2 Introducing the HP Server Remote
Management Card
The HP Server Remote Management Card combines an intelligent PCI card and
integrated software that provides powerful remote server management.
Management capabilities include server status monitoring, configurable event
notification, and diagnostic features. The card's remote management capabilities
are accessed using standard web browser software. The HP Server Remote
Management Card consists of:
•
HP Server Remote Management Card.
A PCI card that plugs into your
HP Server. It includes an independent processor and draws power from the
server's PCI bus.
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A comprehensive management application stored in the board's
firmware.
Using this software, the HP Server Remote Management Card
provides remote server control and management. Access to Intelligent
Platform Management Bus (IPMB), located on the server, provides for
monitoring, server power control and diagnostic features.
NOTE
To provide complete independence from the server's Network
Operating System, the HP Server Remote Management Card is
accessed and controlled via a separate and independent
communication interface (LAN or RS-232) built onto the
product's PCI card.
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A platform-independent web-based graphical user interface.
The HP
Server Remote Management Card web interface allows users to connect to
the card in the server and, using a standard web browser, run the stored
management application. Access to card functions may be controlled by
specifying user access privileges.
Note that using a "web" interface does not mean that the card may be
accessed by anyone on the Internet. Your company's firewall and proxy
servers prevent outside access to your local network or intranet. The
dialback capability also provides extra security when communicating with
the card via a dial-up modem.
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