Cyclades User's Guide Manual De Usuario

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                                 Server Access: Inband and Out of Band

 

 

When a user wants to connect to a server displayed on the Web Manager 
Connect to Server form, the drop-down list indicates whether the server can 
be accessed by a KVM connection, an in-band connection, or both. In the 
connect list, all servers connected to KVM ports appear first followed by all 
servers that are accessed through in-band connections and are not connected 
to KVM ports; those servers that can be connected by both methods appear at 
the bottom of the list. 

The types of connections that can be made to each server is displayed in 
parenthesis at the end of each server entry in the list. The following table 
describes the functionality of each connection type.

Table 1-12: Available Functionality During KVM and In-band Connections

Indicates that the server can be accessed only through an out-
of-band, KVM connection. 

This server is connected to a KVM port on the KVM/net or on 
a cascaded KVM unit. 

Users can control all applications on the server, have BIOS 
access, and can view POST, and boot messages. Users can 
access this server even when the network is down or after a 
system boot is completed.

Users can also control the power flow on this server if the 
server is plugged into an AlterPath PM and the port is properly 
configured for power management.