert settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Configuring remote alert recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Forwarding alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Setting remote alert attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Setting remote alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Setting local events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Configuring the serial connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Configuring the dual serial connectors for serial redirection . . . . . . . . .33
Serial-to-serial redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Serial-to-Telnet redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Configuring the command-line interface settings . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Configuring port assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Configuring network interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Configuring an Ethernet connection to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II 39
Configuring PPP access over a serial connection . . . . . . . . . . .42
Configuring network protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Configuring SMTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Configuring LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Setting up a client to use the LDAP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Configuring the LDAP client authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Configuring the LDAP search attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
TCP Command Mode Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Service Location Protocol (SLP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Secure Web server and secure LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Configuring security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
SSL certificate overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
SSL server certificate management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Enabling SSL for the secure Web server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
SSL client certificate management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
SSL client trusted certificate management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Enabling SSL for the LDAP client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Configuring the Secure Shell server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Generating a Secure Shell server key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Enabling the Secure Shell server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Using the Secure Shell server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
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Using the configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Backing up your current configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Restoring and modifying your ASM configuration . . . . . . . . . . .65
Restoring ASM defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Restarting ASM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Logging off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Chapter 4. Monitoring remote server status . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Viewing system health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Viewing the event log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Viewing vital product data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Chapter 5. Performing Remote Supervisor Adapter II tasks . . . . . . .79
Server power and restart activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Remotely controlling the power status of a server . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Important information about updating your Remote Supervisor Adapter II
firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Remote console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Remote console keyboard support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Remote disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Setting up PXE network boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Serial redirection quick setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Updating firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Accessing remote adapters through an ASM interconnect network . . . . . .89
Chapter 6. Command-line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Accessing the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Logging in to the command-line session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Command syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Features and limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Utility commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
exit command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
help command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
history command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Monitor commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
clearlog command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
fans command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
readlog command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
syshealth command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
temps command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
volts command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
vpd command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Server power and restart control commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
power command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
reset command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Serial redirect command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
console command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Configuration commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
dhcpinfo command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
ifconfig command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
ldap command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ntp command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
passwordcfg command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
portcfg command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
slp command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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srcfg command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
ssl command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
tcpcmdmode command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
timeouts command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
users command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
ASM control commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
clearcfg command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
clock command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
resetsp command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
update command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . .113
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . .114
Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
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Chapter 1. Introduction

This document explains how to use the functions of the IBM® Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and the IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II when they are installed in an IBM server. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and the Remote Supervisor Adapter II provide the following functions:
v Around-the-clock remote access and system management of your server.
v Remote management independent of the status of the managed server
v Remote control of hardware and operating systems
v Web-based management with standard Web browsers
Throughout this document, the term Remote Supervisor Adapter II is used to
Note:
denote both the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine and the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, unless otherwise noted.
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them from the IBM Web site. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II might have features that are not described in the documentation that comes with the adapter, and the documentation might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or technical updates might be available to provide additional information that is not included in the adapter documentation. To check for updates, complete the following steps.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. Procedures for locating
firmware and documentation might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
2. Under Product support, click System x.
3. Under Popular links, click Software and device drivers for firmware updates,
or click Publications lookup for documentation updates.
Important:
v To avoid system problems due to firmware differences, do not move a Remote
Supervisor Adapter II from one server type to another server type. For example, do not move a Remote Supervisor Adapter II from an IBM System x3500 server to an IBM System x3850 server.
v If a Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine is installed in an xSeries 366 server,
when you turn on the server for the first time after the adapter is installed, the server might appear to be unresponsive for an unusual length of time (up to 10 minutes). If this happens, when the server completes POST, flash the BIOS and baseboard management controller (BMC) firmware to the latest available levels. Then, flash the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine firmware. For more information, go to http://www.ibm.com/support/ and search for MIGR-59095.

