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There are three physical connections to the adapter for out-of-band management
(that is, management without going through the operating system on the server),
as shown in Figure 5-1 on page 178:
Ethernet port, supporting TCP/IP connections
Serial (COM) port, supporting null modem or PPP connections
RS-485 ASM interconnect port, for connection to other service processors
The adapter supports three user interfaces for out-of-band management:
Web browser
Telnet
ANSI terminal
The recommended and usually the easiest ways to perform out-of-band
management are:
Using a Web browser to connect to the adapter via its Ethernet port
Connecting to the adapter from a Remote Supervisor Adapter installed in
another server, using the RS-485 ASM interconnect port
5.2.1 Connecting via a Web browser
To use a Web browser to access the Remote Supervisor Adapter remotely,
ensure that your browser meets the following requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (with Service Pack 1) or later
Netscape Navigator 4.72 or later (Version 6.x is not supported)
Java-enabled Web browser
Support for JavaScript 1.2 or later
Minimum display resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and 256 colors
Note: Neither the Web interface nor the text-based interface support
double-byte character set (DBCS) languages.
To initially configure the adapter, you will need to know either the host name or
the IP address of the adapter. Since both of these items are initially unknown,
you can use a Dynamic configuration, or see "Configuring a static IP address" on
page 181.
Dynamic configuration
By default, TCP/IP on the Remote Supervisor Adapter is as follows:
DHCP enabled
Host name set to ASMA followed by the adapter's burned-in MAC address
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