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Chapter Four Configuration Software and Utilities
Platform Event Paging
With Platform Event Paging (PEP), your server can be configured to automatically
dial up a paging service and page you when a server error or management related
event occurs. Platform events include out-of-range temperatures, out-of-range
voltages, chassis intrusion, and fan failure.
If PEP is enabled and the BMC receives or detects a new event, it automatically
sends a page. It can send a page if the processors are down or if the system
software is unavailable.
PEP requires an external modem to be connected to the server’s Emergency
Management Port (EMP) serial connection. This is typically the COM2 serial
connector.
Verify in the BIOS Setup of your server board whether or not your system BIOS
includes PEP.
Using Platform Event Paging
1. Enter Setup.
2. Enter the PEP Management submenu from the Server Menu.
3. Set the PEP Enable field to Enable.
4. Enter your page string in the PEP Page String field. This consists of the
attention command for you modem (generally ATDT), the number of your
paging service, several commas (each comma is a 1 second pause), the
number/message you wish to appear on your pager, and the hangup
command for your modem (generally ATH). You will need to experiment with
the timing to ensure you are paged properly. Set the Send Test Page field
to Send Test Page Now to generate a test page.
5. If you wish to filter events so that only certain events will originate a page,
enter the PEP Filter submenu.
a. Set the PEF Enable field to Enable.
b. Enable all of the events about which you want to be paged.
c. Escape out of the PEP Filter submenu.
6. Set the time between pages with the Page Blackout Field. If you want to be
paged every five minutes, set it to 5. The range is from 0 to 10 minutes.
7. Exit BIOS Setup.