User`s guide

Configuration Software and Utilities 49
4. When the server has been successfully rebooted to the service partition software, the
supported service partition utilities are displayed, as shown below. Click on System
Maintenance Utility to launch the SMU application. ISM passes connection
information to the SMU so the SMU can communicate with the target server. Up to this
point, all errors are handled by the ISM software, not the SMU.
Figure 24. Service Partition Utilities
The remote SMU application attempts to establish a socket connection to the server and uses
the Service Partition Utilities services to execute the server-side SMU core components. If a
connection is established, the application sends information to the SMU core components to
request a session. If the connection fails, a dialog box is displayed to indicate an error
condition. In the event of an error, you can attempt to restart the SMU from the ISM console.
After the session with the SMU core components is established, a version check is made to
determine if the remote SMU application is able to communicate with the SMU core
components on the server. If the versions do not match, an error message is displayed, the
SMU application is closed, and control is returned to the Service Partition Utilities application.