Remote Supervisor Adapter II features

The Remote Supervisor Adapter II has the following standard features:
v Access to critical server settings
v Access to server vital product data (VPD)
v Advanced Predictive Failure Analysis® (PFA) support
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v Alphanumeric or numeric pager alerts (not supported with the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II SlimLine)
v Automatic notification and alerts
v Automated Server Restart (ASR)
v Continuous health monitoring and control
v Domain Name System (DNS) server support
v Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) support
v E-mail alerts
v Enhanced user authority levels
v Event logs that are time stamped, saved on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II,
and can be attached to e-mail alerts
v Independent power, which enables around-the-clock access to the server even
when the server power is off
v Advanced System Management (ASM) interconnect remote access (not
supported with the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine)
v Operating-system-failure screen capture
v Remote access through Ethernet and ASM interconnect peer-to-peer network
v Remote disk enabling the attachment of a diskette drive, CD-ROM drive, USB
flash drive, or disk image to a server
v Remote firmware update and access to critical server settings
v Remote power control
v Seamless remote accelerated graphics
v Secure Web server user interface
v Server console redirection.
This feature is not supported with the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine when it is installed in any of the following servers: – IBM xSeries 236 – IBM xSeries 260 – IBM xSeries 336 – IBM xSeries 346 – IBM xSeries 366 – IBM xSeries 460 – IBM System x3800 – IBM System x3850 – IBM System x3950
v Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support
v Remote firmware update
v User authentication using a secure connection to a Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) server
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Web browser and operating-system requirements

The Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface requires the Java™ Plug-in 1.4 or later and one of the following Web browsers:
v Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 5.5 or later with the latest Service Pack
v Netscape Navigator version 7.0 or later
v Mozilla version 1.3 or later (Remote Control features are supported only on the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine with Refresh 2 firmware.)
The Remote Disk feature works with only the Microsoft Windows 2000 and
Note:
Windows XP operating systems (for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II only, not the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine).
The following server operating systems have USB support, which is required for the Remote Control feature:
v Microsoft Windows® Server 2003
v Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later
v Red Hat Linux version 7.3
v SUSE Linux version 8.0
v Novell NetWare 6.5
The Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface does not support the
Note:
double-byte character set (DBCS) languages.

Notices used in this book

The following notices are used in the documentation:
v Notes: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
v Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid
inconvenient or problem situations.
v Attention: These notices indicate potential damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which damage could occur.
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Chapter 2. Opening and using the Web interface

To access the Remote Supervisor Adapter II remotely using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface, you must log in to the adapter. This chapter describes the login procedures and describes the actions you can perform from the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface.

Logging in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II

To access the Remote Supervisor Adapter II through the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface, complete the following steps:
1. Open a Web browser. In the address or URL field, type the IP address or host
name of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to which you want to connect.
Notes:
a. If you are logging in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II for the first time
after installation, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II defaults to DHCP. If a DHCP host is unavailable, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II uses the default static IP address 192.168.70.125.
b. Yo u can obtain the DHCP-assigned IP address or the static IP address from
the server BIOS or from your network administrator.
The Enter Network Password window opens.
The values in the following window are examples. Your settings will be
Note:
different.
2. Type your user name and password in the Enter Network Password window. If
you are using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II for the first time, you can obtain your user name and password from your system administrator. All login attempts are documented in the event log. A welcome page opens in your browser.
Note: The Remote Supervisor Adapter II is set initially with a user name of
USERID and password of PASSW0RD (with a zero, not the letter O). This
user has read/write access. Change this default password during your initial configuration for enhanced security.
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3. Depending on how your system administrator has configured the user ID, the following window might open.
4. The Welcome window opens.
Select a timeout value from the drop-down list in the field that is provided. If your browser is inactive for that number of minutes, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II logs you off the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface.
Note: Depending on how your system administrator has configured the global
login settings, the timeout value might be a fixed value.
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5. Click Continue to start the session.
The browser opens the System Status page, which gives you a quick view of the server status and the server health summary.
For descriptions of the actions that you can perform from the links in the left navigation pane of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface, see “Remote Supervisor Adapter II action descriptions” on page 8. Then, go to Chapter 3, “Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter II,” on page 11.
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Remote Supervisor Adapter II action descriptions

