HP RX8620-32 - Manual (Page 20)

Figure 15. Basic core I/O card set (secondary)
The Management Processor—The Management Processor (MP) is a dedicated processor located on
each MP/SCSI card that simplifies and extends system management and enhances serviceability. The
MP reduces or eliminates the need for the system administrator to be physically at the system to
perform tasks such as diagnostics, system management, or even hard resets. Following are some of
the features offered by the Integrity rx7620-16 and rx8620-32 Server Management Processor:
• System management over the Internet or intranet
• System console redirection
• Console mirroring
• System configuration for automatic restart
• Viewing history log of system events
• Viewing history log of console activity
• Setting MP inactivity timeout thresholds
• Remote system control
• Remote power cycle (except for MP housekeeping power)
• Viewing system status
• Event notification to system console, e-mail, pager, and/or HP Response Centers (e-mail and pager
notification work in conjunction with HP Event Monitoring Service [EMS])
• Automatic hardware protection of critical environmental problems
• Access to management interface and consoles on WAN failure (modem required)
• Automatic system restart
• Remote resetting of hardware partitions
• Forward progress indicator (via a virtual front panel)
• Out-of-band manageability and processor-dependent code (PDC) firmware update
• Configuration of manageability and console security
• MP failover (systems with both core I/O boards)
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
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