This section displays details about the status of the Integrated Remote Console (IRC) and the Rapid Recovery communications configuration.
The following fields display.
Integrated Remote Console
Status indicates whether the IRC is supported and enabled. Possible values include Not Supported, Unknown, Enabled, and Disabled.
If IRC is not present on this device, the field displays “Not Supported.”
If IRC cannot determine the status of this setting, the field displays “Unknown.”
If IRC is present and enabled, the field displays “Enabled.”
If IRC is present but disabled, the field displays “Disabled.”
Three things can cause IRC to be disabled even though you enabled it:
The COM port for which IRC is configured does not exist.
The COM port for which IRC is configured is a PCI device
The IRQ for which IRC is configured does not match the COM port for which IRC is configured.
Network Access displays the status of the ASR Network Remote Console feature. The following values may display in this field.
Enabled - Remote Console network access is enabled. If the server ASR reboots to System Configuration Utilities (see Reset Boot Option in Automatic Server Recovery Window) or if you reboot to System Configuration Utilities from Insight Manager by pressing the Reboot Button in the Device View Window, then network remote access is enabled. You may access System Configuration Utilities through Remote Console.
Disabled - Remote Console network access is not enabled.
Unknown - You may need to upgrade your driver software or Server Agents or the Server Agent cannot determine the status of this setting.
Dial In Status displays whether the ASR feature will put the modem into auto-answer mode after an ASR reboot.
The following values may be displayed in this field.
Enabled - Remote Console dial-in access is enabled by putting the modem into auto-answer mode. If the server ASR reboots to System Configurations Utilities (see Reset Boot Option in Automatic Server Recovery Window) or if you reboot to System Configurations Utilities from Insight Manager by pressing the Reboot button in the Device View Window, then modem remote access is enabled. You may access System Configuration Utilities via Remote Console using a modem connection.
If you have enabled Dial-Out Status, a dial-out connection will be attempted first. If that connection fails, then dial-in access is enabled. If the dial-out connection is successful, then dial-in is enabled after that connection is terminated.
Disabled - This feature is not enabled. ASR will not put the modem in auto-answer mode.
Unknown - You may need to upgrade your driver software or Server Agents or the Server Agent cannot determine the status of this setting.
Dial-Out Status
After the ASR feature has attempted to deliver an alarm by the means of the pager, if the Dial-Out Status is enabled and a proper Dial-Out String has been provided, ASR will dial a remote PC. When a session is established, the server administrator can use a third party terminal emulation program to run the System Configurations Utilities to diagnose the problem.
Possible values are:
Enabled - ASR will dial the Dial-Out String and attempt to set up a connection to a remote PC. ASR will attempt the connection five times. If a connection is not established and the Dial-In Status is enabled, ASR will put the modem into auto-answer mode so that the server administrator can dial-in.
Disabled - This feature is not enabled. ASR will not attempt a remote connection. However, if the Dial-In Status in enabled, ASR will put the modem into auto-answer mode so that the server administrator can dial in.
Unknown - You may need to upgrade your driver software or Server Agents or the Server Agent cannot determine the status of this setting.
Dial-Out String
After the ASR feature has attempted to deliver an alarm by means of the pager, if the Dial-Out Status is enabled and a proper Dial-Out String is provided in this field, ASR will attempt to dial a remote PC. When a session is established, the system administrator can use a third-party terminal emulation program to run the System Configurations Utilities to diagnose the problem.
Serial Port displays the communication port that is enabled for use with the ASR feature. For example, this port might be Serial Port 1. ASR will use this port to page the system administrator, and the administrator will use this port when dialing in to the device.