Apple Xserve Intel (Late 2006) - Manual (Page 20)

20 Chapter 3 Monitoring the Xserve
Monitoring the Xserve Remotely
You can check the status of an Xserve from a remote computer using the Server
Monitor application or the command line in Terminal.
Using Server Monitor
The Xserve comes with the Server Monitor application. You can find Server Monitor in
/Applications/Server/ and on the Admin Tools disc that comes with the Xserve. You can
use Server Monitor to:
 Check the current status of the Xserve and its components, including
 Drive module status
 Power supply status and system internal voltages
 Network interface status and activity level
 Temperatures of critical internal components
 Cooling fan status
 Review basic Xserve information such as
 Uptime
 Mac OS X Server version running on the Xserve
 Amount and type of memory installed in each slot
 Model and capacity of each drive module
 Shut down, start up, or restart the Xserve
 Generate an Apple System Profiler report for the Xserve
 Send email alerts in response to changes in the status of the Xserve
You can run Server Monitor on the Xserve or on any computer that can connect to the
same network.
Connecting to the Xserve
To add an Intel-based Xserve to the server list in Server Monitor, you use the network
address, user name, and password of the lights-out management processor in the
Xserve. The lights-out management processor has its own administrator user name,
password, and network settings, which you specify in the networking panes of Server
Assistant or using the
ipmitool command-line tool in Terminal.
For information about using Server Monitor, see the Server Monitor onscreen help.
Using the Command Line
For information about using SSH to connect to a remote Xserve and using command-
line tools to check the status of the Xserve, see Mac OS X Server Command-Line
Administration, available at www.apple.com/server/documentation.