Remote system configuration

A remote system network server configuration (NWSCFG type RMTSYS) object (shown in Figure 15) represents the iSCSI attached xSeries® or IBM® BladeCenter™ server:

• It identifies the server hardware by serial number and type and model.
• It contains configuration information for the iSCSI host bus adapters (HBAs) that are used by the xSeries or IBM BladeCenter server.
• It contains values required to boot the server (such as specifying which iSCSI adapter to boot from).
• It contains a reference to the service processor NWSCFG object (see below) that is used to control the xSeries or IBM BladeCenter server.
• The remote system configuration can optionally contain values used to secure the server boot process.

The xSeries or IBM BladeCenter server can have multiple iSCSI HBAs. This allows multiple SCSI and virtual Ethernet data paths between the iSeries™ and the xSeries or IBM BladeCenter systems, which can provide greater bandwidth and connection redundancy.

The remote system configuration object for an integrated server is referenced via a parameter in the NWSD.