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Chapter 2 Introducing TopTools Remote Control
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Documentation
HP TopTools Remote Control includes the following documentation:
• This guide, which describes how to install the HP TopTools Remote
Control and set it up to communicate with the server.
• HP TopTools Remote Control online help, which describes all aspects of
the user interface including how to use HP TopTools Remote Control to
manage your network server.
• pcANYWHERE32 online documentation. The complete pcANYWHERE32
User Guide is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format on the HP NetServer
Navigator CD in the \util\pca32\xx\ subdirecory (where xx represents a
two letter abbreviation for your local language).
• The HP TopTools Remote Control README file located in the \ttrc\us
directory of the HP NetServer Navigator CD, provides up-to-date
information that became available after this guide was printed.
Acronyms
The following acronyms designate hardware and software components that are
associated with HP TopTools Remote Control installation or usage. You will
encounter these acronyms throughout this user guide.
• DHCP: The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol provides a mechanism
through which computers using TCP/IP can obtain protocol configuration
parameters automatically through the network.
• I
2
C: Inter-Integrated Circuit bus. A multi-master, two-wire, serial bus
used as the basis for the Intelligent Platform Management Bus.
• IPMB: Intelligent Platform Management Bus. Name for the architecture,
protocol, and implementation of the industry-standard server management
bus that interconnects the server’s system board and chassis
instrumentation electronics. TopTools Remote Control connects to the
IPMB via the I
2
C cable, thus providing access to the server’s event log,
system sensors and the server’s front panel and reset controls.
• PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol. A standardized network protocol for dial-up
network connectivity.