Table 1 lists the actions that are available when you are logged in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions
Link Action Description
System Status View system health for a server,
view the operating-system-failure screen capture, and view the users who are logged in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
Event Log View event logs for remote
servers
Vital Product Data View the server VPD When the server starts, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
Power/Restart Remotely turn on or restart a
server
Remote Control Redirect the server video console
and use your computer disk drive or disk image as a drive on the server
Serial Redirect
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Configure serial-to-serial redirection or serial-to-Telnet redirection.
PXE Network Boot Change the host server startup
(boot) sequence for the next restart to attempt a PXE/DHCP network startup.
Firmware Update Update firmware on the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II
You can monitor the server power and state and the temperature, voltage, and fan status of your server on the System Health page. Yo u can also view the image of the last operating-system-failure screen capture and the users who are logged in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
The Event Log page contains entries that are currently stored in the server event log and power-on self-test (POST) event log. Information about all remote access attempts and dial-out events are recorded in the event log. All events in the log are time stamped using the Remote Supervisor Adapter II date and time settings. Some events will also generate alerts, if configured to do so on the Alerts page. You can sort and filter events in the event log.
collects system information, basic input/output system (BIOS) information, and server component vital product data (VPD) and stores it in nonvolatile memory. This data is available from the Vital Product Data page.
The Remote Supervisor Adapter II provides full remote power control over your server with power-on, power-off, and restart actions. In addition, power-on and restart statistics are captured and displayed to show server hardware availability.
From the Remote Control page, you can start the Remote Control function. Using the Remote Control function, you can redirect the server console to your computer, and you can mount one of your computer disk drives, such as the CD-ROM drive or the diskette drive, on the server. When you have redirected the server console, you can use your mouse and keyboard to control the server. When you have mounted a disk, you can use it to restart the server and to update firmware on the server. You can use the Remote Console function to access the mounted disk, which will appear as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) disk drive that is attached to the server.
From the Serial Redirect page, you can use the serial redirection quick setup to simplify the configuration of serial-to-serial redirection or serial-to-Telnet redirection.
If your server BIOS and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) boot agent utility are properly defined, from the PXE Network Boot page you can change the host server startup (boot) sequence for the next restart to attempt a PXE/DHCP network startup. The host startup sequence will be altered only if the host is not under Privileged Access Protection (PAP). After the next restart occurs, the check box on the PXE Network Boot page will be cleared.
Use the options on the Firmware Update page to update firmware of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
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Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions (continued)
Link Action Description
Access Remote
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ASM
Access other service processors on the ASM interconnect network
From the Access Remote ASM page, you can view a list of service processors that are present on the ASM interconnect network and establish a connection to any of those systems.
Note: Service processors are Remote Supervisor Adapter
IIs, Remote Supervisor Adapters, ASM processors, ASM PCI adapters, and integrated system management processors (ISMPs).
System Settings View and change the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II system settings
You can configure the server location and general information, such as the name of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, the operating system that supports the Remote Supervisor Adapter II (Windows or Linux), server timeout settings, and contact information for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, from the System Settings page.
Set the Remote Supervisor Adapter II clock
Login Profiles Configure the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II login profiles and global login settings
You can set the Remote Supervisor Adapter II clock that is used for time stamping the entries in the event log.
You can define 12 login profiles that enable access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. You can also define global login settings that apply to all login profiles, including enabling Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server authentication and customizing the account security level.
Alerts Configure remote alerts and
remote alert recipients
You can configure the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to generate and forward alerts for a number of different events. On the Alerts page, you can configure the alerts that are monitored and the recipients that are notified.
Configure local events You can set the local events that are monitored by the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II, for which notifications are sent to the IBM Director console.
Configure alert settings You can establish global settings that apply to all remote
alert recipients, such as the number of alert retries and the delay between the retries.
Serial Port Configure the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II serial ports1 and modem settings
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From the Serial Port page, you can configure the serial ports1 and modem settings2 that are used by the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. Yo u can also configure the serial redirect and command-line interface (CLI) settings.
Port assignments Change the port numbers of the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II protocols.
Network Interfaces Configure the network interfaces
of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
From the Port Assignments page, you can change the port numbers of Remote Supervisor Adapter II protocols (for example, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and SNMP).
From the Network Interfaces page, you can configure network-access settings for the Ethernet connection on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II Ethernet connection enables remote access using a Web browser. Yo u can also configure the point-to-point protocol (PPP) access through the Remote Supervisor Adapter II serial port.
Network Protocols Configure the network protocols of
the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
You can configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Domain Name System (DNS), and Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) settings that are used by the Remote Supervisor Adapter II from the Network Protocols page. You can also configure LDAP parameters.
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Table 1. Remote Supervisor Adapter II actions (continued)
Link Action Description
Security Configure the Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL)
You can enable or disable SSL and manage the SSL certificates that are used. Yo u can also enable or disable whether an SSL connection is used to connect to an LDAP server.
Configuration File Back up and restore the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II configuration
You can back up, modify, and restore the configuration of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, and view a configuration summary, from the Configuration File page.
Restore Defaults Restore the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II defaults
Attention: When you click Restore Defaults, all of the modifications you made to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II are lost.
You can reset the configuration of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to the factory defaults.
Restart ASM Restart the Remote Supervisor
You can restart the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
Adapter II
Log off Log off the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II
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This feature is available for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, except when the SlimLine is installed in any
You can log off your connection to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
of the following servers:
v IBM xSeries 236 v IBM xSeries 260 v IBM xSeries 336 v IBM xSeries 346 v IBM xSeries 366 v IBM xSeries 460 v IBM System x3800 v IBM System x3850 v IBM System x3950
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This feature is not available for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine.
You can click the View Configuration Summary link, which is available on most pages, to quickly view the configuration of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
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Chapter 3. Configuring the Remote Supervisor Adapter II

