Comments on: Why you should buy a service processor card

By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:26:41 +0000

Hi Peter,

IBM’s RSA II (or it’s successor, the IMM) do not support Ethernet Port sharing (which, even if supported, would still require a second IP address).

My Dell Server (R210) with DRAC Express supports Ethernet Port Sharing, which works automatically, no configuration required, but you still need a second IP address.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:24:29 +0000

Hi,

it seems that you have some experience with the RSA II cards. I would like to manage my server remotely using the RSA II via HTTP/SSH. I am trying to find out for some time now, if it’s possible to use the RSA II to access the server and the remote management console through the same network adapter, so only one IP address and one rj45 cable is used for connecting the server to network. The remote management services could be set up to run on higher (unused) ports and the server services running on regular ports. Is this possible or do I need two separate cables and connections?

Thank you for your help.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:03:16 +0000

For those who wonder about Dell servers, Dell Remote Assistant Card (DRAC) provides quite the same features. If you are interested in further information, just ask Google with “Remote Systems Management Using the Dell Remote Access Card”.

By: Johan Elmerfjord

Johan Elmerfjord — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:40:16 +0000

The RSA II -cards works just fine even without the additional powersupply – as long as you have power connected to the server itself. But you will not be able to use it – or to get diagnostic info, if the powersupply goes down.
It works just fine to power on a server that’s off, even without additional power.
But I guess you already know all this by now. :-)

By: Ernesto

Ernesto — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:02:47 +0000

I have an RSA II (i think) in my IBM xSeries 345 server that I just aquired. There is a round hole which looks like it’s for a seperate power adapter. Do you know if these cards require external power or do they work off the server power. I really haven’t messed around much with it, I’m just at work doing some research =)… THX.

By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:53:42 +0000

You could probably buy an ERIC card for a PC, but you would probably loose 3d acceleration and similar stuff.

By: WhereCanYouBuyThese?

WhereCanYouBuyThese? — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:50:45 +0000

Can you buy SP/ILOMs for personal computers?

By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:48:48 +0000

These cards are server specific. You can usually buy them from the same place you bought your server. I can’t really help you without knowing where you live, or without the information of what server you have.

If you have a generic server, built of just some parts, the best option you have is to buy a generic card – they usually don’t have all the hardware monitoring stuff, but restarting the machine should work.

An example is the eRIC card.

By: Lukas Beeler

Lukas Beeler — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:46:32 +0000

It did. Comments are just moderated, for sake of spam filtering.

By: WhereCanYouBuyThese?

WhereCanYouBuyThese? — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:44:29 +0000

Did my last entry work? I cannot tell.

By: WhereCanYouBuyThese?

WhereCanYouBuyThese? — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:43:29 +0000

Where can you buy Service Processors?