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Netfinity 7000 M10 - Automatic Dialout Settings

Applicable to: World-Wide

Source: Hardware Maintenance Manual

Automatic Dialout Settings: Use the Automatic Dialout Settings window (shown in Figure 4 on page 60) to configure the system management subsystem's automatic dialout functions. If you configure a Dialout Entry, the system management subsystem will attempt to forward an alert to a remote Netfinity system, a numeric pager, or an alphanumeric pager when any of the events selected from the Enabled Alerts Dialout group occur. This alert will contain information about the nature of the event that occurred, the time and date at which the event occurred, and the name of the system that generated the alert.

You can configure the Netfinity Advanced System Management PCI Adapter to dial out to multiple pagers or Netfinity Manager systems in response to individual critical and non-critical dialout events. Therefore, the Dialout status text will read DIALOUT ON as soon as the first telephone number dialout begins, then change to DIALOUT OFF when the dialout is completed, then change to DIALOUT ON again when the second telephone number is dialed, then change to DIALOUT OFF when the dialout is completed, and so on. If you click on Stop Dialout, the Netfinity Advanced System Management PCI Adapter hangs up, abandons the currently active dialout function, and moves on to the next one.

Your system management subsystem can be configured with up to six separate Dialout Entries.

Dialout Entry Information Group: To edit or create a Dialout Entry:

1. In the Name field, type the name of the person or system to which the alert will be forwarded. The information in the Name field is strictly for your use in identifying the Dialout Entry. If you are editing a previously configured Dialout Entry, select the entry that you want to edit from the Name selection list.
2. In the Number field, type the telephone number that will be used by the system's modem to dial out to a digital pager service. After the modem connects to the pager service, it will send numeric data specific to the dialout event.

Note
Depending on your paging service, you might need to increase the amount of time that this
alert action waits after dialing the telephone number before it transmits the numeric data. To
increase the amount of time that will pass before the numeric data is transmitted, add one or more
commas (,) to the end of the telephone number. Each comma will cause the modem to wait two
seconds before transmitting the numeric data.


3. In the PIN field, type the personal identification number required by your alphanumeric pager provider. This field will be active only if you select Alpha-numeric in the Type field.
4. From the Type selection list, select the type of connection the system management subsystem will attempt to make in order to forward the event notification. You can select Numeric (for standard pagers), Alpha-numeric (for alphanumeric pagers), or Netfinity (for connecting to a remote Netfinity system).
5. Check the Entry enabled check box to activate this Dialout Entry. If the Entry enabled check box is not checked, no dialouts will be made to this entry.
6. Select dialout events from the Enabled Alerts Dialout group. If any of the checked events occur, the system management subsystem will dial out to the telephone number specified in the Number field and forward an alert describing the event using the method selected in the Type field. For more detailed information about dialout events, see "Enabled Alerts Dialout Group" on page 62.
7. Click on Apply/Add to save these settings.

To remove a previously configured Dialout Entry, select the name of the entry from the Name selection list and then select Delete.

Enabled Alerts Dialout Group: Use the selections available in the Enabled Alerts Dialout group to specify which system management subsystem events will result in all currently configured Dialout Entries being contacted by the system management subsystem. Any selected items will, if detected by the system management subsystem, result in an alert describing the event being forwarded, using the method selected in the Type field, to the recipient specified by the Dialout Entry.

If the alert is being forwarded to a pager, Advanced System Management will include information about the event that triggered the alert. If the alert is forwarded to a numeric (or standard), pager, the page will include a code number that corresponds to the triggering event. If the alert is forwarded to an alphanumeric pager, the page will include both a code number and a text string that describe the triggering event. For more information on the numeric codes and text strings that are transmitted to pagers, refer to the following tables.

The Enabled Alerts Dialout group is divided into the Critical, Non-critical, and System groups.

The Critical Enabled Alerts Dialout group contains the following items.

Item

Description (if checked)

Numeric
Code

Text
String

Temperature

The system management
subsystem will dial out and
then automatically initiate a
system shutdown if any
monitored temperatures
exceed their threshold
values.

00

Temperature

Voltage

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
the voltages of any
monitored power sources
fall outside their specified
operational ranges.

01

Voltage

Tamper

The system management
subsystem will add an
entry in the Event Log if six
consecutive remote login
attempts fail.

02

Tamper

Multiple fan
failure

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
two (or more) of the
system's cooling fans fail
and will automatically
initiate a system shutdown.

03

Multiple
Fan
Failure

Power failure

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
the system's power supply
fails.

04

Power Failure

Hard disk drive

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
one or more of the hard
disk drives in the system
fail.

05

Hard Drive

Voltage regulator
module failure

The system management
subsystem will dial out and
then automatically initiate a
system shutdown if the
voltage regulator module
(VRM) fails.

06

VRM Failure


The Non-critical Enabled Alerts Dialout group contains the following items.

Item

Description (if checked)

Numeric
Code

Text
String

Temperature

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
any monitored
temperatures exceed their
threshold values.
However, unlike the Critical
Temperature event, this
Alerts Dialout will not
initiate a system shutdown
automatically.

12

Non-critical
Temperature

Single fan failure

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
one of the system's cooling
fans fail.

11

Single Fan Failure

Voltage

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
any of the monitored
voltages exceed their
threshold values.

13

Voltage


The System Enabled Alerts Dialout group contains the following items.

Item

Description (if checked)

Numeric
Code

Text
String

POST timeout

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
the POST timeout value
(specified in the System
Management Subsystem
Configuration Settings
window) is exceeded.

20

POST Hang

Loader timeout

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
the Loader timeout value
(specified in the System
Management Subsystem
Configuration Settings
window) is exceeded.

26

Loader Watchdog
Failure

O/S timeout

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
the O/S timeout value
(specified in the System
Management Subsystem
Configuration Settings
window) is exceeded.

21

OS Hang

Power off

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
the system is powered off.

23

System Power Off

Power on

The system management
subsystem will dial out if
the system is powered on.

24

System Power On

Application

The system management
subsystem will dial out if it
receives a Netfinity alert
(Netfinity can forward alerts
directly to the system
management subsystem
using the Alert Manager
Forward Alert to System
Management Subsystem
action).

22

Application Logged
Event

PFA

The system management
subsystem will dial out if it
receives a Predictive
Failure Analysis (PFA) alert
from the system.

27

PFA

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Document Category

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Date Created

27-10-98

Last Updated

18-01-99

Revision Date

18-01-2000

Brand

IBM PC Server

Product Family

Netfinity 7000 M10

Machine Type

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