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NovaScale Blade BL265 - Installation and User's Guide
1.4 What your blade server offers
The blade server uses the following features and technologies:
• Integrated Management Module (IMM)
The Integrated Management Module (IMM) is on the system board of the blade server.
The IMM operates as the service processor for the blade server and performs several
tasks, including the following:
− Provides RS-485 interfaces to the Management Module
− I
2
C compatible Two Wire interface
− Local Environmental Monitoring
− Local LED control
− Automatic Server Restart (ASR)
−
One channel 16550 to support ready to send (RTS) and clear to send (CTS)
modem control pins (two serial ports)
−
Serial over LAN (SOL)
−
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) 2.0 compliant
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Remote power on/power off of a remote blade server
−
Error logging
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Remote systems management
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Blade server oversubscription
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Blower speed control
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CPU throttling
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Memory throttling
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Integrated keyboard/video/mouse (cKVM)
• Hard disk drive support
The blade server supports up to two
2.5-inch hot-swap SAS SFF hard disk drives, RAID
0 and RAID 1 support, up to 300 GB per drive .
•
Integrated network support
The blade server comes with one integrated Broadcom 5709S dual-port Gigabit
Ethernet controller, which support connection to a 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000
Mbps network through an Ethernet-compatible switch module in the Blade Chassis. The
controller supports Wake on LAN
®
technology.
• I/O expansion
The blade server has connectors on the system board for optional expansion cards for
adding more network communication capabilities to the blade server.
•
Large system memory capacity
The blade server system board supports up to 96 GB of system memory. The memory
controller provides support for up to twelve industry-standard registered ECC DDR3 on
Very Low Profile (VLP) form factor DIMMs installed on the system board .
•
Light path diagnostics
Light path diagnostics provides light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to help you diagnose
problems. For more information, see the Problem Determination and Service Guide .