Remote System Control (RSC)

Remote System Control (RSC) is a secure server management tool that lets you monitor and control your server over modem lines or over a network. RSC provides remote system administration for geographically distributed or physically inaccessible systems. The RSC software works with the System Service Processor (SSP) on the Enterprise 250 main logic board. The RSC and SSP support both serial and Ethernet connections to a remote console.

Once RSC is configured to manage your server, you can use it to run diagnostic tests, view diagnostic and error messages, reboot your server, and display environmental status information from a remote console. If the operating system is down, RSC will notify a central host of any power failures, hardware failures, or other important events that may be occurring on your server.

The RSC provides the following features:

• Remote system monitoring and error reporting (including diagnostic output)

• Remote reboot on demand

• Ability to monitor system environmental conditions remotely

• Ability to run diagnostic tests from a remote console

• Remote event notification for over-temperature conditions, power supply failures, fatal system errors, or system crashes

• Remote access to detailed event logs

• Remote console functions on serial and ethernet ports

For information about configuring and using RSC, see the Remote System Control (RSC) User's Guide, provided with the RSC software.