Use the links under ASM Control in the navigation pane to configure the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
v From the System Settings page, you can:
– Set system information
– Select the operating system to support (Microsoft Windows or Linux)
Important: For the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to function correctly, the
specified operating system must match the operating system of the server in which the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is installed.
- Select Linux before installing Remote Supervisor Adapter II software for Linux operating systems.
- Select Other before installing Remote Supervisor Adapter II software for Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware operating systems.
Set server timeouts
–
– Set ASM date and time
v From the Login Profiles page, you can:
– Set login profiles to control access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
– Configure global login settings, such as the lockout period after unsuccessful
login attempts
– Configure the account security level
From the Alerts page, you can:
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– Set integrated system management processor (ISMP) alert forwarding
– Configure remote alert recipients
– Set the number of remote alert attempts
– Select the delay between alerts
– Select which alerts will be sent and how they will be forwarded
From the Serial Port page, you can:
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– Configure the serial ports of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
– Configure advanced modem settings (not available for the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II SlimLine)
– Set up serial redirection
Setting up serial redirection is not available for the Remote Supervisor
Note:
Adapter II SlimLine in some server models.
v From the Port Assignments page, you can change the port numbers of Remote
Supervisor Adapter II services.
v From the Network Interfaces page, you can:
– Set up the Ethernet connection for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
– Set up a PPP over serial port connection (not available for the Remote
Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine)
From the Network Protocols page, you can:
v
– Configure SNMP setup
– Configure DNS setup
– Telnet protocol
– Configure SMTP setup
– Configure LDAP setup
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– TCP command mode protocol
– Service location protocol
From the Security page, you can install and configure the Secure Sockets Layer
v
(SSL) settings.
v From the Configuration File page, you can back up, modify, and restore the
configuration of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
v From the Restore Defaults page, you can reset the Remote Supervisor Adapter II
configuration to the factory defaults.
v From the Restart ASM page, you can restart the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.

