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Backup basic input/output system switching under the control of the Integrated
Management Module (IMM)
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Built-in monitoring for fan, power, temperature, voltage, and power-supply
redundancy
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Cable-presence detection on most connectors
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Chipkill memory protection
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Diagnostic support for ServeRAID and Ethernet adapters
v Error codes and messages
v Error correcting code (ECC) L2 cache and system memory
v Hot-swap cooling fans with speed-sensing capability
v Hot-swap hard disk drives
v Information and light path diagnostics LED panels
v Integrated Management Module (IMM)
v Menu-driven setup, system configuration, and redundant array of independent
disks (RAID) configuration programs
v Microprocessor built-in self-test (BIST), internal error signal monitoring,
configuration checking, and microprocessor and voltage regulator module failure
identification through light path diagnostics
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Memory mirroring support (memory mirroring are mutually exclusive of each
other)
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Parity checking on the small computer system interface (SCSI) bus and PCI
buses
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Power management: Compliance with Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface (ACPI)
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Power-on self-test (POST)
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Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) alerts on memory, SAS/SATA hard disk drives,
fans, and power supplies
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Redundant Ethernet capabilities with failover support
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Redundant hot-swap power supplies and redundant hot-swap fans
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Redundant Network Interface Card (NIC) support
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Remind button to temporarily turn off the system-error LED
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Remote system problem-determination support
v ROM-based diagnostics
v ROM checksums
v Serial Presence Detection (SPD) on memory, VPD, power supply, and hard disk
drives backplane
v Single-DIMM isolation of excessive correctable error or multi-bit error by the
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
v Standby voltage for system-management features and monitoring
v Startup (boot) from LAN through remote initial program load (RIPL) or dynamic
host configuration protocol/boot protocol (DHCP/BOOTP)
v System auto-configuring from the configuration menu
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System-error logging (POST and IMM)
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Systems-management monitoring through the Inter-Integrated Circuit (IC)
protocol bus
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Upgradeable POST, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), diagnostics,
IMM firmware, and read-only memory (ROM) resident code, locally or over the
LAN
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Vital product data (VPD) on microprocessors, system board, power supplies, and
SAS/SATA (hot-swap hard disk drive) backplane
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Wake on LAN capability
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