This topic describes the RSA II interface that is available on
the engine.
A Remote Supervisor Adapter (RSA) II is installed in each engine
in the cluster. Each RSA II is connected to the IP network. In addition, the
RSA II in each engine in the cluster creates a daisy chain through a private
Advanced System Management (ASM) interconnect network. For more information
about the RSA II, refer to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II User's Guide,
which is available on the IBM® Web site.
Using the RSA II Web interface, you
can perform the following functions:
- Access system status, which allows you to view the health of the engine,
the image of the last operating-system-failure screen capture, and a list
of users who are logged in to the RSA II.
- View the event logs, which contain all entries from the engine system
error log. It also contains information about remote-access attempts and dial-out
events.
- View vital product data for the engine, including BIOS information and
engine component vital product data.
- Remotely power on or restart the engine.
- Redirect the engine video console to your computer. Using the remote control
function, you can also use your computer disk drive or disk image as a drive
on the engine.
- Change the engine boot sequence for the next restart or attempt a Preboot
Execution Environment (PXE)/Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) network
startup.
- Update the firmware on the RSA II.
- Access other system-management processors and adapters on the ASM interconnect
network. This includes RSA II cards, ASM processors, ASM PCI adapters, and
integrated system management processors (ISMPs). Collectively, these system-management
processors and adapters are called service processors.
- View and change the RSA II system settings and RSA II clock.
- Configure RSA II login profiles.
- Configure remote alerts and remote alert recipients and establish the
events that will be considered to be alerts.
- Configure RSA II serial port settings.
- Configure RSA II network interfaces. This includes the settings for the
Ethernet connection on the RSA II, which enables remote access over a Web
browser, network protocols used by the RSA II, and secure socket layer (SSL)
configuration.
- Back up and restore the RSA II configuration. In addition, you can restore
RSA II defaults.
- Restart the RSA II.