Setting system information

To set the Remote Supervisor Adapter II system information, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II where you want to set the system information. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click System Settings. A page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed.
Note: The available fields in the System Settings page are determined by the
accessed remote server.
3. In the Name field in the ASM Information area, type the name of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
Use the Name field to specify a name for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II in this server. The name is included with e-mail, SNMP, and alphanumeric pager alert notifications to identify the source of the alert.
Notes:
a. If you plan to set up an SMTP server for e-mail alert notifications, make sure
that the name in the Name field is valid as part of an e-mail address (for example, there are no spaces).
b. Your Remote Supervisor Adapter II name (in the Name field) and the IP host
name of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II (in the Host Name field on the Network Interfaces page) do not automatically share the same name because the ASM Name field is limited to 15 characters. The Host Name
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field can contain up to 63 characters. To minimize confusion, set the ASM Name field to the nonqualified portion of the IP host name. The nonqualified
IP host name consists of up to the first period of a fully qualified IP host name. For example, for the fully qualified IP host name asmcard1.us.company.com, the nonqualified IP host name is asmcard1. For information about your host name, see “Configuring an Ethernet connection to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II” on page 39.
In the ID number field, assign the Remote Supervisor Adapter II a unique
4. identification number.
5. In the Contact field, type the contact information. For example, you can specify the name and phone number of the person to contact if there is a problem with this server. You can type a maximum of 47 characters in this field.
6. In the Location field, type the location of the server. Include in this field sufficient detail to quickly locate the server for maintenance or other purposes. You can type a maximum of 47 characters in this field.
7. In the HOST O/S menu, click the type of operating system that is running on the server.
Important: For the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to function correctly, the
specified operating system must match the operating system of the server in which the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is installed.
v Select Linux before installing Remote Supervisor Adapter II software for
Linux operating systems.
v Select Other before installing Remote Supervisor Adapter II software for
Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware operating systems.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.
8.

Setting server timeouts

To set your server timeout values, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II where you want to set the server timeouts. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click System Settings and scroll down to the Server Timeouts area.
A page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed.
You can set the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to respond automatically to the following events:
v Halted power-on self-test
v Halted operating system
v Failure to load operating system
v Power-off delay to shut down operating system
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v Nonmaskable interrupt
Enable the server timeouts that correspond to the events that you want the
3. Remote Supervisor Adapter II to respond to automatically.
POST watchdog
Use the POST watchdog field to specify the number of minutes that the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will wait for the server to complete a power-on self-test (POST). If the server that is being monitored fails to complete a POST within the specified time, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II generates a POST timeout alert and automatically restarts the server. The POST watchdog is then automatically disabled until the operating system is shut down and the server is power cycled (or until the operating system starts and the software is successfully loaded).
Note: Power cycling means that the server is turned off and then
immediately turned on.
To set the POST timeout value, select a number from the menu. To turn off this option, select Disabled.
If the POST Time-out check box is selected in the Remote Alerts
Note:
area of the Remote Alerts page, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II attempts to forward the alert to all configured remote alert recipients. Also, the POST watchdog requires a specially constructed POST routine that is available only on specific IBM servers. If this routine does not exist on your server, all settings in this field are ignored.
O/S watchdog
Use the O/S watchdog field to specify the number of minutes between checks of the operating system by the Remote Supervisor Adapter II. If the operating system fails to respond to one of these checks, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II generates an O/S timeout alert and restarts the server. After the server is restarted, the O/S watchdog is disabled until the operating system is shut down and the server is power cycled.
To set the O/S watchdog value, select a time interval from the menu. To turn off this watchdog, select Disabled. To capture operating-system-failure screens, you must enable the watchdog in the
O/S watchdog field and select the O/S Time-out check box in the
Remote Alerts area of the Alerts page.
Notes:
a. The O/S watchdog feature requires that the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II software be installed on the server. For information about installing this software, see the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Installation Guide.
b. If the O/S Time-out check box is selected in the Remote Alerts area
of the Alerts page, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will attempt to send an alert to all configured remote alert recipients.
For more information about POST routines, see the documentation that comes with your server.
Loader
watchdog
Use the Loader watchdog field to specify the number of minutes that the Remote Supervisor Adapter II waits between the completion of
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POST and the starting of the operating system. If this interval is exceeded, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II generates a loader timeout alert and automatically restarts the server. After the server is restarted, the loader timeout is automatically disabled until the operating system is shut down and the server is power cycled (or until the operating system starts and the software is successfully loaded).
To set the loader timeout value, select the time limit that the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will wait for the operating-system startup to be completed. To turn off this watchdog, select Disabled.
Notes:
a. Before you start (boot) an operating system that does not have the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II software installed (this can also include using a flash update diskette), make sure to select Disabled in the Loader watchdog field to prevent an unwanted restart of your server.
b. If the Loader Time-out check box is selected in the Remote Alerts
area of the Alerts page, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will send an alert to all configured remote alert recipients.
off delay
Power
Attention: Read the following information to prevent the loss of data
or damage to data when you perform a remote shutdown of your operating system:
If the Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, or Novell NetWare operating system is installed on your server, you have to install only the Remote Supervisor Adapter II software to support remote operating-system shutdown.
Note: If the value in the Power off delay field is less than 45
the Power off delay field to specify the number of minutes that the
Use Remote Supervisor Adapter II will wait for the operating system to shut down before turning off the server.
Shut down your server to determine how long it takes to shut down. Add a time buffer to that value and use it as your power-off delay setting to ensure that the operating system has time for an orderly shutdown before power is removed from the server.
To set the power-off delay value, select the time from the menu.
NMI reset delay
Use the NMI reset delay field to specify the length of time, in minutes, that the Remote Supervisor Adapter II waits to automatically restart the server after a nonmaskable interrupt (NMI) is triggered. A nonmaskable interrupt usually indicates a critical error such as a hardware fault. A nonmaskable interrupt usually signals a parity error in the memory subsystem.
seconds, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II software will adjust the value to 45 seconds when it is loaded. Yo u can decrease the power-off delay value after the server has started, but the Remote Supervisor Adapter II software will reset it to 45 seconds on the next server restart. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II software will not change a power-off delay value that is 45 seconds or greater.
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To disable the automatic server restart after a nonmaskable interrupt, select Disabled.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.
4.

