HP Remote Assistant Card - Manual (Page 28)

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Server Supervision
Server Performance Monitoring. HP Remote Assistant monitors I/O performance by
gathering statistics on EISA bus usage. An administrator at a remote console can also
display a graphical representation of bus usage that is updated in real time, as well as a
historical record of bus usage that indicates peaks and averages.
Environment monitoring. HP Remote Assistant monitors sample voltage and
temperature levels and compares the samples with warning and shutdown threshold
parameters (specified with the Configuration Utility).
Logging of server events. HP Remote Assistant maintains an on-board log of server
events, tracking the nature and time of each event. This log is maintained in non-
volatile memory so that it is retained even when the HP Remote Assistant board is shut
down. (The log can be viewed at the server with the Configuration Utility, or from the
remote console.)
Event notification. HP Remote Assistant will page administrators when an event
occurs that has been specified for notification. With notification, valuable
administrator time is freed from constant surveillance of the server and server down-
time is kept to a minimum. Alphanumeric paging using TAP (Telocator
Alphanumeric Protocol) is supported, which allows for meaningful text messages
being sent to your pager. An administrator can enable or disable paging for individual
events with the Configuration Utility or from the remote console.
Other Features
DOS-level file transfer. HP Remote Assistant allows the transfer of files between the
remote console and the server. A DOS file transfer utility located on the server’s
Utility Partition supports Zmodem and Xmodem protocols for binary file transfer.
With this feature, an administrator can upload new Flash files to the Utility Partition
and remotely update the server’s BIOS.
SNMP support. HP Remote Assistant firmware provides NetWare and Windows NT
SNMP Agents with access to collected data, including environmental and bus
utilization data, and log events. HP Remote Assistant’s support of SNMP traps
provides seamless integration with HP OpenView and HP NetServer Assistant, a
Hewlett-Packard server management application that provides in-band monitoring of
servers. The SNMP agent running on the server can supply this data to any SNMP
management platform.
Diagnostics software. The HP Remote Assistant product package enables an
administrator to remotely run the HP Diagnostic Assistant application via the Utilities
Partition.