Preface

This manual describes the functions of the following program products and explains how to use them:

Unless otherwise required, these products are referred to collectively as ServerConductor.

This manual consists of the following chapters and appendixes:

1. Overview: Chapter 1 provides an overview of ServerConductor and describes its system configuration.

2. System Configuration: Chapter 2 uses several example configurations to describe the information that is needed to build a ServerConductor system.

4. Operation of the Console Service: Chapter 4 explains the basics of how to start, stop, and operate the console service, which is ServerConductor's operation program.

5. Asset Management: Chapter 5 describes how to use ServerConductor to manage assets and describes the inventory information that can be managed.

6. Failure Management: Chapter 6 describes the functions for viewing and reporting alerts, which are used to manage failures that may occur in a ServerConductor system.

7. Power Control: Chapter 7 describes the methods and types of power control supported by ServerConductor.

8. Remote Control: Chapter 8 describes how to set up and use remote control in ServerConductor.

9. Group Management: Chapter 9 describes how to use ServerConductor to set up and manage hosts in groups.

10. Connection Management: Chapter 10 describes how to use ServerConductor to manage system connections.

11. Changing environment settings: Chapter 11 describes how to change settings from ServerConductor's console service.

12. Program Linkage: Chapter 12 describes how to start external programs to which ServerConductor may be linked.

13. SNMP Translator: Chapter 13 describes the features that enable you to use an SNMP manager to view information managed by ServerConductor.

15. Operating the WEB Management Console: Chapter 15 describes how to operate the WEB management console, which is ServerConductor's operating program.

A. Messages: Appendix A describes the messages that are issued by ServerConductor.

B. List of Alerts: Appendix B describes the alerts that are issued by ServerConductor.

C. Inventory Information: Appendix C describes the inventory information that can be managed by ServerConductor.

This manual uses the following abbreviations for product names:

Abbreviation	Full name or meaning
Agent	ServerConductor/Agent
BSM	ServerConductor/Blade Server Manager
Linux	A generic term for: Red Hat Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Microsoft Access	Microsoft Access(R)
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer
Windows	A generic term for: Windows XP Windows Server 2003
Windows XP	Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional	Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional Operating System
Windows Server 2003	A generic term for the following: 32-bit Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 (IPF)
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003, Standard Edition Operating System
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003, Enterprise Edition Operating System
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003, Datacenter Edition Operating System
Windows Server 2003 (IPF)	Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-Based Systems

This manual also uses the following abbreviations:

Abbreviation	Full name or meaning
API	Application Program Interface
BIOS	Basic Input Output System
BMC	Baseboard Management Controller
CSV	Comma Separated Value
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DLL	Dynamic Link Library
DMA	Direct Memory Access
DSN	Data Source Name
ECC	Error Correcting Code
FAT	File Allocation Tables
IPF	Itanium Processor Family
IRQ	Interrupt Request
JDK	Java Development Kit
LAN	Local Area Network
MIB	Management Information Base
NTFS	NT File System
ODBC	Open DataBase Connectivity
OS	Operating System
PC	Personal Computer
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect
RAS	Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
RAS	Remote Access Service
RPM	Red Hat Package Manager
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
TCP/IP	Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
UPS	Uninterruptible Power Supply
URL	Uniform Resource Locator

Font and symbol conventions are classified as:

These conventions are described below.

General font conventions

The following table lists the general font conventions:

Font	Convention
Bold	Bold type indicates text on a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example, bold is used in sentences such as the following: From the File menu, choose Open. Click the Cancel button. In the Enter name entry box, type your name.
Italics	Italics are used to indicate a placeholder for some actual text provided by the user or system. Italics are also used for emphasis. For example: Write the command as follows: copy source-file target-file Do not delete the configuration file.
Code font	A code font indicates text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example: At the prompt, enter dir. Use the send command to send mail. The following message is displayed: The password is incorrect.

Examples of coding and messages appear as follows (although there may be some exceptions, such as when coding is included in a diagram):

MakeDatabase
...
StoreDatabase temp DB32

In examples of coding, an ellipsis (...) indicates that one or more lines of coding are not shown for purposes of brevity.

Conventions in syntax explanations

Syntax definitions appear as follows:

StoreDatabase [temp|perm] (database-name ...)

The following table lists the conventions used in syntax explanations:

Example font or symbol	Convention
StoreDatabase	Code-font characters must be entered exactly as shown.
database-name	This font style marks a placeholder that indicates where appropriate characters are to be entered in an actual command.
SD	Bold code-font characters indicate the abbreviation for a command.
perm	Underlined characters indicate the default value.
[ ]	Square brackets enclose an item or set of items whose specification is optional. Ex: [-snmp] This means you may specify or omit -snmp.
\|	Only one of the options separated by a vertical bar can be specified at the same time. Ex.: -adagent\|-load\|-snmp This means you may select any one of the options -adagent, -load, or -snmp.
...	An ellipsis (...) indicates that the item or items enclosed in ( ) or [ ] immediately preceding the ellipsis may be specified as many times as necessary.
()	Parentheses indicate the range of items to which the vertical bar (\|) or ellipsis (...) is applicable.