Setting the date and time

The Remote Supervisor Adapter II contains its own real-time clock to time stamp all events that are logged in the event log. Alerts that are sent by e-mail, LAN, and SNMP use the real-time clock setting to time stamp the alerts. The clock settings support Greenwich mean time (GMT) offsets and daylight saving time (DST) for added ease-of-use for administrators who are managing systems remotely over different time zones. Yo u can remotely access the event log even if the server is turned off or disabled.This facilitates immediate problem determination and resolution.
To verify the date and time settings of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II where you want to set the ASM date and time values. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click System Settings and scroll down to the ASM Date
and Time area, which shows the date and time when the Web page was
generated.
3. To override the date and time settings and to enable daylight saving time (DST) and Greenwich mean time (GMT), click Set ASM Date and Time. A page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed.
4. In the Date field, type the numbers of the current month, day, and year.
5. In the Time field, type the numbers that correspond to the current hour, minutes, and seconds in the applicable entry fields. The hour (hh) must be a number from 00 to 23 as represented on a 24-hour clock. The minutes (mm) and seconds (ss) must be numbers from 00 to 59.
6. In the GMT offset field, type the number that specifies the offset, in hours, from Greenwich mean time (GMT), corresponding to the time zone where the server is located.
7. Select or clear the Automatically adjust for daylight saving changes check box to specify whether the Remote Supervisor Adapter II clock will automatically adjust when the local time changes between standard time and daylight saving time.
8. Click Save.
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Synchronizing clocks in a network

