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<p>Server Monitor is <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple</a>'s remote server monitoring application, part of the discontinued <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X_Server/KQxtGUEA">Mac OS X Server</a>. It communicates with the hwmond hardware monitoring <a href="/facts/Daemon_(computing)/bzuEVGGX">daemon</a> present on Mac servers. Server Monitor is also an <a href="/facts/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface/hrcePUSL">IPMI</a> 2.0-based tool for communicating with a remote <a href="/facts/Baseboard_management_controller/hrcePUSL">baseboard management controller</a> (BMC) that implements their <a href="/facts/Out-of-band_management/cocV8SxQ">lights-out management</a> (LOM) system. LOM is only supported on <a href="/facts/Xserve/QHnJJtIB">Xserve</a> models released after 2006, not on <a href="/facts/Power_Mac/SARawrPX">Power Macs</a> sold as servers. LOM enables power management even if the Xserve is off, and even if it lacks an installed operating system. Server Monitor can be configured to send notifications by email when a server encounters a problem, which requires the application to be running; the remote servers can also send these emails by themselves through hwmond. </p> <ul><li>Dilger, Daniel Eran (13 October 2009). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KDrU-QYwOsEC"><i>Snow Leopard Server</i></a>. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 285–295. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-470-60425-0.</li> <li>Laurence, Andrew T. <a href="https://www.macworld.com/article/183017/xserve-24.html">"Xserve"</a>. <i>Macworld</i>. Retrieved 16 May 2023.</li> <li>Marczak, Edward R. (16 April 2010). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uozn9IuJ8pIC"><i>Apple Training Series: Mac OS X Advanced System Administration v10.5</i></a>. Pearson Education. pp. 206–212. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-13-210407-4.</li> <li>Mitchell, Dave (27 April 2009). <a href="https://www.itpro.com/610660/apple-xserve-review/2">"Apple Xserve review"</a>. <i>ITPro</i>. Retrieved 16 May 2023.</li></ul>