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Using extended services

Specify the IP address and directory path for remote systems.

ASMI allows you to mount a directory at a fixed mounting point on the service processor in order to enable utilities, such as telnet, ftp, and rsh. You can also clear the current mount settings. To mount a directory, the IP addresses of the remote system and path to the directory on the remote system must be provided. The targeted directory will be mounted at a fixed location on the host service processor. By default, the mount point is /nfs.

This option is beneficial for gathering additional debug information from a failing system. To enable utilities, such as telnet, the name and relative path to a shell script on the remote system along with the IP address and path to mount the directory on the remote system must be provided. This shell script, when executed on the host service processor, enables utilities such as telnet and ftp.

To access the extended services menu, your authority level must be an authorized service provider.

To configure extended services, do the following:

  1. In the navigation area, expand Network Services.
  2. Select Extended Services.
  3. In the right pane, specify the IP address of the remote machine, directory path to mount on the remote machine, and relative path name of the shell script you desire to execute on the remote machine. The relative path of the shell script field is optional.
  4. Click Save settings to mount the remote directory using your entered data or click Clear mount to unmount the previously mounted remote directory.