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) provides a way to synchronize clocks throughout a computer network, enabling any NTP client to obtain the correct time from an NTP server.
The Remote Supervisor Adapter II NTP feature provides a way to synchronize the Remote Supervisor Adapter II real-time clock with the time that is provided by an NTP server. You can specify the NTP server that is to be used, specify the frequency with which the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will be synchronized, enable or disable the NTP feature, and request an immediate time synchronization.
The NTP feature does not provide the extended security and authentication that are provided through encryption algorithms in NTP Version 3 and NTP Version 4. The Remote Supervisor Adapter II NTP feature supports only the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) without authentication.
To set up the Remote Supervisor Adapter II NTP feature settings, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II on which you want to synchronize the clocks in the network. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click System Settings and scroll down to the Network
Time Protocol (NTP) area. A page similar to the one in the following illustration
is displayed.
3. Yo u can select from the following setttings:
NTP auto-synchronization service
Use this selection to enable or disable automatic synchronization of the ASM clock with an NTP server.
NTP server host name or IP address
Use this field to specify the name of the NTP server to be used for clock synchronization.
NTP update frequency
Use this field to specify the approximate interval (in minutes) between synchronization requests.
Synchronize Clock Now
Click this button to request an immediate synchronization instead of waiting for the interval time to lapse.
4. Click Save.
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Disabling the USB device driver interface

If you want to prevent any application that is running on the server from requesting the Remote Supervisor Adapter II to perform tasks, you must disable the USB device driver interface. To disable the USB device driver interface, complete the following steps.
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II on which you want to disable the USB device driver interface. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click System Settings and scroll down to the
Miscellaneous area. A page similar to the one in the following illustration is
displayed.
3. Select the Disallow commands on USB interface check box to disable the USB device driver interface. Selecting this option does not affect the USB remote control functions (for example, keyboard, mouse, and mass storage). When you disable the USB device driver interface, the in-band system-management applications such as the management processor command-line interface (MPCLI) and Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) are disabled. If you try to use system-management applications while the device driver interface is disabled, there might be unwanted consequences.
4. Click Save.
Important:
To enable the USB device driver interface after it has been disabled, clear the
Disallow commands on USB interface check box and then restart the server so
that the USB device driver is loaded and initialized correctly.

Creating a login profile

Use the Login Profiles table to view, configure, or change individual login profiles. Use the links in the Login ID column to configure individual login profiles. Yo u can define up to 12 unique profiles. Each link in the Login ID column is labeled with the configured login ID for that particular profile. If you have not configured a profile, the name of the link, by default, will be ~ not used ~.
To configure a login profile, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II where you want to create a login profile. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click Login Profiles. The Login Profiles page displays each login ID, the login access level, and the password expiration information, as shown in the following illustration.
If you disable the USB device driver interface, you cannot perform an
in-band update of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II firmware using the Linux or Windows flash utilities. If the USB device driver interface is disabled, use the Firmware Update option on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II Web interface to update the firmware. For more information, see “Updating firmware” on page 88.
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Note: By default, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II is configured with one login
profile that enables remote access using a login user ID of USERID and a password of PASSW0RD (the 0 is a zero, not the letter O). To avoid a potential security exposure, change this default login profile during the initial setup of the Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
3. Click one of the unused login profile links. An individual profile page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed.
4. In the Login ID field, type the name of the profile.
You can type a maximum of 15 characters in the Login ID field. Valid characters are uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, periods, and underscores.
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Note: This login ID is used to grant remote access to the Remote Supervisor
Adapter II.
5. In the Password field, assign a password to the login ID.
A password must contain at least five characters, one of which must be a nonalphabetic character. Null or empty passwords are accepted.
This password is used with the login ID to grant remote access to the
Note:
Remote Supervisor Adapter II.
6. In the Confirm Password field, type the password again.
7. In the Authority level area, select one of the following options to set the access rights for this login ID:
Supervisor
The user has no restrictions.
Read Only
The user has read-only access only and cannot perform actions such as file transfers, power and restart actions, or remote control functions.
Custom
If you select the Custom option, you must select one or more of the following custom authority levels:
v User Account Management: A user can add, modify, or delete users
and change the global login settings in the Login Profiles page.
v Remote Console Access: A user can access the remote console.
v Remote Console and Virtual Media Access: A user can access
both the remote console and the virtual media feature.
v Remote Server Power/Restart Access: A user can access the
power on and restart functions for the remote server. These functions are available in the Power/Restart page.
v Ability to Clear Event Logs: A user can clear the event logs.
Everyone can look at the event logs, but this particular permission is required to clear the logs.
v Adapter Configuration - Basic: A user can modify configuration
parameters in the System Settings and Alerts pages.
v Adapter Configuration - Networking & Security: A user can modify
configuration parameters in the Security, Network Protocols, Network Interface, Port Assignments, and Serial Port pages.
v Adapter Configuration (Advanced): A user has no restrictions when
configuring the adapter. In addition, the user is said to have administrative access to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II, meaning that the user can also perform the following advanced functions: firmware updates, PXE network boot, restore adapter factory defaults, modify and restore adapter configuration from a configuration file, and restart and reset the adapter.
To return the login profile to the factory defaults, click Clear
Note:
Login Profiles.
Click Save to save your login ID settings.
8.

Configuring the global login settings

Complete the following steps to set conditions that apply to all login profiles for the Remote Supervisor Adapter II:
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1. Log in to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II for which you want to set the global login settings. For more information, see Chapter 2, “Opening and using the Web interface,” on page 5.
2. In the navigation pane, click Login Profiles.
3. Scroll down to the Global Login Settings area. A page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed.
4. In the User authentication method field, specify how users who are attempting to log in are authenticated. Select one of the following authentication methods:
v Local only: Users are authenticated by a search of a table that is local to the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II. If there is no match on the user ID and password, access is denied. Users who are successfully authenticated are assigned the authority level that is configured in “Creating a login profile” on page 18.
v LDAP only: The Remote Supervisor Adapter II attempts to authenticate the
user by using the LDAP server. Local user tables on the Remote Supervisor Adapter II are never searched with this authentication method.
v Local first, then LDAP: Local authentication is attempted first. If local
authentication fails, LDAP authentication is attempted.
v LDAP first, then Local: LDAP authentication is attempted first. If LDAP
authentication fails, local authentication is attempted.
5. In the Lockout period after 5 login failures field, specify how long, in minutes, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will prohibit remote login attempts, if more than five sequential failures to log in remotely are detected.
6. In the Web inactivity session timeout field, specify how long, in minutes, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will wait before disconnecting an inactive Web session. Select No timeout to disable this feature. Select User picks timeout if the user will select the timeout period during the login process.
7. (Optional) In the Account security level area, select a password security level. The Legacy security settings and High security settings set the default values as indicated in the requirement list.
8. To customize the security setting, select Custom security settings and then click Edit Security Settings. A page similar to the one in the following illustration is displayed.
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You can view and change the account security management configuration on the Custom Security Settings page. When you change the User login
password required setting, you must also have a password, to be consistent
with the requirement.
User login password required
Use this field to indicate whether a login ID with no password is allowed.
Number of previous passwords that cannot be used
Use this field to indicate the number of previous passwords that cannot be reused. Up to five previous passwords can be compared. Select 0 to allow the reuse of all previous passwords.
Maximum Password Age
Use this field to indicate the maximum password age that is allowed before the password must be changed. Values of 0 to 365 days are supported. Select 0 to disable the password expiration checking.
Click Save.
9.

Configuring remote alert settings

Note: For the Remote Supervisor Adapter II SlimLine, the configuring remote alert
settings feature is available only when using LAN-based alert functionality.
You can configure remote alert recipients, the number of alert attempts, incidents that trigger remote alerts, and local alerts from the Alerts link on the navigation pane.
After you configure a remote alert recipient, the Remote Supervisor Adapter II will send an alert to that recipient. The alert is sent through a serial connection or a network connection, a numeric pager, or an alphanumeric pager when any event selected from the Monitored Alerts group occurs. This alert contains information about the nature of the event, the time and date of the event, and the name of the system that generated the alert.
The Remote Supervisor Adapter II offers alert redundancy for several managed systems at the same location. It sends alerts only once per connection type, even when there is more than one active LAN or serial connection. However, if one connection device fails, all other interconnected devices route the alerts to the next available connection.
Notes:
1. If the SNMP Agent or SNMP Traps fields are not set to Enabled, no SNMP traps are sent. For information about these fields, see “Configuring SNMP” on page 43.
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